Brandeston and Kettleburgh Parish News December 2017

BRANDESTON AND KETTLEBURGH PARISH NEWS DECEMBER 2017

From The Reverend Canon Richard Ginn Here comes Christmas! At Christmas we celebrate. We celebrate that God reaches out to us. We celebrate by reaching out to others. Jesus came, as a baby, and changed the possibilities of life and living. Jesus teaches that life has to be based on love. Without love, there is only emptiness. At Christmas, there are so many gatherings. We have to be generous. We can include those who may be left out. At the darkest time of the year we remember that Jesus is announced as the Light of the World. In this age of confusion, violence, and distress we remember that Jesus comes to show that there is a better way. God still reaches out to us - in hope, love, and peace. We have lots of local church services for Christmas. Please come. If anyone is unwell and wishes to receive communion at home to affirm the companionship of God at this time, please ask. On behalf of all your local volunteer ministers and churchwardens, a very happy Christmas to you all.

IMPORTANT NOTICE To arrange a Funeral, Wedding, or Baptism after July 16th contact your Churchwarden. Brandeston Mary Baker 685807 or Alison Molyneaux 685244 Easton Jane Woodbury Eggins 746667 Kettleburgh John Bater 723532 For pastoral emergencies ONLY please contact: The Rural Dean The Revd Mark Sanders [email protected] Tel 768875 2

All Saints’ Church, Brandeston – Giving Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you to members of the Church Electoral Roll who have recently made a regular commitment in the form of a donation on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis. This will help us meet our contribution to the Centenary Share which is our greatest annual expense. This year it is likely to be £14,000. You can make a similar contribution whether or not you are on the Church Electoral Roll. If you would like further details please contact me on 01728 685807 or email me on [email protected] Paul Baker

New for Christmas in Brandeston this year…

A CELEBRATION OF CAROLS, READINGS AND CHRISTINGLES

At All Saints’ Church On Sunday 10th December at 5.30pm.

You are all invited to bring your families and friends to our carol service. There will be seasonal readings and carols and we’ll finish with the distribution of Christingles.

Children are invited to dress up as a character from the Christmas story.

Collection in aid of the Children’s Society

CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES IN KETTLEBURGH

10th December – Christingle & Gift Service Come along to St Andrew’s on 10th December at 11am and join in our worship and the making of Christingles and if you can, please bring a gift for a child which will be sent to FIND (Families In Need - Ipswich). 18th December – Carol Singing Carol Singing around the village takes place on Monday 18th December. We will be collecting for The Children’s Society and bringing the Christmas message to your doors. Listen out for us! 24th December – Candlelit Carol Service On Christmas Eve at 4.30pm the church will be bathed in candlelight for our traditional service of Nine Lessons and Carols, always a wonderful start to the Christmas celebrations. Come early for a seat. 25th December – Christmas Morning service On Christmas morning our service of family Holy Communion takes place at 11am, when we celebrate the birth of Christ and have another opportunity to sing our favourite carols.

The Church Bike Ride Report Saturday 10th September 2017 I’m so sorry I am writing about the September Bike Ride when we are all starting to think about Christmas! But anyway……………………….. The weather on the Bike Ride day was very dismal at the beginning, but the morning turned out to be much better than we expected. Charles Freeman, Richard Baldwin, Chris McArthur and John Garratt raised between them the wonderful amount of £1009!! Thank you to everyone who sat at the churches and chapels and everyone who sponsored the riders and of course the riders themselves. Merry Christmas to Everyone. Ruth Garratt

Link to Hope - Shoebox Appeal 2017

Thank you to all who supported the shoebox appeal this year. Eighteen boxes in total were sent from Kettleburgh to Eastern European countries. We hope they will bring some happiness to families and older people there this Christmas.

A great big THANK YOU to everyone who supported the Suffolk Animal Rescue Christmas fair in Brandeston on Nov 4th. Local thanks to Roy & Jacky O'Brian, Sue Etheridge & Philippa Demetriadi for their hard work, and to everyone who came and shopped. We broke last year's awesome record (just!) and raised a fantastic £4,400 and rehomed a Labrador on the day too! Lucy Daykin

WICKHAM Market Flower Club October Report

£750 was raised at the Fashion Show in September. This was a fun night for visitors and models alike so what a bonus to be able to donate this amount of money to the Village Hall New Build Charity. Thank you to everyone for arrangements and support for the fundraising event at the Melton Old Church. £166 was raised. Reg, our wonderful 1st Aider was heartily thanked for his continued presence each month and presented with a gift to show our appreciation. The Advanced Arrangement Winner was Di Catling who had captured the beauty of Autumn Leaves in a stunning design. The Novice Winner was Sue Cotton who created a stunning Autumn arrangement and The Stem of the month went to Maureen Moss.

Lionel Clarke the President of East of England Area NAFAS was our demonstrator for the evening. The demonstrations got off to a touchy feely start as the microphone needed to be tweaked to correct the faltering sounds. Marilyn and Jenny both had a try and fudged about while Lionel bravely put up with being tampered with!!! This Essex Boy is probably used to being in close contact with a lot of women and the Red Basket Arrangement came about un-scathed filled with Teasels, Mahonia, and Ferns, Choisya, Cones, Hydrangea and Alstromeria. It really was a basket full of Autumn. Another seven arrangements quickly followed. Lionel’s witty sense of humour causing several chuckles in the hall. A glass container filled with beads, a green glass plate, a gold vase, a white tall pot and finally a child’s wooden chair were all given the amazing Lionel treatment. Horizontal, Vertical, Contemporary, Parallel and Traditional styles were all created quickly and with an amazing variety of beautiful flowers, foliage and more delightful banter! Refreshments and Raffle followed and some lucky members won these designs to take home.

The next Wickham Market Flower Club – Thursday 25th January 2018- Village Hall – 7.30pm- Demonstrator – Alan Smith-Topic “Winter Symphony”. 1st Visit is FREE so bring a friend. No experience necessary. Just come and watch a professional make beautiful arrangements. For further information please contact June Allum – 01394 384803

For more Next year’s trip could be either Ely Flower Festival on 17th/24th June to include a meal, or the Hampton Court Flower Show on 3rd/8th July. No meal on this one because of the distance to travel. Members were asked to let Geraldine know their preferences. Please contact Geraldine on 01728746697. Mandy Pryke 8

Kettleburgh Monthly Craft Club First Tuesday of the month 7pm to 9pm - Kettleburgh Village Hall If you have considered popping in, please do get in touch - it would be great to see you! Bring along any project you are working on & enjoy a sociable evening with like-minded people. We are a friendly bunch of all ages and have worked on lots of different projects throughout the year including; scrapbooking, card making, knitting, lace making, drawing, sewing, fabric painting, crochet and colouring in! It has been a great way of making new friends, swapping ideas, sharing knowledge and being inspired! If you would like any more information please do not hesitate to get in touch. Angela 01728 621447 or email me [email protected] Next Date-5th December Cost £2 to cover hall hire. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Hope to see you there!

NOVEMBER KGT LOTTERY WINNERS

1st Prize (£25.00) Peter Dring

2nd Prize (£10.00) Caroline & Paul Wright

Christmas is coming and it’s time to go shopping

We all love or hate Christmas shopping but if you do yours on-line you can raise donations for the Kettleburgh Green Trust and it doesn’t cost you a penny. So far, we’ve raised £626.67 via easyfundraising.org from just a small group of supporters. If you join them, we could raise even more. It’s easy to set up and most major online retailers are part of the scheme. It’s free money for the KGT and all you have to do is shop! 1. Go to http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/kgt 2. Sign up for free 3. Get shopping - your donations will be collected by easyfundraising and automatically sent to Kettleburgh Green Trust. It couldn't be easier! There are no catches or hidden charges and Kettleburgh Green Trust will be really grateful for your donations. Thank you for your support.

Keep in touch with us by liking us on Facebook or following us on Twitter @kgtchair.

Caroline Wheeler-Rowe Treasurer and Fundraising Committee Chair Kettleburgh Green Trust Registered Charity 1110467

[email protected] www.kettleburgh.onesuffolk.net/KGT

BRANDESTON COFFEE MORNING

EVERY THURSDAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 10:00- 12:00 TEA, COFFEE, BISCUITS

There is a good selection of second-hand books for sale and we also take orders for fresh bread and eggs, along with the mobile Post Office which has an excellent selection of cards.

PROCEEDS TO VILLAGE HALL FUNDS

KETTLEBURGH COFFEE MORNING

FIRST FRIDAY EACH MONTH 10:30- 12:00 NOON SAUSAGE ROLLS, TEA/COFFEE (DONATIONS) PROCEEDS TO VILLAGE HALL FUNDS

BRANDESTON FILM CLUB DIARY FOR DECEMBER 2017 Friday 8th La La Land A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in December Los Angeles. Film Club Director: Damien Chazelle 7.30pm Writers: Damien Chazelle Brandeston Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Village Hall. Rosemary DeWitt Organised by Richard and Mary Mitson- Woods (01728 684026)

BRANDESTON CHRISTMAS FAIR in Brandeston Village Hall Saturday 9th December 2.00 to 4.00pm Draw at 3.45pm

Quality gifts and local crafts, Christmas table decorations, bulbs and wreaths (orders will be taken) Bottle stall, Tombola, Good books, Cakes, pies, jams and pickles Delicious teas.

Proceeds to Church Funds

Contributions would be very welcome. Please could you drop them off at the hall on the day or at the Thursday coffee mornings or ring the people below. Alison Molyneux 685244 Paul and Mary Baker 685807 Ruth and John Garratt 685233 Christine and Colin Matthews Quality Books 685589

Next Concert: Saturday 16th December 2017, 7.30pm Framlingham College Chapel

Phoenix Singers G F Handel’s masterpiece MESSIAH

Tickets: £12 and £10 (£6 and £5 for under 18s) available from Hall Farm Butchers, 25, Market Hill, Framlingham, William Glasse [email protected], 07802 597071, choir members, and at the door. charity no. 1076549

The Hearing Care Centre has launched a charity calendar in aid of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People this year. It features 12 stunning photos from around the county which featured in our Sounds of Suffolk photography competition earlier this year. The idea of the competition was to raise awareness about untreated hearing loss, but at the same time highlighting some of wonderful sounds we hear in and around our county. The Hearing Care Centre Ltd | 11 Upper Brook Street, IPSWICH, Suffolk, IP4 1EG Office Tel: (01473) 230330 | Direct Tel: (01473) 228075

East Anglia’s Multi-Award Winning, Private and Fully Independent Hearing Care Company

The Winners of the Sounds of Suffolk

The Sounds of Suffolk Calendar 2018

HISTORY CORNER

The Perils of being Royal in the 16th Century

Suffolk played quite a large part in the inter- family fighting over the rights to inherit the throne!

Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Lady Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, were both relatives of Henry V111. Lady Frances Brandon’s mother was Mary Tudor (Henry V111 eldest sister, Queen Consort of France and buried in St Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmund) and Lady Frances’ father was Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk. They had three daughters, Lady Jane Grey, Lady Katherine Grey and lady Mary Grey. Their eldest daughter, Lady Jane Grey at just 16 years old (had been Queen for 9 days) was executed in 1554 by Mary Tudor who reclaimed the throne from her. The remaining sisters, Katherine Grey and Mary Grey both still had a direct claim to the throne and this meant they were a threat to Mary Tudor and the succession to the throne.

So, the Queen took a great interest in them and their prospective husbands. (It was considered treason for ladies at court to marry without first obtaining permission from the Queen.) The Grey sisters were chalk and cheese when it came to looks. Katherine was a beauty, whilst Mary was about four feet tall with a crooked spine, so not expected to marry, although she did to a man over six feet tall. During Mary Tudor’s reign, Katherine met and fell in love with Edward Seymour and they saw as much of each other as they could. In 1558, after the death of Queen Mary, things changed abruptly and the new Queen, Elizabeth 1st made it clear that she disliked the sisters. However, Katherine would not be intimidated and when the Queen left for Greenwich she and Seymour went through a secret marriage ceremony, which they must have been aware was a treasonable act.

In 1561 Katherine became pregnant and Seymour showed his true colours by neglecting her and continuing his womanising. Queen Elizabeth 1st made Katherine suffer more and insisted the seven month pregnant Katherine accompany her on a tour of East Anglia including a visit to Ipswich. On their return Katherine was incarcerated in the Tower. Katherine gave birth to a son and later she gave birth to another son despite being locked up in the tower. Sir Edward Warner, her gaoler had allowed her husband Edward Seymour to visit her. The Queen's fury knew no bounds and Seymour was fined £15,000 which equates to £2,500,000 today!

To keep them separate, Katherine was sent away to a few minor country houses, finally finishing up at Cockfield Hall at Yoxford, described as "a bleak and remote estate in Suffolk", which still stands today. The parting from her husband and children proved to be too much for Katherine and in 1568 she is said to have starved herself to death at the age of 28. She was buried in Yoxford Church, but her grandson later had her bones exhumed and reburied in Salisbury Cathedral.

Peter Driver. Source "Elizabeth's women" Tracy Borman

ADVANCED NOTICES NEXT YEAR IN 2018!!

New date for the Kettleburgh Pantomime

The Kettleburgh Players will be returning in 2018 with another mad-cap pantomime to keep you all amused. At the moment we are not sure what the panto is going to be, but you can expect singing, dancing, high jinx’s and lots of slapstick fun and games. Auditions will take place at Kettleburgh Village Hall on Thursday 11th January at 6.30pm, with rehearsals every Thursday at the same time. Please note the NEW performance dates are Wednesday 21st March – Saturday 24th March. If you are interested in taking part or would like to be involved please feel free to turn up on the night or contact me on 01728 685303. I look forward to seeing you Kathy Churchill

Holiday Club at Charsfield School Advance notice for your diaries - Following a most successful holiday club this year, the dates for next year will be 13th, 14th and 15th August 2018. Taking place at Charsfield School, once again local churches will be organising a holiday club for primary age children. Add these dates to your 2018 diary and look out for more details next year. 18

Brandeston’s Hidden Garden’s in 2018 Please save these dates A fundraising event for All Saints' Church and the Village Hall. On the weekend of June 9th and 10th 2018. All gardens, large and small, are welcome. Details to follow in the next few weeks and months, so watch this space.

Messages and Adverts A very nice dish was left in the Village Hall on Sunday the day of Janet Weston’s Concert. Please Ring Ruth Garratt 685233 if this is your dish.

FREE TO A GOOD HOME Is there anyone out there who could offer a new home to a collection of panto costumes and props? They are all shapes and sizes and would be great for dressing up. If you saw any of the pantos put on by the Kettleburgh Players a few years back then you know what sort of thing is there. I really do need the space in my shed - there are a lot of boxes! Please telephone me on 01728 638565 if you can help. Thank you. Liz Marzetti

£70 Bosch Classixx SMS40C02GB

White Dishwasher in very Good Condition

12 Place Settings

Water Consumption (standard cycle): 12L

Width / height / depth (cm): 60x 84.5 x 60

Brandeston Tel: 01728 684449

MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE Your mobile library will be visiting you every 4 weeks on the day and time indicated below. These details can also be found on the Suffolk Libraries website at www.suffolklibraries.co.uk

Saxmundham mobile library route 7 Stop Village Location Time 7A Dallinghoo Village hall 0945-1000 7B Charsfield South View, The Street 1005-1030 7C Monewden Church 1040-1050 7D Otley Spring Park 1100-1125 7E Otley Village Stores 1130-1205 7F Ashbocking The Green 1215-1235 7G Helmingham Forge 1240-1250 7H Framsden Village hall 1400-1415 7I Cretingham New Bell PH 1430-1445 7J Brandeston Queen’s Head PH 1450-1510 7K Kettleburgh Church Rd 1515-1530 Calling every 4 weeks on Thursdays 2017 dates 21st Dec

************ MAGAZINE ARTICLES Please send, deliver or e-mail any contributions for the magazine by 15th of each month to: Mrs Jan Baldwin, Priory Barn, Brandeston, IP13 7AU Or e-mail [email protected], tel: 684449

Please send e-mails in Microsoft Word format, or jpg for pictures/scans.

************* MAGAZINE COVER Thank you very much to Janet Weston who is providing regular drawings for our magazine cover. If anyone else would like to draw a cover sometime, you are very welcome too. *************

DECEMBER CHURCH CLEANING

KETTLEBURGH BRANDESTON

Dec 3rd Val Butcher Christine and Colin Matthews 10th Margaret Meadows Julia Elson Kelly Jeffery 17th Jackie Clark Jane Mitchell Louise Paget 24th Jane O’Leary Helen Fletcher Karen Piper 31st Fay Clarke Ruth Garratt Mary Baker Jan 2018 7th Claire Norman Christine and Colin Matthews

DECEMBER CHURCH FLOWERS

KETTLEBURGH BRANDESTON

Dec 3rd Advent -No Flowers Advent -No Flowers