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WELCOME HELLO AND WELCOME TO THe july edition of THE CM23 CONNECTION The warmer weather (notice I didn’t say sunny or summer!) sees the continuation of our favourite outdoor events. The whole of Bishop’s Stortford and beyond has a plethora of things to keep us busy in the run up to and during the summer holidays. Aren’t we lucky! Take a look at our extended community pages and also the what’s on section to plan your July - lots of schools are holding fetes and fairs and there are several outdoor concerts and plays to look forward to.
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CONTENTS ■ FEATURES & ARTICLES 7 Author Review: Russell King
Cazfest is not too far away now on Sat 11th July and it promises to be a superb event. TUBS will be VERY grateful of an extra pair of hands, or two, the following morning to help clear up Sworder’s field - will you help them? Contact details are below.
8 Local Charity: Easy Herts YMCA
Did you know that if each of us spent £100 a year more on local businesses instead of chain stores, it would put an extra £3 million into our economy and create thousands more jobs every year? Where we can, let’s support local by keeping it local!
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Until next month, Lorraine
CONTACTING US editor Lorraine Perry call 01279 410345 or 07808 000 113 email lorraine@cmconnection.uk email danielle@cmconnection.uk web www.cmconnection.uk Join us on Facebook The CM23 Connection PLEASE Copy deadline for all adverts and submissions in NOTE the August edition is 10th July 2015
9 In Person 10 Rotary Stort Sponsored Walk 12 Herts Libraries: Summer Read
■ FUN & LEISURE 14 Just for the Kids 20 Local Walks 22 Look What’s Cooking 24 Puzzles & Brain Teasers
■ IT’S YOUR COMMUNITY 16 Local Community 26 What’s On 30 Useful Numbers
Contact: 07817 778870 Web: www.tubs12.info Email: TUBS@copyzone.co.uk
Reminder: TUBS28 will take place Sunday 12th July, 8am after Cazfest. Pickers, gloves, hi-vis jackets and plastic bags will be provided.
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Special Feature
Author Interview In conversation with local writer Russell King, author of Face-Mum So, what is Face-Mum all about? Well, the title character is missing, which is at the heart of the novel. Her sons, Michael and Paul, both find different ways of coping while she is not at home and their dad struggles with his new role as lone carer. The book is told from Michael’s point of view, as his mum’s social media messages just aren’t enough for his emotional needs. This leads him to make some unwise decisions. It is an interesting title: what should we read into it? Again it is about what’s not there: Michael cannot face his mum and the details about what is going on in her life are a mystery to him. Social media can allow people to present a version of themselves to the world and that is what happens in this book. Who will enjoy this book most? This is an impossible question really as readers mature at wildly different speeds. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone beneath the age of nine, personally. My daughter who is nearly ten enjoyed it and she is an avid reader. I hope that the students I teach will enjoy it too - they may even notice a bit of themselves in there. And then, as Harry Potter proved, taste in literature can be quite universal. How did the novel come into being? One day, while pottering about, the idea for Face-Mum popped into my head, along with those ideal starting words “What would happen if..?” The first two pages were written within minutes. The next 168 were two years in the Published by As Ever Publishing Web: facemum.wix.com/site Twitter: @face_mum Facebook: Face-Mum Available on Kindle download from 22/06/15
crafting but I always knew that the idea was strong enough. I just hope I have done it justice: readers will let me know, I am sure. Do you have any advice for budding writers? Yes, write something! Just like runners need to build up their muscles to improve their lap times, so will you need to practice to master your art. Don’t worry about it being perfect, just scribble a first draft and take it from there. Finally, what do you hope people will take from Face-Mum? That forgiving is an act of love! Russell lives in Bishop’s Stortford and teaches English at Passmores Academy in Harlow. FaceMum is his first novel and will be available in print and online from Monday 22nd June.
IT’s your community
LOCAL CHARITIES east herts ymca transforming lives!
If you have a small local charity, non-funded or not-for-profit organisation you feel deserves some exposure contact us and we’ll see what we can do.
East Herts YMCA is a local charity and has been operating in Bishop’s Stortford since 1994. Many will know of our Northgate End site and the YMCA song! But may not know the type of services we offer. Our starting point is always our vision which is for vulnerable young people to reach their full potential and to truly belong, contribute and thrive in their local community. We enable young people in need of support to develop the confidence, self-belief, skills and behaviour to live fulfilling and independent lives. We are also able to give a voice to those who are socially excluded. The services we offer in brief: • Supported housing – 4 Northgate End, Bishop’s Stortford • 27 self-contained flats, two bed communal unit and a one-bed emergency crash • Supported housing – Outreach Locations • 3 one-bed units based in Bishop’s Stortford, Sawbridgeworth and Ware respectively • Personal Development, Careers and Guidance Programmes • Educational and career information, advice and guidance for our residential clients as well as job preparedness programmes through our Inspire project.
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Our mission is to be a part of an inclusive Christian Movement, helping to transform local communities. Partnerships with a variety of agencies are key and the YMCA now works closely with the majority of churches in Bishop’s Stortford, Herts Young Homeless, the CAB, the Police, Oxford House, Probation, Housing Providers and other YMCAs, as well as the Councillors and Officers of the Town, District and County Councils. We have several events over the next few months which we invite you to support and enjoy! Follow our weekly blog for details via our website: www. easthertsymca.com For more information, please feel to contact Robert Purcell on 01279 260007 or Robert. Purcell@easthertsymca.com
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Spending time with my family and playing golf when I can. I set up my business because… I wanted to make money and build a business that cared for customers in an industry plagued by cowboys and con-men. What’s the best thing that’s happened to you recently? Bennbrook Windows have established ourselves to be the premier double glazing company in West Essex & East Herts. Favourite one liner? “Bennbrook Windows – where customers send their friends.”
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IT’s your community
rotary stort Walk 5 mile sponsored walk along the river stort
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Stort Walk 2015 Rotary Stort Walk organised by your local Rotary Clubs on Sunday 19th July converging on Pishiobury Park Sawbridgeworth, starting from either Pig Lane Bishop’s Stortford or The Moorhen Pub in Harlow. Your local Rotary Clubs invite you to a 5-mile sponsored family-friendly walk along the beautiful River Stort in aid of St CLlare Hospice. The event will be rounded off by a picnic with beer tent, brass band, refreshments and activities for children in Pishiobury Park, Sawbridgeworth. Walkers have a choice of two starting points: Pig Lane, CM22 7QA or The Moorhen Pub, CM20 2QS, with both routes leading to the Park. Tickets are £10 for adults with children going free (under 16). All children must be accompanied by an adult. To book go to www.stclarehospice.org.uk/events All proceeds from the ticket sales will
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Sunday, 19th July
10am - 4pm All proceeds to
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BRASS BAND • REFRESHMENTS • BEER TENT • KIDS’ ACTIVITIES (Bouncy Castle/Face Painting) For more information and/or to secure your place visit the St Clare Hospice website at www.stclarehospice.org.uk/events You can also call or email Derek Crowther – 01279 832580 or john.crowther2@ntlworld.com for more information about the event and your local Rotary Clubs who are organsing the event
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be donated to St Clare Hospice. Those taking part are also encouraged to raise sponsorship for their walk for the benefit of St Clare’s but are welcome to raise sponsorship for their own favourite charity if they wish. For more information please contact Derek Crowther on 01279 832580 or email john.crowther2@ntlworld.com
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Summer reading challenge Are hertfordshire’s children ready to enter the record breakers?
There’s an amazing adventure waiting for the children of Hertfordshire when they take part in the 2015 Summer Reading Challenge, Record Breakers, at libraries across the county. They can join in the adventure, simply by reading six books from the library. The Challenge starts on Saturday 11 July and runs until Saturday 5 September and children of all ages can collect a free starter’s pack from any Hertfordshire Library, including the mobile libraries, while stocks last. Participants will be rewarded with stickers when they visit their local library to talk to staff about what books they have been reading. If they complete the Challenge they will be invited to attend a special presentation ceremony to receive their medal and certificate and will have their name entered into a prize draw where they could win the chance to meet a real life author. A special launch event will be held at Welwyn Garden City Library on Saturday
11 July where there will be lots of free activities to join in with. Children can also visit www.recordbreakers.org.uk for more fun and games, and the chance to link with top authors and other children taking part across the country. Look out for other events happening over the summer including, and a special libraries day at the Butterfly World Project in Chiswell Green on 28 July. For more information, visit www.hertsdirect. org/libraries , phone 0300 1234 049, or drop in to your nearest library. Record Breakers, Summer Reading Challenge 2015 is produced by The Reading Agency.
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Summer holiday workshops Tempos Performing arts present: The magic of the musicals Our summer workshops are held at The Victoria Hall Theatre, Old Harlow and Saffron Walden Town Hall. With courses for all ages from 3yrs to adult, there is a Musical Theatre Workshop Week for everyone! All of our tutors are local, professional teachers with fully enhanced DBS checks, first TEL:
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Pub & café Walks
Explore our lovely countryside and local pubs and cafés for a perfect day...
Summertime Treats From June to September, Down Hall Country House Hotel, a mile south of Hatfield Heath, opens its terrace to visitors. July’s walk, which needs OS map 183, could start or end with a drink there. Walk away from the hotel along the driveway, turn left at the end and follow the road downhill for about a third of a mile. Immediately after crossing a little brick bridge, turn left along a delightful path with trees on left. Where the trees end, follow this path right uphill and then turn right again following waymarks through field. Continue to follow waymarks straight on in this direction. Cross a footbridge and then turn left, right and right again around a field. Finally turn left towards houses to emerge onto road. Turn right along the road and fork left at the junction, past a thatched cottage. Turn right past Gibsons farmhouse, left along grassy path beyond, right along stream and then left over footbridge and up grassy bank beyond. Walk along the edge of two lakes, keeping the water on your right. Turn right at end of lakes onto track leading between buildings. Just beyond houses, turn left and immediately right along hidden, wooded path, following signs for “Forest Way”. At end of path, keep straight along a lane, turn right on road and left at sign for Matching Church. Follow this lane as it curves right and left around a pond. Before road swings left again, turn right on path around another pond and follow a grassy track between woods. At the end of a ditch with a line of willows, turn right, now following the “Stort Valley Way” with its dragonfly waymarks. Keep to right of small pond, over hidden stile, and out onto road. Turn left along the road to return to Down Hall. LOCATION:
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For more detail and longer walks in the area, Phoebe Taplin’s book of “Scenic Walks” along the local Harcamlow Way is available for £5 from Bishop’s Stortford Tourist Information Centre or from www.amazon.co.uk
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RECIPE OF THE MONTH
LOOK WHAT’S COOKING
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UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS
WHAT’S ON ■■ until December 2015 Bishop’s Stortford and District Health Walks Southern Country Park Meet alternate Mondays in the car park off Thorley Lane East, Grid reference TL476193. The walk is a moderate walk of 1 hour. It’s about 3 miles with moderate hills at a faster pace and possible stiles. Time: 10am, www.hertslink.org/cms/ healthwalks ■■ Every Sat Hatfield Forest Park Run 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 ■■ Every Mon Monday Memories Rhodes Arts Complex Come along to our Monday afternoon chat, have some tea and cake and reminisce about your town. Everyone at the museum is really looking forward to listening to your memories of the town. Time: 3-4pm. ■■ Until Thu 31st December Isabel Hospice Care 4 a Cuppa Various Locations Launched in June and runs through to Christmas. Please support Isabel Hospice by holding a fundraising care4acuppa. With over 165 million cups of tea and 70 million cups of coffee drunk everyday in the UK, why not put yours to work for us by holding a fundraising tea party or coffee morning where you could have a bake sale, hold a raffle or organise a bring & buy! Contact: Beth Hardy 01707 382500. ■■ Wed 1st July Mountfitchet Garden Club: “Paradise on Earth - The Beautiful
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Flowers of Kashmir” Day Centre, Stansted Mountfitchet A talk by Mr Chris Chadwell. Time: 7.30 for 8pm start, visitors £2.50pp, membership available, more information at www. mountitchetgardenclub.co.uk ■■ Wed 1st July Sporting Stortford: A History. Football, cricket, rugby… how about polo with John Mills…? Rhodes Art Complex Did you play for one of the sporting teams in the past, or are you part of a team now and want to find out what your predecessors got up to and hear some of their stories? Tugs of war, one legged diving competition, table cricket…find out all the gossip from the past of our sporting clubs in Stortford. Time: 8.30pm, tickets: £4, contact: www.rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk ■■ Fri 3rd July Grove Cottage Live Bishop’s Stortford High School Local talent LIVE in aid of Grove Cottage. Join us for a great night of comedy and live entertainment with some of the best talent from local Secondary schools. Time: 7pm, tickets: £5 (must be booked in advance), contact: 868686 or email claire.jonas@tbshs. org ■■ Fri 3rd July Barn Dance Bishop’s Stortford Rugby Club Join in the fun dancing to Tan Lin J Band with a licensed bar. In aid of Isabel Hospice. Time: 7.30pm, contact: Renee Friend on 755320 or email: renee_ friend@msn.com ■■ Sat 4th July Summercroft School Summer Fair Summercroft School Enjoy a fun filled afternoon at the Summercroft Fair. It will be packed with all you need to keep kids busy and grown-ups happy! We will have
bouncy castles including slide and obstacle course, Disney princesses, Leo’s Playbus, fire engines including Firefly, the 100 year old fire engine, police cars, pony rides, orienteering, archery, face painting, children and family races, tug of war, BBQ and much more. Time: 1-4pm, info: www. summercroft.herts.sch.uk/ summerfair ■■ Sat 4th July Hillmead Primary School Summer Fair Hillmead School Come & meet Mickey Mouse & the Hillmead Minion! Zorbs & inflatables, Yeehaw pony rides, American diner & BBQ, shopping mall, American themed stalls & games. Time: 12-3pm, FREE entry. ■■ Sun 5th July Stortford 10 Bishop’s Stortford Rugby Club The Stortford 10 has been a premier event in the UK road running calendar since the early 1980’s and is widely acknowledged as one of the biggest ten mile races in South East England at this time of year. Multi terrain course of 10 miles on a virtually traffic free route on country roads and farm tracks. Prizes for each male and female winner. There is also a Fun Run for school children. Time: 10am, enter via: www. entrycentral.com/event/101817 ■■ Fri 10th July Style Me Vintage Rhodes Art Complex Full of vintage goodies, browse through the stalls and find yourself a bargain or speak to our hair and makeup experts and find out how to create the perfect vintage look. Grab yourself a front row seat for our Vintage Catwalk. Take note of all the vintage looks and get some ideas for your own wardrobe. Hair and make-up demonstrations, photo booth, shopping, dance demos and free Pimms on arrival. Time: 7.30pm, tickets: £5
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IN July 2015 including a glass of Pimms, www. rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk ■■ Sat 11th July Charity Race Night The Marquee, Bishop’s Stortford Rugby Club In aid of St Clare Hospice with a cash bar and charity raffle. Time: 7pm, tickets: £13 per person, including fish and chips, chicken or vegetarian supper, contact: Goolmohr Cantel on 504343 or gcantel@btinternet.com ■■ Sat 11th July Cazfest 2015 Sworders Field Cazfest is a boutique, family-friendly music festival. Alongside three stages of world-class UK music, Cazfest will hold its’ first Street Food Market, made up of over forty street food traders offering cuisines from across the globe as well as fun fair rides and a whole host of stalls selling clothing, jewellery, cards, gifts and Cazfest merchandise. Time: 11-11pm, tickets: £20 (children £5), buy tickets at: www. shop.ticketscript.com, or any Intercounty branch. ■■ Sun 12th July TUBS Meet: Morning after Cazfest Sworders Field TUBS (Tidy Up Bishop’s Stortford) are a group of volunteers who meet every other month to tidy an area of Bishop’s Stortford. They welcome groups and individuals who share their vision and can spare an hour or two to help out and pick up litter. Time: 8am, email: tubs@copyzone. co.uk ■■ Sun 12th July Open Air Garden Theatre Hopleys, Much Hadham SG10 6BU Charterhouse Theatre Company present The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, adapted by Laura Turner. Please bring your own rugs or low seating. Refreshments will be available with free parking via Hopleys main gate.
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Time: 6pm (gates open for picnics from 5.15pm, tickets and information from 842509.
the Firefly. Time: 3pm, tickets: £3 available from the box office 710200.
■■ Sun 19th July Herts and Essex Baby and Toddler Show Rhodes Arts Complex The Herts and Essex Baby and Toddler Show is coming to Bishop’s Stortford this summer! Browse around 30 different stalls and take part in free workshops! Grab a bargain and meet local service providers. Also meet George and Peppa Pig! Time: 11-5pm, www. rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk
■■ Thu 23rd to Sat 25th July Bishop’s Stortford Annual Beer Festival Royal British Legion Club Annual Beer Festival held over 3 days. About 40 real ale and ciders to choose from, BBQ served through the day and evening with music on the Saturday evening. The club has a large garden and is safe for children with seating and tables. Time: Thursday 5-11pm, Friday and Saturday 11am-11pm. £1 entry fee plus glass deposit, www.bsrbl.org
■■ Sun 19th July Picnic Concert Gaston House, Little Hallingbury, CM22 7QS West End stars Kate Coysten and Greg Castiglioni perform songs from stage and screen. Bring your own picnic and drinks. Time: 3pm gates open for 4pm concert, tickets: £15 (children under 12 FREE, contact Geoff Petts g.petts@btinternet.com or 07802 921401.
■■ Fri 24th July The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Hatfield Forest Illyria return with the original boywizard story, most famously told in Disney’s Fantasia. Bring a fold up chair, cushion or blanket and enjoy this open-air film. Performed at the open-air stage by the café. This is a family event and don’t forget to dress for the weather. Time: 6pm, ticket prices on website www.nationaltrust.org.uk
■■ Sun 19th July Rotary Club Stort Walk Start from Pig Lane Bishop’s Stortford or The Moorhen, Harlow. Five mile sponsored walk along the River Stort with a picnic in Pishiobury Park, Sawbridgeworth and brass band, refreshments, beer tent, kids activities. Time: 10-4pm, £10 for adults (children FREE), contact www. stclarehospice.org.uk for more information and to secure a place, or call Derek Crowther of Stort Valley Rotary Club on 832580.
■■ Tue 28th July Geocaching Mega Event Hatfield Forest A geocaching event to enjoy the Forest and find the geocaches hidden within it. Also learn how to identify some of the trees in the Forest and pick up basic woodland survival skills (suitable for children). Time: 11-3pm, booking essential www.mega2015.org.uk/register.php
■■ Wed 22nd July Museum Talk and Tea: Firefly Rhodes Art Complex Bishop’s Stortford museum, working with the fire service, are looking to keep Bishop’s Stortford 1930s fire engine in its hometown. This tea and talk is all about the history of
■■ Sun 12th July Messy Church Bishop’s Stortford Methodist Church For everyone of any age. Children with their parents/carers. Includes craft, worship and a meal. Time: 4-6pm, contact via: www.bsm-church.org.uk/ Watch out for many more events in our next issue.
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gaston house picnic concert West End stars perform songs from stage and screen in support of Home Start Harlow On Sunday 19th July West End stars Kate Coysten and Greg Castiglioni will be performing songs from stage and screen in a fund raising picnic concert not to be missed at Gaston House, Little Hallingbury. Local girl Kate, a former head girl at Bishop’s Stortford College, has appeared in numerous top West End shows including: Les Miserables, My Fair Lady, Sound of Music, Sister Act, Wizard of Oz, Stephen Ward, Made in Dagenham and this month starts in Mamma Mia. Kate and Greg became friends during their appearance on Les Miserables and have performed together in many concerts both in the UK and abroad. Concert promoter Geoff Petts commented: “Not many people can say they have worked almost continuously in the West End with stars like: Michael Crawford, Whoopi Goldberg, Lesley Garrett to name just a few. I am delighted that Kate and Greg will be performing to help raise much needed funds and awareness for Home Start Harlow.“
Home Start Harlow Being a parent, whatever your situation, can be very difficult, especially when children are young. Many parents feel exhausted and overwhelmed by the stresses of family life, particularly if they have little support from family and friends when they need it most. For some parents it’s a particular struggle because they are also having to cope with issues such as post-natal depression, their or their child’s
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INFORMATION AT A GLANCE
Community Centres Bishops Park Community Centre
01279 712146
Lancaster Way, CM23 4DA
USEFUL NUMBERS ALL IN ONE PLACE South Street Surgery
St Mary’s Catholic School
Thorley Health Centre
St Michael’s Primary School 01279 810800
83 South Street, CM23 3AP 01279 465700 01279 657636
Thorley Park, CM23 2LY
Havers Community Centre
Waytemore Road, CM23 3GR 01279 712146
Hospitals
Markwell Pavillion
NHS Direct
Castle Gardens, CM23 2EL 01279 712146
Parsonage Community Centre
Parsonage Lane, CM23 5PY 07843 943492
PAH (Hospital)
01279 444455
Herts & Essex Community Hospital
01279 444455
St Michaels Mead Community Centre
Friedberg Avenue CM23 4HB 01279 329686
Pharmacies
Bishop’s Stortford West
(Central & Silver Leys Wards) Colin Woodward Email: colin.woodward@hertscc.gov.uk
(Meads & All Saints Wards) John Barfoot Email: John.barfoot@hertscc.gov.uk
Bishop’s Stortford Rural
(Includes Bishop’s Stortford Ward) Graham McAndrew - CMILT Email: graham.mcandrew@hertfordshire. gov.uk
Mayor Cllr Diane Hollebon
Mark Prisk MP
0207 219 6358
35 South Street CM23 3AG
01279 654021
Trinity Pharmacy 01279 654171
Medicx Pharmacy
Church Street Surgery
Church Street, CM23 2LY
0808 202 5469
Lloyds Pharmacy The Thorley Centre CM23 4EG
01279 507524
Bishop’s Stortford High School
Hockerill College
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Bishops Stortford Police Station
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Crimestoppers
Alzheimer’s Society
01279 508448
Bishop’s Stortford TIC
01279 715001
Bishop’s Stortford TC
01279 715000
Citizens Advice Bureau
0844 411 1444
01279 420059
Samaritans
0845 790 9090
01279 868686
01279 656876
01279 658451
Parsonage Surgery
Richard Whittington Primary School
01279 657778
St Joseph’s Primary School
01279 652576
St Clare Hospice Advice Line 01279 773773 Train Enquiries
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EMERGENCY NUMBERS Electricity Emergency
0800 783 8838 Gas Emergency
0800 111 999
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0845 555 111
MS Society
01279 757193
01279 827608
Hertfordshire Police Non-Emergency
01279 655936
Haymeads Health Centre
Herts & Essex Community Hospital, CM23 5JH
0845 782 3333
01279 836006
Manor Fields Primary School
Haymeads Lane, CM23 5JH 01279 657636
0800 800 151
Isobel Hospice Advice Line 01707 382575
All Saints Primary School
Hillmead Primary School 01279 657636
01279 652376
Other Numbers
Herts & Essex Hospital CM23 5JH
Herts & Essex High School 01279 654127
Doctors
Northgate Primary School
Police
Lloyds Pharmacy
Birchwood High School
Local MP
01279 696850
Three Valleys Water
Schools 01279 658870
Windhill Primary School
01279 652759
87 South Street CM23 3AL
Bishop’s Stortford East
Thorn Grove Primary School 01279 653002
BT Faultline
Williamson Pharmacy 1 Snowley Parade CM23 5EJ
County Councillors
01279 654496
Utilities
St Michaels Mead CM23 4FZ 01279 712146
Thorley Community Centre
Summercroft Primary School 01279 307477 Thorley Hill Primary School
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