Aug/Sept Brantham Bugle 2019 by Joanne King

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5 From the Editor 7 News & Letters 10 Parish Council News 14 Brantham Village Hall 15 How Vegetarian Are You? 17 To Babergh Planning Committee... The Editor: Joanne King 37 Cedar Close, Brantham, Manningtree, Essex. CO11 1TQ Telephone: 07526 118 663 Email: editor@branthambugle.co.uk The Printer:

18 Brantham Good Neighbours Scheme 21 Women’s Institute 22 Good Neigbours Community Cafe 23 Report to Parishes 25 Over 60’s

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31 Community First Responders 32 Brantham Leisure Centre 33 Brantham Scout & Guide Group 34 Constable Country Medical Practice 37 Transport 42 Advertising Rates & Copy Guidelines 43 Poetry Corner

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Editorial

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Come on summer! I’m fed up with waiting for it to arrive - stopping, starting, stopping again. Hopefully by the time this comes out, we’ll be up to the temperatures that we had last year.

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Many things take a bit of a breather over the summer months, such as the Brantham Box Office, but look out for its return in the autumn. With so many people being away It will also be time for at this time of year, the children to break it can make it tough up for the summer for organisations who and for the teachers to rely on volunteers. enjoy a well deserved The Brantham Good break. Neighbours Scheme is one such organisaDo you have any tion in the village, it plans for the summer could always do with months? Going on more hands - if you holiday or perhaps have 30mins to spare spending some time at occasionally they could home with loved ones. certainly find a job for Tending your garden or you. Maybe give Kay or just (hopefully) soaking Vic a call, or pop down up the sun’s rays. to the community cafe Whatever you’re up to I at the Leisure Centre hope you have a lovely and talk to the volun-

teers there. The next edition is the Oct/Nov one and the copy deadline is the 15th September. Make sure you get anything you want included to me in plenty of time. And keep sending those photos in, it’s lovely to have a choice of cover photo. Do you have trouble reading the Bugle? If you do we do print a few in large print - if you’d like to receive one let me know.

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BUGLE NEWS & LETTERS TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT… In order to preserve the goodwill of all villagers and visitors who have supported the Brantham Garage Sale, under both its old and current organisers we feel it is important to clarify points raised in a letter written in the last Bugle . Unfortunately due to prior commitments, we were unable to take part in this year’s sale. That left us with a huge amount of donated goods which we needed to sell for the charities . So we decided to hold our own two day sale over the Spring Bank Holiday . Despite the awful weather we still made a fantastic £500.00. Over the year we did car boots and table sales , kind friends sold on eBay and local selling sites so we could do-

nate £250 to St Elizabeth Hospice (The Carla Dawson Tribute Fund), £250 to Diabetes UK and £1000 to Brantham Scout and Guide Group . Anyone writing to any publications, especially to one serving the local community, should carefully check their facts as misunderstandings spread discontent that cannot easily be put right. Our intentions have always been to simply raise money for local charities and not to upset anyone . Many thanks to all our supporters.

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Thompson Smith and Puxon (TSP) is pleased to sponsor the Bratham Church Summer Garden Party, hosted by Rev Stephne van der Toorn, on Thursday 15th August (see below). Solicitors Fiona Ashworth and Sarah White will speak briefly about Planning Ahead. They will be joined by colleagues from the Family and Residential Property teams. We look forward to seeing you there!

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AN INVITATION TO A SUMMER GARDEN PARTY Rev Canon Stephne van der Toorn, Rector of East Bergholt and Brantham, would like to invite you to a Summer Garden Party. Fiona and Sarah will give a short presentation (15 mins), in St Michael’s Church, Brantham (off the A137), on Planning Ahead, followed by drinks and nibbles outside, weather permitting. Solicitors from the Thompson Smith and Puxon Private Client teams will be available during the garden party to answer any questions you may have. Thursday 15th August 3.00pm - 5.00pm St Michael’s Church, Church Lane, Brantham, Manningtree CO11 1PZ RSVP to Rev Canon Stephne van der Toorn 01206 392646 revstephvdt@googlemail.com

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Parish Council News

PARISH COUNCIL NEWS AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019

Mobile Refill Van

You may have seen that following consultation with the Parish Council Great-Bentley-based business “An Ethical Life” have started to bring their mobile refill van to Brantham. The company is keen to work with people to help them reduce their plastic waste and thus help the environment. The idea is that customers bring their plastic containers, glass jars, empty bottles and produce to the van which are then refilled with items of their choice. The contents are weighed and the customer is given a price. Products stocked include wholefoods, environmentally friendly household liquids, shampoos, conditioners and bodywash. They also provide an increasing range of plastic free alternative products such as loofah washing up sponges, bamboo toothbrushes and reusable wipes. The van will be in Brantham, near the Village Hall on 7 Aug, 4 Sept, 2 Oct, 30 Oct and 27 10

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Nov. Please visit the van and give this great initiative your support.

Brantham Industrial Site

SFG representative Gareth Thornton attended the last Parish Council meeting and updated those present on the work currently taking place on the industrial site. He confirmed that the Factory Lane works are likely to complete at the end of September at which point Factory Lane will re-open. Work on the new pump station has now commenced and once this is completed the old pump station will be decommissioned. The roadworks along the A137 have now re-commenced and are progressing as planned; it is likely that these will complete at the end of August. A night closure of the tunnel at Manningtree is anticipated in Oct/Nov. If you have any questions or comments about this please do not hesitate to get in touch.

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Brantham Box Office film nights

The Brantham Film nights are continuing to run on the third Wednesday of every month and many of you have been along to enjoy the cinema experience on your doorstep! Doors open at 7pm, and the film starts at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £5 in advance from Chloe’s Café, or £5.50 on the door (£3 for under 16s). We will be taking a break in August and so our next showing will be on Wednesday 18 September 2019. Details of future screenings will be released on our FB page shortly.

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Planning and Finance Committee meetings The Planning and Finance Committees meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month. The next Planning and Finance Committee meetings will take place on Wednesday 28 Aug & Wed 25 Sept. Meetings start at 7.30pm at Brantham Village Hall and members of the public are welcome to attend. However, if no plans have been received during the month the Planning Committee will not meet so please check

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Parish Council Meetings

Parish Council meetings are normally held on the 1st Wednesday of every month starting at 7.30pm at Brantham Village Hall, however the Council does not meet in August and therefore the dates of the next meetings are Wednesday 04 Sept and 02 Oct, 7.30pm at Brantham Village Hall. Finally, please remember that there is lots of information about Brantham

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and the Parish Council on the village website at www.onesuffolk. brantham.net and on our facebook page www. facebook.com/BranthamParishCouncil. If you would like to get in touch with me directly you can do so by emailing me on clerk@branthamparishcouncil.co.uk, write to me at 34 Sycamore Way, Brantham, CO11 1TL or you can telephone me on 07702 490212. Regards

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Brantham Village Hall was commissioned in 1914 by Charles Pierce Merriam JP, whose father Levi Parsons Merrriam was American and a founder of the Homerton Manufacturing Company in London in1877, to make products from Xylonite being produced by the neighbouring British Xylonite Company. Two years later the companies merged and shortly before Levi P. Merriam’s death in 1889 the business moved to Brantham, creating New Village for its workers. The architect’s drawings from London based Searle and Searle are displayed on the wall. At the back of the hall are two plaques commemorating the Merriam family. One dedicates the hall to the memory of Levi Parsons Merriam from his children

and contains the epitaph: ‘One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break.’ The hall has hosted hundreds of community activities and events over the years but back in the late 1930s it welcomed one of the biggest sporting celebrities of its day. Residents in New Village still remember the tale of Jim Pike who was the News of the World Darts Champion 1938/39 and came to Brantham to play an exhibition match against local players. Not only that, but he supplied free beer for the evening too. Player after player couldn’t match Jim, it is said, but last on the oche was Maurie Pinner – who claimed that unlike Jim himself, he hadn’t had very much of the free-flowing

beer. Maurie was the only Brantham resident to beat the champion that night. These days, overseen by the Brantham Village Hall Management Committee of local residents, the hall has seen a number of improvements, including new toilet facilities for people with disabilities but it needs to hold fundraising activities to pay for its upkeep and further improvements. While you might not find darts champions there very often, you will find the post office on a Wednesday afternoon, monthly film nights, parish council meetings, the WI, baby and toddler group and many more activities. It’s available to hire for social occasions too with a children’s birthday party costing just £25.

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How Vegetarian are you?

When you look at the evidence the case seems overwhelming. Eating less meat is good for your health, good for the animals and good for the environment. As ever there is a downside as meat industry jobs are lost, but if we eat more vegetables (as we must) new jobs will be created. Fortunately not meat of every kind is under fire; it is red beef and processed meats which encourages cancer, heart disease and obesity. Poultry and fish are OK from the health point of view, but the growing amount of plastic in the oceans might make us wonder about the latter. When demand increases we can breed extra farm animals, but the world – wide fish population is beyond our control. We can do something about ‘farmed’ salmon in Scottish lochs, but herring and other species are in short supply due to overfishing. Why do we eat meat at all? Many monkey species from which we came are vegetarians, but ournearest relative,

the chimpanzee, is an omnivore. Like them our front teeth are good for tearing flesh and our molars for chewing vegetable, but it is also likely that when early man left the forest and walking the plains, he needed to eat both to survive. Come the agricultural revolution we abandoned hunting for settling down to domesticate animals as well as plants in order to meet our need for food. Many vegetarians and vegans choose not to eat meat because of the way we treat animals destined for the plate. Apart from the killing process itself, they believe that injecting animals with chemicals and crowding them into small cages is inhumane and should be abandoned. Health is important, but the effects that meat has on the wider environment is equally worrying. Figures show that of the total mass of the animal kingdom on the planet, about 36% is human, 60% domesticated animals and a mere 4% wild. Farm animals emit dangerous methane and ammonia

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gases and millions of acres of land are used to grow animal feed or grazing rather produce food or left to become wild flower meadows. Nevertheless it is a fact of life that nearly all animals from insects to vertebrates need to eat other living organisms, both animal and/or vegetable, to survive. Recent research has found that trees ‘communicate’ and ‘nurture’ their young; does that also imply that trees and other plants feel pain when we cut their branches or pull them from the ground? Some say yes, but others no because plants lack brains and a nervous system. Take your pick; we know for certain that the volume of meat eating grows as our numbers increase and poorer people become richer. We also know that the mass of meat eaten today is six times the level of the 1960s. What to do? Employ a carrot and stick approach with taxation and incentives? Whatever the case, something has to be done.

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To Babergh Planning Committee To the Chairman and members of the Babergh Planning committee

keeping with the rest of the village or the creation of a second class estate. However you can rest I write to offer my easy in the knowledge congratulations on an that you are increasing amazing job at todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the population of the planning committee village by a third and meeting. Well done! You squeezing them all into all managed in less than two small fields which two hours, that which represent less than 10% the Germans failed to do of the area of the village. in five years; you have A great result, something destroyed Brantham as not many Councils could a village. You made it get away with. You must look so easy; you listened feel very proud that in to a presentation for achieving such a monuhalf an hour asked a mental success and by few questions, most of increasing the housing no account and then stock in Brantham you are without any discussion protecting your own back of substance approved yard and the wards you unanimously the applicarepresent. Well done, you tion. can sleep well tonight. No mention was made You praised the presof the excessive density, entation and accepted the lack of school places, without question the the complete lack of NHS claims of preserving the provision, the lack of trees and accepted the parking provision outside statement relating to the residentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homes, the the use of the southern lack of play areas for the areas next to the river young, rest areas for the as key natural features old near their homes, the for public pleasure and lack of employment and leisure without challenge. the lack of decent and Sadly those areas are so useful public transport. severely polluted that There was no mention of no human being should the alien design of the enter the areas without estate completely out of byfull protective clothing Photo Sharon Auton

such is the danger of severe and toxic pollution. You ignored the fact that SFG destroyed the vast majority of the trees six months before they carried out the tree survey in November 2018. You have done all this without any guarantee the industrial site will ever be turned into a success commercial business estate, and before any part has been sold or let, before a single property has been built and before a single job has been created. All this with no guarantee that as soon as SFG Brantham has been paid by Taylor Wimpey, the company SFG (Brantham) Limited formed for the sole purpose of this application will no longer exist. I must express my admiration in taking such risks, but then it is not you that will suffer should that prove to be the case. Once again may I offer my congratulations for doing such a great job? Have a lovely summer holiday and rest on your laurels whilst you can. Kindest regards David Fisk The Brantham

Good Neighbour Scheme

Brantham Good Neighbour Scheme Since the last edition of the Bugle we have completed 114 requests for transport including hospitals, doctors, shopping etc. Now that Ipswich and Colchester Hospitals are joined together we now have appointments more regularly in both directions. On the 28th of June we took 22 Residents to “The Ship” at Tiptree for an evening meal and a few drinks!! It was a lovely evening, the weather was perfect for a night out. We were well looked after by the staff at the pub and the food was excellent. We would recommend it as we all had a good time. Our shopping trip on the 12th July was another success as we visited Ipswich Marina and stopped outside Isaacs Bar where we sat outside and enjoyed the view with a coffee before calling at Tesco to do some shop-

ping. We then called in at the Chestnut Carvery and enjoyed a nice lunch, it was really good food and very good company. After being well fed and watered we called in at Aldi just across from the pub and had a browse, before more shopping and then returning home. Our thanks to John the Manningtree community bus driver as he is always good company and makes it a very enjoyable trip. With all the above activities we are fortunate to be able to part fund most of the transport costs because of our success at coffee mornings which you are all invited. They are being held for the next few months, dates as follows: Thursday 29th August 10.00 till midday Thursday 26th Sept 10.00 till midday Thursday 31st Oct 10.00 till midday If you have never been why not come along you would be most welcome, have a good Summer catch up in the Autumn.

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and cake which I am sure they deserved. In July they are going to Harwich then across the ferry to Felixstowe.

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Report to Parishes, Alton Ward AUGUST 2019 Babergh District Councillor Alastair McCraw BRANTHAM REGENERATION AREA

For the last six years, various ‘prophets of doom’ have told me that ‘they’ll be building those houses next year’. I don’t blame them. There are times when the planning system, so heavily weighted against our communities, seems to trundle on regardless. In reality though, there are a lot of hoops to be jumped through and this area has been one of the most complex planning applications that Babergh has ever handled. Brantham has played a significant part in obtaining planning conditions to offset the impacts. That takes time and a lot of preparatory work has been required by law. Now the design and layout of the housing has been agreed, with its own conditions attached. This is the third layout I’ve seen, modified by your comments since the November 2018 exhibition. There will be one main road running down the bank from Brooklands to Factory Lane, behind Palfrey Bungalow. East -West roads will run off that with sightlines

towards Decoy Pond and the Country Park (Decoy Park?) open space. I don’t think it will be an estate of little boxes either, as many have feared. There are a number of design features that have been brought in, as well as a sympathetic colour palate based on suggestions by the AONB. If you want a really good idea of some of these points, I recommend the 40-minute presentation given at the Planning Meeting on the 19th June. Search for Babergh on YouTube. It was broadcast live and will be kept there. The presentation starts at 1.09.45 and I think you’ll find it interesting. None of us exactly welcomed this housing development, but we shouldn’t cut off our noses to spite our faces. The eventual residents will become part of Brantham, as did those living in Poppy Field, Temple Pattle, the Pippins, Brooklands, Palfrey Heights, Brantham Hill and even, at one time, New Village. So yes, they’ll be building some houses ‘next year’.

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What can we expect in the meantime? Well I’ve never seen a pretty building site, so don’t expect it to be so, but the contractors have a responsibility to minimise impacts on us. The PC, myself and Babergh will be working to ensure that. It’s also in Taylor Wimpeys interest to work with us, to keep things running as smoothly as possible. I’ve stressed that point with them repeatedly and will remain in contact throughout. Better to discuss than just argue! The cycle path work will continue toward Manningtree Station till September-ish. There’ll be an overnight closure of the underpass only to work on that section. The Factory Lane surface will continue this year, followed by some work on the access points to the housing area. I believe that the northern access to Brooklands is to be redesigned shortly, so that will delay an expected traffic-light control there. The approach to ‘Amy’s Roundabout’ on the A137 is also being reconsidered. Breheney will probably The Brantham

start work on the Country Park/Open Space next year. Anglian Water have a pumping station to construct near what somebody recently called ‘Cattawade Lakes’, on the south side of Factory Lane. As to house building, it seems there’s a likely figure of between 40-60 houses per year, assuming no complications. To build out looks like a four or five year project. The impact will accumulate, but hopefully at a manageable pace. Landscaping and completion could take longer, but it is required and should be insisted upon. I am told that some phasing of work on the original Regeneration Area has been agreed now. Some houses, then some industrial development. We all argued for this throughout. THAT was the purpose of the whole thing. That point has been reinforced in my discussions with leadership at Babergh. With Independent positions within the Cabinet, including the Planning Portfolio, I expect the Brantham Regeneration Area to be a test of the Councils will to make this part of policy actually work.

Council are forming a group to go through it line by line, but it’s a 10-week consultation starting on the 22nd July (for the summer) and it REALLY needs more space to cover. You can always join, or lurk, on the Facebook Group for updates, often daily. Alternatively wave me down on the Blue Claud Butler (apologies to the other Blue Claud Butler owner in Brantham) or just collar me some time. Many do! Have a nice summer, and try not to worry. Call me if you do.

NEXT EDITION, I’ll write about the Joint Local Plan Consultation. What it is, why it matters, and what we can say. The Parish 24

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Alastair McCraw 07812 564188 alastair. mccraw@babergh.gov. uk Facebook: Alastair Mc-

Craw, Brantham Councillor (an Open Group, so maybe join… just ‘lurk’ if you don’t want to take part).

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Brantham Over 60’s Club On May 21st, Colin Hopper demonstrated his paper sculpture and showed how to do it. A bit complicated for the fumble fisted but good entertainment. On the 28th - A scrabble tournament with other games or for non games players, a natter. All this after a fish and chip lunch. On June 11th - A quiz (Thank you Pauline) followed by a cream tea, with scones, jam and cream. We have Sandra to thank for doing all the work! 18th - A roast lunch provided by Sue at the club, was as usual very enjoyable. Other dishes were available, including Scampi, Jacket Potatoes, ham salad etc. This was followed by “True or False” where members told a story and others had to guess if it were true or false. Much fun but not much participation. On the 25th - “Floral Delights” Our regular visitor, Pat South did her usual lovely flower arrangements, with lots of chatter.

She later donated these to the raffle. Three lucky members went home with a lovely prize. In August we hold just one meeting, which is our annual fund raiser. So on the 13th, A Ploughman’s Lunch will be followed by an Auction. Members are asked to bring anything sellable that they no longer want.

The Over Sixties club, is the oldest club in the village, and despite its name, anyone over the age of 50, male or female will be very welcome to join us. Or if a certain subject of a talk interests you, you can come as a visitor, and if you like us, maybe join later. We are a friendly group, we have a new committee and need new members. We meet every Tuesday afternoon (bar the first in the month) 2.30-4.30 pm at Brantham Leisure Centre.. For further details contact Shirley Halliday on 01206 395611.

Dates for your Diary SEPT 10th Roast Lunch at 1pm (Other dishes available) followed by BINGO 17th “The Gingerbread Man” by Barbara Faulkner 24th “All About Recycling” - Sharon Lockhart OCT 8th Yet To Be Decided 15th Quiz 22nd Knit and Natter for Seafarers( prior to speaker coming next month) 29th “Japanese Contrasts” - Chris Parfitt Please mention the

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St Michael’s Church As I write, the news is breaking that our ambassador in the USA has resigned. This move followed the leaking of confidential documents in which he expressed his candid opinion of the American president and his administration. Diplomats are by virtue of their work expected to keep their governments up to date and it is no fault of his that a) the president doesn’t like what he heard or b) that the documents were leaked. What concerns me is that another country can stipulate who is or who is not our ambassador but even more worrying is the apparent inability we have to keep confidentiality. When celebrities hit the headlines, there are no end of “close friends” willing to be anonymously quoted in the press. Bletchley Park secrets, I feel, would not have been safe in the current climate. In Morning Prayer this morning the reading was from Romans: “Hate what is evil, cling to what is good.”

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Rev Steph, Rambling Rector Benefice Website: www.eastbergholtchurch.co.uk or www.ConstableCountryChurches.co.uk PARKING AT ST MICHAEL’S When the Church was built all those years ago most people used to walk or cycle and no provision was made for cars. Please be aware that we do not have a carpark yet which means that Church Lane becomes very congested during services. Do allow extra time to find a safe parking spot and walk calmly into church! Our neighbours would much prefer you not to park on their verges, or block access to their homes, please. The lane between the church and the lower churchyard is the only form of access to the house down the lane, so please be respectful of this. Thank you very much.

TEDDY BEAR PARACHUTE CHALLENGE Thank you to everyone that supported the morning. More than 85 Teddies/ Monkeys/ Dogs/ Donkeys registered. Competition was fierce. Carol’s Bear floated for just over 43 seconds closely followed by Hannah and Eeyore. Some Bears enjoyed the experience so much they haven’t landed yet and had to be disqualified! We raised about £1400.

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August: Holiday Rota Sunday 11

Trinity 8 11:00

Benefice Communion

Sunday 18

Trinity 9

Sunday 25

Trinity 10 11:00

Communion

Sunday 8

Trinity 12 11:00

Family Service

Sunday 15

Trinity 13 11:00

Informal service

Sunday 22

Trinity 14 11:00

Communion

Sunday 29

Patronal Festival 11:00 Benefice Communion. Guest preacher and celebrant the Dean of the cathedral, Rev Joe Hawes 15:00 Ecumenical Harvest festival at the Congregational Church, EB

September 2019

Check the website for details. There is a BCP Communion every Sunday in East Bergholt at 8.00 and Choral Matins is on 4th Sundays in EB but not in March or August.

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Rant at the Rector Rev Steph will be in Chloe’s Cake No dates for Aug & Sept, see you in the Autumn Great opportunity to have a chat, ask for a prayer or book a wedding or a baptism.

St. Michael’s Friendship Lunch Club Thursday 12th September 12.45 for 1.00 Come and join us for lunch. Transport can be arranged Numbers by Monday 9th Sept Christine Gough 393137

Stour Valley Men’s Probus Club Recent Meetings

Peter Jones talked about “Martello Towers Of Essex” on 3 July and on 17 July Liz Barringer talked about the work of “The Leonard Cheshire Homes”. Both meetings were most interesting and enjoyed by all Members present.

Future Meetings

We do not hold meetings in August and our speaker on 4 September is Mervyn Linford introducing us to the river from “Cattawade Bridge to Ha’Penny Pier”. Ted Wheatley will return again and his subject is “Speakers’ Corner” on 18 September. On 2 October David Prynn will talk of “China, past and present” and two weeks later on 16 October Cherry Mullins will present “Confessions of a Tour Manger”.

Meeting Venue

We meet at the convenient St John Ambulance HQ, Manningtree CO11 1EB

New members

Our Club endeavours to be simple in structure, be free of the constraints and obligations of service clubs, and involve members to a minimal cost. The club is directed primarily to providing fellowship between members who are compatible with each other, and provide the opportunity for development of acquaintances. New members are welcomed by Stour Valley Men’s Probus Club, we meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month in Manningtree at 10.30am. Please contact Speaker Secretary Dave Carman on 01255 880202 for further details.

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Holy Family Catholic Church

Holy Family Catholic Church Ipswich Road, Brantham

What are Christians (others too) to think and do when everything seems to be going wrong ? Perhaps the first thing is to limit the daily news intake and then to pray. Prayer as a daily exercise helps as many will acknowledge. It can be expressed in many ways and we can find out more from the internet. Using a daily Office format such as Universalis or the small booklet with the title Magnificat may also assist us. Attending church on a regular basis is perhaps more problematical. Today there seems to be an emphasis on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (on us) which can be irritating at times. One good reason to attend church is to express our gratitude the main church service is called the Eucharist, collo-

Priest in Charge: Fr Peter Raj , 180 Hawthorn Drive Ipswich IP2 0QQ Tel: 01473 684963

quially the Mass, which means thanksgiving and there is always something to be thankful for. No fewer than eight men were ordained over two Saturdays this Summer at St John the Baptist Catholic Cathedral, Norwich by Bishop Alan Hopes- three permanent deacons and five priests. The three deacons will undertake pastoral work in their parishes. On Sat. 6 July the other five were ordained as priests; the highest number ordained at one time in nearly 20 years and a real help for the diocese.

Also at the Cathedral in June about 200 people attended the Annual Marriage and Family Life Mass. Couples attending were marking anniversaries ranging from one year through to 65 years. The Catholic Chaplain for Ipswich Hospital is Fr Mathias Odigbo and he can be contacted if a Catholic is in or due to go into hospital and requires his services. Tel: 07951 066607. All welcome to attend Holy Family services. Enquiries about the

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Brantham Methodist Church Gravel Pit Lane, Brantham Rev Ian Gardner 34 Medway Rd, Ipswich IP3 0QH Tel: 01473 411507 Email: ian.gardner@methodist.org.uk All services Sunday, 11.00am All services 11.00am * = Communion Does your group need comfortable, warm, accessible to all, premises in which to meet?

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Dear friends As many of us prepare for our holidays we may have some pangs of conscience as the damage we do to the world is increasingly in our news, whether that be global warming or single use plastic. The overwhelming scientific consensus is that we are doing lasting damage to our home, Earth. Sadly, some find support for the exploitation of the planet’s resources in Genesis 1.28: ‘God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.’’ (NRSV). 30

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Aug 11 Mr Luke Rokobuli Sept 8 2.30 p.m. Harvest Songs of Praise Aug 18 Mrs Ruth Loggie Sept 15 Local Arrangement Sept 29 No service at 11.00 3.00p.m. Ecumenical Harvest Service @ EB Congregational Church

Subduing and domination of nature were themes which appealed to people who were at the mercy of flood and earthquake, wild animals, venomous snakes and insects, and a host of other terrors known and unknown. Many of these have now been subdued and our dominion has put them at far greater risk than their risk to us. Various initiatives remind us of our responsibility to be caring stewards of the environment, whether it be in eliminating the use of single use plastics. If you have a chance & have internet access have a look at https://ecochurch.arocha. org.uk/ where the Eco Church movement outlines how the Gospel is good

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news for God’s earth. As we enjoy our holidays may we also enjoy the goodness of the earth where God has placed us and seek ways to redress the damage we have done. I am grateful for a couple of people who have shared with me ways in which Brantham Methodist Church can better serve it’s community but would be pleased for any more on any of the contact details above. Our plans are progressing and we are currently looking for ways in which the large concrete base can be removed and grass re-instated. Our next Coffee Morning ison Saturday 31st August & September 28th, 10.30 – 12.00.

EAST BERGHOLT HEARTWATCH – COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS (CFRs) Many East Bergholt villagers will have noticed the arrival of the Defibrillator in the Telephone Kiosk near the front of the Red Lion Pub. It is now operational and all villagers are encouraged to “take a look”. This year, more than ever, the general public are being asked to learn when and how to use defibrillators, both in and out of the work environment. The East Bergholt Heartwatch is 18 years old and was one of the first CFR teams set up in the South Suffolk region. Several of the team members have been in service all this time and we now have seven CFR team members providing, very nearly, 24 hr/7 days a week cover. Our area covers East Bergholt, East End, Holton St Mary, Brantham and Bentley and we need CFR’s from any/all of these villages. Roughly, we serve a total population of 5500 of which 2500 are over 50 years of age. If we are to maintain and improve our Heartwatch service to the Community, we urgently need more CFR team members. To become a CFR is not difficult. • You would be trained over a period of three weekends (we would pay out of pocket expenses). • You would be “partnered” with more experienced CFR’s until you feel confident to “go solo”. • You will be an integral part of a huge team which includes every paramedic, the East Anglian Operations desk medical team and equally importantly:• You will be supported by others in the local team who co-ordinate the monthly schedules, arrange training, service defibrillators and provide day to day help. • You can decide how you wish to allocate your time throughout the month and it can be from a couple of hours to however long you wish. If this sounds interesting and worthwhile, call Carol Moss on 01206 298483 or e-mail carol-moss@uwclub.net

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Brantham Scout & Guides The units have been busy getting up to all sorts of interesting activities. The Rainbows joined up with 2nd Capel St Mary Brownies at the Capel allotments for a unicorn themed evening. They had great fun pond dipping, completing a trail around the allotment, making unicorn grass heads, unicorn bug hotels and filling unicorn sand bottles. The Cubs had an amazing 3 days in London and packed in a huge range of activities & visits including museums, the London Eye & Cutty Sark to name but a few. The two nights away were spent on board the Lord Armory in Docklands. The 2nd Brantham Brownies are this year celebrating their 30th year and held a party to celebrate. Jess Spence, Assistant Leader said of the event… “The 30th Birthday party was an amazing success, with a great turnout; Brownies & Leaders old and new attended

along with other guests such as the Executive Board, basically anyone who had ever had anything to do with the group was welcome. The event consisted of entertainment provided by the girls showing off to their parents and all the guests out in the garden. Inside was an exhibition and pictures of the many years of the group provided by old members and from the archives. Food and drink was provided as well as a big birthday cake to celebrate the event. It was fantastic to see lots of people who have been part of the group in one way or another over the last 30 years…..” A Badge has been created to commemorate the event and is on sale at £2.00 to anyone who would like one. All proceeds will

go to the new hut fund ‘Project 2017’ - contact 2nd Brantham Brownies through the Scout and Guide Facebook page or see the details on this page. Become a volunteer in your local community! We are looking for adult helpers to assist unit leaders; Guides (Monday evenings) Debbie 01206 299 586 1st Brownies (Tuesday evenings) 1stbranthambrownies@gmail.com Scouts (Friday Evenings) Charlie 01255 487 252. No experience is necessary, just a willingness to help local young people enjoy the great range of activities and experiences that our units offer.

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Appointment System Update The practice will be implementing a new appointment system on 2nd September. We will be holding open days at The Vine Lounge, Capel St Mary on Tuesday 23rd July between 2pm and 6pm, and at the East Bergholt Medical Centre on Wednesday 24th July between 6pm and 8pm. These are drop-in events and patients are welcome to call in between these times. We will be able to explain the new system and answer any questions on either the appointment system or any other aspect of the practice. In the meantime, information leaflets will be available in waiting rooms and on our website which explain the new system. We want to ensure the new system will improve access when we introduce it and we value your feedback to enable us to finalise the details.

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that from 1st July the practice will be extending its opening hours. Our Capel St Mary site will now be open every Tuesday from 7am to 8am and 6:30pm to 7:30pm for patients with pre-booked appointments between these times. We will be holding two phlebotomy clinics between 7am and 8am and a dressings clinic between 6:30pm and 7:30pm. These appointments are pre-bookable via our reception team. We will also be holding GP surgeries between 7am and 8am, and 6:30pm and 7:30pm. These will be bookable by the doctors. So if you need a GP appointment outside normal working hours, please let the doctor know when you speak to them. Please note that no other service will be available during these times e.g. appointment booking or general queries.

Training Days Please note that the practice will be closed from 1pm on the following dates for staff training: Wednesday 11th September

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On these afternoons the Capel St Mary building will be open to enable access to the pharmacy but the Practice reception will be closed. East Bergholt reception will be open. Please note that there will be no clinicians at either building after 1pm as they will be attending training off-site. Our phone lines will be closed for the afternoon. If you need medical assistance please contact 111. If your need is urgent then please dial 999 or attend your local A&E.

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Community Information

Community Information Local Household Waste & Recycling Sites There are 18 sites in Suffolk, including:

Chelmondiston - Shotley Road Ipswich - Portmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walk

Also at: Greensmill, Lawford

Bramford - Somersham Road

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16 Oct - 29 Feb: 9am - 4pm

1 Nov - 31 Jan: 8am - 4pm

1 Mar to 15 Oct: 9am - 5pm

1 Feb - 31 Mar: 8am - 5pm

Closed Wednesday and Thursday

1 Apr - 30 Sept: 8am - 6pm

Please expect to queue at busy periods, particularly Bank Holidays and weekends. Operators may stop admitting vehicles 10 minutes before closing at busy times.

1 Oct - 31 Oct: 8am - 5pm Open every day except Dec 25th & 26th and Jan 1st

Manningtree

Library

High Street, Manningtree

Tel: 0345 603 7628 Opening Times Monday: Closed

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Collections In Brantham the black and blue bins are collected on alternate Tues & Thurs and the brown bins early on alternate Tuesdays. Please note that Babergh will not collect any other bags/refuse except flat cardboard boxes when empty

Mobile Library Service The mobile library van visits Brantham every 4 weeks from Fri 14th Dec 2018.

Cattawade Old School - 11.10-11.25

Tuesday: 9.30 -1.00 & 2.00 - 6.00

Palfrey Heights - 11.30-11.45

Wednesday: 9.30 - 1.00 Thursday: 2.00 - 7.00 Friday: 9.30 - 1.00 & 2.00 - 6.00

Ivy Villas - 11.50-12.10 Birch Drive - 12.15-12.45 St Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church - 1.50-2.05 The Poplars - 2.10-2.25

Saturday: 9.00 - 5.00

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Membership

Our main purpose is to encourage lifelong learning for those who are no longer in full time employment and emphasis is always placed on making learning active and fun as well as helping in developing friendships. We have a wide range of groups including language study, country walking, computer studies and gardens, churches and historic buildings visits. In the main, membership is drawn from communities in the lower Stour Valley and adjacent areas including Brantham, Capel St Mary, Dedham, East Bergholt, Holbrook, Lawford, Manningtree, Raydon, & Stratford St Mary. We are affiliated to the ThirdAge Trust, have over 340 members and 35 active groups. For further information please visit www.stourvalleyu3a.org. uk where membership secretary Gillian Gibbs may be contacted

Recent Meetings

On Wednesday 10 July Paul Stancliffe, Media Manager of The British Trust For Ornithology, talked to us on “Bird Migration”. He explained what we know & what we don’t know. How the BTO is using the very latest technology to uncover the mysteries of bird migration. We followed cuckoos, nightingales and swifts as they undertook amazing journeys to and from their wintering grounds.

Future Meetings

Our August Meeting, is a Member’s only event and will be held at the Venture Centre, Lawford, CO11 2JE, at the normal time, on the14th of the month. Further information will be given at our June & July meetings. The theme of our meeting on 11 September is “Great Composers Of Film Music”. Steve Johnson, a film enthusiast, will recall the history of music in film 38

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Stour Valley U3A from the beginnings of sound, with emphasis on specific composers who have made significant contributions to music in film. Jenny Gibbs will talk to us on “An Englishwoman’s Life in Rural Turkey” on Wednesday 9 October. Her stories capture a simple, serene, pastoral way of life in a Turkish mountain village unchanged for centuries, from the day she first arrived there 25 years ago to today. Each month, the Coffee Grinders meet at The Lambe School, Gaston Street, East Bergholt, CO7 6SD from 10-12 noon. This meeting especially welcomes new members but gives all members the opportunity of meeting the activity Group Leaders and the Committee whilst enjoying a cup of coffee. The next meeting is on Friday 30 August.

Meeting Venue

We meet at The Constable Hall, Gandish Road, East Bergholt CO7 6TP at 2.15pm and costs £12 a year meetings that take place on the second Wednesday of each month, except Aug & Dec

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Local Transport

Local Transport Hadleigh Community Transport Please call 01473 826242 for further information or to book your journey. This service replaces Buzzabout, however pick ups and drop off are only from exsisting bus stops.

Manningtree & District Bus Manningtree & District Community Bus service provides travel for group outings or taking groups of people to meetings (please note, not, for a single person travel to say the doctors or supermarket. For details of this service, or to volunteer, contact:

Peter Shakesphere on 01206 391988

Need a lift? We have several volunteer drivers in the village who can take you to the Doctors, Dentist or Hospital. For help please contact: Brantham Good Neighbours 07811 630899

Bus Services Panther Travel service no 2 to Clacton from Manningtree (Mon-Sat)

Ipswich Buses services operate no 92 Brantham to Ipswich Mon-Sats, every hour

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from Brantham For information about public transport to and from Brantham, call the Public Transport Enquiry Line, operated by Suffolk County Council. It provides information on buses and trains. Call: Public Transport Enquiry Line

0870 608 2608

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Community Information Baby Clinic

Hire the Brantham Village Hall

for Capel St Mary, Brantham & East Bergholt call 01473 820147

The hall is large enough to hold a bouncy castle, with prior permission

Cherry Blossom Children’s Centre - East Bergholt 2nd Mon of the month 2-3.30pm 4th Thurs of the month 9-10.30am

Days Road Church Capel St Mary 1st Tues of the month 9.30-11am

Holbrook Surgery 1st Wed of the month 2-3.00pm

Facilities include a large centrally heated hall holding up to 150 people - Kitchen facilities, glassware and crockery, stage and external bar facilities. Volunteers are needed to help with hall upkeep. For more information or to book the hall, please contact Beverley Rudge on 07926 218293, email branthamvillagehall@gmail.com or use our online booking form at www.brantham.onesuffolk.net/ village-hall

Brantham Babies & Toddlers Come & Play! Relaxed & Friendly Brantham Village Hall

09:30—11:30 Every Monday during term time £1.50 per family, includes a well-earned cuppa ! Lots of toys and fun activities every week Come and join us and meet other local mummies, daddies, grandparents & carers

For more information and to contact us, please go to https://www. facebook.com/BranthamBabyandToddlerGroup

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Community Information

BRANTHAM PARISH COUNCIL Mr Alastair McCraw (vice Chair) 20 School Lane 07812 564188 alastair.mccraw@branthamparishcouncil.co.uk

Pippa Revell 4a Acacia Court, Blenheim Close 07885505317 pippa.revell@branthamparishcouncil.co.uk

Mr Mark Aherne The Tudors The Street mark.aherne@branthamparishcouncil.co.uk

Angus Bissett Angus.bissett@branthamparishcouncil.co.uk

Gary Rasch 76 Brooklands Road 01206 393233 gary.rasch@branthamparishcouncil.co.uk Verity Abrahams 07776 288395 verity.abrahams@branthamparishcouncil.co.uk Mrs Jackie Heywood The Beeches, Brantham Hill 01206 392261 jackie.heywood@branthamparishcouncil.co.uk Chris Elliott 6 Riverside Cottages, Cattawade Street 01206 394537 chris.elliott@branthamparishcouncil.co.uk

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Clare Phillips clare.phillips@branthamparishcouncil.co.uk 07947 105414 Mr Paul Saward St Martins, Cattawade Street paul.saward@branthamparishcouncil.co.uk Eric Osben 1 Quince Close 01206 392737 eric.osben@branthamparishcouncil.co.uk Sarah Keys, Parish Clerk 34 Sycamore Way, Brantham CO11 1TL 07702 490212 clerk@branthamparishcouncil.co.uk www.brantham.onesuffolk.net

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Poetry Corner

A Champion is Born The scene is set in the Centre Court, 15,000 seats filled The contenders come forward One, a past champion looking visibly nervous The other, cool, taking things as they come, seemingly Serena wins the toss and the play begins…… 15-love, 15-all, 30-15, 30-all, 30-40, game Halep 15-love, 30-love, 40-love, game Halep Rather quickly Halep leads 2 games to none 15-love, 15-all, 15-30, 30-all, 30-40 (ooh), game Halep 15-love, 30-love, 30-15, 40-15, 40-30 (wow), game Halep Halep now leads 4 games to none, Williams looks up (I must do something against this torrent) 15-love, 30-love, 40-love, game (that’s better) Williams Pressure is on, the best must win Love-15, 15-all, 15-30, 30-all, 40-30, deuce, Advantage Williams, deuce, advantage Halep, game Halep Halep leads 5 games to 1, (this is serious) 15-love, 30-love, 40-love, game Williams (yes!) But, by no means, is it over as Halep srikes back 15-love, 15-all, 30-15, 40-15, 40-30, game and set Halep Halep (joyous) leads (incredibly) by 1 set, 6-2, 26 minutes

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