Village Voices

The local magazine for , Boyton, Capel and Shingle Street 30p where sold

October 2011

This month’s feature Mothing

Hedgehog Street

Village Voices Walk and October diary

Regular events

Mondays Yoga, 7.30pm, Hollesley Village Hall Elly Lloyd 412053 Mothers’ Union, 1.30pm, Village Hall Pat Fleetwood 410409 Tuesdays Welcome Club, 2pm Marian Collins 411262 Hollesley Bay Day Centre Audrey Shelcott 411776 Mobile Library

Wednesdays Edward Bear Club, 1.30pm Stella Moore 411749 Badminton, 8pm Chris Andrews 411126 Thursdays Judo Club Julie Jolliffe 410483 Mobile Police Station, 8.45–9.45am Women’s Institute, 7.30pm Gina Forsyth 411727 Sundays Sunday Shape Up, 10–11am, Hollesley Village Hall Beck Williams 07956 622330 Table Tennis, 4–5pm, Boyton Village Hall Andrew Cassey 411720 Dates for your diary

Saturday 1st Oct Boyton Community Group Meeting Clock House 9.30-11 Boyton Coffee morning 10.30-12 noon Fairtrade Open Day Dranrab Hollesley 10am-4pm

Sunday 2nd Oct Wildlife Trust working party, 9.30am

Saturday 8th Oct Clothing sale in aid of Village Fete 10-12 Hollesley Village Hall Apple Day Training Session 11am Apple Day 2–5pm Boyton Village Hall

Friday 14th Oct Harvest Supper Sutton Memorial Hall

Sunday 16th Oct Piano Recital Hollesley Church 7pm

Wednesday 26th Oct Messy church

Saturday 29th Oct Harvest Supper Butley

Sunday 30th Oct Charity Quiz Hollesley Shepherd & Dog 8pm

To have your event listed here, please contact Debbie Pipe on 01394 411976 or email [email protected]

October 2011 page 2 www.villagevoices.org.uk from the editor

Dear friends

Shortly before going to print with this Our feature this month is about the edition of Village Voices, we learned study of moths, Nick Mason tells us the very sad news that Mike Adams about these creatures and the varieties had died. Mike was a driving force in that we can see in our local area. getting Village Voices started and was Laurie Forsyth also reports on local still playing a central role in the run- wildlife, telling us about the initiative ning of our magazine last month. to maintain All Saints Churchyard in a more wildlife friendly way (page 36). Of course, Mike’s involvement in the life of our community extended well A number of successful events took beyond his work with this magazine place in our area last month, including and next month we hope to carry a full Boyton Fete and Hollesley Flower tribute to his life. We send our condo- Festival, as well as the Fit Villages lences to all of Mike’s family. Rounders Competition. These are reported in our magazine this month, It goes without saying that Mike’s along with information on some loss is keenly felt by all members of forthcoming events. our small Village Voices team and we would be grateful to anyone who We hope you enjoy this edition of wished to volunteer to join us in Village Voices. our work of producing this monthly newsletter. We are currently trying to re-organise the work within the team to ensure we can keep Village Voices Rob Claxton running. Please note that the opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the editorial team. Editor Helen Macleod, Colyton, Diary Debbie Pipe The Street, Hollesley, IP12 3QU tel 01394 411976 tel 01394 411232 email [email protected] email [email protected]

Advertising Helen Macleod Copy deadline for the November issue tel 01394 411232 of Village Voices is 10th October. email [email protected]

Cover Photo: Eyed Hawk-moth, Nick Mason www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 3 Mothing a fascinating pastime Nick Mason

suppose those of us who go mothing are called moth-ers. IBut that’s mothers as in moffas, not muvvas (although there are some female ones). Isn’t the English language wonderful! When it comes to the names of moths then our language does us well again – Setaceous Hebrew Merveille du Jour Character, Lunar Yellow Underwing, Dark Spinach, Angle Shades and Merveille du Jour – oh no sorry that’s more moths, the actinic is the bluish French. Wonderful names mostly given light used in insectocutors and the in a bygone era and often by amateurs. like which tends to attract more of the Geometrids and Pyralids which tend So what is the interest in finding moths to be smaller. As for the why – well as and how do you do it? Most mothing is a naturalist one often wants to know done at night using light traps – these what is around and there are over 2000 can be either mercury UV or actinic species in Britain to get to see. The – the UV is far brighter and attracts moths are recorded and submitted to the county recorder and over the years a good idea on

Nick Mason how they are doing can be gauged and changes in populations can be a very good monitor of the health of the environment as a whole. The same is true of butterflies (close insect relatives) but there are far more species of moth. Lime Hawk-moth

October 2011 page 4 www.villagevoices.org.uk Like butterflies Nick Mason of them can all moths feed have their by sucking in own species juices by their that are only proboscis, a long found in that tube that curls habitat. There up but can reach are several some distance. heathland Mostly they species that you eat the nectar will not easily from flowers find elsewhere – and will act the Lunar Yellow as pollinators, Underwing, The picking up Fox moth, The pollen and Emperor – our taking it to largest species, another flower, and Pempelia when they do. Convolvulus palumbella (just They will also so you have a take juices from over-mature fruits Latin name – only the larger macro- and will take in nutrients from liquids. moths have English names). Basically they are out at night doing what butterflies do in the day. Having On the roadside of Lower Hollesley said that they are not all nocturnal and Common there are some wild dog rose I am sure we have all seen day-fliers bushes that are not really heathland such as Cinnabar, Silver-Y and even but we did not clear them when taking the beautiful Hummingbird Hawkmoth back the vegetation to prevent deer which often arrives in Britain in late incidents, because they contain a summer. rare plume moth, Cnaemidophorus You may not associate the rhododactyla, very scarce in Britain. beautiful shingle areas at Shingle Street with moths but You may not associate the beautiful many species can be found shingle areas at Shingle Street with there. moths but many species can be found there. These include rare Red Data What sort of moths do we get here? Book species (threatened) such as Well all sorts, really. For a start we Ethmia bipunctella, another micro, and are in the middle of many types of some wainscots. The Feathered Brindle habitat. We have pinewood, broadleaf is one of my favourites appearing, as an woodland, heathland, grazing marshes, adult, in September and has larvae that saltmarsh and shingle beaches. All feed on Sea Campion and grasses. www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 5 Another facet of mothing is the fact This year saw one of the sunniest and that they migrate. They may not be driest springs ever recorded. How has intending to cross the Channel and it affected the great diversity of moths end up in Suffolk but that’s what they in Suffolk? Only time will tell, but on do sometimes. At this time of year, a much larger scale, climate change if the air is warm they will rise up on is already producing change in our that hot air and travel with it. Many Suffolk moth population and the plants types of insect do this and you may they all depend on. It is an exciting remember the Blue Tongue outbreak of time to be a moth-er! 2007. At the height of the outbreak, the migrant midge that brought the disease October is here, and you can expect travelled with the Willow Emerald to see the following moths in your Damselfly – a rarity that I told you garden: The Sallow, Flounced Rustic, about in Village Voices. Other migrants Mallow, Feathered Ranunculus, Beaded are more common, including the Chestnut, Autumnal Rustic and Spruce Silver-Y, Large Yellow Underwing and Carpet. the exciting Hummingbird Hawkmoth. Nick Mason

October 2011 page 6 www.villagevoices.org.uk Boyton Fete Contributed

Local MP Therese Coffey helps with the fete prize giving

2011 was a special year at Boyton fete items. It seemed a lot easier this year to as the presentation of the Village of the Smash a Plate and there was a moun- Year prize to Boyton took place at the tain of pieces to clear up at the end. event. Prizes were presented by Joan Considerable skills were also needed Sennington, chairman of SCDC, and to estimate the weight of a pumpkin, to our MP Thérèse Coffey. You might do up nuts and bolts, to shoot and kill have also spotted Michael Maloney our a rat! local TV actor. The event raised well over £2000 for We were lucky with the weather again; the church and village hall and thanks it rained the following day! There was must again go to all those who put so a great rush when the gate was opened much effort into making Boyton fete to the well stocked White Elephant another success. A special thank you and the Chutney stall. After that there to Finlay Motors who sponsored the were numerous games to play, all to the Draw. music of Micky McBurnie. The Booze Barrow was popular again with draw Fred Stentiford announcements made between musical www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 7 October 2011 page 8 www.villagevoices.org.uk From Shingle Street Coastguard

Hi once again, it has been quite a where a yacht was aground. The vol- busy month with three incidents. On unteer rescue boat was in the area and 16 August at 1615, called to the river managed to tow the yacht off at 2015. Deben where a distressed person was believed to have left the Tide Mill at On 3 September at 1830, called to Woodbridge and was heading down the midway between river. The Air Sea Rescue Sea King Bawdsey Ferry and where a helicopter and the Harwich ILB were vessel with five persons on board was called and eventually the person was aground on the mud. Shingle Street located near Green Point, just south of coastguard Richard Clarke decided to Ramsholt. He was brought to Ramsholt launch his boat, Will Laud and was Quay and handed over to us and was able to tow the vessel off and returned later detained by the Police. it to Ferry.

On 28 August at 1630 called to the Until next time, safe passage. mouth of the river Ore at Shingle Street Roy Clark

Help our Troops in Afghanistan

Send a shoe box full of small items that cubes, Baby Bell cheeses, crisps, jelly they miss when stationed abroad. Fill a blocks (to chew), sweets, chewing shoe box or donate whatever you can. gum, Tic Tac, cereal bars. No chocolate Suggestions below: please!

Toiletries (no aerosols), tissues, If you would like a pattern to knit a shower gel, toothpaste and brushes, hat, contact me on 411754. Please give razors, shampoo, roll-on deodorants, your gifts to me or any WI member by Paracetamol, small bottles of drink the end of October. (Fruit shoot etc.), coffee, drinking chocolate, tea bags, small tins Baked Thank you very much for your support. Beans, spaghetti, tuna, noodles, Oxo Rosemary Busby www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 9 From our Team Vicar Rev’d Ruth Hatchett

The weather was mixed for Hollesley

Flower Festival and Boyton Fete – with Michael Hatchett the fete enjoying rather more in the way of sunshine and warmth. Both, however, were very successful events and I want to say a huge thank you to all who organised, supported and vis- ited both events. The atmosphere was friendly and welcoming and there was something for everyone. The choice of ‘Composers and their Music’ for the Flower Festival gave the arrang- ers almost infinite scope and this was reflected in the variety and ingenuity Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony of the displays. The wind was a little chilly but the decision to serve re- and enjoy. Even the white elephant freshments through the newly reo- and bookstall were overflowing pened west door of Hollesley Church with interesting and exciting things. was a huge success and did justice And generosity – so many people to the quality of the refreshments. gave unstintingly of their time, their goods, their effort and their money. What was both inspiring and humbling at both events – and in our village life Now that the days are getting notice- in general – is the wealth and variety ably shorter – and often chillier! – it of talent which was evident. Not only is all too easy to feel that we have to was this shown in the displays at the be more sparing with our resources, flower festival but in the choice and to tighten our belts especially in this preparation of refreshments, the bak- time of economic cutbacks. We are ing of cakes, the nurture of plants and urged to conserve energy, to switch vegetables, bell-ringing, the making off lights and use less water, to try of jams & chutneys, posters, music, to slow down climate change. Other painting...so many people give of their circumstances beyond our control time and talents in so many ways. may mean that we have to make radi- cal changes to our way of life, which The whole impression was one of is never easy. Harvest time, though, abundance – an abundance of talent can be a reminder that there are many and an abundance of flowers, pro- things that we can give thanks for and duce, things to eat, things to admire enjoy; that the beauty of creation and

October 2011 page 10 www.villagevoices.org.uk Church Contacts Weekday Services

Team Vicar: Ruth Hatchett, 01394 412052 Wednesday [email protected] 12 noon Sutton–Holy Communion 1.30pm Hollesley Church–Edward Bear Club, Hollesley Churchwardens: 0-5yrs and their carer(s) Fred Stentiford, 01394 411469 Pat Shannon, 01394 411214 Thursday 9am Boyton Church–Morning Prayer Boyton Churchwardens: Malcolm Fleetwood, 01394 410409 Friday 8 am Isobel Lilley, 01394 411409 Hollesley Church–Morning Prayer Hollesley Tower Captain: 2nd Wednesday Alan McBurnie, 01394 411999 1.30pm Colyton, Hollesley–Prayer Group 1st Thursday 2.30pm Glebe House, Hollesley–Evensong relationships with those around us are by far the most valuable things. 3rd Thursday 10.30am Glebe House–Holy Communion At the end of each day, every one of us can find at least one thing to be revel in negativity, it’s not a bad idea. thankful for. The old instruction to Wishing you many blessings ‘count your blessings’ may sound a bit corny and even unsympathetic, but in a world which sometimes seems to

Day Boyton Hollesley Other Places Sunday 8.00 RH 9.30 RH 9.30 Sutton 2nd October Holy Communion Holy Communion & 11.00 Alderton, Bromeswell Baptism 3.00pm Bawdsey 6.30pm Sunday 11.00 PF/JF 9.30 RH 8.00 Alderton 9th October Morning Praise Family Communion 9.30 Bromeswell 5.00pm Harvest Songs 11.00 Bawdsey, Ramsholt, Shottisham of Praise at Coltec 6.30pm Sutton Sunday 11.00 RH 9.30 LC 8.00, 9.30 Alderton 16th October Holy Communion Morning Praise 9.30 Bromeswell 11.00 Sutton Sunday 9.30 RH 8.00 Alderton 23rd October Holy Communion 9.30 Shottisham 11.00 Bawdsey, Bromeswell, Ramsholt Sunday 11.00 Harvest Thanksgiving and Holy Communion for the 30th October Deben 8 group of parishes at Boyton 6.00pm United Evening Service for All Saints at Orford

Ministers: RH Ruth Hatchett – Team Vicar LC Lydia Calvesbert – Reader PF Pat Fleetwood – Lay Elder JF Judy Foulger – Lay Elder www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 11 Harvest Songs of Praise

5pm Sunday 9th October at Coltec Garage, The Street, Hollesley

by kind permission of Richard & Selena

Songs, hymns, readings on the theme of harvest, followed by tea & cakes

All welcome

October 2011 page 12 www.villagevoices.org.uk Pauline Austerfield

The following recipe is from Friends of the Earth Cookbook by Veronica Sekules. It was published in 1980 and was ahead of it’s time in having lots of good fruit and vegetable recipes.

ChaffCombe apple pudding Serves 4 For the first time I’ve successfully grown peppers (capsicum) and they 3 cooking apples, peeled, cored and grated are delicious in this recipe from Nigel The zest and juice of 1 orange Slater. 2 oz Demerara sugar, 1 oz Caster sugar 2 oz butter peperoni alla piemontese 5 oz oat flakes Allow one red or yellow pepper per Melt the butter in a saucepan and add person. 2 oz of the Demerara sugar. Stir for a couple of minutes then add the oat Heat the oven to 180°C (Gas Mark 4). flakes. When well mixed take off the Slice the peppers in half lengthways, heat and allow to cool, stirring occa- discarding the seeds and core. Halve sionally to keep the mixture loose. small tomatoes and fill the pepper Heat the oven to 190°C (Gas Mark 5). halves. Add a couple of slices of garlic Mix the grated apple orange juice and and some basil leaves, tucked under the zest and caster sugar and put into an tomaoes. Season with salt and pepper. oven proof dish. Spread the oat mixture Put the peppers in an oven proof dish on top and put into the oven, cooking and ensure they are level. Pour Extra for approximately 30 minutes or until Virgin olive oil in to each pepper, until the oats have browned on top. half filled. Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until the peppers have sof- tened. Serve with lots of good crusty bread to mop up the juices.

Other ingredients can be added if you wish – anchovies, olives or courgettes etc. They are good served hot or cold. Pauline Austerfield www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 13 October 2011 page 14 www.villagevoices.org.uk Hedgehog Street

Hedgehogs are as useful as secateurs to a hole in a fence, and ambling from gardeners, but they are in steep de- garden to garden doing good work, or cline, and not just because of the road looking for a mate. casualties. Death by strimmer (check long grass before cutting) or your Guy As part of a national campaign called Fawkes bonfire (search the pile before Hedgehog Street, it would be great if setting fire to it), are other causes of you and your neighbours created links hedgehog mortality. Slug pellets can to help your local hedgehogs move also kill hedgehogs – and birds – that freely between your gardens, from eat the dead slugs. front to back, and from your garden to the one next door. They need a hole On wet nights, snails and slugs slide just 6 inches high, and the same width. from their daytime damp hiding places It’s easy and simple. A volunteer has in our Parson’s Hill garden and tuck kindly offered to do the work for you into the flowers and shrubs. Now and to a professional standard, and several then, we go on Snail Patrol, but it people have already volunteered to act doesn’t have much effect. One wet as hedgehog reps. in their roads. August night we saw a hedgehog in our front garden. Nothing finds snails Please contact Helen Macleod or my- and slugs like a hungry hedgehog, so self if you want to help the hedgehogs we are delighted one is dropping by to – and gardens – in our villages. Tip for help out. the autumn: leave a big pile of leaves in a sheltered corner of your garden for However, our problems are not over. them to hibernate in. The hedgehog visits our front gar- den only, because a side gate with a Laurie Forsyth 01394 411727 ground-clearance space of just one Helen Macleod 01394 411232 inch bars access to the much larger back garden. For all its tasty snails and slugs, as far as the hedgehog is con- cerned it could be on the moon.

Sadly, gardens have become increas- ingly inaccessible to hedgehogs. Brick walls and solid plank fencing have created gardens that are secure, private, and useless to an animal that wanders around at night, squeezing through www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 15 October 2011 page 16 www.villagevoices.org.uk www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 17 Introducing our new reporters

We would like to introduce ourselves as the new school reporters.

Hi my name is Shannon, and Bridgeman Keren I am 10 years old. Before the summer holidays I found out that I was going to be one of the new school reporters for the new school year and I’m really pleased that I got the job I wanted. I live in Hollesley with my family, and my ambition is to be an author. One of my favourite outings with the school was Our new school reporters on the first day back after the summer holidays last year when a few people some of the prison guards swam then including me went on a school trip cycled back then ran! It was good to with Mrs Wright to the Suffolk Punch be there because I could do my first Trust to meet Michael Morpurgo and report on it. The first lady to cross the Michael Foreman. Another favourite line was Claire McGinley and she was visit was before the summer holidays a senior prison officer. She had been the dance and drama club went to training for a couple of months and see the Royal Ballet at the 02 to see her worst bit was running and best was Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet play cycling. The first man, Pete Donnelly, and I really enjoyed it! So I’ve had lots did it in 53 minutes and was an army of opportunities and now I can write diving standards officer. After the race about them too. everyone went to the Shepherd and Dog to celebrate who won. Then there Hi I’m Abby and I am one of the new was a raffle and the prize was tickets school reporters. I am 10 years old and to go to Pleasurewood Hills. The lady I want to be an author when I grow up. who won got a massive trophy and she I really wanted to do this job because I had her photo taken. They gave the thought it might be useful for when I’m money they raised to charity and this older and I am so glad I got it. I was year it was The Friends of Hollesley so lucky because on the 23rd of July, School – so we thank them very much. just after we broke up from school, I School reporters: went to the triathlon in Hollesley where Abby Day and Shannon Williams

October 2011 page 18 www.villagevoices.org.uk Boyton Community Group September Meeting There were about a dozen of us at our

last meeting, including people from WilliamsonBrenda Alderton, Bawdsey, Boyton, and Hollesley. There was lively discussion of our various on- going projects.

The Bulk Oil Scheme is continuing to prove very popular and we have estab- lished a cooperative link with a similar scheme being run in Alderton. By the time this edition of Village Voices ap- Celebrating the Village of the Year Award pears, we will just have completed the September order. The next order will We had our own stall at the Boyton probably be timed for the end of No- Fete: as well as asking people to guess vember rather than December, in order the weight of the pumpkin, there was to avoid the usual price hike that tends the opportunity to talk about the Com- to occur over the Christmas holiday munity Group’s activities with a wide period. The precise details will appear cross section of the visitors. And at in the next issue of Village Voices. the Fete there was the presentation of the Suffolk Coastal Village of the Year Our next event is the Apple Day which award by the Chair of Suffolk Coastal will take place on Saturday 8th Octo- District Council, Joan Sennington with ber at Boyton Village Hall. There will our local MP Thérèse Coffey looking be equipment available to allow you on. The trophy and cheque were ac- to press your apples and to bottle the cepted by Gary Lowe (the Community resulting apple juice – or to dry your Group Chair), Fred Stentiford (the apples. If you want to you can come Chair of Boyton Parish Council) and along for a training session in using Ruth Hatchett (our Vicar and Chair of the equipment, or just turn up and Boyton Parochial Church Council) – have your apples pressed or dried for in recognition of the fact that this has you. If you want to come to the train- been a real team effort by the whole ing session, it will begin at 11am. village. Places are limited to 15. Otherwise you can simply turn up with your apples The next meeting is set for Saturday between 2pm and 5pm at the Village 1st October from 9.30 to 11am at Clock Hall. Again, everyone is welcome and House in Boyton. Everyone is very the event is free. welcome – we hope to see you there! www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 19 October 2011 page 20 www.villagevoices.org.uk Hollesley WI

On a particularly lovely September Sunday had raised over £200 and this would help Hollesley WI once again donned their fund the cost of the meal. pinnies, and sallied forth to serve lunches and teas – this time for a completely new Looking back on events over the summer, venture – Suffolk Coastal Inter Village highlights included the trip to the Olym- Rounders Tournament. pic Park at Stratford; Clarence House – a remarkably cheap day out on National We had no idea what we were in for and Express Coaches at only £6.83 per head! with the weather having been predicted – and Move Over Mrs Markham – side- to be bad, spirits were not exactly high. splitting funny. The day, however, proved to be terrific fun for all who took part in this new venture, Our speaker for the evening was Jane created as part of Suffolk Sport’s Fit Vil- Sago whose talk ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ lages initiative. Held on Hollesley playing demonstrated how any leftovers can, with fields, six teams took part in a knock out a little effort, be transformed into another tournament which resulted in a triumph for delicious meal. The proof of the pudding is Bawdsey who carried off the trophy, beat- in the tasting and there wasn’t much left of ing Otley in the final. When Hollesley went Jane’s dishes when we had all dipped in for out in the first round we were all rooting a sample. for Bawdsey. Forthcoming in the run up to Christmas: Despite initial reservations, Hollesley WI Calendar Girls; shopping trip to Norwich; members who participated in the catering whist and scrabble lunch and carol serv- had to admit they enjoyed themselves and ices, to name but a few. Plenty to choose would do it again. Although we did not from. make a huge profit it all helps to swell our Julie Kitson funds.

With autumn upon us and Summer (such as Blue Badge Car Parking in it was) a dim and distant memory, we are Woodbridge, Felixstowe and now looking towards more indoor activi- ties. A push for collecting useful items, as well as knitting hats for our troops in Af- It is proposed to make a charge ghanistan was requested by our President, for all car parking by Blue Badge Rosemary Busby, at our last meeting. holders. If this affects you and you It was also announced that this year’s wish to make your views known, Christmas meal would be in the Village please contact Dr Carolyn Barnes Hall (our growing numbers making the pub at Suffolk Coastal District Council impractical) using the services of outside by Friday 10th October. caterers. Rosemary’s garden party in July

www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 21 Welcome Club Mystery Tour and still going strong, and of course the chance to go into the gift shop to buy It was not a lovely sunny early Septem- some of their preserves or other desir- ber morning when we set off on our able souvenirs from our visit. ‘Mystery Tour’, but at least the forecast rain and high winds were missing and Our next stop was the New Times Cot- we intended to enjoy ourselves! tage Carvery, where we enjoyed a roast lunch with all the trimmings! Then it For a change Essex was our destina- was time to head back to Hollesley. I tion. We drove through ‘Constable would like to thank all those from Hol- Country’, through the Stour valley and lesley and surrounding villages, who Dedham and then to the Tiptree Visitor joined the Welcome Club members, Centre where we enjoyed a drink in the to help us fill the coach and make this Tea Room, the museum depicting the outing viable. history of the Wilkin family business, a Marian Collins jam factory set up on that site in 1885, Helen Macleod

The Welcome Club Mystery Tour

Hollesley Allotment and Gardens Association

Stop press!

October 13th 6pm visit to Swanns Nursery

This is a change of date from 27th October. If you would like to go please contact Jane Stearn 411194 to arrange transport.

Members can also collect their seed catalogues from Jane by arrangement.

October 2011 page 22 www.villagevoices.org.uk Harvest Fair at Foxburrow Farm

A celebration of all the colours and Children can try their hand at the long- flavours of harvest is to be held this est peel competition, and won’t be able autumn in Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s to resist the apple bobbing and apple wonderful old farmyard and orchard skittles. Other activities for youngsters at Foxburrow Farm, Melton. Featuring include the orchard trail, apple tasting, ‘old skills for new times’, the event vegetable monsters and apple prints – will include demonstrations of ap- all free. ple pressing and pressing for rape oil. There will be preserves, plants and Home-made refreshments will be on local produce on sale, a seed swap, and sale throughout the day. At 3.30pm practical ideas for green living from everyone can follow the procession local Transition Town groups to the orchard to sing the traditional wassailing song to the apple trees and Do you have a mystery apple tree in make a good loud noise to ensure a your garden? Bring the fruit along and bountiful crop next year. an expert will be happy to help iden- tify it. Learn about the huge range of The event on Sunday 9th October will English apples. Why not buy a few of a run from 11am-4pm. Admission will variety you haven’t come across before be £3 for adults and £2 for children, to try, or an unusual tree to plant at and there is plenty of free parking. home? Sorry, no dogs.

Half-term Activities With the Suffolk Wildlife Trust at Foxburrow Farm, Melton, near Woodbridge

Tuesday 25th October Friday 28th October 10.30am-12.30pm 10.30-12.30 or 2pm-4pm ‘Sticks, Stones & Animal Bones’ Film Flurry screening & craft activi- Family Afternoon. Children £3.50, ties. For age 6 and above. £2.50 per Adults £1.50 person

Thursday 27th October 6pm-8pm Booking essential. Please phone Willow Lantern Workshop & Proces- 01394 380113 or email foxburrow. sion [email protected] Family Event. Children £3.50, Adults £1.50 www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 23 Village Voices Walk

Sutton Heath and Sutton Hoo OS Explorer Sheet 197

1. Start from the Sutton Heath picnic site car-park, on the bend of the B1083 wood. At the far side of the field, turn (TM 305476). Take the sandy ‘byway’ left down the sandy track, still keeping leading from near the entrance towards trees to your right, ignoring the track Sutton village and continue on this to a going right. A buzzard was hunting cross-roads of tracks (about ½ a mile). here. Continue along the field edge, Turn right here and follow this track following the bridleway signs and as – past some farm buildings – to its the land drops down to the river, look junction with a tarmac drive. Turn right out for a small path diving through here and then left along the verge of the trees to your right and down some the B1083, for about 300 yards. Cross steep steps. the road and go through the gateposts topped by stone dogs and down the 4. Follow this path along the riverbank tarmac drive all the way to Cliff Farm. until it emerges from the trees at a footpath sign. Turn right to leave the 2. Bear right past the farm and fol- river wall here and cross an open area low this lane to Methersgate. Turn left heading towards a collection of small along the front of Methersgate Hall buildings. Bear left round the pumping and at the end turn right to find a small station compound and continue along wooden gate in the picket fence. Go the path, between gardens and up to a through this then turn right, past the lane. garage, onto the track. Head north, keeping the hedge on your left. Go 5. To continue the walk, bear right to through a metal gate and carry on. We take the sandy lane up to the top of the heard skylarks singing above a field hill to reach the corner of the Sutton carpeted with scarlet poppies to our left Hoo burial mound field. Turn left at the along here in early summer. top onto a sandy track, to its crossing with a path marked by a National Trust 3. Pass through a belt of trees and cross signpost. Access to the Visitor Centre, two tarmac drives. At a bridleway sign café, etc (01394 389714) – a short continue into the field, heading just walk to the left here – is free to mem- right of the church tower across the bers; others will be charged an entry river, to the corner of Deben Wood. fee. However there is a free Walkers’ Follow the path round the edge of the WC to the left of the Exhibition Hall

October 2011 page 24 www.villagevoices.org.uk entrance and all the paths included in triangle between the two roads. After this walk are Rights of Way, open to about 150 yards, turn right at a bri- everyone at all times. dleway signpost, heading diagonally across the field. 6. The walk heads straight on, crossing a farm track, to the right of a row of 7. Cross through the hedge near its pine trees and some paddocks. Where end (at another bridleway post) and the track goes left, carry straight on continue in the same direction along a a grass path to emerge at the junction hedgerow marked by more bridleway of the Hollesley Road (going past the signs. At a pair of large metal gates, army base) and the B1083 (to Sut- turn right onto a sandy track which ton village). Cross the road here with takes you back to your starting point in caution and walk along the verge of the car park. the Hollesley Road, remaining on the Val Dudley Checked by Debbie Pipe and Pauline Austerfield

www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 25 October 2011 page 26 www.villagevoices.org.uk Suffolk Punch Trust an update on our new garden The garden has got a little overgrown The non-crop areas of the garden will during the summer holidays, but be sprayed in the autumn to control in- children from Kyson School have been vasive weeds, and sown with grass. We harvesting potatoes, carrots and cour- will then mark out the design of the gettes, which have all grown garden, and work will start in well – the pumpkins will be earnest. Will you join our huge by Halloween! band of volunteers? It is moderately hard work, but The children are going to healthy and very worth- prepare a display of their while! vegetables for the Harvest Festival which will be held at the Please come along – you will Trust on October 2nd from 10.30am be very welcome. The telephone until 5pm. There will be many other number of the Suffolk Punch Trust is activities and displays. 01394 411327. Margaret Wyllie

www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 27 Your Letters - keep writing , we love to hear your views and stories

Dear Editor, Dear Editor,

Each year my contacts in the clothing I was intrigued to read the recent edi- business give me clothing samples to tion of Village Voices, as someone sell off, and the money I take goes to who was bred, born and grew up in the the Village Fete. Last year I took over village before migrating to to £600. undertake my general nurse training in the late 70’s. I have just received approximately 30 big bags of mens, ladies and kids cloth- My dad, Neville Andrews, showed me ing. All very good, top-quality, high the article. He is the brother of Derek street branded clothing. Andrews, one of my many uncles!

Casual jackets selling at up to £90 now Uncle Derek referred to the cottage on £10. Hooded sweats and sweat shirts the corner of Duck Corner. Well this selling at up to £45 now £5. Shirts sell- was indeed the home of my Nana (on ing up to £20 now £5. Printed tee shirts my mum’s side of the family), known now 3 for £5. as Nana Calver, who was the sister of Doris and Kay Lennard. The latter I have taken the Village Hall for Satur- played the organ at Hollesley church, day morning the 8th of October 10am and would often be seen riding around to 12am. Come and get the best bar- the village on her ‘bedstead’ of a bicy- gains ever and stock up for Christmas, cle! money spent will be going towards next year’s Village Fete. My sister, Lynda (Lyn) and I would spend many happy days at Nana Stewart Austerfield. Calver’s, often walking there after Hollesley Village Fete school to wait for mum. I remember on more than one occasion being scared of ‘Dunkley’ who lived in the cottage opposite, and who would often be seen standing at his gate, passing the time of day with folk and being part of the village community. Everyone knew Dunkley. I remember some years later delivering meals on wheels to him in his cottage.

October 2011 page 28 www.villagevoices.org.uk The article referred to the council Film Of houses that were built on the corner, Hatchment Project opposite Nana’s cottage. As a family we moved to No. 4 Duck Corner when

I was about 9 or 10, I think. The previ- 4th november 2011 ous occupier was Mrs Mudd (Nora), 6 for 6.30 in sudbourne village hall who moved to the new bungalows wine and Canapés which were being built in Moorlands.

It was from Duck Corner that I migrat- Sudbourne PCC will be showing the ed to the big town of Ipswich, but some film that Veronica Worrall made chart- 40 years later have come back ‘home’ ing the progress of the Hatchment Res- albeit living in Norwich, but still sup- toration Project on Friday 4th November porting Ipswich Town! in Sudbourne Village Hall.

Keep up the good work with Village The film is only 30 minutes long but Voices – a really good read. gives a good feel for everything that went on during the year ending with Nigel Andrews the service taken by the Right Rever- end Nigel Stock, Bishop of St Ed- mundsbury and Ipswich.

Everyone is very welcome so if you were unable to come to any of the lec- tures and still haven’t seen the hatch- ments, please come and have a glass of wine and see what you have missed.

tiCkets are £5 whiCh inCludes wine and Canapés.

Please send a cheque – made out to Sudbourne PCC – to:

Mrs A Bettinson, Bailiff’s House, Sudbourne, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 2BN

email: [email protected] tel: 01394 450863. www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 29 Coastalong for

On Saturday September 10th three of us joined our Contributed MP Thérèse Coffey in a seven mile walk from Snape to in support of this worthwhile charity. It was part of a coastal path walk by teams of walk- ers covering most of the country.

There are still Thérèse Coffey, Helen Macleod, Patti Mulcahy and Julia Grant 884 million peo- starting from Snape Bridge ple in the world who don’t have access to safe water burden falls to women and children and 2.6 billion who have no adequate who have to walk miles each day to sanitation. Thérèse said ‘When com- collect water.’ munities do not have clean water the Helen Macleod 200 Club Winners Winners for recent 200 Club draws are September 1. Fred Stentiford, 2. Phil- as follows: lipa Hamlyn, 3. Nigel Bond, 4. Robert Harris. July 1. Mike Whitby, 2. Di Barnard, 3. Geoff Clement, 4. Denis Driver. You can view a list of all winners at August 1. Maggie Ross, 2. Peter tinyurl.com/hollesleywinners. Scopes, 3. Gill Whiffin, 4. Peggy Balls Fred Stentiford

October 2011 page 30 www.villagevoices.org.uk Flower Festival Success

What a result – just under £1100 from Thank you, one and all. PS The next the Flower Festival at Hollesley Church Flower Festival is in 2013. Just a little at the end of August. It was a back warning. Hope you can make it. breaking set-up for some of us, unused Jane Harper to activity. There were a few moans and groans, but everyone put their best foot forward and produced a thing of beauty. A HUGE thank you to every- one – well done. Helen Macleod

It was not just the flower arrangers who did well. Jill and Ray worked in the ‘new kitchen’ serving lunches and other feel good foods and drinks – and did we need them – yes we did!

The weather blew – it nearly took the ‘tent’ away and whistled in the church door. It rained, making those outside scurry inside to eat and drink. The temperature steadily dropped as the weekend went on…where was the promised sunshine and heat from the weathermen? Helen Macleod Perhaps the visitors knew best and had planned indoor excursions – thank you to all who came, looked, ate, drank and deposited money.

So what did we get out of it? A great deal of pleasure, a sense of satisfac- tion for what we had all managed to achieve, not forgetting the laughter, the chat, for Ruth – always being there to meet and greet, besides arranging a ringing, flower arranging vicar – a Some of the wonderful arrangements sense of comradeship, a job well done. at the Flower Festival www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 31 The event was organised by Suffolk Sport, the County Sports Partnership for Suf- Contributed folk and Rounders as part of the Fit Villages initiative.

As well as Hollesley, the home side, teams were represented by the villages of Bawdsey, Otley, Chars- field, Middleton, Orford and Village Community Spirit with games being keenly Shines Through contested in beautiful conditions. The eventual winners were Bawdsey who Hollesley Recreation Ground hosted narrowly defeated Otley in the final. the first Inter-Village Rounders Tourna- ment on Sunday which saw six villages For further information on the Fit Villag- from Suffolk Coastal go head to head es Project, please call 01394 444289 in a bid to secure local bragging rights. or visit www.suffolksport.com/fitvillages.

October 2011 page 32 www.villagevoices.org.uk 80th Birthday celebration Congratulations to John Cooper who celebrated his 80th birthday with many Helen Macleod friends at his home in Hollesley on Septem- ber 10th.

John and Eileen Another celebration! Di and Tony Barnard celebrated Tony’s 75th birthday, Di’s 70th and

Helen Macleod 45 years of marriage at Hollesley Village Hall on 10th Septem- ber.

Family of all ages joined with long- standing friends and many others from the village. Members of the family played in the band and others prepared the delicious food.

Tony and Di cutting the cake www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 33 October 2011 page 34 www.villagevoices.org.uk Boyton Mission

Greetings from the Mission at Dart Lynda Boyton. October is our anniver- sary month (19th October 1929) – our eighty years of faithful wit- ness to a largely “unknown God”.

Sunday by Sunday our God is faithfully preached and witnessed to at the mission. Iniside the Boyton Mission Our God is faithful, loving, holy, full of Our preachers for October are: compassion and understanding. “Cast your cares on Him for He cares for 2nd ‘c’ Steve Dart (Hollesley) you.” (1st Peter 5:7). We can then learn 9th Cecil Gill (Ipswich) to put our trust and hope in God. 16th Roy Kemp (Ipswich) 23rd Sam Potter (Bury) We thank our God for all those who 30th Johnathan Sullivan (Saxted Mill) have over the years kept our Mission ‘open’ and prayerfully witnessing “unto The services are at 3pm followed by a our prayer answering God”. fellowship tea. All are welcome. Every blessing to you all. Steve and Lynda Dart 6 Melton Road, Hollesley 01394 411876

traditional harvest supper

A Harvest Supper for the benefit of Village Hall Funds will be held on Saturday 29th October in the Village Hall in Butley, which is shared by the neighbouring villages of , Capel and . This traditional feast will feature local pate, ham, game pie and home-made chutneys and apple pie. There will be a wine and soft drinks bar.

Tickets are now on sale from Di Beattie (01394 450111) or any committee member at £15 to include a glass of wine on arrival and after supper entertainment. www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 35 Wildlife in All Saints churchyard

In the May issue of Village Voices, We know that Hollesley churchyard we reported that Hollesley Parochial has acidic soil similar to the local Church Council has agreed that routine heaths, and this means that in spring, weekly management in All Saints we won’t have the riot of colour that churchyard will aim to make it more makes woodlands (and churchyards) so hospitable to wildlife. Boxes designed beautiful in the claylands on the other for spotted flycatchers and bats, ingen- side of the A12. All Saints has a rich ious hedgehog hibernation boxes and wild flora – over 50 flower species and homes for wild bees have since been a dozen grasses – but it looks its best in constructed at HMP & YOI Hollesley late summer. Bay, and are now in the churchyard. Springtime brought sheets of blue Meanwhile, selected areas of the bird’s-eye speedwell, and also ground churchyard have been allowed to grow ivy, which has deep violet flowers – a tall and luxuriant, whilst others have magnet to foraging bumblebees and been strimmed short as usual. This is their furry look-alikes, the bee flies. Year One – and a bit of an experiment. Summer unveiled bird’s-foot trefoil,

October 2011 page 36 www.villagevoices.org.uk Contributed

Haymaking in All Saints churchyard wild clary, cranesbills, lady’s bedstraw, purple heads full of nectar to attract musk thistle, mallow and oxeye daisy: butterflies, hoverflies, bumblebees, if only we had more of the handsome, honeybees and lots of other insects that tall oxeyes! are so important as pollinators in our gardens and farmland. Early in August, Very many insects need these plants, the wild areas were cut, the hay left ly- whilst shrews, voles and mice live ing for a week to ensure seeds dropped, unseen beneath them amidst the and then they were raked. Roll on Year swaying tall grasses. And then, at Two! last, knapweed burst into flower, with Laurie Forsyth

www.villagevoices.org.uk October 2011 page 37 Notes from Hollesley Parish when it was erected. Please contact the Council meeting, Clerk 411032 or Chairman 411707 if Thursday 1st September you can help.

PC Andy Warne reported that there had Welcome Club has requested financial been one crime in the village and two help with insurance costs. The Parish absconds from the prison. The mobile Council will give £100 in appreciation police van will be in the village on 20th of the valuable work done by the club. October 8.45-9.45am. He informed the Council that 700 more troops with Financial Report: an emergency repair their families will move to Rock Bar- was made to burst pipes at the pavilion. racks in the near future. He reminded residents to lock doors and windows Oak hill Recreation Ground: £14,237 as there has been a spate of burglaries of play equipment consisting of a in Bromeswell. Farmers are advised to Basket Ball hoop, Super Nova, and a secure land in case of arrival of evicted Cantilever swing will be ordered and Travellers from Dale Farm in Essex. put in place soon. Speeding by vehicles on the road at Sutton Heath is being monitored. Water supply for the allotments: further discussion is needed with allot- Highways Department Safety Engi- ment holders to decide whether a bore- neers propose to make the Bromeswell hole should be made, or existing water junction safer by forming a T junc- supply diverted. It is hoped grants may tion where the Hollesley road joins the be available to help with this project. B1083 at a cost of £72,000. A mini roundabout was considered to be too Emergency Planning: the former expensive. The work is estimated to be Emergency Planning Officer is no completed by March. Councillors felt longer in the area. A new Officer is further discussion should take place to needed to prepare the village for any consider alternative solutions. unexpected emergency. If you would be interested in helping the Council in this Oak Hill Street lights, owned by the way, please contact the Clerk 411032 Home Office, are to be upgraded and or the Chairman 411707 for further the Parish Council may adopt the eight information. lights by agreement. Helen Macleod

Hollesley village sign: a researcher has The full minutes of this Hollesley Par- requested details of the sign and its his- ish Council meeting will be placed on tory. The Parish Council asks if anyone the noticeboard outside the Village can remember who made the sign and Stores after the next meeting on Thurs- day 6th October.

October 2011 page 38 www.villagevoices.org.uk Local Contacts

Hollesley Village Hall Bookings Christine Gillespie 411562 Boyton Village Hall Bookings Kay Lane 410361 Hollesley School Lynne Wright (Headteacher) 411616 Welcome Club Marian Collins 411262 Hollesley Womens Institute Gina Forsyth 411727 Mothers Union Pat Fleetwood 410409 Hollesley Players Sharon Culley 01728 688446 Whist Drives Jill Cocksedge 411108 Hollesley Bowls Club Roy Winchester 411564 Indoor Bowls Nigel Smith 411549 Alderton Surgery 411641 Hollesley Badminton Club Chris Andrews 411126 Junior Soccer Keith Banthorp 01473 737474 Judo Club Julie Jolliffe 410483 1st Sutton Brownies Sonja Patterson 420576 Hollesley Pre-school Terrie Cornwell-Dunnett 410492 Suffolk Link Bus Sadie 0845 604 1802 Gardening Club Secretary Jane Stearn 411194 Hollesley Parish Council Dennis Driver (Chairman) 411707 Noelle Gore (Clerk) 411032 Boyton Parish Council Fred Stentiford (Chairman) 411469 Nicola Cassy (Clerk) 411720 County Councillor Andrew Reid 07545 423799 District Councillor Jane Marson 07771 608376 Hollesley Bay Day Centre Audrey Shelcott 411776 Community Police Officer PC Andy Warne 01473 613500 Hollesley Commons Nick Mason 411150 Community Car Service Janet Gardiner 01473 630866

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