(also at www.sheering.org.uk/news)
April 2020201920 191919 133 Litter Picking Do join them for the next litter pick which is organised for 27th April 2019. Put the date in your diary and help keep the village litter free. There will be refreshments provided afterwards in the Village Hall. If you cannot join in, maybe you could just check your own frontage onto the road or litter pick an area where you walk.
Would anyone in Lower Sheering like to co-ordinate a litter pick there on the same day?
Report Fly Tipping Here are some of the team who litter picked Recently a last Autumn with all the rubbish they walker on High collected! Lane saw this pile of rubbish, photographed it and reported it to Epping Forest District Council. The Council cleared it only a day or two later and a representative phoned the person who reported it to
reassure them it had been cleared.
EFDC are keen to prosecute fly tippers so Meet in the Village Hall car park please do report anything you see dumped on the highway. At 10.30 am eppingforestdc.gov.uk 01992 564608
ANNUAL PARISH MEETING Wear protective footwear etc WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL and bring your own equipment if you have some. SHEERING VILLAGE HALL 7.30 Bags will be provided To include Young Citizen of the Year & Refreshments afterwards in the Citizen of the Year Award Presentations Village Hall 2 In This Edition The History of Sheering Library 18
Diary 3 A Helping Hand by Adrienne Tinn 19
Letters 4 Smalls for All 19
Robert Halfon MP 5 Campaign to Save Essex Libraries 21
District Councillor Paul Stalker 7 Set Down Discount Stansted Airport 22
Essex Highways: Sheering Mill Lock Bridge 8 Vicar’s Reflection St Mary’s Sheering 23
Parish Council News 8 Useful Information Back Cover
Parish Council Dates & Members 9 Please let us have letters, articles and photos for the next edition of Sheering Short Mat Bowling; WI; Village Walks 10 News promptly by Monday 1 July 2019. Sheering School News 10 Can You Help Deliver? The Hundred Parishes Society - Ponds 12 Can anyone in Lower Sheering spare an hour three times a year Essex on the Edge 13 to deliver Sheering News in Ash GrovesGroves. Get Involved - St Elizabeth’s 14 Please contact Sheila Caves 01279 725578 Too Good to Throw Away 15 Can You Help with the website? Rotary Charity Abseil 15 Is there anyone who would like to help with the website? Friends of St Mary’s 16 Please contact Linda Ainsworth 01279 734333 Recycling & Waste 17 3
DDDIARY Short Mat Bowling Club: Mondays 7.00 - 10.00, Thursdays 1.30 - 4.00 in the Village AAAPRIL Hall. Maureen Wright 01279 722728 Friday 5 Sheering School Term ends 01279 734210 [email protected] Slimming World: Wednesdays 5.30 and 7.30 Village Hall. Alison 07826 252321 Good Friday 19 Village Walk 10.30 Village Hall car park. All welcome Tuesday Teas: 2.30 in the Church Room. All welcome for a cup of tea, cake and a chat. Good Friday 19 Stainer’s Crucifixion sung by St Mary’s choir and friends 4.00 Sheering Choir: Mondays in term time 7.00 - 8.00 The Cock Inn. Free of charge. Just turn Easter Day 21 St Mary’s Church Sheering All- up for a fun evening Age Communion 11.00 TTTHREE WWWEEKLY Tuesday 23 Sheering School term starts 01279 734210 [email protected] Mobile Library Van every third Wednesday Lower Sheering 0845 603 7628 Wednesday 24 Annual Parish Meeting. Village www.essex.gov.uk/libraries Hall 7.30 MMMONTHLY Saturday 27 Litter Pick Village Hall car park 10.30. Wear protective footwear; bring your WIWIWI meet on the second Tuesday of the month own equipment if you have some; bags (except July & August) in the Village Hall at provided. Refreshments afterwards in the 7.30 for 7.45. You will be made very welcome Village Hall. whether you come along as a visitor or become a member. Barbara Barker 01279 MMMAYAYAY 734354 Saturday4 & Sunday 5 Rotary Charity Abseil U3A Sawbridgeworth see page 15 3.00 on the second Friday of every month. Saturday 11 St Mary’s Church open 2.00 to Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall. 4.30; tours of the building for anyone who Membership Secretary, John Dickenson wishes; teas and refreshments (for a donation 01279 722297 to Friends funds) in the Church Room. Tuesday 14 WI Village Hall 7.30 for 7.45. All welcome. Barbara Barker 01279 734354 Dirty Carpets JJJUNE Tuesday 11 WI Village Hall 7.30 for 7.45. All & Upholstery? welcome. Barbara Barker 01279 734354 Saturday 15 Friends Concert 7.00 in St Mary’s For excellent cleaning results church. Tickets including light refreshments afterwards from Irene Harriss 01279 734334. and fast drying times £8, or £1 for children aged 6-12. This event is not suitable for under 6s. Call JJJULY Monday 1 copy date for Sheering News MAGIC STEAM 01279 466359
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Letters
Dear Editor, As some of you will be aware, a group of us volunteer every few weeks to maintain the churchyard. Generally, this is cutting the grass, clearing leaves, cutting back trees etc. Over recent months we have had to spend an increasing amount of time clearing up other people’s rubbish. I’m not talking dead flowers, plants etc. Mostly we find discarded food wrappers and cups, empty cannabis bags, small silver canisters, used condoms & underwear (I’m guessing they can’t be bothered to put it back on). It infuriates and saddens me that people think it’s ok to leave their rubbish for someone else to clear up. Those of us that volunteer do so because we have loved ones buried in the churchyard and we like to keep it looking nice for others visiting their loved ones. We’re not necessarily involved with the church. If anyone fancies joining us next time, you’re GARDEN OPEN 2019 more than welcome. The next date is In aid of GROVE COTTAGE (Bishops Stortford Saturday 30 March, from 9.30 onwards. MENCAP charity) Vicky Rudgely LONGRIDGE, SAWBRIDGEWORTH ROAD, HATFIELD HEATH CM22 7DR
SATURDAY MAY 25 TH 10 a.m. ––– 4.30 p.m. Dear Editor, SUNDAY May 26 th 2 p.m. ––– 5 p.m. I'm not keen on a big brother but we're really suffering from fly tippers in the lay-by Hannah and Michael Shine invite you to enjoy a between Sheering and Harlow and elsewhere walk around their garden in the village. and relax over some homemade cakes and a cup Does anyone have suggestions other than of tea or coffee CCTV to catch them? Lesley Paine SATURDAY: Jess Daugirda (Singer, Urdang Academy), Sarah M (singer), Adrienne & Malcolm (singers), Ukes of Hazard Band (Ukulele group) [email protected]
Dog mess is an eyesore SUNDAY: BSUS (Bishops Stortford Ukulele and a health hazard. Society) If you are a dog owner, you have a legal duty to clean ENTRY DONATION £2, TEA WITH CAKE £2.50 up every time your dog BOOK STALL with many almost new best sellers, messes in a public place. PLANTS, RAFFLE, HANDMADE GLASSWARE,GLASS PENDANTS, Please can dog walkers RELAXING HEAD MASSAGE, REFLEXOLOGY & THAI dispose of dog waste in the FOOT MASSAGE (pre(pre----bookablebookable with Hannah) bins provided.
If you cannot find a dog bin, then double wrap Tel: 01279 730296 or email the dog bag and place it in a normal litter bin . [email protected] 5 Robert Halfon MP writes: roof. I highlighted the incredible training and research possibilities we have to become the Dear Sheering Residents, health-science capital of the UK, with the I hope that your New Year has got off to a upcoming move of Public Health England to brilliant start and you are looking forward to Harlow. Easter! In March, I invited children aged 5-11 across With Brexit taking up much of the news Harlow and the Villages to submit their entries headlines, I thought I would update you with to my Short Story Competition, as part of World what I’ve been doing for Sheering residents over Book Day on 7th March. I had over one hundred recent months. short stories to read, and the two lucky winners It’s been a busy, but exciting, time in my received a collection of books hand-picked by campaign for a new hospital in Harlow. Pearson Publishing, and have been invited to my Completed in 1966, the Princess Alexandra office in Westminster for a cup of tea and a catch Hospital building is no longer fit for the 21st -up. It was fantastic to see the creative, young century. More than 50 years on, it serves a much talent we have in our area - read the winning larger population of around 350,000 people, entries for yourself on my website! and this is taking its toll on bed capacity, patient I’ve also been working hard for residents waiting times, the estate and the hardworking affected by the congestion on the M11. I am staff. concerned about the increased number of In February, we welcomed the Health Secretary, accidents and collisions on the motorway, and Matt Hancock, to the Princess Alexandra the delays this is causing road users. As such, I Hospital, after I invited him to see for himself have written to Transport Minister, Jesse the pressures that our NHS staff are facing. It Norman, to find out what solution can be found. was an extremely positive visit, and he stated You can continue to keep up to date with all that how impressed he was with what the staff were I’m doing on my Facebook page (Robert H managing to achieve in the tight working spaces. Halfon), Twitter and Instagram Shortly after this, I secured my fourth debate in (@halfon4harlowmp) and if you would like to the House of Commons on funding for a new book in for a surgery, just health campus that would bring together A&E email: [email protected]. and hospital units, GP, physiotherapy, mental Best wishes, health services and much more, all under one Robert 6 WE DON’T JUST CUT GLASS LOOK AT THE SERVICE WE OFFER
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Call Paul on 01279 304181 07733 028099 [email protected] 07885 055621 leonardjoscelyn.co.uk 7 News from the District Councillor to the surrounding properties both in for Lower Sheering appearance and scale. I was able to support local residents in their objections and Thanks to Sheering News for allowing me once planning permission was refused. again to update you on District Council matters. As I write this the radio is reporting I am happy to report that the outstanding fees record temperatures for the time of year and earmarked for a community facility have now Winter seems to have already given way to a been paid. Pressure from Parish and District glorious Spring. Time will tell though and Councillors and our local MP Robert Halfon whilst I wouldn’t be surprised by a return to has finally (and literally) paid off. I look colder weather, my thoughts have turned to forward to participating in the Parish Council’s the new season and the prospect of tidying up discussions on how this money, along with our public spaces. other earmarked funds, may be spent for the benefit of Lower Sheering. The Parish Council have invested in new benches for the picnic area off Luxford Place In the meantime we remain without a public and are working hard to maintain this and the space and for the forthcoming Local other recreational spaces in good order. Government elections to be held on Thursday Pedestrians do sometimes have issues with 2 May 2019 our polling station will once again foliage overhanging the footway and where I be at Sheering Village Hall. This is notice this or have it brought to my attention I disappointing and I fully understand the endeavour to get the appropriate authority inconvenience this can cause for many people. (usually the County Council or Network Rail) to If this applies to you then I would encourage take swift action to put it right. I know how you to register for a postal vote and to those difficult it can be when people who are less residents who can get to the polling station, mobile, taking small children to school or with please do so and exercise your right to vote. pushchairs, are forced to contend with traffic Best regards, due to pavements being obstructed by weeds Paul Stalker or low branches. Should any residents see a potential problem, please let me know and I District Councillor will try to get the issue addressed before it Lower Sheering becomes dangerous. Whilst on the subject of obstructed footways, we have a recurring problem in and around Sheering Lower Road with illegally or APPLIANCE CARE thoughtlessly parked vehicles. I have 28 THE STOW HARLOW previously mentioned my links with the North Essex Parking Partnership (NEPP) who enforce parking regulations and I will continue to push for greater resources to be allocated to lower DOMESTIC & APPLIANCE REPAIRS Sheering, especially around the abuse of the HOTPOINT & PHILIPS SPECIALISTS double yellow lines, mid-morning parking restrictions and pavement parking. Planning matters continue to take up a good ALL REPAIRS BY proportion of my time. As you may be aware, FACTORY TRAINED ENGINEERS the Local Plan emerged unaltered following a judicial review and has moved on to the next ALL MAKES COVERED stage, the Examination. The hearings were held throughout the last two weeks of February and the Inspector was presented with evidence from a wide range of interested REPAIRS parties. Full details can be found at; SERVICE eppingforestdc.gov.uk - Planning our Future. SPARES At a local level, several recent planning applications for Lower Sheering have caused some concern. Notably one that would have involved the demolition of an existing Authorised Repair agents for most makes bungalow and construction of four houses on the site. Whilst the need to build more houses 01279 451688 is obvious, proposals should pay due regard 8
From Essex Highways to the Parish Clerk: Parish Council News M11 Junction 7A Sheering Mill Lock Bridge on Sheering Mill The Parish Council has received no further Lane information on the proposed new junction or
in respect of the planned intentions for Following a commencement of the works involved. road traffic incident that Epping Forest Local Plan resulted in The Local Plan is currently in its review stage. I the emergency closure of Sheering Mill Lock will be attending a meeting at E.F.D.C. on 11 Bridge on Sheering Mill Lane in March at which progress on the review will be Sawbridgeworth last month, I wanted to given. I hope therefore to be able to advise advise you that damage to the bridge has further on the Plan in due course. been investigated and a safety panel will Handyman need to be replaced before the bridge is I am pleased to report that Andy Crighton, reopened to vehicles. who joined us in September, has settled well A contractor has been identified to carry out into his role of handyman and I am sure some the works and is in the process of co- of you may have seen Andy around the Parish ordinating activities with the necessary third on your travels as well as seeing some of his parties, including the Canal Trust as some of handy work. Again, I would remind you that if the work will need to be conducted from a on your travels you identify work that requires floating pontoon as well as from the the handyman to carry out to improve our carriageway with the use of lifting Parish, please give details to Councillor Alan equipment. Turner who is the responsible Councillor for Preparations are continuing and we the handyman. anticipate being in a position to begin the Defibrillators works in the coming month, subject to all Progress has been made towards the purchase the necessary arrangements being in place of defibrillators for both Sheering Village and and the bespoke panel being available for Lower Sheering. While it may seem that the installation as this needs to be fabricated. purchase of this equipment is forever being We anticipate the repair will take discussed, it is not until you get into the detail approximately one week to complete. that you realise the options available and the We appreciate this closure continues to sensitivity of the equipment, particularly if cause local inconvenience to both local they are to be installed externally, as is being residents, businesses and the wider investigated by the Sub Committee of community, however it is important that the Councillors set up to ensure our needs are bridge remains closed until the repairs are met appropriately. It is anticipated that with carried out. the information now to hand, final decisions We endeavour to keep you updated as on type, location and maintenance plans will information becomes available. be finalised in the not too distant future. www.essex.gov.uk/highways Lower Sheering Community Facility Regrettably the payments on the section 106 agreement on the Railway Inn development continues to be outstanding and although Recycle Mascara Wands pressure continues to be applied to EFDC by our District Councillors, we still await the Please do not throw away your mascara balance of payment on this scheme. wands. Instead, clean the wand with warm Community Speed Watch soapy water, place it in a ziploc bag and post Thanks to Councillor Crowdy, this scheme has it to: now been set up and has been used along the Pets And Wildlife Service (PAWS), Street which, as was expected, identified a Staffordshire, 4 Norfolk Grove, Great Wyrley, number of culprits speeding. At the time of WS66JS preparing this report, the equipment is These little wands are able to be upcycled to currently away being re calibrated which is a clean away oil, larvae, fly eggs, mites, mandatory requirement, and on its return, infections, mud and other contaminants which is imminent, the team will be back out. from wildlife. They work really well for Volunteers for operating the scheme are still medical care and wound treatment required from Lower Sheering, so if you are 9 interested in getting involved, please contact Sheering Parish Council Councillor Crowdy direct. Parish Council meetings are Sheering Lock Bridge. open to any Sheering resident. The Parish Council has already received Time is set aside for public enquiries from residents re the closure of this participation to discuss any section of road and the time it is taking to parish problem at the regular monthly meetings. carry out the necessary repairs to the damaged bridge barrier. This however is not Meetings are held in the Village the responsibility of the Parish Council, but Hall starting at 7.30. The next meetings in 2019 are: that of Essex County Council even though Councillor Stalker has been in contact with ECC pressing for repair works to be treated Wednesday 101010 April as a priority to minimise the disruption Wednesday 222222 May caused by the bridge closure. (See latest Wednesday 262626 June news from Essex Highways: page 8) Citizen of The Year Awards Wednesday 313131 July Nominations for these awards would have been reviewed when the Council met in Annual Parish Meeting 24 April March and as is now our practice, the awards will be presented as part of the Annual Parish Parish Councillors Meeting to be held on 24 April. 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Larger ponds may support fish. Amphibians such as frogs, toads and newts need to lay their eggs within water but will spend much of their adult lives on land, eating a range of garden pests if there is The pond by the village green at some dense vegetation and a rockery Finchingfield is a much photographed and nearby. These creatures have become quite much painted example of the idyllic view of scarce in the wider countryside with the the English countryside where ducks swim reduction in suitable habitats. and white clouds are reflected in its calm waters. The area of the Hundred Parishes During March, the croaking of male frogs has a variety of similar hoping to ponds. Those attract a mate is alongside roads were one of the often formed from sounds of ancient extraction pits spring. Local for clay or gravel; records of any others appeared where adult earth had been amphibians and extracted for building locations of work. Some are spawn provide surviving medieval fish valuable ponds or the remnants information of moats around about their isolated old farm distribution and houses. Ponds on behaviour. If farms provided water you are for livestock, but fortunate to see following the reduction in cattle and sheep- frogs, toads or rearing many have been filled in. newts in your local ponds, then please do pass this information to either the Essex Fortunately, a number of private gardens Field Club or the Freshwater Habitats have ponds where aquatic plants provide a Organisation. Details are on their websites: haven for a wide variety of creatures that www.essexfieldclub.org.uk and depend on such water bodies for their www.freshwaterhabitats.org.uk. survival. Dipping a net into a pond will reveal snails, the assorted larvae of Tricia Moxey dragonflies, water beetles and midges. Trustee 13 Essex on the Edge --- Essex Record Office
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A charity near you needs your help. Are you up for a challenge? Stepping off into the unknown! We, at the Harlow Tye Rotary Club are ready and able to offer you that challenge. On Saturday 4 May and Sunday 5 May 2019, we will be offering you the opportunity to abseil from the top of the Affinity water tower. This will be our 21st year of offering this unique opportunity. When our Rotary Club started the abseil we intended it to be a one off, however, it was so successful that we have continued each year in early May for the past 20 years. We have averaged 200 people for each of the previous 20 years but as it’s our 21st birthday we are asking more of you come and join us. As well as it being our birthday, we have set ourselves a further goal of breaking the one -million-pound barrier (£1,000,000) this year, we are currently at £960,000. By giving up 1 hour of your time, think of all the people you can help? Choose a deserving cause, get your family, friends and work colleagues to sponsor you and come and join us. 16
Friends of St Mary’s Sheering General. Perhaps one of those remembered was a member of your family? Or someone you knew? So far we have not managed to News of the Buildings and unearth much in the way of records. However Grounds visits to the Essex Record Office helped us to The churchyard locate the original hand-written specification The wonderful community for the clock along with a couple of drawings. churchyard team, led by If you would like more details of the Natalie Cracknell, were not information we have found, or if you have any hibernating over the winter. If you go down records to add about the decisions to install Church Lane you will see that the grass is the clock, please contact Elsie Baker at neatly cut, the hedges are tidy, and everything [email protected]. looks great. Contact Natalie on 01279 734360 Recent events if you would like to join in. It’s fun and you It seems ages ago now, but it is well worth make a difference. recalling the fantastic turnout for a string of Church open Friends, church and church-related events at Christmas. On 7 December members of It is not practical to leave the church open and Epping Band led some hearty carol-singing in unattended. However we are conscious that the Village Hall. some, perhaps many, people would appreciate spending some quiet time there, so we are experimenting. By the time you read this, the church will have been open from 1.00 to 3.00 pm on the afternoon of Mothering Sunday. Did you go? We would love your feedback. The next date is the afternoon of Saturday 11 May from 2.00 to 4.30 pm. The church will be open, there will be tours of the building for anyone who wishes, with teas and refreshments (for a donation to Friends funds) in the Church Room. The mulled wine, sausage rolls and mince More news about the clock pies went down well too. Carol-singing round the village was blessed Estimates are in for the work to get the clock with dry and mild weather on the twelfth. striking again (£2,500 plus VAT) and refurbish The church-choir-plus-friends did us proud the faces (between on the afternoon of the sixteenth for the £7,000 and £10,000 traditional candle-lit carol service in church – plus VAT). We are so uplifting! Then on the evening of the applying for grants seventeenth The Cock was packed for Carols though none of them at the Cock with St Mary’s Brass. On the has been successful twenty-third the morning service was a pop- yet. If we attract up Nativity service, acted out by children and enough funding, we adults who came in costume as characters will apply for a faculty from the Christmas story. for the work to be done. [A faculty is the Future Dates for your diary legal equivalent of Friends planning permission Saturday 11 MayMay, 2.00 to 4.30. Church open, but granted (we hope!) tours of the building available. Teas in the by the church church room (for a donation to Friends funds). authorities.] All being The ever-popular Friends Concert is on well, we hope the work Saturday 15 June 2019 at 7.00 in church. Get will be finished in time your tickets in good time from Irene Harriss on for the seventieth anniversary of the 01279 734334. Tickets are £8, or £1 for dedication of the clock, which will be in children aged 6-12. This event is not suitable December 2019. for under 6s. The ticket price includes light The clock was put up by public subscription in refreshments afterwards. memory of Sheering residents who gave their Saturday 21 September, Harvest Quiz. More lives in World War 2. The original dedication details to follow. was on 18 December 1949 by the Chaplain 17
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Vicar’s Reflection have been broadened as we have offered – and received - radical love. As I write this, I’m And I believe that this is what it means to live ridiculously excited about as Easter people: to live in the light of the the snowdrops and resurrection of Jesus; that radical act of love as crocus that are just the Father saw the Son on the cross. We don’t beginning to peep always succeed; we mess up, often. But we ask through, and the balmy for and receive forgiveness, and keep on going. weather we’ve been And God redeems the situation. having (even if it was just Want to have a chat about all this? Get in touch: two days at the end of February!). Spring is so [email protected] / 01279 730288 uplifting because it heralds extra daylight, flowers and plants in bloom, and people with smiles on their faces. New life. And Spring means that in the church we’re planning for Holy Week and Easter, which fall late this year with Easter Day on April 21st. Christians get very excited about Easter because it’s at the very heart of our faith: we commemorate Jesus’ death which we believe paid for all our sins, and we celebrate his resurrection which shows that God is much stronger than death, and gives us all hope for a future with him – a new life. Like I said, I’m ridiculously excited! And it is the biggest privilege, not just for me but for all of us who consider ourselves followers of Jesus, to share this good news with everyone we can. This is what the church is here for, to help bring good news not just to our village community but to all the different communities we’re part of, be they work, school, family or leisure-related. Most recently St Mary’s, along with other local churches, has been helping to run one of the night shelter church venues in Harlow, offering a warm hall, beds and food to those who would otherwise be out on the streets in bitterly cold weather. We know that the guests have really appreciated our presence, but equally importantly our horizons 24
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