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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 , 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 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 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 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 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 , 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, 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. 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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 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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6 ashbOckiNg aNgles The church is also looking On another News round-up forward to Bishop Mike’s visit occasion volunteers e have just had a to Ashbocking for our service went out cleaning Wglorious Easter service on 12 June: we hope that there the roads signs at Ashbocking Church, led by will be a large congregation of around the village the Rev Catherine Beaumont. people to welcome him. This which had become The church looked beautiful is a very special event and very difficult to with so many spring flowers follows the Installation of decipher due to arranged by Linda Ellis and Bishop Mike as the new moss and road dirt. Ashbocking parishioners. Bishop of . We were fortunate enough to be chosen to participate in this ceremony held at St Edmundsbury Before and after the clean-up!

It was surprising just how much rubbish was collected, mainly beer and drinks cans but also plastic bags, bottles The Andrews-Pearce family and the odd shoe! contributed a wonderful arrangement in a basket It was a very cold day but the depicting the Easter story. It bonus of this job was meeting had the three crosses and a up for a cup of tea and a piece path to the tomb, cleverly of cake and a chat at the We are lucky that these Cathedral in February, when Crockery Barn afterwards, and willing people could get the made from a birds nest lain on Catherine Beaumont, Liz its side, with a round stone meeting Swilland litter pickers rather messy and hazardous Stegman, Linda Pollard, Adine who had also been out in their job done so efficiently. nearby. The children had Schrankel and Stephanie obviously enjoyed helping village. It would be a great Hopefully with the prospect of Pearce- Andrews were invited help if people would think summer around the corner the with its design and to give readings, prayers and a construction. about the environment and signs should stay cleaner. short interview to reflect take their rubbish home. Growing in words: Lynda Pollard photos: John Pollard Number in the church. It was a very moving experience and an extremely joyous occasion. The Parish Council has Design – Installation – Maintenance – Repair spent some Fencing Driveways Patios Paving Turfing time tidying the village. ForaFreequotecallStuarton Ccaptured moments at the Firstly a Tel: 01473 735642 cathedral service. group of orvisit volunteers spent the www.hawthornhardlandscape.co.uk afternoon litter picking along the length of The Green.

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7 motorbike enthusiasts, a fancy Plant sale growth spurt mask competition, TH ILLLLAGE his year’s plant sale at Bealings finished up with a net family races and a tug Tincome of just over £2,300 – a spurt upwards from last year of war. There will be and a credit to all concerned, for which many thanks. We had the lots of stalls (anyone attraction of a very special raffle prize, generously gifted by who has not yet HOW Colin Hopkins –a flight in the skies over . It was booked can ring Julia won by one of our stalwart helpers, Bob Tate. Very fitting. on 735524). The sale’s formula opies of the new-look The Football Club will be needs constant CGrundisburgh Village running the bar in the pavilion refreshing and so the Show schedule should be and its barbecue outside. The idea of the children’s available at the same time as Playgroup is in charge of the Garden Hub was The News is printed - and full tea tent. And there will be a born. Margaret details are already posted on mouth-watering variety of Roseboom ran with the horticultural society’s new other food stalls around the the idea – with website. Find us at field. wonderful results. www.grundisburgh.show. The There’s no need to book for Her team of talented show is taking place on the car boot in advance. It’s £5 helpers ensured that The children’s hub in the hall . Saturday 16 July. per vehicle, and setting up is our younger visitors had plenty to keep Sorry, we’re not delivering from 11am. them occupied – and able to learn about growing and living schedules door-to-door this Tickets are selling fast for the things in the process with the support of Bealings School. If this year, but copies can be picked evening dance after the show, experiment succeeds, the future can be bright indeed. It also up in many outlets around the thanks to the attraction of makes the occasion more of a family day out. The village hall area. Full details of classes, ‘The Outlines’ and a hog roast. lunch brought together some 20 helpers and really summed up how to enter and entry forms Richard Garrett is in charge the spirit of teamwork that makes for success. It also ensures the are also available on line. Or (735469). The society’s hall is completely restored to its original state before 2pm. schedules can be sent to you evening garden party takes tby ringing 01473 738420. place at the Round House, Next year: the provisional date for the sale is Saturday 22 April. All the adult classes carry a Post Mill Gardens, on Friday Hasketon have their sale a week later usually and we don’t want first prize of £5, and the 5 August. Tickets will be to tangle with them! children’s prize money has available from Forge Stores Norman Porter also been increased, thanks to nearer the time. generous sponsorship. So we Doctors’ notes hope for lots of entries! n recent months two GPs have left our practice and while we help wanted idden Ihave been able to access experienced quality locums in the past, we cannot guarantee this in the future. However, we have We have recruited a lot of been extremely fortunate to recently recruit an experienced full- willing volunteers already, but ardens time GP Partner, Dr Philip Stewart but this only partly replaces a few more are still needed on the previous number of GP sessions and we have had to review show day, in particular to: our provision of surgeries at each site. We do not wish to have * Supervise car booters’ to cancel surgeries at short notice or put our current staff under arrival and collect their The first event of the undue pressure but to maintain a daily service at all three sites, it money; horticultural society’s year is has been necessary to make some changes to the opening times * Sell tickets for the ‘win Hidden Gardens when some at Otley and Grundisburgh (Debenham - no change). We £50’ game; 15 Grundisburgh gardens will apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause but hope be welcoming visitors on you understand our reasoning. From Tuesday 31 May 2016, the * Join Tom Coomber’s car 18/19 June. Entry as usual revised opening times are: parking team will be by programme. These Grundisburgh : Monday mornings, Tuesday afternoons, * Be available as first aiders will be sold on The Green at Wednesday mornings, Thursday afternoons, Friday mornings. – just in case. All our the time for £4 (£3.50 if volunteers at the show are bought in advance from Otley: Monday afternoons, Tuesday mornings, Wednesday kept well supplied with village shops, available the afternoons, Thursday mornings, Friday afternoons. refreshments. Anyone willing week before). Teas will be Full details will be displayed at the surgeries and on our to help should contact show served in the parish rooms, website.We will be monitoring our service provision in the secretary Pat Dougan on and cakes and plants sold on future in order to ensure we continue to provide the highest 738420. The Green. Children are possible level of care to our patients. Thank you in anticipation. encouraged to enter a special Julia Bentley is organizing Dr David Egan, Senior Partner, Debenham Group Practice stalls and a programme of quiz –to spot animals, birds entertainment for show day and other creatures in the afternoon on the playing field gardens. The event is Right: Grundisburgh outside the marquee from sponsored by Katie’s Garden residents Elliot 12.30pm. This includes live and will be supporting our two Harrison and Paul music, a ‘trash or treasure’ nominated charities for this Stoddart of Kingdom auction, a blacksmith year: Grundisburgh Scouts and Forge. They will be demonstrating his ironworking The Country Trust. demonstrating their skills, members of the Suffolk Nicola Hobbs, for Grundisburgh Burgh & skills and products at Vehicle Enthusiasts Club as Culpho Horticultural Society, 01473 the Grundisburgh 738267, email c/o Village Show. well as Land Rover and [email protected]

8 GRUNDISBURGH VILLAGE HALL UPDATE hose who attended the performances! And it’s TParish AGM in the village intended to make provision for hall on 26 April will have good stage lighting , sound heard Peter Kendall, Chairman and projection systems for of the New Village Hall films. After feedback from the Steering Group give an update VHMC AGM in February, we on this issue. Peter sees his increased the size of the role as linking the Village Hall kitchen which should now be Management Committee big enough to provide for (VHMC), the Steering Group outside caterers. Fine fare at the Filipino evening held recently at and the architect. This is a More details will be available Grundisburgh chapel. brief summary of what he on the new village hall said. website as soon as it goes live. Bruce (our Gospel Minister) Last year, the Richard Watkinson and I are always available. village Colin Grimwood Tel 738856, mobile 07979 questionnaire 120549, email sought views on Chapel news [email protected] possible uses of e had a very successful Bruce Francis Tel 277182, email the new hall and Easter Egg Hunt with [email protected] the results of W about 100 children and their this survey have families. God provided perfect influenced the weather in between some quite hall’s design. Garden party at rough days. £116 was raised Originally, the Architects’ drawing of proposed new hall for EACH. Thank you to all Burgh idea was that the hall as seen from Ipswich Road. who contributed. should comprise two dam and Gillian Gurdon’s rectangles and look like a Agarden party in Burgh on Suffolk barn but, Speed checkers Saturday 30 July will mark the superimposing this on to the layford and Rushmere St end of an era. It will be available plot in Top Field PAndrews parish councils perhaps one of their last meant that we would lose have agreed to join forces to fundraising efforts for Burgh quite a lot of open space, combat the issues of speeding Church which over the years precluding its use for through their villages. James have brought in some £50,000. weddings, parties or marquees, Wright from Rushmere St The couple have served a for example. So back to the Andrews Parish Council is co- combined total of 76 years on drawing board..... ordinating the joint the Burgh PCC (Adam 46, community speed watch Gillian 30) and feel the time The present design enables the has come to relinquish their hall to take up less space and venture which will be funded by SCDC’s Locality Budget. roles. They are very grateful allows for reasonable parking for all the support they have room. Internally, several Thirteen observation points in received over the years – and factors have influenced the Rushmere and two in Playford are hoping for a splendid turn layout. GADS is a major user have been approved and both out for their final PCC-themed of the hall and it’s proposed parishes are now asking for A young golfer at the Easter party. that there should be a stage volunteers (who must be 18 Egg Hunt! similar in size to the one in the years of age or older) to man You can be assured of a warm present hall, plus storage for the radar gun. After a welcome. Last summer I Our annual Open-air is flats, scenery and props. There suitability check, a short enjoyed exotic reptiles, planned for Sunday 10 July at would be separate ‘green session of training will be balloon tying and tea with 3pm on the village green. If rooms’ to comply with given and it is envisaged that dainty cakes. This year I am you are not familiar with it, safeguarding regulations - joint working will mean that told the treats will include a we have some singing with internal access to toilets there will be a combined team chance to meet the Easton interspersed with 5 minute without going through the of volunteers who may be Alpacas and a variety of live talks to get us to think. All are auditorium (or outside!). requested to work in either music. The party runs from 2 welcome to join us or just parish. to 5pm at The Croft at Burgh The foyer acts as an essential listen in from a distance for a Corner, with parking in bridge between arriving and This is a way of trying to little while. Finndale field off the B1079 an event and we are proposing reduce the speed at which You can find out more about (disabled spaces at the Croft) a generous space so that vehicles are driven through the the Christian faith or people entering the hall can village, by educating the Tickets will be available at the download sermons from our easily find the toilets, get public into safer driving gate. The £5 per person (5 and website at tickets, meet friends etc. The practices so if anyone can under free) will include a www.grundisburghchapel.org. main hall will be able to spare a little time to devote to lavish tea - but this year uk accommodate parties, this project, then please do donations will be requested for weddings, indoor bowls, contact James Wright on If you would like to talk to the Bucks Fizz. I'm looking dancing, table tennis as well 07494 447391. anyone about problems or forward to it! as the customary dramatic Marian Rosling questions you may have, Peter Kendall

9 ... personal passions ...... personal passions ...... personal passions ... the guitar. Once married, she THE JOY OF SINGING moved around with her Good turns f husband’s job and in the 1980s committee, the 90-strong (and revor Hill from Hasketon rising!) choir has been going in Liverpool took up piano lessons again with a lady in THill of Hasketon saw an from strength to strength. The apple which had been turned ociety was founded in 1824 her 80s who had just started S from wood so he thought he and is the second oldest in tap dancing! Once in Suffolk, she took up music lessons would try his hand at making England: only Halifax Choral one with wood from his Society is older - founded in again, which gave Chris the confidence to join Ipswich garden. He bought a 1817). On 19 March next year secondhand wood turning Ipswich Choral Society will Choral Society in the mid be joining Halifax for their 1990s as a soprano. She bicentenary: the two choirs continues her singing lessons will perform Elijah in Halifax under Claire Weston and has and at Snape on 29 April. achieved ABRSM Grade 8, to help make her an even better Chris also sings with The choral singer! Suffolk Singers led by Claire Weston, former principal Going back to music after her soprano at English National Opera. They inging is good for both are a great Sbody and soul according to group of Chris Pearce of Culpho. She singers, lathe, plus has been Chairman of Ipswich famous also a range of Choral Society for the last for their chisels three years: she lives and cakes and and soon breathes music and singing nd vocal found it a loves every minute of it. workshops relaxing open to the With the help of an excellent and public. Above: members of the Ipswich Choral Society. fulfilling Choral Below: the ‘Shingle Street’ trio. activity. PAINTER & singing has He also gets great DECORATOR offered Chris experiences that husband died helped to give TD pleasure INTERIOR • EXTERIOR • FREE ESTIMATES she would never have had Chris a new impetus in life: when he Over 20 years experience without the two choirs: she she also belongs to the folk gives a Quality Workmanship has sung among the ruins of trio ‘Shingle Street’ family Interior/Exterior work the ancient city of Ephesus in performing at folk clubs, for member Free estimates and advice Turkey; at the Istanbul fundraisers for Culpho church Competitive & reasonable fixed International Music Festival; and other charities such as price quotations in Italy and Austria; an Emmaus and the British Heart Eisteddfod; Ely Cathedral and Friendly & reliable Foundation. Chris would as backing choir for G4 on wholeheartedly encourage their recent comeback tour at everyone to sing for the sheer Tony the Regent in Ipswich. joy of it. 01473 712664 Mobile Chris’ love of 07926 723192 music started in church at the age of around 5, C.W. when she sang a solo at Gardening her local Baptist Services Church. Her Regular Maintenance parents found Mowing • Digging a teacher to whom she Hedge Cutting something he has made for went for a them. Often he uses wood Turfing & Grass Seeding couple of years and loved it. New members are welcome at from a tree which they know Clearing She went on to train as a Ipswich Choral Society and and the provenance of the nurse, and, with colleagues, further information at wood brings back many often created their own www.ipswichchoralsociety.org memories for them. entertainment: amateur Elizabeth Stephenson dramatics, singing and playing Trevor has made a variety of Tel 01473 890144 things such as bowls, pendant

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at the Grundis South-East Africa and a improves her w ider skill-base, burgh church member of the including leadership. And fete held at Commonwealth). meeting other health-care Painting and the beginning Having lived in West Africa professionals to swap of September. with her husband, Malc olm, expe riences and to learn from Decorating and In 2012 and she has an attachment to the them, too. Sarah flies out Ceramic Tiling 2014 he sold continent and in 2014 the again to Beira on 4 June. pendants and opportunity arose to become crib sets at the In April, Ipswich hospital all competitive prices involved in helping to raise hosted a visit of clinicians Grundisburgh the health standards of CribFest, again from Beira: apart from the FREE ESTIMATES Mozambique. Sarah is a serious stuff of lectures and for church funds. pharmacist at Ipswich hospital workshops, she introduced the Garden and Grass When asked what and passes her knowledge and vistors to Suffolk village life, Cutting Service he found was the skills and experience to her including a visit to the most difficult counterparts in Beira. Grundisburgh Dog. And their D. HANNATT aspect of wood safety r eaction? They loved the age 27 Newlands, Otley, Ipswich turning - he said of our buildings and were that because of Transfer of best practice is Tel 01473 890310 other interests fundamental to the Partnership there is seldom and Sarah has been involved enough time to personally in introducing W lki ! DARREN WORNE turn regularly. Ipswich st andard systems, Also, like most such as safer prescription D g Plant operator things, practice charts and emergency drug makes perfect. boxes into wards in Beira, as Operated mini-digger hire

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exploring East Anglia using flowers and shrubs. Susie, his bus pass. Perhaps some of born into a musical family, us need to be a bit more toured the world as a adventurous when using ours! competent cello player before In April, Hilary Hill came to she and her husband came to share with us some of the live in Grundisburgh where adventures she and her her great love of plants began. husband Trevor had Mrs Williams gave her a break experienced when they by offering to sell plants from embarked on their South her shop - which she still does to this day.

field, in the rain. They also Scout News took part in an Easter egg hunt and archery – again in ll Sections have again the rain! Cubs are working Abeen very busy this term. on the Naturalist and Beavers had a hike in Communication badges this Rendlesham Forest and alien term having a ‘100 Years of modelling in the Hut with Cubs’ camp at the end of some excellent models being May in Glemham Hall. Over made from everyday items. the early May bank holiday In early March, cubs went on some scouts, leaders and a night hike around local parents took part in our villages and slept over in the cycle camp from Southend hut; the following morning to - 110 miles they took part in ‘Clean for along the coast staying at Branch President Barbara King planting the Centenary rose. the Queen’ around the playing different locations each night. Our Archery Team triumphed African Safari. On one In recognition of all Pat at the National Finals in occasion they had to drive for Polley’s work for the WI, we Hertfordshire on 7/8 May: 14 many miles in the soaring decided to buy her a special gold medals, 9 silver, 9 bronze temperatures, unable to open rose which had been 9 Cups (National Champions), the windows due to roadside developed to mark the WI 2 Shields (National signs warning them of 'Risk of Centenary last year. Sadly, Pat Champions) and 1st/2nd/3rd High Jacking'. When they died before we were able to in the team categories. finally thought they were safe, present it to her, so it was they were confronted with planted in her memory beside Pat Ross, Group Secretary 01473 735352 'Risk of Baboon attack' signs! the door to St Mary’s church. Susie, from Katie's Garden Pat was a leading member of WI News (named after her daughter who the church choir for many years. ip Wright certainly gave wrote for The News before Pthe ladies of Grundisburgh, she went to university), Details of WI meetings are Burgh and Culpho WI a good arrived at our May meeting included in the News’Diary on chuckle when, with great with a van load of plants and page 2. humour, he told of his travels proceeded to impart her Carol Barker 735838. extensive knowledge about

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12 schOOl repOrts Grundisburgh’s days out. of which may take place during the school day or in the evenings. They must also be willing to have a DBS check. hildren from Grundisburgh Primary school have been very If you are interested or would like to know more about the role, busy this term. Classes 1 and 3 have been out of school on C please contact John Lynch, the headteacher, on 01473 735281 or some fantastic trips: Class 1 have been learning about castles email [email protected]. The deadline is and went to Castle for the day. They had a super Monday 13 June. time exploring the museum, going on the wall walk and, best of Clive Willetts Chairman of Governors all, getting muddy as they walked around the castle! Class 3 have been reading 'The Owl who was afraid of the dark' by Jill Charsfield’s may activities Tomlinson and have completed lots of work in conjunction with this book. The children were lucky enough to visit Stonham Barns Owl Sanctuary recently where they watched flight displays and went on a trail around the Left, two pupils exploring just part of sanctuary. The children have loved these trips and are looking the newly expanded Early Years forward to their next ones. area at Charsfield primary school. Thanks go to Mr. Smith for making Gemma Oakley all the wonderful contraptions for this area, making it an exciting place to OTLEY SETS THE STANDARD! learn. Above: Class 3 of the school on their sci-fi themed day in May, a he Union flag flies proudly reward for sustained good Toutside Otley County behaviour! Primary school following the photos from Charsfield school’s May Newsletter donation from Cllr Tony Fryatt’s Enabling Communities Budget for the purchase of a flag pole and three flags and standards and to Diggerworks who installed the pole during the February half term. Being in the front of the school means the flags can be seen by passers-by and used for the benefit of the community as well as enhancing the children’s enjoyment of year round ceremonial celebrations. Earlier this year the children took part in the ‘fly the flag’ tributes as part of Commonwealth Day celebrations (this flag being donated by Otley parish council) and we also raised the flag of England on St George’s Day. The Union flag and Otley Primary School standard are available to use throughout the remainder of the year and we will certainly be flying the flags in June for the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations! Vanessa Osborne New governor needed! rundisburgh school has grown in numbers over the past few Gyears and has built a very good reputation across Suffolk. Would you like to become part of the school community and be involved in the future development of the school? We need someone who is enthusiastic, interested in education and who could contribute to the development of the school; has sufficient time to be able to attend meetings (two termly meetings starting at 4pm and at least one termly committee meeting starting at a similar time) and to visit the school when required. They must be willing to attend relevant training – some

13 pub News and eVeNts Kiwis land on Moon ! visiting teams testing out the Pop to the Pop-up! to Monday 30 May: beer and surface!). Boules are behind cider festival with a BBQ on oseph and Maia will be the bar for anyone to use. he White Hart is puttng Sunday afternoon. On the performing live at the on a Pop-Up Pub at the Monday the restaurant will be J On 7 June Saul will be hosting T Moon and Mushroom as part Otley Village Fete on 2 July closed but the bar is open all our inaugural ‘Silver of their spring UK tour on so you can come for lunch day, with pizzas from 12-9pm. Thursday 2 June at 9pm. Luncheon’ in the snug at 12 before the fete starts at 2pm. Originating from New noon. It’s a social lunch for For the Queen’s birthday, we Zealand, where they were the over sixties on two long Pizzas galore in are holding a mini beer and until recently signed to the sharing tables. Come on your cider festival with live music country’s top record label, own or as a group to enjoy Grundisburgh on the Saturday from 3pm and good company and Mauli’s BBQ and pizzas on the they spend much of the year uring the school holidays, touring extensively in Europe lovely food: £15 for one Sunday from 4pm. The Dog will be open on and the U.K. They released an course or £18 for two - D On the Hidden album in 2015 titled 'Sorrento', including a glass of wine or a Mondays Gardens weekend mixing pop, folk and pint of beer. Please call to between (18/19 June) we are bluegrass with beautifully book a place. We are hoping it 12 and serving pizzas on both crafted songs and harmonies. will be a regular event. 8pm, days from 12-9pm. This is a truly fantastic ‘10 Mile Supper' - on with a On Fathers’ Day (19 opportunity to see such an Thursday 16 June: all light June) we are offering incredibly talented act in an ingredients from within 10 lunch a special restaurant intimate and local venue. Do miles of the pub. and includes menu from 12-2. And free menu. And a pizza + Peroni come along: admission free. delicious vegetarian dishes. children’s entertainment from offer for £10. Every Thursday the ‘Busy Nikki Gavin 3-4pm every Friday. Quiz nights on 5 June and 3 Hands and Warm Hearts’ July - booking essential. Boules and bottles knitting group meets from 10 Our wood-fired pizza oven is to 11.30am. now open every week-end for Eilir Rogers. he Hasketon Turks Head the summer season: Fridays 4- Celebrations for the Queen’s petanque team is unbeaten Wednesdays 8 June and 20 9pm; Saturdays 12-6pm; T 90th birthday are also being so far this season. Well done July will be supper and quiz Sundays 4-9pm. The Sarah Butters and team! The nights at 7pm. restaurant is now open all day held at Charsfield Three pistes are also proving very Jemima Withey on Sundays. Horseshoes and Witnesham popular with our guests ( and Barley Mow - see special Special events: Friday 27 May What’s On on pages 4 and 5   KEYHOLE SURGERY LOCKSMITHS SIMON CHITTOCK NO CALL OUT FEES – NO VAT FREE QUOTES – BEST PRICES IN THE AREA 01473 715794 – 07599 538917 www.keyholesurgeryipswich.co.uk

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14 eNterprises Covering the waterfront lways game for Charsfield. Asomething new, Mike All boats are different and Bamford moved from each job requires its own set Lancashire, where he had a of measurements to meet the hairdressing business, to owner’s requirements: this Woodbridge because his late means Mike has to visit each brother-in-law had bought vessel (whether ashore or Whisstock’s Tide Mill yacht afloat), take accurate basin in Woodbridge from the measurements and construct Receiver and asked if Mike templates in non-stretch was interested in being plastic film. These templates Completely CraCkers! involved in running it as a determine the precise structure hat does a landscape Easter, halloween. proms and marina. He was and, indeed of the sprayhoods (or helped get the business up and Wdesigner do when it’s New Year events are just some whatever the item happens to raining? Why, make crackers opportunities for cracker- running. and lived there on be) and they are then site in a caravan for nine (party, not crispy) of course! pulling. replicated to produce the final What else? months. article - using UV-resistant Some customers supply their enterprising and waterproof material in the For the past 17 years, Julia own paper and gifts - others desired colour - in the Saunders of Playford has been rely on Julia. Inclusions can But Mike had identified a Charsfield workshop. Mike is in the garden design field but range from simple toys to market in marine canvas work ably assisted by the excellent some years ago began helping jewellery or expensive and set up a workshop in a Jacky Baggett who has been in out at a friend’s cracker confectionery. She even large Portakabin to make his employ almost produces a range of crackers bespoke boat sail covers, continuously for 28 years! for christenings with little sprayhoods and bunk knitted hats inside! Her eye cushions. Back in Lancashire, Mike says his most for colour has been enhanced challenging job was to by her design degree, as these supply and fit a complete examples (pictured) show. set of canvas awnings for a large ex-Fishery It takes about an hour to make Protection vessel a box of six crackers but to converted to a yacht and achieve that, all the which used to lie at Woodbridge and . Supporting steelwork had to be designed and business in Woodbridge. She manufactured for new gradually got more involved in Above: Mike working on a awnings as well as cracker making and when her yacht’s sprayhood to protect modifying the colleague retired, she offered the crew in the boat’s cockpit. existing ones. Julia the business - called, Right: his distinctive ‘label’ Not to naturally enough, ‘Completely and, below: a spray-hood and mention re- Crackers’. Julia thought the sail cover on a boat at foaming the name to be perfect so she took Levington. leather- it over and trades under that covered bunk title today. cushions below decks: all in all about two Although she makes crackers ingredients have to be to hand months’ solid work! for stock, she delights in and ready to use - including producing one-off designs for the essential explosive snaps. Mike also turns his individual customers and As for jokes - yes, she hand to less rugged special occasions: some of the includes them, too! She finds work and if you visit crackers are so attractive that and prints them herself so they Charsfield and it seems almost sacrilege to are unlikely to be as corny as Letheringham pull them! Julia makes all her you might find elsewhere! churches you can see products herself by hand. Up to now, Julia has relied on some of Mike’s Attention to detail is essential: his mother had been a keen smaller items - kneelers in the craft and wedding fairs and needlewoman and made sure the value-added in a cracker is local publicity to market her pews. Mike has been the determined by its decoration, her children could operate a churchwarden at St. Peter’s, products but she is in no doubt treadle sewing machine. This contents and the relevance of the internet is the way in Charsfield for the last 14 years the whole design to the stood Mike in good stead for and with his wife Kathryn will future and is planning to go his new enterprise. He has occasion at which it is being online this year. I hope she can be celebrating their golden used. Customers can specify worked at various locations in wedding this October. keep up with the demand for the Suffolk area but has what they want the crackers these beautiful products! words and photos: Richard Watkinson for and what should go inside always been his own man and words and photos: Richard Watkinson now runs his own business in them: weddings, henparties, 15 established local firms such as The Topspot Theatrical Thursday 16, Friday 17 and DIAMOND Creaseys. Beer for the bar is Agency has fallen on hard Saturday 18 June at 7.30pm in brought in from times. Business is bad and the Grundisburgh village hall. GEEzERS! Brewery. only glimmer of hope seems Tickets (including a light t all began twenty years ago Obviously what happens on to be a call from a television ploughman’s supper) will be Iwhen Molly and Gordon the day is the result of much company seeking regulars for available from The Olde Forge Smith celebrated their Ruby forward planning and the a new police drama series. Stores in due course. You can Wedding with a group of like observance of many rules and Things also seem to be sit at tables around the hall to minded jazz enthusiast friends regulations. Gordon takes looking up when Jenny gets a enjoy the show. Please bring at The Tuddenham Fountain. delight in booking the bands - call from Robbie Williams your own drinks, as GADS Reluctant to bring the event to often through his contacts at seeking new management. will not be running a licensed a close Molly spoke to the Colchester Jazz Club - a six- Next door, the Hotshot bar this year. jazz band and then the whole piece band costs a Detective Agency is doing GADS is always on the party - band and all - considerable amount, they rather well, due mainly to lookout for new talent so if cover great ‘nefarious practices’! How? you are interested in helping distances - as do Come and see for yourself as in any way, please contact their fans! the plot unfolds with hilarious GADS’ secretary, Nikki Small wonder that incidents on the way. Brown, on 01473 738229. Molly and Gordon The play will be performed on Marian Rosling are bowing out after twenty years, this year will be Not quite the last word their final effort - Molly is looking Ron Last’s article in issue 238 queried the naming of the forward to sitting wartime airfield as Debach rather than Clopton where it was back and being on actually located. Local local architect Richard Pirkis who grew the receiving end in up at Keens Farm, Debach, has an explanation. So does Daphne the future and Foulger.... Gordon looks he track leading to Low Farm - through Keens Farm - had forward to having Tbeen partially piped and filled in on both sides of the track to his favourite band enable aircraft to use the 1km long flat field running East to in his own garden. Dallinghoo during WW1 (several small fields had been made Although into one in around 1900 by a rector of Dallinghoo keen to determined not to modernise farming!) be involved in the translocated to Shrubbery I was told about the use of the field by Mr Coaker who had organisation, they are very Farm for an impromptu farmed there during WW2. He recalled Air Ministry surveyors happy to offer the use of the barbecue. The overwhelming arriving to tell him to vacate within a month as Keens Farm was field, the car park and the cry at the end of the evening to be demolished for the new Debach airfield. Trees were cut upgraded ‘loos’ to any other was ‘Do it again, do it again!’ down and the surveyors began detailed work only to realise too people who might take on the - and so they have, with much earth would have to be moved to make the East-West tasks but so far, no-one has outstanding success. Gordon runway long enough. So the surveyors moved further West - and volunteered. They say they are thinks they have raised over thus the whole of Debach Airfield was moved to Clopton. But not confident the event will forty thousand pounds for the name didn’t change. survive - perhaps it needs a church funds. It’s been hard new generation to take it on? As to Thistleton Hall, a fellow local farmer told me that, work but they’ve not done it We must wait and see, but the although the hall had seen a bit of rough treatment for about two alone, a faithful band of Jazz Barbecue on 26 June this years, it was still habitable after 1945. He claimed that the local helpers have worked together year will also be a chance for War Agriculture Executive Committee had it pulled down purely to erect marquees - (John Dyer those who have enjoyed because it had become a house of ill repute! Pieces of the oak kindly gave his) - organise themselves at Shrubbery Farm panelling are to still to be seen in a post-war house in Debach.” gazebos and string bunting, over the years to give Molly (Richard Smith was badly Richard Pirkis and Gordon all our good missed!) and produce fantastic wishes on the occasion of their on Last wonders why the airfield was named Debach. I food. Molly loves to organise Diamond Wedding. Rthought this was due to there only being one ‘Debach’ in the and part of her enjoyment has country whereas there are several variations of places named been in being able to identify Diamond Geezers indeed! Burgh and Clopton, which could have led to confusion. specific people for specific Madge Nicholas As to Thistleton Hall. I know one ornate fire surround from jobs knowing that she can there was donated to Christchurch Mansion many years before safely leave them to it - WW2. My parents took my sister Hazel and me to see it on everyone knows who is GADS’ Preview display around a fire place in one of the rooms there. responsible for what, whether his year, GADS’ well- cooking and serving hot food Tknown actor, Ian Frost, is I also remember the Wellington bomber crash landing in a field on the day or contributing trying his hand at directing the near Oak Cottages, Burgh and was not badly damaged. Vickers salads and amazing puddings. Summer play ‘Stage Struck’ Armstrong sent four of their engineers to dismantle it to go back Food is purchased from local by John and Yvonne on road transport.. Two of the engineers lodged with my parents farms or businesses - Eddleston. It’s a light-hearted at The Forge, Burgh; the other two with Mrs. Dunnett at Folly strawberries from Oak Tree comedy revolving around two Cottage, Grundisburgh (which was known then as Bonnies Farm, chickens from small businesses with similar Sweet Shop). My recollection is that the job was completed, the Gressinghams and sausages names, operating next door to engineers had left and many days later the 'plane went up in and burgers from well each other - a scenario ripe for flames. This was before Debach airfield was built. confusion. Daphne Foulger (nee Baxter)

16 Otley OfferiNgs May recalled In 1946 May was demobbed, came back to Grundisburgh Ringing for good causes Following the installation in and married Sid Scrutton, a tley Handbell Ringers recently presented a cheque for £150 Grundisburgh church of the bricklayer from Otley, in scroll honouring women who Oto Verity Smith for the Guide Dogs. Verity takes on 1947. May and Sid had no potential guide dogs as puppies and gives them experience of the served in WW2, we are children and she took various grateful to David Stone for situations they general domestic type jobs. will meet when information about one of them They loved her garden and she - his aunt May Stone. working, such as loved to cook, much to the busy town ay was born in Earl delight and benefit of her centres, shops, MSoham in 1920. Her wider family David says buses, trains and father, a farm-hand had to ‘Christmas was brilliant’! restaurants. ‘follow the work’ and When Sid, died May became When they are eventually moved to Otley very involved with the ‘over- about fourteen early in WW2. In 1941, May sixties’ - she was a founder months old, they joined the ATS and went to the member and had a leading role leave her and go St Vincent Training Centre in in the Otley Friendship Club. for full guide dog Warrington. . She made training. She will David thinks Wedding Cakes Verity Smith and Elvie with the Ringers. then take on she thought and catered for another puppy. it a great local weddings The ringers support a different charity each year and have adventure and other included Macmillan, EACH, St Elizabeth's Hospice and the without celebrations. R.N.L.I. The team entertain in residential homes,sheltered really She died in housing, Over 60s clubs, church groups and special interest appreciating 1992. ‘MAY groups in East Suffolk and are always much in demand. the serious STONE’ - a Helen Jay nature of name on a scroll what was May, left, at an Over-60s stall. in a country Gardening Club events going on. church. But n Early May Bank Holiday Monday some 30 members and May became a Lance Corporal much more - a life that made a Ofriends joined the club’s spring local garden evening visit to and trained as a cook (Classes difference to many people. Larks’ Hill, . Despite managing to pick the 1 and 2) stationed at Rowarth Madge Nicholas only day in a fortnight when there was any rain, which turned Castle. Among other items - out to be a very heavy downpour, our enthusiastic exploring of Pass Book, ID card, etc. David Can you help? the eight acre garden was not too dampened. This was because has her workbooks - recording we were able to take shelter in the recently-constructed tea-room in detail in neat long-hand the am looking for the family of and enjoy a good old natter over a cup of tea and some excellent cleaning and care schedules IEmma Sparks. She lived in cakes! for every piece of kitchen Oak Cottage on the Otley to Helmingham road and died in After our summer break the club reconvenes at 7.30 on Monday equipment and different work 5 September at Otley village hall, when Rodney Tibbs will tell stations. 1994. She is buried in Otley churchyard. us about Cambridge College Fellows’ Gardens. We meet once a David also has her recipe month on the 1st Monday and aim to have speakers on a varied books for such dishes as I have been researching an selection of gardening topics. This year we have also organised a ‘Brown Stew for 100 men’ - aircraft crash which narrowly late summer coach outing on 24 September to the Beth Chatto plus, interestingly, details of missed the cottage when gardens near Colchester. There are still one or two spaces portion amounts which differ Emma was inside. If anyone available on the coach. according to gender: for has any photos of Emma, I would love to hear from you. For further details on our club or any of the above items, please example, meat for the brown contact me on 01473 890563 or [email protected], or stew was calculated as 6oz per Andrea Keyland [email protected] Isabel Lincoln on 01473 890826 man, 4oz per ATS! Alan Trevelyan

       

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19 eye on the sky - a mill’s tale rominent and visible for many miles around, with its eye- efficiency and determination of the Observer Corps, 'the eyes Pcatching aluminium cap, Burgh mill attracts a lot of and ears of the R.A.F' which enabled enemy aircraft to be attention. This is a history of the site and the building. intercepted inland. Bob Arbid, a U.S.A.F. engineer stationed at In 1810 the mill was a post mill belonging to Francis Buttrum. Debach visited Burgh Mill and recalls his visit in his book 'Here The present tower mill was built in 1845 we are together' published in 1946. He described the topmost by renowned local builder, John room, staffed by observers, a Whitmore. The mill stayed in the table with photos, aircraft ownership of the Buttrum family all recognition charts and drawings its working life, which ended in 1922. all piled on top - but very little It was saved from demolition at a time furniture. From the parapet he when many others were disappearing looked out over 'Suffolk fields by being fitted with a new roof with and Suffolk woods', waxing weather vane and lightning conductor quite lyrical. in 1925. The Observer Corps was renamed The Royal Observer look-out Corps in 1940 in recognition of During WW 2 the mill was used as a its valuable role in repelling look out post by the Observer Corps, German air attacks. Later in the at which point in time the granary was war, the ROC. assisted with air- used as part of the piggery and sea rescues and helped chickens were kept in the tower! The returning bombers locate their building deteriorated badly over the bases: it also tracked V1 flying years but non-the-less was Grade 2 bombs. A new role was taken listed in 1988. Edward and Penny on at the height of the cold war Creasy, quite by happenstance found when it was feared we might Burgh Mill and Mill House and suffer a nuclear attack and bought them in 2000, taking on a many underground and surface major project of restoration. Luckily, monitoring posts were created. due to its acknowledgement as a As the threat diminished, these prominent historic building it was posts were closed in 1968 and eligible for grants from DEFRA and the ROC finally stood down in the County Council - just as well, the 1990s. there was much to do! Repairs to the Corps members were all tower and granary commenced in 2002. volunteers and enrolled as Special Constables from various Doors and windows were reinstated to the original pattern and walks of life. The Observer post at Burgh Mill was manned an aluminium clad ogee roof plus a viewing gallery was built continuously throughout the war by fourteen observers whose and fitted by Chris Hullcoop of Felixstowe. Some floors in the names were recorded in cement on a reused gear wheel in 1941 - tower still need attention. S. Wurr; W. Gladding; H. Cotton; A. Cotton; G. Mitchell; E.W. war service Gentry; O. V. Mills; J. F. Taylor; H. Ruffles; R. Smith; S. Pryter; In 1940 the Grundisburgh Observer Corps which had been A. Leech; W. Bloss - and their leader, F. S. Morse. established in 1928, moved to Burgh Mill. The Observer Corps Mr Wurr was the headmaster of Grundisburgh primary school; was developed during the 1920s and 30s by its founder and H. Cotton had a cycle shop and Mr Gentry the garage, both in organiser Major General E B Ashmore, to give early warning of Grundisburgh. W. Bloss worked at a slaughter house in Melton. air attacks. A network of hundreds of posts was established in I'm not aware that the occupations of the other volunteers are places where there was an unobstructed view of the horizon and recorded anywhere - perhaps News readers know more? a highly sophisticated and coded telephone system enabled reports to be fed immediately to observer centres. Radar existed words:Madge Nicholas; but could track aircraft only to the coast and it was the photo: Peter Kendall

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