Living in Woodbridge - Issue 19

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ith the summer holidays now here, all we want to think about at Living In ... HQ is enjoying everything we have on our doorsteps in this magical part of the world.

With this in mind, why not make a pact with yourself over the coming weeks to seek out some of those local places you’ve always said you’d visit, but have never quite got there? For us it’s checking out the big skies and history of Orford Ness and the secret beach at Covehithe.

So, what’s in store in issue 19? Mayor of Woodbridge, Eamonn O’Nolan, kindly shares with us his plans and visions for the town during his term in office on page five.

As we’re a town of dog lovers, passionate dog owner and artist Samantha Barnes shares her thoughts on the pros and cons of bagging or flicking on page seven. But wherever you stand on the subject, we urge you please not to just ignore it!

We also had the total pleasure of meeting Tony Morrison and his lovely wife, Marion.

An incredible photographer, Tony’s life should be made into a film. Having met David Attenborough when he was a young commissioning producer back in the 60s, Tony and Marion became the BBC’s ‘go-to’ team for anything and everything to do with South America. Part of Tony’s photographic archive, along with the work of friends David TruzziFranconi and Amedeo Castellani, is being shown at Artspace in September. Read all on page 12.

For our house feature, Sam Simpson welcomed us into her Ufford home. Read about her love of upcycling on pages 16 and 17.

On pages 26 and 27 we bring you the story of Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline. Senior trustee Elizabeth Parker explains how the recent TV mini-series detailing the 1986 nuclear disaster has brought the tragedy back into people’s minds, and all about the vital work CCL does, bringing children from Belarus and Ukraine to the UK for what can be a life-changing onemonth break.

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ess Shire’s Positively Me! fashion show at the end of April (featured in issue 17) placed the charismatic young Woodbridge woman under the spotlight.

Not only was the show a huge success and made her a local media celeb, with interviews and coverage on BBC Look East and BBC Radio Suffolk, but her passion for body positivity has led her to be invited onto the catwalk at the DreamWalk Fashion Show in New York on 15th September.

“I can’t believe it’s all happening and I’m going to be a 2019 Dreamer,” she smiles. “I’m even one of their poster girls.”

Launched in 2017, DreamWalk is the first ‘body inclusive’ fashion show whose focus isn’t on the designers but the inspiring women and men that confidently strut their stuff on stage, shattering every kind of beauty stereotype in the process.

“New York has been on my bucket list for ages, but my biggest dream has always been to show the world that anyone, regardless of looks, deserves to walk down the catwalk,” she tells us. “I can’t wait to be representing the UK and standing alongside other models and hearing their inspirational stories. New York here I come!” l Follow Jess on Instagram at positively_me1 l Learn more about DreamWalk at www.dreamwalkfashionshow.com

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Local mayor Eamonn O’Nolan, pictured with his councillor wife Catherine, is eager to shake things up Picture by John Ferguson

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ewly elected Mayor Eamonn O’Nolan has started his new role by declaring Woodbridge Town Council is opposed to Sizewell C. This comes as EDF announces a fourth stage of its public consultation process into the building of the controversial new nuclear power station at Sizewell.

Green councillor Eamonn, who has also declared a state of climate emergency locally, tells Living In … : “We know we’re taking a very different line from all of the other councils in Suffolk but we don’t need Sizewell C; we have all this lovely heat and energy coming from the sun.

We have a duty to the next generation that we are not handing over to them a total mess.”

Eamonn says this is one of a long list of changes to be made.

“We have nine new town councillors who have never been councillors before and that’s more than a breath of fresh air – it’s a hurricane of fresh air!

“These people are local, they live in and around town, and they’ve never had anything to do with local government before so they’re coming in with no experience but tons of relevant, fresh ideas and enthusiasm.”

Eamonn, whose wife, Catherine, is among the nine new councillors, says other town council changes include: l The funding of a much-needed police community service officer (PCSO) to target crime and enforce traffic laws. l A new Mayor’s Tea Party to be held on 21st September in the Thoroughfare, as well as a car-free day. Eamonn says: “We’ll be closing the Thoroughfare to vehicles for the day. Everyone is welcome. It’s a great

chance to meet your neighbours and actually see the centre of Woodbridge without traffic. There will be market stalls and competitions too.” l The setting up of a Youth Forum in which young people and teens will be able to have their say. “This platform will consist of three councillors who will facilitate monthly meetings for young people, and they will also explore grant sources on behalf of the teens to fund any bright ideas that they come up with,” says Eamonn. l Reduce the speed limit to 20mph around the town. “A lot of work has been done by County Cllr Caroline Page and we want to get that finished now,” he says. l All Woodbridge Town Council meetings will soon be live streamed, so people will be able to watch it on Facebook. l The introduction of the Woodbridge Awards this autumn – a programme acknowledging the contributions of people, organisations and businesses in the town with awards like Young Person of the Year. l Reopening the Pavilion Cafe on Kingston Playing Field as a seven-day operation, to be run by a communityfunded organisation that focuses on employing people with disabilities or mental health issues.

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Stick and flick or bag and bin?

Samantha Barnes looks at the great divide between dog owners …

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’m a dog owner, a dog portrait painter and, more recently, I started running a registered day care and home boarding service for canines here in Woodbridge.

And yet, I’m confused.

About poo. Dog poo, that is.

I’ve been hearing more and more about the stick and flick approach, meaning when you’re deep in the countryside, you don’t bag your dog’s poop – you take a stick and flick the offending article off the public path into nearby foliage. “It’s far better for the environment than using all that horrid plastic,” a fellow dog walker told me recently.

However, I’ve always been a bag-andbin girl – meaning that you scoop it into your bag (a decomposable one, please) and drop it into the nearest bin – a red one, preferably.

But what if there is no bin? And what if the thing I flick away happens to land in a secret kids’ play den that I didn’t know about? This is why I’m confused – what actually are the rules?

I went on a mission to find out …

Online research led to me being more confused. The Kennel Club states that we must always bag and bin, whereas the Forestry Commission urges stick and flick on its land. The primary reason being that people are indeed using bags, but then leaving them hanging on trees or fences or on pathways due to there being

no bins to hand. In my mind, doing that is utterly disgusting for other walkers and just ridiculous.

The thing to remember here is that the Forestry Commission’s land is private. So while it may ask its visitors to stick and flick, that rule doesn’t apply to stateowned areas (unless it says so on the council website for an individual county).

Continuing my super-sleuthing, I spoke with someone at the Environmental Health Department of East Suffolk Council. We had a very enlightening conversation. He told me: l Do not stick and flick. This is a big, fat no. l You will be fined £50 – £80 on the spot for not picking up. l Dog owners must bag every time.

What I didn’t realise was that we owners are meant to double bag every time, especially when not using a red bin.

This is to stop the smell apparently.

So up goes the case for buying biodegradable bags – indeed, ordering them in bulk, so there’s no excuse. Have piles of them in reserve; stash them in your car, your pockets, your handbag, your wallet and by your leads so that you remember them every time you go out.

If all else fails, ask a fellow dog owner for a bag; a nice one will always understand.

If you don’t have a bag and no one’s around, the best advice seems to be to place a stick (as a marker) or something obvious by the offensive stuff and go back to grab-and-bag it as soon as you can.

Once you walk away, it can be a nightmare to find again, especially in the autumn when leaves are everywhere. I know; I’ve spent hours looking!

So, in short, think: Bio-bag and bin it!” l Samantha runs ipaintdogs and the Dog Garden in Woodbridge. For more details, go to www.samanthabarnes.com

A COUNCIL SPOKESPERSON SAYS: “East Suffolk Council would not recommend people use the stick and flick method to deal with dog poo, and would treat this as someone committing a littering offence for a good reason. Although the waste may be flicked into the undergrowth, it may still be encountered by children, other dogs, people working in the woodland (such as forestry workers) and wild animals – all of whom can contract various unpleasant diseases from dog poo for a significant period after it has ‘degraded’ (such as picking up tapeworm eggs). Waste disposed of in this way also creates smell and attracts flies.

If you do not clear up after your dog, you are creating a serious health hazard. Responsible dog owners understand this and so they always remember their poop scoop or bags.

Always dispose of the waste properly – you can put it in your bin for nonrecyclable waste when you return home, or alternatively use one of the council’s dog waste bins or litter bins.

If you fail to do so, you risk a £80 fixed penalty or a criminal record and £1,000 fine if convicted in court. The absence of a litter bin or dog waste bin is no excuse – if you bag the poo and then leave the bag of poo you will have committed a littering offence and risk an even bigger fine of £2,500 if prosecuted. Don’t put other people’s health at risk – always bag it and bin it – no buts!”

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Adrian is keen to sell his art there and is aking a living as an artist is also looking at opportunities in London. hard enough, but it’s made With interest in his art gaining even harder if talking with momentum, Adrian’s work often includes people, making phone calls animals – bears, foxes and and promoting your pigeons being favourites. work is a daily struggle.

He’s also currently posting This was the case a drawing a day on his for local artist, Adrian Instagram feed. He says: Mills, but not any more.

“People are buying my With his Orange Love prints through Instagram, picture gracing this which is great. And I’m issue’s front cover, he often amazed at which says: “I’ve stuttered images receive the most since childhood. Other likes. Surprisingly, lots of voice problems I’ve people in New York are had made me miss liking my posts, with out words, making almost 10% of interest everything muddled coming from there. and me more anxious Perhaps there’s scope than ever. Even an exhibition there catching up with “These days, you for one day. That would be friends who understood my situation was hard can’t shut me up” a dream come true.”

Qualified in children’s work for me. Engaging illustration, as well as fine art and graphic with strangers was a nightmare.” design, Adrian is also a member of SCBWI, After ten years working in the care the Society of Children’s Book Writers and sector, Grundisburgh-based Adrian illustrators. “But,” he says, “even with all decided the time was right to go full time this behind me, it’s still hard to make with his art. However, as he says: “I just money – and working by yourself can be wasn’t going forward and felt my voice lonely. You need to be disciplined. Perhaps was getting worse. Every time I went to I should be looking for an agent to help kick speak, whether on a one-to-one basis, on me into shape.” the phone or in a meeting, it would just Currently in discussions regarding go wrong. So the doctor referred me to illustrating a novel, Adrian is also a speech therapist. exploring design opportunities.

“I’d previously had some sessions, with “I’m looking at those designs limited success, but after two and a half that would work well on years of therapy, talking isn’t the demon homewares, such as mugs, it used to be and I’ve got the confidence which currently sell well on to do everything. It’s really opened up my Etsy site. my life. The fact I’m happily doing an “A few years ago, I did interview is amazing.” a children’s A-Z of animals Adrian continues: “Looking back, I now and some of those, such as see how I would engineer crazy situations the elephant, flamingo or giraffe, in order not to engage with people. These could look great on a mug or a tea towel. days, you can’t shut me up.”

It’s something I need to explore further, A member of Woodbridge Creative Arts but whatever happens I won’t be giving (which showcases its work every third up my markets. I enjoy talking with Saturday by the Longshed at Whisstocks) everyone too much.” and a regular at the Old Jet monthly market, Adrian says: “Attending the l You can find out more about Adrian markets is great for helping my voice. It’s and his artwork by visiting: a bit like being an actor and so sometimes www.adrianmillsdesign.blogspot.com I think I’m Del Boy – always loud, with www.etsy.com/shop/AdrianMills everyone knowing I’m around.”

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ith the Gotelee team at the Woodbridge and Melton office now standing at 14, there’s legal help at hand for whatever your need. And as partner Nicola Weldon says: “Our role is to help our clients at all stages through their life journey, which includes the highs and the lows.”

Buying a first home or going up the property ladder is a definite high and Gotelee’s conveyancing team is on hand to make this as stress free as possible.

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Retelling his photographic South American adventures, Living In … meets Tony Morrison

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ere at Living In … we love nothing more than a story where someone’s passion becomes their livelihood.

And that’s how it was for Woodbridge resident, Tony Morrison. Now in his 80s, Tony’s love of photography goes back to his childhood Box Brownie camera and early membership of the Taunton photography club. Enjoying a career that reads like a book of daring adventures, Tony made his name in the 60s and 70s as a filmmaker and latterly a stills photographer working throughout South and Central America.

His expert knowledge also saw him become David Attenborough’s ‘go to’ man for all things related to that part of the world.

Tony takes up the story: “Back in 1960, with fellow university buddy, Mark Howell, who’s sadly no longer with us, we decided with some other friends to head off on an around the world trip in two Austin Gipsies.

The trip took 13 months and we travelled over 30,000 land miles, visiting 20 countries.

During the trip I did

the filming and Mark was sound recordist for two programmes for TWW – Television Wales and the West. In those days, everything was in black and white.

“Returning to the UK and not quite sure what to do next, I was surprised to receive a call from David Attenborough’s newly established Travel and Exploration Unit in BBC’s Ealing Studios. I was offered the chance to film in the Middle East where I would be working for Tom Stobart, who filmed the successful ascent of Everest in 1953.

With confidence gained from the experience, Tony founded Nonesuch Expeditions with Mark. With a belief they could offer something quite special, they pitched ideas to David and were commissioned to do seven films in 1963 and a couple in 1964. It was during 1963 that Tony met Marion in Bolivia.

“Marion was on a NUS Graduate Service Overseas project working for the UN among Aymara and Quechua people in the Andes. I always said our meeting was meant to be – we were just in the right place at the right time.

“After a couple of years, we married and from 1967 spent four years making films mostly in the central Andes, the forests of western Amazonia and the Falklands. By this time, David was Controller of BBC2 and two of our films were for his Natural History Unit, two were for Anglia TV’s award-winning natural history series, Survival, and one – the salvage of the SS Great Britain in the Falklands – was for the BBC programme Chronicle. All our films were now shot in colour. It was hard going and exciting all at the same time.

The airlines were dodgy, and the roads were more potholes than roads, and it took days to get anywhere.”

Travelling the length and breadth of South America in their Land Rover, the duo also had their share of tricky moments. “There were only four revolutions,” laughs Tony. “One time in Bolivia,

“There were only four revolutions,” laughs Tony things were getting tense with gun shots and tanks rolling down the city’s steep streets, so we just decided to hunker down in our hotel room, have a few drinks and play cards until things calmed down.

“Another time we went off to see a tribe on the Bolivia/Chile border at a time when Che Guevara, who was in Bolivia, was being tracked down by the authorities.

The police were picking up anyone and everyone. When they came across us looking dishevelled, and in a remote part of the country, we were quizzed and interrogated, but thankfully they let us go.”

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Above: From left, Tony, Amedeo and David

Tony and Marion return to the UK. “I came from Woodbridge and my parents still lived here,” says Marion, “and after three months in hospital in Bolivia, it was convenient when Tony was transferred to Ipswich Hospital for treatment.”

Never keen to take the easy route, the couple bought two dilapidated cottages on Station Road and converted them into one, which they’ve called home ever since.

“After the accident, it was all a bit much to be carrying around my Bolex 16mm camera and everything else needed for filming, so our attention switched from film to stills photography and we created our South American Pictures archive.”

But they still had some involvement with TV, and projects included: documentaries about the Nazca Lines – the curious markings on the Peruvian desert about which Tony also wrote two books; Great Railway Journeys – Peru; and a book and film of Lizzie: A Victorian Lady’s Amazon Adventure. Marion also wrote many educational books on South and Central America.

Together for over 56 years, Marion says: “Over recent years, things have slowed down a lot but most of our stories and many of our photographs are on our website, so they don’t get lost or forgotten.

“We’ve led an extraordinary life.

Adventures such as ours aren’t for everyone, but we wouldn’t have had it any other way.” l To read more about Tony and Marion’s South American adventures, visit www.nonesuchexpeditions.com

Top: Settlers in the Bolivian Amazon Middle: Tony and Marion on their adventures Left: Quechua women in Cochabamba, Bolivia with their distinctive tall white hats

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This September (12th – 18th) sees three friends – Tony Morrison, David Truzzi-Franconi and Amedeo Castellani – come together to showcase their black and white photography at Artspace on the Thoroughfare in Woodbridge, at their eponymously named exhibition.

With a heritage linking back to the Russian circus, David worked full time for 25 years and still freelances for Her Majesty’s College of Arms, with this work earning him the Freedom of the City of London. On relocating to Suffolk, he says: “I painted pub signs for many years including those for Tolly Cobbold and Greene King, along with coats of arms on everything from carriages to Rolls Royces.”

Especially keen on photo reportage, he adds: “My images are mainly of the East End in the 70s and show a forgotten past when London still had visible war damage.”

Born in London, it was while attending art school in Rome that Amedeo Castellani decided to put down his pencils and brushes and follow his love of photography. He says: “I started to photograph the places I used to draw, and borrowed cameras until I could afford to buy my own.”

A photographic career in London then followed before he decided to move initially to Woodbridge and then Melton. “Initially David and I got talking at the pub. Invited to dinner at his house, I then met Tony and Marion.”

Showing images taken in Rome in 1978, Amedeo continues: “Often working on large format film, it can sometimes take four hours in the dark room to make just one print, but the quality of the paper we also use ensures our prints can last for decades.”

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ucked away in Ufford, Sam Simpson’s home is a treasure trove of cherished pieces, curated heirlooms, and mementoes from her travels as a fashion editor and model agent.

Originally from Copdock, Sam enjoyed a highly successful career as fashion editor for Cosmopolitan, and the new faces director at Premier Model Management, before deciding to return to her home county nine years ago.

She says: “It was my 40th birthday and, having lived in London for 20 years, I had some sort of epiphany. I saw an advert in The Times for a cottage in Ufford and decided to go and have a look. Held up only by cobwebs, it was way too big a project for me, but I drove past another cottage in the village that looked just perfect. Googling it when I got home, it was in fact on the market, and had been completely renovated in a style virtually identical to my flat. We put in an offer that was accepted and then it was ‘Ufford, here we come’. It was all just meant to be.”

Home to Sam and her 12-year-old son, she continues: “I’m a total magpie and so there’s not much that is new. I love nothing more than the car boots at Friday Street and

Above, from top: The kitchen showcases son James’s artwork; the shack is full of mementoes from Sam’s travels Left: The painting is by renowned painter and Sam’s father-in-law Michael Simpson Below: Sam’s cherished coffee table in the sitting room

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Melton, or the monthly market at Old sitting room. Now highly regarded, it Jet and finding bits on Facebay. The world was originally bought by my parents in has enough stuff in it already, so we must the 1970s from Harrods. They then gave recycle and reuse.” it to me as a flat warming present in 1997 The recently-built garden shack is a and so over the years it’s ping-ponged testament to Sam’s love of upcycling. back and forth from London to Suffolk.”

Built by Tony Knights of Family connections Friday Street’s The Barn. can be found “The world has Co, every element has throughout the house. enjoyed a previous life.

The Spiderhole poster enough stuff in it “On Tony’s Instagram above the sofa is a nod feed, I saw a greenhouse already, so we must to ex-husband, Daniel, that he had built and who directed the 2010 recycle and reuse” thought: This is the man horror film, and the ‘Squint’ painting on the I want to build my chimney breast is by her father-in-law and shack. There was a summerhouse here renowned painter, Michael Simpson. before, but this was my chance to do Loving her Suffolk life, Sam remains something really special. As the shack involved with modelling and has her own includes a wood burner and day bed, we company, JMM Suffolk, that scouts girls needed planning permission and so local locally. She explains: “Leaving London, architect Tim Buxbaum, who lives here in I intended to be a full-time mum, but then the village, helped with this.

“Tony and I then sourced everything from I spotted Vita in the Co-op at Wickham Market and she was stunning. I introduced old corrugated iron for the roof, to window her to my contacts in London and she now frames, and an old enamel bowl that was enjoys a great career, working in both repurposed to become the sink. And the Paris and Milan. Girls that you can place little stained glass window – that was a internationally are very special and very find from the auction at Campsea Ashe. rare, as it’s not all about looks. Successful “My inspiration was the old American models need to be mentally prepared, cowboy homesteads on the Mexican confident, be able to engage with everyone, border, which were full of traded bits and keep grounded. And it’s often the more from everyone heading for the newfound bohemian or quiet girls that do well.” promised land. I’ve filled it with pieces Still totally smitten with Ufford, Sam from my travels as fashion editor, so adds: “The village is amazing, and I’m there’s bits from Kenya, Marrakesh, constantly blown away by its sense of community. When we arrived, people came around to say hello with offerings of homemade jam or a bottle of wine, which was lovely, and is something I always try to do to welcome new people to the village.

“Where else can you walk across the meadow to the pub without going on the roads, be close to Woodbridge and everything it has to offer, and have great access to the A12 for getting to London?

Now with my lovely homestead shack, I can’t imagine being anywhere else.”

Spain and Mexico. Everything has a past, including the fur coats hanging up, which were my granny’s. I’m pretty sure the only new things are the nails and the wiring.

“With James now older, I imagined it would be his place to hang out, but it’s become my sanctuary. Wi-fi free, it’s a perfect for relaxing, reading, yoga, or having friends round for drinks or something to eat.”

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Groove is in the PARK! The Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music is coming to town

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his summer has already offered us oodles to do locally – we’ve been spoilt for choice. But the fun’s not over yet! On Saturday, 31st August, the town will host the Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music in Elmhurst Park, and it will feature a wonderfully eclectic mix of activities, from live music to yoga, from dancing to spoken word.

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“On the first weekend of October, Film Feast 2019 returns with a fantastic line-up of films and documentaries, all taking place across 13 venues, from Halesworth to Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket to Ipswich, and of course here in Woodbridge.

“And this year we’ve got more films for the kids to enjoy and headline sponsor, the East of England Co-op, is kindly providing treats at most screenings – and there will be free popcorn for all Co-op members attending Film Feast screenings at The Riverside Theatre.”

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The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover (18) With introduction from Mark Gatiss (schedule permitting)

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Donalds Volvo invited local families to join the team for Earth Hour, visiting Bridge Wood Beach at Orwell Country Park for a beach clean-up

PASSIONATE ABOUT PLASTIC (REDUCTION)

If you’re looking for a facial that is tailor-made to meet your individual needs, local therapist Rosie Jackson can help.

London-trained Rosie has over 25 years’ experience and offers a full range of treatments and products from the Woodbridge Physio Practice, in Prentices Lane, just over the A12.

She says: “I offer advanced facials which focus on firming facial contours, improving texture and tone, reducing congestion and improving overall skin health. I also incorporate healing natural therapies such as Reiki, lymph drainage and specialised facial massage in my treatments.

Working with products including Dr Hauschka and Environ, Rosie is also the only therapist locally to offer Icon Ultralift and No-needle mesotherapy to restore muscle tone and regenerate the skin surface. l www.balance-skincare.com

Reducing the use of single use plastics is high on Volvo’s agenda, with the company doing all it can to encourage everyone to reduce their day-to-day use of it.

Benjamin Grant, group marketing manager at Donalds Volvo in Ipswich, says: “Sustainability is key to Volvo’s global brand philosophy. Twenty-five percent of plastics in our cars will be recyclable by 2025, and Volvo has pledged to put one million electrified vehicles on the road in the next five years.

“We’re also committed to removing all single-use plastics such as food containers, cutlery, plates and cups from our dealership by the end of 2019.”

Volvo’s plastic saving top tips include: Carry a reusable cup for your coffee and water bottle – check out the app, which you can download from www.refill.org.uk – to find a map of businesses with water stations that are more than happy to refill your water bottle for free.

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No to plastic straws – with an estimated 8.5 billion plastic straws used every year in the UK, the government is bringing in new rules to restrict their availability from April 2020.

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Swap clingfilm for beeswax wraps – sealed using just the warmth of your hands, this protects like clingfilm and foil, with the bonus that it can be washed clean and used over and over.

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Get your milk delivered – embrace the glass milk bottle and learn about the other sustainable offerings available from your local milkman.

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Get clued up about recycling – check your local council’s website, where you can download PDFs explaining what can, and can’t, be recycled in your local area. l For more details about Volvo’s sustainability, email marketing@donalds-group.co.uk or call 01473 252484. l For general information visit www.volvocarsipswich.co.uk

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PRIORITISE YOUR HEARING HEALTH Generally, we are excellent at booking regular eye tests and dentist appointments, but for one reason or another, many overlook their hearing health.

With hearing loss affecting one in six people in the UK, and research proving that hearing loss can lead to conditions such as depression and dementia, it is clear that regular hearing assessments are important.

The Hearing Care Centre is holding two Hearing Care Days at Framfield Medical Centre on Wednesday, 14th and Thursday, 15th August, offering complimentary hearing assessments and professional advice from the team. l To find out more information or to book an appointment, call The Hearing Care Centre on 01473 230330 or visit www.hearingcarecentre.co.uk/framfield

NEW STREET SUCCESS Sam Denny Hodson of Homespun, previously on Market Hill, is the lady behind New Street Market.

She says: “The idea behind New Street Market was to bring together a collective of talented local creatives. We have: our own much-expanded Homespun collection that now includes cotton shirts for men, women and kids, dresses, nightwear and jeans alongside our finest cashmere; GreenRoom, at the front of the store owned by Abi and Ed Hopkins, selling plants, garden furniture and stunning floristry; Pascale offering homewares, all carefully selected from around the world; and Canteen, making its mark in town for its delicious food, deli and cakes.” l www.newstreetmarket.com

PROPERTY MARKET REMAINS RESILIENT 2019 has so far proven to be a good time to sell. Jackson-Stops estate agents reports a stable and active property market, and as associate at the Ipswich-based agency, James Squirrell, says: “We’ve seen strong engagement throughout the spring and early summer months, at a time when supply of properties has been tight.

“Currently there’s been heightened levels of buyer interest, which we’re pleased to say is resulting in deals being agreed within a matter of weeks, rather than months.” A recent local success for the agency is the sale of Selwyn House (pictured), an elegant townhouse on the Thoroughfare.

James adds: “To sell, houses need to be priced in accordance with current market conditions as the marketplace remains incredibly price sensitive.” l www.jackson-stops.co.uk/branches/ipswich

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THE N N E E T T T O T G R O FFO G R O TRAGEDY

Living In … editor Angela Hagan on the Suffolk charity helping the innocent young victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster …

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t’s hard to believe that Elizabeth Parker and I were smiling and chatting as we initially shared a coffee and a sandwich at the newly opened Costa in Martlesham. For just CCLL’s Elizabeth minutes later, as we got Parker down to talking about the amazing charity she works for, I was fighting back the tears and disbelief as she showed me photos and videos of angelicfaced children in Belarus, their bodies ravaged by the aftereffects of an accident that happened way before they were even born. Smiling away, despite their illness, some of these kids were ecstatic to have received their first- ever Christmas presents, thanks to the kindness and round-the-clock work of those at Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline (CCLL) of which Elizabeth is also senior trustee.

Some are still receiving treatment from already over-stretched hospitals in a country that has been brought to its knees by this seemingly forgotten tragedy.

Others, she told me quietly, had since passed away.

The CCLL, which arranges life-changing visits to Suffolk for the children of Belarus, is back in the public eye again, thanks largely to the recent hard-hitting miniseries, Chernobyl, currently showing on Sky Atlantic. (For those without Sky, ISSUE ONE… SUMMER 2016

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NOW TV offers a non-contract alternative.)

It’s a chillingly accurate portrayal of the 1986 nuclear accident in the then Soviet-controlled nuclear power plant, and its terrible aftermath.

At the time, it was described as one of the worst nuclear disasters on earth.

The blasts released large levels of deadly radiation into the atmosphere that saw tens of thousands having to evacuate their homes for good.

For Suffolk resident, Elizabeth Parker, becoming involved with the children affected by this tragedy has profoundly changed her own life.

“It was 2005 and I’d just retired my

“Chernobyl simply became old news”

computer business in Ipswich and I saw a TV programme called Airline in which a pilot was picking up four children to host this Chernobyl charity,” she recalls.

It struck a nerve with her and she got in touch with the Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline, and soon she and her husband found themselves hosting two youngsters from the eastern European country of Belarus, which had been badly affected by the accident. They were to make lifelong bonds with the families of these delightful children.

To cut a long story short, Elizabeth ended up starting a branch of CCLL here in Suffolk.

“It took over my life, really,” she says.

It was through her vital work that she happened, quite by chance, to introduce a Belarusian interpreter called Vika to her son – the couple later wed and Elizabeth is grandmother to precious twin girls.

“So I now have a personal connection to Belarus,” she smiles.

The CCLL charity was first established in 1992 to support the children (and their families) from Belarus and Ukraine affected by the accident.

It is claimed that Belarus, where most of its work is focused, received over 70% of the radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl explosion and as a result, thousands are born every year with, or go on to develop thyroid cancer, bone cancer or leukaemia – in a country mired by grinding poverty.

“Cancer wards are now seeing young adults up to the age of 30 going back into hospital for their second, third or even fourth reoccurrence of the same paediatric cancer they suffered as a child,” says Elizabeth.

Bringing the children over to the UK for a one-month break, she says, can boost their immune systems for at least two years, helping to protect them from serious illness. Though, she does add, the children have to be fit and well enough to travel over here in the first place.

“It’s incredibly rewarding,” she says.

“My host families go on to do it again and wonderful relationships have been forged.”

Elizabeth says it’s amazing how quickly

the Belarusian children pick up English using a mixture of Google Translate as well as gesturing and miming.

Just last month a group of Belarusian children stayed, courtesy of the CCLL, in host homes around Suffolk, enjoying their month long trip of a lifetime. Days out included Felixstowe, Easton Farm Park and Rendlesham Forest amongst many other places. Yet these children arrive in the country with nothing but the clothes they are wearing.

“We collect good quality secondhand clothing all year and also send them all home with new school uniforms, which they love,” she says, explaining that it costs the charity around £750 for it to bring just one child over to the UK. At one stage around 4,500 children from Belarus were coming to the UK annually via CCLL, but now that figure has fallen to under 1,000 children a year.

“It’s the fact that people have forgotten this whole thing and it’s also the costs,” she says.

Elizabeth has seen things that many will luckily never witness in a lifetime. “The first time I went to a children’s cancer ward in a hospital over there, I ran out crying my eyes out. But it’s not about us, it’s about the children, isn’t it? I remember seeing this little boy in a hospital room, he’d been in that room since birth. I sent him a little toy over, but when I went back to see him, he’d died. It was heartbreaking.”

“People often ask if it’s right to bring children over and send them back to that.

“But what we do is give them hope to live, hope that they can change their lives.”

SO HOW CAN WE HELP? “We’re always pleased to hear from anyone who may want to help, be it hosting, supporting or fundraising. There is always something that needs doing.” l If you want to send some much-needed money to help towards the children’s Suffolk trip this summer, please go to www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ ccllmidsuffolk or send to Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline, Lower Barn, Pipps Ford, Needham Market IP6 8LJ. Contact Elizabeth on 07771 550868 l For more information on the charity’s work, go to www.ccll.org.uk/midsuffolk

CHERNOBYL. THE LEGACY …

It is widely accepted that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster signalled the collapse of the USSR. Belarus became independent in 1991, having been formerly known as Belorussia, the smallest of the three Slavic republics of the Soviet Union (the larger two being Russia and the Ukraine).

This landlocked country with a population of 9.5 million is bordered by Poland to the west, Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north.

Belarus’s main environmental problem now is said to be nuclear pollution – out of the republics, it was the most affected by the Chernobyl accident. Northerly winds prevailed at the time; therefore, most of the fallout occurred over farmland in the south-eastern section of the country, primarily in the Gomel and Mogilev oblasts. Most experts estimate that 25–30% of Belarus’s farmland was irradiated and should not be used for agricultural production or to collect wild berries and mushrooms, although it continues to be used for these and other purposes.

As CEO of CCLL, Belarus’s Dennis Vystavkin, tells Living In … the devastating impact is long lasting …

“It is not possible to work out even a rough estimate of the overall cost caused by the disaster of 1986 as we often deal with loss of non-tangible matters such as health, stress, collapse of family and community ties, which are all priceless. There is no doubt that the heavily contaminated countries of Belarus and Ukraine continue to suffer financially as a direct result of the explosion. Initially there was support from the international community contributing in various ways but with time, this has almost dried out by now.

It simply became ‘old news’ for many, but not for the thousands of people who are still trapped there.

“It is not feasible for any national economy to afford relocation of people from such vast territories, e.g. in Belarus alone, we are talking (about the size) of nearly two territories of Wales. These children didn’t choose which families to be born into. No one can be deprived of a basic right to build a family and be happy yet these people live under stress and fear for the health of their future generations. They often consider the British hosts and volunteers as their last hope in saving the children. Human kindness, generosity and hospitality of its people are the most precious and highly appreciated assets the UK has!”

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Local home owners… throw open their doors Child free zones?… meet the couple with the Parent Pod! Is grey just so last year?… Jojo Humes Brown on colours

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DOG ABOUT TOWN

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y name is Jack and my mum thinks I’m rather a cute little Yorkshire terrier! Since moving to Woodbridge 12 years ago to live with my mum Veronica and dad John, I’m regularly seen in and around the town or on my very favourite walk along the River Wall between Kyson Point and Wilford Bridge. I also like taking the

occasional snooze on the sofa, as my photo shows! However, at weekends I love nothing more than heading off in the car to the coast or heath for a really long walk and a good ‘sniff’ whilst Mum and Dad, who are both keen photographers, stop to take pictures.

This is my fourth and final home and, sadly, I am the only one who knows

exactly how old I am. When my family saw me advertised for free, they found me cowering behind a sofa, covered in fleas and sores and with only half my coat left.

Thankfully I was immediately rushed to the vet’s for treatment and within a few months my hair grew back again. That was the turning point in my life when I finally landed on all four paws!”

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Up, up and away

Local home owners… throw open their doors Child free zones?… meet the couple with the Parent Pod! Is grey just so last year?… Jojo Humes Brown on colours

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With the holiday season now upon us, local pilot Chris Harrison explains how to overcome your fear of flying

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K, so you’re planning to go on holiday somewhere in Europe or maybe further afield, but you’ll have to fly there, and you, like many millions of others, really aren’t looking forward to the flight. You may have had a bad experience in the past; you might think turbulence is dangerous; you may feel completely out of control.

You may not even have been on a plane before but what you have read in the press has put you off.

There are many misunderstandings about the way in which aeroplanes fly. For example, I’m asked: ‘What would happen if all the engines stopped?’ Well, the plane would become a glider; just think about a space shuttle gliding into land from outer space. No problems there.

All the noises that can frighten passengers are things like the landing gear coming up or going down, the hydraulic motors running flaps in and out, or the speed brakes on the wing making the plane shake a little. Planes are designed to withstand far more turbulence than occurs in the skies so, uncomfortable as it might be, you will be OK.

To keep nerves at bay, Chris recommends: l Controlling your breathing. Anxiety and relaxation cannot exist at the same time, so close your eyes, think of something pleasant and take a slow, deep breath in through your nose. Hold for five seconds then slowly exhale through your mouth, then repeat. l Many fearful flyers firmly believe that something dreadful will happen to them on their next flight. Called catastrophising, my book explains that statistically

there is no basis for such irrational thought, but nonetheless the belief is there. Investing in some cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) sessions can help change these beliefs and rationalise such thoughts. l Distraction techniques also work well. For example, put an elastic band around your wrist and whenever a negative thought surfaces, ‘ping’ the band on your skin. The pain will temporarily refocus your thoughts.

“A glass or two of wine or something stronger may seem like a good idea to calm the nerves,” says Chris. “The trouble with that, however, is that at cabin altitude the effects are magnified and rather than calming a person, the alcohol has the potential to make them become belligerent and, in doing so, cause a host of other problems.”

Admitting there’s no quick fix to a fear of flying, Chris adds: “The ability to face up to your fear, whatever that may be, will help the phobia

become less fearsome. Repetitive exposure gradually diminishes that fear until it eventually disappears.

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Wheelchair Rugby

Local home owners… throw open their doors Child free zones?… meet the couple with the Parent Pod! Is grey just so last year?… Jojo Humes Brown on colours

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Theatre on the Coast

Southwold Arts Centre Now until Saturday, 31st August Nothing matches the thrill of live theatre, and this summer we’re in for a treat! Suffolk Summer Theatres has undergone a facelift and makes her debut this summer as Theatre on the Coast.

Currently running is Debbie Isitt’s The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband (6th – 17th August) followed by Harold Brighouse’s Hobson’s Choice (pictured above) starring John D Collins (some of us will recognise him from ‘Allo! ‘Allo!).

Tickets are available at www.totc.co.uk

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The gym, Rock Barracks Sunday, 8th September The Woodbridge Wheelchair Warriors are looking for new players, and they’re offering a taster session from 9.30am to 12.30pm. Why not stop by and give it a go?

Wheelchair rugby is aimed at physically disabled adults and young people, male or female, pros or beginners – all those who are enthusiastic are welcome.

This is a fantastic opportunity to meet new people and play as part of a team, learn new skills and above all, have fun! And if you enjoy the taster session, there will be many more opportunities to follow. Let the games begin.

To register, contact Lee Parry at lee.parry@gbwr.com

FolkEast Festival

Glemham Hall, Little Glemham August 16th – 18th Did Glastonbury pass you by?

Forgot to buy tickets to Latitude?

Fear not, there’s plenty of sunshine left, and one last music festival to get you on your feet and swaying before the summer’s out!

FolkEast has earned a reputation for being a festival like no other.

This year’s standout performances from internationally acclaimed stars such as folk legend Richard Thompson and talented Irish songstress Cara Dillon, guarantee a truly unmissable weekend.

Buy tickets at www.folkeast.co.uk

AND ABOUT!

Our top tips for great days out this summer Edited by Abygail Fossett Deben Macmillan Challenge

River Deben, Ufford to Felixstowe Saturday, 24th August – Sunday, 8th September Looking to get more active? Struggling to find the motivation? The Macmillan East Suffolk Fundraising Group might have the ideal solution.

This summer it’s challenging members of the public to travel around, in or on the River Deben by any non-motorised means, while raising sponsorship money per mile to support those living with cancer.

Any areas between Ufford and Felixstowe can be covered in a number of ways, including sailing, swimming, kayaking or walking. You can do one or more activities on as many different days as you like, ideally during the two-week stretch.

As long as you can find a few friends or family members to sponsor you, Macmillan would be thrilled to have you on board! www.justgiving.com/campaign/debenmacmillan challenge

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Ed Sheeran: Made in Suffolk

Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich Tuesday, 20th August until spring 2020 This summer, Christchurch Mansion will be celebrating Ed Sheeran, our region’s best-loved, homegrown singer, with a unique exhibition on his life. It is being curated by Ed’s father, John, who has unearthed old photographs and possessions to be shown in this intimate and deeply personal exhibition set to follow Ed’s journey from Suffolk schoolboy to the internationally

renowned superstar he is today.

Portraits by the renowned Irish artist Colin Davidson will be on display, as well as photography

by Mark Surridge, who often accompanies Sheeran on tour.

John Sheeran says: “Ed has a deep affection for the landscape and its people. This exhibition reflects that.

Its title is Made in Suffolk, which he was.”

Don’t miss out on what promises to be a thriving attraction – right here on our doorstep! www.cimuseums.org.uk

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