THE NEEDHAM MARKET NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED by NEEDHAM MARKET TOWN COUNCIL September 2016 - No 482 and Distributed Throughout Needham Market Free of Charge
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THE NEEDHAM MARKET NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BY NEEDHAM MARKET TOWN COUNCIL September 2016 - No 482 and Distributed Throughout Needham Market Free of Charge Early Christmas Gift and Craft Fair Sunday 23rd October 2016 10am to 4pm Needham Market Community Centre Free Admission See Page 20 for more details www.needhammarkettc.co.uk TOWN COUNCIL Needham Market Town Council OFFICE TOWN CLERK: ASSISTANT TOWN CLERK: Town Council Office, Kevin Hunter Kelaine Spurdens Community Centre, School Street, LIST OF TOWN COUNCILLORS: TELEPHONE: Needham Market IP6 8BB BE ANNIS OBE Grinstead House, Grinstead Hill, NM IP6 8EY 01449 720531 Telephone: (07927 007895) 01449 722246. D CAMPBELL ‘Chain House’ 1 High Street, NM, IP6 8AL 01449 720952 An answerphone is in operation when the office R CAMPBELL Deputy Town Mayor/Deputy Chair of Council is unmanned. The Acorns, Hill House Lane, NM, IP6 8EA 01449 720729 The office is open to the TS CARTER Danescroft, Ipswich Road, NM, IP6 8EG 01449 401325 public Mondays and RP DARNELL 27 Pinecroft Way, NM, IP6 8HB 07990 583162 Thursdays 10am to JE LEA MA 109 Jubilee Crescent, NM IP6 8AT 01449 721544 12noon. I MASON 114 Quinton Road, NM IP6 8TH 01449 721162 E.mail: A MORRIS 8 Chainhouse Road, IP6 8EP 01449 720161 clerk@needhammarkettc. MG NORRIS 20 Stowmarket Road, NM, IP6 8DS 01449 720871 f9.co.uk KMN OAKES, 89 Stowmarket Road, NM, IP6 8ED 07702 339971 Web: S PHILLIPS 46 Crowley Road IP6 8BJ 01449 721710 www.needhammarkettc. D SPURLING 36 Drift Court, NM, IP6 8SZ 01449 401443 co.uk M SPURLING 36 Drift Court, NM, IP6 8SZ 01449 401443 Town Council meetings X STANSFIELD Town Mayor/Chair of Council are held on the first and Hope Cottage, 7 Stowmarket Road IP6 8DR 07538 058304 third Wednesdays of each month at 7:25 p.m. in the AL WARD MBE 22 Chalkeith Road, NM, IP6 8HA 01449 720422 Green Room at Needham COUNTY COUNCILLOR: Market Community Centre. J TRUELOVE, Bildeston Road, Little Finborough, IP14 2LA 01449 678652 You are all welcome to attend and you will have a DISTRICT COUNCILLORS: chance to air your views. W. MARCHANT, 137 High Street, NM, IP6 8DH 01449 720965 Useful Telephone MG NORRIS, 20 Stowmarket Road, NM, IP6 8DS 01449 720871 Numbers p.23 S. GOSTLING Domestic Painter & Decorator Appliance Interior & Exterior DARRELL I. KEEBLE Repairs Established 1982 HIGH QUALITY WORK BUILDING MAINTENANCE Low Price - Fast Response PAINTING & • Pressure Washing of Patios & Brickwork etc. GUARANTEED DECORATING • New Guttering & Repairs 25 Years experience at competitive prices • Brickwork Re-pointing INTERIOR & EXTERIOR • Domestic Drainage, Repaired & Cleaned For a personal service Call: • Glazing Repairs & Replacement Sealed Units Alan on 01449 613457 or OTHER SERVICES: DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL • Fencing & Repairs • Garden Maintenance 07508 051 518 GLAZING Tel: 01449 767117 • Mobile: 07810 693521 • Answerphone Service PLASTIC RAINWATER SYSTEMS ROOF REPAIRS 20 LUDBROOK CLOSE NEEDHAM MARKET 721994 or 720067 Email: [email protected] 2 Needham Market Newsletter September 16 Introduction Newsletter Copy: All copy for the Newsletter must WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER. either be delivered to the Town Council Office, School Street, in Well it seems that my ‘Civic’ able to provide a wealth of thank them on the Town’s hard format i.e. hand written, but obligations are reduced information aimed at aiding behalf for their support of preferably emailed to: [email protected] , this historical Masterpiece. in August as everyone’s one to stay fit, healthy and for the attention of Kelaine. possibly on holiday. So it’s independent in later life. I Besides their generosity it Copy deadline is always the 8th given me time to enjoy and was able to thank all of the was remarkable to learn of the month prior to publication attend more of our local many volunteers who gave from the ‘Selectman’ the and deadline for the October 2016 events which continue as up their spare time for this similarity of his Town’s issue is 8th September please. ever, other than attending Town Council sponsored surroundings being so All Advertising queries should be the ‘Beating of the Retreat event. similar to ours with place referred to Kelaine at the Town Ceremony’ at Wattisham A most rewarding personal names such as Sudbury, Council office on (01449) 722246 Airbase Base which I moment was meeting Newmarket and Cambridge. or email as above. found as an individual a ‘Selectman’ from Cllr Xy Stansfield both memorable and Needham, that’s Needham Needham Market Town Mayor moving being so precisely Massachusetts USA, our Chairman of Council NEEDHAM enacted by the Parachute twinned Town (did you MARKET Regimental Band. know we have one?). Their To advertise in the I visited the ‘Golden Age equivalent of our Town LIBRARY Fair’ on 21st July at the Council has just given over Newsletter School Street, Community Centre. This £1000 towards the repairs please contact the Needham Market Town Council Office event provided valuable to the roof in St. Johns Tel: 01449 720780 details concerning various Church on the High Street. on 01449 722246 Organisations who are I was pleased to be able to Opening Hours: Tue 10am - 3pm Mid Suffolk Citizens Advice Bureau Wed 2pm-5pm & Quality Advice – Locally 5.30pm-7.30pm Mon: 9.30am - 3.30pm • Tues: 9.30am - 3.30pm • Weds: CLOSED • Thurs: 9.30am - 6.30pm • Fri: 9.30am - 12.30pm Thu 10am-1pm & FREE ADVICE on DEBT, BENEFITS, RELATIONSHIP & FAMILY, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, 2pm-5 pm GOODS & SERVICES, LEGAL and much more Fri 2 pm - 5 pm Tel: 01449 676060 or 676280 Sat 10 am - 5 pm or call in at 5 Milton Road South, Stowmarket Sun 11 am - 4 pm Supply and wall-mounting [email protected] of Plasma & LCD TVs www.wavelengthaerials.co.uk Needham Market Newsletter September 16 3 Clubs: GIPPING WOMEN’S delicious lunch and catching up September 8th. Elkie. Wildlife provide a place to meet a range on the news. Art Demonstration. Sale of of friendly people who share CLUB At the time of writing we are prints, greeting cards & gifts. your interest. still looking forward to the September 15th. Folk on the For information please call the New members are always very trip on the river Deben and Hill. Chairman, Mrs Ann Squirrell welcome to the club. All you September 22nd. Harvest on 01449 721156 lunch at the Maybush Inn. need is a camera – any camera Festival Lunch. Our September meeting is and a real interest in using We meet at 7.45pm in the September 29th. Bring & Buy. our harvest supper and then it. Our members use DSLRs, Needham Market Bowls Club advance notice of the House, Crowley Park, Barretts Submitted by Kate – Tel. 01449 compacts and bridge cameras. 720628. Lane, Needham Market in the 10th October meeting, one We have an exciting new School Terms. of the highlights of the year STOWMARKET AND programme for 2016/17 which September 13th - Bingo for us, when we will welcome includes competitions judged by Evening Mark Mitchels again. Mark is DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB experienced visiting judges as September 20th - Work of an excellent speaker who, this well as highly regarded visiting Barnados time, is telling us all about the Almost everyone enjoys taking speakers who give talks on September 27th - A life on the Magna Carta. If you like history photographs these days. specific aspects of photography, Road with Peter King put the date in your diary. As However if you want to develop often with ‘how to’ advice. We October 4th - Crop Circles always we would be pleased your skills and take more also have practical evenings, October 11th - EDF Energy; an to welcome you to any of our satisfying photographs, joining photo shoots and social events. update on Sizewell C. meetings - we meet at Needham a camera club is an excellent Regular meetings are held at October 20th - Harvest Supper Market Community Centre step. Stowmarket Community Centre, October 25th - NO MEETING on the second Monday in the Hillside, Stowmarket, IP14 Please come and join us and month at 7.30pm. Stowmarket & District Camera Club is a small, active and 2BD, usually on the 2nd & 4th enjoy refreshments and a chat. Margaret Bond, Tel: (01449) Monday of the month between 722788 long established club for those NEEDHAM MARKET interested in photography. We September & June. We start have a membership of around arriving at around 7:00pm for a W.I. ASHBURNHAM OVER 7:30pm start. 60’S CLUB 30 people with a wide range The Federation Quiz proved to of abilities, ages, backgrounds The next season starts on be a very enjoyable evening - it’s New members always welcome! and photographic interests and Monday 12 September – good to catch up with friends We meet at the Needham we would like to increase that we’d love to see you there, so from other Women’s Institutes. Market Community centre, membership. why not join us? Our speaker at the July meeting 2:30-4PM on Thursdays. You don’t have to be an ‘Expert For more information see our gave us an interesting and There is a community bus to Photographer’ to be welcomed informative talk. We had a as a member of the Club. All web site pick people up and take them www.stowmarketand lovely day at the end of the home again for all our meetings you need is an interest in month with our link institute, photography. Our aim is to districtcameraclub. and outings. (There is a small onesuffolk.net Wrabness. We meet up once a charge for this). encourage you to develop your year, taking turns organising interest and skills, as well as to the outings, and this year it Future Dates for September was our turn.