SUFFOLK HEIGHTS BENEFICE NEWS
COMMUNITY NEWS MAGAZINE FOR CHEDBURGH, CHEVINGTON, DEPDEN, HARGRAVE, HAWKEDON AND REDE
Battle of Hastings 14th October 1066
OCTOBER 2020
Rector: Rev Dr Simon Hill 01284 850857 [email protected]
Reader: Barbara Hill 01284 850857
Inside this month:
Churches’ Bike Ride Reports
A bit of poetry by the postman – p28
Two Zoom quizzes to go for—pp 13 and 23 for details
Suffolk Heights Benefice News October 2020 Welcome to the October 2020 edition of the SHBN. Thank you to everyone for your contributions. Don’t be shy about sending in photos! Please DO NOT SEND PDFs if it can be avoided. Only Word docs, Publisher files or Jpegs. Thanks
The deadline for the November 2020 edition is 5pm Thursday15th October 2020.
Contents Page ADVERTISING RATES: Benefice Services 3 To advertise in this magazine, please Rector’s Letter 4 contact Jill de Laat on 01284 850463, Rain Matters 6 or email Small Ads 7 Chedburgh News 10 [email protected] Chevington News 12 Chevington Parish Council 14 £65 per quarter page per year Depden News 18 £130 per half page per year Depden Parish Council 20 Wildlife Over Suffolk Heights 21 Specifications: Hargrave News 22 1/4 page - 8.5cm x 5.5cm (3¼” x 2¼”) Hawkedon News 24 Portrait Rede News 29 1/2 page - 12cm x 8.5cm (5” x 3½”) Rede Scribe 34 Landscape Advertisements 36 All images must be jpeg 150dpi Useful Numbers 59 Mobile Library 60 Benefice Contacts 60
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BENEFICE SERVICES IN OCTOBER 4th 11th 18th 25th Seventeenth Eighteenth Nineteenth Last Sunday After Sunday After Sunday After Sunday After Trinity Trinity Trinity Trinity
All Saints’ 10.45am 10.45am
Chedburgh Morning Morning Prayer
9.00am 6.00pm 9.00am 9.00am All Saints’ Parish Evening Parish Parish Chevington Communion Prayer Communion Communion
St Mary’s, 11.00am
Depden Harvest
11.00am 6.00pm St Edmund’s Harvest Evening Hargrave Festival Prayer
9.00am 4.00pm St Mary’s Parish Commemoration Hawkedon Communion of All Souls
10.45am All Saints’ Parish Rede Communion
Every Friday, Morning Prayer will be said at Chevington at 9.30am
There will be a said communion at All saints’, Rede on Tuesday, 6th October at 4pm
Every Sunday morning there will be a Zoom Morning Prayer at 10am An e-mail with the joining link will be sent to you every week
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LETTER FROM THE RECTOR
Simon writes
On Sunday, October 25th we will be keeping ‘Commemoration of All Souls’. The service will be at St Peter and St Paul, Clare at 4pm.
This festival can be traced to Abbot Odilo of the monastery at Cluny, in France, who in 998 commanded its annual celebration in all the Benedictine congregations. However, it was not until the fourteenth century that the Commemoration of All Souls on All Souls Day (November 2nd) became a fixed practice in the Roman Church.
Our liturgy has an element of sadness as we remember the faithful departed, and especially those whose lives have meant so much to us. But this is not the sadness of those who know no hope, because our worship is filled with our faith in a blessed resurrection and the eternal joy that awaits all of us. The Commemoration of All Souls makes us mindful not only of the death of our loved ones, but also our own. Yet, ‘For those with faith, death is not extinguishing the light but putting out the lamp because the dawn has come’ (Rabindranath Tagore).
You will find, at the back of each of our churches, a file. You are most welcome to print the name of anyone whom you would like remembered by name at our service when a candle will also be lit in their memory as an act of remembrance. It does not matter when, or where, the person whom you would like to remember died. Nor do you need to attend the service, although it would be lovely of course to see you.
In November we move into the Season of All Saints beginning on Sunday 1st November with a celebration of All Saints. Then, on November 8th we observe Remembrance Sunday. Details of this service are still being thought through as we await further government guidance.
Thank you to everyone who has supported our Harvest Appeals. Please drop off any unwanted garden or workshop tools at the Rectory together with food and toiletries for the Vineyard Food Bank. Donations towards the work of WaterAid are also invited. Thank you for your support.
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Rectory Mardle
The other week I took the Wednesday communion at Haverhill (every Wednesday at 9.30am – you would be most welcome). And much to my delight and joy I found what I thought I had lost – my metal comb. It has no monetary value, but I have had that comb ever since I was ordained almost forty years ago. And I lost it. Or at least I thought that I had lost it back at the beginning of year. I have had church wardens and treasurers on their knees looking under the pews – all to no avail. So, I had written it of but somehow, I could not bring myself to buy another comb. Imagine my delight then when I found my comb hidden away, tucked in my prayer book. Now I know what you are thinking. If you are thinking that this shows how often I use my prayer book, read on. If, on the other hand, that thought never even crossed your mind, you need not read any further. Before I address your thought, let me remind you of the parable that Jesus told about the woman who swept her house diligently to find the coin that she had lost. How does the parable end? Does Jesus finish by saying that had she been more careful she wouldn’t have lost the coin in the first place? No. Does Jesus suggest that had she done the housework more diligently she would have found the lost coin sooner. No. Jesus simply says that she ‘rejoices’, just like I am rejoicing having found my comb. Now, it’s perfectly fair to say that I would have found my comb sooner if I had been saying my prayers. Fair enough. But I carry that particular prayer book in my robes case in case of emergencies. That morning at Haverhill I realised that the altar book didn’t have all the words of the prayers and hence why I grabbed my own prayer book and in so doing found my lost comb. Yes, I know. A feeble response. And I’m sorry to all those who looked for my missing comb. But let the moral of my story be for us all to rejoice first and mutter later.
Because St Francis of Assisi falls on a Sunday this year (October 4th) he gets cut out of the Lectionary! Seems a little unreasonable but we will remember him at the conclusion of the Season of Creation with a said communion at All Saints’, Rede on Tuesday, 6th October at 4pm. Do join us.
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Rain Matters Jamie Robertson
August started dry but ended up as very wet largely thanks to two days of very heavy rain, the 16th and 27th of the month. August, despite its reputation for baking heat is actually remarkably wet. In the last 25 years we have had measurements of over 100mm in three Augusts – 2010, 2006 and 2004 – and we seldom have less than 40mm. This year we had 104.75mm.
At the start of the month we also baked in some very high temperatures heading towards 35 degrees Centigrade. The turn in the weather really started to come with the downpour on the 16th August and the following wet weeks in which we had storms Ellen and Francis to contend with and our second soaking on the 27th August. The wet of course helped plants but the stop-go nature of the weather this year has not really been in their favour and vegetables have had a stressful time of it being roasted by the sun one month and then doused in water the next.
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Graham Rust, who lives at Somerton, is having an exhibition of his paintings and designs at The Geedon Gallery at Fingringhoe near Colchester on October 3rd. The exhibition runs for two weeks and then afterwards by appointment until December 15th. He is showing one hundred paintings which include both his botanical studies and landscapes painted on his travels over the past forty years. Also included are book illustrations for The Secret Garden and other publications together with designs for mural paintings and other projects. Graham Rust’s best known work is The Temptation, the 5,000 square feet staircase mural at Ragley Hall near Stratford-upon-Avon which features in the upcoming Netflix series of The Crown this November. He has just finished illustrating a book for children Franz and the Travelling Doll—the true story of Franz Kafka and a little girl who lost her doll in a park in Berlin in 1923. It is to be published in Heidelberg this October. The Geedon Gallery is in a converted barn at Jaggers on Green Road Fingringhoe overlooking the salt marshes of the River Colne estuary. Four miles from Colchester, it is adjacent to the well-known nature reserve. www.geedongallery.co.uk www.grahamrust-murals.com
Purton Green Farm—Graham Rust
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Volunteering Opportunity - The Voluntary Network Do you enjoy making friends and chatting to people? Our Befriending Service could be for you! We have run our successful Befriending Network for over 10 years in West Suffolk, covering Newmarket, Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds and surrounding villages. Our face-to-face service was paused during the lockdown but we are now resuming visits again in a safe and secure way. If you have an hour to spare each week to visit someone in their own home for a cuppa and a chat then we would love to hear from you. We try to match people with common interests who will get along and we have had many rewarding friendships develop from this. If you don’t have time to make house visits then we also have clients who benefit from weekly chats on the telephone. All of our volunteers undertake an Enhanced DBS check and receive a full induction. Please do get in touch with our co-ordinators Nicky and Laura to find out more. Nicky 01638 608049 [email protected] Laura 01638 608048 [email protected]
SUFFOLK HEIGHTS BENEFICE NEWS WEBSITE
Over the last few months we have been busy building a Suffolk Heights website to complement the magazine. It will have up-to- date information on it, details of all of our churches and services and more.
At the time of writing it is still under construction and as with most websites it is work in progress so please go and have a look at suffolkheights.org
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CHEDBURGH All Saints’ Church
Chedburgh
Floodlighting – Light Up Your Celebration
If you would like to support the cost of floodlighting All Saints’ Church, Chedburgh in memory of a loved one or to mark a significant event we ask for a contribution of £15 a week. To book please contact Christine Lofts, 850479, donations will be acknowledged in Suffolk Heights Benefice News.
BBC CHILDREN IN NEED CHARITY RAMBLE. SATURDAY 3rd OCTOBER
This walk will start at the Erskine Centre Chedburgh at 10.30am. We will stay within groups of six as required to stay within Covid-19 regulations. The route will take us to Hargrave Village Hall where refreshments will be available. If you are only able to walk the route to Hargrave we have transport to bring you home. It will be about seven miles in total and we plan to be back in Chedburgh at about 1pm.
Of course Covid-19 will be on everyone's mind and we do respect that. Only come if you feel safe and we will do all we can to ensure that safety. If you cannot do the walk please sponsor those that can, I have sponsor forms. Also you can give a raffle prize. Our target this year is £500 and with gift aid this can increase to £625 at no extra cost to you.
BBC CHILDREN IN NEED RAMBLE is an annual event and this will be out 4th year, raising much needed funds for this important children's charity. Contact Ian on 01284 850896 or email [email protected] to get a sponsor form. If you plan to join us I need to know to produce a route guide and I am required to have your name and phone number under current regulations.
See you on the walk! Ian.
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CHEVINGTON, CHEDBURGH, DEPDEN AND REDE COMMUNITY COUNCIL
THE ERSKINE CENTRE, CHEDBURGH IS ABOUT TO GET A NEW ROOF!!
We’re pleased to announced that we now have all the funding in place to replace the hall’s leaking roof, put in insulation, replace the ceiling and fit new energy efficient lighting. Our thanks to the following organisations:
Sport England Chedburgh Parish Council Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) Bernard Sunley Foundation West Suffolk Council
Work is due to go ahead from the end of October and is expected to last at least six weeks. Exciting times for the hall, trustees and all the people who use the hall.
We are always looking for new people to help in this local community project so if you have even a small amount of time to spare why not come along and join our happy team?
To find out more, please contact – Gary 01284 850582, Angie 01284 850439 or Jackie 01284 850000
A big "Thank You" to those that donated to our Cake and Cuppa event on September 4th. We were supporting MAGPAS Air Ambulance. The event was quite a challenge to comply with Covid-19 regulations but the driving force was the need to support such a valuable organisation which relies entirely on donations. We were able to donate £350 to this good cause. You can donate independently at any time online, by phone or by post. Although this was mainly a Chedburgh event we received support from some Chevington residents and from Chevington Garage. Ian Leggett
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CHEVINGTON All Saints’ Church Chevington
Parish Prayers Every week at the Sunday service at All Saints’, Chevington we pray for areas of our village and matters of local concern. Over the past few months we have been praying for those worst affected by the pandemic. Now that some measure of lockdown has returned we pray for all those feeling oppressed and lonely by their isolation, all those who are frightened by the thought of illness and all those anxious for the health of their friends and families, and we continue to pray to give them the strength in such uncertain and difficult times.
If you would like to support the cost of floodlighting the tower at All Saints', Chevington in memory of a loved one or to mark a significant event we ask for a contribution of £15 a week. To book please contact Simon Williams on 850045.
Opening the church All Saints’ Church is now open for private prayer and for weekly Sunday services. If you wish to enter the church there are instructions on the church door as to how to act to minimise the chances of Covid-19 transmission:
• A bottle of hand sanitiser is provided at the door. • Please sign the visitors’ form. This is to help track and trace if any visitors contract coronavirus. • Please use the plastic chairs for sitting and not the wooden pews. A cleansing spray is also provided. • If you pick up any guide book or prayer sheet they must be taken from the church with you when you leave. Thank You
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The Chevington Online Quiz For obvious reasons the annual Chevington Quiz is going online this year on 10th October at 6.30. All participants have to do is send an email to [email protected] and we’ll send you an email link to the quiz. Despite the fact that we won’t be having supper in the village hall together there are some advantages to having the quiz online: the teams don’t actually have to be in the same room or house together. They don’t even have to be in the same village, town, county or even country together. If you have a friend in Arizona who wants to take part they just get the link and sign on. Then after we have asked a round of ten questions the quiz master can split teams into “Breakout Rooms” to confer. If this works well we may call it the Chevington International Quiz next year. There will also be some “paper rounds” which we will email to you so you can answer the questions at your leisure during the evening. It would be a good idea if you logged on to Zoom at around 6.00pm so we have time to sort everyone out. To try to recapture some of the atmosphere of the village hall we would recommend you have a glass of something pleasant and a snack or two to stimulate the brain cells. So do join in – it’s free; there’s a magnificent trophy for the winning team; you can make a donation to the church using BACs to the All Saints’ Chevington Fabric Fund account at NatWest Bury St . Edmunds. Sort code 60-04-16. Account no 56476671. Reference:
THE VILLAGE HALL Chevington Village Hall is expected to reopen on 1st September. The only bookings so far are:
Table Tennis: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9.30am - 11.00am. For more information contact Bill Down on 850421 Coffee Club: Thursdays at 10.00am – 11.30am. For more information contact Ann Sadler on 850714
For more information on Hobbies Club & Card Making contact Jacqualine on 850551
Anyone may still book the Hall for any available day in October. Please call Alastair McCormack on 850277
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CHEVINGTON PARISH COUNCIL
Everyone knows Lord Kitchener’s famous finger pointing poster ‘Your Country Needs You’ which was a recruiting poster for the First World War. Actually if you bring it closer to home, ‘Chevington Needs You’.
Living in a village means taking responsibility for looking after it and its assets. Parish councils always need new blood, as they have new ideas and an individual can really make a difference. As there are two vacancies a couple of friends joining would be a very good idea, and like anything in life the more you put in, the more you get out. Do feel free to contact me or any other Parish Councillor/Parish Clerk. Details are on the website http:// chevington.onesuffolk.net and we would all love to hear from you.
Parish councils are made up of locally elected councillors and they are legally obliged to hold at least one meeting a year. Most meet on a six- weekly cycle to discuss council business and hear from local residents about their concerns in the village.
To become a parish councillor you must be:
• A British citizen, or a citizen of the Commonwealth or the European Union. • At least 18 on the day that he or she is nominated as a candidate • A registered local government elector within the parish • A resident in the parish, or within three miles of the parish, or working full time in the parish for at least 12 months prior to the nomination or election day.
You don’t need any qualifications apart from the above, meetings are held by Zoom Pro, so are very easy to access. The decisions have to go through various channels so results take a little while.
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Which takes me on to the Village Hall. The PC is a Custodian Trustee of this and hold the deeds but the hall is run by a management committee, again needing new people with new ideas, this hall is for everyone in the village to use and without people taking up the mantle it will eventually fall into disrepair.
Lucy Agazarian Chairman Chevington Parish Council
Council contacts: Cllr Agazarian (Chairman) 07786 706277; Cllr McCormack (Vice Chairman) 01284 850277; Cllr Doyle 01284 850734; Cllr Keegan 01248 850623; Cllr Briggs 07789 775157; The Clerk: Mrs Betts 810508. email:[email protected]
CHEVINGTON WI
We were hoping to resume some kind of meetings of our members but the six people rule has delayed that. Before the rule came into force we did have a picnic in The Dell next to The Erskine Centre, in Chedburgh. Members were asked to bring their own chair, food and drink and sit two metres apart. Great to catch up for a chat. The new rule will make it difficult for the Committee to meet and plan a way forward but being the WI we will find a way.
Our buddie calls and daily emails from our President Sue Ebbens have continued. Thank you Sue. Members, please watch your emails for further news or phone Susan Boor 01284 850536.
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This year it’s going to be different … The Chevington Quiz Night is going online At 6.30 pm 10th October email to register [email protected]
All we need is your team name and we’ll send you the link on the day for a Zoom Quiz No fee but donations welcome to All Saints’ PCC (Pay using BACs to the All Saints’ Chevington Fabric Fund account at NatWest Bury St. Edmunds. Sort code 60-04-16. Account no 56476671. Reference: “Quiz”)
There’s still a slim chance we’ll be allowed to use the village hall by then, but for now we’re going online
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Chevington Apple
Day
After last year’s disastrous harvest we have a bumper crop of apples, so Bring your windfalls along to Chevington Lodge Farm, New Rd, Chevington on Sunday 4th October 11.00am until 1.00pm Help us press them into juice, perfect to drink straight away or freeze. We have a big press and have been known to press 50 gallons in a morning. One bucket load apples ≈ one gallon. What’s more we can do it all standing two metres apart outdoors.
Bring old plastic bottles to take it away in – we have quite a number but the more you bring the more you can take away Donations to All Saints’ Church, Chevington
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DEPDEN
St Mary the Virgin
Church, Depden
News from Depden Church
The Historic Churches Ride and Stride was held on a lovely September day and Depden church was pleased to have two riders supporting us this year. Thank you Paul and Graham (see photos on pge 19). It was good to have 12 visitors in total this year as not everybody is prepared for the extra journey to Depden church as part of their route. Well done everyone who took part!
Looking forward to the Autumn it has been very difficult this year to hold any fundraising activities and we are considering how we can hold some form of Green Bites legally. One suggestion has been that we host up to six people socially distanced in someone’s garden or house for a light lunch or tea and cake, with a donation to church funds in recompence. We would like to bring folk together again especially as winter draws near. If you would like to attend something like this please contact Anne Nicolson (850658) or me and we will let you know what is on offer.
The next service at Depden church will be on 20th October at 11am and will be our Harvest Festival. The service will be led by Anne. Please take donations for the Vineyard Food Bank to the Rectory or to the Churchwardens. If you have any old tools that are no longer needed they can be sent to TWAM via The Rectory for restoration and use in Third World countries.
Evelyn Payne 01284 850502
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Paul Shoesmith and Graham Hill from Depden at the start of Suffolk Churches ride and Stride
They took their time and visited 16 churches,
At the end of the ride they are still good friends!
DEPDEN PARISH COUNCIL Chairman: Mark Leadbeater Councillors: Dennis Bibby, Peter Ebbens, Nicky Moncrieff, Andrew Rabett and Andrew Read Neighbourhood Watch Contact: Angela Barnetson, Area Co-ordinator. Telephone no. 07875 605165 email: [email protected]
See next page for PC Report
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DEPDEN PARISH COUNCIL
Next Door Website Keep in touch with local news and events with Next Door Neighbourhood website: https://nextdoor.co.uk
VAS Sign Reminder the speed limit through The Green is 30mph. Centre of The Green coming from A143 25th July to 12th August 2020: Average speed 32.7mph: Vehicles 5,368: Average number of vehicles per day 280: Fastest speed 70mph 11.08.20 at 21.20: Speeding vehicles 68%: Average Speeder 37.8mph
Centre of The Green coming from the Water Tower 13th to 22n August 2020 Average speed 32.1mph: Vehicles 2,111: Average number of vehicles per day 269: Fastest speed 75mph 17.08.20 11.55am: Speeding vehicles 65%: Average speeder 37.20mph
New Water Pipeline Anglian Water are planning a new pipeline from Bexwell near Downham Market to Rede. This will pass through Depden and cross the A143. Details on West Suffolk Council website. Planning Application no, DC/20/1500/ EIASCO Local Plan West Suffolk Council is producing a new Local Plan called “Issue and Options”. Consultation period 13th October to 22nd December 2020. To register an interest https://westsuffolk.inconsult.uk/ Next Meeting The next meeting of the Parish Council should be Tuesday 10th November 2020 in The Village Hall, Chevington at 8pm. Government rules permitting. Website Information about the village, including minutes of previous Parish Council meetings, are available at the website www.depden.onesuffolk.net email If you would like more detailed information concerning the Parish Council please phone or email the Parish Clerk at [email protected]
Susan Boor Clerk to Depden Parish Council Tel. 01284 850536
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WILDLIFE OVER SUFFOLK HEIGHTS
Will Smith
Whilst walking around our wonderful county during October, the chances of seeing a mole is close to zero. Although seeing a molehill is most likely. Moles are found throughout Britain but not in Ireland and are present in most habitats where the soil is deep enough to allow tunnelling. Earthworms are the most important component of the mole’s diet; a 3oz (80g) mole needs an ounce (50g) of earthworms per day. Moles spend almost all their lives underground in a system of permanent and semi-permanent tunnels and most don’t live beyond three years although they can live up to six years. Their main predators are tawny owls and buzzards, stoats, cats and dogs.
‘Unless you knew, you wouldn’t know, a Rook is different from a Crow’
...is a saying I remember from childhood. Rooks are typically 18 in (45 – 47 cm) in length, similar in size to the carrion crow, although sometimes slightly smaller. However, the rook is more untidy in its appearance. You can distinguish a rook from other similar members of the crow family because of their bare, grey-white skin around the base of the adult’s bill in front of the eyes. The rook’s bill is also longer and more pointed than that of the carrion crow. Also, the feathering around the legs look laxer than the carrion crow. You will notice that calls in flight are usually given singly, in contrast to the carrion crow which are usually in groups of three or four. Solitary birds often ‘sing’ seemingly to themselves, uttering strange clicks, wheezes and human-like notes.
Crane flies, or “daddy longlegs” as they are commonly known, are one of around 300 different species in the UK and should still be in abundance in October. Their larvae, commonly known as leatherjackets, develop underground over 8-10 months where they feed on grass and plant roots. Crane flies have one pair of wings which are used for lift, and a pair of "halteres" which look like a pair of tiny baseball bats just behind the wings. They work like gyroscopes, helping the fly to keep its balance in the air. This month can be a great time to explore the countryside, as the winter season is just around the corner.
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HARGRAVE St Edmund’s Church, Hargrave
SUFFOLK CHURCHES RIDE AND STRIDE AND GIFT DAY
A total of 22 riders, striders (and even two drivers) visited Hargrave church for this annual event. There were more in the first two hours than over the whole day last year. Tells you something about people getting out more these days. This year we combined the event with our Annual Gift Day and raised £448 in donations. Thanks to everyone who generously helped out.
Terry and Marian Booker from Chevington made the ride up the track late in the afternoon
James Reddick with a well-earned pint during a break from his travels around Suffolk churches with his dad, Peter. On their way they took this photo of Denham church’s fabulous
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Hargrave Quiz Night—3rd October 6.30pm
From the comfort of your own home!
This year we will be holding the Quiz online via Zoom but don't let that put you off! To join the Quiz via Zoom, you will need to have downloaded the software on the device you will be using. Zoom is suitable across all platforms (iPhone, android, iPads, laptops etc). To join the Quiz, please email [email protected], and he will email you the Zoom invitation nearer the date. There will be a prize for the winning teams which will be delivered afterwards (as long as you live in the Benefice) If you wish to donate in lieu of a ticket or just to show your support for the church in these difficult times, please visit the St Edmund’s Hargrave church page on www.achurchnearyou.com, and select 'Donate Now'
Tanzania update Henry Upton
Following the fundraising event I held for the Library and Community Centre in February this year, they have now completed building the walls and put a roof on! The next stage is windows, which they have started, then doors. I am incredibly thankful to all that have supported this project and pleased that it is progressing well. I managed to return to Tanzania in March this year but unfortunately my trip was cut short due to corona virus, but it was good to see the progress and the people! Thanks for your support.
Henry
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HAWKEDON
St Mary’s Church, Hawkedon
THE RIDE AND STRIDE 2020
This was a strange year. Strange because of you know what but strangely inspiring that with all the happening pandemic, people found the time and energy to support the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust. There was something in the determination to get out and about and to show that real worthwhile events can happen that was inspiring.
It was a lovely day which helped but Hawkedon saw record numbers of cyclists, walkers and vintage car users doing various trails to collect as many churches as they could. About 70 in all signed in at the church.
Thanks to those who sat to greet the visitors and special thanks to newcomer to the village, Rona Shanahan, and to nearly newcomer David Freeman and his friends for flying the Hawkedon flag. Congratulations to them both.
David Taylor
A Royal British Legion’s Poppy collection box will be in Hawkedon Church as usual, despite previous Covid 19 uncertainty. Hand sanitiser for use before entering and as you leave the church is available. However, there will not be a house-to-house collection this year. At this particularly difficult and challenging time donations are even more crucial and local generosity would be very much appreciated.’
HAWKEDON VILLAGE HALL 100 CLUB Congratulations to the winner of the September cash draw, Sara Monk. Many thanks to all who have bought numbers.
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HAWKEDON’S HISTORY PARSON’S COTTAGE BECOMES MULBERRY COTTAGE
In 2019 ‘Parson’s Cottage’ was renamed ‘Broad Oak’. This year the new residents, Rona and Murray Shenahan, put up a spirited fight with the authorities to re-instate the name ‘Parson’s Cottage’, but they were denied permission despite the hundreds of years of supporting history. The house has now been re-named Mulberry Cottage, in acknowledgement of the magnificent mulberry tree planted in the front garden some 30 years ago.
But why and when did the cottage acquire its original name? The obvious reason would be that a parson lived there, but as the rectory was located in what is now Parson’s Yard maybe this was not the reason. Perhaps people called Parsons lived there, but that is not a name recorded or remembered anywhere in recent times….
Parson’s Cottage was built around 1525, much the same time as parts of Hawkedon Hall and Langleys New House. Using good quality materials and to a standard and size grander than that for the average agricultural labourer, it was possibly designed for a single person with a servant or two. Ideal for the priest, or as a dower house.
William Coggeshall. who owned the Manor of Hawkedon Hall and surrounding farm land, died in 1508, his wife in 1518, and their son William described as “unable to govern himself” was thus unable to inherit and placed in the care of a guardian. Could Parson’s Cottage have been built for him, with a servant and/or priest or carer to look after him, and after his death became the dwelling for the priest? Quite feasible, especially as the ructions of the reformation removed and re-instated the incumbent as the monarch changed. Indeed, for a while, the priest was responsible for both Hawkedon and Somerton, and seems to have lived in Somerton or possibly at Langleys (Sir John Langley had the living from 1554 to1560).
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After William Coggeshall’s death, the Hawkedon Hall Manor eventually came into the ownership of the Plume family and later, through marriage, to the Hammond family. The incumbent was appointed by the Everard family, well established by that time at Thurston Hall, and responsible for Hawkedon and Stansfield.
This old photograph shows it neatly pebble- dashed, the home of two families during and immediately after the second war; and three families at the time of the 1841 census – with the ‘Parsonage House’ next door occupied by the Rev Troughton, with a farm and barn in between!
When the original Rectory/Parsonage House was built, and how long after the construction of the “new” Rectory - Hawkedon House – in 1850, it was demolished, I have yet to discover. But in the days of an absentee Rector, the Curate needed to be in or near the village. Parson’s Cottage, whoever lived there, seems to have continued to be part of the Hawkedon Hall ‘domain’, and apart from a small piece of “glebe” land, was included in the Hawkedon Lot when the Hale Estate (covering Somerton, Hawkedon and land in Brockley) was sold off in 1911. Irritatingly, there are no name references: Parson’s Cottage was just one of several dwellings included in the sale, so we still don’t know for sure when or why!
It has been a strange few months, with the church closed for the first time in centuries – if ever, since the first recorded priest, Alard, in Henry II’s reign. At time of plague, folk would go into the church to pray for deliverance, whilst Cromwell’s regime enforced strict adherence to the word of the Lord……I wonder who lived at Parson’s/Mulberry Cottage then!
JRW
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AUTUMNAL MUSINGS We were not alone in having our central heating system start itself up in August and this last extraordinary summer blowing hot and cold and wet and dry has not provided any kind of reliable weather pattern. So by now, dear readers, you will either already have your winter fuel neatly stacked or you will be reading this magazine to find good dry logs. Then there is the other looming need for combustible material as we face the extraordinary annual Bonfire Night “Celebration”. I suppose it began when people thought that Guy Fawkes was evil, and triumphing over him and dealing with him in such a sordid way was something to celebrate. It was the expression of Good over Evil and, of course represented a triumph of Protestantism over Catholicism.
Other cities, such as Valencia in Spain, also have their festive night of burning effigies, the Fallas, in an orgy of explosions, drunkenness and pyrotechnic horror. There, enormous effigies can be anybody they want to ridicule. It could be the members of their Royal Family or the Government. The Mayor of Valencia usually comes in for some opprobrium or it could be people on the international stage like Trump or Putin. In these celebrations much more attention is paid to the towering grotesque caricatures of the subjects to be burned rather than the fires themselves.
In this country it has always been less about the Guy and more about the fireworks, the toasted marshmallows and keeping warm round the fire. I cannot remember the last time I saw urchins calling out “Penny For the Guy” in the hope they could collect sufficient for a few bangers or even a rocket. I used to stun these kids by saying I would give them fifty pence if they could give me the year of Guy Fawkes’ birth. In the late forties we used to put an effigy on the top of the bonfire that was more like a hideous representation of our Head Master.
This is not the place for deep political debate but, as you gather the firewood for your local bonfire this November, perhaps you should consider who might be a good substitute for Guy Fawkes.
Martin Kinna
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POETRY FROM OUR POSTIE POET RICHARD WHITING
This piece which has been commended by the Suffolk Poetry Society. The poem is ‘ekphrastic’ meaning that it is inspired by another piece of art. In this case a long guitar solo at the conclusion of Neil Young’s Like a Hurricane with the title coming from within the lyric. I wrote this a few days before lock-down. The song was playing on Mary- Ann Hobbs’ slot on BBC Radio 6 Music as I drove towards Hawkedon House. The news was bitter (to use a euphemism) and these birds, briefly, took my mind away from the bleakness that was beginning to be all pervasive.
The rest of the interpretation is down to the reader!
That Perfect Feeling
The news bulletin disappears, its breath smelling of apocalypse. Even the sky seems sad, as if the seasons themselves were suspended.
And then a brimstone flitters across a verge. Sun pulls apart the clouds as the first real warmth of Spring settles on my face.
Blue sky reveals two buzzards drawing circles, one around the other, cracking mews across the valley. The radio sends out a length of guitar, to join them
The musician seeming to follow their flight, picking out their progress along the fret, and they to mirror his mood, a synchronicity.
The song is over. Two distant buzzards melt into cloud, the radio falls silent. I was dreaming, attending the only festival I shall catch this year, up there, suspended briefly by a chord.
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REDE All Saints’
Church, Rede
Reflections on Fundraising
We are all in the same boat of having had to cancel the fundraising events we had planned for this year and, apart from our loyal regular givers, we have had no other income since the start of lockdown. The collections at services have now returned which is so important but we are still left with a significant funding gap, both now and into next year, with no idea how long it may last. Because of this ‘unprecedented’ situation we have embarked on a bit of creative thinking about what we might be able to do to raise money. As a result, our Border Terrier, Freddie, has hatched up a plan to walk (appropriately wearing his ‘dog collar’!) to visit 50 churches, within a 12 mile radius of Rede, over 30 days from early October. He will do this by grouping the 50 churches into 11 separate cross-country walks on public footpaths with a few short stretches of minor roads. The exception will be the walk which includes the Cathedral and churches of Bury St Edmunds. All of the 11 walks have been planned with much ‘pawing’ over OS maps. Freddie will raise money by sponsorship through one of the online platforms such as Just Giving. With the help of his owners, he will in early October e-mail his friends, relations, and others with the full story, including the list of walks, the names of the churches and the URL link to the funding website. If anyone would like to sponsor Freddie on his walks please do let him know via [email protected] with your e-mail address so he can send you the sponsorship e-mail. For those who might like the idea of following in Freddie’s paw-steps he will, when he has completed all the walks, be offering a copy of the map and details of each of walk in exchange for a small donation to All Saints’ Rede. Watch this space and your inboxes for more information! Simon Pratten
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REDE VILLAGE HALL
Small Office/Studio available to rent above the Hall ideal for one person
If you would like further details, please contact
Jackie Pratten 01284 850078 [email protected]
REDE VILLAGE HALL
The Village Hall has recently been refurbished and is available to hire at extremely reasonable rates. Delightful setting on Village Green with very well equipped kitchen Ideal for small family gatherings and other groups £30 for a full day, £15 for a half day Tables, chairs, etc. also available for external hire.
Complies with Government Covid-19 Secure Guidelines Contact: Lynne Custance 01284 789341
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Christmas Wreath Making Workshop –Monday 30th November at 6.00pm in Rede Village Hall with Amy Tebbits from The Flower Shop
Make a beautiful moss covered wreath (ring, moss and wire provided) and expert tuition £35 per person please bring your own foliage and decorations
More information in the October Magazine
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REDE RECIPES
With autumn upon us, I thought something which can be stored away for Christmas might be useful, but which will of course keep indefinitely. This was given to me by a friend many years ago and does make delicious mince pies!
GROVES’ MINCEMEAT
1 ½ lbs raisins 1lb currants 1lb sultanas 2lbs apples 1lb suet 1 ½ lbs of soft brown sugar 1 lemon – juice and rind 1 orange – juice and rind 1oz mixed spice ½ grated nutmeg ½ pint brandy
Either mince the raisins, peel, apples and half the currants and sultanas. Or put raisins, peel ½ sultanas, ½ currants, grated apples, juice and rind (lemon and orange) and brandy in bowl to soak for 2 hours/overnight. Whizz with soup blender until smoothish. Stir in the remaining ingredients and mix daily for one week. Bottle for 1 month – 6 weeks before use -
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HARTEST AND DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB
We had our last outing of the year in September, to the Clare Bulb Company, quickly arranged to replace the meeting in the Institute, I think we all left with lawn envy! And the garden had loads of colour still in the borders. Several of us took advantage of the shop being open and came away with bags, and in some cases boxes, of bulbs!
Reluctantly, the Committee have made the difficult decision to abandon meetings of the Club until February 2021. The government guidelines limiting the numbers at social gatherings, and the concern for the safety of our members has left us with no choice. Although there will be no AGM, there will be a Committee meeting in the second half of November, and Committee members would welcome your thoughts on this decision, and your feelings about the meetings in 2021. Some speakers have said they are willing to give talks via Zoom, but it would be difficult to collect payment to join in, and club funds cannot meet costs otherwise. How do you feel about this? Please get in touch. Committee members’ names are on the website and on the back of the 2020 Programme.
A full programme has been arranged from February to November 2021, which will be on the website in October, and we hope to distribute programmes through this magazine as usual at the start of the year. If the pandemic is still disrupting events, backup plans for extra garden visits are also being made.
No membership subscriptions will be collected, as there is no AGM, but you are still welcome to take part in the discount seed scheme that we run with Kings Seeds. Their website is kingsseeds.com, but if you would prefer a catalogue, have any questions about the scheme, or any other questions about the club, please contact Geraldine, either via email on [email protected], or by phone on 01787 280134. The Gardening Club website address is www.hartestgardeningclub.info.
Geraldine Ross
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Rede Scribe
TRIANGULATION PILLARS Can you believe it – there is actually a website dedicated to these things (www.tripointing.uk)! It seems people like to ‘bag’ them! The last logged visit to ‘our’ one was 13 Sept 2017 by a disappointed Griefmeister who described it as ‘destroyed’. The earliest mention was on 24th July 1975 by greens peace who had a rather more eventful visit:
“Working for the Ordnance Survey as a staff holder and working for FC10, a Field Control section working out of Cardington Camp near Bedford, I visited this Trig Point to undertake routine maintenance, this work was undertaken every ten years whether it was needed or not. It was in good working order, we scrubbed it clean and gave it a coat of Sandtex. Before leaving, as usual, we checked the orientation measurements so if the Pillar ever got removed the concrete block could be found. Whilst doing this I leapt across a ditch and broke my right leg and ankle, a Potts Fracture as it was called then. Taken to Bury St Edmunds Hospital by ambulance.”
So, it appears the base would still be in situ even if the pillar itself was removed. Interesting.
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Lottery Some of you have been wondering what happened to the Rede lottery during the ‘lockdown’. Well, it has still been going on and here are the winners since then:
March Chris Oakley April Simon and Jackie Pratten May Simon and Jackie Pratten June John Barber July Caroline and Tim Pons
Tick tock Physics ‘o’ Clock Test your knowledge with these dastardly questions from Rede’s resident boffin.
Question 1: A bottle of soda, bought in the super market has an internal pressure of three atmospheres (atm). If you shake it violently, with the lid still on, what happens to the pressure inside? Does it go up, down or stay the same? Question 2: You have two identical ice cubes and two glasses of water. One glass contains water, the other salt water. In which glass will the ice cube melt fastest? Water or Salt water? Answers on page 36, just before the ads
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Tick tock physics ‘o’ clock- answers
Answer 1: The pressure stays the same. So why does the soda explode when you open the lid? Well, the soda and the space above it are at equilibrium of three atm. The carbon dioxide that is dissolved in the soda can’t escape out of the liquid. When you shake it, what you do is add air bubbles to the soda. You can see them as bubbles on the inside of the bottle. When the lid is opened the pressure is released to one atm, the bubbles of air expand and also act as nucleation points, points where more bubbles can form. So, we create expanding bubbles which create more expanding bubbles and a mess! Incidentally if you do have a shaken bottle, if you tap the outside to get rid of the bubbles you see on the inside, you can then open the bottle without the woosh fountain. Answer 2: The cube in the water melts quickest. Err? But we use salt to melt ice so what’s going on? Both cubes start to melt, but because salt water is denser the cold water that melts from the cube in the salty water stays where it is, it doesn’t sink, so it insulates the ice cube in the colder melted water. As the other cube melts its cold water sinks down and allows warmer water to rise up. It sets up a convection current that ultimately warms the cube, causing it to melt quicker!
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EXCELAN CHAUFFEUR SERVICES
Excelan’s reputation has been built on personal service and reliability at affordable prices.
You will be chauffeured in comfort and safety by a ROSPA Advanced Driver.
Airports, seaports and Eurostar terminals Business meetings Weddings, sporting and social events and special occasions
For guide prices and details of cars, visit: www.excelan.co.uk Or contact Peter on: 01284 789 503 Mob: 07816 663 542 E-mail: [email protected]
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39 B UILDERS AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
S W General Building Sam Wreathall - your local builder offering these services house renovation plastering brick work/flint work old restoration: e.g. chimneys, old brick houses, repointing and replacing patios roof repairs fascias, soffits and guttering ground works fencing decking external cladding
For more information or enquiries ring 07775090306 or email [email protected]
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Anderson’s Quality Home Decorating and Property Maintenance Service
Based in Chedburgh, offering professional interior and exterior painting/ decorating and property maintenance
Do your walls and ceilings need a fresh new look?
Why not give Anderson’s a call for a fast, free quotation.
Call Tom on 01284 850830 Or Mob: 07896 669749
Local references available
ADAM THE PAINTER Interior and exterior paintwork No job too big or too small Professional work at a reasonable rate
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Over 30 years’ experience Friendly and reliable local service – free no obligation quotes and advice Fully insured No call out charge All aspects of plumbing and heating Oil boilers, servicing, repair and replacement. Oftec Registered Technician No. 33100 Plumbing installations e.g. water softeners, outside taps, showers Contact Tony Ince Tel: 01284 852505; Mob: 07761 561584
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Tree surgery carries significant risks so health and safety is our top priority and we take our responsibilities to protect your property and the safety of our staff and customers very seriously
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Grass cutting, hedge cutting, shrub and tree planting, fencing, tree work, pesticide and herbicide spraying - PA1 and PA2
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MOBILE LIBRARY SCHEDULE
Chedburgh – Thursday 8th October at the Erskine Centre 3.30pm-4.15pm
Chevington – Tuesday 27th October at 17 New Road 11.50am-2.05pm and Tan Office Lane 12.10pm-12.30pm
Depden - Thursday 8th October at Hall Close 3.05-3.20pm
Hargrave - Saturdays 3rd and 31st October at Orchard End 9.30-9.50am
Hawkedon - Fridays 2nd and 30th October at Old Queens Head 10.50am- 11.10am
Rede - Fridays 2nd and 30th October at the village hall 10.30-10.45am
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