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Stebbing Scene Your Village — Your Magazine Stebbing Scene Your Village — Your Magazine Edition No: 138 Summer 2016 Unwelcome Visitors on Stebbing Green For the second year running, Stebbing Green has been invaded, despite the Parish Council’s best efforts to protect this local amenity - and valuable area of lowland meadow. Thanks are due to Peter Finlay for responding, at short notice, with his piece on page 17. There are further references to the issue on pages 29, 37 and 51. I am particularly pleased that we have been able to offer some financial assistance to the parent and toddler group, Little Harts (see overleaf). We wish them well. We cover a lot of groups for older villagers and were particularly keen to support provision for young parents and their children. June is here again and I reflect that this issue of the Scene is my 20th, as I complete 5 years in the Editor’s chair. I think we are about due for a revamp so, if you have any good ideas and especially if you are willing to come and share the task of producing our quarterly magazine (or even take it over), then please get in touch. In the meantime - have a very happy summer and don’t forget to tell us about the interesting bits! Richard Foot, Editor 1 “Little Harts” - A new parent and toddler group Moving from Cornwall to our new home in Stebbing was a bold move, filled with anticipation and excitement. Keeping it all together, so that the children saw a seamless transition from one happy place to another, was exhausting. Although my old support network was a click away on Facebook, physically they were hundreds of miles away - so I was eager to find similar ground in the village we chose to call home. One (wonderful) year on, one new baby, several boxes still yet to be unpacked and two of the three kiddies settled in pre-school, I found myself yearning for a place where I could meet like minded people in a similar position, a regular place to socialise, empathise and get a decent coffee to boot, a place I could be inspired by or gain respite, (Continued on page 3) 2 (Continued from page 2) depending how many times I've been up with baby on previous nights. As great as the local tea shop is (I’m practically attached to it - literally attached as I live right behind it!) I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate the baby sorting out the card display while the toddler informs incoming shoppers about his ‘potty news’ with a double thumbs up. Caitlin Moran wrote of a library, “A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind, hospitals of the soul, theme parks of the imagination.” When first reading this I thought, “This is what Little Harts could be to our village community,” and for those who live outside our village too. Having a designated time, however small, to chat and catch up with other mums, dads, grandparents and carers, is more than an opportunity to discuss the next parenting trends…whether it be conscious parenting or toddler taming…it's about much more than that! It's about connecting with fellow villagers; it’s about empowering each other and passing on that positivity to each other and the little folk who rule our world - and, let's face it, they certainly do! With Nikki Munsun, an early years teacher and Linda White, a veteran treasurer if I ever saw one, the team at Little Harts is excited to see what the future brings and have plans to get a host of events planned to do just that. There's been a terrific helping hand from parents already, not to mention Stebbing Scene itself, both parties proving invaluable in getting the ball rolling with this project. So to those who are practically cross-eyed with sleep deprivation and who feel they could help or inspire in any way - come and join us on Mondays, between 9:30am and 11:30am, at Stebbing Village Hall, from June 13th! We’ve got fun activities, craft sessions and healthy snacks for little ones. We are also setting up events and various taster sessions for the grown-ups too. So get your week off to a great start. This is your village group; come and get involved. For more information, email us at [email protected] or find us on Facebook. Looking forward to seeing you and your little ones there! Kulli Saran-Chandler 3 Offering great quality timber, garden furniture & fencing at competitive prices Open to the general public & trade Find us just off the roundabout between A120 Great Dunmow & Tesco 01371 876841/01371 734400 www.dunmowfencingsupplies 4 Stebbing Vintage & Classic Tractor Road Run - 8th May 2016 On the warmest day of 2016 so far, 45 tractors and their proud owners assembled at David Hunt’s farm in Oxen End. The convoy set off sharp at 10am and, after snaking through the backwoods of Duck End, processed the entire length of our High Street, Watch House and Warehouse Road. We were greeted by throngs of villagers who had come out to wave us through. Thank you all. The route subsequently took us to Bardfield Saling, Shalford Green, Passing through Finchingfield Rotten End (a misnomer as this little hamlet is very pretty), Blackmore End, Wethersfield, Finchingfield, Little Bardfield and back to the start - 25 miles in all. Needless to say, the journey was not without incident. In an extremely narrow and deeply rutted byway, a Fordson Major got stuck. Fortunately, the fifth emergency service clicked in to action, a heavy chain appeared and the embarrassed driver was yanked out and the procession resumed its progress. After a comfort stop at Finchingfield Recreation Ground for refreshments, the last leg of the journey continued. However, soon after, in the outback, the lone Field Marshall thumper emitted a loud bang, throwing shattered lumps of metal in all directions and stopped dead. Again said heavy chain appeared, as if by magic, and she was towed all the way back to the start. The event was organized to raise money by sponsorship for Farleigh Hospice. As I write the final amount is still awaiting confirmation but it is looking as though we will exceed £5,500 - which is beyond our wildest expectations. Thanks to all who contributed. So next year, why not find yourself a little grey Fergie and come and join us. They are not very expensive, don’t need A little grey Fergie polishing and easily fit in a domestic garage! Photos - Tim Hughes Dick Hughes 5 Dear Friends, I would like to introduce myself as the new curate in Stebbing, Lindsell and the Salings. My name is Sue Hurley. On Saturday 25th June, I will be ordained deacon at Chelmsford Cathedral and we will be preparing for our move to Little Easton Rectory. This move will mark the end of a very long journey and the start of a new adventure in our lives. I first felt the call to ordination as a student, but knew that it was a future call; little did I know then that ‘future’ would be 31 years later! In the intervening years I married Andy and had our lovely daughter Ella. Andy works in London as an IT Consultant and Ella is shortly to begin studying archaeology and anthropology at Cambridge. As well as being fully involved in local churches I have spent the last 27 years in a busy teaching career, mostly in primary schools, but with times spent teaching secondary RE and setting up and running a pre-school. As a family we all love the countryside and, prior to my ordination training, spent 18 years in Widdington, another gorgeous Essex village. In our spare time we enjoy simple pleasures, gentle country walks, cooking for friends and family, gardening and, as often as time allows, family trips to the theatre or some of Cornwall’s deserted coves. We are really looking forward to getting to know you and your lovely villages better and hope soon to be sharing cups of tea with as many of you as possible. Every blessing, Sue, Andy and Ella Hurley From St Mary’s Church Registers On Easter Sunday, 27th March, Frederick Thomas Challis was baptised at St Mary’s. His parents Anthony and Rebecca, of Garden Fields, were married in the church last year. A welcome contingent of village friends and family joined an already large Easter congregation for a very happy occasion. On Sunday 1st May, Amy Evans and James Gallagher were married at St Mary’s. The bride arrived in plenty of time and was given away by her father. Her mother decorated the church with beautiful flowers and ribbons. A large congregation of family and friends sang rousing versions of Amazing Grace and “Give me Joy”. 6 A Message From Our Vicar Dear Friends, As I write, the BBC news website is leading with a story about the Queen’s opinion of Chinese officials. Meanwhile, further down the page, we read that a car bomb has killed and maimed dozens of people in Baghdad. So, which of these news stories is the most important? When the churches, farmhouses and barns of our village were built, the people who lived here had probably never heard of Baghdad, but they would have known England had a monarch (all four churches of the benefice and many of the farms predate the Act of Union).
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