THE NEEDHAM MARKET NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BY NEEDHAM MARKET TOWN COUNCIL October 2015 - No 472 and Distributed Throughout Needham Market Free of Charge Event info: Early Christmas Craft and Gift Fair Sunday 18th October 2015 Needham Market Community Centre See advert on page 9 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 (07927 007895) Telephone: 01449 722246. D CAMPBELL ‘Chain House’ 1 High Street, NM, IP6 8AL 01449 720952 An answerphone is in R CAMPBELL The Acorns, Hill House Lane, NM, IP6 8EA 01449 720729 operation when the office TS CARTER Danescroft, Ipswich Road, NM, IP6 8EG 01449 401325 is unmanned. RP DARNELL 27 Pinecroft Way, NM, IP6 8HB 07990 583162 The office is open to the JE LEA MA Town Mayor/Chair of Council public Mondays and 109 Jubilee Crescent, NM IP6 8AT 01449 721544 Thursdays 10am to 12noon. I MASON 114 Quinton Road, NM IP6 8TH 01449 721162 MG NORRIS 20 Stowmarket Road, NM, IP6 8DS 01449 720871 E.mail: KMN OAKES, 89 Stowmarket Road, NM, IP6 8ED 07702 339971 clerk@needhammarkettc. f9.co.uk S PHILLIPS 46 Crowley Road IP6 8BJ 01449 721710 S ROWLAND 9 Orchid Way, NM, IP6 8JQ 01449 721507 Web: D SPURLING 36 Drift Court, NM, IP6 8SZ 01449 723208 www.needhammarkettc. co.uk M SPURLING 36 Drift Court, NM, IP6 8SZ 01449 723208 X STANSFIELD Deputy Town Mayor/Deputy Chair of Council Town Council meetings Hope Cottage, 7 Stowmarket Road IP6 8DR 07538 058304 are held on the first and third Wednesdays of each AL WARD MBE 22 Chalkeith Road, NM, IP6 8HA 01449 720422 month at 7:25 p.m. in the Green Room at Needham COUNTY COUNCILLOR: Market Community Centre. J TRUELOVE, Bildeston Road, Little Finborough, IP14 2LA 01449 678652 You are all welcome to DISTRICT COUNCILLORS: attend and you will have a chance to air your views. W. MARCHANT, 137 High Street, NM, IP6 8DH 01449 720965 MG NORRIS, 20 Stowmarket Road, NM, IP6 8DS 01449 720871 Useful Telephone Numbers p.23 S. GOSTLING Domestic Painter & Decorator D. J. 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Britain cycle race as the riders who work sped down the High Street Copy deadline is always the 8th and into Barking Road. I at the Food of the month prior to publication found the whole event so very Bank. We and deadline for the November exciting from the outriders were joined 2015 issue is 8th October please. and police vehicles speeding by Delia All Advertising queries should be noisily through the town to Smith who referred to Kelaine at the Town the moment it took for the is a great cyclists to pass us by. I now Council office on (01449) 722246 supporter of know the real meaning of the or email as above. word cacophony and have truly our work. experienced it. Thanks to all of you who turned out to see the The next event in support of my spectacle. charities is a Quiz on Friday 9th NEEDHAM October. Details may be found MARKET On a different note, on elsewhere in this newsletter. I To advertise in the Wednesday 2nd September hope to see many of you there. I attended an event at the Newsletter LIBRARY Stowmarket & Area Food Cllr Josephine Lea Bank. I joined the Mayor of please contact the School Street, Stowmarket, Councillor Barry Needham Market Town Mayor Town Council Office Needham Market Salmon, to cut the ribbon to the Tel: 01449 720780 new work room which will make Chairman of Council on 01449 722246 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 October 15 3 Clubs: GIPPING WOMENS A warm welcome awaits all old ASHBURNHAM OVER WOMEN’S INSTITUTE friends and new members at the CLUB Bowls Club. 60’S CLUB At our July meeting we had For information please Events that happened in August: a very enjoyable walk round Any queries contact Chairman, Minsmere through the medium call the Chairman Mrs Ann Ann Squirrell, Tel: 01449 6th was our outing to “The Hut” of slides and were able to see Squirrel 01449 721156 721156. on the sea front at Felixstowe. some of their rarer visitors as We now meet at 7.45pm in the A coach picked us all up in well as the regulars. Several of Needham Market Bowls Club, Needham Market and took us to our members attempted to go Crowley Park, Barretts Lane, RAMBLERS ASSOC Felixstowe. We had coffee in “The to the theatre in Southwold but, Needham Market. Hut” when we arrived, then some despite leaving just after lunch Sun 4th October 2pm promenaded, some sat outside, to spend a leisurely afternoon On 6th October Linda Sexton BUXHALL VALE. 4.5M TEA some sat inside. Fish & Chips by the sea before the 5.15pm will be talking about ‘The Baron, & CAKE WALK. Leader Sue, were delivered for lunch. performance, they spent the The Policeman & The Mayor – 01449 614151. Meet and park In the afternoon we had tea & whole time in traffic queues rioting in Ipswich. at Buxhall Tea Rooms, Brook caused by people heading for the Farm, Buxhall. GR 004584. We cake, then home again on the On October 13th we shall have coach. A Grand Day Out! Latitude Festival, and in the end have special permission to park turned round and came home an update on The Royal Year. at the tea rooms, please show 13th We were to have a garden without getting even a sniff of October 20th will be our your support after the walk by party at Rosita’s but the weather the sea. During August we don’t Annual Harvest Supper. This using the tea room. let us down, so we spent our have a formal meeting but met at rounds off the first half of the Sun 11th October 10am afternoon at ” the ARK”. A good a members house for a delicious session. There will not be a LAVENHAM & BRENT ELEIGH. time was had, with afternoon tea. lunch and spent a couple of hours eating and chatting – very meeting on 27th October as it 6M. Leader Alan, 01473 20th WLPOe held our meeting enjoyable. At the time of writing is Half Term. 742151. Meet and park at at Drift Court. Patrick Thompson we still have our harvest supper We shall be back on 3rd public car park, Church Street, talked to us about working with Lavenham. GR. 914489. and group meeting to look November with stories from past the Royal Family. forward to as well as our visit to Stowmarket Carnivals. Sun 18th October 10am He told us about the cost of the Blakenham Incinerator. In October we welcome one of our Wendy Smith will be telling HOXNE AREA. 6.7M. Leader Royal Weddings and how they BILL, 01449 672168. Park and favourite speakers, Mark Mitchels, us ‘Tales from Wimbledon’ on used to be paid for by the State. meet at St. Edmunds Hall by who is talking about the Hoxne November 10th. They are now funded by The Goldbrook Bridge, Hoxne. GR. Treasure and we shall be serving Royal Family themselves. November 17th We shall be OS230 TM 180769. refreshments at the Craft Fare visiting Kennels Farm (The home We ended the afternoon with tea on October 18th – so hope to Sun 25th October 10.30am of the Barandov Opera) for a talk and Shortbread biscuits supplied see you there. Visitors are always STOWMARKET CIRCULAR VIA by John Deerlove. On the run up by Patrick. welcome to come to our meetings HARLESTON CHURCH. 6M. which are held on the 2nd to Christmas there will be a craft Leader Elspeth, 01449 612093. 27th Our last meeting this evening ‘Crafts for Christmas’ Monday of each month at the Meet and park at disused A14 month was a bring and buy sale.