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HELLO AND WELCOME TO THe september edition of THE CM21 CONNECTION Whether it’s to a sigh of relief or tear filled eyes, we say farewell to the summer holidays and hello to the new school year! Which, for many of us working parents, means a return to “normality” (or sanity!) - it will be a whole year before we have to worry about the logistical nightmare again and before we hear those nerve jangling words, “What are we going to do today?” September is the start of the new school year, which promises new beginnings and new opportunities but it doesn’t have to be the domain of the younger student. There are many courses for mature students that are enrolling in September and many are featured in this month’s edition. Have you ever wanted to learn how to draw or paint? Learn a language or to arrange flowers? Make balloon decorations or art? Take up beekeeping? Become a qualified Beauty Therapist? Join a voluntary group or a friendship group? Well, this is your month to take action. I read a quote from a 93 year old New Yorker who said that “... something amazing happens every time I force myself to go outside...” Make this the month where you force yourself to go outside or feel the fear and do it any way. Go on, I dare you... Until next month,
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CONNECTION september 2015 ISSUE 11
CONTENTS ■ FEATURES & ARTICLES 6 Local Charity: RSPCA Stort Valley Branch 9 In Person 10 Sawbridgeworth’s Big Knit for Great St Mary’s 12 Commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War II 16 Locals that Launch: Sawbridge Words 29 WI Centenary Celebrations
■ FUN & LEISURE 14 Just for the Kids
18 Look What’s Cooking: Potato Tortilla with Marinated Olives 21 Puzzles & Brain Teasers
■ IT’S YOUR COMMUNITY CONTACTING US editor Lorraine Perry call 01279 410345 or 07808 000 113 email lorraine@cmconnection.uk web www.cmconnection.uk
22 Local Community 26 What’s On 29 The Listings 30 Useful Numbers
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rspca stort valley Would you like to help RSPCA Stort Valley help homeless cats? This is a special appeal for Fosterers needed for cats waiting for homes.
We are looking for dedicated and compassionate fosterers to join our team, and are appealing for anyone who has a space in their house for one or a pair of cats until a suitable home can be found. We are looking for people with no pets of their own - maybe you would love a cat of your own but don’t want the expense, or perhaps have to go away sometimes so having your own cat wouldn’t be practical? Or maybe you just like the idea of helping a cat.
RSPCA Stort Valley Branch Registered Charity No. 233908
would like more information about fostering cats that are waiting to go to a permanent home. We will be happy to visit you and have a chat to explain in more detail and don’t worry, an enquiry does not mean you have committed yourself. For further information about us please see our website at www.rspcastortvalley.org.uk
We will provide the food, litter and any out of pocket expenses and all equipment needed is supplied by us. What you will provide is your time and plenty of love. It is essential that you are home at least part of every day and you would need to live in the Harlow, Bishops Stortford or close surrounding areas so that it would be practical to bring the cats to our vet clinic in The Stow, Harlow when necessary. Your own transport would also be essential. This job can be demanding, tiring, at times emotional and should not be taken on by the faint hearted, it can also be extremely rewarding. Please phone our clinic or email us at with a contact number we can call you on if you
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Molly a two year old female; a really sweet girl.
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I have a Jet Ski and spend a lot of my spare time doing that.
Where do you live? I live in Little Hadham. What’s your favourite local shop? I’m a big fan of Budgens! What’s your favourite local venue? Not so local to Sawbridgeworth but I really like The White Horse in Wareside. What do you like best about Sawbridgeworth? I like the high street and there are some really nice houses in and around the Town. What do you like doing when you’re not working?
I set up my business because… I like to meet new people all the time. What’s the best thing that’s happened to you recently? I have just bought a camper van - goes with the jet ski lifestyle. Favourite one liner? My 9 year boy, Alfie, was eating some honey roasted nuts and when asked if he liked them his reply was, “I can taste the honey dad, which I like, but I can’t taste the roast!”
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Great st Mary’s church the sawbridgeworth big knit has reached over 700ft in length Each year a sponsored event is organised to help raise money for repairs to Great St Mary’s Church. In the past it has been something out of the ordinary like abseiling off a water tower or white water rafting. This year as a joke, it was suggested to do something “safe” like knitting. And so the idea for the Great St Mary’s Big Knit was born. The sponsored Big Knit started in March and to keep it an extraordinary project, it was decided to knit a scarf long enough to go round the church! The project has been supported by over 60 knitters from the Town as well as the generous support of local traders, the whole cast of Made in Dagenham and even the captain of the cruise ship Arcadia.
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The cast of 'Made in Dagenham' join in the Great St Mary's Big Knit on stage
The scarf is now over 700 feet long and the organisers invite you to join them for a Fun Morning on Saturday 26th September and to help circle the Church with the scarf. There will be tea, coffee and cakes, an ice cream van, children’s lucky dip, name the sheep and lots of other attractions, including a performance from the Sawbridgeworth Ukulele Band. All from 10am-1pm, with the actual circling taking place at 11am.
Valerie Bright knitting in the Church floor for the Big Knit.
All the knitting will not be wasted, as the scarf will be dismantled after 26th September to make blankets to send wherever in the world they are
when: Saturday 26th September Where: Great St Mary’s Church Time:
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10am to 1pm, circling at 11am
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Sawbridgeworth nostalgia day
Commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of world war two
A special afternoon of nostalgia is being held on Saturday 7th November at Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall. There will be a performance by children from the local theatre group Diverse Performing Arts, plus professional singer Aimi Percival who will lead us in rousing patriotic songs. Children can also take part in activities related to remembrance. Vintage military vehicles will be on display at the Hall.
Sawbridgeworth Airfield Memorial
If you wish to go to the Airfield Memorial first in a military vehicle to pay your respects to those we remember there, be at the Memorial Hall by 10.30am to be back by 11.30am. Group Captain Davies of No.2. Squadron Marham Barracks will join us on this occasion as they were based at Sawbridgeworth Airfield in World War Two. Everyone is welcome to come in dress from the 1940’s/1950’s era or military uniform but not compulsory. Free tea, coffee and cake, war time food to purchase. Bar will be open from 12 noon.
Last year’s Nostalgia Event where the children made a very large poppy
Entry is free to this event but donations would be appreciated as all money raised will be for the Injured Soldiers Charity Fund, Bomb Disposal Unit at Carver Barracks, Saffron Walden. The support of East Herts District Council with this event is greatly appreciated. Further details from David Mead 01279 724503 david.mead7@btinternet.com
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LOCALs that Sawbridgeworth’s newest shop will be opening its doors on Thursday 27th August. Neville Twitchell, is busy putting the finishing touches to his Bookshop Sawbridge words and looking forward to meeting his first customers... When did you decide to open your own bookshop? I began formulating my ideas for a new bookshop a few months ago and started looking around for suitable premises. The shop in Bell Street seemed absolutely ideal. I couldn’t believe my luck in finding it. How did you decide on your company name? Sawbridge Words. I played around with lots of ideas for a shop name, but I couldn’t come up with anything better. It seemed a bit cheesy at first but most of the people I punted it to seemed to like it, so I have stuck with it. Where did you qualify/study? I have a long and checkered academic history culminating in a PhD in British political history from London Metropolitan University. I published a book based on my researches, “The Politics of the Rope: the Campaign to Abolish Capital Punishment in Britain, 1955-1969” (pub. by Arrow, 2012), available from all good bookshops, including mine! (Actually this whole project is just an elaborate device to try to boost the sales of my book). What’s your experience in the business? I have worked for and/or managed several bookshops/ game shops. They were all chess/board game/ card game themed businesses, with some emphasis on the boards and chess sets, software and computers. Chess is my passion, and I will doubtless be stocking some chess literature and books on games in general.
I was having to vindicate other peoples’ often faulty (and sometimes crazy) ideas of how things should be run. I decided the only way to do things the way I thought they should be done was for me to found my own business. At last I can do it my way! What has been the most challenging aspect so far? It is very early days, so I can’t really say. I have no idea how much custom I will get in the weeks and months ahead, or how easy it will be to turn a profit, but I can say I am looking forward to the challenge with a measure of optimism. What has been the most rewarding aspect? Being able to do what I want to do work-wise for the first time in my life. Are you the only employee? At present yes, though if I get busy, as I sincerely hope, then I may take on a couple of people to help me out in the shop. Do you hope to expand your business? I hope that the business will grow of course by attracting an ever greater volume of custom, and I am hoping that the shop will become an ever more popular focal point in the town particularly by hosting a series of events, such as talks, readings, book signings and so on. I have a few potential guest authors and lecturers lined up. I am hoping to entice a celebrity author for a “Grand Opening” at some point in the near future.
What work did you do before setting up the business? Over the last few years I have been working for William Hill, the bookmakers, in several of their shops in the area. Thus I have gone from bookmaker to bookseller!
How should potential customers contact you? You can look in at the shop at 47 Bell St. Please! But because things are still in the germinating stages I haven’t yet been given a phone number for the shop and the website has yet to be set up, but will probably be www.sawbridgewords.com.
What made you decide to set up your own business? I was becoming more and more frustrated at working at businesses and jobs where
Anything else you’d like to add? Welcome to Sawbridge Words. Buy lots of books there and enjoy our tea and coffee!
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RECIPE OF THE MONTH
LOOK WHAT’S COOKING
POTATO TORTILLA WITH MARINATED OLIVES FOR THE MARINATED OLIVES 100ml olive oil ½ red chilli pepper, deseeded and very finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped 1 tbsp fresh chopped parsley 1 tsp lemon zest 150g Kalamata olives 150g large green olives FOR THE TORTILLA 450g potatoes, peeled and thickly sliced 6 large eggs
THIS SPANISH BAKED OMELETTE IS GREAT SERVED
1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed
WARM AS A SPEEDY SUPPER OR IS JUST AS TASTY
10ml (2tsp) dried Italian mixed herbs
SERVED COLD.
50g mature Cheddar cheese, grated
PICNIC SERVED WITH A BOWL OF GARLICKY
Rocket leaves, to serve
MARINATED OLIVES.
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1. To marinate the olives, heat the oil, chilli and garlic in a small pan until just warmed through. Stir in the parsley, lemon zest and olives and season with freshly ground black pepper. Transfer to a heatproof bowl and cover and leave to marinate in a cool place for a few hours or overnight. 2. To make the tortilla, preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4. Grease a 19cm x 23cm shallow cake tin. 3. Cook the potatoes in a large pan of boiling salted water for 3-4 minutes until almost tender. Drain well and arrange in 2-3 layers in the cake tin. 4. Beat together the eggs and garlic in a bowl then add the dried mixed herbs and two thirds of the grated cheese. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper and pour the mixture over the layered potatoes. 5. Sprinkle over the rest of the cheese. Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and firm to the touch. Cool for 10 minutes then cut into wedges. Serve warm with rocket leaves and the marinated olives. TIP: If serving the tortilla cold, allow to cool completely then cut into squares and wrap in greaseproof paper. It will keep in the fridge for 24 hours.
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Great St Mary’s Church
The Sawbridgeworth Big Knit Congratulations to all the knitters the scarf is over 700 ft Join us for a fun morning on Saturday 26th September to help circle the church with the scarf. Tea, Coffee and Cakes will be served, the Sawbridgeworth Ukulele Band, an Ice Cream Van, Children’s Lucky Dip, Name the Sheep and other attractions will be available from 10am to 1pm. The actual circling will take place at 11am. 22
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Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall Weekly Activities Monday 13:00 - 15:00 Petanque (French Boules) Wednesday 09:30 - 12:00 Multi taster session, try some new activities, Table tennis, Carpet Bowls, Petanque etc Thursday 13:30 - 15:30
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centenary the WI turns 100 By Alison Runham, www.alison.runham.co.uk
This month marks one hundred years since the first UK Women’s Institute (WI) meeting. As the WI celebrates its centenary, we look at its history and its role today. A Slow Start As the twentieth century began, few branches of the new AOS (Agricultural Organisation Society) welcomed women, and female attendees were often too afraid of ridicule to speak. Yet in Canada, the Farmer’s Institutes had inspired women to found WIs to share knowledge on farming and raising a family. The movement spread throughout Canada and to the USA, Poland and Belgium. However, in the UK, WIs weren’t established until the arrival of Madge Watt, a founder member of British Columbia’s first WI. Her speech about the vital contribution women could make to the war effort through working the land to grow food helped persuade the AOS to appoint her as founder of WIs in the UK. WIs would provide a hub for sharing knowledge about agriculture and home industries, and for social activities, but would initially focus on increasing food production to counter WW1 shortages. The first UK WI meeting was held on 16th September 1915 in Llanfair PG, and by 1918 there were 99 WIs. Soon the WI became independent from the Board of Agriculture; the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) was formed in October 1917 and began publishing its Home and Country magazine in 1919. With WW1 over, the WI urged members to become active citizens and stand for election at local and parliamentary level. In 1921 WI member Mrs Margaret Winteringham became the first English born female MP and the second woman in Parliament. By 1924, when Jerusalem was adopted as the WI song, there were 3,223 WIs.
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World War Two to Diamond Jubilee The WI had continued to support the League of Nations, and was preparing for war once again. Lady Denman, the WI chair, became Director of the Women’s Land Army in 1938 and WI Preservation Centres played a vital role, canning produce and making jam to turn over 5,300 tons of potential waste into food for the nation. Meanwhile, the NWFI’s 1941 report on evacuees, Town Children through Country Eyes, stimulated debate about families that ultimately resulted in the family allowances after the war. Queen Mary had become President of the Sandringham WI in 1919, and in 1943 her daughter Elizabeth joined the WI too. In 1945, the WI founded Denman College. With the war over, the WI spread its wings, beginning the fifties with a national music festival. Members also designed a house ideal for a working family for the Ideal home Exhibition (including a porch for muddy boots). 1965 was a significant year. The rule prohibiting the founding of WIs in places with populations over 4,000 was abolished, and representatives from 8,700 WIs celebrated the WI’s Golden Jubilee at a special garden party at Buckingham Palace. WIs also compiled Scrapbooks of the Countryside, now held in Local Record Office archives. The sixties ended with performances of The Brilliant and the Dark, an NFWI-commissioned musical following women’s lives throughout the centuries. In 1974 the number of WIs reached an all-
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celebrations time high of 9,309, just in time to celebrate the institution’s Diamond Jubilee in 1975. At the AGM that year, the NFWI confirmed its belief in ‘the principle of equality of opportunity and of legal status for men and women’ and pledged it would continue to work towards it. A Thoroughly Modern Institution In the 1980s, the WI made its first appearance at the Chelsea Flower Show and launched a three year campaign to raise the profile of the WI, culminating in the WI Life and Leisure Exhibition at Olympia in 1984, opened by the Queen. There was a growing awareness of modern technology and current concerns as the WI moved into the 1990s and it campaigned with partners on several issues, including a project to promote sport as part of a healthy lifestyle. Significantly, in 1999 the WI joined with the National Farmers’ Union to hold A Women in Farming conference, with an address given by The Princess Royal,
but perhaps what most overthrew its ‘jam and Jerusalem image’ was the widely reported response of many members to the Prime Minister’s address at their Triennial General Meeting in 2000. Feeling his speech was becoming a party political broadcast, they rewarded him with a slow handclap. However, the WI is still just as committed to preserving traditional skills as it is to addressing the issues of the day, as demonstrated by their Craft Spectacular exhibition in 2000. Today, the WI is the largest voluntary women’s organisation in the UK, with 212,000 members and 6,600 WIs. It still strives to provide women with educational opportunities and campaigns on issues that affect all women and their communities, from equal pay and better midwifery to climate change and the plight of the honey bee, and over the last 100 years it has effected genuine change. So happy birthday, WI; thank you for all you have done, and long may you continue.
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UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS
WHAT’S ON ■■ every mon Adult Choir Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall No experience required, suitable for all ages and abilities. Time: 8-9pm, cost: £5.50 per session, contact: 07785 562529 or email: infor@ diverseperformingarts.co.uk ■■ Every Fri Sawbridgeworth Country Market The Church House Hall (next to Great St Mary’s) Homemade cakes and preserves, seasonal fruit & veg, free range eggs plus crafts and greetings cards. Everyone welcome. Time: 10.30am-12noon. ■■ From September Autumn 2015 Workshops The Tudor House Gallery Learn a new skill or enhance once you already have. Our workshops are very popular and s[paces are limited. So, book early! Contact: 01279 600112, www. thetudorhouse.gallery ■■ Fri 4th september Family Fun Disco Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall Bar open, family fun with drinks and snacks available. Time: 6-8pm, tickets can be reserved on Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall Facebook page. ■■ Sat 5th september Sawbridgeworth Allotment & Gardens Autumn Show Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall Plenty of categories for exhibitors to enter and win trophies - vegetables, fruit, flowers, preserves, handicrafts; also a children’s section and a fun group. Schedules available from Town Council, Library and Memorial Hall. Come along and be amazed at the displays. Cream teas, tombola and lots more. Time: 9.30-11.15am for set up,
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public opening: 1.30pm, entrance: 50pemail: hazelmead404@ btinternet.com or call: 0770 906 8882. ■■ Mon 7th September Let’s Meet up and be Mindful The Centre of Wellbeing Explore practises to support our wellbeing. Maximum of 12 places available. Time: 7.30pm for 8pm start, cost: £10pp payable on the night in cash, contact: 01279 867620, email: claire@ thecentreofwellbeing.co.uk, www. thecentreofwellbeing.co.uk ■■ Fri 11th September Movies with the Mayor: Mamma Mia! Bullfields Park Supporting the Mayor’s chosen charity: Girlguiding Sawbridgeworth & High Wych. Time: 6.45pm fpr 7.30pm start, entrance with wristband: under 7’s/concs £7, adults £10, 4 x family wristband £28 from Town Council offices or email: info@ sawbridgeworth-tc.gov.uk
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Evening Cookery Demonstration Mark David Kitchens Come and join in the fun at an evening cooking demonstration. This will be a small and intimate experience to share in the secrets of authentic Indian cuisine. I will demonstrate each of the dishes and then we will enjoy tasters of them all. The menu will be announced closer to the time, but I have had a special request for chicken tikka masala! Time: 7pm, contact: saira@ smallaubergine.com or call: 07717 864657. ■■ Fri 18th september CM21 Network Meeting Mark David Kitchens CM21 Network Group provides
a networking space where local businesses in Sawbridgeworth & surrounding areas meet to connect & collaborate. Time: 9.30am, cost: £5, email: theCM21network@gmail.com ■■ Fri 18th september An Evening of Psychic Mediumship The Centre of Wellbeing An evening with Psychic Medium: Kimberley Davies experiencing everything as a group. It’s a really fun evening, taking a look at some psychic development and reading whilst being open to connections to spirit. Soft drinks and hot beverages provided. Time: 7.30-9.30pm, contact: 01279 867620, email: claire@ thecentreofwellbeing.co.uk, www. thecentreofwellbeing.co.uk ■■ Sat 19th september Comedy Night with Tony Vino Sawbridgeworth Congregational Church Have a laugh and hear more about the Alpha Course. Time: 7.30pm, contact: 01279 722373. ■■ Sat 26th september The Sawbridgeworth Big Knit Fun Morning Great St Mary’s Church Congratulations to all the knitters the scarf is over 700 ft! Join us for a fun morning to help circle the church with the scarf. Tea, coffee and cakes will be served, the Sawbridgeworth ukulele band, an ice cream van, children’s lucky dip, name the sheep and other attractions will be available. Time: 10am to 1pm. with the circling will take place at 11am.
What’s on a little further afield... ■■ Every Sat Harlow and Hatfield Forest
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UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS
IN september 2015 Hatfield Forest, CM22 6NE This 5km event takes place every Saturday at 9am. It is a free event but please register before your first event and bring a printed copy of your barcode with you. Run for your own enjoyment and join in whatever your pace. It is entirely run by volunteers and welcomes new help. Time: 9am, FREE, www.parkrun. org.uk ■■ Fri 4th to Sun 6th September Woodfest Hatfield Forest, CM22 6NE Join us for the free annual festival celebrating the Forest with local music, crafts and stalls and over 80 musical acts on two stages. Locally sourced food, real ale and cider. Time: 7pm Friday to 5pm Sunday, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ hatfieldforest ■■ Sat 5th September Bishop’s Stortford Craft & Produce Market Bishop’s Stortford Town Centre To be held on the first Saturday each month. Time: 9.30am-1.30pm, contact: 01279 712143 or email market@ bishopsstortfordtc.gov.uk ■■ Sun 6th September Outdoor Songfest for all the Family Great Hadham Golf & Country Club Enjoy a family friendly musical programme of Herts and Soul rockin’ rollin’ poppin’ gospellin’ and musical theatrin’ with a sprinklin’ of Disney songs! In aid of Grove Cottage. Just bring a picnic rug and chairs - extra seating will be available. Time: 1-4pm, tickets: £8, under 18s £5, under 10s free, to buy tickets please email: sing@ hertsandsoul.com or call 07903 009569.
LEARNING
■■ Sat 12th & Sun 13th august Arts in Nature Parndon Wood Nature Reserve, CM19 4SF Walk around the trail and gather materials to create your own picture afterwards! Contact: 430005 or email josey. travell@ecco.org.uk ■■ Sat 12th September Glanfest 2015 Mission Hall Field, Green Tye, SG10 6JP Raising money to take children with disabilities and life limiting conditions to Lourdes with the Glanfield Group. Live music all day, BBQ, licensed bar, bouncy castle, fun & games for the whole family. Time: 2-10pm, advance tickets adults £5, children £3, family of 4 £12, tickets on the gate adults £7, children £4, family of 4 £20, www. glanfest.co.uk ■■ Fri 18th to Sun 27th September Peter Pan Rhodes Centre From the same team that brought the smash hit productions of Oliver! and Annie to the Rhodes stage comes the greatest children’s story of all time. For the first time ever at Rhodes, Peter Pan, the boy who refuses to grow up, will fly Wendy and her brothers John and Michael from their Edwardian bedroom to the magical world of Neverland. There they will meet the Lost Boys, befriend the Indians and eventually come face to face with the most famous villain of them all…Captain Hook! Times and dates on website, tickets £15 - £17, www. rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk ■■ Sat 19th september Matching Farmers’ Indoor Market Matching Tye Village Hall Third Sat of the month. 19 food
and drink stalls, plus a few craft stalls. Enjoy good quality fresh produce from farmers and other producers from within a 40 mile radius. Why not give it a try? Time: 10am to midday, FREE entry. ■■ Sat 26th & Sun 27th september It’s Autumn Parndon Wood Nature Reserve, CM19 4SF Learn all about the changes taking place this time of year! Contact: 430005 or email josey. travell@ecco.org.uk ■■ Sat 26th september Hatfield Heath Farmers’ Market Hatfield Heath Village Hall Hatfield Heath farmers market is a traditional farmers market where all stallholders have handmade or homegrown the produce they are selling. The market is held the 4th Saturday of every month. Time: 9.30am-12.30pm, FREE entry & parking, contact: 07956 563710. ■■ Sat 26th september Little Hadham Farmers Market Little Hadham Village Hall Local farmers’ market on the last Saturday of every month. Time: 8.30-11.30am, contact: Geoff and Jan Williamson: 771272. ■■ Sun 27th September End of Season Celebration The Gibberd Garden, CM17 0NA Celebrate the end of the season with us. Brunch will be served from 11.30 - 2pm, filled rolls and jacket potatoes. From 2pm enjoy tea time with homemade apple cakes, jams and chutneys all available in the tea rooms. Time: 11.30-6pm, adults £4, concessions £3, children £1, under 5s free, www.gibberdgarden.co.uk Watch out for many more events in our next issue.
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INFORMATION AT A GLANCE
the listings Arts & Crafts Herts & Essex Boundary Flower Club Meet 1st Tue of every month at The Barnabus Centre Contact via: herts_ essexboundaryflowerclub@ yahoo.co.uk Sawbridgeworth Flower Arrangement Club Contact: Mrs Hayward 01279 723076 Sawbridgeworth Lacemakers Contact: 01279 423233 or 833158 Community Country Market Contact: Mr A Jackson 01279 600251 Friends of Pishiobury Park, Sawbridgeworth Meet third Thurs of each month, 10.00-12.00 Contact via: www. friendsofpishioburypark.co.uk Lifeline Romania Contact: Mr & Mrs Amos 01279 723934 Guides & Scouts First Sawbridgeworth Scouts Contact: Mr Nick Jones 0773 677 0736 Rainbows, Brownies, Guides & Rangers Contact: Mrs Gilly Squire 07752 303437 Health & Family Care Saplings Parent & Toddler Group Meet every Fri 9-11.30am at the Memorial Hall P.A.C.T Parents of Autistic Children Together Meet 1st Wed of every month
at All Saints School Contact: via website: www. pactforautism.org.uk/index. php/services/parent-meeting
Sawbridgeworth at 7pm Contact Mike Norris 01279 722535, email: wychmick@btinternet.com
The Self Help Group for the Visually Handicapped Meet on Monday afternoons at the Parish hall between 1.30pm and 4pm and we welcome anyone who likes to do craft work Contact: Mrs Janet Moore 01279 723963
Sawbridgeworth Garden Club Contact: 01279 864398 or 721017
Music & Performing Arts Youth Create Contact: Liz Evans 07528 845113 Sawbridgeworth Players Contact: Sheila Goodwin 01279 724608 Social & Meeting Clubs Grove Cottage the home of Bishop’s Stortford Mencap Various clubs throughout the week Contact: 656085 or info@mencapgrovecottage.org Fiddlers Brook Morris Dancing Contact: Mrs G Munro 01279 723707 Hailey Centre Meeting Place for Over 55s Contact: 01279 721221 Friends of Great St Mary’s Contact: Mrs Mary Shipman 01279 723268 Sawbridgeworth Bridge Club Meet Mon 7.15-9.45pm) Contact: Jill Clark 01279 726524 Sawbridgeworth Family History Group Meet every other month at the Church House,
Sawbridgeworth Rotary Club Contact: Mr P Clark 01279 726108 Sawbridgeworth Social Club Contact: 01279 722310 Sawbridgeworth Learning for Pleasure Club Contact: Mrs Verina Pettigrew (membership secretary) 01279 722365 or 723152 Sawbridgeworth W.R.V.S Contact: 01279 659669 The University of the Third Age Contact via website: u3asites. org.uk for information on local groups and classes Sport & Fitness Air Training Corps 309 Squadron Contact: Mr A Passfield 01279 724788 Sawbridgeworth Bowling Club
Contact: 01279 726414
Sawbridgeworth Cricket Club
Contact: 01279 600178
Do you belong to a local not-for-profit club, group or organisation? If so, please do get in touch and tell us all about it. We would like to know when and where the group meets and also details of how others can get in touch, thank you. 01279 410345 or email: local@cmconnection.uk
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USEFUL NUMBERS ALL IN ONE PLACE Community Centres
Places of Worship
Cllr Pat Coysten
01279 723425
Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall The Forebury CM21 9BD 07952 475839
Church of The Most Holy Redeemer Sayesbury Avenue CM21 0ED 01279 654603
Cllr Donald Hall
01279 723535
Cllr Will Mortimer
01279 722294
Great St Mary’s Church Church Street CM21 9AB 01279 726629
Cllr Tom Reeks
01279 831830
Cllr Heather Riches
01279 600699
Cllr David Royle
01279 832346
Cllr Michael Shaw
01279 726792
Bullfields Centre Cutforth Road CM21 9DE 07879 861261
Doctors Central Surgery Bell Street
01279 603180
St James’ Church (High Wych) High Wych Road CM21 0JB 01279 600894
Hospitals NHS Direct Herts & Essex General Hospital PAH (Hospital)
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01279 655191 01279 444455
0207 219 6358
Cllr Eric Buckmaster
01279 725428
Pharmacies Bell Pharmacy 3 Forelands Place CM21 9QD Village Pharmacy 7 Bell Street CM21 9AR
01279 722201
Three Valleys Water
Fawbert & Barnards Infants School
01279 722357
High Wych C of E Primary School
01279 722109
Leventhorpe Secondary School Mandeville Primary School
Mayor
01279 836633
01279 723737
Crimestoppers
0845 555 111
01279 508448
Citizens Advice Bureau
0844 411 1444
Isobel Hospice Advice Line
01707 382575
MS Society
01279 420059
Samaritans
0845 790 9090
Spellbrook C of E Primary School
01279 723204
St Clare Hospice Advice Line
01279 773773
Train Enquiries
0845 748 4950
Town Council 01279 724537
EMERGENCY NUMBERS Electricity Emergency
Cllr Sotirios Adamopoulos 07876 743997
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Alzheimer’s Society
01279 722578
Town Councillors
Sawbridgeworth Police
Cllr Mrs Angela Alder
01279 722360
Cllr Eric Buckmaster
01279 725428
Cllr Ruth Buckmaster
01279 725428
Cllr John Burmicz
01279 600372
0800 783 8838 Gas Emergency
0800 111 999
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Other Numbers
01279 722393
Hertfordshire Police Non-Emergency 101
0800 800 151
Reedings Junior School
Town Clerk: Richard Bowran
Police
Utilities BT Faultline
Schools
Local MP Mark Prisk MP
Sawbridgeworth Evangelical Congregational Church London Road CM21 9EH 01279 724173
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