Getting ready eld for the Jubilee Waldringfield PC Parish Council is presenting a commemorative Diamond Jubilee fine china mug to every child under 17 living in the village in June 2012. The mug will have an authorised traditional design with the Queen’s portrait on one side and JUBILEE the Waldringfield logo on the other. To claim this mug we PARTY IN ask a parent to complete the form MAY 2012 MAY below and return aldringfi THE PARK it to Waldringfield WALDRINGFIELD Live music WALDRINGFIELD Village team gamesLive & music Quiz School Office. thth Village team games & Quiz Tuesday 5 5 June June Wear red white & blue if you like We would also 12 – 3pm3pm Wear red white & blue if you like BringBring your your friends, friends, a apicnic picnic and and a rug like to give you No 38 W parish newsletter BBQBBQ provided, provided, bring bring your your own own food food toto cook the opportunity Waldringfield’sWaldringfield’s GotGot Talenttalent Winnerswinners appearanceappearance to purchase extra mugs at a cost of £3.50. The mugs will be available to buy during the Jubilee Party in the Park on Tuesday 5 June Village sign . now . 12.00-3.00 pm and at the School Summer The Parish Council felt that our Fair on Saturday 30 June 2.30-4.30 pm. village sign could do with a bit of Alternatively, if you would like to make an TLC in time for the Queen’s Diamond advance purchase please indicate on the form Jubilee. Roy Lord carried out the and return to the School Office along with work and David Eaton and Tony Lyon payment. helped him to take it down and put it back up again. Well done lads! Application for free mugs for children under 17 who are residents of Waldringfield and then in June 2012 Names of Children …………………………..… How lovely it is to see that our village sign has been ‘brushed up’! ………………………………………………...… Some of you may recall, and others Address ………………………………………… may be interested to know more ………………………………………………...… about this lovely sign. Telephone ………………………….…………… As you can see, the sign dates from Application for advance purchase of mugs 1977. There was an idea in the village that not only would we like a Name …………………………………………… distinctive village sign but we would Address ………………………………………… like it to commemorate the Queen’s ………………………………………………...… Silver Jubilee in 1977. After various Telephone …………………………………… … discussions, a wonderful offer was Quantity of mugs ………… @ £3.50 each forthcoming. Total ……………………… Audrie Fitzjohn, who was our (Cheques payable to Waldringfield School neighbour and wonderful friend at Fund please) Overleaf for original unveiling Mugs may be collected at Jubilee Party or will picture and history . be delivered thereafter. From front page Rev John Waller, The Lord Mayor of London Sir Peter Vanneck and Lady Vanneck, in their ‘carriage’ processing to the unveiling of the village sign in 1977. to commemorate the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. This took place on the playing Do you remember . field. Sir Peter Vanneck, the Lord Mayor 3 Sunnyhill when we lived for many Society, one among many of her talents. of London for 1977, who at the time years at number 4, offered a design, Fierce onset of rheumatoid arthritis had a house opposite the village shop, the result of which you see today. forced her into early retirement from dressed in his mayoral finery and Rev Audrie had been sailing in Waldringfield her post as Education Officer for East John Waller loaned an old haywaggon. in the Dragonfly class for many years Suffolk, primary education. Many of the Sir Peter and Lady Vanneck drove with her great friend, Joan Andrews. innovations in Suffolk primary schools around the village in this wagon, George Turner dubbed them ‘Gert and in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s were due to and on to the playing field, where Daisy’, a term which stuck. She built her and Waldringfield Primary School the village had congregated for the the first house in Sunnyhill. Audrie was benefited from her expertise. unveiling of the sign, a speech by Sir a brilliant photographer, a prize-winning Audrie and Harriet shared many Peter, congratulations to Audrie, and member of the Ipswich Photographic adventures around Suffolk, and when a barbecue with wine and beer and she could no longer drive, Harriet took games for the children. over so that we could continue our We have some photographs of this expeditions. Her artistic skills came to event, and others must have, too. When the fore and she produced a working we saw the renovation we thought that sketch of the village sign we still have there must be many in the village who today. are unaware of the history of our sign. Edward Stanley suggested the naval crown depicting ships alternately sailing Audrie was responsible for the path towards and away from you. leading from the road to the church, and her ashes lie in the churchyard. We Audrie’s design was carried out by often put a small posy there for her to Jacobs, the blacksmiths at Kirton who remember all that she did for the village. were given some stick in their execution of her design! The Parish Council and Harriet and David Earle the Playing Field Committee (as it was Editor’s note - have you noticed the then) arranged a wonderful celebration dinosaur? Audrie Fitzjohn, and (below) the gathering on the playing field for the 1977 unveiling Waldringfield, PARISH CLERK for Waldringfield Parish Council Part time post, negotiable around 39 hours per month – salary dependent on Newbourne and skills and experience. Experience in a similar role ideal but not essential as training and support can be provided. The ability to prioritise together with Hemley Jubilee attention to detail and a methodical approach is vital. Good computer and interpersonal skills are also important. Scattered For more information please contact Chairman Ian Kay Tel 01473 736384 Orchard At the end of February we planted Yet more fun and changes . over 30 trees in total at various sites in As you can see this issue has a somewhat Jubilee flavour. We need a Waldringfield and Newbourne with the celebration in the midst of this ‘Age of Austerity’ and it is wonderful that our kind help of many volunteers, including Queen’s Diamond Jubilee provides that cause. I remember as a child being students and staff from Waldringfield given a book by my great aunt, about Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in Primary School. 1897. I still have it together with a comemmorative cup and saucer. We have a list of locations for more On a somewaht sadder note, I shall be leaving the job of Parish Clerk by the planting in the Autumn are still seeking end of September. If anyone is interested in taking it on from me please see more locations for further trees. One details above. I have very much enjoyed my time and learnt a lot about the priority is to talk to land owners and parish, but other needs are taking me away. Jean Potter, Parish Clerk seek permission to plant on areas PARISH COUNCIL MEETING DATES Tuesdays 7.30 pm in the Village Hall, along the edges of the villages where Kennedy Room – 12 June, 10 July, 14 August, 11 September, 9 October, hedgerows could be thickened up with 13 November, 11 December 2012. fruiting hedge plants and some fruit ALL PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC and trees. there is an opportunity at these meetings for residents to put information to the We are organising an engraved cherry Council and ask questions. If anyone wishes to see planning applications, report wood plaque and a map of all the problems etc., please phone the clerk to arrange trees to be placed in the village hall and Contacting the Council: unveiled at the Jubilee party, we also In writing to: The Clerk, Waldringfield Parish Council plan to have an information stand in 21A Claverton Way, Rushmere St Andrew, the playground and some fruit based Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 5XE children’s games. By telephone: 01473 723409 Email [email protected] We have received support from many or via any Councillor. organisations including Waldringfield Other information about the Council can be found by following the ‘Parish Council’ Parish Council, Waldringfield Wildlife link at the Waldringfield web site at: http://www.waldringfield.suffolk.gov.uk Group, Suffolk Wildlife Trust, Suffolk WALDRINGFIELD PARISH COUNCIL Jean Potter, Clerk and RFO Acre, Suffolk Traditional Orchard Group, Your Parish Councillors: Suffolk Coastal Green Web, Suffolk Ian Kay (Chairman) Alyson Videlo (Deputy) Serena Gold Coastal Community Environmental Frances Matheson Colin Archer Bridget Rayner Action Fund and Transition Woodbridge. Neil Winship Janet Elliot Colin Reid Our thanks to everyone who helped with planting and to sponsors of the Community Composting Scheme trees. Mariah Skellorn WALGA has a new project – Community Composting. This is a community dealing with all its own garden waste, usually making their own Pilates Matwork Class compost on a local site using lots of volunteer muscles. This approach saves lots of fossil fuels in transporting and treating it on a municipal site but it doesn’t deal with Pilates Flow the food waste. The scheme WALGA is proposing for Waldringfield takes a different and innovative and Relax approach by starting with the most difficult biodegradable item: cooked food waste (including meat, fish and dairy). We are offering three different kinds of kit to deal Class with this, all of them clean, odourless and simple to use. Waldringfield Village Hall We may find that by learning about composting techniques as individuals or groups Fridays 2-3 pm and of homesteads that we can cope with more of our garden and food waste at home 3.15-4.15 pm helping divert unnecessary waste from landfill and benefitting from a great soil Tel 01728 638604 or 07940 834605 improver for our plants and produce.