In Touch News with East Bergholt – October 2016

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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Jack wanted to hold a roadside cake sale to raise money for charity, but couldn’t decide who to donate the money to. Old people were his first choice so I suggested Age UK Suffolk. Then he decided it should go to people who don’t have a place to live so we decided on Shelter. Next it was to help people with cancer so we added Cancer Research UK to the list. We sat there for an hour or so with our little picnic table, offering free squash with every purchase and the option to buy a copy of Jack’s Little Blue Book of Bits and Bones, drawings of some of the many odd bits Jack has picked up on scavenger hunts in the woods and compiled into a book with grandpa’s help. My son definitely has a generous soul, but in this instance I think book sales was his main objective. He did sell three copies and we raised £4 for each of our chosen charities, so not a bad result overall.

The best part was meeting people. Most of our customers were walking past but one lovely couple stopped in their car to see what we were up to and purchased four buns and a copy of the book. Turns out they have just moved into the house three doors up and this was their first opportunity, and ours, to meet. I dread to think how long it would have taken otherwise. Everyone seems so busy these days, racing from one appointment to another. I feel like I’m juggling all the time and rarely feel satisfied that I’ve done any one thing as well as I’d have liked. Time with extended family and neighbours, to get involved in community events or to volunteer in any capacity, seems impossible, but thank goodness so many people manage to conquer this balancing act. Those who do are the ones who collect for charity, who volunteer at schools and libraries, who organise fundraising events, who take part in all sorts of fundraising activities, who share themselves with others who may not be able to get out and about so easily.

Where would we be without these angels? My paltry £12 split three ways is no more than a token effort which I’m unlikely to repeat in a hurry, but in the coming months we will have several opportunities to support the efforts of others dedicated to raising money for one cause or another. So don’t drive by. Stick your hand in your pocket and throw a few coins in the pot, and if you’re not in a hurry take a moment to chat.

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• Hadleigh • Stowmarket • Capel St Mary • Bramford, Somersham & Offton • Needham Market, Creeting St Mary & Creeting St Peter • Sproughton & Burstall • Claydon, Barham & Henley • Manningtree, Mistley, Lawford & Brantham • Martlesham Heath & Old Martlesham • Kesgrave & Rushmere • Woodbridge & Melton • Gt. & Lt. Blakenham, Baylham & Nettlestead • Westerfield, Witnesham & Tuddenham St. Martin • Copdock, Washbrook, Belstead, Bentley & Tattingstone • Ipswich East, Broke Hall, Ravenswood & Warren Heath • Shotley, Chelmondiston, Pin Mill, Holbrook, Woolverstone & Erwarton

WE’VE CHANGED OUR NAME! A big hello from Mid and North Essex Mind, your local mental health charity. You might’ve once known us as either Colchester Mind or Mid Essex Mind. The two charities have now come together and our new name is Mid and North Essex Mind.

Our new name describes the area we now cover a bit better – Colchester, Tendring, Maldon, Braintree and Chelmsford districts.

We believe no one should have to face a mental health problem alone.

We’re here for you. Today. Now. Whether you’re stressed, depressed or in crisis.

We work with children from the age of five and adults of all ages. Some people use our services for only a little while and others might need help for longer.

We provide a number of services across Essex for adults, including counselling, practical support around things like debt, job seeking and housing and peer support groups, as well as a number of different services for children and young people who are experiencing poor emotional wellbeing.

We are connected to the national charity Mind, but we are an independent charity which means we have to raise our own money to help children and adults in our local area. We don’t get funding from the national charity.

We’ve got a brand new website at www.mnessexmind.org with lots of useful information to help you and lots of ways you can help us. You can also call us, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, on 01206 764600.

SUFFOLK DEMENTIA HELPLINE 01473 353350 We are here to help 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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EAST BERGHOLT PARISH COUNCIL UPDATE Matters at the August parish council meeting • Nine planning applications were considered – five approvals, three refusals, one no observations • Residents spoke in the open session against planning applications • Report from Neighbourhood Plan Group attendee saying parish council profile very positive • Most of the costs of Neighbourhood Plan met from £10,000 worth of locality and other grants • Neighbourhood Plan Committee to be dissolved post referendum – thanks to all who helped • Planning Advisory Committee to be formed to consider and advise parish council on planning applications • Kings Head closure and recent Babergh decision on fence planning application discussed • Judicial Review of Babergh’s Hadleigh Road Development decision at Royal Courts of Justice, December 7-8 • Planning Permission on 144 Moores Lane application still not issued

by Babergh • Extra litter picker mainly paid for by Babergh Community Caretaker Scheme commenced By the time this is published the result of the Neighbourhood Plan Referendum will be known – more information next month.

Parish Clerk Valerie Ayton

TRANSPORT TO THE DOCTOR’S SURGERY These last two months have been among the busiest for the scheme so far. We have had up to five journeys to cover each week, many of them over to East Bergholt. We could therefore still use more volunteers. If you felt able once a fortnight or less to take someone from their home to the surgery and back, more sets of hands will reduce the frequency of call out. Equally if you felt you could handle ringing the surgery once a week and then allocating journeys out to the volunteers, that is an equally important role.

We now have our first volunteer from Washbrook, but we need a few from Bentley. Come on, as a certain well known cookery lady said… LBHY! To discuss contact Chris Yule: 310992

SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAM HALLOWEEN At this time of year many families choose to celebrate/ participate in Halloween activities, while others do not. It’s not anyone’s place to judge who does and who does not.

However, it is important that everyone respects each other’s viewpoints.

So may we request that those of you who will be, or who have family members who will be, participating in activities such as trick or treat, to please do so in a manner that you would, or they would, like their family members to be treated?

Would you or your family like to have eggs and flour thrown at your windows or houses? Would you like your elderly grandparents, many of whom live alone, to have people repeatedly knocking at their door after dark? Or running across their gardens, jumping out and scaring them, banging on their windows and being a general nuisance? If the answer is No, then don’t do it to other people’s houses. Likewise, don’t go to houses that are not showing that they are participating in the festival.

Only go to houses that are your family or friends, where people have decorated their houses for Halloween, or those who you know wish to participate. Above all though, have a safe and enjoyable time however you decide to spend it.

PROTECTING YOURSELF AGAINST VEHICLE CRIME The majority of vehicle crime is the result of criminals seeing opportunities and taking advantage of temptation. You can take simple steps to secure your vehicle and make it less attractive to the criminal element.

Keep your keys on you at all times, even when leaving the car as it only takes a few seconds for someone to jump into and drive off with your vehicle.

Never leave your personal belongings on display, i.e. on seats or foot wells. This includes handbags and coats.

Lock the doors and close the windows of your vehicle whenever you leave it, especially when paying for fuel at a petrol station as it only takes a few seconds for someone to reach in and grab your valuables or drive off with your car.

Park your car in a well-lit area, ideally which can be seen by many people from various buildings and windows.

If you are unfortunate enough to become a victim of crime, there are ways of increasing your chances of getting your property. Please log on and create an account at www.immobilise.com which is a free property registration service and a very powerful tool in the fight against crime.

We would encourage you to register your valuable and identifiable possessions on this website. Please remember to include make, model and serial numbers where possible as without these it will be next to impossible to identify your cordless drill, ipod or laptop from another.

Until next month, PCSO 3173 Julia Bignell, Hadleigh SNT, Magdalen Road, Hadleigh IP7 5AD For emergency calls 999 / non-emergency calls 101

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REPORT TO PARISHES, MID-SAMFORD WARD: SEPTEMBER 2016 BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCILLOR, SUE CARPENDALE Capel St Mary is waiting for two significant planning applications to land on the desk. There are concerns over both, not because people object to new homes – people need them – but rather because of the access, noise and traffic problems they seem destined to cause, with detriment to residential amenity and road safety. We shall need to try to influence how these two developments are delivered. Within a few years we could see literally hundreds of new homes in villages nearby the A12 and A1214. The impact on our schools, health services and journeys to work will be considerable without new investment.

The Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Strategic Plan has five priorities. We received a headline update on these early in September.

1. With respect to housing, the objective is: “more of the right type of homes, of the right tenure in the right place.” Given the issues our communities are facing, we need to ensure any new development meets this primary requirement. A new Joint Local Plan is being developed to cover the period up to 2036. The second call for sites (smaller this time, able to take five or more homes) is part of this planning. Since April this year, more than 150 planning applications with a CIL liability have been granted, potentially yielding over £1.3m towards infrastructure improvements. Some £200,000 will go directly to parish councils. Self-builds are exempted from CIL. There have been 12 new dwellings and five extensions in this category so far.

2. Government wants communities to thrive, grow, be healthy, active and self-sufficient. Thirty-three engagement events held during the summer

discussed housing-led growth for the prosperity of the area. More than 600 people attended, 200 surveys were completed and nearly 2,000 comments received. A £25,000 grant was awarded to a new community store in Bentley and very positive work with Hadleigh Dementia Action Alliance has resulted in 1,000 dementia friends with 15 local businesses involved.

3. An updated Economic Development Strategy is using intelligence gathered from a business survey. Dedicated account managers will be allocated to businesses and ‘Space to Innovate’ Enterprise Zone sites should generate 23 new businesses and 800 FTE jobs at Sproughton Enterprise Park. The careers website is now up and running – www.icanbea.org.uk – with 120 employer profiles. New Anglia LEP has launched a micro grant scheme offering £1,000 to £10,000 for businesses in Norfolk and Suffolk.

4. Officers and members now have access to a big internal database for all of the council’s projects detailing progress, key contacts and responsibilities.

It’s constantly updated. There will soon be a new more user-friendly joint public website for Babergh and Mid Suffolk, all designed to make the organisation more enabled and efficient.

5. A Capital Investment Strategy is taking off with the purchase of property in Sudbury’s Borehamgate shopping centre and land in the Hamilton Road quarter. These will be developed to provide income for the general fund.

Redundant buildings and other property assets are being bought using right-to-buy receipts to provide new homes. sue.carpendale@babergh.gov.uk

BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCILLOR, FENELLA SWAN Accommodation Review Babergh officers are currently preparing a report on public access and office accommodation that will go to both full councils in September for consideration and decisions. Public access and the accommodation element of it mean a fundamental change in how services are delivered and how the public will access them. So the report for members is likely to be in three parts. One part will be a public access strategy, the second will be accommodation and the third will describe opportunities for the existing sites at Hadleigh and Needham Market, should either or both be vacated.

Babergh and Mid-Suffolk District Councils are looking at how they can work better across the whole public sector estate in Suffolk, and asking: Where do people want to access the district council and its services? For example, IT can be used to make the majority of people more able to ‘self-serve’ in their interactions with the council, which allows them to focus on those who most need help to link them with services. Just as importantly, they are also starting to think more flexibly about employees working practices and what accommodation they need to use and when.

Hadleigh Market In September 2015 the leaseholder of Hadleigh Market announced that he was retiring and it was felt that this would be a good opportunity to see what could be done to improve the market which has been flagging for several years and consisted of only a couple of stalls. A community survey was carried out and it was established that a conundrum existed whereby

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people didn’t use the market because there wasn’t enough variety and local produce, but new traders couldn’t be attracted because people weren’t using the market. While this is a difficult situation to resolve, Babergh looked into how best to secure a decent market for Hadleigh. Working with a new partner, they have managed to attract a variety of new stalls, while at the same time retaining the original stalls that were there throughout.

The revamped market was launched on September 2. The range of stalls and merchandise will change week by week ensuring that it is a market worth visiting – and re-visiting. On sale will be high quality products (from pies to fresh bread and home-made cakes to candles) and a number of reviews will be carried out during a 14-month period to assess the impact and success of the market improvements and to plan for long term sustainability of the market. Please visit the market in the Market Square on Fridays between 10am and 2pm.

Business Glass Collection Service Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils have begun a new kerbside Business Glass Collection Service, collecting waste glass for recycling from businesses across the district rather than allowing it to join general waste that is disposed of at the Energy-from-Waste plant at Great Blakenham.

New specialist collection vehicles are operating across the districts, offering the service to any business that presently disposes of a large amount of glass with its general waste. fenella.swan@babergh.gov.uk

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NEWS REPORT TO PARISHES: DODNASH WARD

ARDLEIGH SURGERY NEWS

DISTRICT COUNCILLOR JOHN HINTON The ‘silly season’ in politics appears to be nearly over, but don’t expect much real work to be done until the conference season is completed.

I am writing this while the sun is shining, Great Britain is doing remarkably well in the Olympics and it’s 24 degrees. It seems slightly odd then to be talking about the flu season, which is rapidly approaching, because in most peoples’ mind flu is a winter illness. However, for the practice, the planning for our flu campaign started much earlier, with the orders being placed in January this year and the detailed plans being formulated in August.

The search goes on for a new Babergh Chief Executive, well we must assume it is as communication from officers to councillors and visa versa is to say the least sparse. I nearly left the same comments on planning from last month as little has changed. Big applications still hang like swords of Damocles over villages, while they continue to build in small lots exceeding their targets in the core strategy. Well they will if they continue, but the act of trying to force through big unwanted applications will potentially create a backlash against all development.

If the ‘Good Bad and Ugly’ tour for councillors of successes and failures in planning is reintroduced, I am sure the recent approval of five ‘eco lodges’ in Flatford Lane will feature under ‘mis-labelled’ as they look like ‘public toilets’. (Dedham Vale comments, not mine although it’s an apt description) The devolution consultation is complete and the 110 pages of verbage are available to anyone with insomnia. According to The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy it’s not the answer that’s important, it’s the question.

Well if you ask the same question in different ways to different people you can get the answer you want. It worked for the EU when the referendums on the Lisbon Treaty were held, so why not here? Common sense says that with four councils in Norfolk already out of the picture, the whole thing should be dropped before any more money is spent on it. Oh I know it’s only officer time that has been expended, but if that is spare time why don’t we reduce the head count? Next year Babergh is reported to have a £1million shortfall in its budget. As one per cent on council tax raises about £60,000 we will have to see some big savings to balance the books.

This month sees a decision (apparently all is in place) on the moving of the council offices to Endeavour House in Ipswich. Customer access and even consultation does not appear to have happened unless the council meeting in September is purely to agree on a direction subject to consultation!

See what I mean about a lack of communication? With councils selling off or closing care and sheltered accommodation and McCarthy and Stone, the biggest provider, reporting a fall in sales/lettings, plans to convert to sheltered/care accommodation seems a little flawed. It could be an interesting meeting provided councillors look at the papers and form an opinion.

Time to contact your local member and let your feelings on the subject be known.

Keep smiling, at least at time of writing it is still quite mild, and if you have any concerns do not hesitate to contact me.

For those of you who qualify for a free flu vaccination, please contact the surgery and we will be able to book you into one of our clinics. The jab is free for all those 65 and over (in fact it’s also free for those who are 64, but will be 65 between September 1, 2016 and March 31, 2017) and in addition to those who have certain chronic conditions such as diabetes or COPD whatever age. If you are in any doubt as to your availability, please speak to the receptionists who will be able to advise you. If you aren’t eligible for a free jab, many of the pharmacies and supermarkets offer a private vaccination which last year ranged from £8-£10.

Like last year, we will be immunising two, three and four-year-olds against flu with the nasal spray and we will write to parents as soon as the centrally supplied NHS vaccine becomes available. Some primary school children may well receive the nasal spray immunisation at school.

While writing about the flu vaccine, it seems a good idea to remind you of other vaccines available to you free from the surgery. Pneumovax is used to protect patients in the same group as those eligible for the flu vaccination against pneumonia, which is a serious illness for the elderly and those with other conditions. Unlike the flu jab, which is given every year, the pneumovax is a ‘one off’ in most cases.

The NHS introduced the shingles vaccination three years ago and this is an extremely effective vaccine against what can be a horribly painful condition. As you will be aware from my comments in the past, the NHS does like to complicate things and this vaccine is available from September 2 for those who were born from 2.9.1943 to 1.9.1946 or from 2.9.1937 up to your 80th birthday. This is also a one off vaccination.

Childhood vaccinations are a worry for most parents. I can still remember how anxious I was when I took my twins for their first vaccinations, even though it was nearly 21 years ago! The majority of immunisations they receive have been around for many years and many of those becoming parents now will have received these immunisations themselves as children. If you have any concerns about these immunisations or would like to see the full programme, information is available from http://tinyurl.com/kdppkba or by speaking to our clinicians.

Teenagers are not known for liking vaccinations, but the immunisations given to this particular group has seen an increase in recent years. In Year 9, this group will be offered a booster vaccination covering tetanus, diphtheria and polio and will also be offered the Meningitis ACWY, and girls will be offered the HPV (Human Papillovirus) vaccination in Year 7.

Councillor John Hinton

In addition to these routine, free programmes, the practice also offers a range of travel vaccinations for those of you seeking some winter sun.

Please contact the practice for details.

John.hinton@babergh.gov.uk

Practice Manager Stephanie Durrant

FREE OPEN DAY AT EAST BERGHOLT SPORTS CENTRE Come along and try an activity, sport or gym session for free at East Bergholt Sports Centre on Saturday, October 8, 9am-2pm. This is a great opportunity to meet the new management team from South Suffolk Leisure and to find out about the new budget gym coming this month.

Working with East Bergholt High School, South Suffolk Leisure are keen to ensure the sports centre meets the leisure needs for the community. Centre manager Kim Davis said: “We are opening

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our doors and inviting the local community to come in and try an activity, sport and gym session for free. It’s also a great opportunity to show people our plans to develop a brand new budget gym and to signpost people to our local sports clubs located here. We’d like to showcase everything we have on offer to help them to reach their health, fitness and leisure goals.”

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NEWS CONSTABLE COUNTRY MEDICAL PRACTICE Helping the practice to help you Pressures on the NHS are reported on daily in the media; overspend, hospital closures, A&E waiting times. Your GP practice is a critical component of the NHS and increasing demand and pressure on funding affects us as well. We have finite resources so therefore need to work as efficiently as possible. As we head into autumn we know that demand will increase. We continually work to improve the efficiency of the practice and you can help us by bearing in mind following guidelines: • If you require repeat medication, let us know well in advance and allow three working days before collection.

• Nominate a pharmacy so that from November your prescriptions can be sent quickly and electronically to a pharmacy of your choice.

• Use your pharmacist. They can offer excellent advice and provide over-the-counter medication which your GP cannot prescribe. If your pharmacist believes you need to see a GP they will tell you.

• Use NHS Choices. The website contains extensive help on a wide range of medical conditions and offers advice on what you can do to help yourself and when you need to seek help from a GP. • Tell our receptionist the nature of you problem. They may be able to resolve it without you having to come to the practice (e.g. medication issues) and they can advise on the most appropriate clinician to see (GP, nurse practitioner, nurse, pharmacist).

Remember that we will never turn a patient away who needs to speak to a doctor. If our on-the-day appointments are fully booked, one of our doctors will phone you back to discuss your problem and see you in person if necessary.

• Phone later in the day if you need test results. If a result is abnormal and or action is required then you will be contacted by the practice. We don’t contact patients when no further action is required.

• Please bear with us! Some days are very busy, especially Mondays and Fridays. If you can’t get through on the phone then try later.

You will always be able to speak to a doctor if necessary.

Annual flu clinics Our annual flu clinics will be on the following dates: East Bergholt Medical Centre: Tuesday, October 11, 2-7pm

CONSTABLE COUNTRY PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP Dicky Ticker? Talk on October 5 at 7.30pm Following the very successful talk on diabetes we have arranged a second talk by cardiologist Dr Nick Robinson. This topic was suggested in feedback from the first event. The talk will be on October 5 in the Methodist Church in The Street, Capel St Mary (near the shopping precinct). Refreshments will be served from 7pm with the talk at 7.30pm. All welcome. We will also give you a brief report on our first 15 months in operation as a PPG. More volunteer drivers please Thanks to all those who have volunteered to drive patients from Capel, Wenham, Bentley and Copdock and Washbrook to the surgeries at Capel and East Bergholt. We don’t currently have any drivers from Bentley and just one from Copdock and Washbrook. It would be very helpful if we had some drivers based in those villages. If you can help please email us at constablecountryppg@gmail.com or phone Dr Frank Wells on 01473 730101 or Chris Yule on 01473 310992.

A reminder also that there is a well-established volunteer driver scheme for people who live in East Bergholt or Brantham. If you need transport to the surgery just let the receptionist know.

Complaints, comments and compliments Please do make use of the comments cards in both surgeries. We will do our best to get a resolution to any problems. We also pass on any compliments. Or you can email us at constablecountryppg@gmail.com or phone me on 01473 311384 Kathy Pollard

BRANTHAM AMATEUR THEATRICAL SOCIETY Would you like to be involved in the next BATS production, the brilliant, catchy, moving tale of man versus plant that is Little Shop of Horrors?

Are you a singer, dancer, actor? Fancy yourself on the technical side of things? If so, we would love to hear from you.

The show will run from Tuesday 14 to Saturday, February 18, 2017.

Rehearsals start in October.

If you want to know more please contact our musical director John: 07739 899414 / john@tarnwhitehorseroad.co.uk

Capel St Mary Surgery: Thursday, October 20, 2-7pm All eligible patients will receive a letter by the end of September inviting them to attend on one of the above days. Patients may attend either clinic, irrespective of where they live, and no appointment is needed.

Training days A reminder that the practice will be closed from 1pm on the following dates for staff training: Wednesday, October 12; Thursday, November 17; Wednesday, December 14.

NOVEMBER JUMBLE SALE Clear The Clutter – Bag A Bargain!

On these afternoons the doors will be closed so please ensure any prescriptions are picked up well beforehand. If you phone the practice the recorded message will ask you to ring 111 for medical assistance if your problem cannot wait until the next day.

Saturday, November 26 from 2pm at Bentley Village Hall

Practice Manager Pete Keeble

The hall will be open from 2pm. Tea and coffee will be available.

If you have anything you wish to donate to our fundraising sale, please bring it along to the hall from 9am on the day or contact Pam (01473 310283) or Aimée (01473 311311) to arrange collection.

We look forward to seeing you and thank you for your support.

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OUT & ABOUT ACCLAIMED PIANIST TO PLAY CHARITY CONCERT World renowned pianist Christian Blackshaw will perform his one and only concert at Snape Maltings in 2016 on Friday, October 14, entirely and exclusively to raise money for Ormiston Families, the East of England’s leading family charity.

A deeply passionate and sensitive performer, Christian Blackshaw is celebrated for his incomparable performances. His playing combines tremendous emotional depth with great understanding and, in the words of one London critic, “sheer musicality and humanity”.

Pianist magazine, reviewing his performance of Schubert’s great B Flat Sonata D.960 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, wrote that the work “has become the calling card of many a pianist wishing to declare themselves a musician’s musician and Blackshaw most certainly belongs to this category”.

Recent notable appearances include South Bank International Piano Series, Berliner Philharmoniker, Tokyo, Montreal, Aldeburgh Festival, Bamberg Symphony, RAI National Symphony and Mariinsky Orchestra with Valery Gergiev.

At Snape Maltings Christian Blackshaw will perform Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A minor K. 310 together with piano works by Schubert, Liszt and Chopin.

Proceeds from the recital will be used to support Ormiston Families’ work providing services to support children, young people and their families, helping to improve their life chances. Ormiston Families’ work includes support for those affected by abuse and those struggling with mental health issues, providing children’s visits across the region’s prisons, operating children’s centres and support for parents through a range of parenting courses. Identifying and responding to the needs of children, whatever challenges they face, the charity’s vision is of a world in which every child will be loved, nurtured and valued.

NOTES FROM THE CASE Suffolk’s first Co-operative Pub

Bentley’s Celebration of Beer Our first ‘mini beer festival’ was a great success. Many thanks to all who worked so hard to make it happen, and everyone who turned up to sample the many fine ales on offer. Watch this space for next year.

St Edmund’s Night Celebration Following last year’s successful event, we will again be remembering Suffolk’s very own St Edmund, the once and true patron saint of England, by holding a mediaeval theme night on Saturday, November 19. Our normal menu will be replaced by a mediaeval banquet – see the website for details. Enter into the spirit by dressing up. Booking for the banquet is essential on 01473 805575.

Christmas 2016 It feels early to be thinking about Christmas, but Jay, our chef, has already designed a superb menu which is available from December 7. See below or visit the website for details. Book early to avoid disappointment.

Quiz Night Saturdays, September 24 and October 29 at 9pm with food served from 6-8pm. Teams of six, £2 per contestant.

Our team of volunteers do a fantastic job, but we still need you. In the garden, behind the bar, with a paintbrush, at front of house or behind the scenes, please consider joining one of the teams who make the Case such a success. Pick up an information leaflet in the pub or talk to Yolande or someone who already volunteers. Don’t worry if you’ve got no experience – there’s lots of support available.

For more information on these events or volunteering at The Case please visit: www.thecasepubbentley.co.uk / www.facebook.com/SaveTheCaseBentley Contact: 01473 805575 / savethecase.bentley@gmail.com

Christian has very kindly donated the recital to Ormiston Families so the full cost of each ticket goes to the charity. To book tickets please visit: www.tickets.aldeburgh.co.uk/Online/2016-autumn-christian-blackshaw

ST MICHAEL’S MONTHLY MARKET The next monthly market at St Michael’s, The Church on the Park, Woolverstone is on Saturday, September 8, 9am-12.30pm.

A chance to buy a whole range of products from local people including fruit, vegetables, cakes, bread, meat and an interesting range of handcrafted items.

East End Butchers are pleased to be the market’s resident meat supplier. If you would like to place on order with them it can be collected at the market each month. Their number for orders is 01206 392190.

Come along to mingle with your friends, have a cup of coffee, and a bacon buttie and enjoy the lovely venue.

New stalls welcome. Contact Jane Gould: 01473 780777

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OUT & ABOUT OCTOBER AT VENTURE CENTRE 2000

EAST BERGHOLT CINEMA

Sunday 2: Link Line, 2-4pm

Constable Hall, Gandish Road, East Bergholt

Monday 3: Little Acorns, demonstration of clairvoyance with Val Perrott, 7.30-9pm. Doors open 7pm, admission £3.50.

Friday, October 7, 8pm: Bridge of Spies (12A) The compelling story of the lawyer who negotiated a spy swap during the Second World War. Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance star. Steven Spielberg directs. The reviews have been unanimously positive.

Wednesday 5: Stour Valley Flower Club, demonstrator Kathy Stargard Saturday 8: Suffolk Poultry Show. Contact Colin Sussams: 01440 731860 Monday 10: Lymphedema Support Group, 7-9pm. Contact Linda McFadden: 01206 241338

“Bridge of Spies is a mature handsome thriller, swirling with novelistic intrigue” The Telegraph.

Thursday 13: Singing 4 The Brain, 2-4pm Saturday 15:

Tuesday 18: Link Line Coffee, Chat and Cake, a time when people can meet up for a chat with light refreshments, 10am-noon. Open to everybody.

Friday, November 18: Florence Foster Jenkins (PG) Set in 1940s New York, this is the story of a wealthy socialite who wants to be an opera singer but whose ambition far exceeds her talent. Starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant.

Saturday 22: Halloween Craft Fair in aid of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, 10.30am-4pm. Thirty craft stalls, face painting, trick or treat, inspirational Christmas gifts. Free entry, free parking, refreshments, homemade cakes.

Contact: 01206 396868 / louisejoplin@btinternet.com

“A bright bubbly and suitably earbursting biopic of surely the least gifted chanteuse ever to sell out Carnegie Hall.” Variety.

Sound Therapy Interactive Workshop, 2-6pm, £45, booking necessary.

Healing Sound Journey, 7-9pm, £12, booking necessary.

Sunday 16: Link Line, 2-4pm

Thursday 27: Singing 4 The Brain, 2-4pm Saturday 29: Colchester Poultry Show. Contact Nicki Firth: 01359 230448 REGULAR CLASSES

Tickets available on the door or in advance from the Fountain House Tearoom in East Bergholt. Alternatively call 01206 299774 to reserve tickets until 7.45pm. Doors open at 7.30pm. Bar and refreshments available. Adults £4/under 18s £2.

Monday: Table tennis, quilters, patchwork quilters, Active 4 Life keep fit, Beavers Tuesday: Yoga (am/pm), art classes, Emperor Theatre Arts, choir, Cubs Wednesday: Weight Watchers (am/pm), body conditioning, pilates (beginners and improvers), art classes, Brownies, Guides, Rangers Thursday: Upholstery, Jo Jingles, Baby Ballet, Slimming World, Brownies Friday: Active 4 Life and pilates, Little Squigglers, Boogie Shoes, Rainbows, Scouts Saturday: Available for private hire Sunday: Key to Love Christian Fellowship every Sunday morning at 11am and fortnightly Link Line meetings. Monthly meeting of Little Acorns, Stour Valley Flower Club, Lymphedema Support Group and Link Line Coffee, Chat and Cake. Available for private hire.

BUMPER BOOK SALE Saturday, November 12 at Manningtree Methodist Church, South Street, 10am-2pm A wide and varied selection of good quality books which are keenly priced will be available on the day so why not pop along and pick up some pre Christmas bargains?

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OUT & ABOUT DEDHAM FILMS

CAPEL SINGERS

The Assembly Rooms, Dedham

Rehearsals begin in October for our annual Christmas Concert of carols and readings which will take place in the church on December 13 at 7.30pm.

Wednesday, October 19, 7.30pm (doors open at 7pm): Love and Friendship, directed by Whit Stillman A brilliantly funny dramatisation of Jane Austen’s Lady Susan with a stellar cast and wonderful costumes.

Tickets £4 from Shakespeare House Gallery, Dedham High Street or online at: www.dedhfilms.co.uk No Dedham Films Live in October. www.dedhamfilms.co.uk / www.villagefilmfestival.co.uk

We would love to welcome some new voices, particularly basses and sopranos. If you are a reasonable sight reader and enjoy singing some fun and challenging carols, please contact Chris for details: 310992

NEWS FROM CAPEL LIBRARY I was reminded of a joke the other day when one of the children came into the library to share his story for the reading game. He shared lots of jokes from a book and was laughing out loud. I shared this one with him What is the highest building in Capel?

Why the library, of course, because it has lots of storeys (stories)!

STOUR VALLEY ARTS AND MUSIC

Courtesy of the late Martin Wilson who was a great anecdoter

Sunday, October 9 at 4pm: Calder String Quartet at St Mary’s Church, East Bergholt

October sees the days draw in a little quicker and become cooler. It is time therefore to cuddle up with a good book, novel, joke or otherwise, or to watch a DVD from the comfort of the settee. Generally a lot of new releases happen this month to corner the Christmas market so there is a lot to look out for including the biopic film of Eddie the Eagle. Remember him from the Winter Olympics?

Benjamin Jacobson (violin), Andrew Bulbrook (violin), Jonathan Moerschel (viola) and Eric Byers (cello) will perform Debussy’s String Quartet in G minor op 10, Hillborg’s Kongsgaard Variations and Beethoven’s String Quartet no 8 in E minor op 59 no 2.

Sunday, November 20 at 4pm: Alison Rose (soprano) and James Cheung (piano) at St Mary’s Church, East Bergholt. This concert is supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust.

Programme: Strauss, Mädchenblumen op 22 Grieg, Sechs Lieder op 48 Rossini, La Regata Veneziana Britten, On this Island Op 11 De Falla, Popular Spanish Song An outstanding young soprano at the start of her career, Alison won the 2015 Maggie Teyt Recital Prize. She has just completed a year at the prestigious National Opera Studio at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She is a National Opera Studio Young Artist for the 2015/2016 season where she is sponsored by the Glyndebourne New Generation Programme. She is a member of The Countess of Munster Musical Trust Recital Scheme and is an Oxford Lieder Young Artist.

James Cheung, recently featured as a ‘new face’ in The Telegraph, has worked with some of the most exciting artists today. He is a chamber musician and accompanist, specialising in working with singers. Past performances include festivals in Aldeburgh, the City of London, the Endellion, Chichester and Aix en Provence. He has also performed across Europe and Asia.

The season continues with: Sunday, January 22 at 4pm: Clare Hammond (piano) at Constable Hall, East Bergholt Friday, February 10 at 8pm: Lecture by Dr Lois Oliver: Love and Loss: The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice in Art and Music, at Constable Hall, East Bergholt Sunday, February 26 at 4pm: Vanbrugh String Quartet at St Mary’s Church, East Bergholt Sunday, March 19 at 4pm: Kammerphilharmonie Europa at St Mary’s Church, East Bergholt Box office and information: www.svam.org.uk / 01206 298426

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Maybe you wish to challenge yourself to settle and do a jigsaw. We have some new ones to tempt you. Do ask the staff for further details.

We can order anything from the current Suffolk Library website for free delivered to the library of your choice.

Clubs to look out for this month Baby Bounce: every Tuesday at 2pm, except October 25 as it’s half term Library Book Group: Friday 21 at 2.30pm Minecraft: Sundays 9 and 23, 10.30am-noon Looking for a stocking filler present? We sell book tokens in any denomination. We also sell books of postage stamps, both first and second class.

We are currently accepting good quality used books for our sale trolley, so if you are having a clear out ready for new books for Christmas then think of donating them to us to sell.

Opening times Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday:

9.30am-12.30pm & 2-5.30pm 9.30am-12.30pm 9.30am-12.30pm 2-5pm & 5.30-7.30pm 9am-3pm 10am-3pm

Telephone: 01473 311699

FRIENDS OF CAPEL LIBRARY We have just had a very successful time at Bentley Fun Day, breaking records for the sale of our good used books. Thanks to all those who weighed in and helped raise the gazebo, then collapse it again at the end of the afternoon.

Next up is our astronomical evening at St Mary’s Church Hall. We’re hoping for a clear night so that we can see the stars and receive some instruction from the experts.

The winners of the 100 Club this month are Lillian Calvert (£15), Kevin Austrin (£5), and Graham Philips (£5).

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OUT & ABOUT EAST BERGHOLT OIL CLUB

CHARITY GOLF DAY AT HINTLESHAM GOLF CLUB

Do you heat your home with oil? Live in East Bergholt or near?

Then join our oil club.

I email or telephone you every month October to April to see if you need oil that month. That gives Sarah a total to do a ring round to find the best price. I tell you what that is and which company. They contact you about delivery and payment. We save loads of money and are able to get delivery slots in inclement weather.

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To get on the contact list call Linda on: 01206 298302

Wednesday, October 5, 9am start Individuals/teams up to four players / £45 per player 18 hole Stableford, two-course lunch, winners prizes Booking enquiries to Val Ayton, secretary: 01206 298692 / ebchurchpres@gmail.com Profits to St Mary’s Church East Bergholt Preservation Society to support the maintenance of the historic parish church and its unique bell cage.

HADLEIGH CHORAL SOCIETY Saturday, November 19, 7.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Hadleigh Dvorak: Mass in D Dvorak: Te Deum Janace: Otce nas (Our Father), orch. Phelps, sung in Czech Smetana Overture The Bartered Bride – Performed by Colchester Symphony Orchestra

STOUR VALLEY MEN’S PROBUS CLUB Tom Hodgson presented a talk entitled What the Papers Say on Wednesday, September 7 and Francis Boardman returned on September 21 to present The Battle of Waterloo. Both events proved popular with our members October speakers Wednesday 5: Natural History of Bats by Anne and Dennis Kell Wednesday 19: Wallace & Edward by David Ablewhite November speakers Wednesday 2: Mid Suffolk Light Railway by John Stark Wednesday 16: Senior Fraud with Homestead Senior Care Our club endeavours to be simple in structure, free of the constraints and obligations of service clubs and involve members at minimal cost. The club is directed primarily to providing fellowship between members who are compatible with each other and the opportunity for development of acquaintances. New members are welcomed.

We meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month at St John Ambulance HQ, Manningtree CO11 1EB at 10.30am. For further details please contact Brian Rolfe: 01206 393665

Capel St Mary CEVC Primary School (Charity No: 1092557)

Nearly New Sale Saturday 15th October 1:30 – 3:00pm Capel Community Church

Days Road, Capel St Mary GOOD QUALITY ITEMS ONLY Maternity Clothes, Baby Equipment, Clothes (aged 0-11 years), Toys, Books and Games 50p Entrance fee (children free) For more details or to order a seller’s pack, please contact either: Lisa 01473 312248 or Jo 01473 730771

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It’s Autumn Gardening Time!

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You’ll find everything you need for your garden at Blenheim

Home grown winter pansies, violas and mini-cyclamen

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Large range of Autumn planting bulbs

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Flatford Calling all families…..

This October half term we need you to help the Flatford witch find all the ingredients for her wicked witches brew on our fun family Halloween trail.

Our Halloween trail runs 22—30 October. £1 per child.

Please call 01206 298260 for more information.

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OUT & ABOUT MANNINGTREE & DISTRICT PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

At our opening meeting in September local photographer Ian Love took us on a 4,000 km African Safari. Rare shots of the wild and wonderful and some GoPro action footage left us on the edge of our seats. Using modern equipment, shot with a single 18-300mm Nikon lens and largely unedited, Ian’s work demonstrated the simple beauty of accurate traditional photography.

Future meetings October 3: No meeting at Manningtree but members will be taking part in a competition with other local clubs hosted by Harwich & Dovercourt Camera Club at the Cliff Hotel, Dovercourt October 13: Wildlife Photography with Liz Cutting ARPS, DPAGB, BFE5 October 27: Humorous Photos Competition, judge George Buxton We meet on Thursday evenings, twice monthly, at 7.30pm at St Johns Centre, Station Road, Manningtree CO11 1EB. New members are welcome to join or may attend initially as a visitor (£3).

Please contact our secretary, Margaret, for more information: 01206 396958 / madps@post.com www.manningtreeanddistrictphotographicsociety.co.uk

STOUR VALLEY U3A On Wednesday, September 14, historian, writer and lecturer Dr John Ashdown-Hill FSA, FRHistS spoke on The Mythology of Richard III. He explored the traditional mythology and modern myths which have emerged since the discovery of his remains in 2012.

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 visits to gardens, churches and historic buildings.

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 and Stratford St Mary. We are affiliated to the ThirdAge Trust and have more than 260 members and 21 groups.

For further information please visit www.stourvalleyu3a.org.uk where membership secretary Val Pretty may be contacted.

After our AGM on Wednesday, October 12, Andrew Phillips OBE (Lord Phillips of Sudbury) will talk on Life in The House of Lords. He will give his views on the House of Lords as an institution and will add some reminiscences from his 17 years there.

On Wednesday, November 9, Adrian Wright FRGS will talk on Earth on Fire. Hawaiian larva oozes continuously while Krakatoa and Vesuvius have been dormant for decades, sometimes centuries, between cataclysmic events. This illustrated talk examines volcanic variety, exploring reasons for such diversity.

We don’t have a speaker meeting in December, but our popular Christmas Lunch will take place on Wednesday, December 7 in the Constable Hall.

We meet at The Constable Hall, Gandish Road, East Bergholt CO7 6TP at 2.15pm. Annual membership is £12 which entitles members to attend meetings on the second Wednesday of each month, except August and December.

It’s never too late to learn! Join the 361,477 members across 969 U3As throughout the UK today!

ROTARY CLUB OF MANNINGTREE STOUR VALLEY The club collected 107 sleeping bags left on the site of the V Festival, Chelmsford and donated them to the needs of folk in the Clacton and Jaywick areas. The picture below shows them awaiting collection in the Methodist Hall, Manningtree by the various church and charity agencies.

We also collected several hundred chairs to be resold for charity. Thanks to all who helped for this splendid collection.

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OUT & ABOUT

Our new website shows details of all our Essex lodges, where we meet and what we do, with many photographs and detail of charitable works.

Have a look, you will be surprised at the amount of information on it: www.essexfreemasons.net On September 1 we launched Festival 2022, a six year effort to raise more than £5 million pounds which will be deposited with the Masonic Charitable Foundation for distribution amongst our own and nonMasonic charities. Expectations are that we will exceed this target as Essex Freemasons raised more than £5.5 million at the last festival.

The two local lodges, Mistley Lodge and Dedham Vale Lodge, who meet monthly at their building in South Street, Manningtree have supported more than 20 charities in the past 12 months while thoroughly enjoying themselves in doing so. Plans for this year include several dinners called Ladies’ Nights, BBQs and a mystery tour at the end of October. By the time this is published, Dedham Vale Lodge will have held their Ladies’ Night at the Holiday Inn in Colchester with some 80 persons present. The installation of their new master for the year followed with a visit for the occasion from the Provincial Grand Master for Essex.

DEDHAM FOOTPATH GROUP Sunday, October 9: Meet at Royal Square, Dedham, 10.30am Further details from Robert Cort: 01206 323817 Sunday, November 6: Meet at Fiveways Car Park, Manningtree, 10.30am Further details from Sue Everett: 07712 240449

VILLAGE LINK CLUB Philip Lyons will present a talk with music entitled A Naval Sailor’s Life is a Merry Life in the 18th and 19th Centuries on October 12.

Future talks this year: Creative Story Writing; Pavements We Walk On; Nothing Like a Dame; Dedham, Lavenham and the Cloth Trade; Chaplin of the Methodist Homes; Wolves, Dogs and Us; Easter Parade; The Building of Bury Tower.

Meetings are held in Tattingstone Village Hall on the second Wednesday of every month at 10am. Following the speaker we have refreshments (when there is time for a chat with other members) and a raffle. New members and visitors are welcome to join us.

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MANNINGTREE ROTARY CLUB MURDER MYSTERY EVENING Scream, laugh and enjoy an evening of murder mystery like you have never experienced before.

Join us for an evening of murder mystery and mayhem as Rotary Radio Broadcasting bring you Fifty Shades of Grain, a cereal killing!

Who did it? Can you solve the crime or just die of laughter?

All proceeds will go to the Rotary End Polio Campaign with one lucky ticket holder winning a Purple for Polio Teddy Bear.

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AUTUMN AT RSPB FLATFORD WILDLIFE GARDEN As the days shorten, the temperature drops and the central heating button starts to beckon, it can be easy to forget about what’s happening out in the garden, but life goes on out there as autumn progresses and the wildlife is as busy as ever.

The insects will have an easier time of it if we provide some late nectar and pollen sources in the form of late-flowering plants such as sedums, asters and Michaelmas daisies. Many insects over-winter, some going on to provide food for hungry birds in springtime. Our butterfly numbers, of Peacocks and Red Admirals for example, have been very low this year, possibly because of the long and heavy rains during June, so it’s very important that the latest broods that did manage to emerge late in the summer have the chance to feed well before hiding away for the winter in nooks and crannies around the garden or in our sheds. These butterflies will be laying eggs when they appear again with the return of the warm weather, so we need them in good condition to boost numbers again next year.

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MANNINGTREE FREEMASONS

Crab apples, holly berries and rose hips will all be appreciated by birds and small mammals too, and here at Flatford Wildlife Garden we’ll also be leaving plenty of flower and grass seed heads in the borders for their winter supplies. But before the garden is completely given over to them for the colder months, we have the October half-term holidays to enjoy!

From Monday, October 24 until Sunday, October 30, we will have family activities with an autumn theme available every day. Sowing tree seeds, investigating life among the leaf litter and nature trails are just some of the activities planned, so do bring your family along to Flatford Wildlife Garden to take part. There’s no need to book and you’ll receive a warm welcome. We also have lots of information to share about how to make gardens more wildlife friendly. Rain or shine, we’ll be there. For full details visit: www.rspb.org.uk/Flatford If you have some spare time available and would be interested in volunteering with us, do get in touch for information about the range of roles available. For more details contact Visitor Experience Officer Sharon Barker: 01206 391153 / sharon.barker@rspb.org.uk

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A reminder that the October meeting is a wonderful chance to hear a talk on the Enchanted Galapagos Islands by John Wrigley.

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You are welcome to join us in the Methodist Church meeting room at 7.30pm.

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OUT & ABOUT / SCHOOLS EAST BERGHOLT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Back at the beginning of September we had a very successful annual show with more than 400 entries. It was a busy day with exhibitors arriving from 7.30am to stage their exhibits and judges arriving at 10am to begin judging. The show opened to the public at 1pm and we had a steady stream of visitors all afternoon having a look round and enjoying a cup of tea and a piece of cake with prize giving just after 4pm.

Thank you to all our members who exhibited and to everyone who came along to support us and those who purchased those all-important raffle tickets. Congratulations to all our cup winners listed below.

Our last speaker evening of the year is on Friday, October 14, 7.30pm at the Constable Hall. The talk will be by Sarah Cook, holder of the National Collection of Irises bred by Sir Cedric Morris and exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show. Tickets are available from the Fountain House Tea Room in East Bergholt.

Our AGM is on Friday, November 11 in the Benneworth Lounge at the Constable Hall at 7.30pm.

2016 ANNUAL SHOW CUP WINNERS Harris Challenge Bowl, winner of Division l, Flowers, Fruit and Vegetables: Kate Stannett Worth Challenge Cup, winner of Division ll, Flowers, Fruit and Vegetables: Brian Bartlett Tatum Shield, runner-up Division ll: Caryl Smith

Secretary’s Cup for Photography: Paul Chapman Dines Cup for children aged 11 to 15 years: Rosie Singha Holman Cup for children aged seven to 10 years: Poppy Chottin Stroud Cup for children aged to six: Evie Slade Best Child Exhibit: Poppy Chottin Cleaver Dahlia Trophy: Marguerite Wrigley Best in Show Silver Salver: Brian Bartlett for a pair of cabbages Banksian Shield and Medal for the competitor with the most points in Div l and ll: Caryl Smith GARDENING TIPS We are really thinking autumn/winter now – clocks going back at the end of the month. However, sometimes October can be a good month for getting ahead and putting our gardens ‘to bed’. And, of course, it’s time to think bulbs – inside and out. Until foliage appears, protect those outside from squirrels with small mesh chicken wire, a good deterrent.

Now is an ideal time to plant trees, shrubs and hedges. Plant up winter pots, tubs and baskets – pansies and violas always make a cheerful display, interspersed with bulbs, perhaps tete a tete daffodils or other shorter varieties in the pots and tubs. Before the winter gales check all stakes of trees, shrubs and rambling roses. Also check fence posts are secure. Raise mower cutters and rake lawns where necessary to remove ‘thatch’. Use a low nitrogen feed to toughen up grass ready for winter.

Generally, it’s not been a good year for tomatoes – blight being a major problem. Those which haven’t ripened will make delicious chutney.

Harvest all veg. Broad beans can be sown. Roughly dig vacant ground and let the winter frosts do the rest. Cut back fruited canes on raspberries leaving new green shoots for next year’s crop. Remove straw around strawberries to increase ventilation and cut back old foliage encouraging new growth.

Sydney Cripps Memorial Trophy for Best Floral Exhibit: Jane Everett

With all its challenges, I hope you have enjoyed your gardens.

Perhaps you are planning some changes for next year or just ‘resting on your laurels’.

Ladies Challenge Cup for Cookery: Viv Szatasi

Janet Alcoe

Keith Alcoe Men’s Cookery Cup for a cake made by a man: Greg Taylor

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President’s Cup for Handicraft: Lynne Hockley

Email: ebhs@btinternet.com

Kathleen McBride Challenge Cup for Floral Art: Viv Szatasi

BENTLEY AND COPDOCK PRIMARY SCHOOLS It has been a wonderful start to the year and the children have done us proud with all their hard work in such a short period of time. We have welcomed 20 new children to the federation and hope they get as much as they possibly can from their primary education with us.

the school and say why they should be voted into the post. Our focus this term has been on confidence and these individuals really demonstrated that. Congratulations to everyone who was elected, we look forward to seeing the fruits of your labours over the next year.

Thank you to everyone from both the Bentley and Copdock communities who came out to support the joint Passport to The World event at Copdock Village Hall. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions made

by Tesco and East of England Co-op who each provided some of the lovely worldwide food that we tasted on the day. I’m sure you will agree that the children did a great job of preparing all the foods.

Finally, as a federation we have a joint governing body and are looking for new members to help guide, shape, support and develop our wonderful little schools. If you feel you have experience that would contribute to the governing body, particularly if you have knowledge of financial/ property management or education and have some time to spare, please get in touch with the chair of governors, Dennis Kell, either by emailing the.kells@talk21.com or by calling the schools on 01473 310253 or 01473 730337.

This year’s Eco Council, School Council, Sports Crew and Worship Group have all gone through their democratic processes and their new members voted in. It took a lot of courage for those children to stand up in front of

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EAST BERGHOLT UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB

Baby Bears Baby Bears have had a very busy summer where they have been keen to explore their senses. They have particularly enjoyed expressing themselves through both music and art, singing and listening to nursery rhymes, playing with musical instruments and making art with different media such as crayons, paint and even toothpaste! This has meant that our art gallery is growing very quickly.

The 2016/17 season started slowly for the First Team. They opened with a midweek defeat at Ipswich Exiles and suffered a further reverse at Felixstowe, but they opened their account on the first Saturday in September with a win against Haughley Utd. Also on that day, the Reserves started their campaign with a trip to Framlingham. They were pleased to return with all three points to get their season off to a good start. The A Team started their season on September 10.

With it coming to the end of summer, we have decided to get the garden ready to enjoy throughout the upcoming seasons. Baby Bears have used physical development, fine and gross motor skills to use the spades to plant and dig and are looking forward to experiencing the change of weather and exploring the different colours, natural resources and textures to continue their sensory development.

Toddling Tigers This term we are looking to introduce a yoga relaxation class for the Tigers to enjoy. The Tigers had a ‘roaring’ good time during dinosaur week, making their own dinosaur footprints and masks and creating they’re very own dinosaur stomp dance. This term we are looking forward to celebrating Harvest Festival, international Talk Like a Pirate Day and world Space Week.

Gruffalos What a fabulous start to the term we have had, welcoming back our existing Gruffalos and saying a big hello to our new Gruffalos. What better way to get to know each other than our upcoming topic All about Me. This is not only a great way for the Gruffalos to find common interests and form friendships, but it’s a great way for children to get to know themselves, what they look like, where they live and their families, which all benefits their personal social and emotional development.

Another future aspect we are looking forward to introducing is our Gruffalo Outdoors programme. Both our Gruffalos, who start school in September 2017, and our younger Gruffalos will be able to experience Gruffalo Outdoors with each group following an appropriate programme for their learning and development.

UPCOMING FIXTURES 1st TEAM Senior Division Sat, Sept 24: Grundisburgh (A) Sat, Oct 1: Leiston St Margarets (H) Sat, Oct 8: TBC Sat, Oct 15: TBC Sat, Oct 22: Coplestonians (A) Sat, Oct 29: Achilles (H) Reserves League A Sat, Sept 24: Cornard Utd Res, Suffolk Senior Reserve Cup (A) Sat, Oct 1: Coplestonians Res (A) Sat, Oct 8: Wenhaston Utd Res (A) Sat, Oct 15: Westerfield Utd Res (H) Sat, Oct 22: Grundisburgh Res (H) Sat, Oct 29: Felixstowe Harpers Utd Res (A) A Team League B Sat, Sept 24: Trimley Red Devils Res (H) Sat, Oct 1: Bramford Utd Res (H) Sat, Oct 8: TBC Suffolk Primary Cup Sat, Oct 22: Bacton Utd 89 Res (H) Sat, Oct 29: Capel Plough Res (A) Fixtures subject to change. To confirm visit: http://fulltime.thefa.com/Index.do?league=4358069 SCHEDULED EVENTS Saturday, October 8: 2016 Quiz Night All are welcome to enter a team; please contact the secretary if you would like to come along.

Saturday, November 12: Race Night, provisional date

We have a very busy time ahead and we’re looking forward to every minute of it! If you would like information about Robin’s Childcare please contact Vicki on 01473 310767, visit www.robinschildcare.co.uk or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

We are always looking for people who can help the club as a committee member, whether it be on the playing side or just in the background. If you would like to sponsor the club in some capacity we would also be delighted to hear from you. Club strips, dugouts, banners or boards on matchdays offer potential exposure for your business while supporting a local organisation.

MISTLEY CRICKET CLUB

EBUFC is a community club with very strong village traditions. The majority of the players either live in, or have links to, the village. Please come along and give us a look sometime.

August 100 Club Winners 1st £100: Martin Barlow, 47 2nd £50: Paul Hutton, 18 3rd £45: Paul Garwood, 7 The season has almost concluded at the time of writing. The club has had a good season and the captains can all take great pride from what they achieved and for all their hard work in ensuring that all fixtures were fulfilled, with no little success. It was very pleasing to see the number of youngsters making real progress throughout the season. This is a source of much optimism.

However, there was a very sour note to end on. The club was victim of a senseless and very destructive burglary on the night of Sunday, September 4. The membership rallied round, but many feel personally violated. This was one of many attacks on clubs in the area in recent times and something surely needs to be done to address the problem. If anyone has information that can help bring the culprits to justice they are urged to contact the police.

New players are always welcome; please email: mistleycc@btinternet.com Mistley CC is a community club with strong traditions. Please come along and give us a look sometime.

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CAPEL PLOUGH FOOTBALL CLUB This season our village football club will be running 13 sides, one more then last season. We now have nine youth sides with ages from seven to 17 as well as four adult sides, including an over 35 team who play in the Veteran League.

Our Saturday First team started training in early July in preparation for the new season and after scoring 16 goals in four friendly matches started the league season with a 3-1 win against Westerfield United with goals from Chris Wall, Michael Sneddon and Lloyd Dodsworth. It is now 18 years since the team reached the Senior Division where they have played since 1998.

They have been given a home draw in the Suffolk Senior Cup and will play Kirkley and Pakefield Reserves on October 15.

The Saturday Reserves lost their first league game at home to Benhall St Mary 2-1 after Andy Wilshaw had given us the lead. Club captain Miles Donovan played well in midfield with Aaron Whitman having a good game in defence.

Notices advertising our home games are displayed at the clubhouse on the playing field and on the Suffolk and Ipswich website.

BOB THE PLOUGHMAN

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SPORT / ON THE GRAPEVINE EAST BERGHOLT TENNIS CLUB

QUESTIONS ON CASH

East Bergholt Tennis Club welcomes new members of all ages and abilities on its three all-weather floodlit courts located behind the playing fields at Gandish Road, East Bergholt. Whether you are a complete beginner, coming back into the game after a number of years off, or a regular player there is something in it for you with individual and group coaching sessions and regular league matches available. In addition, from 7.30pm on Tuesday evenings there is a club night where all members are welcome.

Independent Financial Adviser Nick Plumb answers your questions

Membership subscriptions (allowing free use of the court until 10pm every day) are: adults £50 or £90 per couple; juniors (under 18) £15; students £25; plus special offers for family membership. Rates are reduced if starting part of the way through the season, which starts on April 1 each year.

Dividend Income from Unit Trust holdings, whether distributed to the investor or not, is taken into account when calculating taxable income.

Prior to April this year, a 10% tax on dividends was deducted at source and the investor was paid the net dividends with a tax credit voucher to show that tax had been deducted. Strangely, HMRC deemed that the 10% dividend tax accounted for all the basic rate tax due (normally 20%) which meant that basic and lower rate taxpayers had no further tax to pay unless the dividends received took their income into the higher rate tax bracket.

If you would like to know more please contact the following: Pete Richmond, chairman/coach: 07932 815201 / richmondtennis@hotmail.co.uk Paul Lake, secretary: 01206 396556 / 55paullake@gmail.com

SUFFOLK SONGFEST Saturday 15 October, 5-11pm Two of Suffolk’s leading champions of new musical talent present a Saturday evening marathon of exciting bands and songwriters. Up-andcoming local bands and innovative artists who’ve created some of their best work in the course of residencies at Aldeburgh Music are performing great new music. Highlights include: • Anna Meredith, composer, producer and performer of acoustic and electronic music • Ayanna Witter-Johnson, MOBO-nominated cellist and singersongwriter • Amethysts, indie pop duo based in the Suffolk countryside • Dead Rat Orchestra, one of the UK’s leading avant-folk ensembles Anna Meredith is a composer, producer and performer of acoustic and electronic music whose sound straddles the worlds of contemporary classical, art pop, electronica and experimental rock. Much of her recent work has been developed over a series of residencies at Aldeburgh Music and her debut album Varmints has received huge critical acclaim.

MOBO-nominated cellist and singer-songwriter Ayanna Witter-Johnson has quickly emerged as an exciting voice, inspired by blending folk and soul. As an Open Space artist at Aldeburgh Music, she wrote and produced her third EP on the Suffolk coast, culminating in supporting Gabrielle at the 2015 Snape Proms. At Suffolk Songfest she brings her trio for a soulful and uplifting set. In addition to her evening performance, Ayanna will also be leading a songwriting workshop at 10am that day.

James from Washbrook asks: “I understand that income from an ISA is paid free of income tax, but income taken from a Unit Trust is taxed. However, I have been told that it is now possible to take income from a Unit Trust without paying any income tax on it. How is that possible?”

Now, since the start of the tax year in April, the first £5,000 of dividend income will be tax free as this is a new ‘dividend allowance’. Dividends over £5,000 will be taxed at 7.5% for basic rate taxpayers and 32.5% for higher rate taxpayers.

Moving forward, if you are a smart investor, you might elect to invest into funds that have a dividend yield of less than £5,000 a year and have that tax-free yield re-invested into the fund for capital growth. The fund would therefore appreciate in capital value over the longer term, so your main tax concern would in fact be Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on the growth within the fund.

If you then took regular withdrawals from the fund itself as an ‘income’ rather than taking the natural dividend yield, those withdrawals would not actually be deemed by HMRC to be an income, but withdrawals of your own capital. That means they would be subject to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) but not income tax. However, you have a personal CGT allowance (currently £11,000 in this tax-year) which you can offset against any capital gains made. That means as long as you took less than your personal CGT allowance as a withdrawal in any given tax year, there would effectively be no tax on that ‘income’. Obviously, by using two separate CGT allowances of £11,000 per person, a jointly held investment could facilitate £22,000 a year of tax free withdrawals.

Nick Plumb is an Independent Financial Adviser and Practice Principal at Plumb Financial Services. Post your questions to Nick at Plumb Financial Services, Baylham Business Centre, Lower Street, Baylham IP6 8JP, email nickplumb@aol. com, or telephone Nick on 01473 830301. Nick’s answers to reader’s questions in this column are provided only as a general guide and do not constitute personal financial advice. Any readers who require advice should contact Nick to arrange a complimentary initial consultation to discuss their own position. Plumb Financial Services are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Based in the fringes of the Suffolk countryside, Amethysts are an indie pop duo whose layers of vocal harmonies, floating on a sea of synths, drums and guitar lines, create moving, uplifting gems.

Colchester-based Dead Rat Orchestra has gained a reputation as one of the UK’s leading avant-folk ensembles – raw, elemental and poignant, with a love of idiosyncratic folk traditions and antiquated technology.

Their performances have featured flailing axes, salt and sawdust, throbbing harmonium, grinding fiddle and 2000 shards of micro-tuned steel cast to the floor in cascading, shimmering joy.

For futher information and to book tickets go to: www.aldeburgh.co.uk

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ON THE GRAPEVINE MANSION HOUSE GROUP: MEETING LOCAL BUSINESS NEEDS EVERY DAY Every month here at Mansion House Publishing we produce 17 In Touch with… magazines (see list on page 3), each one specific to a geographic region, jam-packed with local content which, I’m sure you will agree, is both informative and useful. More than 60,000 magazines are distributed free to homes and businesses across the region every month, a daunting task we achieve in partnership with Colourplan Print.

Mansion House Publishing and Colourplan Print, together with Musical Marketing and Boswell Office Supplies, form the Mansion House Group.

Based in Ipswich but delivering right across the region, the companies in the Mansion House Group can meet all of your print and stationery needs and work with you to grow your customer base by advertising in a range of publications including In Touch with…, Grapevine and a range of quarterly CAMRA magazines.

Colourplan Print has been in business for more than 25 years and has earned it’s reputation for quality and reliability through hard work and a commitment to exceeding clients’ expectations. In addition to competitive pricing you get the benefit of many years experience and attention to detail which is second to none.

Boswell Office Supplies, the newest member of the Mansion House Group, has been a market leader in this extremely competitive sector for more than 160 years. This and the fact that the company has a long list of established customers, put Boswell Office Supplies in an extremely powerful negotiating position when it comes to purchasing stationery on clients’ behalf, as Sales Manager Jon Emerson explains. “In the many years we have been purchasing office products we have developed valuable relationships with all the major stationery suppliers. This enables us to secure best prices and we are able to pass considerable savings on to clients.”

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its regular editorial content, Grapevine lists over 1,000 live entertainment events each month and Musical Marketing also produce the region’s definitive online resource for live performance in every conceivable genre: www.GrapevineLIVE.co.uk Right now you may be thinking about producing 2017 calendars as a gift for your customers. A branded calendar is the perfect way to promote your company for a whole year and Colourplan Print has a range of templates for wall calendars, desk calendars and desk pads where your logo and contact details can be incorporated to produce a branded corporate gift for you to give to your clients.

Using Colourplan’s standard artwork templates these products are competitively priced. If you order 300 Combination Desk/Wall Calendars they will only be 69p each (plus VAT). One side shows 12 months to view for wall hanging, or you can fold it to show six months on each side of a desk calendar. Samples are available on request. Perhaps you’d prefer an A3 Wall Calendar where you can insert pictures of your products or landscapes, or A3 Desk Pads that everyone scribbles and doodles all over! Find out more by contacting: info@colourplan.co.uk / 01473 400379 Of course, many clients still prefer a conventional diary with leather finish and gold corners. Boswell Office Supplies have an extensive range for 2017, both pocket size and desk diaries. To choose and place your order go to: www.boswell.co.uk One call to the Mansion House Group opens the door to a range of services and products every business needs, all available in one handy place. So whether you need to place a print order, want to purchase office supplies or want to discuss how you can promote your business through any or all of our titles, give us a call today and find out just how easy it can be.

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ON THE GRAPEVINE / CHURCH NEWS BUSINESS GLASS COLLECTION SERVICE TAKES OFF

BRANTHAM AND CAPEL METHODIST CHURCHES

Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils’ new kerbside Business Glass Collection Service has begun collecting glass from businesses across the districts.

BUSY IS THE NEW HAPPY I heard an expression on the radio yesterday that “Busy is the New Happy!” Googling the phrase, I found an article written two years ago by Aashima Singh with that title arguing for the truth of the phrase.

I could see her point, it makes us feel important and necessary and it even makes relaxation time more rewarding. Last month I wrote from a “busy” trip to the street children in Bolivia. It was followed by five days at a retreat centre and five days slowing down on the Leeds to Liverpool canal. But I’m back to the busy again and love it.

From June this year, the councils have offered businesses a service that collects waste glass for recycling rather than allowing it to join general waste that is disposed of at the Energy-from-Waste plant at Great Blakenham. New specialist collection vehicles are operating across the districts, offering the service to any business that presently disposes of a large amount of glass with its general waste.

Dedicated two-wheel bins, with 240 litre capacity, are provided to businesses to make the kerbside collection as easy and efficient as possible. This specialist service ensures that more glass is recycled and that more businesses can dispose of their waste in a green manner while keeping their costs low.

Although the service is aimed primarily at high glass use businesses in the hospitality sector, such as pubs, food serving enterprises and wedding venues, it is available to any business that disposes of large amounts of glass. The service can be purchased independently of the established Business & Trade waste collection service. Existing Business & Trade clients can add glass collection to their subscription. Businesses interested in subscribing can find details online at:

Rob Bell said: “Busy is a drug that a lot of people are addicted to.” I’ve been trying to meet up for a coffee with a friend for eight months now, but we’ve both been too busy (or crazy busy). For me it’s five churches, activities, Messy Church, Bible Studies, coffee mornings, youth, prayer meetings, parish nursing, outreach, community involvement, Sunday worship, visiting, funerals, baptisms, weddings, several colleagues, hundreds of volunteers and well over 1,000 people with whom we are in direct contact.

I love my job, but I need to be aware of busy-ness crowding out the important. As we slowed down to 3mph on the canal, there was more time to reflect on where life is going, time for family, time with God. I know I am not a good example of getting my priorities on the use of my time right. A church leader once said the busier I am, the more time I need in prayer. I know that for me it is sometimes the other way around – prayer times can be cut the busier I am.

Everyone’s priorities will be different, the work/life balance will be different. I believe one thing we all need is to stop frenetic activity, to be still and know that God is with us. A few moments each day will bring peace into our lives and give direction, fulfilment and happiness in our busy-ness.

www.midsuffolk.gov.uk/waste-services/trade-waste/trade-waste-andrecycling

Rev Andrew Sankey

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The service is also available for one-off events that have to dispose of a large quantity of bottles and jars.

By offering a dedicated Business Glass Collection Service the councils aim to reduce waste costs for local businesses. It will help their economic growth and profitability while also increasing recycling across the districts.

Councillor Frank Lawrenson, Babergh District Council’s Portfolio Holder for Environment, said: “With so much waste being produced in the modern economy, it is vital that we recycle as much as we possibly can.

This new service offers an easy, affordable way for businesses to ensure their glass waste can be reused, while also providing our councils with income to reinvest in our waste services. By signing up, clients are helping their business, the environment and their community all at once.”

Councillor David Burn, Mid Suffolk District Council’s Portfolio Holder for Environment, said: “Glass recycling is important but we understand that some businesses don’t have easy access to suitable facilities. This new service provides businesses with the opportunity of ensuring their glass is disposed of responsibly and at the same time enables them to play an important part in helping to protect the environment.”

This new service is a service available only to businesses. Residents can dispose of household glass at any of the Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) or bottle banks across the districts. Find your nearest HWRC at: www.recyclenow.com/local-recycling

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AT BRANTHAM METHODIST 4pm United Harvest Service at Sunday 2

Holy Family Church Sunday 9

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Worship with Mr Bryan Nichols

Sunday 16

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Worship with Mr Harry Chicken

Sunday 23

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Worship with Prof David Welbourn

Sunday 30

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Worship with Mrs Heather Bentley

AT CAPEL ST MARY METHODIST Sunday 2 10.30am Worship with Mr Joshua Hunt

6.30pm Prayer

Sunday 9

10.30am Worship with Mrs Marilyn Watsha

6.30pm Worship with Rev Andrew Sankey

Sunday 16

10.30am Worship with Mr Stephen Carr

Sunday 23 10.30am Worship and Communion with

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10.30am Worship with Mr Rodney Cook

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CHURCH NEWS HOLY FAMILY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Ipswich Road, Brantham CO11 1TB Parish Priest: Fr Christopher Smith, 180 Hawthorn Drive Ipswich IP2 0QQ / 01473 684963 We are part of St Mark’s RC Parish, Ipswich. For up-to-date information please visit: www.stmarksparish.org.uk Services for October 2016 Sunday 2 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 4 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass Sunday 9 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 11 9.20am Eucharistic Adoration 10am Mass Sunday 16 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass / Children’s Liturgy Tuesday 18 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass Sunday 23 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 25 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass Sunday 30 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Catholic Commentary Following his Laudato Si’ encyclical, Pope Francis declared September 1 as a World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Orthodox Christians have had such a day for many years. The pope’s initiative has been take up by a number of groups including the Global Catholic Climate Movement.

The canonisation mass for Mother Teresa took place in Rome on September 4. St Teresa of Kolkata died on September 5, 1997 and was regarded as a living saint for her work in ministering to the sick and dying in some of the world’s poorest neighbourhoods. She founded the Missionaries of Charity which now numbers 4,500 nuns worldwide. Catholics have always remembered

KEY TO LOVE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Where Jesus is Love and love is Jesus COME AND JOIN US IN OUR NEW FELLOWSHIP – EVERYONE IS WELCOME Hear the teachings of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus, with our lively worship and service. Refreshments served afterwards.

Every Sunday morning at 11am in The Ivell Suite at Venture Centre 2000, Bromley Road, Lawford CO11 2JE. If you or someone you know needs prayer for anything, please contact us.

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and venerated martyrs and exemplary Christians – the saints who have preceded us into Christ’s Kingdom. Their special days of remembrance are listed in the church’s calendar and are associated with the daily office said by priests, religious and laity. Nowadays people can have the daily office on their laptops, smart phones or tablet devices (www.universalis.com) and when a saint is remembered there will be a few short paragraphs on their life providing inspiration for Christian living.

Events & Diary Dates We were pleased to play host to those participating in the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust Ride & Stride on Saturday, September 10 and offer them liquid refreshments to help sustain them on their journey.

The 100 Club Draw took place on Sunday, September 18 when three lucky winners shared £139. The club has grown from strength to strength since its launch. New members are always very welcome and the summer newsletter, that includes an application form, can be found at the rear of the church or at: www.stmarksparish.org.uk On Tuesday, September 20 a well attended Day of Recollection took place at Holy Family Church led by Fr Tony Rogers.

An Ecumenical Harvest Service will be hosted by Holy Family Brantham on Sunday, October 2. All are most welcome to join us and enjoy light refreshments afterwards.

Every last Thursday of the month a Bring & Buy Coffee Morning takes place at Viv and Wyn’s home, Paddock Gate, Whitehorse Road, East Bergholt CO7 6TR from 10.30am-noon. We are raising funds for the Parish Room refurbishment and all are very welcome to join us. The next event is on Thursday, October 27.

Supporting our local hospice Parishioners are asked to collect used postage stamps and to place them in the box at the rear of the church to help support the outstanding work of our local Hospice.

Catholic Chaplain at Ipswich Hospital Fr Adrian Gates is the Catholic Chaplain at Ipswich Hospital (01473 726701).

Please contact him if you or a Catholic is in or due to go into hospital and requires his services.

All are very welcome at Holy Family, Brantham It’s not necessary to be a Catholic and enquiries about the Catholic Faith are always welcome. Please contact the presbytery, as above, or a local person whom you know is a Catholic.

LINK LINE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES Un-denominational – meeting at the Venture Centre, Bromley Road, Lawford CO11 2JE (unless otherwise stated) Sunday Services: 3pm Saturday, October 1 at the Ogilvie Hall, Wignall Street Our popular monthly Cafe Oasis coffee morning event, 9.30-11.45am, also incorporating out annual vehicle support event and gift day. Once again we invite you to come along and support this important event in support of the operation of our mini-bus services.

Sunday, October 2: Divine Worship including Holy Communion conducted by our pastor Sunday, October 16: Harvest Thanksgiving Tuesday, October 18: Coffee, Cake and Chat in the Ivell Suite, 10amnoon. Everything is free, including transport Friday, October 21: Prayer Meeting at Honeycroft, Waldegrave Way, 10am Thursday, October 27: Special afternoon autumn tour with cream tea at the Ogilvie Hall, Wignall Street Ask for details.

Sunday, October 30: Outreach Service with visiting witness team For pastoral visits, further information and bookings, contact: 01206 272064 / linklinecm@hotmail.co.uk

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CHURCH NEWS BENEFICE OF EAST BERGHOLT & BRANTHAM OCTOBER Sunday 2 8am 10am

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Harvest BCPCommunion Family Service with collection for Manningtree Foodbank Family Service with collection for Manningtree Foodbank Ecumenical Harvest

Wednesday 5 9.30am

BCP Communion

on a Wednesday, I also officiate at the weekly lunchtime communion. It is always a pleasure and a privilege.

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Sunday 9 Trinity 20 8am BCP Communion East Bergholt 10am Communion East Bergholt 11am Baptism of Daniella Herholdt and Beth McCarthy Brantham Sunday 16 8am 10am 11am 3pm

Trinity 21 BCP Communion East Bergholt Family service East Bergholt Communion Brantham Service celebrating the work of Guide Dogs for the Blind. All dogs welcome.

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Sunday 23 8am 10am 11am

Bible Sunday BCP Communion (Healing) Choral Matins (Healing) Informal Service

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Sunday 30 8am 11am 3.30pm

All Saints’ BCP Communion Benefice Communion All Souls’

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Wednesday 2 9.30am

All Souls’ BCP Communion

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Three before Advent BCP Communion East Bergholt Benefice Communion with Bishop Martin Seeley East Bergholt

NOVEMBER

Check the website for details. This service schedule may change without prior notice if needed. www.constablecountrychurches.co.uk ADVANCE NOTICE On December 18 there will not be a service at East Bergholt at 10am. The Festive Carol Service will be at 3pm that day.

RAMBLING RECTOR Three times a year I am duty chaplain at the cathedral in Bury St Edmunds.

This gives me the chance to dress up in my Canon’s cassock with its red buttons and cincture (red cummerband) in which I feel, and probably look, like Humpty Dumpty. The duty chaplain is there to listen, to chat to people and to pray with them if they wish for this ministry. If I am there

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There is currently a Lego model of the cathedral being built as a fundraiser.

They expect it will take three years and require 300,000 bricks. The figure of the dean is already standing in the chancel holding a chalice that remarkably resembles a football trophy. Once completed the tower will stand four feet high. During the day there was a constant stream of young families coming to play Lego. Having Coco with me is always an easy conversation starter. One woman approached saying, “Please may I have a stroke?” and when I patted her shoulder she laughed (fortunately).

During the afternoon a courteous black Labrador came in with his owner on a lead and began the tour of the cathedral just as the acting director of music began organ practice for Evensong. An unearthly wailing filled the air. As the choir were not yet present we had to look elsewhere for the source. After 10 minutes of this, the noise ceased and I suppose the owner had beat a rapid retreat through another exit, or maybe the two purposeful vergers had something to do with it. Coco mercifully did not join in, though she quivered from head to foot. It would make my life impossible if she decided to become the rector’s singing dog.

There was one man who said: “This is a beautiful building, but I am sorry I am not religious.” Lots of people feel the same, they can appreciate the surroundings but not the meaning. Some of course feel like the Labrador and want to howl at anything church. Whichever category you fall into, you are very welcome to come again. God can be found unexpectedly.

The Rev Steph AN INVITATION At the end of October, the church celebrates All Saints’ and the next day All Souls’ – the commemoration of the Faithful Departed. There will be an opportunity for anyone who has lost someone they love, either recently or long ago, to remember them especially in a simple service at St Mary’s in East Bergholt at 3.30pm on Sunday, October 30.

There will be three ways for remembering. A bowl will be placed at the back of both St Mary’s and St Michael’s from Sunday, October 23 and removed after the morning service on Sunday, October 30. Please write the names of those you remember before God on the paper provided and place the paper in the bowl. (The names of those for whom we have conducted services in the last year will be read out from our records so you don’t need to write these down unless you wish to.) During the All Souls’ Service at St Mary’s, East Bergholt the bowl with all the names will be brought up and placed gently on the altar at the beginning of the service. These names will not be read out; they will be silently offered to God. Secondly there will be an opportunity to light a candle during the service.

A lit candle is a symbol both of God’s presence with us and of our prayers offered to him.

Thirdly the names of those on our records who have died during the last year will be read aloud.

Please accept this invitation to the All Souls’ Service, a special time of remembering. You don’t need to reply to this invitation, and anyone who wishes to come is most welcome on the day.

The Lord be with you, The Rev Steph Continued over...

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CHURCH NEWS A service celebrating the work of Guide Dogs for the Blind will be held at St Mary’s East Bergholt on Sunday, October 16 at 3pm. Well behaved owners and their pet dogs are most welcome. Some of Coco’s class of January 2016 will also be attending. The short service will be followed by refreshments.

There will be a retiring collection for the work of Guide Dogs for the Blind.

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY The Remembrance Sunday Services take place on November 13 at 10am at St Mary’s East Bergholt and 10.45am at St Michael’s Brantham.

For those more comfortable with a shorter service, there will be an Act of Remembrance at 11am at St Mary’s East Bergholt on November 11.

ALPHA 272,000 people attended Alpha in the UK last year. Alpha is an opportunity to informally explore the meaning of life and think about the basics of the Christian Faith through talks and discussions. Each evening will start with a simple supper. Meeting from 7.15-9.15pm on Tuesday evenings from October 4 for eight weeks at East Bergholt Primary School.

Booking essential. Contact The Rev Matthew Ling: 07486 449625 / revmatthewling@gmail.com

HARVEST FESTIVAL AT ST MARY’S EAST BERGHOLT Sunday, October 2, 10am The church will be beautifully decorated and open to view as it always is during the day from Saturday, October 1.

Cash donations only are requested this year for the Manningtree Foodbank who will use them to assist families pay heating bills, respite care and children’s’ trips. The Ecumenical Harvest Festival takes place in Holy on October 2.

Family Catholic Church, Brantham at 4pm All welcome.

THE CHILDREN’S SOCIETY CHARITY BOX We are looking for a volunteer to take over the Children’s Society Box administration. It involves distributing the boxes to supporters and collecting them again at the end of the year, collating the money and sending it off to the charity. This service, which has been faithfully supported over many years in East Bergholt, will end this year if someone doesn’t come forward. For details please contact Dorothy: 01206 298607

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