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We run playschool sessions from Monday to Friday during term time for children (funded and non-funded) from twoyears-old and over. We also have a Breakfast Club that runs Monday to Friday from 8am and an After School Club, ﬂexible times from 3:30pm-6pm for children from four-years-old. We're now taking bookings for February Holiday Club during half term week (February 19th23rd). We are based at Edgar Sewter Primary School, run independently as a registered

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the great success of the recent Halesworth 800 and the Climate Conference Events, as well as the encouraging development of the Town Wednesday Market. To help stimulate the local economy, the Wayﬁnding, Digital and Town Marketing schemes are well under way and, it is hoped, will all start to make a signiﬁcant impact as early as spring. Money has been earmarked for a follow-up event to the Climate Conference and a smaller scale event than H800, perhaps celebrating further the town's history. The devolvement of some of East Suffolk's assets (such as the

park) to HTC wends its way through the legal processes but funds have already been put aside to support the upgrade and development of play areas in the town, facilities like the public toilets and landscaping works around the Memorial Gardens. After decades of neglect, the HTC ofﬁces are looking a lot more welcoming, as well as being a more suitable working environment for staff and councillors alike. In the longer run, the Community Hub is still very much in focus, and this will require technical studies to be conducted this year, including planning options. With all that and the routine business that still needs to be carried on, it's going to be a very busy year for your Town Council.

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What a great start to 2024 for the Hoppa! Early in January, we discovered we were being sponsored again this year by Central England Coop, which has been a supporter for many years. The Co-op remains one the most popular drop-off points for many of our passengers, where they can buy their groceries and take the weight off their feet in the newly refurbished coffee shop while they wait for the Hoppa to take them home again. Hot on the heels of that announcement we were pleased to receive additional, very generous, sponsorship funds from an anonymous local donor. It's wonderful for HACT to receive such support because, not only does it help to make sure we are able to continue to offer our regular services to passengers

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in Halesworth and Holton, but it also shows how much the service is valued by the local community, including individuals, social groups, and businesses. During our 40 plus years of service, we have been fortunate with our sponsors and supporters who have raised many thousands of pounds through corporate funding, fund-raising one-off events and personal donations. Every penny counts and we couldn't continue without this support. At HACT, we feel this is a wonderfully positive way to start the new year and hope others will feel inspired to come forward and help HACT to run the Hoppa in whatever way they can, e.g driving, being a buddy, helping with day-to-day maintenance. If you'd like to know how you could

help, please call 01986 875900, Monday to Friday mornings. Please leave a message with contact details if we're busy elsewhere at the time. Finally, we have two important notices: First, please remember if you need to get to the Surgery or be collected from there, please phone the ofﬁce on 01986 875900 before 9:25am to make sure we drive into the surgery car park. You can also tell the driver, or buddy, when you get on the bus. Second, if you wish to be picked up on Friday or Saturday morning, please make sure you call before 9:15am on Friday morning. The phones will not be monitored after 9:15am on Friday so messages left after that time will not be heard until Monday morning.

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At its meeting on January 8th, Halesworth Town Council (HTC) unanimously supported its budget for the coming ﬁnancial year (2024/2025), including an increase in the precept (its tiny share of the council tax) of 2.5%. This equates to a £2.21 per annum increase for Band D households or 18.4p a month. Given the 18% increase in general inﬂation over the last two years, this is quite an achievement, requiring tight control over core expenditure. Nevertheless, the budget is full of ambition, with some current projects coming to fruition and other, longerterm ones moving a bit closer to completion. This, in part, builds on

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Circle 67 announces exciting 2024 productions! I should like to give a big thank you to everyone who came to see our production of 'A Christmas Carol' at The Cut just before Christmas. Your support for our efforts is much appreciated. We have already started our programme for 2024 with a reading of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' which will be our shorter summer Shakespeare production, taking place at various pub venues in July. Prior to that, we will soon be starting rehearsals for 'Nell Gwynn' (a play by Jessica Swale)

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Halesworth Harmony is actively seeking more members to join us to learn a programme of songs for a concert in July. The theme of the concert is "Songs of Hope and Struggle". Rehearsals are fortnightly on Sundays, usually at The Cut Arts Centre, from 10:30am-12:30pm.

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A new season of club meetings starts in March. We meet at the Riﬂe Hall, on London Road in Halesworth. Parking is easy as you can use the Co-op carpark opposite. Dates are as follows: March 14th: Club members Alan and Brian will talk about vegetables. Yvonne will do a quiz. April 11th: Anne Edwards from the John Innes Institute will talk about soil. May 9th: Mel Collins from Mickﬁeld Hostas. June 13th: Simon White from Peter Beales Roses. July 11th: Luci Skinner will talk about propagation. Special thanks goes to Julia Crabb for organising such an interesting range of subjects and speakers for the season. Please note all subscriptions will be due at our meeting in March. Just £10 for the year, this money goes towards paying for the hall and guest speakers. We would like to get as many people along as possible. It's only £2 for non-members, per meeting. Please pass details on to as many gardening enthusiasts as you can, it would be very much appreciated. Further details can be found on our Facebook page (Search for Halesworth and District Gardeners' Society or scan the QR code below) or call our Club Secretary Brian Hammond on: 01986 872712. Happy gardening! Adrian

The Pear Tree Centre in Halesworth continues to offer support, information, counselling, complementary therapies and beneﬁts advice to anyone who has been diagnosed with a life-changing illness, their families/carers and those who have been bereaved. If you're interested in accessing our services, you're welcome to drop in and speak with a member of staff or contact us. We also work alongside the statutory and voluntary sector to help provide extra equipment and enhanced care in the last days of life. Our aim is to offer emotional, physical and practical support to meet the individual needs of the person and their family, and to give them a choice of where they receive their care as they near the end of their life. The team at the centre are also able to support young people aged between 12 to 18 who are dealing with their own or a family member's life-changing diagnosis or who are coping with bereavement. As well as this, we work alongside schools

and other statutory and voluntary services, whilst providing one-toone and family support as well as counselling and group therapy. We were delighted and extremely grateful this month to receive a £30,000 grant from The Heveningham Hall Country Fair Trust. Their continuing support is so much appreciated and allows us to deliver free local care, advice and support. In December, we launched the book 'Stratford' by Aileen Lee. The book tells the story of an East London family. Huge thanks to Aileen for donating her book and all of the proceeds from it to The Pear Tree Fund. The book is available to buy now at the centre. Thanks this month go to Dot Booley for raising a fantastic £575 at her coffee morning in December, also to The Bramﬁeld Queens Head for raising £103 in their guess how many sweets in the jar competition. We are so grateful to Pop Chorus for selecting us as one of their nominated charities this year and to Sally Thompson, a member of Pop Chorus, who raised an amazing £388 from the sale of

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her stained glass angels. Thank bric-a-brac and books too. We are you to everyone who supported open six days a week, Monday to our Crafty Chatter group's stall at Saturday, from 10am to 1pm. The Cut Christmas Bazaar, they There are lots of accessories, raised over £500 with all items jewellery, belts, handbags to made by members of the group. complete your outfit. There are We wish Joy Ayers from Joy's books on every subject and a wide Junk stall on Laxfield Market a range of authors. They are only very happy retirement and want 50p and £1 with children's books to say enormous thank you for just 20p! Bedding, curtains, bricraising thousands of pounds for a-brac, glassware, kitchenware, us over the years. She has been pictures, photo frames, plants, a fundraising champion and will homemade jam and marmalade be greatly missed on the market. - thank you Jenny. Coming up in our We welcome donations of clean events calendar: saleable items of clothes, bric-a• 16th February: Rock and Roll brac, toys, games, small pieces of Bingo - Back to the 80's @ furniture etc. Small amounts of Bramfield Queens Head 7.30pm. donations can be dropped off at • 17th February: Pop Chorus and the shop when we are open. If there Honey and The Bear at The Cut, are lots of donations, please deliver Halesworth on a Monday or Thursday morning • 18th, 19th and 20th March: Pop to the sorting end of the shop where up bookshop with coffees and we have extra volunteers on duty. cakes in the Snug @Bramfield If you're unable to deliver, we can Queens Head 12-8pm each day. collect. We have an amazing team of • 6th and 7th April: Heavy Metal weekend, scrap metal collection willing volunteers who work in at Holton Village Hall. the shop, donating their time to Our events committee are the charity. If you're interested in busy putting together a calendar volunteering, do call in and leave of events for 2024, so keep your your number, so we can get in eyes posted here or sign up to our touch with you. Thank you Sue newsletter from our website for and Debbie for leading on the more details. Christmas tombola, extra income Dee's Den charity shop news: and a bit of fun too. We hope you have all had an We have several small pieces of enjoyable festive time and we furniture available, a pine corner wish all our customers a very unit, small tables and chairs too. happy 2024. With the Christmas Let us know if you're interested decorations and festive items put and we can show you what we away for another year, the Den is have. We will be having a jumble focusing on our winter days with sale soon. Watch this space for the a wide range of warm clothing to date and details. keep the chilly weather at bay! Thank you for your continued We have winter coats, jumpers, support of buying and donating scarves, gloves, boots and your unwanted goods and items, slippers to keep us snug in icy we really appreciate it. We don't times. All clothing is reasonably accept used electrical items only priced so there is something for new and boxed. everyone, regardless of your age, To contact Dee's Den, please style or financial circumstance. phone Nikki on: 07733 668221. have a wide range of toys BlythWe Road Industrial Estate, If you are interested in receiving and games for the children and our monthly newsletter, which a lovely assortment of jigsaws Halesworth, IP19 8ENincludes a diary of upcoming to keep you busy during the dark events and information about evenings. All are welcome at Dee's how money raised is used, Den to come in and browse for that please visit our website: www. special bargain with a discounted peartreefund.org. To contact The £1 rail of adult's clothes (outside if Pear Tree Centre, email us: info@ dry) and a 50p children's rail. We peartreefund.org or call: 01986 have bargain baskets of reduced 899655.

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Happy new year from Halesworth Lions! op provided colouring activities, every one who visited Santa, and refreshments, and helpers. for everyone who donated to our We are so grateful to the Co- Christmas collection. op management for making the Lions feel so welcome, and for all they did for us. We would also like to thank

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Lots to celebrate as we go into 2024! Firstly a huge thanks to everyone that has supported our events throughout 2023. Thank you to our volunteers and Friends of Rotary that have really helped with events, enabling us to increase our 'events calendar'. Thank you to the businesses that have sponsored us, this allows us to donate more resources to charities and causes, locally, nationally and internationally. We are also delighted that we have managed to recruit six new members. We continue to try and encourage local residents to join us. Our future lays with a new generation, we need new ideas, new inspiration and motivation and younger people to get involved. Please, if you have any time to give, get in touch. Our December Christmas campaign started with the launch of our advent calendar. Each day

throughout December, we 'give or do'. Our advent calendar donates to recognised charities and organisations, or we undertake a charitable action, for example supporting The Toy Service, Halesworth and taking the toys collected to social services for distribution. Or, placing Christmas Trees in Halesworth, Wrentham and Southwold, working in partnership with the Reydon Lights Committee for The Blessing of the Tree. Donations given for Mosquito Nets, KIds for Kids, The Salvation Army, Halesworth Dementia Carers, The Blazeying Star Charity, Reydon and Southwold Food Bank. Reydon and Southwold Scouts/Cubs, plus many others. Of course the advent calendar takes us to the highlight of our year, the Christmas Day Swim. Christmas morning gave us a calm sea, mild temperatures

and a record breaking number of swimmers, over 350 registrations. Our nominated charities this year are Sole Bay Care Fund, Southwold RNLI and the Cambridge and Suffolk Blood Bikes. We also know several people gained sponsorship for other charities, making our total collected currently at over £5k. If anyone wishes to donate, please go to: www.peoplesfundraising. com/donation/blyth_valley_ rotary In 2024, we will be continuing to expand our range of activities and community work. We hope to start Rotary Kids locally, more on this later. We also want nominations for our Rising Star Award, recognising an exceptional local young person who demonstrates 'good citizenship', or an environmental champion, a carer, a charity worker or an individual that has

gone the extra mile. We will be contacting local schools, youth groups and organisations or you can nominate via our website. More information on this will follow. Dates for your diary: • March 8th: 'Women who Inspire: Celebrating International Women's Day' A two-course supper and two inspirational women speakers. Book your tickets via our website. • May 18th: May's Starlight Walk, a 10k walk from 7pm10pm. Starting from the Old Hall Café, Reydon, in aid of Dementia Care and Sole Bay Care Fund. Online booking starts soon. Thank you once again. Please follow us via our website, Twitter or social media, to follow us and book for events. If you'd like any further information, please contact us via: www.blythvalleyrotary.co.uk

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Alan James Dunce, of Holton Orchards, Holton sadly passed away on January 3rd, 2024 aged 73 years. Beloved and devoted husband of Sheila. He will be sorely missed by all of his family and many friends. The funeral service for Alan will be held at Waveney Memorial Park and Crematorium on Wednesday 31st January, 2024 at 12 Noon. Family ﬂowers or donations for the Royal Papworth Hospital Charity or East Anglian Air Ambulance may be gifted at the service or via the Much Loved online memorial tribute site at: www. rosedalefuneralhome.co.uk.

HARRIS Ian Pam Harris and family would like to thank the people who packed Rumburgh Church to overﬂowing for Ian's funeral. The collection, which has exceeded £2,700, will be shared between Rumburgh Church and the OPA for oesophageal cancer, from which he recovered some years ago. Ian never retired but continued to work at Corner Farm, and was on his tractor up to the day he died. It was Ian's wish that he be taken to church on his little grey Ferguson and carried by family members. Always a family and community man, he devoted much of his time to Rumburgh Church and was an enthusiastic bellringer. Please accept this as the only acknowledgement for the ﬂowers, cards and letters as they are too numerous to answer. A thousand thanks.

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Halesworth's Big Green Film Day Halesworth ASH (Area Sustainable Hub), the organisation behind September's Climate Action Conference, is hosting the ﬁrst ever "Big Green Film Day" on February 25th at The Cut. You can see inspiring, thought-provoking ﬁlms in a warm and friendly setting, with the café running throughout the day and plenty of opportunity to enjoy some music, chat to friends and make new ones, with something for everyone. The Big Green Film Day will include the recently released 'Nettle Dress', a poignant, lyrical documentary following a textile artist who

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completing the cast was the Genie of the Lamp (Grace Clutterbuck) who pops up in purple and puts everything right for our heroes. There were songs and dances aplenty, The Chloe Kinrade School of Dance, providing the colourful chorus dancers and it was lovely to have some live music with talented local musician Tom Horton accompanying the cast. This is such an enthusiastic group who always put on a lively and popular show for the local community, something that was highlighted in the interval when the three people in front of us buying refreshments bought tickets for next year! So, don't miss the ball! Cinderella for 2025 is already on sale, January 17th to 19th, times and prices vary. Find out more online at: www.leistonﬁlmtheatre.co.uk or call the box ofﬁce on 01728 830549 Georgy Jamieson www.suffolktheatre.co.uk

planting, new ideas about how to make things even more accessible and enjoyable for people. The behind-the-scenes people are the Trustees who are volunteers just like the work-party people. We do everything we can to spread the jobs so that no one person has to do too much, which makes things easier when volunteers move away or otherwise stop volunteering. If a lot of us do a small thing each, no-one is overloaded. You can help! How? Look out for the Big Green Survey forms that will be in Chinny's Sports Bar, the Library, and the Angel (and coming through doors) very soon. You can tell us about your use of the Green and how you'd like to help in this special celebration year. You might be able to help keep the Green ticking along by joining work-parties or working with the Trustees behind the scenes. Scan the QR code above to take you to the online version of the survey.

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enjoying a traditional afternoon's entertainment with this family panto. Packed with gags old and new this was a colourful, vibrant show, written and directed by the talented Wayne Burns who also led the comedy as Widow Twanky. Wayne is an experienced performer and this showed with his banter with the audience and presence on stage. Another performer with great comic timing is Lauren Major as Wishee Washee who forms a fun partnership with Widow Twanky. Aladdin (Toby Young) and Princess Jasmine (Sky Henson) make a cute couple as the romantic leads and Abanazar (Patrick Norman) is a convincing baddie who get the crowd booing well. In contrast The Genie of the Ring (Noleen Skudder) is a bright and bubbly narrator who got us all to cheer when she came on. More comedy was provided by Princess Jasmine's parents the Emperor (Marcus Ward), the Empress (Vici Hadﬁeld) and PC Ping Pong (Mandy Baskett) and

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What's special about this year? It's 25 years since Halesworth Millennium Green was set up, with the help of money from government, Europe, local businesses, groups and individuals. The town is so lucky to have this extraordinary open space, with free public access to every corner, and bursting with wildlife, some of it rare and all of it special. Sometimes, people say to the work-party volunteers: "Why don't you just leave it and let it get on naturally?" The answer is because after not very long at all, you wouldn't be able to follow the paths (they would all be entirely overgrown) and all the meadows would begin to look the same because no grazing or mowing or woodland-management would be being done. The range of wildﬂowers and wild animals would diminish and become the same in every part of the Green. Trees would start to fall on your heads, the benches and the allweather track would decay and disappear. That's just what's visible... So much has to happen behind the scenes: Making sure the money is there to renew fencing and maintain tools, sorting out grazing issues, working with local and national agencies to create new ponds, new tree

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Undoubtedly, one of the biggest decisions with any wedding is choosing your dress. Make time to visit the local bridal shops, they will all offer something a little bit different and it's important to find the right dress and service whether it is an 'off the peg' dress or a bespoke made-to-measure option you go for. All this planning and effort deserves great photography. Choose a photographer who is familiar with the area and can capture the beauty of your wedding day. Local photographers will also have a wealth of experience and will know the best places to take your wedding photos as they will most likely have worked at the venue or location you choose. How are you going to get to the church or venue? Many taxi firms have luxury vehicles specifically for weddings or there are lots of specialist companies who provide a range of vehicles to suit your needs or personality. From classic cars and vintage buses, to horse-drawn carriages and limousines... You really can have whatever you want!

Something that is always a nice touch is to consider choosing local products that reﬂect the character of the area when looking at favours. For example, you could choose locally-made chocolates, or bottles of local wine as a thank you to your guests. Last but not least, entertainment! This is a day of celebration and every wedding you have ever been to always ends with dancing! There are a huge array of bands or musicians who can provide a range of styles to suit your tastes. From traditional folk music to contemporary pop, there's something for everyone. But this is your day and so make sure you pick what you want. Finally, remember to enjoy the planning process and take it all in. This is a special time in your life, and it's important to make the most of it. Remember that things may not always go according to plan, but as long as you're surrounded by the people you love, your wedding day will be perfect. With these tips and tricks, you'll be well on your way to planning a memorable and beautiful wedding!

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Local brewery takes top award... again!

A local brewery's smoked porter has won Overall Champion at the SIBA East of England Keg Beer competition. Grain Brewery's 'Slate' took the top award, beating over 56 other beers from breweries across the East of England. The accolade comes after their cask version of the same dark, rich porter won Overall East of England SIBA Champion Cask Beer in September last year. The popular beer is brewed with Norfolk barley and oaksmoked malt from Bamberg, Germany and was entered in the Speciality Beer category where it won gold before going through to the ﬁnal round of judging. The brewery, which produces its traditional dark porter from its base in Alburgh, South Norfolk, was up against 16 other breweries from Essex, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Phil Halls (owner of Grain Brewery) said: "I was delighted to have such wonderful news to kick

off 2024. When the organisers announced that Slate had won the Overall Champion of East of England, I was surprised because of the great beers it was up against. To win the big award for both cask and keg makes me so proud of the hard work the brewery team put into perfecting our beers. It's not always easy, so recognition like this makes the huge effort of the brewers, worth it. There was some celebration the night of the award." Entering four beers, Grain Brewery was only one of three Norfolk breweries in the competition and the only Norfolk brewer to take home a gold. Okapi, Grain Brewery's hazy IPA also won runner up in the Pale Ale category. With a zesty orange ﬂavour, the beer is a regular at the brewery's pub in Norwich, The Plough, and at their Taproom in South Norfolk. The well-respected industry awards, run by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), are judged by around 30 beer

experts in blind tastings and are seen very much as the brewers' choice awards in the industry. The awards took place at Legra Tap and Kitchen in Leigh-onSea, Essex and the gold winners will now go on to compete in the National Competition in Liverpool on March 14th, joining four of Grain's cask beers in the competition which were all gold winners in the regional cask ﬁnals back in September last year. As dark beers continue to grow in popularity, Grain Brewery are putting their success down to Norfolk-grown barley and our region's hard, chalky water. With light and sandy soils, warm and dry weather and salty sea breezes, Norfolk is famed for growing some of the best malting barley in the world. Coupled with the county's hard water which is packed full of calcium and magnesium (perfect for darker proﬁles in beer) it's no wonder Norfolk's dark beers are scooping up awards. Phil Halls said: "Our water in

Norfolk is very hard, making it dreadful for many things. It scales up your kettle, and leaves stains on your car after you've washed it, but fortunately it is good for brewing dark beer. Norfolk's ground is full of calcium carbonate, in other words, chalk, which is why buses mysteriously disappear into deep sink holes in the road, but the chalk provides the barley and yeast what it needs to brew good beer, and also gives the beer a full ﬂavour on the palate. After all, beer is mostly water, so our water is very important." Grain Brewery's taproom reopens in February and is open every Friday and Saturday 12pm7pm. To ﬁnd out more, visit: www.grainbrewery.co.uk

In what it believes to be an unprecedented legal move, Green-led East Suffolk Council has insisted that the developers of a controversial new incinerator in Suffolk will only be able to operate it if they can show it doesn't contribute to climate change. It's thought to be the ﬁrst time that a council has put such a condition onto the environmental permit of an incinerator developer. Waste management company VC Cooke, already has planning permission to build the incinerator at Ellough Industrial Estate, near Beccles - granted when the council was still under Conservative control. But without an environmental permit, the company can not legally operate the plant. Leader of East Suffolk Council Caroline Topping said: "There have been about hundreds of local objections to this plant with very real concern about both carbon and other emissions from its chimney and from the lorries supplying it." Adrian Ramsay (Green Party co-leader, and MP candidate for Waveney Valley constituency which includes the site of the plant) said: "I fully support East Suffolk Council's action. Unfortunately the decision to allow it to be built has already been made by the Conservative controlled county council. All the Greens at East Suffolk can do is put ﬁrm conditions on the permit. There is a lot of local concern about the emissions from this plant, from residents and from nearby businesses. A massive new housing estate is being planned

right next door. Incinerators are often called 'energy from waste plants' but their carbon intensity can be significantly greater than the energy produced through conventional fossil fuels sources such as gas. The country is building more and more, while the government has allowed recycling to stagnate. As a result, in Britain, emissions from waste have been rising since 2014. That's according to the Government's official adviser on such matters. I'm proud that a Green-led council is the first in the country to use its right to grant an environmental permit to take a stand on the new scourge of polluting incinerators.

This could become a test case to change the law nationally. The way to cut pollution from waste is to cut the amount of waste we produce in the ﬁrst place. With a bit of political will, it's perfectly possible for the government to use all the many levers at its disposal to reduce packaging, encourage increased reuse of materials and to bolster recycling." Contact: • Adrian Ramsay: 07971 598917 • Toby Hammond (Green councillor for the Bungay ward): 07717 314171 • Anthony Speca (Green councillor for the Bungay ward): 07789 645685

Adrian Ramsay, Green Party co-leader, and MP candidate for Waveney Valley constituency

BecBun 9 & Hales 13 Community News - February 2024

Greetings from Halesworth Dementia Carers Fund

Community vigilance urged after New Year's Eve vandalism in Southwold

Happy New Year from Halesworth Dementia Carers Fund! (HDCF) The new Family Carers Support Group has got off to a great start. Designed to give support to people who have family members with dementia, and in conjunction with the Pear Tree Fund, it meets every Friday in the Coop Community Room from 2pm to 3:30pm. A new group which we are hoping to start on February 9th is Seated Tap Dancing. Led by dance teacher Garth, and again in conjunction with the Pear Tree Fund, it will be every Friday in the Coop Community Room from 11:30am to 12:30pm. For details of all our groups please call 01986 874442 or email: info@ halesworthdementia.co.uk. In addition to the groups mentioned above, we are still running our Seated Movement to Music Group every Monday at Holton Village Hall from 11am to 12:15pm, Memory Café every Tuesday in the Community Café from 2pm to 3:30pm, and Singing

We hope that we find you well as we welcome the new year. However, it is with regret that we report an incident of criminal damage that occurred on New Year's Eve in Southwold, specifically at North Parade. The public toilets on Kilcock Cliff fell victim to an act of criminal damage, rendering them unusable. As a result, we regret to inform you that the facilities have been temporarily closed while we await repairs. We understand the importance of these facilities to our community, especially during peak times and for the benefit of both residents and visitors. We want to assure you that efforts are already underway to assess the extent of the damage and initiate the necessary repairs promptly. However, we encourage anyone with information about the incident to come forward and assist in the investigation. Your cooperation is vital in helping us hold those responsible accountable for their actions. We understand the inconvenience this closure may cause, and we appreciate your understanding and patience during this time. We will keep you informed of the progress and

With Friends every other Wednesday at Holton Village Hall from 2pm to 3:30pm. These groups are all open to helping people with memory problems and their family carers. Film Shows: We shall continue to hold our bi-monthly ﬁlm shows at The Cut. These are held on the third Wednesday of the month and are in January, March, May, July, September and November. 100+ Club: This now stands at 118 members, and prizes of £100, £70 and £30 are drawn monthly. The winning numbers for January are 36, 66 and 17. If we get to 125 members, we will be able to increase the monthly prize allocation, so if you would like to join us, please contact Anna on 07721 842802. John Wood

reopening of the public toilets. On the same evening between 10:45pm and 11:15pm on Sunday, December 31st, three male youths were observed throwing several picnic benches over railings onto the beach. This resulted in damage to 10 benches, creating a sense of concern within our peaceful community. You can assist the police investigations by providing information through the following channels: • Email: ccc@suffolk.police.uk • Website: Suffolk Police Online Reporting • Phone: Call 101 Remember, your contribution matters, and your identity can be kept conﬁdential. Alternatively, you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers at 0800 555 111 or submit information anonymously through their online form. We urge all residents to remain vigilant and play an active role in maintaining the safety and integrity of our town. If you have any information related to these incidents, witnessed the events, or noticed anything suspicious during that timeframe, we encourage you to please come forward.

New Year update from Halesworth Volunteers Our next Community Soup and Sandwich Lunch will be on the last Wednesday of the month, thanks to the Coop for their support. So what next for 2024? Huge thanks to the Coop who will be supporting more tea parties and events for older people. If you know someone who'd beneﬁt from joining us for one of our lovely tea parties or community lunches, please just ring the ofﬁce on 875600. The Community Larder will open Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10am to 11:30am, do come and see us. Our Community Car Service is there to help anyone who cannot travel independently. We are focusing on ensuring that people can get to their Hospital appointments and medical appointments but we will always try our best to get you to the events and social gatherings that mean the most to you. Our volunteer drivers are amazing. If you or someone you know needs help with shopping, our

team are there to help you get the food you need and we can collect your prescriptions too. With so much Covid, colds and flu around, just ring the office if you need some help. Don't miss our lovely events! The Well-being lunch takes place on the first Tuesday of the month at Chinny's. The Community Lunch in partnership with St. Mary's Church takes place at St. Mary's on the last Wednesday of every month from 12:30pm. Don't forget Nigel's brilliant quiz on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at the White Hart. Finally, at this time of year, we always remember our absent friends. Lovely passengers, trustees and friends who we have lost this year. This year we particularly remember Andy Nichols, Marj Heap, Maureen Holzer and Ron Goodson. They did so much to make Halesworth Volunteers the organisation that it is today. We remember them with pride and send love and condolences to their families.

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Bramfield, Ringsfield and Brampton Primary Schools activities The children at Brampton and Ringsfield enjoyed listening to the story 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers. We discussed why the boat was able to float on the water and what materials it was made from. We decided it would be fun to investigate different materials to see if they would be good to make a boat for the boy and the penguin. The children found out that cork and wood were buoyant and the junk plastic was too if it had no holes! They found it funny to see the brick sink and cardboard go soggy so decided they were not the best material to make a boat. At Brampton the children decided that they would make a wooden boat. We used our work bench and tools to construct a boat and added a sail. We then tested whether our boats floated! The

fennel seed heads and bright red winter berries and used these tiny treasures to decorate the base of a shallow dish which we then ﬁlled with water. We left the trays outside overnight and the children were so excited to ﬁnd them frozen solid the next day. We hung the ice ornaments from trees and watched as they melted away throughout the day. This simple art project sparked lots of further ice exploration and discussions about our favourite kinds of weather.

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Co-op and Morrisons, Beccles. We also had some wonderful gifts at Christmas from Sizewell, the Spar, Waitrose Saxmundham and Edgar Sewter School. We would also like to thank Suffolk Community Foundation for their continued support. Thank you to everyone who has supported the Larder this year. You are amazing. Gifts for Caryl: We were also able to give out beautifully wrapped Christmas presents as part of our Gifts for Caryl in memory of Caryl Coomer and some lovely and very generous Goodie Bags gifted by Knit and Natter. Thanks so much to everyone who contributed. Christmas at St Mary's: It was also lovely to support Rev Gini at the lovely All Access Carol Service and the St Stephen's Day Lunch. We were able to provide delicious Ginger Refresher thanks to our friends at James White and volunteers also provided delicious teas and lunches for both events.

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What a Christmas! Huge thanks to Jackie and the Warm Room team and the amazing volunteers who made Christmas Day so special. Over 60 meals were enjoyed by people at the Day Centre and in their own homes. We couldn't have done it without the generosity of so many local businesses, charities and local people who donated so generously. You know who you are but THANK YOU! An amazing year at the Community Larder: Thank you to all the people who have supported the Larder over the last 12 months. We continue to see increasing numbers visiting our Larder and the Larder continues to be a space where everyone is welcome, can make a contribution and get food and household supplies if they are struggling. So many people give so generously. We'd be lost without the support of local businesses like Melons, Berry Farm, Low Farm Eggs, the Peasenhall Village Shop, the

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FEBRUARY 23RD MUSIC BINGO! Sizewell Sports & Social Club If you're looking for some post-Christmas fun, then make sure you're part of the Music Bingo event at Sizewell Sports and Social Club on February 23rd. Tickets are only £2.50 in advance (£3.50 on the door) and the event is being held to raise funds for Alde and Blyth Community (ABC) Radio.Limited tickets are now available from the Sizewell Sports and Social Club and online at: www.sizewellclub. co.uk FEBRUARY 10TH CANCER RESEARCH UK JUMBLE SALE Holton Village Hall We have a quiet month in January but are looking forward to starting our 2024 events in February with our very popular Jumble Sale on February 10th from 10am-12pm. We will be serving our usual delicious cakes and teas and coffees, (please see our advert). We are always very grateful for good quality items of ladies, men's and children's clothes, household linens, bric-a-brac, shoes and accessories, toys, jigsaws and books. We are very sorry but we are not allowed to take any electrical items. We also have no facilities to take large items such as furniture etc. If you have any items that you'd like to donate, please get in touch. Dates for 2024: • March 23rd: Big Breakfast, 9am-1pm. • May 18th: Spring Fair, 10:30am-2pm. • July 4th-10th: I- Chameleon Pop up Shop in Halesworth. We apologise for any inconvenience but unfortunately all our events have to be cash only as we don't have access to a card machine. We hope are loyal friends, and new ones, will continue to support our events in 2024 as we can't do it without you all. Every penny we raise is vital to ensure the research work continues so together we can say we will beat cancer. The committee and volunteers are so very grateful to everyone who came to our events, donated food items,

raffle prizes, baked, cooked, or sponsored us or contributed in any way and made 2023 our most successful year yet. Thank you all so much. Thank you also to Holton Village Hall for all they do for us. Dawn Davis, 01986 873640. FEBRUARY 13TH 'SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS' U3A TALK The Cut Arts Centre On February 13th at 2:30pm, Halesworth U3A welcomes Jenny Hand (Director, Munnings Art Museum, Dedham, Essex) to present 'Sir Alfred Munnings: Son of a Norfolk Miller to President of the Royal Academy'. Jenny will give us an overview of the life and work of the artist Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959), Past President of the Royal Academy of Arts (1944-1949). She will describe his early training and experience in and around East Anglia, especially in the city of Norwich. She also gives an overview of Munnings high profile career which brought him wealth and fame but also criticism and ultimately cost him his artistic freedom. The event at The Cut is free to our U3A members. Guests are very welcome to come along on payment of £4 for a guest ticket at The Cut Box Office. FEBRUARY 16TH ROCK & ROLL BINGO BACK TO THE 80'S! Bramfield Queen's Head Join The Pear Tree Fund on February 16th for Rock & Roll Bingo Back to the 80's at the Bramfield Queen's Head, 7:30pm. For more information, please contact The Pear Tree Centre by emailing: info@peartreefund.org or calling: 01986 899655.

FEBRUARY 17TH POP CHORUS AND HONEY & THE BEAR The Cut, Halesworth Join The Pear Tree Fund on February 17th for Pop Chorus and Honey & The Bear at The Cut, Halesworth. For more information, please contact The Pear Tree Centre by emailing: info@peartreefund.org or calling: 01986 899655.

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JANUARY 20TH KINDA FOREST FAMILY SATURDAYS Holton Woods Our December gathering was the ﬁrst for a while and, despite the weather, 30 of us gathered to create a joyful community under the canopies and around the big ﬁre-hearth of Kaliwood. All ages created seasonal crafts, songs and stories, enjoyed a delicious shared lunch and played happily in the muddy puddles! We can't wait to gather again next month to strengthen our connections. DATES FOR 2024: • January 20th • February 17th • March 16th • April 20th For more information, please email: info@kindaeducation.org or phone: 07776 117671. Suggested cost is between £4 and £10 per person. FEBRUARY 8TH MARTLESHAM WILDS NATURE RESERVE TALK Southwold Arts Centre In the next meeting of the Blyth Valley& Southwold branch of the Suffolk Wildlife Trust, Michael Strand will be talking about the Martlesham Wilds Nature Reserve. Admission is £4, including refreshments. Under 25's free. All are welcome. For more information, please contact us at: swtblythvalley@gmail.com. FEBRUARY 17TH KINDA FOREST FAMILY SATURDAYS Holton Woods For more information, please email: info@kindaeducation.org or phone: 07776 117671. Suggested cost is between £4 and £10 per person.

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Walk the Way of the Cross with the Blyth Valley Churches this Easter! This spring, the churches of the Blyth Valley are giving you the opportunity to visit the Holy Land without leaving Suffolk! Across their 14 churches, they're presenting an exhibition of original paintings by nationally acclaimed, local, religious artist Iain McKillop. These Stations of The Cross focus the attention of visitors on the last known movements of Jesus, among them: his mock trial, him meeting women in the crowds and his execution. During the Crusades, Europeans visited the Holy Land and discovered the actual places they had previously only read about in accounts of Jesus' ﬁnal hours. This was such a moving experience that upon their return the practice of Stations of the Cross arose. It involves the setting up of images anticlockwise around a building, so that worshippers may travel virtually with these early pilgrims and their saviour. The Blyth Valley Stations of the Cross 2024 will open with Bishop Mike Harrison leading a full set of reﬂections for a seated congregation at All Saints, Blyford, at 7:30pm on March 15th. The Queen's Head, Blyford, will be open afterwards so people

may stay and buy refreshments. A copy of each of the images will be prayerfully presented in each of the 14 churches of the beneﬁces for the following week. From 7:30pm on March 22nd, the artist Iain McKillop will talk about his creative encounters with the Stations concept. Again, refreshments may be purchased at the Queens Head afterwards. On March 23rd, Team Rector Dominic Doble and colleagues will lead a pilgrimage presenting a short contemplation at each parish church in the beneﬁces. "It's always a joy and a challenge to be confronted by beautiful art work that explores

difﬁcult aspects of life" writes Bishop Mike. "I'm so grateful to Iain for his remarkable Stations of the Cross sequence. He says he "looks forward to offering some thoughts alongside these images to honour the injustice, isolation and pain of our own experiences." Iain McKillop said: "It's been special creating a new passion series for my local parishes, hoping that neighbours can ﬁnd through them, meaning in Christ's self-offering, which reaches into their own lives and the world in which we live today." All 14 churches in the Blyth Valley are open during daylight hours. There's no charge for any of these events. However, our church committees are grateful for your generosity towards maintaining the parochial ministry that underpins events such as this.

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The World Land Trust The January meeting of the Blyth Valley and Southwold branch of the Suffolk Wildlife Trust welcomed Dan Bradbury, from the World Land Trust (WLT). You may have noticed their ofﬁce in Halesworth, but their work crosses the globe. Founded in 1989, its aim is to protect land threatened by loss of habitat, by buying areas vulnerable to destruction, 'real acres in real places'. What made the Trust different then, and does to this day, is that they don't organise the conservation themselves as outsiders, but empower the local people to do so. The work started in Belize, Central America, where loss of tropical forest was becoming rampant. Partner organisations were set up, and the 'Buy an Acre' scheme

proved so successful that it's still in use today. The success of that ﬁrst operation led to others across the world. Habitat loss takes many forms, from logging, cattle ranching and agriculture, to mining and illegal poaching. Climate change is another major factor. Managing and protecting the growing reserves and wildlife corridors requires considerable resources, and the Trust raises funds, both here and in those countries, through individual and business donors, to train and employ local Rangers. The Rangers engage with the neighbouring communities, working with schools and villages, involving them in the process. The aim is for the reserves to become self-sufﬁcient, both in growing their own regeneration plants, and by creating jobs, such as

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We've welcomed in the New Year 2024 with cheers and songs and promises just as we've done before But looking all around us the world is still the same conflict, war and poverty these disasters still remain We wish for peace and harmony with tolerance for all but greed and long held bitterness hold such dreams in pall The lessons of the past, forgotten now it seems as the intent of those who lead us over-rule these simpler themes The birthplace of Christianity is once more at war Ukrainian's are still fighting Russia just as they were before Floods, conflagration and famine rise up around our world Our planet is in danger of dying Nature's anger is unfurled. Surely in this New Year we must address these things finding some solutions before the bell of next year rings PDN

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News from Leiston & District Philatelic Society Eyes (and ears) down After a successful 2023 followed on April 24th by Kevin for Music Bingo! (culminating in the annual Christmas Social on December 13th, attended by the Chair of Leiston Town Council, Cllr. Lesley Hill), members are looking forward to an exciting programme of monthly meetings in 2024. On January 24th, members showed several displays from their own collections covering a wide selection of different countries' philatelic history. An afternoon meeting is planned for February 28th, when members will be invited to submit up to 10 sheets of stamps on any subject for a members competition. Reverting to evening meetings, on March 27th, there will be a talk and exhibition of 'Local Posts and New Zealand' given by Ed Hitchings, and this will be

May, who will talk about 'Suffolk Postal History' and illustrate his talk with examples from his collection. May 22nd will be the Society's Annual General Meeting followed by a one sheet competition, and the season will conclude on June 26th with a display and talk on 'The stamps and postal history of British Forces in Egypt, 19321951', given by Mick Carter. Society meetings will recommence in September 2024 after the Summer break. All meetings are held in the Leiston United Church Hall, Leiston High Street. For further information about the meetings or about the Society, please email the Secretary: andy.soutar@btinternet.com or the Vice Chairman: alanmartin42@btinternet.com

If you're looking for some postChristmas fun, then make sure you're part of the Music Bingo event at Sizewell Sports and Social Club on February 23rd. Tickets are only £2.50 in advance (£3.50 on the door) and the event is being held to raise funds for Alde and Blyth Community (ABC) Radio, who have recently completed a major refurbishment of their new premises and are now hoping to introduce an outside broadcast service. Music Bingo is a fun and exciting take on the classic game of Bingo, with songs replacing the numbers on a Bingo card. The host plays music and if you have that song listed on your card, you tick it off. The same rules apply as regular bingo, get a line, call

Bingo! Bingo cards cost only £1 per game on the night and there are some great prizes to be won. Limited tickets are now available from the Sizewell Sports and Social Club and online at: www.sizewellclub.co.uk ABC Radio was founded in April 2021, serving the 'coastal corridor' between Orford and Southwold and currently broadcasts every weekend from 4:30pm on a Friday until midnight on a Sunday, with plans to extend into weekday evenings from Easter 2024. You can ﬁnd ABC Radio online at: www.abcradio. co.uk, via the ABC Radio app and by asking Alexa to "play ABC Radio". The varied programme schedule is available on the station's website.

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Members' Stories III: Skeleton in my Cupboard, and DNA Surprises In December, the Alde Valley Suffolk Family History Group held the third of our occasional series of Members' Stories events. Maggie Strutt shared the story of 'A skeleton in her cupboard', and Jane Evans gave us helpful clarification of the usefulness of DNA profiling, using her researches for members Sheila and Peter Bush as an example. 30 members and one visiting nonmember attended in person at the Fromus Centre in Saxmundham, and around 10 members attended over Zoom. 'I found a skeleton in my family cupboard' by Maggie Strutt Maggie started by warning the audience that she was passing on facts that may upset some people, and was making no moral judgment. She then recounted the history of her great-grandfather, Henry Thomas Griffith (pictured above), a Norfolk country parson. He was the only son, with eight sisters, of Thomas (also a cleric) and Charlotte, who were first cousins. Aged 23 in 1852, Henry was already Curate at St Stephens in Hull. Then in 1856, he and his wife Ann Elizabeth Bryan (daughter of a Hull mariner and his wife, who was (at least, in 1871) a charwoman) moved to Norfolk, where all their eight children were born. The eldest, Thomas Comber Griffith (pictured above) was, according to family records, adopted. The youngest, Charlotte, was to become Maggie's grandmother. Within a tiny area of Norfolk (Hanworth, Sustead, North

Walsham and Felmingham) Henry progressed over four decades from lowly curate to rector, for 16 years, of Smallburgh, where he died in 1897. He had turned blind for his last few years, the peculiar blindness which results from inbreeding (with three firstcousin marriages in his ancestry, including his own parents) so he learnt the Lesson, Epistle and Gospel by heart, every Saturday, and recited them from memory on Sunday. In the early 1870s, son Thomas and his younger brother Wandy had gone out to Brazil, some years later to be joined by their sisters Emma and Charlotte, where the latter married Arthur Bell in Pernambuco (now called Recife) in 1899. So Maggie's father, his brothers and their cousins were all born in Brazil, which Maggie visited in 2008 for her family researches. To return to Henry and Ann, family records suggest Maggie's great-grandparents married in 1855, but the marriage certificate is dated May 1856, with Henry aged 27 and Ann 16. However, her birth certificate shows her as only 15, quite legal, as it was only in 1929 that the minimum age of legal marriage in the UK was raised to 16 (from 12 for girls and 14 for boys), but still much younger than Henry. Normally, couples marry in the bride's parish, especially where Henry was also the curate, but they did so in Selby, 40 miles away and then, only two months later, he resigned his curacy in Hull to move, without promotion, to Hanworth. Maggie then discovered that Thomas, the

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so-believed "adopted" eldest son, was in fact born to Ann and Henry in September 1856, just four and a half months after their marriage, and on the day after Ann's 16th birthday. Maggie ended by saying that it's been suggested that maybe Henry exploited or abused Ann, or that they were pressurised by family to get married to avoid scandal, all supposition, we'll never know, but she'd like to think they did so for love, something that didn't always happen in Victorian times. (We cannot judge the past against the standards, conventions and laws of today. Also, maybe just one rash act at Christmastime should not mark a person for life, and Henry certainly "did the right thing" by Ann, when he could have paid her off and hidden behind his higher 'rank' or assumed respectability. Also, they were together many years raising a large family, and respected enough for Henry to gain promotions within his little corner of Norfolk.) 'DNA Surprises' by Jane Evans Without notes, but with some excellently clear and explanatory visual material, Jane gave a jargon-free exposé of DNA proﬁling applied to family history research. First of all, she outlined why the technique is used, and why people might want to take a DNA test, including: • You may have hit a brick wall in your family tree. • Trying to ﬁnd an unknown ancestor.

• You can use DNA evidence to back up your tree research. • Ethnicity can provide insight into your ancestral origins. • You may be able to help others ﬁnd their family. You can choose whether to allow your samples to participate in research, including the gathering of statistics, which subsequently helps the service providers estimate how closely related potential relatives might be (such as second, third, fourth cousins, etc). As half of each of the father's and mother's DNA is passed to the child, the genes it receives are similar to cutting from a deck of cards, though some DNA may not be passed down at all. Peter was expecting Essex and the South-West to feature in his ethnicity results, perhaps some Scottish and maybe a bit of Italian? Sheila was expecting her ethnicity to be largely based in Essex, and so it proved, but the surprise to her was that there were also traces from "Germanic Europe". However, 6% of the UK population carries Viking DNA, only a little less than the 10% in Sweden. A useful book on this subject is titled 'The River Kings' by bioarchaeologist Cat Jarman. The databank of DNA results is ever growing, and Peter already has over 23,000 DNA matches! The Family History Federation have produced a four-page guide which you can download here: www.familyhistoryfederation. com/resources-dna

To ensure "side hustles" pay income tax correctly, HMRC announced that they are obtaining information from online selling platforms like eBay. This immediately caused a nine-fold increase in online searches for "eBay tax" and similar. Firstly, let's put things in perspective - the rules have not changed. If you are an infrequent user of a car boot or an online auction site in order to sell off personal items that you no longer want, you are not trading and have nothing to fear from HMRC. (You should take separate capital gains tax advice if your selling high value items, e.g: paintings or furniture). Complexities arise where you may have a partially or selffunding hobby. If you purchase a box of ﬁgurines purely to obtain one model for your collection before reselling the others, you may be recycling your collection in order to improve it. Instead, if you purchased the job lot knowing the value of the whole but without

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Woodbridge Cruising Club Woodbridge Cruising Club members are looking forward to the start of the sailing season, and are preparing boats for the ﬁrst cruise. On-shore activities are continuing apace, with the Burn's Night supper a highlight. Wednesday suppers are a convivial evening, with delicious home-cooked food and the chance to socialise, and the fortnightly Thursday walks are enjoyed by members and dogs, and ﬁnish with a welcome meal at a local pub. The ultimate walk of 2023

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with all the help and support he receives in group each week, soon learned to plan his meals and batch cook his favourites in a slow cooker ready to freeze. Before losing weight, Bill would get out of breath walking 100 yards... Now, with the combination of 'Food Optimising' (Slimming World's liberating eating plan) and their activity support programme, 'Body Magic', Bill can now easily manage a three-mile walk and feels so much healthier and ﬁtter! Bill has also needed to buy

some new clothes, having gone from a 56" waist to 36" and will very soon achieve his Personal Target Weight too! He is an inspiration to us all. In 2023, our Halesworth members lost an amazing 2.15 tonnes! 45 members achieved their Personal Target Weight and 61 members lost 10% of their body weight, giving them huge health beneﬁts! If you'd like to get the support and motivation to lose a few pounds, come along to The Riﬂe Hall - we're there every Tuesday

Bill has gone from a 56" waist to a 36". and groups are at 9:30am, 5:30pm and 7pm. For further information, please feel free to contact Bev, who runs the Halesworth Groups on: 07912 849995.

Holton Parish Council are considering adopting the telephone box in the village and would be extremely interested in Parishioner views regarding its possible future use and whether you’d support this initiative to provide a suitable amenity for Holton.

Pat Miller presided at our AGM and we sent best wishes to our President Molly as she was unwell. The business completed, then the AGM took place. The Secretary read the annual report reminding us of the excellent speakers we had listened too during the past year. We exercised our brain cells with one of Pat's true or false tests, Jackie being the winner with only one answer wrong. We laughed at Pat's funny jokes and readings before making our way home on a damp afternoon. We celebrated with a Christmas Lunch at the Angel Hotel in December. Members enjoyed good food and an opportunity to chat and then listen and sing along to the Ukulele Trio who entertained and put us in the Christmas spirit, full of good cheer before we headed out, wishing everybody all the best for 2024.

The Parish Council are also holding funds on behalf of the former Holton Post Village Magazine. This money could be made available for volunteers prepared to re-start this publication. If you are interested in either of these ideas and can help, please contact Elaine Day, Clerk via email:

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The railway volunteers were supposed to be enjoying a well-earned break over the Christmas/New Year period, but such was their enthusiasm that they organised four extra workdays. At Blythburgh station, Mike cleaned up and painted (with bitumen as was originally used in 1879) the stone bases for the Odams' fertiliser shed which the Parish very kindly donated to the railway. In January, the sponsored sleeper base for the shed was erected onto these bases and is now complete up to ﬂoor level. We also have enough donations for the goods platform which was adjacent to the shed, this will be the next to be built. Then we will need to raise more sponsorship so we can build the shed itself,

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and adapt it so it can become a bird hide as well as a historic reconstruction. The solar panel installation is being carried out, and will provide our battery locomotive with a green power source which puts Halesworth to Southwold Narrow Gauge Railway (HSNGR) in the forefront of heritage railways in the UK. Meanwhile at the workshop, the MOY coal wagon is getting on very well. Our blacksmith Jamie forged the leaf hinge sections, and Mike, James, Chris and Charlie have been cutting, sanding and painting the sponsored timber to make up the six large side doors. Many of the metal ﬁttings are already sponsored and in stock: we need another £373.87 to complete the project, which is unique: no such wagon has been

built anywhere for over 100 years. Our 2024 events are mostly decided. At Blythburgh Station, Open Days will be help on May 11th, September 8th, and on a day in July still to be ﬁxed, from 10:30am-4pm. All will be free to enter. HSNGR will attend events at the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, The LOWMEX Model Engineering Show, and Forncett Steam Museum, and will host visits from various walkers' groups. If any ramblers would like to call in at the station (perhaps on their way along the railway trackbed walk) please let us know, and we will be there to show you round. We'd also like to encourage visits by other groups, for example, vintage cars or bikes. The railway restoration team needs your support, and the

easiest way to do that is to join the charity. It's only £5 per year, and can be done online at: www. halesworthtosouthwoldrailway. co.uk, or at events, or on any Tuesday at the station. Membership allows you to volunteer (which is very good for mind and body, but by no means compulsory!), and to help make decisions for the charity's future, the Annual General Meeting is at Blythburgh Village Hall on April 13th, at 2pm. It's members only, but you can join on the day if you wish to make your views heard. An essential part of our charitable remit is to involve as much of the local community as possible, so please consider getting involved and adding to our (current) 270 members. James Hewett, Chairman

Holton & Blyford Village Hall Tote results November • 1st prize: Rosemary Stephens • 2nd prize: Michael Kent • 3rd prize: Mr & Mrs Wilmot • 4th prize: Florence Kernohan • 5th prize: Helen George December • 1st prize: Andrew & Sue Millard • 2nd prize: Enid Day • 3rd prize: Kevin Smith • 4th prize: Shirley Garner • 5th prize: Tom Meecham January 2024 • 1st prize: Jane Baldry • 2nd prize: Anne & Richard Pymar • 3rd prize: David Hillman • 4th prize: John & Wendy Mendham • 5th prize: Paul & Janet Gascoigne

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