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CN_24.qxd 14/11/2005 12:22 Page 1 FREE !! Winter 2005 ISSUE No.24 CORNARD PEOPLE - Gerald Browne Gerald Stanley Edmund Browne was born in December 1918 at Herne Hill in London. At the age of six he moved to Clapham where he spent the rest of his childhood. On leaving school Gerald had a job with H & M Rayne of Bond Street, a shoe shop that made handmade shoes for the rich and famous including the late Queen Mary. It was Gerald’s job to carry the boxes in a taxi to Buckingham Palace and wait in the servants quarters whilst a lady assistant was s ushered into the royal presence to do the fitting. At the age of twenty he joined the Army in May 1939 at the Artillery Barracks, Woolwich and his twelve-year army career began. At the outbreak of war he was sent to France where he was one of the fortunate to be rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk in June 1940, evacuated by one of the little ships which crossed the Channel to w rescue as many troops as possible. Gerald was also on Sword Beach at 7.30am at the start of the D-Day landings on the 6th June Photo - Cornard News 1944. The Korean War was the next time he was on active service. Gerald’s Medals Gerald and his wife Marjorie, who celebrated 60 years of Top row from left e 1939-45 Star married life this year, met when he was unlucky enough to France & Germany Star have a lorry run over his foot. Marjorie was a nurse at Defence Medal Burntwood Hospital, near Lichfield, who helped his Victory Medal Korean War Medal recovery, and they have been looking after each other ever United Nations Medal since. The couple have three children and eight grandchildren, one daughter in Barnsley, a son in New Bottom row from left Zealand and another daughter in Great Cornard, which is Dunkirk Medal (France) N Belgium Medal why they moved here in 1982. N After his army service Gerald took a Carpentry and Joinery Course at Wolverhampton before working in the building trade, then he got a job at the Ordnance Factory in Donnington, Shropshire where he remained for ten years. It was the skill he learned here which enabled him to make several pieces of pretty occasional furniture that grace his lounge to this day. On leaving Donnington he became an Insurance Agent, gradually working his way up to Assistant Manager and then Manager. He stayed in this employment for twenty years and took early retirement in 1980. Gerald and Marjorie have travelled many miles touring with their own d caravan. They saw the Allied War Graves at Arnhem on their first trip and have been to Portugal, Spain, France and Belgium since then. There can be no doubt Gerald has witnessed many sights in his life which, thankfully, the rest of us have r been spared and this is probably what has made him the charming and unassuming gentleman he is. Our lives today are what they are because of men like him. Thank-you Gerald. Doris Rowland - Cornard News a FRIENDS OF POT KILN SCHOOL We are a group of both parents and teachers. We hold regular meetings throughout the year to help raise money so the school children can have extra activities such as School trips out (educational), drama workshops (visiting our school) as well as ‘smart boards’ for the classroom. n On Friday 2 December, Pot Kiln School is holding its Annual Christmas Fayre between 5pm & 7pm. Stalls include Tombola, Raffles, Games, Bric-a-brac, Mince Pies, Teas & Coffee. Also come and meet Santa Claus. Entrance fee is only 30pence. The Friends of Pot Kiln School invite everyone along to r share the Festive Fun! HERE’S AN IDEA! Have a walk around Great Cornard during the Festive Season to see the magnificent displays. A big ‘Thank Clearview Cleaning o You’ to all those who have spent so much time & money on decorations Contract, Window, Office for the rest of us to enjoy. and Domestic Cleaners In this issue: Christmas Quiz Tel: 01787 242019 / Mob: 07984 578152 C Veggie Nosh & Tubby Tabbys 36 Davidson Close, Great Cornard. CO10 0YU CN_24.qxd 14/11/2005 12:22 Page 2 GREAT CORNARD PARISH COUNCIL The protest march held in Sudbury on 10th September and organised by the Walnuttree Hospital Action Committee, was attended by most of our parish councillors. They joined MP Tim Yeo, Lord Phillips, the Mayor of Sudbury, other councillors, health workers, townspeople and many others from the surrounding areas. Councillors also attended a road show, organised by the Primary Care Trust and held at St. Peter’s Church, Sudbury, which enabled the public to answer questions about the proposed changes in health care. The Primary Care Trust has produced a consultation document entitled ‘Modernising Healthcare in West Suffolk’ and the closing date of the consultation period has been extended to December 12th. It is vitally important for Great Cornard residents to respond to this document so that local views are known and there is still time to do so. A consultation pack, which includes advice sheet and s.a.e., can be obtained from Sudbury Town Hall. Members of the hospital action group will also be giving these packs out on Saturday mornings outside the Town Hall. The aims of the campaign, in which the Parish Council is involved, are to preserve existing and future health care in this area and not about preserving the bricks and mortar of the old Sudbury hospital buildings. Turning to other matters, at the end of September the Parish Council completed the purchase of land in Great Cornard, known as Danes Hole. This land is between two areas of the Country Park that the Parish Council already own. The aim of this purchase is to increase the range of facilities and habitats for the benefit of local people and wildlife, thus enhancing the environmental value of this area. The Parish Council has set up a working party to re-assess the whole of the Country Park. Two sports clubs in Great Cornard have benefited from grants from the personal locality budget of Suffolk Councillor and Parish Council Chairman, Peter Beer. Cornard Cricket Club, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, is to put the award of £1,500 towards a new lawn mower and Cornard United FC Juniors have purchased a new set of goals with the £800 awarded to them. Mr. Beer has said he wishes to spend his locality budget on good causes that will benefit the people of Great Cornard. At the September meeting of the Parish Council, it was formally agreed to the setting up of a Parish Council Benevolent Fund. Various fund-raising activities, such as car boot sales have taken place at the Stevenson Centre during the past year and formal arrangements were needed for the distribution of funds. Any funds held or distributed, however, do not form part of the Parish Council’s grants to the community. Senior citizens of Great Cornard will benefit from this Benevolent Fund. The Parish Council is pleased to announce that there will be a Christmas Tea for all residents of Great Cornard who are over 60. It will be held at the Stevenson Centre on 6th December 2005 from 2pm to 4pm. Although it is not possible to provide transport for everyone, if there is a person with a particular difficulty of getting to the centre, help may be available. If you are a Great Cornard resident who would like to attend the Christmas Tea, please contact the Council Office, (Tel. 373212) so that your name can be added to the list. Please also note that the minutes of Great Cornard Parish Council meetings are available at The Stevenson Centre, Stevenson Approach, Great Cornard or on an independently run website www.cornard.info Frances Jackson - Councillor for Great Cornard South. ___________________________________________________ COMMUNITY WARDEN’S UPDATE WHERE TO RECYCLE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. There was a spate of fires in the woodland by Items such as glass and textiles must not go in your Shawlands Avenue, opposite Maldon Court. I blue bin, but they can still be recycled at community am checking this on a daily basis but no recycling centres or at the Household Waste and problems for a few weeks now. Recycling Centres, such as the one at Sandy Lane, Sudbury. There are over 90 glass banks throughout At Blackhouse Lane and allotment car park the Babergh district, located at supermarkets, there seems to be an improvement on the car- village halls, pubs, and other prime locations in your racing front. I know the police are patrolling the community. The sites in Great Cornard are Poplar area, as I am each day. Also there isn’t as Road shops and The Highbury Barn PH. There are much litter as before although on Friday 14 also banks at The Kingfisher leisure centre and in October it looked as if a Dairy and Bakers had North Street, Sudbury. opened up there with loaves of bread and bottles of milk thrown all over the car park to Glass can be recycled indefinitely and last year approximately 1,500 tonnes of say nothing of cartons of fresh cream tipped all glass were recycled in Babergh. Glass recycling saves energy, conserves the into the ditch. I don’t know what these people environment and creates local jobs. It can also mean community groups receive get out of doing this but it seems the way up to £18 per tonne of glass by way of recycling credits from the Council.