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financial implications of Village hall sale the project, the Chairman of the New Village Hall vote Steering Group undertook t was standing room only in to hold a further public IGrundisburgh village hall on meeting to give more Saturday 21 May when the details as and when the village hall management situation clarified. committee asked villagers to When the vote was taken, approve a resolution to sell the 131 people raised their existing hall. This would be a As reported in the last issue, hands in favour of the precursor to the construction Milan, the chef at The Dog resolution; 23 were of a new village hall on the was a finalist in the 2016 against and 14 abstained. Top Field site where work has Parliamentary Pub Chef of the already started on the housing Interestingly, that is Year competition. In the event, development. There were almost the same ratio he was the outright winner strong feelings on both sides (85% in favour) as in the from more than 100 chefs of the argument, with some ‘Open House’ consultation nominated by their local MPs - feeling that there was held in 2013. in this case Dan Poulter. Here insufficient information on Milan proudly holds his trophy More about the new hall which to base a decision. This was the winning entry in at the House of Commons project on page 9. After much discussion which this year’s Charsfest prize-giving ceremony. words: Richard Watkinson, centred mainly on the photo: Peter Kendall Scarecrow competition. More pub news on pages 4, 5 and 14. Charsfield residents Michael and Cat Allen constructed The works that ‘Rendie’, the escaped alien from Rendlesham, out of weren’t! various old car parts. Its eyes n March Grundisburgh was light up green at night! For a Iinvaded by an army of living, Michael is a restorer of surveyors in hi-vis clothing classic cars at Wetheringsett. checking on the bridge over the stream. As you can see, the A full report on Charsfest will water was so deep that a fully- be carried in the next issue of equipped Safety Boat was The News. standing by! Later a sign photo: Trevor Boyd appeared to say bridge works would commence on 5 May but mysteriously these have Above: Paul Whittingham counting votes in just one been rescheduled. Instead corner of the village hall after the lively meeting. the whole crossroads junction is being resurfaced in the week commencing 13 June. Richard Watkinson
Right: the safety boat and intrepid surveyors at work. photos: Peter Kendall News Diary JUNE Sunday 19 June AUGUST Friday 23 Midsummer Fete Clopton Autumn Quiz Charsfield VH Thursday 2 VH 1pm - 5pm Contact Thursday 4 7pm Contact 737701 Garden Party BBQ GrWI 737454 My Life as a Musician Baptist Chapel 7.30pm playing the Cello Talk by Saturday 24 Contact 735838 Saturday 25 Hattie Bennett GrWI BCR Summer outing to Beth Car Boot & Plant Sale GFC 7.30pm Contact 735838 Chatto’s Garden Elmstead, Friday 3 PF 8am - 12 noon Contact Essex Contact 890563 Ashbocking Coffee Morning 735377 Friday 5 4 Ashley Grange 10.30am Garden Party Grundisburgh, OCTOBER Contact 890836 Saturday 25 Burgh & Culpho Hort Soc Thursday 6 Duck Race 1st Gr Scouts Post Mill Gardens 6.30pm Saturday 4 Forty Years at the Forge GrVG 4pm Contact 735352 Contact 735469 Millennium Meadow Work Talk by Mary Moore GrWI Saturday 25 Party 10am - 12.30pm contact Friday 5 BCR 7.30pm Contact 735838 735515 Quiz night Ashbocking Ashbocking Coffee Morning Friday 7 Church 6pm Contact 890836 Old House Cottage, The Green Saturday 4 Ashbocking Coffee Morning 10.30am Contact 890836 Visit to Long Shop Museum, Sunday 26 Harvest House, The Green Leiston Gr Local Hist Soc Traditional Jazz and Saturday 6 10.30am Contact 890836 2.30pm Contact 738195 Barbecue Shrubbery Farm St Mary’s Grundisburgh Sunday 9 Hasketon 12.30pm - 4pm Coffee Morning Held at 21 Saturday 4 The Big Breakfast Charsfield Tickets £15 PBE Contact Thomas Wall’s Close 10.30am Bredfield Church Fete The VH 9am - 12noon Contact 01394 383106 Contact 738866 Old Rectory 2.15pm Contact 737701 01394 385222 or 07770 Saturday 20 Friday 14 406222 Classic Car and Motorbike JULY Henstead Exotic Garden Rally Bredfield Bowls Club Friday 10 Friday 1 Talk by Andrew Brogan 1pm - 5pm Contact 07939 A Soldier’s Experiences of Ashbocking Coffee Morning Hasketon 2nd Friday Hasketon 243306 the War in Afghanistan Talk Wellsacks, The Green VH 7.15pm PBE Contact by Iain Murison Hasketon 2nd 10.30am Contact 890836 Monday 29 735579 Friday HasketonVH 7.15pm Fun Day & Car Boot Sale Sunday 3 Saturday 15 PBE Contact 735579 GrPF 1pm - 5pm Car Boots Visit to Letheringham Lodge Pumpkin Festival 1st from 12 noon Contact 735377 Sunday 12 Gr Local Hist Soc 2.30pm Grundisburgh Guides GrVG Charity Golf Day iao Contact 738195 12 - 3pm Contact 735044 Charsfield Recreation Ground Seckford Golf Club Contact Thursday 7 SEPTEMBER Saturday 15 737701 Outing GrWI Contact 735838 Thursday 1 Rock n Roll Evening with Ed Gasket and the Rockers Tuesday 14 Friday 8 Harvest Supper/Gus Tilson From Boat to Barn Talk by Talk GrWI BCR 7.30pm Charsfield VH 7.30pm Public Meeting to discuss Contact 737701 WiFi Broadband Jacki Smith and Elizabeth Contact 735838 Grundisburgh VH 7.30pm Murphy Hasketon VH 7.15pm Friday 2 Key to abbreviations: PBE Contact 735579 Ashbocking Coffee Morning PBE - pre-booking essential Wednesday 15 P/VH - Parish/Village Hall Public Meeting to discuss Sunday 10 Chez Onze, The Green Grundisburgh Symphony 10.30am Contact 890836 PR - Parish Room WiFi Broadband Otley VH PF - Playing Field 7.30pm Orchestra Family Concert Saturday 3 GrVH 3pm Contact 738944 VG - Village Green Wednesday 15 St Mary’s Grundisburgh Pav - Pavilion The Holy Land Revisited Saturday 16 Church Fete GrVG 2.00pm BCR - Baptist Chapel Room Talk by Rev Jane Hall Grundisburgh Village Show Contact 735775 BSR - Burgh School Room Carlford Benefice Group Gr GPF 12.30pm - 5pm Contact Monday 5 Gr - Grundisburgh 738267 PR 2.30pm Contact 738188 Cambridge College Gardens All codes are 01473 unless Thursday 16 to Saturday - Wednesday 20 Otley & District Gardening given otherwise. Visit to Pakenham Water Club Otley VH 7.30pm 18 Brief details of events with “Stage Struck” Summer play Mill Gr Local Hist Soc 2pm Contact 890563 Contact 738195 date, name of event, venue, by GADS GrVH 7.30pm Friday 9 time and contact phone Tickets from The Olde Forge Saturday 30 to Sunday 31 North East India Talk by Bill number should be sent by 3 Contact 738648 Grundisburgh Art Group Baston Hasketon VH 7.15pm August for the next issue to Exhibition St Mary’s Church PBE Contact 735579 Ingrid McIvor, 21 Thomas Grundisburgh 10am - 4pm Wall’s Close Grundisburgh Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 Saturday 17 Contact 452250 IP13 6XB, ingrid.mcivor Hidden Gardens of Produce show Manor Farm, @btinternet.com Please Grundisburgh, Burgh and Saturday 30 Ashbocking - see What’s On indicate if tickets must be Culpho and Flower Festival Garden Party with Music for contact details. bought in advance. in St Mary’s Church The Croft Burgh 2pm Contact 735273 Tuesday 20 Grundisburgh 2 - 6pm Building a Country House in The diary aims to promote Contact 738267 Saturday 30 Suffolk Talk by Alan Mackley planned events and to help Car Boot & Plant Sale GFC Gr Local Hist Soc PR7.30pm organisers avoid clashes of PF 8am - 12 noon Contact Contact 738195 future events. So please send 735377 details early. 2 what ’s ON Anybody for autumn - from dancing on the The fete is a traditional garden Sea of Galilee via a event. The wonderful grounds Shakespeare? Bethlehem orphanage and an of The Old Rectory will be Arab souk to a Dead Sea dip. open and there will be some hope to invite a group of exciting new games but you like-minded people to join Jane, Rev Catherine Beaumont I and some of the survivors will will have to come along to see me in reading and hopefully what they are! appreciating the works of the tell you more. 'Immortal Bard '.This is aimed We have over 40 stalls and at a friendly not fiercely Why men fight games. Teas, homemade cakes intellectual level appreciating and savouries will also be Shakespeare for interest and nd ultimately why they served. Bredfield's own local for the love of his work. Akill each other will be celebrity, Anne Henderson, considered in a talk by an ex- will be opening the fete. More I am thinking of a two hour soldier at the Friday 10 June details from Andrew Miller on session: Wednesday 10.30am event in Hasketon. (See Diary 07770 406222. to 12.30 twice a month, for details). On the second Roswyn Bradshaw reading as a group supported Friday of most months there is Cake judge Kelly hard at work by tea and biscuits, starting in a ploughman's supper Quiz and Show at the first Ashbocking show! September. If this is one for followed by speaker in the you, please contact me on Victory Hall. So far this year une 25th is Family Quiz 01473 735953 night at Ashbocking church It’s on again! Anne Ledgley we've enjoyed hearing about J topics as diverse as climate from 6 until 10pm. This will fter a year’s break, the change, travels with a cello, be a fun event to help raise AOtley Village Show Calling musicians Sutton Hoo and riding around funds for a toilet and Committee are organising the the Cathar Castles. Everyone kitchenette as we need more show again for Saturday 10 of all abilities. is welcome, wherever you up to date facilities. There will September in the village hall. he Grundisburgh live, and it's only £5. be a bar, raffle and a chance to We work very hard to organise win a Landrover Bear. Tickets TSymphony Orchestra Hilary Hill 01473 735336. the show and our greatest (above) has started include a two course meal reward is to see as many rehearsing for its of a BBQ and Pud and are entries as possible. So please short family concert £10, £5 for children under don't think you are not good on 10 July at 3pm 16. Under 2s go free. A enough: you could be in the Grundisburgh family ticket (two adults surprised! Almost all classes village hall: tickets and two children) is £25. To are open to people from are just £1; under-5s register your team and book outside the village as well as go free! your tickets email those living in Otley. The johngordonpollard Rehearsals are brochures will be available @gmail.com or ring 01473 from 31 May onwards. being held in 890836. Grundisburgh Helen Quilliam school each Another key diary date is Digital diary Thursday 6pm to the second Ashbocking 6.45 pm. Just turn up. You produce show on 17 e have only a limited need not attend rehearsals TAP DANCE September at Manor farm. Wspace to carry diary every week if you have other This is a fun afternoon with items in the print version of commitments. If you are a YOURSELF FIT! judging of the produce, BBQ, The News so we have started confident musician, just come new course for beginners games, teas and refreshments, a new service on our website. and play on the day. is already up and running raffle and.much more... This carries details of many A more events, including those Any questions or offers of at Otley village hall but you Details and entry forms from can still join at any time. The Liz Stegman; please contact being held further ahead. help with this (please) to me Visit www.grundisburghnews.org.uk on 01473 738944 or via sessions are from 10.30 to her by email: [email protected]. 11.15am every Wednesday (no [email protected] class 15 June). These are Linda Pollard Sarah Cavanagh friendly and informal and no S.G.Parker previous experience is needed. Quack! Painting & Decorating Travellers’ tales Details at: he scouts will be holding Interior & Exterior woodbridgetapdance.weebly.com he next meeting of the Ttheir Duck Race on City & Guilds TCarlford Benefice Group or contact me on 07778 Saturday 25 June on will be in the Grundisburgh 746315 or 01394 384557 Grundisburgh village green: Over 30 years experience Parish Rooms on Wednesday Jill Streatfield the off is 4pm. Games, Reliable & friendly service 15 June at 2.30pm when Rev sideshows, stalls, BBQ and Jane Hall will be speaking on FUN DAY! ice-creams from 3pm. And, we For a free estimate The Holy Land revisited, or hope, a bouncy castle. Race Please call: how to survive a ‘relaxed redfield Church Fete will tickets can be purchased from pilgrimage’. Share the Bbe held on Saturday 4 3 Post Mill Crescent, 01473737869 experiences of the Coastland June from 2.15 pm at The Old Grundisburgh and Williams Or Pilgrims when they travelled Rectory, Bredfield IP13 6AX Store in Grundisburgh. 07572966167 in the footsteps of Jesus last Admission and parking free. Pat Ross 3 the QueeN ’s 90 th birthDay -w hat ’s ON This summary has been Charsfield Clopton Debach Village Funds and compiled from information Macmillan Cancer Care. received from the respective Residents of Charsfield will be Whilst Clopton isn’t holding villages in our area. able to exclaim ‘Happy any specific birthday Grundisburgh Birthday Your Majesty’ on celebrations, the Midsummer Saturday 11 June at The Three Fete on Sunday 19 June will and Culpho Burgh Horseshoes. The event will allow both locals and those A weekend of celebration will The villagers of Burgh are begin at 3pm where afternoon from further afield to come take place on 10, 11 and 12 invited to Mill House on tea will be served in the Party together for a packed day of June. A flower festival, Sunday 12 June to celebrate tent. The celebrations will food, drink and music. entitled ‘Our Queen: A the Queen’s Birthday with a continue throughout the day Starting at 12pm until 5pm, Lifetime of Service’ will be BBQ. With the promise of and will culminate in an this traditional fete at Clopton held in St Mary’s church over plenty of good food and drink, evening BBQ where guests village hall and field will the three days, starting on the event will be held from 1 will be entertained with live include a stage with music and Friday 10 June. The flower to 5pm. music with ‘King Kalou’ from entertainment. With a beer festival will be open from 7pm onwards. tent, hot food and teas, visitors 10am to 6pm, except on will be suitably refreshed Sunday where it will be open whilst various stalls, games from 1.30pm to 9pm. Light GARDEN KEEPER and a bouncy castle will keep refreshments will be available Landscape Design & Ground Works everyone entertained. for visitors on Friday. The Bealings Saturday 11 June will see a PATIOS • DRIVEWAYS street party in the school TREES • HEDGES • PONDS Direct invitations will be sent grounds from 2.30pm. This FENCES • CLEARANCES to those living in the villages will involve The Lunch Club, TURFING & MUCH MORE of Great and Little Bealings, The Lyttelton Club and inviting them, together with children of primary school age Contact John for families and friends, to get and below. There will be advice and free quotes together for a Garden Party on games and races for the 01394809136 the afternoon of 12 June to children followed by tea and 07888684281 celebrate the Queen's 90th entertainment from the school Email: birthday. It promises to be a choir, featuring upbeat songs [email protected] www.keepingthegarden.co.uk lively occasion, with town and music from the nine crier, visit from "The Queen", decades of the Queen’s life. live jazz, bar, barbeque, bake- A special songs of praise off, games, activities for service will be held at 11am in SP Boiler Services children and birthday cake. St Mary’s on Sunday 12 June. Red,white and blue attire is All are welcome to share their Domestic Oil Fired Boilers recommended. The afternoon musical talents in a very will be rounded off with a informal way. Bring an patriotic sing-song Boiler Servicing & Repairs instrument if you wish or you Breakdowns Debach can come along and sing. The Local Business church is also open for the The Debach Big Day out this flower festival, between 6 and Prompt & Reliable year will be on Saturday 11 9pm. The weekend will draw June when we will be holding to a close on the village green a Treasure Hunt around the with a musical firework Tel: 01473 785095 village. display at 9.15pm on Sunday. Website: www.spboilerservices.co.uk The event will begin between Witnesham, Ipswich IP6 9HG 2pm and 2.30pm and Tea will Hasketon be available on the village Hasketon will be holding a green. Prize giving will be at traditional birthday party to Established 5pm. celebrate the Queen’s 90th family business Clues will be available on the birthday. The event will start Friendly and day at £5 per copy on the at 2pm on Sunday 12 June at helpful advice village green. The number of Victory Hall, with organised sports for children of all ages. Exclusive people in each team is up to the competitors. It will be followed by a imports traditional birthday tea for A first prize voucher worth everyone in the village. £150 has been donated by Maritime transport and there Otley will be a consolation prize for the winners of the wooden On the Queen’s actual birthday the bells of Otley :TP[OÄLSK4LS[VU spoon. church rang out for over an >VVKIYPKNL075/ Any surplus funds made on hour to mark the occasion. Telephone justtileswoodbridge.co.uk the day will be split between
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Further celebrations will take party style afternoon tea photographed. There will also place on Sunday 12 June. In outside the village hall. Tuddenham St be tractor trailer rides. As well preparation of this event, All Otley residents will Martin as all the usual stalls, draws, Penny Sunnaway and Martin ice cream and entertainment receive an invitation and, to The village of Tuddenham St Wright are organising help with catering, the by the Ipswich wind band, competitions, including Martin will be combining its there will be a birthday tea. response slip needs to be annual fete with the Queen’s creating a posy for the Queen; returned to Otley shop. If The fete is in aid of the church decorating a cake fit for a 90th birthday celebration at and will be held in the lovely you’d like to help or have any Poplar Farm on Saturday 11 queen; making a model palace questions please contact the gardens of Bill and Monica or veggie pet for HM; and a June from 2pm. The fete will Pipe. Admission is 50p, with Revd Jane Hall (785251 or be themed red, white and blue, portrait of the Queen. For email [email protected]) children admitted for free. The further details of the with attractions such as residents of Tuddenham hope competitions and how to enter Playford children’s games, a children’s that you come and enjoy the ring 890257 or call at Otley tombola, face painting and a afternoon. Playford will see two days of chance to make your own village stores. The Tanya Fosdick competition entries will be celebrations, starting with crown or sword and being judged and on view in the ‘The Playford Summer village hall on 12 June. Barbecue’ at Playford Hall (from 5pm to 9pm). Building on the success of the Organised by the Playford village’s Diamond Jubilee Village Hall Management celebration, a strong team are Committee, entry is free with planning a giant village party burgers, sausages and drinks on Sunday 12 June. The day available, but please bring a will begin at noon with an pud if you can! open air service at the playing field to celebrate the Queen’s Swilland and life. This will be followed by ‘A Big Lunch’ when residents Witnesham can relax together with their Celebrations will be taking own picnics, drink, rugs, place on the Saturday of the chairs and gazebos. There big weekend in Witnesham. will be a display of Otley From 4.30pm on 11 June, the photos over the last 90 years place to be is The Barley and Sally Whiffing will be Mow, where a big celebration delighted to borrow any will be taking place. pictures people are willing to Residents and visitors are lend for this. There will also encouraged to bring their own be a treasure hunt and a “How picnic to enjoy whilst old is the Queen?” ageg experiencing the afternoon competition. During the entertainment. Stay afternoon there will be a lot of throughout the afternoon as traditional games and races for and the pub will be starting a all ages including an egg and BBQ at 7pm. From 8pm until spoon and sack races. To late there will be a singer you! register your team (of eight) performing at the pub to carry for the tug-of-war, email the celebrations on late into [email protected] At the evening. band to our 4pm there will be a street village deepends on YOUUR cooperationon.
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5 to work in and with the Healthy measures community and an opportunity tribute has arisen where the parishes eth Taylor is organising Chairman of the SCC Pension first aid training for a of Ashbocking, Boulge, B Burgh, Clopton, PETER BELLFIELD Fund Committee for many number of people in Clopton, years and served as a member Debach and Charsfield. The Grundisburgh, Hasketon, Aug 1938 - April 2016 Otley and Swilland, of the Audit Committee. As first session is with St Johns uring his service with collectively ‘The Carlford well as finance, Peter’s and Charsfield are providing both Suffolk County Benefice’, have taken the first D primary activities were with the hall free of charge. As we Council and Suffolk Coastal step to improve the speed of highways issues because of his can only do 14 people at one District Council, Peter broadband in our area. particular concern about sitting, we will be organising Bellfield represented most of lorries and speeding traffic on further sessions because the We have interviewed three the News’ villages and rarely rural roads. He continued to demand is so high. Cost of suppliers of wifi (wireless) missed a parish council work on behalf of his area up each session is £360 (about broadband and have invited meeting. Often this to the time of his death, the same as a flag pole - see County Broadband to use our meant attending despite increasing ill page 13) and I will be able to church towers as relay stations several meetings health. fund just two sessions from for their service. But, as a in one evening. my community budget fund. commercial undertaking, they He was held in I was strongly influenced Not only is this exercise will come into our area only if high esteem by by Peter to seek election extremely useful, it brings all there is a sufficient take up by both the as a councillor myself. For the communities together. homes and businesses. communities he several years he had supported and guided and helped me as I made a contribution of invitation secretary to the Save Our £1,000 to Bredfield to help his fellow So to take the second step we councillors for Rural Roads campaign with the cost of their all need to play our part, (SORR). One day he defibrillator. I understand that his hard work on whether we live within or behalf of his villages, and for suggested, in his quiet and Grundisburgh also wants to go outside the Carlford Benefice, persuasive way, I might down this path with a pursuing their interests and by coming along to one of the concerns. Most of us have actually achieve more by defibrillator on the parish public meetings at becoming a councillor. So, I rooms front wall. benefited in some way from Tony Fryatt Grundisburgh or Otley (see ad the use of his ‘locality budget’ have him to thank for five on page 5). County Broadband he used to support many good years of challenging work Broadband 1 will talk to us about what they causes. with Suffolk Coastal. Throughout that time, Peter e have been doing a lot can provide and what it will He was first elected to the was my mentor and friend. He to bring improved cost. We will be able to ask W district council in 1999, was an example of the very broadband to Clopton, Debach them ANY questions we may representing what became best in local government. and Bredfield. Again it has have about any aspect of the arrangement. Otley ward after re- been driven by Beth Taylor, organisation. He played a full Peter Bellfield lived in with the assistance of Peter Please come and decide for and active part in all the Clopton for nearly 40 years. Raffell of Clopton. We now yourself whether County council’s activities. For many Sadly his wife Juliet, a prime have a provider with Broadband can provide the years he was Cabinet Support mover in raising funds for equipment on a mast at the broadband service you need Member for finance and he cancer care with Macmillan, airfield site offering service to and at the right price for you. was elected to Chairman of died last October. Clopton and Debach. Should County Broadband Suffolk Coastal Council for Tony Fryatt Bredfield will need a repeater. proceed, Carlford Benefice 2013, before standing down as A thank you from John Cubitt: I was able to make a will receive £600 per year for a district councillor the I am very grateful for the contribution to the enabling every tower that is used as a following year. amazing kindness and support fund run by SCDC. relay station. The money Peter became a county shown to me since the loss of Tony Fryatt received, as part of this councillor in 2003 for what Joyce. Thank you for the cards Broadband 2 community project, will be became Carlford Division and letters- too many for me divided equally between all covering 26 villages, which he to acknowledge individually: they have been of great he Church always eight of the churches. served diligently. In addition welcomes the opportunity comfort to me. We had six T Carlford Benefice Broadband Group to this he was a very thorough wonderful years together.
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