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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR This summer we celebrated my brother’s 50th birthday (the first opportunity we’ve had since he turned 50 last November). I was in charge of the playlist so my task was to compile music he has liked over the years into one handy iTunes list we could play on repeat for the afternoon and evening.

The opening song had to be Neil Young’s Old Man with the line ‘Old man take a look at your life…’. John appreciated the sentiment! Bob Dylan also featured as well as The Cranberries, The Waterboys, The Stunning, The Bangles, The Pogues The Pretenders, The Undertones (who knew so many band names began with THE?), U2, Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, Johnny Cash, Christy Moore and Hothouse Flowers. With a few additions (a whole lot more Leonard Cohen along with Regina Spektor, Snow Patrol and Nick Cave), I now have a playlist which brings me a lot of joy. I sing-along when I’m in the mood (and alone) and sometimes I find myself in tears (don’t ever play Snow Patrol’s Chasing Cars when you’re feeling sad). I remember people and places from times gone by. I remember items of clothing (my Bananarama phase was a sight to behold!), bus journeys with my Walkman, cycling around Dublin to Lou Reed’s Perfect Day… Music is incredibly powerful and there are many studies into how it can improve brain health and function and make you smarter, happier and more productive at any age. It’s even used to help Alzheimer’s patients.

Music therapy has been very successful at getting through to patients even when nothing else has. It seems that musical memories far outlast other kinds of memories and help alleviate depression, anxiety and agitation.

Imelda May helped me though many long days when I was on maternity leave. Jack and I still dance like lunatics when Johnny Got a Boom Boom comes on the radio or TV. I hope you have access to the music you love, but if you know someone who doesn’t, perhaps an elderly friend or neighbour, wouldn’t it be lovely to make it possible. I’m currently working on a list for my parents. Ever heard of Ray Lynam?

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Fulfilling a lifetime ambition, Jill Nina Willens (84) of East Bergholt published a collection of poems entitled The Girl in the Window in 2018.

Reflecting on everyday life and experiences, this book will make you smile, reminisce, appreciate and contemplate life. There are over 100 poems arranged in nine themed sections including nature, children, life, countryside, humour, reflections, legends, fantasy and family.

The book is available to purchase online from Amazon, Waterstones, etc Jill has kindly allowed us to print one of her lovely poems here. Enjoy!

TO SCRUFF Were it not for you I wouldn’t have seen The woods when bare and the woods when green, I wouldn’t have walked on warm rippled sand Or on a winter day watched sea birds land, Would I have seen the great orb sink Across the valley bewitched in pink?

I wouldn’t have met the strangers out And stopped and talked as we stood about, I would not have picked fruit on blackberry hill Or seen shelducks nesting down near the mill, I would never have heard the woodpeckers tap Or learned how to read a countryside map.

All this pleasure I would never have known Without you at my feet with biscuits and bone.

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150 YEARS OF MISTLEY BOOK CLUB For a century and a half, members of Mistley Book Club have met quarterly to eat, drink, choose books and be entertained after supper by one of their number, or on occasion by a guest holding forth on a topic of their choosing.

Down the years, members have been inducted into a variety of dark arts, hearing what’s involved in the drone of bagpipes, what it takes to singlehandedly stop the Orient Express on its track and, no less intriguing, new insights on supping with the devil.

The next quarterly meeting of the club is to be marked by a talk on a topic as eclectic as any of these, The Re-interment of Richard III, to be given at St Mary’s, Dedham by The Rt. Rev Timothy Stevens, sometime Bishop of Leicester. Members welcome anyone interested in hearing Bishop Stevens’ talk to come and share the marking of Mistley Book Club’s sesquicentenary at Dedham on October 10 at 6pm.

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NEWS CONSTABLE COUNTRY MEDICAL PRACTICE Flu Clinics The influenza vaccination programme will be different this year. Public Health England has decided that all patients aged 65 on or before 31 March 2019 will be offered a free trivalent adjuvanted vaccination. This is more effective for over 65s than the quadrivalent vaccine administered last year. There is only one supplier of the adjuvant vaccine in the UK and the practice is currently waiting for vaccine delivery dates to be confirmed.

The Porch Project is a well-established youth charity providing services and support to young people aged 11 to 20 in Hadleigh, Great Cornard and surrounding areas.

Patients in ‘at risk’ groups under the age of 65 will be offered a free quadrivalent vaccination. Children in ‘at risk’ groups between the ages of two and 18, and all children aged two-three (born between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2016) will be offered a free quadrivalent nasal vaccination.

Note that children between the ages of four and nine years old will be offered a free vaccination via the school immunisation programme.

We are growing and expanding our services so need another youth worker to join the team.

In addition to offering flu vaccinations we will also be administering pneumococcal and shingles vaccinations to eligible patients.

The hours are 37 per week involving evening and some weekend work.

Although based in Hadleigh you will be working in both Hadleigh and Great Cornard so access to your own transport is essential.

Because of the introduction of a third flu vaccine and staged vaccine deliveries, the vaccination programme is far more complex this year. We will therefore hold a number of flu clinics and will send personalised letters to every eligible patient inviting them to attend on specific dates. These letters will be sent through September and October.

It is difficult to predict how serious flu outbreaks in the UK will be this year, but maximising vaccination of young children, over 65s and ‘at risk’ patients offers the best protection. If you receive a letter from the practice confirming you are eligible, please ensure you attend one our clinics.

Patient Feedback Thank you to all patients who have completed one of our new comment cards or put a smiley face on the magnetic board in the waiting area at East Bergholt (we will shortly be installing one at Capel). We review all feedback received and discuss it with our Patient Participation Group to agree further improvements we can make to the service we provide. Comment cards are available from all our clinicians and our receptionists. You can also provide feedback via our website, NHS Choices or the Healthwatch Suffolk website.

We appreciate all feedback.

Training Days A reminder that in 2018 the practice will be closed from 1pm on the following dates for staff training: Thursday, September 13 and Wednesday, October 10.

On these afternoons the Capel St Mary building will be open to enable access to the pharmacy, but the practice reception will be closed. East Bergholt reception will be open. Please note that there will be no clinicians at either building after 1pm as they will be attending training off-site. 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.

Practice Manager Pete Keeble

The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, a good team player with a youth work qualification and/or experience working with young people.

Salary is up to £25,000 pa depending on experience and qualifications.

This is a great opportunity to join our vibrant and enthusiastic team.

For full details and application form contact the treasurer: treasurer@porchproject.co.uk The closing date for applications is September 21.

CONSTABLE COUNTRY PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP NHS 70th Anniversary Tea Parties

Patient Participation Groups across East Suffolk were asked to run NHS 70th anniversary tea parties in July. We ran two, one at Holton St Mary and one at Capel St Mary. We are grateful to the organisers of the monthly lunch in Holton and the Beacon Coffee Shop in Capel for hosting the events with us.

We invited people to share their NHS memories and we had many positive comments. This was one: “The NHS has saved several lives in my family. It saved my mother’s and my life when I was born, my mum’s life when she had a heart attack, my nephew’s life when he had an aneurism, my son’s life as he has anaphylactic reactions and also the tablets I take for my heart keeps me healthy. Amazing service.”

Thanks to people’s generosity, we also raised just over £166 towards children’s toys in the waiting rooms.

Access to your NHS Records In May the new data protection act came into force. Previously you could give verbal permission to look at your GP notes if you attended, for example, the out of hours doctors’ service. While you still must give verbal permission you also need to have signed a form in advance. This would also allow access to your records at A&E and if you had to see a GP when you were away. The forms are available at the surgery.

Phlebotomy Appointments We’re aware that there has been a shortage of phlebotomy appointments recently due to staff shortages. Measures are being put in place to increase the number of appointments at both surgeries.

Patient Transport Scheme Don’t forget to speak to the receptionists if you need a lift to attend your appointment. Teams of volunteer drivers are available throughout the area covered by the practice.

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NEWS JAMES CARTLIDGE, MP FOR SOUTH SUFFOLK At last, some good news for constituents on the controversial matter of housing. Of all the issues that face our communities, I can think of none more controversial – including Brexit – than where homes should or should not be built. But for the time being at least, we have just gained a little more control over that difficult decision making process.

Babergh’s biggest issue with housing developments has been the five-year land supply planning policy. Since April 2017, Babergh has not been able to demonstrate this supply which left them open to speculative planning applications that would not normally have been accepted under their local planning policies. In fact, I recently held a parliamentary debate on this policy to outline the issues that we have faced.

As such, I am delighted that Babergh District Council has now announced that they have restored the five-year land supply bringing much greater control over planning decisions back to local people.

It also means that local policies once again become the priority in considering applications, including neighbourhood plans, ensuring the development is decided by our locally elected representatives, instead of increasingly relying on the planning inspector over whom we have little or no accountability.

Of course, it is worth stressing that this doesn’t mean we will suddenly stop seeing new homes built in Babergh. Nor will ‘unpopular’ development cease since homes have to go somewhere. What we need to see is a sustainable level of delivery, a sweet spot resulting in neither disproportional development in inappropriate locations nor seeing any single proposal for new homes opposed and defeated.

We should also remember that developers could potentially appeal the presence of a five-year land supply and so it remains vital not only that Babergh continues to work to deliver its joint local plan, but that communities continue to prepare neighbourhood plans. If anyone in a village considering a neighbourhood plan thinks this positive change is reason not to produce one I would argue the opposite: this is the ideal time to get a neighbourhood plan in place so that communities are ready if at some point in the future we once again lose our five-year land supply.

I hold regular advice surgeries offering help and support to local people. Please see page 18 for my contact details.

LAWFORD SURGERY 2 Edgefield Avenue, Lawford / 01206 392617 This innovative and growing GP Practice on the Essex and Suffolk border is currently accepting new patients from Brantham and East Bergholt. Please ask at reception for a registration form.

We strive to the highest quality in medical care and have a diabetic nurse specialist and doctors with a special interest in heart disease, diabetes and women’s health. We also offer heart tracing (ECGs) blood tests, warfarin monitoring and minor surgery Doctor’s Appointments Two thirds of our doctor’s appointments can be booked in advance and one third can be booked on the day if a more urgent appointment is necessary.

Every day we offer an evening surgery and on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays we offer late appointments with the last appointment at 7pm.

Appointments can be booked by ringing the surgery on 01206 392617 or you can speak to reception to organise patient access which allows you to book appointments online. Please note that this is for patients aged over 17 years old only.

If for any reason you are unable to attend your appointment please let us know as soon as possible so that another patient is able to take the slot.

Nurse’s Appointments Nurse’s appointments are for 15 minutes and we have a nurse in surgery Monday to Friday from approximately 9am-6pm.

Phlebotomist/Health Care Assistant All blood tests are carried out in the morning with the first appointment at 8.40am and finishing at 11am. Between 11.20am and 12.40pm the heath care assistant offers additional appointments such as smoking cessation, hypertension clinics, diabetic foot checks and NHS health checks.

Pre-Booked Flu Clinics Thursday, October 18, noon-4pm Thursday, October 25, 2-7pm Wednesday, October 31, noon-3pm If any of our patients would like early morning appointments please call and leave your contact details with reception and you shall be contacted when a clinic has been arranged. This flu clinic shall start at 7.30am.

Dispensary We have a dispensary which dispenses for patients who live over a mile away from a pharmacy. If not applicable to this category, prescriptions can be sent electronically to the pharmacy of your choice. In the dispensary we have a pharmacy technician who runs medication usage clinics, so if you have any queries regarding your medication an appointment can be made to discuss.

NOTES FROM THE CASE / Suffolk’s first co-operative pub What a summer it’s been! Unless of course you’re a gardener as conditions have been a bit challenging, to say the least. But we’ve been so grateful for our lovely pub garden, with its shady seating and safe access to the playground. And huge thanks to all those who keep it looking good – you know who you are – with special thanks to Ian who has been nobly battling in the heat to keep the grass green.

Events in September Tuesday, September 4: Open Mic Night where you get a chance to showcase your musical talents, or come along to enjoy our local performers. Just turn up – PA provided.

Sunday, September 9: See us at the Bentley Funday where there will be a ‘beer tent’ with a range of drinks to keep you cool.

Saturday, September 29: Quiz Night, teams of up to six at £2 a member.

Winning team gets drinks tokens, bottom team gets a wooden spoon. Supper will be served from 6.15-7.45pm – booking essential.

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Sunday lunches continue, supplied by Esther’s Best. These are deservedly popular, so if you can, book ahead to secure your table at the time you want it.

Snack lunches are served on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from noon2pm. Booking isn’t necessary – just turn up.

Did you know that there are 2.5million people in the UK currently living with cancer? We all know of someone – or perhaps we are someone – who has been supported by the wonderful Macmillan Cancer Charity. Well, it’s time to give something back.

On Saturday, September 29 we are holding a Macmillan Coffee Morning from 10am to noon-ish. There will be a super selection of home-made cakes as well as tea and coffee, and the bar will be open if you fancy something stronger. If you’re doing the rounds of the Garage Sale in the village, come in and refresh yourself and support this very worthwhile charity. You or someone close to you may need it one day.

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NEWS REPORT TO PARISHES, MID-SAMFORD WARD: AUGUST 2018 BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCILLOR SUE CARPENDALE Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) update To date, Babergh has collected £1,187,458.54 in CIL monies, of which £44,413.12 has been, or shortly will be paid out to parishes. They automatically get 15 per cent of money collected from development within the parish, or 25 per cent if they have a Neighbourhood Plan. From the date of pay-out, parishes have five years to spend the money, after which unspent money must be returned to the district. Expenditure has some restrictions, but CIL is intended to help provide infrastructure for parishes, mitigating the impact of development. After allowing for parish pay-outs and five per cent administration costs, Babergh currently holds some £95,395 in its Strategic Infrastructure fund, (20 per cent of CIL) and £381,581 in its Local Infrastructure Fund, (80 per cent).

year 331 dwellings were completed, the first time in over ten years that more than 300 new homes have been built. Thirty-six per cent were ‘affordable’, but there is some way to go ensure we keep our land supply and therefore have more control over opportunistic planning applications. However, it is likely that the development industry will not take our land supply figure at face value and that they will dispute it.

The first round of bids from parishes and community groups for access to the Local Fund has now closed. Not all were ‘valid’, i.e. not compliant with the regulations or they lacked sufficient information, but seven bids have been listed for further attention. Some seek 100 per cent of a project cost, others a contribution, and vary in amount requested from £2,500 to £195,000.

Bids can be made to this local fund even if there has been no development in the parish. The final decisions about allocating funds to the bids will be made by Cabinet.

Financial monitoring – Quarter 1: From a report to Cabinet on August 9 Babergh has seen a 65 per cent cumulative cut in rate support grant from government between 2013/14 and 2018/19, where it has been removed altogether.

Later this summer, the council hopes to have a pioneering online database on the website with all details of both CIL and S106 monies – a totally open and transparent information source. Babergh and Mid Suffolk were one of three pilot schemes nationally trialling this new system. Data for CIL and S106 for 44 years – back to Babergh’s formation as a council in 1974 – will be included. Officers in the CIL team deserve considerable credit for their work and achievement in developing this software.

Land supply for new housing exceeds five-year requirement As of July 11, Babergh is claiming a land supply of 6.7 years. Since April 2017, this has been less than five years, which has meant that for virtually any ‘windfall’ site planning application there was a presumption in favour of development. Permissions, including those granted in Capel St Mary, have helped in the calculations. Babergh must now deliver at least 440 new homes every year, and must demonstrate that sufficient land is allocated to enable that to be delivered. Historically, completion rates have been low, meaning that previous annual deficits must be carried forward to future targets. Last

A revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was published on July 24. Its requirements are a ‘material consideration’ in determining planning applications. It also introduces a Housing Delivery Test which will apply from November 2018, and a Standard Methodology for Calculating Housing Need.

These are all significant challenges for local councils, with the implications yet to be understood.

Since the introduction of New Homes Bonus in 2011/12, Babergh has received £7.6m, most of which has been used to balance the budget, the rest going to the Transformation Fund.

From 2018/19, Babergh is part of the Suffolk Business Rates Pilot, for retention of 100 per cent of growth. Incentivised funding for councils will become increasingly important.

At the end of June, council tax collection rates were 30.05 per cent, compared to 30.19 per cent last year; Business Rates (NDR) were 29.13 per cent compared to 28.77 per cent.

Housing Revenue Account (HRA) is currently £252K in deficit due to the increased use of contractors to carry essential works on re-let homes. This was part of a drive to cut voids and maximise lettings income. The voids project was completed in November 2017.

Compliments, comments and complaints In 2017/18, 339 stage one complaints were received. Thirty-two went to stage two. Changes to the procedures and training for staff aim to deal with stage one complaints in a more satisfactory manner. The revised policy will be found on the website. sue.carpendale@babergh.gov.uk

BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCILLOR FENELLA SWAN Former Council Offices in Hadleigh At a meeting of Babergh’s Cabinet in July, councillors voted to draw up a planning application to develop the former office site as residential properties, while retaining the listed buildings and part of previous extensions to the offices. The application will cover the former offices at Corks Lane as well as the car park south of the Brett, including Bridge House. The Cabinet considered a number of options for the site, as well as comments from councillors, the town council and the public. The decision follows public exhibitions of the plans in April.

The application will be for up to 58 homes on the site, consisting of a mix of one, two and three bedroom apartments and three and four bedroom houses, while retaining memorial trees, green spaces and the footpath along the Brett. Resident and visitor car parking, cycle parking and bin storage will also be part of the application.

Customer Services Pilot at Shotley The Customer Services Team will be piloting mobile customer access points with the initial one being at the pop-up library in Shotley Village Hall.

Experienced customer services officers will be providing support for residents to access the council’s online services. The pilot is being run in partnership with Suffolk Libraries.

The pilot will be run on Monday afternoons between 1 and 4.30pm for eight weeks from Monday, August 13 (excluding the Bank Holiday on Monday, August 27) at Shotley Village Hall, The Street, Shotley.

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Community Toilet Scheme to be set up The council wants to ensure that the main town centres, key tourism locations and large parks have an adequate provision of public conveniences.

Businesses are being invited to work with the council to establish the scheme, which will also give town and parish councils the ability to directly manage and maintain facilities in their areas. Babergh will be willing to listen to interested local organisations who wish to take over toilets that the council currently runs, and they will also ensure that the provision or refurbishment of toilets will form part of regeneration or development plans. Babergh District Council will be investing £13,000 to carry out basic repairs and improvements to the existing toilets.

Council Approves Merger of Leisure Trusts Suffolk-based charitable leisure trusts Abbeycroft Leisure and South Suffolk Leisure are to merge following approval by Babergh District Council which owns the buildings housing Kingfisher Leisure Centre and Hadleigh Swimming Pool and commissions leisure services. The new leisure trust will commence operation from October 1 under the name Abbeycroft Leisure.

It will mean that the new organisation will be the largest leisure trust geographically in Suffolk.

Although people will not notice a difference in the daily running of Kingfisher Leisure Centre or Hadleigh Swimming Pool, this merger is set to create even more opportunities for people who live and work in Babergh to get involved in sport and physical activity, which is one of the council’s priorities. fenella.swan@babergh.gov.uk

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DISTRICT COUNCILLOR JOHN HINTON

Over the past month, officers from the local SNT have been busy carrying out high visibility patrols in Hadleigh and the surrounding villages as part of Operation Parkland, the constabulary’s initiative in South Suffolk to tackle anti-social behaviour and associated criminality in the summer months.

Working alongside officers from the other Ipswich SNTs, a number of youths have been encountered at various locations and a large amount of alcohol has been seized from either underage drinkers or because Hadleigh has a DPPO (designated public place order) with the alcohol then being disposed of.

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Having received reports of antisocial behaviour in Stoke by Nayland, extra patrols have now been implemented to deal with the issues. If you witness any anti-social behaviour, whether drug related, alcohol related or simply people shouting and being abusive, then please report this to the police.

As part of a TISPOL campaign, officers from the Road Casualty Reduction Team have been out and about in several villages, including Woolverstone, carrying out speed enforcement and the SNT are hoping to complete another speeding enforcement day in the next couple of weeks. If there is a particular problem in your area then please get in touch and we will add it to our list of locations to try and visit. With one of the SNT priorities being the illegal use of roads, officers on the team have seized two vehicles for having no insurance and have dealt with the drivers for other document offences as well as carrying out a number of breath tests.

Bobbits Lane continues to be a priority for the SNT with patrols being carried out to target off-road motorbikes illegally using the area. There have been a number of reports of bikes in the area and also criminal offences where the installed warning signs have either been damaged or stolen. These are being investigated and a number of options are being considered to try and prevent any further offences taking place.

Due to recent residential burglaries across the area in the past month, officers have been carrying out reassurance patrols and we would again like to remind people to ensure their houses are secure before going out.

Please also consider items left outside which offenders may be able to use to force entry to your property and ensure that outbuildings are secure. The Constabulary has secured a number of RING video doorbells which can be applied for by residents in Suffolk free of charge and act as a deterrent to potential burglars. This is a great initiative and opportunity and would allow people to feel safer when away from their property. To register an interest please email: doorbell@suffolk.pnn.police.uk If you have any quires or questions please contact Hadleigh SNT at Hadleigh Police Station, Magdalen Road, Hadleigh IP7 5AD. Hadleigh.snt@suffolk.pnn.police.uk Emergency: Call 999 Non-Emergency: Call 101 Follow us on Twitter@ HadleighPolice

Enjoying the hot weather? Those of us who can remember 1976 are still enjoying the temperatures, but it’s a problem for some and especially some of the elderly and those with breathing difficulties. I am not advocating the ‘nanny state’, but a little bit of consideration for our neighbours will, I’m sure, be appreciated.

It is sometimes a bit difficult to keep up with district council business, with meetings being cancelled and whole new items being inserted into council agendas at the start of the meeting, thus necessitating a delay so that they can be properly read. Add to that misprints in the Voter Registration forms that came out to all households and one can only surmise that the ship is creaking and could spring a major leak at any time.

Importantly the next draft of the Joint Local Plan is coming out for consultation, just in time for the holidays, and it should incorporate comments from the thousands of responses that the council received after the last consultation.

I have yet to see it, but I have requested a hard copy with the comments/ alterations highlighted.

Planning seems to have slowed down, perhaps due to the fact that we now have a five-year land supply. What a surprise, but the rush to push through applications certainly has slowed. I suppose with 4,500 permissions granted but not started, the competition for labour, materials and customers would make the profits seem too small. Add to that our expensive house prices and possible interest rate rises and buyer reluctance can be appreciated.

Outline accounts/projections for expenditure and income are being circulated to Cabinet, and they variously show a deficit and increased income from council tax rises and the spurious New Homes Bonus. As this is being phased out and relies on actually building homes, it seems a rather mysterious figure to rely on for financial survival. No apparent signs of costs reduction to fit the income cloth, except for the publicised public toilet initiative which covers some £53K! I am sure that the end of the parliamentary recess and summer holidays will produce a spurt in council initiatives and responses so watch this space for the next issue.

Councillor John Hinton john.hinton@babergh.gov.uk / 01206 298309

STOUR CHORAL SOCIETY The new season begins with rehearsals on Monday, September 10 at 7.30pm in the Methodist Hall, South Street, Manningtree. New members, any age, able or less able voices, are very welcome as we prepare for the Christmas concert on Saturday, December 1 in Mistley Parish Church.

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OUT & ABOUT EAST BERGHOLT HIGH SCHOOL CAR BOOT SALE East Bergholt High School Sunday, September 16, 9.30am-noon Admission 50p, refreshments available, free car park Pitches in advance: cars £5, with trailers £7, domestic vans £10 / £1 extra on the day

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BRANTHAM AMATEUR THEATRICAL SOCIETY AUTUMN AUDITIONS Brantham Amateur Theatrical Society is proud to announce that a pantomime will be presented from February 20-23 with a matinee on Saturday 23 from 2.30pm. The panto is called Off to Treasure Island and will be filled with all things piratey, dancing and singing. While including contemporary themes, it’s a traditional romantic story, with principal boy and girl. The original script was written by Lisa Butler, also our secretary and the executive producer.

We shall be holding auditions in Brantham Village Hall. The first audition will actually be an information session on Sunday, September 30 from 9.30am-noon where we will introduce you to the story and some of the music. Children from the age of eight are welcome and some dancing ability would be helpful, but can be taught by us. There are plenty of parts for older children and teenagers, as well as adults of all ages.

After you have taken in the information and possibly decided to join our crew, our first audition, mainly for adults, will be on Thursday, October 4 at 7.30pm. The second will be on Sunday, October 7 from 10am-1pm with Alice Eldridge, our children’s director, for all children interested in the chorus (this does include some small speaking parts). Please bring suitable footwear, such as jazz shoes or trainers.

You may be disappointed if you cannot make some of these dates for any reason; do contact us as we may be able to arrange another time: Director Val Eldridge – 01473 311553 / Lisa Butler – 07905 392606 BATS will need backstage crew for sewing, make-up, props, lighting, setbuilding and painting. We shall also be needing chaperones. If you are interested come along to our information session.

EAST BERGHOLT CINEMA East Bergholt Cinema is back for a new season of great films on the big screen. We like to mix the films we show so alongside well-known popular films, we sometimes show lesser known independent and foreign films. We have a bar, refreshments and more comfortable chairs than your average village hall. Films deserve to be shown on the big screen – come and join us.

We are now offering season tickets. For £25 you can enjoy a whole season of 10 films. See us at the next showing or phone 01206 299774 for details.

Friday, September 14: Call Me by Your Name (15) A beautiful film which charts the Italian summer romance between Elio, the son of a professor, and Oliver, the professor’s arrogant student. Nominated for Best Film at the Oscars.

“Luca Guadagnino’s film set in 1980s is a beautiful piece of cinema which stunningly depicts love that transcends boundaries” The Sun Friday, October 4: The Post (12A)

Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks star.

Directed by Stephen Spielberg. The American press and government are locked in battle as the country’s first female newspaper publisher and her volatile, hard-nosed editor fight to expose a cover-up that spanned four US presidents. Based on real events in the 1970s.

“Hitting our screens as the current White House incumbent raves about news media being ‘the enemy of the American people’, The Post offers a reminder that ‘the founding fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfil its essential role… to serve the governed, not the governors’.”

Mark Kermode All films start at 8pm. Tickets (£4 / £2 for ages 18 and under) are available at the Fountain House Tearoom in East Bergholt, on the door or phone 01206 299774 to reserve tickets.

BUMPER BOOK SALE Manningtree Methodist Church in South Street on Saturday, September 29 from 10am-3pm.

Free admission, refreshments available.

CONSTABLE SINGERS A huge thank you to all who supported our recent fundraising concert for EACH at the Constable Hall in East Bergholt. We had a very successful evening and with the raffle raised in excess of £700. We sang songs from the musicals, films and popular songs from the forties to 2018 and had wonderful solos from Willow (aged seven) and Lillia (10).

We shall be singing in October at Bentley Tuesday Club and at Capel in November, and also taking part in St Mary’s Church celebration of the end of the First World War. We welcome new members and have singers aged 16 to 80 at sessions at Lambe School, East Bergholt from 7-9.30pm each Thursday, but meet at East Bergholt Congregational Church on the second Thursday of each month.

Choir recommences on September 13 at the Congregational Church. Words are provided and there’s no need to be able to read music. We sing to enjoy ourselves. It’s just £5 per session, but the first session is free.

For further details contact Mel (01206 298628), Yvonne (01206 298428) or email: paulagraham716@btinternet.com

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CHARITY SCREENING OF BREATHE Manningtree Rotary in association with The Manifest Theatre are presenting a charity screening of BREATHE on Friday, September 28 at the Manifest Theatre, 2 Oxford Road, Manningtree CO11 1BP. The folks in Manningtree Rotary are known for their activities and events in our local community, but Rotary’s work around the world is not so well known. The eradication of polio worldwide has been one of Rotary International’s goals for many years. With other partners such as the World Health Organisation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the number of children succumbing to this terrible disease worldwide has dropped from 300,000 each year in the 1980s to just 15 this year. Today we are lucky that polio is no longer the big fear in was in the 1950s when the dreaded disease affected many, many families in Great Britain and across Europe.

BREATHE is an inspirational and highly emotional celebration of bravery and human possibility, a love story about living every breath as though it’s your last. Adventurous and charismatic, Robin Cavendish (Andrew Garfield) has his whole life ahead of him when he is paralysed by polio while in Africa in 1958. Contrary to all advice, Robin’s wife Diana (Claire Foy) brings him home from hospital where her devotion and witty determination transcends his disability. Together they refuse to be imprisoned by his suffering, dazzling others with their humour, courage and lust for life. Against the odds, Robin’s illness gave him new purpose, fighting tirelessly for the rights of disabled people, and his pioneering work had a huge impact on mobility and access for the disabled.

The film company have waived their performance fees and the Manifest Theatre are providing their facilities free of charge to allow all proceeds of this charity event to go to the End Polio Now project.

Doors open at 7pm and tickets are £5 plus £2 Manifest Theatre membership.

Tickets are only available in advance from Rotary Manningtree: 07746 858326 / rotarymanningtree@gmail.com

The summer months have seen us enjoying yet another successful Summer Reading Challenge. This year’s theme is Mischief Makers featuring characters from Beano magazine.

At the point of writing, more than 90 children are nearing the end of reading six books and many just have two to go. On completion we will invite them and their families to a ceremony celebrating their achievement. This will be held on Sunday, September 23 at 1.30pm in the village hall where they will be presented with a certificate and medal. All Capel finishers will also be invited to watch Olly the Magician on Sunday, October 14 at 11am. This event is being supported by the Friends of Capel Library.

Library staff appreciate all the support given by our small band of volunteers who have given valuable time throughout the holiday season. The volunteers have heard about a wide variety of books, seeing the children become more confident in their speaking and their reading skills which will be appreciated by their teachers when they return to school in September.

Regular clubs in September Baby Bounce: re-starts on Tuesday 11 at 2pm. Come along and join in with the singing of nursery rhymes and shaking of instruments and finger rhymes. The session lasts about half an hour. Open to all under five with their parents/careers.

Minecraft: Sunday 9 and 23 at 10.30am. Children under eight to be accompanied by an adult.

Capel Creators: Saturday 29 between 10.30am and 12.30pm. A charge of 50p per child to cover the cost of drinks and a biscuit. Children under eight to be accompanied by an adult. The theme will be announced on the day. Free style building is also encouraged.

Capel Library Book Group: meets on Friday 21 at 2.30pm.

OPENING TIMES Monday: Closed Tuesday: 9.30am-12.30pm and 2-5.30pm Wednesday: 9.30am-12.30pm Thursday: 9.30am-12.30pm Friday: 2-5pm and 5.30-7.30pm Saturday: 9am-3pm Sunday: 10am-3pm

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OUT & ABOUT FRIENDS OF CAPEL LIBRARY I was lucky enough to have been invited on a sailing holiday around the Ionian Islands. Due to the rather unique bathroom facilities it was difficult to shave and so I have returned to my computer classes in the library with a full beard and the new nickname, ‘Captain Pugwash’.

This isn’t the only new thing to have happened while I was away. The Suffolk Libraries Mischief Makers Summer Reading Challenge was also in full swing.

As last year, all those who complete the challenge at Capel Library will receive an invitation to see Olly the Magician at Capel Village Hall on October 14.

The other big change is the installation of air conditioning in the library, which makes it a much more pleasant experience to visit during the summer. As many of you will know, when we have a large audience for the community cinema it can become very, very warm, so I for one am looking forward to seeing the next film without melting.

The great films keep on coming and due to the overwhelming number of requests our next presentation will be The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society on Tuesday September 18 (doors open 7pm). Following on from the best-selling book, the film follows “correspondence that begins between Juliet Ashton and members of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, with them sharing their experiences of Nazi Occupied Guernsey.”

Don’t forget, we will be attending Bentley Funday on September 9, so please come along and see us and take the opportunity to buy some books at unbelievably low prices. We look forward to seeing you on the day and will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the work we do or about joining the Friends group. We are always looking for volunteers to help at events, so if you can spare an hour or two, please contact us via Jackie Harman at the library.

As mentioned above, we now have a fully air conditioned library and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Capel Community Trust for arranging and funding the installation.

Trevor Stevenson

EAST BERGHOLT MEN IN THE GREAT WAR: AN ILLUSTRATED TALK An illustrated talk on the lives of some of the East Bergholt men who served in the Great War of 1914-1918, including many of the 65 who made the ultimate sacrifice, will be presented at the Constable Hall in East Bergholt at 7.30pm on Friday, October 19. Bar and refreshments will be available.

Tickets cost £5 and all proceeds from ticket sales will go to the Royal British Legion. For further details see the posters in the village or call: 01206 394576 This talk is a part of the village’s commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice which brought an end to the fighting in this terrible conflict.

At the Going Down of the Sun and in the Morning We Will Remember Them.

MANNINGTREE POETRY GROUP The next meeting of Poetry Plus will take place at 7.30pm on Tuesday, September 11 at the Red Lion, South Street, Manningtree.

All those interested in poetry are invited to attend either to listen to the spoken word or to read poetry themselves. Some people will be reading their own poetry and some will choose to read the work of other poets. There is no admission charge.

To keep up-to-date please visit: www.poetryplus.org.uk

MANNINGTREE ROTARY CLUB

Manningtree Rotary Club has just completed the presentation of 167 dictionaries to the leavers of local primary schools in the area.

These illustrated dictionaries are financed through local fundraising and over the last few days were donated to Ardleigh St Mary’s, Bradfield Primary, Brooklands Primary in Brantham , Dedham C of E, Highfields Primary, Lawford St Mary’s, Mistley Norman C of E Primary Schools.

The picture is of Ardleigh St Mary’s Primary School with their dictionaries presented by Rotarians Diana Grice and David Shearmur.

Manningtree Rotary Club seeks to serve the community and meets on Thursday evenings in the Crown Pub function room at 7.30pm for a meal and at 8.30pm for its meeting. The club is active in seeking ways to promote the town and area and raise support for local, national and international good causes. We welcome women and men to support and join in our efforts.

Bra Collection for Against Breast Cancer Last year with the support of Manningtree Co-op and the general public we collected over 450 pair of spectacles on behalf of Vision Aid. We are collecting again his year with support of Manningtree Co-op. This time its bras for Against Breast Cancer, so ladies, if you have any unwanted bras don’t throw them away; put them in our collection box which can be found in the entrance lobby of Manningtree Co-op.

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OUT & ABOUT MANNINGTREE & DISTRICT PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

VILLAGE LINK CLUB Meets at 10am on the second Wednesday of each month at Tattingstone Village Hall.

Village Link will celebrate 25 years in March 2019. The Children’s Day Centre parents, staff and personal friends had a big had in getting Village Link started at Raydon Village Hall. It moved to Tattingstone as the club grew. Its aims were to bring communities together and we have over the years attracted members from many villages.

I would like to see new members from all local villages at our meetings, either as visitors or members in readiness for our March celebration when members will be able to enjoy a free main meal paid for by the club. As membership is only £5 per year, this is good value for money. A small admission fee is payable at each meeting.

Two recent social events enjoyed by club members were the summer BBQ very kindly hosted by Harold and Hasje in their beautiful garden, and a delightful afternoon on Wrabness Beach (picture by Jill Sullivan) courtesy of Jill and Brendan who offered their beach hut as a base for photographic opportunities together with a welcome cup of tea and cake. Both events benefitted from the glorious weather we have seen this summer and with our summer programme break continuing until September we should see some good images for our first meeting of the new season which will be an internal competition to be judged by members.

We are a mixed group of men and women, with partners and without. I feel it is one of the few groups offering professional speakers on a variety of subjects throughout the year in a rural setting.

Our 2018/2019 season will commence on September 13 and run through to May 2019. We meet at 7.30pm on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at St Johns Ambulance Centre, Station Road, Manningtree CO11 1EB.

Founder & Chairlady Linda Evans / 01473 311262

We would like to attract more housewives and househusbands when their children are at school or retired, part time workers of all descriptions and ages, and anyone who would like company for one morning per month.

I hope you will join us for our next meeting on Wednesday, September 12 when Derek Firman presents a talk entitled Collecting Hobby or Obsession?

A number of informal ‘Rookie Club’ evenings are also arranged where members can refresh their skills and share experiences.

New members are welcome to join for the forthcoming season or may attend initially as a visitor. Please contact our secretary for details: 01206 393751 / madps@post.com www.manningtreeanddistrictphotographicsociety.co.uk

MANNINGTREE CHESS CLUB The new chess season starts on September 5 and Manningtree will be fielding three teams in the Suffolk League. The A team retained the title of Suffolk champions last season and hope to be challenging for the title again this season. The B and C teams will both be playing in the third division.

Manningtree Chess Club meets in Methodist Church Hall (South Street) at 7.30pm on Wednesday evenings from the beginning of September to the end of April. However, this season we hope to occasionally start at 6pm to cater for younger players. Please check the meeting times on the club website.

New players are always welcome.

Contacts: Carl 01206 391051 / John 01206 391628 / Jim 01473 310561 www.manningtreechess.info

STOUR VALLEY LADIES PROBUS CLUB Stour Valley Ladies Probus Club meets at Brantham Leisure Centre at 10am on the first and third Thursday in the month. The first meeting in the month includes lunch and the second is for coffee. At every meeting there is a general interest speaker.

The aim of our club is to encourage interest and fellowship among our members, all of whom are retired and have a lively and informed outlook on life.

New members are welcome and anyone interested in attending a coffee morning should contact our president, Doreen Gant: 01206 395548 / deegant@tiscali.co.uk

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STOUR VALLEY U3A Our summer dinner and social was held at a new venue, The Ipswich Best Western, Copdock, and this sell-out event was enjoyed by all members present who enjoyed good company and food. As suggested by members, we introduced our first August meeting on Wednesday 8 when Tania Harrington MA, artist, art lover and researcher talked on Art Attack – A History of Vandalism in Art. She looked at works of art that have been vandalised over the years and the reasons behind these criminal attacks, divided into political motivations, mad attacks and artist attacks. It was a serious, at times disturbing, but also humorous illustrated talk.

On September 12, historian Taff Gillingham will present a very British view on Remembrance and The Great War. Taff advises film makers, emphasising the need for historical accuracy on the 1914/18 war. Richard Heap, Production Director of Stephen Walters & Sons Ltd, will talk on silk weaving in Sudbury on Wednesday, October 10. In a talk entitled The Silk Road from China to Sudbury, he will cover the history of silk weaving and how it came to Sudbury, how silk yarns are processed, the silk trade, partnerships and relationships between supplier and customer and how the company engages with the local community and the environment.

Our November 14 meeting will feature Davis Simmonds, a National Trust speaker and volunteer, introducing The Coast of East Anglia. The East Anglian coast is full of contrasts and has much beauty, history and wildlife. His presentation will focus on National Trust coastal properties in Essex and Suffolk.

The Coffee Grinders meet at The Lambe School, Gaston Street, East Bergholt CO7 6SD from 10am-noon on the fourth Friday of each month. This meeting especially welcomes new members and gives all members the opportunity to meet the activity group leaders and the committee while enjoying a cup of coffee. The next meeting is on Friday, September 21.

We meet at 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.

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OUT & ABOUT / SCHOOLS STOUR VALLEY MEN’S PROBUS CLUB Our autumn term begins on Wednesday, September 5 when Tracey Mackness of the Giggly Pie Co will present her life story.

Then on Wednesday, September 19 David Ablewhite will return to tell us about The Other Prince William. Norman Jacobs talks about Pie ’n’ Mash and Prefabs on Wednesday, October 3 and two weeks later on October 17 Sally Chicken’s talk is on The Regeneration of Shotley Pier.

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 Wednesdays of each month at St John Ambulance HQ, Manningtree CO11 1EB at 10.30am. For further details please contact speaker secretary Dave Carman: 01255 880202

BENTLEY & COPDOCK PRIMARY SCHOOLS Here we are at the start of another new academic year. With summer holidays already a distant memory, we welcome all our new pupils into Foundation at both schools. At Copdock, they are joined by their class teacher Mr Ross who we’re sure is just as excited as the children for the year ahead. At Bentley we welcome back Di Rivers joining us once again as a TA. We have a term full of exciting learning ahead, including some excellent clubs on offer, both before and after school.

Once again, Bentley and Copdock will be hosting Macmillan coffee events in September. Look out for the dates on the village noticeboards. Cake donations would be gratefully received.

For more news and up-to-date information about the schools, please visit: www.copdock.suffolk.sch.uk

ARDLEIGH WEA Meets at Great Bromley Village Hall, Parsons Hill, Great Bromley CO7 7JA An eight week course by Alexander Bass entitled Wildlife & Habitats of East Anglia begins on Thursday, October 25, 2.30-4.40pm with a 15-minute tea break at 3.30pm.

Alex will use colourful slides of wildlife and landscapes, focusing on the range of flora, fauna and nature reserves of East Anglia. This will include birds, mammals and butterflies of the Stour Estuary, RSPB Minsmere, Dunwich Heath and the Norfolk Broads.

The course fee is £52.

For more information contact: Jill Frostick 01206 250263 / John Terry 01206 397101 / john@terrys.org.uk

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ROBIN’S NEWS Baby Bears Some of our younger Bears are learning to walk and crawl; through adult encouragement and colourful walkers we are picking up the skills quickly and confidently. We have been revisiting our favourite nursery rhymes and singing them each morning during circle time.

Each Baby Bear has the opportunity to choose their own song by selecting our song spoons. We change the set up and selection of equipment and natural objects for our Baby Bears throughout the day to keep them interested and stimulated while exploring indoors and outdoors.

Toddling Tigers We have been focusing on our physical activities and building on our fine motor and gross motor skills. We have been mark making with lollipop sticks in sand, using pens and paper, cotton buds in paint and many more different types of tools. Our obstacle courses have been challenging with balance beams, climbing sections, going over, under and through a variety of objects and jumping from various heights and markers. Using stencils and felt tips has helped us to practise our tripod grip. We have enjoyed exploring and discussing different animals and singing along to Old McDonald had a Farm, Five Little Monkeys Jumping on The Bed and Sleeping Bunnies. Playing What’s the time Mr Wolf? encourages us to count and join together with our friends.

Gruffalos The end of last term saw us say goodbye to 28 children who are off to school. Some of these children have been with us since they were babies and we have watched them grow up into happy schoolchildren who are excited for their next adventure. We said goodbye at our graduation ceremony, a highlight of the year where along with parents and family members we can celebrate the children’s time with us and wish them well for the future. This was followed by a big picnic for everyone involved. We would also like to thank everyone for the wonderful gifts, cards and kind words, it means a lot.

As the new term starts we are looking forward to welcoming back some familiar faces and getting to know the new children and their families. We are also looking forward to getting back to our Forest School sessions and starting the programme again to share the great outdoors with the children.

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Recital Hall, Music School / Tickets: ÂŁ7 on the door Pupils from the Royal Hospital School perform a programme of solo and chamber music Lunchtime concerts with a buffet lunch available from 12.30pm

Monday 17 September

1.30pm

Monday 8 October

1.30pm

Monday 12 November

1.30pm

Monday 10 December

1.30pm

Monday 21 January

1.30pm

Monday 11 March

1.30pm

Monday 6 May

1.30pm

Monday 20 May

1.30pm

Monday 24 June

1.30pm

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For any enquiries please contact the Music School 01473 326222 or music@royalhospitalschool.org the royal hospital school, holbrook, ipswich ip9 2rx

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SPORT MISTLEY CRICKET CLUB

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Men’s Cricket Our optimism was not without foundation and results have improved.

The First Team defeated Maldon at home and the game at league leaders Woolpit ended in a tie. The Second Team have won five successive matches and the Third team were unbeaten in July. Both of the Sunday sides have also recorded victories. Most importantly, there have been very promising performances from a number of youngsters.

UPCOMING FIXTURES 1st Team / Senior Division Tue, Aug 21: Felixstowe Harpers Utd (A) Sat, Sep 1: Leiston St Margarets (H) Sat. Sep 8: Benhall St Mary (A) Sat, Sep 15: Haughley Utd (H) Sat, Sep 22: Wenhaston Utd (A) Sat, Sep 29: Henley Athletic (H)

Ladies Cricket The Ladies retained the Beaumont Seymour title by beating Colchester in the final to maintain their position at the top of the game locally.

PERFORMANCES OF NOTE 1st XI Sizwe Masondo: 51 v Wivenhoe, 90 v Witham, 72 v Halstead, 95 v Worlington Tim Scott: 4-56 v Witham Matt Bibby: 132 v Maldon Danny Goff: 65 v Maldon James Scott: 61 not out v Maldon Callum O’Connell: 52 v Ipswich Adrian Stockton: 56 not out v Ipswich 2nd XI Bruce Leeke: 6-22 v Bury Mark Vickers: 5-25 v Walsham Le Willows George Hutton: 55 not out v Walsham Le Willows Paul Garwood: 107 v Kesgrave Myles Churchill: 63 v Kesgrave Tom Seabright-King: 4-44 v Kesgrave 3rd Xi Josh Jackson: 52 not out v Nacton, 69 not out v Ipswich Alastair Day: 5-28 v Nacton Rob Collett: 59 v Ipswich Sunday NECL George Hutton: 63 v Copdock & OIs Sizwe Masondo: 83 v Copdock & OIs, 90 v Clacton Tom Young: 51 v Copdock & OIs Dylan Day: 57 v Ipswich (T20) Sunday TC Charlie Bryant: 56 v Brightlingsea George Hutton: 52 v Abberton July 2018 100 Club Winner 1: Marny Macdonald (28) £120 2: Ruth Spendley (17) £55 3: Michael Green (26) £50 New players are always welcome; for more information please email: mistleycc@btinternet.com For upcoming fixtures please visit: www.mistleycricketclub.org.uk

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Reserves / League A Sat. Sep 8: Westerfield Utd Res (H) Sat, Sep 15: Wenhaston Utd Res (A) Sat, Sep 22: To be announced Sat, Sep 29: To be announced A Team / League C Sat. Sep 8: Stowupland Falcons Res (H) Sat, Sep 15: Framlingham Town A (H) Sat, Sep 22: To be announced Sat, Sep 29: To be announced Fixtures are subject to change. To confirm please refer to: http://fulltime.thefa.com/Index.do?league=4358069 Ladies and Juniors We are looking for new teams, boys or girls of any age group to come and join us as we look for the club to grow. If you are interested please contact David George: davidgeorge5000@hotmail.com Steve Butcher: stevebutcher55@btinternet.com

CAPEL PLOUGH FOOTBALL CLUB This season our village football club will be running 19 teams made up of four adult sides and 15 youth sides, making us one of the biggest clubs in South Suffolk. All of this takes a lot of work and the club will always be grateful to those who give up their spare time to help coach our many young players who now number over 200.

Some new players have joined the club and we hope that they enjoy their football with us. The season should have started for our Saturday First team, who play in the Senior Division of the Suffolk and Ipswich League, on August 18 with a trip to Achilles (last season’s champions), followed by a home game on Wednesday, August 22 against last season’s runners-up, Crane Sports.

Whatever the results it’s certainly a tough start for our players.

Home games in September include Bramford United on September 8, Trimley Red Devils on September 15 and Leiston St Margarets on September 29. Kick offs at 2.30pm with refreshments available at half time.

Finally, after the problems we had with illegal parking in Friars last season, which included parking in front of driveways and on pavements, the police have informed the club that tickets will be issued to anyone who parks in an illegal manner during games from now on.

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CHURCH NEWS BRANTHAM & CAPEL METHODIST CHURCHES What did I (almost) forget to say?

I’ve just got back from holiday and it’s deadline day for In Touch. What should I write about? Well first we had a wonderful holiday. The weather has been amazing, though farmers, gardeners and water industry authorities are anxious for more rain. Having lived in Zimbabwe for 10 years, we also love rain – you long for it after seven months of a dry season and there is great excitement when the first rains come. I’ve even sensed some British people getting excited about the rain this year, and we have come back to an almost green lawn, which was very brown when we left.

On holiday we did the things I wrote about last month; we walked, swam, sailed, read, relaxed, went on a ferry, ate in and out, worshipped and met with friends, family and acquaintances. My parents had been leaders in a church in Falmouth and we left when I was five years old. I met for the first time since then the son (then 19 now 80) of some dear friends of my parents.

A 61-year gap and yet a fascinating conversation with many shared memories with him, his wife and the next two generations!

I also visited my first Sunday School teacher, recently moved into a residential home and will be 90 by the time this is printed. My father had conducted her marriage service and they had celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary before her husband died. She kept in touch with my parents until they died and continues to keep in touch with me and my siblings. I was able to thank her for her faithfulness in teaching me, my siblings and many other children about Jesus and for her regular prayers for our extended family over the years.

She was one of several people who helped me in my Christian walk. I am glad that I was able to say “thank you” before it was too late. I know there are others whom I wish I had thanked, but who had already died. Don’t put off thanking people who have made a difference in your life. If you have no idea where to find them, contact Radio 4’s Saturday Live for it to be broadcast.

I would like to say “thank you” to the many volunteers who offer service to individuals and communities. Perhaps you have thought about giving up because few or even no-one has said thank you. What you do for even the least important person is still a significant gift of time, of love and of yourself and God has noticed. On behalf of all those unsaid thank yous please accept this thank you.

The Rev Andrew Sankey, Minister at Capel Methodist Church 8 Roundridge Road, Capel St Mary IP9 2UG apsankey@gmail.com / 01473 311178 / 07966 187216 AT BRANTHAM METHODIST Please note that as from September 1, The Rev Ian Gardner will be the Minister at Brantham Methodist, 34 Medway Road, Ipswich IP3 0QH ig.gardner@ntlworld.com / 01473 411507 Sunday 2

Sunday 9 Sunday 16 Sunday 23 Sunday 30

2.30pm 6.15pm 11am 11am 11am 3pm

Harvest Songs of Praise with Rev Gardner Circuit Service at Chelmondiston Worship and Communion with Rev Allen Worship with Mr Nichols Worship with Rev Ayden Ecumenical Harvest Worship at St Michaels

AT CAPEL ST MARY METHODIST Home groups and prayer meetings on various days and times with a new group starting in September. Contact Rev Andrew Sankey.

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Saturday 15 Sunday 16 Sunday 23

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10.30am 6.15pm 10.30am 6.30pm 3.30pm 10.30am 10.30am 7.30pm 10.30am

Worship with Mr Paul Gold Circuit Service at Chelmondiston Worship with Mr Victor Jack Worship with Rev Sankey Messy Church Worship with Mrs Emily Hannah Harvest Worship with Rev Sankey United Prayer at Capel Community Church Worship and Communion with Rev Dawes

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CHURCH NEWS BENEFICE OF EAST BERGHOLT AND BRANTHAM Rector: The Rev Canon Stephne van der Toorn 01206 392646 / revstephvdt@googlemail.com www.constablecountrychurches.co.uk SERVICES IN SEPTEMBER Saturday, September 1 1pm Wedding of Elizabeth Burch and James Willing, East Bergholt Sunday, September 2: Trinity 14 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 10am Communion, East Bergholt with Bishop Mike Harrison 4pm Family@Church, East Bergholt Wednesday, September 5 9.30am BCP Communion, East Bergholt Sunday, September 9: Trinity 15 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 10am Communion, East Bergholt 11am Family Service, Brantham Sunday, September 16: Trinity 16 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 10am Communion, East Bergholt 11am Informal Service, Brantham Sunday, September 23: Trinity 17 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 10am Choral Matins, East Bergholt 11am Communion, Brantham Sunday, September 30: Trinity 18 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 11am St Michael’s Patronal Festival and Benefice Communion, Brantham 3pm Ecumenical Harvest Service, Brantham Check the website for details. There is a BCP Communion every Sunday at 8am and Choral Matins is on the fourth Sunday, but not in March or August.

ALL SOULS’ SERVICE This service, at which we remember by name those whose funeral services have been conducted in our churches during the year, will be at 3.30pm on Saturday, November 3 in St Mary’s East Bergholt. Details in the next magazine.

WE ARE BEING INVADED! By hedges and cars encroaching onto the pavements in the village. Coco and I, and I’m sure people with prams and buggies, are finding it an exciting obstacle course to navigate. Some hedges have crept onto the pavements so that there is very little space for pedestrians, and some have twigs and branches sticking out at head height so that I get smacked in the face. Please could we implore you to keep your hedges under control? Also when a car is parked on the pavement it means that pedestrians have to step into the road to pass. Let’s keep roads for cars and pavements for pedestrians. Thank you so much. Rev Steph SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, October 6 at 7.30pm Brantham Community Choir in concert at St Michael’s Church, Brantham

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RAMBLING RECTOR Last Friday we visited a young friend who had done what he should not, and is serving his sentence in Belmarsh High Security Prison in London. It was a daunting experience. Our first contact with the prison had been the night of his sentencing. The website said a chaplain could be contacted on this number. When Joop phoned to ask the chaplain to visit our friend and make sure he had a Bible, the voice on the other end told him it wasn’t possible no matter what’s on the website. When Joop drew himself up to his considerable height and demanded name, rank and number it was amazing what was possible after all.

In my ignorance I thought prisoners were issued with stripy suits. Not so.

If their loved ones don’t bring them clothes, they have to buy them from the prison shop catalogue with their pocket money. If no one from the property department is at reception, you have to go away and return another day with the bag of clothes, and no one is sure when the property department will be present so it can take several visits to make the delivery. In our case it took three.

Once a prisoner qualifies for visits, booking is either by telephone, online or in person. Some days the telephone is never answered. Our contact tried 53 times in one day without success. The online system isn’t connected to the other systems so you can arrive for your appointment to find they have no record of it. If someone enters the wrong date of birth, there is no way of correcting it so that the visit can take place. Sometimes it takes so long to do the paperwork for a visit that the date of the visit is passed before the ink has dried.

Rudeness to anxious family members arriving for a visit is shocking, reducing some people to tears. You begin to wonder who is being punished, the prisoner, the family or both! We were subjected to loud sighs, rolling of the eyes and downright unpleasantness by the person checking our passports and taking our fingerprints. We were the first visitors of the day and as there were only about eight visitors for what looked like three prisoners overwork wasn’t an issue, nor were we being difficult as no doubt some people are.

Prisoners sometimes have to choose between going outside to have a walk in the courtyard, having a shower or attending classes. If there isn’t enough staff, outdoor exercise does not take place. Arriving for Bible Study our friend found that his name had inexplicably dropped of the group list meaning he had to return to his cell. Visits to the library are also controlled by a list and you can wait a month. Cost cutting is having a devastating effect on all our social services. It gets to a point where you can no longer cut, only irreparably damage.

When I was at school we had four houses. I was in Pankhurst; the others were Nightingale, Curie and Fry. We were taught that Elizabeth Fry had worked wonders in prison reform in the UK. She was called the Angel of Prisons.

I have learnt that her work is not yet finished.

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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 www.stmarksparish.org.uk SERVICES FOR September Sunday 2 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 4 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass Sunday 9 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 11 9.20am Eucharistic Adoration 10am Mass Sunday 16 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 18 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass Sunday 23 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 25 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass Sunday 30 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass The weekly newsletter, with weekly mass times, is always displayed in the cabinet alongside the church’s front door.

This month we say farewell to Father Christopher who has been our very popular parish priest for seven years. He moves to Newmarket and we welcome Father Peter Raj who joins us from Cambridge.

Catholic Commentary Pope Francis recently said that God does not conform to people’s expectations and he often presents himself and his graces in surprising ways. “God does not conform himself to preconceptions. We have to make an effort to open our hearts and minds to accept the divine reality that presents itself to us.”

He said, for example: “The people of Nazareth could not understand how Jesus, a simple carpenter with no formal education, could perform miracles and outdo even the scribes with his teachings. Being so familiar with Jesus’ family and modest roots, the residents go from being in awe to being incredulous at what the Lord had to say.”

“Instead of opening themselves up to reality, they are scandalised,” he continued, “because in their minds, God would never lower himself to speak through such an ordinary man. It’s the scandal of the incarnation which still exists today when people have preconceived notions about God, which keep them from recognizing him. It’s about having faith; the lack of faith is an obstacle to God’s grace. Many baptised live as if Christ didn’t exist, they repeat the gestures and signs of faith, but these do not correspond to a real bond to the person of Jesus and his Gospel.

“The Lord invites us to adopt an approach of humble listening and waiting meekly because God’s grace often presents itself to us in surprising ways that do not match our expectations. St Teresa of Kolkata is a good example of this, she was a petite, poor nun who with prayer and good works did miraculous, great things and revolutionized the charitable work of the church.”

Pope Francis concluded: “St Teresa is an example for our day, asking that people open themselves up to God’s grace, truth, mission and mercy, which is meant for everyone, without anyone excluded.”

Events and Diary Dates The 100 Club draw took place on Sunday, August 26 at Holy Family when three lucky winners shared a £154 prize pot. The next draw takes place on Sunday, September 30. The club, set up to support the life and mission of our parish, has grown from strength to strength since its launch.

New members are always very welcome and the newsletter, that includes an application form, can be found at the rear of the church or online at: www.stmarksparish.org.uk Every last Thursday of the month a Bring & Buy Coffee Morning takes place from 10.30am-noon at Viv and Wyn’s home, Paddock Gate, Whitehorse Road, East Bergholt CO7 6TR. We are raising funds for a new carpet for the Parish Room and all are very welcome to join us. The next event is on Thursday, September 27.

Supporting our local hospice All parishioners are asked to collect used postage stamps, all year, not just at Christmas, and 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 Father Adrian Gates is the Catholic Chaplain at Ipswich Hospital. Please contact him (01473 726701) if you or a Catholic is in or due to go into hospital and requires his services.

All are very welcome to attend Holy Family services, it is 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.

DEDHAM AND ARDLEIGH PARISHES www.dedham-and-ardleigh-parishes.org.uk 01206 322136 / stmaryda@gmail.com SERVICES AND EVENTS FOR SEPTEMBER Sunday, September 2 8am Holy Communion (BCP), Dedham 9.30am Rise ‘n’ Shine, Dedham 11am Morning Prayer, Ardleigh 5pm Evensong, Dedham Sunday, September 9 8am Holy Communion (BCP), Ardleigh 9.30am Holy Communion (CW), Dedham Sunday, September 16 8am Holy Communion (BCP), Dedham 9.30am Matins (BCP), Dedham 11am Parish Eucharist, Ardleigh 3pm Sunday@3, Ardleigh

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Sunday, September 23 8am Holy Communion (BCP), Ardleigh 9.30am Morning Praise, Dedham 5pm Revive at 5 with Bishop Roger, Dedham Sunday, September 30 11am Joint Service – Morning Prayer, Ardleigh BCP – Book of Common Prayer / CW – Common Worship Midweek Services Tuesday Morning Prayer at Dedham at 10.30am Thursday Evening Prayer at Ardleigh at 5pm SPECIAL EVENTS Men’s Breakfast: Saturday, September 8, 9am at The Vicarage, Dedham Friendship Group: Tuesday, September 25, 10am at Ardleigh Church Mission Bake Sale: Saturday, September 29, 10am Outside Dedham Church Ardleigh Flower Festival: Friday, October 5 to Monday 8, Ardleigh Church

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OUTREACH & ACTIVITIES IN SEPTEMBER Saturday, September 8 9.30-10.45am: Cafe/Oasis Event 11am: Praise & Worship Service Sunday, September 9 11am: Key to Love Fellowship Service, Venture Centre Wednesday, September 12 7-8.30pm: Key to Love Fellowship Christianity Explored Seven consecutive Wednesday evenings, Venture Centre Sunday, September 16 11am: Key to Love Fellowship Service, Venture Centre 3pm: Outreach Ministry Songs of Praise, Fingringhoe Methodist Chapel Thursday, September 20 Mini Bus Fellowship visit to Woodbridge and Waldringfield including a river boat trip Transport Division: Gt. Horkesley Friendship Club Friday, September 21: 10am: Link Line Ministries Prayer Meeting, Venture Centre Sunday, September 23 11am: Key to Love Fellowship Service, Venture Centre Sunday, September 30th 11am: Key to Love Fellowship Service, Venture centre ADVANCE NOTICE Saturday, October 13 at the Ogilvie Hall from 9.30am: Combined Cafe/Oasis Coffee Morning Event, Mini Bus Support Gift Day and Harvest Thanksgiving Service. Come and join us.

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