Little Hadham Parish News
March 2020
Mother’s Day in the Village Hall Sunday 22nd March A special service for Mothering Sunday at 11.15am with refreshments from 10.30am.
Little Hadham Parish News is distributed free by St Cecilia’s Church Letter from the Rectory Little Hadham Parish News Revd. Steve Bate Rector of the Parish: Revd. Steve Bate One of the apps that came with my phone might pick wild flowers 01279 842 609 is the one called ‘Calendar’. My previous from the country [email protected] phone gave me a surprise one morning lanes to give to their in May when it announced that it was mothers as a small Churchwarden: Karin Green Mother’s Day – I thought it had already gift. Children would be 01279 771 532 happened back in March. That was when reunited with their mothers and might also [email protected] I realised that my phone still showed go to church. This took place on the fourth holidays and special days in the United Sunday of Lent. Editor: States! It was also when I noticed that the Anne Wright On Sunday 22 March, our churches will be day known as ‘Mother’s Day’ is different [email protected] depending on your country. Mother’s celebrating Mothering Sunday and giving Day is on the second Sunday of May in thanks for the special role of mothers in To find out more about the life of our the United States, along with counties our lives. During these services, flowers church, please visit our website: like Austria, Australia, Germany, Greece, are given to the ladies in the congregation. www.riverashchurches.org.uk Switzerland and Ukraine. There are two opportunities to celebrate Editorial Deadline: Why do I mention this? Because in this Mothering Sunday in our Benefice. We country, Mother’s Day - or Mothering begin at St Andrew’s Much Hadham with All articles for inclusion, sponsorship and Sunday – occurs later this month, on our 9:15 service of Mothering Sunday copy and payment for advertising in the Sunday 22 March. Sometimes, I hear Family Communion. We have coffee and next issue must be received by the15th people ask “why does Mother’s Day keep croissants etc. served from about twenty of the month. minutes before the service. Later that moving around?”. It’s because Mothering (BACS preferred, email the editor for details.) Sunday takes place on the fourth Sunday morning, at 11:15, Little Hadham Village Editor reserves the right to edit down copy of Lent – something that depends on the Hall will host a short all-age service for Mothering Sunday with refreshments received and omit accompanying pictures date on which Easter falls. Mothering where necessary. Sunday, as this day was originally known, served from 10:30. This new Little is always three weeks before Easter Hadham village event is organised by St View the Parish News Online including Sunday. Cecilia’s Church. back issues: www.littlehadham.com This Mother’s Day, do come and join us if The idea of Mothering Sunday goes back Prayer Chain: to the sixteenth century when it was less you’re able. All are welcome! about mothers and more about church. Within our congregations we have a network People would make a journey to their of people who will receive prayer requests. Whatever the problem, worry, anxiety or ‘mother’ church once a year – it might Every blessing personal need, when received, will be Have a Hadham. be where they were originally baptised, forwarded to the people on the chain who will their nearest cathedral or major parish pray immediately for each request for a period church. There was also a tradition of of time. All requests will be confidential. young men and women, working on farms Please ring anytime: or estates, being given the day off to visit Janet: 842 671 or Karin: 771 532 or their mothers. On their way home, they Alice 504 781 2 3 Mike Clark 01279 842 131 www.thehadhamshistorysociety.org.uk
The Society held its AGM in the Hunsdon history groups; we’ve Green Room, Much Hadham Village had a historical walk led by Sheila Hall on Monday, Jan 13th. The White of Braughing History Society meeting was attended by about one who also kindly loaned us a DVD on half of our current membership. Hertfordshire links with the slave The finances of the Society were trade and its abolition. Our February reported to be in good shape. The speaker was Linda Gifford from projector and screen bought last Stanstead Abbotts Local History year with financial support from Society who gave an excellent the Stansted Airport Passenger presentation on the history of the Community Fund and the Much village. This will be summarised Hadham Recreational Trust has well in the next edition of the Parish proven its worth for both still and film Magazine. The programmes of several presentations; these organisations local societies, where available, are again thanked for their generous have been added to our most recent support. The committee and officers mailing and to our website. It is were thanked for their work for the hoped that our members and those Society during the past year and the from other local societies will visit Join us at the farm for an meeting approved their re-election each other more often in the future. Easter to serve for 2020. The activities Eggs-travaganza! of 2019 were briefly reviewed and Forthcoming Events: the draft programme of events for Please remember that our Programme 2020 discussed and approved. The and any late changes are on our meeting also approved our continuing website under the heading “Events” at Cammas Hall Farm to hold some meetings in Little Hadham Village Hall, in line with our Friday 3rd April - Sunday 19th April 9am - 4.30pm Mon 9th Mar 8:00pm @ Green
(*please note the farm is closed on Monday 6th April) objective of covering both Parishes. Room, Much Hadham Village Hall. The formal meeting was followed by Easter Egg Trail Easter Arts & Crafts Face Painting Tasty Easter Treats Additional charges apply for our Easter activities. a Beetle Drive organised by Kathy “Puritans, Pilgrims & Presidents – US Please visit our website event listings for details of all of our Hamilton and thoroughly enjoyed by & Hertfordshire Connections” by Easter activities including animal shows*, Easter basket workshop*, craft activities, Spring workshop* and pottery decoration. all. Elizabeth Eastwood. She gave us *Advanced booking required (subject to availability). an excellent talk on Hertfordshire’s Please visit cammashall.co.uk/events to book your place. Contacts with other local history Suffragettes and Suffragists last year. groups have been improved. Thus, talks on Much Hadham have been Cammas Hall Farm, Needham Green, Hatfield Broad Oak, Near Bishop’s Stortford, Herts, CM22 7JT cammashall.co.uk given to Stanstead Abbotts and
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[email protected] 4. Plant summer flowering bulbs. 6 7 matching the Village Hall. This Contacting the Parish Council Little Hadham Parish Council enables a view of the playing field Carole Page from the road and opens the area We would like to remind the up for the enjoyment of all, whilst community that we’d love to hear ensuring a safe environment. The more from you: asked to assist on flooding issues Dates for your diary: pedestrian entrance halfway along we have in the Village, and to take • You can join us at our Parish the field has been opened up to Council Meetings - the first Next Parish Council Meeting; the lead on public relations for the allow access. in Little Hadham Village Hall Village ensuring we have an active Tuesday of the month at 8pm Meeting Room presence on our social media Reporting to East Herts Council in the Village Hall. pages, whilst also assisting on • The Chair can be contacted at Tuesday 3rd March 8pm planning matters. Thank you to everyone that has [email protected] Next month: Tuesday 7th April. reported issues around the Parish I am looking forward to making a to East Herts Council. For example: • The Clerk at clerklittlehadham@ difference in our Village to make it New Councillor – Freddie Arkall the fly tip on Millfield Lane; the gmail.com or 01920 870809 just a little bit better. I know most aA120 potholes and trees which Hi, I have local people already, but if we have fell in the storm. Often as soon as • Parish Council Surgeries – a lived in Little never met before and you would like problems are reported they are chance to talk to a Parish Hadham now to meet to discuss things please feel solved. You can do this either online Councillor informally at the for 13 years free to pop down the first Tuesday at www.eastherts.gov.uk/ or on the monthly, Wednesday coffee this year, a of every month at the Village Hall following number 01279 655261 morning from 10.00-12.00 large part of where our Parish Council meetings (second Wednesday of the those years are held. month) were spent living in the Nags Head pub right in the very heart of our Village. Luckily after leaving the Nags Head me and my family were very fortunate to stay in the village. I have always been a people person and I enjoy interacting with everyone and the community, so that was why as of December 2019 I decided to join the Parish Council to give back to the community and offer my spare time in helping protect the Village Little Hadham Playing Field Hedge 1-1 PERSONAL TRAINING and making sure our Village stays SMALL GROUP TRAINING The Playing Field belongs to the great. CIRCUITS & BOXING CLASSES Village and is an area for all to use. In my role as Councillor I have Over the last several years the BOOTCAMP been asked to look after areas hedges have become overgrown WWW.CLAUDIAAUDLEY.CO.UK/PT including highways, which I am not allowing the field to be viewed very passionate about, to make sure unless you were inside. Therefore, BASED IN FURNEUX PELHAM, HERTS we keep our village roads and our the hedges alongside the playing 07796 531 071 residents safe. I have also been field have been cut back to a height
8 9 Little Hadham Village Hall News Jan Williamson
I am delighted to be able to start this Carers in Herts still have vacancy on newsletter with good news. East Herts their free workshop on Tuesday 26th Council have granted us the equipment March 1-3pm for First Aid and mentoring and installation money of £5821.00 for Talk for unpaid Carers. For further our Red Chair Cinema Club. It has been information please ring 01992 586969 or a long road but we eventually got there! [email protected] I would like to express our gratitude to Cottered Village Hall for the loan of Little Hadham Viilage Hall are offering their equipment over the past 9 months a special 3 hour party rate for residents without which we would not have been on a Saturday or Sunday for £60. There able to offer membership to over 80 is a live diary page on our website www. people. Thank you East Herts Council littlehadhamvillagehall.com for acknowledging what this cinema If you want any information about club has meant to our community and the contents of this newsletter or surrounding villages. the what’s on in March page please For purchasing your tickets for quiz contact: night on 28th March go to our website Jan Williamson www.littlehadhamvillagehall.com T: 01279 771272 or book through me Jan Williamson 01279 771272. Please do not bring E: [email protected] your own alcohol and please let us MICK’S CARPENTRY Bishop’s Stortford Chimney Services know if you have any allergies or dietary requirements. & PLASTERING
On behalf of Little Hadham Village Hall SERVICES Office: 01279 771462 I would like to thank an anonymous Clean & Reliable Mobile: 07990 770883 donor who has given £1000 towards our refurbishment project. This is extremely • Chimney sweeping All Plastering, Artexing, • Stove installation generous and will be used in Phase 1 of Coving & Rendering • Maintenance & repairs our refurbishment. • Pots & cowls fitted undertaken. Also Doors, • Certificates issued If anyone has any skills in Marketing and Locks, Laminate Flooring, • Free estimates advertising, Project Managing, Grant Applications, Crowdfunding, experience Repairs & Refurbishments, bishopstortfordchimneyservices.co.uk or Fundraising and would like to join our Fencing & Decking. [email protected] sub-committee please contact me. Tel: 01279 758708 There are still tickets (free) available for The Healthy Eating Demonstration on Mob: 07811 141275 Thursday 19th March @ 7pm in the meeting room of the Village Hall.
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Mick Foskett 5 Farm Place, Bury Green 12 ads £100 Nov09 - Oct 12 What’s On in March in Little Hadham Village Hall unless otherwise stated NOTICEBOARD Tuesday 3rd Art from the start 2-4pm Tuesday 3rd A120 Public bypass surgery 5.30-7.30pm THE RED CHAIR CINEMA CLUB Tuesday 3rd Little Hadham Brownies 5.45-7.15pm Mother’s Day in the Village Hall Next Showing: Saturday 21st March. at 7.30pm, doors open at 7.00pm. Tuesday 3rd Judo 7.15-8.45pm Sunday 22nd March Wednesday 4th Fitsteps 7-8pm Coming Shortly: Saturday 18th April, Thursday 5th Afternoon Tea 2-4pm A special service for Mothering Sunday matinee film showing at 2.30pm with doors opening at 2.00pm. Friday 6th Yoga and Meditation 10.30-11.45am 11.15am with refreshments from Friday 6th Adult Barre ballet 6-6.45pm 10.30am. The full programme of films being Monday 9th History Society Talk - 8pm Much Hadham Village Hall shown at the Red Chair Cinema can be found on the Club notice board in the Tuesday 10th Little Hadham Brownies 5.45-7.15pm Village Hall foyer. Tuesday 10th Judo 7.15-8.45 pm For general inquiries or membership Wednesday 11th Open kitchen coffee morning 10-12 noon St Cecilia’s Annual application, go to Wednesday 11th Fitsteps 7-8pm Church Yard Clear Up Friday 13th Adult Barre ballet 6-6.45pm Saturday 21st March 10am-12pm redchaircinema@ littlehadhamvillagehall.com Tuesday 17th Art from the start 2-4pm If you could spare an hour or two Tuesday 17th Little Hadham Brownies 5.45-7.15pm picking up dead wood,clearing paths, Tuesday 17th Judo 7.15-8.45 helping with the bonfire and other little Tuesday 17th Garden Club Meeting 7.45pm for 8pm start jobs, so that the church yard is ready Wednesday 18th Fitsteps 7-8pm for the grass cutters to start in the Thursday 19th Third Thursday Lunch 12.30pm spring. We would be really happy to Thursday 19th Cookery demonstration on healthy eating 7pm see you. As an added incentive there Friday 20th Yoga and Meditation 10.30-11.45 will be refreshments! Little Hadham Village Friday 20th Adult Barre ballet 6-6.45pm Hall Saturday 21st Film club 7pm Sunday 22nd Mother’s Day in the Village Hall 10.30am Join us at the Village Hall on Quiz Nite Tuesday 24th Little Hadham Brownies 5.45-7.15pm Thursday 19th March from 12.30pm for the Third Thursday Saturday 28th March Tuesday 24th Judo 7.15-8.45pm Lunch. Soup & roll cheese & Wednesday 25th Fitsteps 7-8pm biscuits, tea & coffee, chocolate 7pm for a 7.30pm start Thursday 26th Carers in Herts workshop (first aid) 1-3pm biscuits and good company. No £10 per person to include Thursday 26th Whist Drive 7.30pm need to book, just come along, interval meal, drinks available Friday 27th Yoga and Meditation 10.30-11.45 no fee, just donations. We look forward to seeing you. Tickets: www. Friday 27th Adult Barre ballet 6-6.45pm littlehadhamvillagehall.com Saturday 28th Farmers Market 8.30-11.30am or call Jan on: 771 272 Saturday 28th Quiz night 7pm 12 13 Down at the Doctors Dr Paul Haimes
Firstly, a correction from the article in the you in touch with PHE if necessary (i.e. February Parish Magazine. Our dispensary if you have developed any symptoms….. is closed on Thursday afternoons only, fever, dry cough and shortness of for staff training purposes, NOT every breath being the commonest) If you are afternoon! Apologies for that but the subsequently advised by PHE to stay in information on our website and various isolation for a full 2 weeks then you are notices in the surgeries, is accurate. entitled to a medical certificate/sick pay in the usual way for any illness. This month we welcome two new faces to our dispensary staff. Minerva Reyad is a General advice from PHE is to take fully qualified dispenser but needs training “common-sense” steps, just as you would with regard to our computer system and in the case of seasonal Flu. Catch it, kill it, ordering mechanisms etc. Lynda Parker bin it and wash your hands for at least 20 is a Health Care Assistant who we are seconds with soap and water. training as a dispenser from scratch. I’m sure that they will fit in well. If in any doubt;
Finally, we have “Wuhan Flu” or DO NOT ATTEND A&E OR YOUR GP “Coronavirus” which has now been SURGERY officially re-named by the World Health Organisation as Covid-19. PHONE 111
We have experienced a few completely inappropriate contacts from worried Sierra patients or relatives who had obviously ignored, or not understood, the NHS and HomeCarePersonal • Caring • Responsive Public Health England (PHE) advice that have been extensively reported in the media and online. One patient had walked There's no place past a “suspect person” in London and like home... made an appointment the very next day for a “check up” (significant contact is defined as 15 minutes within 2 metres!) Another person rang to request a “check up” for a relative coming back from South Companionship East Asia! We are a small practice so I Home Help hate to think what’s happening in larger Personal Care practices or A&E departments!!
PLEASE follow the National guidance and, if you have travelled to China or SE …to receive care and support Asia, or have had significant contact to live your life, your way with someone who has, then self isolate yourself, preferably at home, and contact Tel:Tel: 0127901279 550167801678 the NHS 111 service. They are fully www.sierrahomecare.co.ukwww.sierrahomecare.co.uk equipped to assess your situation and put CQCCQC RRegisteredegistered 14 15 Little Hadham Village Hall An Opinion from a Country Boy of the Parish
Jan Williamson Pat Wilkinson
As a child in the 1940’s and 50’s I used to HAVE YOU LIVED 2 years ago Little Hadham Village Hall Management committee was set a new spend my time walking the countryside, challenge. This was to develop and refurbish the Village Hall with a relatively small pot IN LITTLE HADHAM looking for wildlife and I walked wherever of money. In order that we can proceed we have to raise money as well as apply for big SINCE 1970? I felt inclined. I did this without doing any grants to support our efforts. The refurbishment and extension will take place over the damage to fences or crops and always next few years depending on our funding. The Village Hall is a valuable resource where AND DO YOU STILL LIVE STILL left gates as I found them. I had been lots of popular and successful activities already take place. These include – HERE AFTER 50 YEARS!? taught to understand farming and not to walk through crops, or in hay meadows. OR PERHAPS YOU JUST VISITED • Monthly Coffee Morning There were times when I was intercepted THE VILLAGE AT THE TIME? by a farmer who came up with the ‘this • Monthly Afternoon Tea is my garden’ quote as mentioned in last If you like music perhaps you went month’s Parish News. Now as an old and to watch and listen to FAIRPORT • Monthly Lunch Club knackered adult I miss this walking in the CONVENTION when they gave a fund countryside but this “garden” argument raising concert in the field opposite • Farmers Market every month makes me angry. Farmers have gardens THE NAGS HEAD pub. just like the rest of us, being the area Perhaps you can still remember • The Annual Pantomime of land that surrounds their houses where you stood, who you were (definition “a garden is a piece of ground • The Garden Club with, and what happened. Was it an adjoining a house in which flowers and exciting event? shrubs are grown”). Open fields are often We want to develop this even more during 2020, and in the years to come. subsidised work sites where most of the The Little Hadham Parish Plan Group, time nothing is going on. This ‘get orff my together with the Village Hall are We have planned 5 big events for this year which we hope will generate lots of interest, land’ attitude is a hangover from Lord of planning a celebration of the 50TH be well attended, and of course raise a lot of money. In the future, we would like to have the Manor days, and it should have no ANNIVERSARY of this event and several big events like these every year. place today. I agree that some ignorant would welcome your memories of the people especially those with badly trained concert. Saturday 28th March Quiz Nite dogs, should somehow be educated about the way the countryside works. So Perhaps you even have some Friday 8th May VE Day lunch – this is the Bank Holiday and we perhaps we should run courses in the memorabilia, such as a newspaper hope to decorate the hall and remember this Village Hall and create a certificate which clipping, a poster or a vinyl LP important date in our history walkers have to earn. record!.
Saturday 3rd October Barn Dance If we want people to appreciate the If you are willing to share your countryside and protect it they will need memories of the village, please Saturday 7th November A themed evening with dinner and wine, to access it without having to worry about contact:- possible Italian being shouted at by farmers. They also Saturday 6th December Craft Fair need to understand fully what goes on in Mike Smith. the countryside. Tel: 771568, There will be regular updates in the Parish Magazine about all these events, as well as Could we create our own local countryside Or, email [email protected] posters and details in the Village Hall reception code of practice, a simple list of dos and don’t s? So, please put these dates in your diary, and tell friends and family what’s on the menu so that you can invite them as well. Ideas gratefully received. 16 17 The Gardens of Easton Lodge Linda Bunce Jill Goldsmith www.eastonlodge.co.uk
Ron Bunce would like to share a little something about his wife Linda, who has sadly died. Born in Ilford to a shopkeeper, she had two sisters and one brother. Moved to Bishops Stortford, where she met her husband to be Ron in 1966 and they were March is usually daffodil time at the married in 1969. They had three children, Gardens; and an opportunity to draw then moved to Little Hadham in 1972. breath after snowdrop open days and Linda worked at Hadham Hall school prepare for the full season monthly open until it closed, then moved to Childways days, from April to October. Nursery as assistant Supervisor, then This year, the winter weather has not been moved to Bishops Stortford College very kind so volunteers’ work has focused until she retired. She was instrumental on infrastructure. It is not quite the scale in forming Little Hadham Brownies and of the Forth bridge, but each year as we joined the Mother and Toddlers Group, develop new areas of interest for visitors WI, Women’s Group. She enjoyed the we add to the maintenance work! lovely walks around Little Hadham with Ron, also delivering the Parish News. S.Southgate Overwintering plants seem to have fared She loved helping Ron with the litter Carpentry Services OK, so in the borders we will be giving picking around the Village. Ron and the shape to existing planting and adding for family will miss her terribly, especially her Free Estimates with no obligation more colour and variety. We are extending wonderful smile for everyone. Ron would the dahlia bed and rotating our vegetable like on the record how overwhelming it Kitchen Fitting & Tiling crops in the walled kitchen garden; and has been with the support of friends and Door Hanging filling out the Japanese garden. In the their wonderful neighbours and wants to Skirtings / Architraves all treework Italian garden, we are reducing the spread thank everyone. Wood Flooring hedges of some of the existing plants to make General DIY & Maintenance room for others. stump removal 22 Years’ Carpentry experience seasoned logs We are always open to new volunteers, r wood chippings both for work in the Gardens and to help Please don’t forget that our 07971 228735 kindling on open days. We will be holding our submission deadline for copy & s.southgatecarpentryservices annual new volunteers’ day on 26 March. For more information on volunteering, advertising has changed from the free estimates @hotmail.co.uk 18th of the month to the 15th. our open day dates or arranging a group fully insured visit, please go to our website: www. eastonlodge.co.uk or ring our enquiries line: 01371 876979 18 19 The Hundred Parishes Society Little Hadham Afternoon Teas Ken McDonald www.hundredparishes.org.uk Wendy Forgham Thursday 5th March
Please take another look at the new St Andrew’s Church, Hempstead. Happy March polymer £20 banknote that has just The crypt holds the coffins of around Little Hadham been issued. It features the British fifty members of the extended and all our tea artist JMW Turner (1775 – 1851) and Harvey family. drinking, cake his painting, The Fighting Temeraire. eating friends. An earlier family member was William The painting shows HMS Temeraire Here’s looking Harvey (1578 – 1657), the first doctor in 1838, being towed by a steam tug forward to towards a scrapyard at Rotherhithe on to describe the circulation of the enjoying some the Thames. It was a sad ending for a blood. His mortal remains are also warmer weather ship that achieved considerable fame in Hempstead Church although his and longer at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The body was moved in 1883 by the Royal afternoons in the Temeraire was immediately astern College of Physicians from the crypt coming weeks! of Nelson’s flagship, the Victory, and into a large sarcophagus in the chapel above the private crypt. February gave us played a major part in the battle, her our first Afternoon clocks with be moving forward at the crew capturing two enemy ships A print of The Fighting Temeraire Tea since Christmas I must admit it end of month we will be asking our while suffering heavy casualties. hangs in Saffron Walden in The was good to be back. guests if they would like to return to the Temeraire, a Wetherspoon pub previous hours of 3 till 5 pm or remain The captain of the Temeraire at Over 40 lovely friends turned up on a as they are at 2 till 4 pm. Please let us whose walls are richly decorated Trafalgar was Eliab Harvey (1758 – chilly Thursday afternoon to indulge know your preference. 1830) from Chigwell in Essex. He with pictures and information about in some tasty savouries, some sweet shared his time between naval duties local history. treats, and on this occasion a glass of As ever I have to thank our faithful bubbly, as we joined the lovely John volunteers who help to set up, serve and being one of the two Members The £20 note is not the first to have of Parliament for Essex. He was later Elton Barrett in celebrating his 90th tea, and clear away at the end of the a local connection. The £50 note in Birthday. afternoon. Your time and support is knighted and promoted to the rank circulation from 1994 to 2011 featured greatly appreciated. of admiral. Sir Eliab’s final resting Sir John Houblon. Members of his Daughter Katie very kindly provided place is in the Hundred Parishes, family once owned Hatfield Forest. the bubbles for everyone while John If anyone would like to join our bank of in the Harvey family crypt beneath blew out the obligatory candles on his supporters and can give an hour or so of cake as we sang a rousing chorus of their time or is able to offer transport to Happy Birthday. those less mobile then please feel free to contact me with your details. It was indeed a moving afternoon as alongside this happy occasion we Also If anyone does have difficulty also acknowledged the loss of one getting to us and requires transportation of our recently departed friends. I then please get in touch by either phone will most certainly miss his cheeky or email. demeanour, his smiling face, and the twinkle in his eye. Phone: 07817633713 Email: [email protected] Back in November, due to the dark afternoons, we decided to open our I send you all very best wishes and look doors an hour earlier to enable people forward to seeing you on Thursday 5th £20 banknote The Fighting Temeraire by JMW Turner to journey home before dark. As the March. 20 21
Rural Ramblings WOOD Cherry Mardell !"##$%&'()*(+& BRIQUETTES ,-"+(-.&/0*11$ " # In my now, sadly, humdrum life, I or are there others out there who have found a new friend. It’s Netflix. share it with me? It came when we updated our Sky High burn temperatures, package, which had become super The irony of East Herts, and Safe for wood burners, expensive, for a brand new one. It particularly Bishop’s Stortford, being Very low ash content, !"#$%%$&'()**)+',&-'-$.(/)+(*,*-%.( gave us all we wanted, plus Netflix, voted the best place to live in the Clean to handle Excellent opportunities for pupils 01$2(3455(6$0+.7(( for half the monthly subscription south east, while five days later aged 3-11 years £3 per bag collected from 8&4.-'$(#0+$(*+)9-.-)&(/+):(Care provision from we had been paying. It also came the gypsy site was given planning Furneux Pelham or with a new controller, which I would approval despite breaking every rule £5 per bag free local 7.45am;7<=0:(')(>73?*: to 6.30pm. love to redesign. It’s the same shape in the book, was not lost on most of delivery (min order @)&'0#'Contact&23456&553478 01279 771285 or()+ vapplies) each end (the old one was shaped us. The right and wrongs of it will long 02:-&A%-''%$B02B0:7B$+'.7.#B7,[email protected] differently) and I am always picking it be debated. Some years ago, when For more info please call /)+(:)+$(2$'0-%.for more details up the wrong way and wondering, in we applied to build two homes for 01279 777666 or email A" # ! ‘Good’ schoolthat nurtures a love the half light, why it isn’t working! the sons who had grown up in this [email protected] for learning OFSTED 2018 Village, we were turned down out of $ But Netflix.... now you’re talking! There All prices are inclusive of VAT !!! www.littlehadham.herts.sch.uk hand and one of the reasons was charged at 5% is, surely, something for everyone, that the then- Parish Council liked to whatever their tastes. Currently I am ‘leave green spaces between houses immersed in The Crown (what goings to keep the village rural’. on!), The Ranch (rich, dry humour and, if I could return again on this earth, My plea is for all of us in this Village that’s where I would like to live!) and who have a large garden/ small plot Grace and Frankie (which started off of land/ any little area with road
hilariously funny and now, a few series frontage, or like us, an ideal field later, has become somewhat bawdy in with main road frontage, all to put in Choose from a selection content, but still vastly entertaining!) planning applications. Better still, start I love all three and can hardly find the building... whatever you want! What’s of over 60 cars from time to watch what I used to enjoy on sauce for the goose is sauce for the £5,000 to £50,000 ‘normal’ TV. Am I alone in this passion gander as the saying goes!
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22 23 Parish Services March 2020 Benefice of: Little Hadham | Much Hadham | Albury
Lent 1 Lent 2 Lent 3 Mothering Lent 5 Sunday 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th March March March March March
St 9.15am 9.15am 9.15am 9.15am Andrew’s Family Holy Holy Mothering Much Communion Communion Communion Sunday Holy Hadham Communion
St 11.15am 11.15am Cecilia’s Holy Mothering Little Communion Sunday Hadham Service in the Village Hall St Mary’s 11.15am 11.15am 11.15am Albury Holy Holy Benefice Communion Communion Holy Communion Services 5.45pm at other Refresh at Churches St. Mary’s Braughing
Other Dates:
Wednesday 25th March 10.00am St Cecilia’s Church , Little Hadham Saturday 28th March 4.30pm Messy Church, St Andrew’s School Hall.