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1 www.sheering.org.uk APRIL 2007 979797 SHEERING VILLAGE HALL Sheering Village Hall is a charity Chairs and tables as needed. Piano which was set up in 1947 and is run on request. by a management committee of Bar with serving hatch to the Large fifteen members, six of whom are Hall, and hot and cold washing-up elected annually. The other facility. members represent local bodies – two from the Parish Council and one Small Hall (31 x 21 ft approx) Chairs each from the Women’s Institute, and tables available. Two sets of Pre-School, Happy Circle, St Mary’s electrical sockets. Church, School PTFA and the Bowls Kitchen with serving hatches to both Club. An additional member has halls. Double sink, separate hand been co-opted. basin, electric cooker and fridge- The Hall is situated off The Street freezer. Crockery and cutlery are almost opposite the War Memorial. available on request for 100 There are ample parking facilities. settings. Your Village Hall is available for Toilets with disablement access. Hot air hand-dryers. hire with special rates for residents Large Hall (59 x 31 ft approx) with For details including charges for maple wood semi-sprung dance day, evening, Saturday and wedding floor, raised platform at one end hire go to: www.sheering.org.uk/ with drawable curtains and four villagehall.html double sets of electrical sockets, or contact Barbara Rudgley, 01279 two of which are power-breakers. 734324 ANNUAL PARISH FLOWER SHOW PARISH & DISTRICT ELECTIONS MEETING SATURDAY MAY 3rd HAVE YOUR SAY SEPTEMBER 1 SEPTEMBER 1 PLEASE VOTE VILLAGE HALL VILLAGE HALL APRIL 25th 8.00 New polling Station for 2.30 Lower Sheering see page 6 2 Katana Kitchen Solutions The kitchen makeover specialist New kitchens to suit all budgets Installation services Design and planning Door replacements Renovations Avoid the pitfalls Let us project-manage your new kitchen Expert and professional advice 01245 398489 3 DDDIARY Inside APRIL Diary 3 Tuesday 3 Epping Forest District Council Easter Playscheme. Village Hall Letters 4 9.30 - 3.30. £8.50 (£4.50 concessions) Call 01992 564226. From the Record Office 5 Saturday 7 Easter Walk 10.15 meet at the Village Hall car park Tuesday 10 Epping Forest District Council Easter Playscheme. Village EFDC Elections 6 Hall 9.30 - 3.30. £8.50 (£4.50 concessions) Call 01992 564226. EFDC Consultation 6 Tuesday 10 WI - Talk on Care for Hedgehogs Parish Council News 7 Tuesday 17 Bingo Rotary Abseil 8 Wednesday 25 Happy Circle - Talk on Windmills Local Organisations 10 MAY Post Office News 15 Thursday 3 Parish and District Council Elections (see page 6) Saturday 5 Friend’s of St Mary’s Concert in Church Room 7.00 Volunteering 16 Tuesday 8 WI - Talk on The Alexander Technique Blood Donation 17 Tuesday 15 Bingo Spring 18 Wednesday 16 Happy Circle - Outing to Kent Vineyard Free Smoke Alarms 19 Wednesday 30 Happy Circle - Open Afternoon Sheering School 20 JUNE Jane Morgan OBE 23 Tuesday 12 WI - Talk on Heraldry What’s On 24 Tuesday 19 Bingo Website News 27 Wednesday 27 Happy Circle - Outing to Windsor JULY Recycling 28 Wednesday 4 Happy Circle - Strawberries & Cream at Valerie Monk’s The Rector Writes 30 Tuesday 10 WI - Garden Meeting Useful Information 32 Wednesday 11 Happy Circle - Outing to Clacton Tuesday 17 Bingo Wednesday 25 Happy Circle - Open Meeting WWWEEKLY Bridge Club Thursdays in the Village Hall 7.15 Mary Harris 734202 Brownies Church Room Wednesdays 5.30 - 7.00 Anne Croft 734391 Guides Church Room Wednesdays 7.00 - 8.30 Jo Stewart 835689 Library Van Wednesdays Crown car park Sheering 10.00-10.15 & Lower Sheering Bus Shelter 4.50-5.10 Mother and Toddlers Mondays in the Church Room 9.30 - 11.00 PrePrePre-Pre ---SchoolSchool Every day during term time in the Village Hall Beryl Gurteen 734316 Short Mat Bowling Club Mondays and Thursdays 7.00 - 10.00 Thursdays 1.30 - 4.30 in the Village Hall Silver Surfers Wednesdays in Sheering School IT Suite 01279 734210 Tuesday Teas 2.30 in the church room. All welcome for a cup of tea and a chat Yoga Wednesdays Intermediate 6.30, Beginners 8.00 in the Village Hall (term-time only) Phone 01279 503784 Church Services and Sunday School see page 30 FFFORTNIGHTLY Rural Police Bus Wednesdays Four Acres in Lower Sheering between 1.00 and 2.00 & The Street Sheering near to the Cock Pub between 2.10 and 3.00 MMMONTHLY Women's Institute meet on the second Tuesday of the month (except August) in the Village Hall at 7.30 for 7.45. You will be made very welcome whether you come along as a visitor or become a member. Happy Circle meet in the Village Hall on the last Wednesday of the month at 2.30. Bring and Buy and Raffle at all meetings in the hall. Bingo Third Tuesday in the month (except August) in the Village Hall in aid of Village Hall and local organisation funds. All welcome. 7.30 for 8.00 4 every Remembrance Sunday for the past five years.) At time of writing I am able to report that Paul successfully completed a gruelling Letters six week Firearms Instructors Course and hopefully will be able to offer his services this November. (Although I am unlikely to argue if he cannot!) 2006 Poppy Appeal The RBL Poppy Appeal is a charity very close to Once again I would like to take this my heart and I firmly believe we owe a debt of opportunity to thank all those who gratitude to all those who have sacrificed so helped contribute to the 2006 appeal. The six much in the service and protection of their static sites within the village, The Cock, The country. Through countless wars our Crown, Reid's Butchers, Village Stores & Post servicemen and women have sustained Office, Sheering School and St Mary's Church remarkable courage in lands so very far from helped raise a total of £465.16p. According to their homes, families and all they hold dear. my records this is the largest amount raised so They have done this; and continue to do this, far and beat the previous best of £408.56p in the most difficult and hostile situations collected in 2004. (Last year’s total was often in the face of extreme personal danger. £388.74) This is a fantastic result and my Sadly, and all too often, so many of these personal thanks to those who kindly allow a brave young men and women must pay the collection box on their premises. ultimate sacrifice. The Poppy Appeal exists to The Remembrance Day service at St Mary's help all those who have suffered directly and Church was again well attended this year. As in indirectly in war and other actions, and it is previous years it concluded at the village War only with our continued support the Royal Memorial with a short service of dedication British Legion may continue to help and followed by a minute’s silence. support those who have given so much. Regrettably it was not possible to halt the With kind regards traffic along 'The Street' as we have done in Neil Marsden the past as Paul Fisk of Essex police was away Local Honorary Organiser on a residential training course. (Paul has Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal volunteered his services for traffic control THE COCK INN & HOTEL 250 yearyear----oldold coaching inn The Street Sheering ! extensive homehome----mademade menu ! airairair-air ---conditionedconditioned restaurant ! 12 en suite rooms ! lunch specials ! large car park ! beer garden 01279 734229 www. thecockinnsheering.co.uk [email protected] 5 From the Record Office much of the Southern boundary between Sheering Documents about villages throughout the and Matching. County are held at the Essex Record Office in Nearly 50 years later at the Chelmsford. These include wills, tithe maps, Quarter Sessions in records of court proceedings and documents Chelmsford ‘The bridge in relating to sales of land and property. Sheering between Matching A description of all the documents held is and Sheering Street, was broken. The available online at www.seax.essexcc.gov.uk. inhabitants of Sheering should mend it.’ Some of the court proceedings make What we now call Ealing Bridge between fascinating reading. Sheering and Old Harlow was not without its The Parson problems too. For example in 1607 a clerk (or parson) At the Easter Sessions in 1666 The Lady Leonard Soime, seems to been a n Hewett (and Esquire Addington struck awkward character and was through), was indicted ‘for not repairing presented at the sessions of the Sheering Bridge leading from Sheering to Hundreds of Ongar, Harlow and Harlow (in Sheering).’ Waltham ‘for a common In 1669 things had obviously not improved disturber of his neighbours’. On very much and Mr Addington, Lord of the this occasion he was discharged Manor of Harlow Bury in Harlow,' was in court 'because it is not sufficient in again ‘for not repairing part of “Yeilding law'. Presumably there wasn't Bridge” in this county, which belongeth to him enough hard evidence! to repair and hath been time out of mind But by January of 1612 he was usually repaired by him and his predeceasors back again for ‘causing trouble lords of the manor, which bridge is much and discord among his fallen to decay, being in the highway from neighbours’. This time his Sheering to Harlow.’ misdemeanour seems to have This bridge has a long and interesting history been relating to a highway but maybe more of that another time leading from Hatfield Heath Linda Ainsworth towards Sawbridgeworth which 'is very noisome' (causing a disgusting smell).