1-20 template Nov 16_vv 21/10/2016 20:50 Page 1 The Villagelocal magazine for Alderton, Boyton, Voices Capel, Hollesley and Shingle Street November 2016 1-20 template Nov 16_vv 21/10/2016 20:50 Page 2 Dates for your diary - November Sat 5th 9.30 Wild Boyton Mini-beast hunt VH Gary 411203 Sat 5th 10.30-12.30 Boyton Coffee Morning, Boyton VH Sat 6th 6.00 pm Boyton village Bonfire & Fireworks John 411717 in field on right at top of Mill Lane Wed 9th 7pm Boyton Parish Council meeting Boyton VH Sat 12th 9.30-12.00 Hollesley Community Cafe, Hollesley VH Sat 12/13 SPT times Book Fair, Suffolk Punch Trust, Free entry Until 18th Somme 100 Commemorative Display, Nov St Andrew’s Church, Alderton Sat 19th 9.30-12 ‘60 and still in the Saddle’, £15 including wine and nibbles Sat 20th 1.30-2.30 Out of the Case, Sutton Hoo Sat 26th Christmas Market, Sutton MH Regular Events Monday 7.30pm Yoga Hollesley VH Elly Lloyd 412053 Monday 7.30pm Pilates Sutton Heath Sandy 410530 Tuesday 9am Tai Chi Hollesley VH Ali 411717 Tuesday 2pm Welcome Club Marian 411262 Tuesday 2nd & 4th Hollesley Bay Day Club Alan 420092 Wednesday 9.45 & 11am Pilates Hollesley VH Sandy 410530 Weds/Sun 2-4pm Bowls Club Hollesley Terry 411458 Wednesday 7.00pm Short Mat Bowls Butley VH Marian 411262 Wednesday 7.30pm Pilates Sutton Heath Sandy 410530 Thursday Judo Club Julie 410483 Thursday 10.30-11.30 Zumba Hollesley VH 07956 623228 Thursday 2pm Art Classes Butley VH Mary 450077 Thursday After school EVNU All Saints’ Ruth 412052 Thursday Week 2 7.30pm Hollesley WI Gerry 411376 Thursday Week 3 7.30pm Jazz Society Bawdsey VH Tony 410353 Friday 9.15am Yoga Hollesley VH Elly Lloyd 412053 Friday 11am Coffee Morning Shepherd & Dog Friday 7.15pm Whist Drive Boyton VH Les 411642 Saturday (first) 10.30am Coffee Morning Boyton VH Isobel 411409 Sunday (last) 8pm Charity Quiz Shepherd & Dog Please email [email protected] with updates to this information Page 2 November 2016 www.villagevoices.org.uk 1-20 template Nov 16_vv 21/10/2016 20:50 Page 3 From the Editor Golden hue at Oxley Autumn is such a vibrant time of year, the colours giving us a lift even on the darkest day giving us something to remember through the winter. Our colourful cover photo, taken by Cheryl Gray, shows Judy Foulger in Alderton Church at the Somme 100 exhibition which she organised remembering those young men from local villages who fell in the conflict. A very interesting feature follows along with details of Remembrance services in local churches. Don’t miss the notices of a wide range of events in November for the run up to Christmas - Crafts, gifts, concerts, panto - it’s all here. Editorial copy Advertising Editors: Cheryl, Ali, Nick, Jess, Diane Gerry Bathe [email protected] [email protected] Copy on paper to Laurie Forsyth 1 Rectory Road, 11a Parsons Hill Hollesley, IP12 3JS Hollesley IP12 3RB Tel: 01394 411376 If you do not receive your copy of Village Voices, contact Laurie Forsyth on 01394 411727 Please note that the opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the editorial team. Copy deadline is the 10th of each month. www.villagevoices.org.uk Page 3 November 2016 1-20 template Nov 16_vv 21/10/2016 20:50 Page 4 Centenary of the Battle of the Somme Display Early in 2016, I saw an on-line appeal for communities to get involved in commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Somme Offensive in World War I. I asked the PCC in Alderton if I could use the space at the back of the church from 2 July until 18 November which is the duration of the battle, and sent off to the Royal British Legion for the pack that they would supply to help me produce something. In 2014, Val Dudley and I had produced a display to commemorate the start of the First World War; this focussed on the 69 local men whose names appear on the war memorials in Alderton, Bawdsey, Boyton, Hollesley and Ramsholt. I therefore already had a large amount of information to start. I then looked to see how many of these men had died between 1st July and 18th November 1916 and added the names from Sutton and Shottisham. This gave me 10 names, not enough for a display in the space on offer. I contacted Bawdsey Primary School and Alexander’s International School to see if they would be interested in submitting some material. At the time of writing there is a quantity of pictures on display painted by the children from Bawdsey School. I have a deep interest in history and the First World War has now fallen out of living memory with the death of Harry Patch in 2009. Therefore it falls to us to remember the sacrifice and futility of war. With only 10 names to remember and some artwork from the primary school, I decided to do some research WW1 Recruitment Poster on other aspects of the First World War. So I did some internet research, a great deal of internet research in fact. I learned so much and some of it reduced me to tears and not always where I would have expected. The majority of British WW1 soldier’s army service records went up in smoke when the War Office warehouse (the Army Records Centre) where they were stored was hit by a German incendiary bomb in an air raid in 1940. Many other records were also destroyed; for researchers of the Great War, this was catastrophic. All that’s left is the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website where, if the soldier died, there seems to be a wealth of information. Page 4 November 2016 www.villagevoices.org.uk 1-20 template Nov 16_vv 21/10/2016 20:50 Page 5 I have borrowed some “Trench Art” in the form of two paper-knives. On the day of the commemorative service of the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme. These, along with some books on loan from the Oxfam Bookshop in Woodbridge and some personal books also make up part of the display. Paper knives Trench Art Ray and Gill Whiffin from Hollesley brought along a small crucifix and brass dinner-gong, each fashioned from bullet and shell cases by individual soldiers in the trenches. In addition, I have been lent a quantity of letters written during the First World War which have been scanned and are available to read. Also on loan from Ann Nicholls of Bawdsey is a map case. World War I was a war like no other, up until 1914 all wars had been fought by professional soldiers in far away places; not so with the first war. Although it encompassed the whole world, many of our local men served and died in the trenches of Northern France. It is said that you could hear the guns in East London. Censored mail 2016 also marks the 100 th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland which is the largest sea battle in which Britain has ever been involved. Our seven villages have three sailors to remember from this battle, two of them on the same ship, the HMS Defence; they were the Captain, Stanley Venn-Ellis whose father was the vicar at Alderton at this time and William Henry O'Sullivan from Hollesley, who was the ship’s Corporal. I contacted the East Anglian Daily Times and an article appeared on Saturday 23 rd July. I also contacted Look East but to Display of names of those who had fallen date have not received a reply. www.villagevoices.org.uk Page 5 November 2016 1-20 template Nov 16_vv 21/10/2016 20:50 Page 6 WWI is also the first war where civilians became involved; either by taking on the jobs traditionally undertaken by the absent men, or by becoming unfortunate victims of air-raids. On a regular basis whenever I think of something that I’d like to research some new information will appear. This means that you could visit several times and always find something different. Anyone who’d like to research family history can do via the Ancestry Website. This includes the census up to and including 1911, the military records which remain, along with myriad other material. Ancestry is available free of charge at any local library and I would advise anyone wishing to research family history to start there with the Census. If you have any information about the men whose names appear on the war memorials in Alderton, Bawdsey, Boyton, Hollesley, Shottisham, Sutton or Ramsholt which you’d like to share, please do get in touch via email at [email protected]. I am also interested in testimonial stories of men who came back, women whose lives changed forever or anything to do with the Great War. I am planning to do another display in November 2018 to mark the end of the conflict. Judy Foulger All photos by Cheryl Gray Sutton Hoo Christmas Gift Fayre Woodbridge Choral Society Browse crafts and gifts presents Sample Suffolk produce Visit Mrs Pretty’s house and A Christmas listen to Christmas carols sung by local choirs and Father concert Christmas story telling Britten - Saint Nicolas Relax with tea,coffee and cake Schubert - Mass in G Enjoy lunch in the Café Sat 12-Sun 13 November Saturday 3 December 10.30am – 4.30pm 7.30pm SPECIAL ADMISSION PRICE Adults £3.00 Children £2.00 includes entry Tickets from: Pat: 01394 411214 (N.T.