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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR As ‘summer’ draws to an end and holidays become a distant memory I think we all need something to make us laugh. I’ve found the perfect thing. A wonderful little book titled F In Exams by Richard Benson (Published by Summersdale Publications Ltd) has provided much hilarity in my house of late. It’s “full to the brim with funny examples of creative answers from clueless but canny students” and I’ve chosen some of my favourites for you. Enjoy!

EAST BERGHOLT RAINBOWS

Q: What is a nitrate?

A: It is much cheaper than a day rate.

Would you like to come along and see what we do at Rainbows? Contact us to arrange a visit to our unit and see for yourself what we do! Email: debching.guiding@gmail.com / halljanet@btconnect.com

Q: What is a fibula?

A: A little lie.

Q: Explain the concept of homeostasis.

A: It is when you stay at home all day and don’t go out.

Q: How high is Mount Everest?

A: Depends how much snowfall it has had since it was last measured.

Q: Freud stated that the superego contains the moral aspect of one’s personality. Define the term ‘superego’.

A: A really fast sports car.

Do you have a daughter who will soon be five?

Would they like the opportunity to build their confidence, raise their aspirations and have fun?

East Bergholt Rainbows would love to hear from you!

We are also looking for adult volunteers; please contact baberghandsamford@gmail.com if you can offer us an hour a week.

OBERAMMERGAU PASSION PLAY 2020 AND CASTLES & LAKES OF BAVARIA

Q: What is a co-operative?

A: It is a shop which is not as expensive as M&S. Q: Jess has been asked to collect data about the amount of television his friends watch. Think of an appropriate question he could ask them.

A: How much TV do you watch?

Q: Where was Hadrian’s Wall built?

A: Around Hadrian’s garden.

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NEWS ANGEL DELIGHTS TEA ROOMS HAS NOW CLOSED HEARTWATCH COFFEE MORNING Saturday, October 21, 10am-noon The Lambe School, Gaston Street, CO7 6SD Working to help our community Free Preparing for Later Life talk and coffee morning Come and learn more about preparing for later life – we can make life easier for ourselves as we get older and help our friends and relatives to support us in the best way possible. Age UK Suffolk has agreed to come along and speak.

Join us for coffee and cake, and find out a little more about what we can all do to get ready for or keep ourselves safe in advancing years.

Any questions? Contact Val Ayton (01206 298692) or Charlotte Fitzgerald (01206 299294).

Do you have three-four hours a month to help local baby bereavement group?

“I found out that I had lost my baby just before Christmas. There are no words to describe the utter despair I felt.”

Losing your much longed for baby late in pregnancy or soon after birth is the most awful trauma any parent can experience. A whole future is taken away from that family. Sadly this happens only too often. Currently 15 babies a day die in the weeks before or just after birth. Sands aims to care for those families with practical and emotional support for as long as they need it.

Members of Essex Sands group are appealing to the local community to help them recruit a treasurer, as well as new befrienders.

The treasurer keeps a record of the financial matters for the group, and ensures all spending has receipts or invoices and are in accordance with the Sands’ aims and guidelines. If you have financial acumen and an empathy with our work we would be really interested in talking to you about helping us.

Befrienders are also needed to provide support to anyone affected by the death of a baby over the phone and in person at group meetings. The new befrienders must successfully complete Sands’ befriender training, and a minimum of a year must have passed since their baby died.

Currently the group offer support meetings in South Woodham Ferrers and are keen to recruit new befrienders to increase their numbers, but they also want to expand to cover Colchester, Witham and Braintree. If you live in these areas or Chelmsford, Rayleigh or Southend areas we would be keen to talk to you.

Due to the success of our outside catering business we have taken the tough decision to close the tea rooms. We would like to thank all of our customers for all of your support over the last four and a half years, it’s been a great success and we hope you have enjoyed the tea rooms as much as we have.

We will still be taking orders for scones, biscuits, birthday and wedding cakes, quiches, hampers, Christmas orders and many more.

Our outside catering service covers many different functions and events including weddings, birthday parties, funerals, BBQs, canapé parties, corporate events, baby showers, hen parties and many more.

So if you would like to book our professional and friendly service please call: 01473 806398 / 07900 900329 Once again we would like to thank all of our customers for their support.

Best regards from Helen, Simon, Charlotte and all of my team at Angel Delights

JAMES CARTLIDGE, MP FOR SOUTH SUFFOLK At this time of the year, as our towns and villages come alive with visitors, we are reminded of the importance of tourism to our local communities and economy. The constituency reaches from the undisturbed coastal beauty of the Shotley peninsula in the east, to Clare, one of our most distinctive wool towns, in the west.

I have been working with groups from across South Suffolk who are coming together to raise the profile of their area. In Shotley, residents have been fundraising to regenerate their 122-year-old historic pier. As Suffolk’s only remaining railway pier this project celebrates our coastal trading history and holds an ambitious vision for its future tourism offer.

On the other side of South Suffolk, I recently attended the launch of the Visit Clare initiative. By highlighting the wool trading history of Suffolk’s smallest town, and linking with our other best preserved wool towns – Lavenham, Long Melford and Hadleigh – they are increasing the footprint of our area in the tourism market. Due to enormous wealth that surrounded the trade of wool in the 12th-15th centuries our wool towns are lined with timber-framed buildings and boast elegant churches. More recently, one of these streets famously made it into the final Harry Potter film. Now a major tourist attraction, the De Vere House in Lavenham is currently heralded as the second most photographed door in the UK, preceded only by No.10! When you add these projects to the fantastic planned development of Gainsborough’s House in Sudbury it is clear that our tourism sector is extremely vibrant.

Dr Clea Harmer, chief executive of Sands, said: “I hope that the Essex Sands group will find additional help as soon as possible so the group can continue to provide support to bereaved parents and their families at a devastating time for them. I would urge anyone in the local area who could help to get in touch.”

As a county, we are already attracting a high level of tourism with data showing that an estimated 52,000 holiday visits were made to Suffolk in 2016 by tourists from abroad. Compared to Norfolk for example, where there were 36,000 holiday visits in the same period, Suffolk is clearly working hard to attract individuals from around the world. In 2016 overseas visitors spent £62 million in Suffolk alone. In addition to our guests from further afield we also attract many hundreds of thousands of domestic tourists each year. By working together it is crucial that we continue to promote the bountiful and unique attractions of our area.

For further information on the roles or to find out more about the group contact Rose Abrehart: 07707 480020 / rose.abrehart@sands.org.uk

I hold regular advice surgeries offering help and support to local people.

Please see page 20 for my contact details.

Sands support groups are run by volunteers, many of whom have themselves experienced the death of a baby. However not all committee members have to be bereaved parents. As long as you have an empathy and interest in our work we would urge you to get involved.

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NEWS CONSTABLE COUNTRY MEDICAL PRACTICE Dementia Dementia is a condition that can have a devastating impact on patients, their family and friends. However, the earlier it is identified, the more likely it is that the patient will retain a good quality of life and their dignity.

The practice has one of the lowest levels of dementia diagnosis across Suffolk. Although we would like to think this really is the case, we suspect the truth is that many patients suffering from dementia have not been formally diagnosed and are therefore not receiving the support and care they need. If you suspect a friend or family member may be suffering from dementia, please persuade them to make an appointment with a GP. A quick assessment at the practice may suggest dementia, in which case they will be referred to the Hospital for a comprehensive assessment, or their symptoms may be attributable to another cause.

For more information on dementia, visit: www.dementiauk.org / www.alzheimers.org.uk Dr Fayez Ayache After more than 30 years as a GP at the practice, Dr Ayache, our senior GP Partner, has decided to retire. He has been a steadying influence on the practice and been crucial in steering us through difficult times over the last few of years. Dr Ayache has earned the respect of not just patients and staff, but the health community in general across Suffolk and further afield. As an ENT specialist GP he has worked in the community at Hadleigh as well as at Ipswich Hospital. However, his biggest challenge has been supporting those in desperate need as a result of the conflict in his country of birth, Syria. He has been frequently interviewed by the media and has been a key supporter of a charity set up to help Syrian refugees. He will continue this work when he leaves the practice at the end of December. Dr Ayache has endeavoured to give all his patients the best care possible and would like to thank them all for their kindness and support over the years.

Annual Flu Clinics We are starting to prepare for our annual flu clinics. This year we will be administering a quadrivalent influenza vaccine to patients over 18.

Previously, the majority of seasonal influenza vaccines were trivalent meaning that they protect against three of the four main flu virus strains.

If the strain not covered turns out to be predominant then the vaccine is less effective. The new quadrivalent vaccine protects against all four strains and so will be effective irrespective of which strains are predominant in any one year. The vaccine is administered exactly the same as in previous years so patients will not experience any difference. The practice sources the quadrivalent vaccine from Sanofi Pasteur, one of the largest and most respected vaccine manufacturers in the world.

Our aim is to vaccinate as many patients as possible and start the vaccination programme as soon as we take delivery of the vaccines. This year we will be holding additional flu clinics at the end of October, though we urge all eligible patients to attend our main flu clinics on the following dates.

East Bergholt Medical Centre: Tuesday, September 26, 2-7pm (patients aged 18 year and over) Thursday, October 26, 3-6pm (children and adults) Capel St Mary Surgery: Thursday, October 5, 2-7pm (children and adults) Tuesday, October 31, 3-6pm (children and adults) The clinics will run on the same basis as previously: all eligible patients will receive a letter by mid-September inviting them to attend on one of the above days. Patients may attend any 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: Thursday, September 7; Wednesday, October 4; Thursday, November 16. 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.

REPORT TO PARISHES: DODNASH WARD – AUGUST 2017 DISTRICT COUNCILLOR JOHN HINTON Middle of the holiday time and normally, along with Westminster, council business tends to be on a slowdown! Not so at the moment.

Planning, as to be expected as there are too many objectors on holiday (well that’s the cynical approach) is racing ahead at a pace that is almost indecent. The three applications in East Bergholt were all approved by the committee with some very lonely votes against. The emphasis is being put upon the five year land supply which means that our local policies have ‘limited weight’ in a ‘tilted balance’. Unfortunately, the impression is that one side of the scales is nailed to the floor, as even with tens of policies against an application, ‘sustainability’ seems to trump all. Not how I read the various policies and I am sure it will be tested elsewhere. If it takes £¾million of contributions to make an application acceptable, is it sustainable? Challenges to the construction of the five year land supply, and the transparency of the information, are being made and I am sure that an acceptable solution will be found, one that does not effectively emasculate the electorate in favour of money making scheme.

The council is also having a special meeting to submit a response to the Boundary Commission on the size of the council and what the ward patterns will be. Unlike Westminster, where variances in electorate to MP numbers are constantly put on hold or delayed, we are being pushed rapidly to even up the ward sizes so that they are within a 10% variance. This will reduce the number of members from 54 to 32/30 depending on the council vote.

There is considerable concern in rural areas that there will be a predominance of ‘urban’ members that could be to the detriment of the countryside. There will be winners and losers, but we must ensure that it is the best possible compromise for all areas. I suspect that the next move will be to a complete reorganisation into ‘Unitary Councils’ with Babergh and Suffolk County Councils disappearing.

Talking of disappearing, the move to Endeavour House appears to be struggling. It was approved by council with considerably opposition in September 2016. The lease with SCC has still not been finalised as space is causing some problems and meetings scheduled to happen in Endeavour House, suddenly revert back to Hadleigh. Back in September 2016 councillors were promised a business case with all the costs and savings, but that has still not appeared. It has all the makings of the ‘cost savings’ to be achieved from joining Babergh and Mid Suffolk staff together, which currently costs us more, and that’s without the multimillion cost of redundancies and pension top-ups. I have sympathy with the senior team and all the officers remaining as the architects of the scheme all appear to have left for pastures greener, leaving someone else to pick up the pieces.

Many residents including myself have difficulty contacting appropriate officers to answer queries and resolve problems. Not what we all expected. Only some members of the controlling group of councillors are still there. Some might say that is the reason for the rush to approve new homes regardless as it creates an income stream from government for the council to help balance the books.

So there is plenty to keep your councillors busy, even during the holiday period. If you have questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I will do my best to assist and obtain a satisfactory resolution for you. john.hinton@babergh.gov.uk / 01206 298309

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NEWS REPORT TO PARISHES, MID-SAMFORD WARD: AUGUST 2017 BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCILLOR SUE CARPENDALE Planning issues Planning is an area of considerable controversy at present. While two major applications for Capel St Mary were refused by committee in July, we understand that appeals are likely on at least one of them.

Furthermore, Hopkins has submitted a slightly revised proposal, now subject to re-consultation, for land off Days Road. We are aware of significant interest in the village from a third developer after a recent consultation. In August, three applications in East Bergholt were approved by Babergh, seemingly ignoring a Neighbourhood Plan, which was approved by the inspector and ‘made’ (approved and accepted)

by Babergh.

Babergh will soon be consulting on a new Joint Local Plan (JLP – joint with Mid Suffolk.) The draft has already been accepted for consultation by council. There will be sections of particular interest to this area, increasingly referred to as the A12 corridor. Information to date is that planners are finalising the consultation plan and are arranging venues for parish council events and a number of open public sessions. Meantime, the draft JLP is accessible on Babergh’s website*. The consultation dates are unconfirmed, but may start around Monday, August 21 and last 12 weeks.

BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCILLOR FENELLA SWAN Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils have just published their End of Year Report for 2016/17: it can be read in full on their website. The report has been produced as a guide to some of the work done and goals achieved over the financial year, and how they are working towards their strategic goals. It covers a wide range of activities that Babergh and Mid Suffolk carry out and how their work impacts communities throughout the districts.

The report includes the information that central government funding for local councils has reduced significantly over the last few years, and is set to cease entirely for Babergh and Mid Suffolk by 2019. All indications are that this financially challenging environment is set to continue. The councils are aiming to be self-sufficient and therefore no longer reliant on government funding. To achieve this we are looking at ways to invest to generate income and ways to ensure that we make best use of the council’s assets.

A new build programme has been started to build 65 new council homes across the two districts – 27 in Babergh and 38 in Mid Suffolk, across six sites. These are the first new council homes built in either district for 30 years. New government initiatives made it possible for local authorities to build their own homes and the opportunity was seized. In May 2014, the councils appointed Havebury Housing Partnership as their development

The plan is a response to key issues, such as: (a) social – population growth of c. 10% 2011-2036, fewer young people, 21% over age 60, ratio of housing costs to earnings very poor at around 10:1, there is rural deprivation, a low crime rate (b) economic – 68% of the population are economically active but there is a slow-down in job creation and a decline in employment; key sectors include tourism, creative, food production and food processing (c) environmental – culturally important area with many listed buildings, but poor air quality in places, low recycling rate, risk of river flooding and coastal erosion and water supply is an issue Babergh is part of a housing market area which also comprises Ipswich, Mid Suffolk and Suffolk Coastal, where there is an unmet housing need.

There is a ‘duty to cooperate’. Around 1,786 homes a year are required in this market area – much of it could be located in rural areas. It is imperative that we also see an infrastructure plan – everything from health services to roads – able to support so much potential development * www.midsuffolk.gov.uk: follow Council, Democratic Services, Council and Committee meetings (blue hot spot), Babergh Council July 18, item 10. The appendix is the draft plan in PDF format and is a substantial document, including village maps. Or go direct to: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yavrgd7n sue.carpendale@babergh.gov.uk partner and work began immediately on developing the project. A £1m grant from government was also secured to build these new homes.

To date, 29 homes have been completed and tenants are now living in them. The aim is to have finished the 65th house by next year.

The introduction of Universal Credit prompted a comprehensive review of the way the councils manage the collection of rents and other charges.

The ambition is to be a social landlord with ‘a commercial head and a social heart’. A lot of work has taken place to make processes more efficient and to make sure tenants are well supported. 98.39% or £15.32m of council house rent in Babergh has been collected.

For a second year Babergh and Mid Suffolk have entered into a partnership with Stowmarket and Sudbury Citizens Advice Bureau to provide a money advice service to any tenant or resident in need of debt advice, supporting individuals to find sustainable solutions to managing debts.

Babergh has generated £275K of income from the electricity generated by the Solar PV project, up almost 70% on the previous year. The project has reduced CO2 emissions and tenants who have the panels fitted on their roofs have benefited from free day-time electricity since the start of the project in 2014. fenella.swan@babergh.gov.uk

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Dear Readers, As we approach the autumn we will soon be experiencing the darker evenings. May we remind you that when you go out, always try to leave a light on and make sure that all your doors and windows are locked. Make it look like you are at home, so as to deter opportunist burglars. Many DIY stores sell timer switches for lamps and other lights, a good investment through the coming winter months.

As we drift into autumn we look back on another pub summer with all the events it has brought – beer festivals, a garden party, barbecues, live music sessions. How many of those would we have had without the support and help of the members of our community who not only attend them but also work so hard to make them happen? Many thanks to all, and just keep coming and helping! Please volunteer if you can – we can never have enough volunteers.

Pub of the Week: If you were tuned to BBC Radio Suffolk on Friday, August 4, you will have heard our chairman, Kate, being interviewed about The Case on the Lesley Dolphin programme. We’re proud to have been chosen and it’s all good publicity!

Open Mic Night: The first of these, on August 1, exceeded our wildest dreams! The pub was packed with talented performers and appreciative listeners, and is certainly set to be a regular feature. The next one is on Tuesday, September 5 from 8pm. Sound equipment is provided – just bring yourself and your instrument. No need to book.

Quiz Nights: There are two in September: on Saturdays, September 2 (postponed from August) and 30. Curry will be served at both.

Finally, an appeal to our diners We are only a small pub with limited dining space, and recently we have had to turn away people wanting to eat because we simply couldn’t accommodate them. We hate having to disappoint customers and if you have a booking you are certain to get your meal. So please, especially if you are a group of five or more, please ring up beforehand (01473 805575) to book a table. If you are a group of eight or more, we also request you pre-order food to make sure you get exactly what you want.

It saves delays too. Our menus change regularly – find our current choices on the website.

EAST BERGHOLT CINEMA AT THE CONSTABLE HALL Your local picture house will be up and running again for a new season in September. Here is our forthcoming programme Friday, September 22: Moonlight (15) Winner of the 2017 Oscar for Best Film The tender, heart-breaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain and beauty of falling in love while grappling with his own sexuality.

Friday, October 6: Three brand new independent films and a director’s talk The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, adapted and directed by Charles Sharman-Cox: “In the world of the mad, it’s only the lunatic who thinks he is sane”.

Caliban Remix by Godfrey Hamilton, adapted and directed by Charles Sharman Cox: “When love sails away, you either sink or swim. In Caliban Remix, swimming is the only option”. Caliban Remix is a contemporary riff on the love hate relationship between two of Shakespeare’s most enigmatic characters, the magician, Prospero and his servant slave, Caliban. The director will talk about his films and the art of film making.

London Symphony is a brand new silent film – a city symphony – which offers a poetic journey through the city of London. It is an artistic snapshot of the city as it stands today, and a celebration of its culture and diversity. The film was nominated for the Michael Powell Award for Best British Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017.

Tickets (£4 /£2 for 18 years and under) are available from the Fountain House Tearoom, East Bergholt, by calling 01206 299774 to reserve, or on the door. Films start at 8pm, doors open 7.30pm. Bar and refreshments.

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If you see anything suspicious, like a burglary in progress, suspicious vehicles or anyone acting suspiciously, please call 999. If you want to report a burglary that has already happened call 101. You the public are our eyes and ears when we are not around, so please do report to us.

When members of Hadleigh SNT are out and about in the villages that we patrol, we are always approached by residents who want to speak to us about parking and speeding within their village. We are totally aware that both of these cause concern to residents and we try our best to enforce and deal with them.

Currently we do have a few Community Speedwatch Schemes that run in villages. Their pro-active presence is often very productive and most often in any given period, many motorists are caught at speeding over the 30 miles per hour limit. These offenders are dealt with by way of a letter for a first and second offence unless very excessive speeds are recorded, and then on the third offence a visit from a police officer is carried out.

Parking is also a major problem in every village and town. May I remind all readers that double yellow lines mean no parking at any time and single yellow lines mean no parking between 0800-1800 Monday to Saturday. Ignoring these restrictions will incur parking tickets and a £30 fine. If there are any zig-zag lines in your town/village, particularly near to a school or a pedestrian crossing, these carry three points on your licence as well as a £100 fine. Depending on how many points you have on your licence, these extra three points could result in the loss of your licence.

Zig-zag lines are a safety measure and should be respected.

Finally, many villages and towns are currently experiencing pockets of anti-social behaviour. If you see or hear anything you feel is anti-social, please contact us at Hadleigh SNT and report what, when and where it is occurring. Please also ask yourself: Do you know where your children/grandchildren are after school and in the evenings?

Do you know who their friends are?

Do you know where they hang out?

Do you know what they are doing?

Better to find out now before you get a visit from police.

Remember you can follow Hadleigh Safer Neighbourhood Team on Twitter: @HadleighPOLICE Contact us via email: hadleigh.snt@suffolk.pnn.police.uk PCSO 3173 Julia Bignell, Hadleigh SNT, Hadleigh Police Station

EAST BERGHOLT HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION CAR BOOT SALE East Bergholt High School September 17, 9.30am-noon Admission 50p Refreshments available Free car park Pitches In advance: Cars £5, with trailers £7, domestic vans £10 On the day: £1 extra No traders

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A QUILT SHOW WITH A TWIST Hosted by Venture Quilters Wednesday, September 20: Their Finest (12A), Directed by Lone Scherfig 2017 1940, London, the Blitz; with the country’s morale at stake, Catrin (Gemma Arterton), an untried screenwriter, and a makeshift cast and crew, work under fire to make a film to lift the nation’s flagging spirits; and inspire America to join the war. Partnered alongside fellow screenwriter, Buckley (Sam Claflin) and eccentric actor Ambrose Hilliard (Bill Nighy), the trio set off to make a film that will warm the hearts of the nation and capture the imagination of the American population Wednesday, October 18: A Quiet Passion (PG13), Directed by Terence Davies 2017 Cynthia Nixon delivers a triumphant performance as Emily Dickinson as she personifies the wit, intellectual independence and pathos of the poet whose genius only came to be recognised after her death. Acclaimed British director Terence Davies (House of Mirth, The Deep Blue Sea) exquisitely evokes Dickinson’s deep attachment to her close knit family along with the manners, morals and spiritual convictions of her time as she struggled with and transcended in her poetry.

Assembly Rooms, Dedham, tickets £4, admission 7pm, films begin at 7.30pm. Refreshments available before screenings and in the interval.

Tickets from Shakespeare House Gallery or: www.dedhamfilms.co.uk Contact: dedhamfilms@gmail.com

MANNINGTREE METHODIST CHURCH BOOK SALE Saturday, September 30, 10am-3pm This is the last sale we are holding this year with more than 2,000 titles for your perusal.

So pop along on September 30 and buy quality books at bargain prices, then stay a while and enjoy a bowl of homemade soup, a slice of cake or just a hot drink.

Eighteen years ago, I opened a class for patchwork and quilting.

Every two years since, we have held an exhibition in aid of Essex Air Ambulance to show the beautiful work that members have produced. This time we are diversifying and inviting other skilled artisans in a variety of beautiful handmade decorative arts which will make the exhibition even more exciting than ever.

The show at Venture Centre, Lawford will be open on Saturday, October 7 from 1-5pm and on Sunday 8 from 10am-4pm.

There will be displays and demonstrations in wood carving, pottery, journal making, miniature painting and much more!

Venture Quilters will of course be displaying their work. Since our last exhibition we have made some new textile items which I am excited to show for the first time. A silent auction for three beautiful handmade quilts will take place and a raffle for a beautiful quilt made by our group.

A workshop will run throughout for a chance to try out fantastic Glitter-Liner pens. There will be a craft stall, light refreshments and fabric sales. Admission is £2 with accompanied children free.

We look forward to seeing you.

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

Fruit, vegetables, cakes, bread, meat and an interesting range of handcrafted items which helps present buying.

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.

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Thursday 21st September For further information: web: www.dedham-parishchurch.org.uk email: office@dedham-and-ardleighparishes.org.uk

The Lecture, which is free, will take place in Dedham Parish Church and is arranged by the Dedham Ecclesiastical Lectureship Trust.

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OUT & ABOUT CAPEL LIBRARY

FRIENDS OF CAPEL LIBRARY

We have had a very busy summer with the annual Summer Reading Challenge. To date 116 children are registered and are well on their way to completing the reading of their six books throughout the summer holidays. We have had an interesting selection of books shared with the children and they have very much enjoyed the continuity of reading throughout the school break. We are sure that the teachers will have noticed a difference in their reading ability when they return to school in September. The presentation ceremony will be on Sunday, September 24 at 1.30pm in the village hall so we do hope that you will be able to join with the staff on congratulating the finishers and celebrating their achievements.

On September 10 we will be at Bentley Fun Day with our stall of books for sale. Stock up on your winter reading. Out thanks to all who have donated books to enable us to have such a wide selection.

September 19 is the community cinema at 7.30pm. Make sure you book tickets as we are frequently close to the permitted number for the library room. It is so nice to walk to a local cinema with people who have come to watch the film, indeed may have voted for it, as we take our customers views seriously.

The staff would like to pass on our very grateful thanks to our small band of volunteers who have helped us through our busy six-week period, without them the challenge would not be the success that it is.

On September 14 at 12.30pm we have the presentation of awards to all those who have completed their reading challenge during the summer.

It is so good to see so many signing up and hopefully many will have completed their quota of books by the time you read this. For those who have completed the challenge there is an extra incentive; reading game entertainment with Ollie the Magician on October 1. So hurry up and finish your books to be able to attend.

Our regular clubs restart this month.

Minecraft: Sundays 10 and 24, 10.30am-12.30pm (free) Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

The continuing success of the community cinema takes us closer to our target to modernise the reception area. With the help of our county councillor we hope to be able to begin this work early in the New Year.

Babybounce: Tuesdays 12, 19 and 26, starting at 2pm (free) Open to all, children under five to be accompanied by an adult. The numbers at this group are small so it is a good opportunity to come along and make new friends while singing nursery rhymes and shaking musical instruments.

Capel Library Book Group: Friday 15 at 2.30pm (free) Do come along and join in this group to discuss their latest book and make recommendations for new ones to read and enjoy and share your thoughts with others.

Capel Creators: Saturday 30, 10.30am-12.30pm Do drop in to create something special and make new friends. 50p per child which includes a drink and a biscuit. Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. All creations are displayed in the Library for all to see.

Friends of Capel Library Community Cinema: Viceroy’s House on Tuesday 19; doors open at 7pm for film commencing at 7.30pm.

Have you put off buying an iPad because you feel unsure about using one? Why not borrow one from the library to see how you get on with it.

To all those who registered and finished at Capel Library, we invite you to join with us on Sunday, October 1 at 2.30pm in the village hall where we will be entertained by Ollie the Magician. That is sure to be a good time.

Don’t forget we sell books of first and second class stamps and book tokens.

OPENING TIMES Monday: closed Tuesday: 9.30am-12.30pm & 2-5.30pm Wednesday: 9.30am-12.30pm Thursday: 9.30am-12.30pm Friday: 2-5pm & 5.30-7.30pm Saturday: 9am-3pm Sunday: 10am-3pm Contact: 01473 311699

We have two available and we also have someone who will show you the ropes. Be quick though because Trevor is booked up into October now.

Katherine and Ali are running again in the East of England Run in October.

Please sponsor them so that the Friends can benefit. Forms are at the library desk.

Lottery winners for August: A Watts £20; Alison Stewart £10 ; Bryn Hurren £8; Sandra Robson £5.

CAPEL SINGERS We shall begin rehearsals for Christmas in October. It is clear that we shall need more sopranos and basses for the concert this year as Lis Lifford, one of our stalwarts, has moved home to Wales.

If you would like to take part, please ring Chris: 07723 333238

BRANTHAM 2017 ANNUAL GARAGE SALE Saturday, September 16, 9.30am-4.30pm Open garages selling items throughout the village. Look for the balloons and signs throughout Brantham, on the A137 Table top sale at the village hall, also refreshments, handcrafts, preserves, tombola, ice cream and much more.

We need a £5 minimum donation to book your garage or village hall table. For more details please contact Maya, Louise or Maggie.

If you like to help in any way either on or before the day, or wish to donate items for sale or for the tombola, please call Maya or Maggie.

Proceeds will go to St Elizabeth Hospice (Carla Dawson’s Tribute Fund) and Nepal Children’s Trust which supports children in Nepal.

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Rebecca Hoskyns as Audrey and the Audrey 2 puppet, photography by John Simpson The society is delighted to announce the next show they will be producing in February 2018 will be the smash hit comedy musical Sister Act. This is a musical adaptation of the Whoopi Goldberg film of the same name and is a wonderful combination of 1970’s Philadelphia soul (think Barry White and the Three Degrees) and fast action story with disco singing nuns and mean hoodlums.

The music is by Alan Menken, who also wrote the music for Little Shop of Horrors, the previous year’s show, which BATS is also delighted to announce has been the recipient of no less than seven nominations in this year’s North East Essex Theatre Guild awards. The categories in which the show is recognised are: Best Musical, Best Musical Direction, Best Actor (Ryan Maslen), Best Young Actress (Rebecca Hoskyns), Best Costume, Best Set Design/Construction and Best Technical Achievement (for Audrey 2 Puppet).

There is also recognition for Bunkered, produced by the group in June, which is nominated for Best Costume, Best Supporting Actor (Mark Hinson) and Best Supporting Actress (Sophie Mercer). The awards evening is on Friday, September 8 at the Princes Theatre, Clacton, after which we hope to bring news of some positive results for the group.

There will be an introductory meeting for Sister Act on Tuesday, September 26 at 7.30pm in Brantham Village Hall to which anyone with an interest in getting involved will be warmly welcomed. Anyone wishing to find out more about the show and the group before this meeting should contact John Hoskyns: 07739 899414

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STOUR VALLEY U3A

Castalian String Quartet: Sunday, October 22, 4pm at St Mary the Virgin Church, East Bergholt

We don’t have a speaker meeting in August, but our popular summer dinner took place on August 4, once again in the Constable Hall and was much enjoyed by all who attended.

Programme: Haydn’s Quartet op20 no2, Schumann’s Quartet in A minor op41 no1, Beethoven’s Quartet in A minor op132 Formed in 2011, this outstanding young quartet with its “richly romantic energy and passion” (Strad Magazine) is fast becoming a favourite of audiences in the United Kingdom and abroad. Almost immediately they were offered an award by the Elias Fawsett Trust and also the Countess of Munster Trust among others. In 2011 they achieved a Masters Degree in Chamber Music at the Hannover University of Music, Dance and Theatre, they then won first prize at the Lyon International Chamber Music Competition in 2015 and in 2016 they won third prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition.

SVAM’S 67th season continues with: Sunday, November 12: Trio con Brio Copenhagen, St Mary’s Church, East Bergholt, 4pm Sunday, December 3: Gold and Dirt – Reflections on an Architectural Journey, illustrated lecture by architect John Lyall, Constable Hall, Gandish Road, East Bergholt, 4pm Sunday, January 21: Bartosz Glowacki, classical accordion, Constable Hall, Gandish Road, East Bergholt, 4pm Sunday, February 18: Savitri Grier (violin) and Richard Uttley (piano), St Mary’s Church, East Bergholt, 4pm Sunday, March 4: Young Musicians Concert* with talented local musicians 16 and under, Constable Hall, Gandish Road, East Bergholt, 4pm Sunday, March 18: Sacconi Quartet and Michael Collins (clarinet), St Mary’s Church, East Bergholt, 4pm *not included in season ticket Tickets: 01206 298426 / svamtickets@btinternet.com / www.svam.org.uk

STOUR CHORAL SOCIETY Our new season begins on Monday, September 4 at 7.30pm in the Methodist Church Hall, Manningtree CO11 1BQ. New singers are very welcome to come along on the evening to see and hear what do. SCS has been singing in the area for nearly 50 years and enjoys a wide range of music as well as singing with the young and not so young.

Our speaker on September 13 is David Whittle, vice-chairman of the Harwich Society, whose presentation is entitled I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside. The presentation tells how the Victorians were suddenly able to travel due to the harnessing of steam in the form of paddle steamers and railways, leading to the development of seaside resorts on the Essex and Suffolk coasts, including Harwich and Dovercourt.

Being a woman racing driver and racing at Le Mans is the subject of our talk by Celia Stevens on October 11. She will talk of her experience of racing historic cars three times at Le Mans Classic, once at Nuremburg and all over the UK. And she is still racing!

On Wednesday, November 8, event organiser Eve Regelous, who worked closely with Harrods, will give a glimpse of behind the scenes of day-today life in this world famous company, including its history.

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 and computer studies and groups that visit 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, have over 260 members and 21 groups. For further information please visit www.stourvalleyu3a.org.uk where membership secretary Gillian Gibbs may be contacted.

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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CONSTABLE SINGERS CONCERT Constable Hall Saturday, October 28 at 7pm Raising funds for MIND

Raffle, bar open during interval Tickets £7 including coffee/tea

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For tickets contact choir members or Mel: 01206 298628

Saturday, September 30 at 7.30pm A 90 strong choir that provides something to suit everybody: songs from the charts, musical theatre, swing, folk, hymns and much more!

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BY FATHER AND SON Don’t miss this chance to hear the father and son duo Andrew and Carl Sterling playing together in St Michael’s Church, Woolverstone. They have an exciting programme of jazz, soul, classical music and original works. The concert is on Friday, September 29, starting at 7.30pm.

Donations in the region of £7.50 will be welcome on the day and this will include nibbles and drinks.

All money made will go to the Babergh Green Party. For more information contact Laura Smith: lsmith68@yahoo.co.uk

THE BRAIN: ORGAN OF FACT, FALLIBILITY AND FAITH An interesting and accessible insight into the role of the brain in how, what and why we think as we do from by Professor Richard Appleton, Professor of Paediatric Neurology, Lay Reader, Church of England Wednesday, September 27 at 7.30pm Holton St Mary Village Hall £6.50 includes refreshments All proceeds to the church fabric fund

EAST BERGHOLT OIL 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 from 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. Simple.

Ring Linda on 01206 298302 to get on the contact list.

VILLAGE LINK CLUB At our August meeting Janet Dann presented a very entertaining talk entitled Suffolk Chapter & Verse. In this she read excerpts from a number of poets who lived in Suffolk over the years. Afterwards members enjoyed a fish and chip lunch followed by a selection of desserts.

The subject of our meeting on September 13 is elderly drivers. Future talks this year will be: Jewel of the Canaries, A Year as Mayor of Ipswich, Christmas Special Message & Carols, First Aid & AED – Demonstration of First Aid & Techniques, Dad’s Army Legendary TV Programme, History of Scarecrows, Pray Silence for ? and History of Butley Priory.

Meetings are held at 10am on the second Wednesday of every month in Tattingstone Village Hall. 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. We normally hold a members’ lunch after the August and February meetings.

Roger Felgate, 01473 311684

HADLEIGH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Ute Cooper / Leader: Lisa Patchett Rehearsals will begin again with fresh music in preparation for our Christmas concert on Monday, September 18. We meet on Monday evenings from 7.30-9.30pm at Beaumont Community School in term time and have vacancies in all departments (except flute) and would especially welcome more violinists.

If you are looking for an orchestra to play with for the first time, or you are an experienced player but a bit out of practice and want to get back into playing (and many have), we are the ideal orchestra for you. We play a variety of music, from popular classics to popular songs.

If you would like to know more, please ring: 01473 827242 Chairman John Druce

SUFFOLK BOOK LEAGUE Spend an evening with award winning novelist Emma Healey.

Emma grew up in London, where she completed her first degree in book binding and graduated from the MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 2011. Her debut novel, Elizabeth is Missing, won Best First Novel at the Costa Book Awards.

Emma will be appearing at Ipswich Institute Reading Room (15 Tavern Street, IP1 3AA) on Wednesday, September 13 as part of Suffolk Book League’s 2017 programme of events.

Doors open at 7pm, event starts at 7.30pm. General admission is £8 (members £4). Students free with ID. Tickets to be paid for on the door.

Reservations can be made by emailing: tickets@sbl.org.uk

STOUR VALLEY MEN’S PROBUS CLUB On Wednesday, July 19 we held our summer lunch, to which we invited our spouses and Probus widows. This year we moved to The Haywain and the occasion was enjoyed by all. We don’t hold speaker meetings in August We return after our break on Wednesday, September 6 when Tom Williams presents Everyone Has a Book in Them. Philip Roberts’ talk on Wednesday, September 20 is entitled The Mary Rose.

Our first October meeting is on Wednesday 4 when Roy Wood will tell us how to enjoy a healthy retirement, followed on October 18 with a talk entitled The Royal Family by David Ablewhite. On November 1 Ted Wheatley presents Overland to India and on November 15 Dennis and Ann Kell will present Wildlife in the Falklands.

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

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OUT & ABOUT WEA TALKS ON WILDLIFE HABITATS AND RESERVES Come and enjoy a series of talks on a range of wildlife habitats and reserves in East Anglia including heathland, woodland and estuaries at Brantham Leisure Centre, New Village CO11 1RZ organised by the WEA (part time education for everyone). The series starts on September 26 at 7pm with an AGM and then runs from October 3 to November 21 led by Mr Alexander Bass. Full details from Mrs Penny Hynes on 01206b 396376. New attenders very welcome; just come along and give it a try.

MANNINGTREE POETRY GROUP The next meeting of Poetry Plus will take place at 7.30pm on Tuesday, September 12 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 with this poetry group, please visit: www.poetryplus.org.uk

MANNINGTREE & DISTRICT PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

The long summer break often affords the opportunity for a change of scenery. But for our members it’s also a challenge to produce an ‘unedited’ photograph taken close to Manningtree for the fun competition on our opening night. Beauty, as always, is in the eye of the beholder, but fortunately it also abides on our very own doorstep, here at the original Cattawade Bridge.

You are welcome to join us to not only explore an ongoing interest in what is now an everyday pursuit, but also to gain a slightly deeper insight via our series of talks, events and competitions. We were pleased to share an enjoyable visit to Beth Chatto’s garden with the Harwich & Dovercourt Club in August to practice some outdoor photography.

The 2017/18 season runs through to May 2018. Our friendly group comprises of amateurs with a wide range of abilities, always willing to share their advice and experience.

We meet on Thursday evenings, twice monthly, at 7.30pm at the St John’s Centre, Station Road, Manningtree CO11 1EB. New members will be welcome to join (subscription £40) or may attend initially as a visitor (£3).

September 14: Chairman’s Welcome and Open Competition: Local unedited photographs taken within a five mile radius during the summer break September 28: A Humorous Look at my Photography by David Hall LRPS Please contact Margaret, our secretary, for details: 01206 396958 / madps@post.com www.manningtreeanddistrictphotographicsociety.co.uk

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SEPTEMBER GARDENING TIPS

Half plots are available at £16 per annum. So if you live in or around Capel and fancy a go at growing your own please contact Dennis: sitemanager@capelallotments.co.uk / 01473 310988

Gosh – September tips already! There’s probably a nip in the air when evening comes and soon the leaves will be changing to their lovely autumn colours. In the main it has been a good summer, we could have done with a bit more gentle rain. Some camellias, especially those in tubs, may need feeding and watering – yellowing foliage shows need for feed as the plants are forming flowering buds for next year.

DEDHAM HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Dedham Horticultural Society is getting back into the swing of things after a short summer break, kicking off with its annual early autumn flower and vegetable show on September 9 from 2-4pm in the Assembly Rooms, High Street, Dedham. This is an open show so anyone can enter; the closing date for entries is September 7. Further details from: 01206 322565/ colinbiggins869@btinternet.com Admission is only £1 for non-members, accompanied children are free.

There’s free tea and coffee, a plant sale and raffle. All in all, a great afternoon out so please come along and support this village event.

Our monthly speaker’s evenings resume on October 4 at 7.30pm in the Assembly Rooms, with a talk from Shirley Sampson of Flatford Wildlife Centre entitled Gardening for Wildlife. Non-members are welcome with admission at £2 that includes tea or coffee. Hope to see you there.

RSPB FLATFORD WILDLIFE GARDEN Who did the barn owl have for supper?

Reluctant feet have put on new school shoes and it isn’t long before the summer holidays are a distant memory. Our summer visitors have watched, drawn and attempted to identify bumble bees, measured trees to estimate their ages, made pine cone hedgehogs, starling finger puppets and bird feeders.

As usual, the star family activity of the summer has been dissection of owl pellets. Little do the local barn owls know that the indigestible remains of their suppers, privately coughed up in neat pellets, have provided so much intrigue and speculation. Once soaked in water, the gentle teasing away of the softened fur of the prey starts to reveal clues about the identity of the victims. Tiny bones from voles and shrews emerge and it’s amazing how complete a lot of them still are. With a good guide sheet, families have even been able to identify ear cavities. And what joy when a complete skull is revealed! Some pellets contain two or three of them.

Occasionally the remains of small birds are found, leg bones and beaks.

But perhaps the most exciting, and for some strange reason ‘personal’ finds, are tails from small mammals, still slightly furry. Maybe it’s because we can imagine these being the very last part of the wriggling, live prey to disappear through the beak and into the depths of the owl’s stomach.

Apart from being something out of the ordinary for children to do during the holidays, this activity is a great way to engage them with the natural world and the idea that everything in nature is linked. It illustrates the food chain in action.

In a nutshell, that’s what Flatford Wildlife Garden is about. In the garden we aim to look after all the smallest creatures and thence the bigger creatures higher up the pecking order too. Without them, how much poorer we would all be, if we could survive at all. Why not come along to the garden, see what goes on here and take home some ideas. Autumn is a good time to start.

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Keep deadheading annuals as this will prolong flowering. Cuttings of geraniums and pelargoniums, etc. can be taken. Spray Michaelmas daisies with fungicide to control mildew. Now is the time to lift and divide large clumps of hardy perennials – allowing plants to establish before winter.

Prune climbing and rambling roses once they have finished flowering and tie in shoots. Start thinking about planting up autumn/winter tubs and baskets. Buy tulip bulbs for planting in October.

Lift main crop potatoes once tops have died down – dry them and store undamaged ones in a dark, cool, frost free place. Lift onions once leaves go brown – don’t bend tops over as this can cause ‘neck rot’.

Dry them outside if sunny. Continue harvesting whatever other veg you have grown. Beetroot can be cooked and frozen. Pot up parsley, basil and other herbs for winter use. The lawns will need an autumn weed and feed.

If you came to the show I hope you enjoyed it and had some success if you exhibited. There are so many classes to choose from – it’s not just about produce – it’s all about taking part. No exhibits no show!

A reminder that our store is open on Sunday mornings from 9.3010.30am until September 24. Why not buy your fleece now in case of some early frosts?

I suppose next month the ‘countdown to Christmas’ will have started – oh, the pace of life!

Enjoy your autumn garden and starting the ‘putting to bed’ process.

Janet Alcoe

BENTLEY & COPDOCK PRIMARY SCHOOLS With the summer holidays already feeling like a distant memory, we embark upon a new school year. With last year’s Year 6 children heading off to high school, we welcome a new group of children to our schools to start their journey with us.

The children have been learning about William Henry Hewitt who was awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War. As a school we are looking forward to the celebrations organised to recognise his connection to the village.

Bentley has seen some visible changes over the summer with the construction of a new conservatory creating a new learning space which will be well used by the children.

We would like to thank everybody who donated Active Kids vouchers from Sainsbury’s. We collected more than 5,150 at Copdock and more than 3,000 at Bentley and have used them to purchase some exciting new sports equipment. We are all looking forward to using that in the coming months.

If any of our recent leavers discover they have uniform or PE kit that they no longer need, they could donate it to our spares box at school.

We are looking forward to the annual Macmillan Coffee get-together scheduled for Friday, September 29 – look out for posters around the village confirming the time and place.

Bentley currently has a vacancy for a midday supervisor; if anyone is interested please contact the school office on 01473 310253 for more information.

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

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SPORT / CHURCH NEWS EAST BERGHOLT BOWLS CLUB

MISTLEY CRICKET CLUB

In July the bowls club lost one of its most popular members, Jack Jarvis.

Jack had been a member for nearly 20 years, had organised the popular bingo events, and always had a smile on his face. He will be truly missed.

Our thoughts go to Lillian and family.

July 2017 100 Club Winners 1: Ruth Spendley (17) £105 2: Judith Mills (13) £50 3: Paul Garwood (7) £50

As this is written, it’s mid-season for the outdoor bowlers and so far most of our league teams have not set their leagues alight, although the Swallows & Seagulls have topped their league for part of the season.

With a few matches still to play a lot can still happen!

It was very much a case of win one, lose one for all Mistley teams along with abandonments as the weather took a turn for the worse. As a result the First Team are still in the lower reaches of the table with a lot of work to do to ensure Division One status next season. All the other men’s sides are placed in mid table.

The Drawn Pairs (Chairman’s Cup) was won by Rex Coupland and Sheila Poulton. The Mixed Triples (Parker Trophy) was won by Val Ayton, Tim Fayers and Mick Lomax. The Drawn Triples (Captain’s Trophy) was won by Alan Burstall, John Jeffreys and Tony Furtado.

We are pleased that once again this season we are still attracting new members to the club. Roll-ups take place on Sunday mornings starting at 10am and on Tuesday afternoons from 2pm. We have spare bowls to use for new players; you just need flat soled shoes. Please turn up in good time to start as our roll-ups this year have been very well attended.

Our July fun day and barbecue was another enjoyable afternoon attended by members and friends. Mick and Val cooked a tasty barbecue and everyone enjoyed bowling through arches, pipes, landing bowls on targets and mats, plus knocking over the 10 green bottles. Winners of the fun bowling were Mick Lomax and Peter Dent.

Eleven teams contested the club treasure hunt, which this year was set in Bildeston village. After an afternoon of solving clues, identifying locations and finding the four club stickers around the picturesque village, the eventual winners were The Jays (John, Jean, Trevor and Nikki). Over to John and team to set the clues next year!

Melvyn Powell, melpowell46@gmail.com

EAST BERGHOLT UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB Pre-season training commenced on July 3 and there have been a number of friendly matches to bring the players up to match fitness. There is much anticipation at this time of year.

UPCOMING FIXTURES 1st Team / Senior Division Sat, Sep 2: Leiston St Margarets (A) Sat, Sep 9: Felixstowe Harpers Utd (A) Sat, Sep 16: Crane Sports (H) Sat, Sep 23: Grundisburgh (A) Sat, Sep 30: Bramford Utd (H) Reserves / League A Sat, Sep 2: Achilles Res (A) Sat, Sep 9: AFC Hoxne Res (H) Sat, Sep 16: To follow (A) Sat, Sep 23: To follow Sat, Sep 30: To follow (A) A Team / League B Sat, Sep 9: Bacton Utd 89 Res (H) Sat, Sep 16: To follow Sat, Sep 23: To follow Sat, Sep 30: To follow Fixtures are subject to change. Please refer to the fixtures website and chose the appropriate competition to confirm: http://fulltime.thefa.com/Index.do?league=4358069 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 match days are all potential exposure for your business while supporting a local organisation.

The exception is the Ladies sides who have mirrored the success of the national team. They have been confirmed as double winners, champions of both the Two Counties and Beaumont Seymour leagues.

UPCOMING FIXTURES SATURDAY CRICKET 1st Team / Two Counties Div 1 Sat, Aug 26: Elmstead (H) Sat, Sep 2: Wivenhoe (A) Sat, Sep 9: Braintree (H) Sat, Sep 16: Halstead (A) 2nd Team / Two Counties Div 3 Sat, Aug 26: Bury St Edmunds II (A) Sat, Sep 2: Brockley (H) Sat, Sep 9: Wivenhoe II (A) Sat, Sep 16: Halstead II (H) 3rd Team / Two Counties Div 9 EAST Sat, Aug 26: Woodbridge II (A) Sat, Sep 2: DBSL (H) SUNDAY AND MIDWEEK CRICKET NECL and National Village Competition Mon, Aug 28: T20 Finals Day (TBC) Sun, Sep 10: Gt Horkesley & Lexden (H) Sun, Sep 17: Wivenhoe (H) Sunday Div Team / Two Counties Sunday Div Sun, Aug 27: Frinton (A) Sun, Sep 3: Brightlingsea (A) Sun, Sep 10: Copford (A) 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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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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CHURCH NEWS BENEFICE OF EAST BERGHOLT & BRANTHAM Rector: The Rev Canon Stephne van der Toorn 01206 392646 / revstephvdt@googlemail.com www.constablecountrychurches.co.uk SEPTEMBER SERVICES Saturday, September 2 1.30pm Wedding of Katy Muldowney and Chi Cheung, EB Sunday, September 3: Trinity 12 8am BCP Communion (Healing), EB 10am Benefice Communion (Healing) and Baptism of

Madeleine Dadds, EB 4pm Family@Church, EB Wednesday, September 6 9.30am BCP Communion, EB Sunday, September 10: Trinity 13 8am BCP Communion, EB 10am Communion, EB 11am Family Service, EB Saturday, September 16 2pm Wedding of Holly Evans and Patrick Dye, B Sunday, September 17: Trinity 15 8am BCP Communion, EB 10am Morning Prayer, EB 11am Communion (Healing), B

Sunday, September 24: Patronal Festival 8am BCP Communion, EB 11am Benefice Communion, B Sunday, October 1: Harvest 8am BCP Communion, EB 10am Harvest Family Service, EB 11am Harvest Family Service, B 4pm Family@Church, EB EB East Bergholt / B Brantham Check the website for details. There is a BCP Communion every Sunday at 8am and Choral Matins is usually on the fourth Sunday (except in August and September). During the summer holidays the main service alternates between churches. This service schedule may change without prior notice if needed.

SERVICE CELEBRATING GUIDE DOGS A service celebrating the work of Guide Dogs for the Blind will be held at St Mary’s East Bergholt on Sunday, October 15 at 3pm. Well behaved owners and their pet dogs are most welcome. The short service will be followed by refreshments. There will be a retiring collection for the work of Guide Dogs for the Blind.

THE ALPHA COURSE An opportunity to informally explore the meaning of life and think about the basics of the Christian Faith through talks and discussions. The course begins at 9.30am on September 12 at 52 Richardsons Road. Please let Rev Steph know if you would like to register for this.

DEDHAM AND ARDLEIGH PARISHES SERVICES AND EVENTS FOR SEPTEMBER Sunday, September 3 8am Holy Communion (BCP), Dedham 11am Morning Worship (CW) with Baptisms, Ardleigh 5pm Evensong (BCP), Dedham Sunday, September 10 8am Holy Communion (BCP), Ardleigh 9.30am NEW: Rise ‘n’ Shine, Dedham 11am Holy Communion (CW), Dedham Sunday, September 17 8am Holy Communion (BCP), Dedham 11am Parish Eucharist (CW), Ardleigh Sunday, September 24 8am Holy Communion (BCP) Ardleigh 11am Matins (BCP), Dedham 5pm Revive@5, Dedham BCP – Book of Common Prayer / CW – Common Worship Weekly Midweek Services Tuesday Morning Prayer at Dedham: 10.30am Thursday Evening Prayer at Ardleigh: 5pm

First Sunday of every month @ 16:00 beginning 3 September 2017 Totally Family Friendly St Mary’s East Bergholt: Light Supper Contact Fiona 01206 298205 24

August Bank Holiday Fair Monday, August 28, 10am-4pm outside Dedham Church. Cake, bric-abrac and other stalls, tower tours available on the day.

Dedham Lecture Thursday, September 21 at 8pm, A Future for Christianity in Britain

by Nick Spencer, Director of Research at Theos. Free entry, no booking required. www.dedham-and-ardleigh-parishes.org.uk

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CHURCH NEWS BRANTHAM & CAPEL METHODIST CHURCHES I have just read The Axe and the Tree. Having spent 10 years serving as Mission Partner in Zimbabwe, it’s always fascinating to get different perspectives. The author, Stephen Griffiths, is the son of a man I knew in Zimbabwe, Peter Griffiths. In 1960 Peter went to join the work begun some 12 years earlier in the eastern Highlands of what was then Rhodesia. He joined a multicultural team, offering medical, educational and spiritual services.

Full, part-time and sessional care for children aged 3 months to 11 years.

The next 20 years were both exciting and challenging. On several occasions the team considered pulling out of the area because lives were in danger. The liberation war years were the toughest, with both the liberation fighters and the army threatening staff and students.

There were landmines, helicopter gunships, ambushes, beatings and executions, and food, medicines and money were frequently stolen. It was so dangerous the school was evacuated to an abandoned school much nearer roads and city. But the threats still came.

Many wanted the missionaries to move to the city and to commute to school, but as missionaries, they wanted to live amongst the people they served. Under pressure they agreed and places were found for them. The night before they moved guerrilla fighters came in, massacred the whites and closed the school. Peter and his family were in UK on leave having just overseen the move.

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This was in 1978, two years before independence and four years before we went to Zimbabwe as missionaries. We experienced some wonderful times, but knew something of the hardships and tensions described.

Stephen, 11 years old at the time of the massacre, wrote the book to try and understand whether out of something so evil and bad, God could bring some good. For him those who were massacred were like his aunts, uncles and cousins. You’ll have to read the book to get his answer, but the subtitle of the book gives a hint: “How bloody persecution sowed the seeds of new life in Zimbabwe”.

It’s a great read (ask for a copy). I’m happy to talk through these issues, or any other questions you have.

The Rev Andrew Sankey, Minister at Brantham & Capel Methodist Churches, 8 Roundridge Road, Capel St Mary IP9 2UG apsankey@gmail.com / 01473 311178 / 07966 187216 SEPTEMBER SERVICES AT BRANTHAM METHODIST Sunday 3

11am

Worship with Mr Harry Chicken

Sunday 10

11am

Communion with Rev Yvonne Haye

Sunday 17

11am

Worship with Mr Roger Theobold

Sunday 24

11am

Worship arranged locally

AT CAPEL ST MARY METHODIST Home Groups on various days and times – contact the minister Sunday 3

10.30am Worship with Mrs Emily Hannah 6.30pm Circuit Service at Heath Road Hospital

Sunday 10 10.30am Worship with Rev Alan Palmer

6.30pm Worship and Communion with Rev Andrew Sankey Saturday 16

3.30pm Messy Church

Sunday 17

10.30am Worship with Mr Paul Law

Sunday 24 10.30am Harvest Worship with Rev Andrew Sankey 7.30pm United Prayer

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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 SEPTEMBER 2017 Sunday 3 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 5 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass Sunday 10 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 12 9.20am Eucharistic Adoration 10am Mass Sunday 17 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 19 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass Sunday 24 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 26 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass The weekly newsletter, with weekly mass times, is always displayed in the cabinet alongside the front door.

Catholic Commentary The Suffolk Theology Forum holds regular meetings in Ipswich. The speaker at the last meeting was Dr Anna Abram, principal of the Margaret Beaufort Institute, Cambridge which runs high quality theology courses, mainly for women. She spoke on salvation, taking a broad approach, exploring and analysing what salvation might mean for people of today.

Another pointer readers may like to note is the Christian Think Tank Theos which produces well researched papers, usually in A5 booklet format,

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on a variety of faith and related topics. Though there are fewer nominal Christians in Britain, those who are church-goers are more committed.

This is fully explored in the Theos report Doing Good; A Future for Christianity in the 21st Century with a foreword by Archbishops, Justin Welby and Vincent Nichols.

In the same vein it is worth mentioning there are many excellent resources available to Christians, committed or tentative, on the internet including www.wednesdayword.org which provides brief commentary for the readings each Sunday based on the Catholic calendar.

The Catholic charity CAFOD is running a campaign called Power to Be which aims to provide renewable energy to people round the world who still live without electricity. The campaign calls on the World Bank to move money it spends on polluting fossil fuels towards providing electricity in poor communities. Less than three per cent of the total money spent by the World Bank on energy is used to provide ‘off-grid’ renewable electricity. We have been asked to sign and post cards in support to the UK representative at the World Bank.

Events & Diary Dates The last 100 Club draw took place on Sunday, August 27 when three lucky winners shared a record £149. 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. The next draw takes place on Sunday, September 24.

Every last Thursday of the month a Bring & Buy Coffee Morning takes place at Viv & 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, September 28.

Supporting our Local Hospice All 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 to attend Holy Family services. 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.

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Tickets: ÂŁ7 on the door

Recital Hall, Music School

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 18 September Monday 9 October Monday 20 November Monday 22 January Monday 19 February Monday 5 March Monday 23 April Monday 7 May Monday 21 May Monday 25 June

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