THE NEEDHAM MARKET NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BY NEEDHAM MARKET TOWN COUNCIL May 2019 - No 511 and Distributed Throughout Needham Market Free of Charge CRAFT FAIR Needham Market Community Centre SUNDAY 9th JUNE 2019 10am – 4pm Car Parking A Variety of Crafts Refreshments ADMISSION FREE This is a fundraising event organised by Needham Market Community Council Have a look at our Facebook page Contact [email protected] for more info www.needhammarkettc.co.uk Needham Market Town Council Newsletter Copy: All copy for the newsletter must TOWN CLERK: DEPUTY TOWN CLERK: TOWN COUNCIL be emailed to [email protected] Kevin Hunter Kelaine Spurdens OFFICE in Microsoft Word format Town Council Office, LIST OF TOWN COUNCILLORS: TELEPHONE: Copy deadline is always the 8th School Street of the month prior to publication BE Annis (01449) 720531 Needham Market and deadline for the June 2019 Suffolk, IP6 8BB Issue is 8th May 2019 please. N Andrews (01449) 721302 C Campbell (01449) 720952 The office is open to the public All Advertising queries should be Mondays and Thursdays: referred to Kelaine at the Town D Campbell (01449) 720952 Council Office on: (01449) 722246 10 am to 12 noon. RP Darnell 07790 583162 or email as above. JE Lea MA (01449) 721544 Telephone: (01449) 722246 NEEDHAM I Mason (01449) 721162 An answerphone is in operation MARKET LIBRARY when the office Is unmanned. MG Norris (01449) 720871 School Street, P Potter (01449) 723948 E.mail: Needham Market S Phillips (01449) 721710 [email protected] IP6 8BB Tel: (01449) 720780 (Deputy Town Mayor / Deputy Chair of Council) Website: Opening Hours D Spurling (01449) 401443 www.needhammarkettc.co.uk Monday Closed (Town Mayor / Chair of Council) Town Council Meetings: Tuesday 10am – 1pm & M Spurling (01449) 401443 These are held on the first and 2pm – 5pm X Stansfield 07538 058304 third Wednesdays of each month at 7:25 p.m. in the Green Room Wednesday 2pm – 7pm AL Ward (01449) 720422 at Needham Market Community Thursday 10am – 1pm & Centre. COUNTY COUNCILLOR: 2pm – 5pm K Oakes 07724 700695 You are all welcome to attend and Friday 2pm – 5pm DISTRICT COUNCILLORS: will have the opportunity to air Saturday 10am – 1pm & your views. W Marchant (01449) 720965 2pm – 5pm MG Norris (01449) 720871 Useful Telephone Numbers: P. 27 Sunday 11am – 4pm Kett’s Oak Kett’s Oak Kett’sTherapies Oak Kett’sTherapies Oak Mid Suffolk Citizens Advice Bureau Peter Sewell Therapies DRIVING SCHOOL Therapies Quality Advice – Locally Mon: 9.30am - 3.30pm • Tues: 9.30am - 3.30pm • Weds: CLOSED • Thurs: 9.30am - 6.30pm • Fri: 9.30am - 12.30pm FREE ADVICE on DEBT, BENEFITS, RELATIONSHIP & FAMILY, HOUSING, Reiki, Reflexology, EMPLOYMENT, GOODS & SERVICES, LEGAL and much more Telephone Reiki, Reflexology, Reiki,Aromatherapy Reflexology, 01449 721802 Reiki,Aromatherapy Reflexology, Tel: 01449 676060 or 676280 Mobile and Aromatherapyother treatments and Aromatherapyother treatments or call in at 5 Milton Road South, Stowmarket 07931 841184 and otheravailable treatments and otheravailable treatments available available Julie Kett Nathalie Noyau Julie Kett ComplementaryJulie Kett Dip Hyp HE To advertise in the ComplementaryJulie Kett ComplementaryTherapist Newsletter ComplementaryTherapist Hypnotherapist & Coach Therapist Therapist Anxious? Stressed? Unhappy? please contact the 07553 673763 07553 673763 I can help. Town Council Office 07553 673763 07553 673763 Float away on a cloud on 01449 722246 Float away on a cloud Call me on: Floatof away relaxation on a cloud 07729 620101 Floatof away relaxation on a cloud of relaxation 2 of relaxation Needham Market Newsletter May 19 Introduction DEAR NEEDHAM MARKET, I, Dawn Spurling, being of sound body and mind (sort of), do solmemnly swear that this is my last Needham Newsletter as Town Mayor. Next month, we will have a new Mayor whose job it will be to write this column. I have had a wonderful time as Mayor. I have represented Needham Market out of the town at various events. I have chaired Town Meetings and attended many events in Needham Market, like the Raft Race and the Art Show. I even finally got round to clearing the walkway between School Street and The Swan car park. Thank you all, for your words of encouragement over the last 12 months Best regards Dawn Spurling BOSMERE ROBOTICS SESSION What a great day it was for one and all! We were lucky enough to have a visit and talk from Wonderstruck, all about robots. The children completed a number of activities, including making robotic cars in groups. As all great scientists and engineers would do, the children tested them and modified numerous times to ensure they could gain the greatest power, speed and agility. Each car also needed to be able to negotiate difficult terrain. Winning teams proudly received gold medals! The children then worked in teams to build a functioning bridge. The criteria was that the bridge had to be able to span a one meter gap between tables and hold the weight of minimum 1Kg. In order to design and construct the best build, children researched bridges, focusing on structure and use. Having then designed their bridge in groups, the construction and testing could begin! 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POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA/ Our talk about OAP Gap Year Travels was very entertaining GIANT CELL ARTERITIS EAST ANGLIA - the two friends who had undertaken the journey gave a very humorous account of their time away. Some of the SUPPORT GROUP places they stayed in were basic to say the least but they The next meeting of the Polymyalgia Rheumatica/ had obviously enjoyed the whole experience. The group Giant Cell Arteritis East Anglia Support Group will be meeting at Barking, the annual meeting at Trinity Park, on Thursday 16th May at the Community Centre in and the delicious lunch at The Lion were all enjoyed by Needham Market. The hall will be open at 10.30am the members who attended. Our team at the Needham In Bloom quiz also did well, although not in the top three. for registration, refreshments and the chance to meet We’re getting ourselves organised for the Art Show at the others who experience the same problems as you. The moment, and we hope all goes well. speaker will be Dr Max Yates, Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Norwich Medical School University of East Anglia Our meeting this month will be taken up with discussions and Honorary Consultant at East Suffolk and North about the resolutions for the National Annual Meeting Essex Foundation Trust, who will give an update on and then planning to make our windmill. The windmill is information about PMR and GCA following this year’s the emblem of the Suffolk East Federation and the plan is for most local institutes to make a windmill and display it conference of the British Rheumatology Society. There in their community as part of the centenary celebrations. will be a Q & A session after the presentation. We look Ours is to be displayed in the window of a shop in the forward to hearing from Dr Yates and would encourage High Street in June - more about that next month. as many of you who suffer from these conditions to join us. Membership of the organisation is not required to We meet at the community centre on the attend. second Monday in the month at 7.30pm and are always pleased to welcome visitors. If you would like any further information please contact: Margaret Bond tel. 722788 [email protected] STOWMARKET ART CLUB The Art Club has been in existence for many years and local artists exhibit their paintings annually for sale at the United Reform Church in Stowmarket. There is a huge range of work in all media and it is always well received. This year we are showing from Thursday 23rd May to Saturday 25th May from 10am to 4pm each day. There is good parking nearby and easy wheelchair access to the church. Admission is free. For charity, artists have painted an A4 picture which is then put into a brown envelope and sealed unmarked. Visitors may buy any envelope for £5 and all money go to the chosen charity.