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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR My parents celebrated their golden anniversary in June and, as you do at times such as this, we have talked at length about the trials and tribulations they faced over the years, some good, some not so. I’m proud their marriage was rock solid throughout, even when faced with tough financial times on the farm, a variety of health challenges, a rather rebellious teenage daughter and, in recent years, the collapse of the Irish economy which has impacted on everyone in one way or another. Married in 1966 and parents for the first time in 1967, my mum and dad showed remarkable resilience when it may have been easier to walk away. Back then when farm machinery was either unavailable or unaffordable, farming was not for the fainthearted, but they were a formidable team. Mum was the ultimate survivor. She baked, she sewed, she kept a garden, she helped on the farm, she managed the books… she did what had to be done to make ends meet and she and dad were totally committed to giving my brothers and I every opportunity they had been denied. They also knew how to have fun. My mum could turn a Sunday picnic in the garden into an unforgettable adventure. That said I don’t ever want to eat ox tongue sandwiches again as long as I live. Our annual daytrip to Kinvarra beach and the annual pilgrimage to Knock were the highlights of summers spent in the garden and on the farm. Every year I bought red heart-shaped sun glasses in Kinvarra and one of those little toy camera picture viewers in Knock and I was the happiest little girl in the world. My life is remarkable different to theirs, but I suspect my everyday worries are not entirely dissimilar. Making my own butter or knitting socks aren’t realistic money-saving options for me, but, thanks to my parents, I do have a ‘pull your socks up and get on with it’ approach to most things, and this I’m grateful for in these rather disconcerting political times.
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NEWS RECOGNISING SUFFOLK’S INSPIRING VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITIES Nominations are now open for the Community Action Suffolk Awards 2016 which recognise the volunteers, communities and young people making an impact on the lives of people in Suffolk. Nine awards will be presented to individuals and organisations in Suffolk, from Village Hall/Community Building of the Year to Most Inspiring Volunteer story. If you know of someone or an organisation making a real difference, you have until Friday, August 12 to make your nomination via the CAS website: www.communityactionsuffolk.org.uk/ awards One of the 2015 winners was Youthbase from Stowmarket who won The Roddy Macleod award for Youth Club of the Year. They were nominated as an inclusive, volunteer-run youth club welcoming all young people from the age of nine. Several of the young people have behaviour issues and are struggling at home and at school, but through the support and the value the team place on them as individuals, there has been a real difference in their behaviour. The club does not make any charge for attendance as many of the families come from deprived areas and the club needs to be open to all. Beccles Lido won the Colonel Probert award for Community Initiative, as a project which involves the whole community. Suzanne Gibbons from Beccles Lido Limited said she accepted the award on behalf of the team, but it was also an award for the community of Beccles, many of whom have supported the project from the beginning: “It shows us that when the community feels passionate about something, then they all do their best to help where they can.” CAS Awards categories include The Anne Dunford OBE award for Youth Participation, The Roddy Macleod award for Youth Club of the Year, The Andrew Towers award for Young Person of the Year, The Colonel Probert award for Community Initiative, The Ian Campbell MBE award for Individual Initiative, The Village Hall/Community Building award, Outstanding Contribution to Volunteering, Event Organiser of the Year and Most Inspiring Volunteer story. Awards will be presented at CAS’s Annual Celebration event on October 18 at the Museum of East Anglian Life. Local businesses are welcome to sponsor a table at the event and can find out more by contacting: belinda.couldridge@communityactionsuffolk.org.uk
RAVENSWOOD RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION 2016 – SCARECROW COMPETITION Ravenswood Residents Association is pleased to announce plans are underway for the fourth annual scarecrow event for all residents of Ravenswood. The event will be extended over the weekend of Friday, September 23 to Sunday 25. Every entrant will receive a certificate of merit and there will be a prize for the most likeable scarecrow. This year we hope to encourage more people to enter and to display their scarecrows in a prominent position at home over the course of the three days. You will need to complete an entry form so that we can include your location on the route map. An entry form will be available on the Ravenswood Residents Association website from August 1: www.ravenswood-residents.org.uk Visit our website over the coming weeks for more information and keep watch for our posters! www.ravenswood-residents.org.uk 3
NEWS THREE WORLD PREMIERES ANNOUNCED FOR AUTUMN AT DANCEEAST Only 12 months after last autumn’s spectacular sell-out season, DanceEast, under the artistic directorship of Brendan Keaney, continues to make a major contribution to the thriving cultural scene in Suffolk, presenting three new co-commissioned world premieres. From September some of the world’s leading dance artists will visit, create and perform in the purpose-built performance space, Jerwood DanceHouse on Ipswich Waterfront. Addressing the ongoing debate regarding female choreographers, DanceEast is hosting the first performance of The Bench project with RUN, a beacon initiative by 2Faced Dance Company to develop 18 of the UK’s most promising female choreographers. Featuring works by Tamsin Fitzgerald, Lenka Vagnerova and Rebecca Evans, RUN is a gritty and explosive brand new triple bill, exploring the darker side of humanity, through movement, theatre and design. Performances on Friday 7 and 2Faced Dance Company Photo by Chris Nash Saturday 8 October. Award-winning director and choreographer Arthur Pita, in collaboration with HeadSpaceDance, presents the world premiere on Friday, October 28 of Stepmother/Stepfather, a wickedly gruesome and darkly surreal double bill for the Halloween season. Arthur Pita reimagines two earlier works from his extensive repertoire; Stepmother is based on Snow White in Black, originally commissioned by Phoenix Dance, which won Pita the Critic’s Circle National Dance Award 2006 for Modern Repertoire; and his 2007 piece The Stepfather, originally commissioned by CandoCo, is reworked, inspired by the folk punk Country Death Song from cult American band Violent Femmes.
martial arts, capoeira and partner-work is accompanied by a powerful electro-rock soundtrack by Lunatic Soul. On Friday 21 and Saturday 22 October a collaborative weekend with Aldeburgh Music celebrates the work of Benjamin Britten with performances by Richard Alston Dance Company at Snape Maltings Concert Hall. The programme includes the world premiere of Alston’s choreography to Britten’s string orchestra arrangement of his beloved Henry Purcell’s Chacony. Britten Sinfonia with director Pekka Kuusisto, tenor Mark Padmore and mezzo soprano Allison Cook perform alongside the dancers. Also on Saturday, October 22, Joseph Toonga, another recipient of DanceEast’s Choreographic Development Fund, presents a groundbreaking afternoon of dance and live music in the spectacular Orford Church. To Be Felt features Toonga’s award-winning contemporary and hip hop fusion style choreography performed alongside charismatic rising star cellist Leonard Elschenbroich. As part of this year’s SPILL Festival of Performance, DanceEast presents Lone Twin’s Beastie from Thursday 27 to Saturday 29 October, a playful, active and engaging, participatory performance for children aged six-10 years. The children share a jaw-dropping secret and take charge as they create their own stories and explore their surroundings with a special friend.
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Di Didy Veldman, Photo by Richard Haughton The third and final premiere of the season is by internationally renowned dance artist Didy Veldman, a recipient of DanceEast’s Choreographic Development Fund who launches her own company Umanoove with The Happiness Project. A choreographic investigation of western society’s endless search for fulfilment, this physical and theatrical full length work has been made in collaboration with Alexander Balanescu who will be performing live at the Jerwood DanceHouse on Friday, November 4. Other highlights include an audio described double bill performance on September 30 by Candoco Dance Company, celebrating their 25th anniversary year. James Wilton Dance performs Leviathan, a reimagining of Herman Melville’s seminal novel Moby Dick, on Friday, October 14. Featuring a cast of seven, Wilton’s trademark blend of athletic dance, 4
Award-winning choreographer Yael Flexer and digital artist Nic Sandiland are right at the forefront of dance and digital work, creating upfront and witty movement-driven works for the stage, galleries and public spaces. On Friday, November 25 they present Disappearing Acts, an immersive live work accompanied by Weighting, a new digital installation which will be in situ at Jerwood DanceHouse the week leading up to the performance. To round up the season and for DanceEast’s Christmas show, Jasmin Vardimon Company returns with a new adaptation of the classic tale Pinocchio. Showcasing Vardimon’s uniquely theatrical choreographic and directorial style, Pinocchio combines physical theatre, quirky characterisation, innovative technologies, humour, drama, text and dance to examine the idea of what it means to be human. Performances from Wednesday 14 to Sunday 18 December. Jerwood DanceHouse, Foundry Lane, Ipswich IP4 1DW Box Office 01473 295230 / danceeast.co.uk
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OUT & ABOUT IPSWICH COUNTRY MARKET If you are you planning a summer picnic, why not shop at Ipswich Country Market for a local supply of hand baked, grown and crafted goods? Impress your family and friends, and your taste buds, with an array of food suitable for picnics. Try our sausage rolls and pork pies, possibly served with unique, tasty chutney. We also have quiche, cheese straws and scones. Our fresh bread could be topped with homemade lemon curd, jam or local honey and we have a huge variety of cakes to finish off with. Each week our gardeners will have freshly picked vegetables, including salads, to add to your picnic as well as runner and French beans. Soft fruits are now available and some are being turned into new season jam by our cooks, all free of artificial additives. If you add hard boiled eggs or egg sandwiches to your picnic you may be interested to know that we sell local free range eggs from hens, ducks and bantams and you can order these along with many other items in advance to collect when you need them. Our crafters also provide summer items. If the sun keeps on shining you may need some protection with a sun hat, available in all sizes from kids to adults. You might also need a beaded cover for your glass to stop flies spoiling your drink or how about a stylish bag to pack your day trip items? You can find more information about the market on our Facebook page (Ipswich Country Market) or at:www.ipswichcountrymarket.co.uk We are open on Thursday mornings from 10.15-11.30am at Rushmere Village Hall on Humber Doucy Lane. We have plenty of free parking and home baked refreshments with a free tea or coffee on your first visit. Where else could you have a cheese scone or slice of cake and a hot drink for around a pound? We also have bacon rolls on offer on the first Thursday of the month for only £1! A warm welcome awaits our customers, old and new, so why not come and see us soon?
EAST SUFFOLK NATIONAL TRUST ASSOCIATION If you are a member of or a volunteer for the National Trust, we invite you to get more out of your membership by joining our association where a warm welcome awaits you. We meet at Kesgrave War Memorial Community Centre at 7.15pm. Our next meeting is on September 20 when our speaker will be Hugh Belsey, a renowned art historian who was curator of Gainsborough’s House in Sudbury for 23 years. He is a lecturer, book reviewer and a contributor to the TV programme Fake or Fortune. Hugh has travelled extensively visiting galleries and unearthing many unexpected treasures. In his talk he will be sharing some of his discoveries, so it promises to be an interesting evening. On October 18 architectural historian Dr Simon Bradley will be exploring the life and work of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner. Visitors (even if not National Trust members) are welcome for an entrance fee of £2. National Trust members/volunteers can join us at half the normal price (£4/£6 for a couple at the same address) for the rest of 2016. We publish three newsletters a year for members and enjoy interesting day outings and other events. For more information, including details of future events and outings, contact our membership secretary: membershipesnta@gmail.com / 01473 723761 www.membershipesnta.btck.co.uk 6
CHAPS – OUR LOCAL MEN’S HEALTH CHARITY CHAPS is a men’s health charity dedicated to raising awareness of men’s health problems. Why? Because UK men’s health statistics are so poor in comparison to both women and our European neighbours across the whole spectrum of disease. Sixty-thousand UK men of working age die prematurely every year at a rate one and a half times that for women. The causes are well known: heart disease, smoking, cancers, diabetes, suicide and risk-taking behaviour to name but a few. There are numerous health programmes devoted to women’s care, but few equivalent services exist for men, while men themselves remain largely unaware of health issues and reluctant to use the services that do exist. For instance, NHS health checks aimed at detecting the top seven causes of premature death are offered to men aged 40-74, yet less than 50% are actually taken up! Furthermore, although prostate cancer kills 11,000 UK men annually, there is no national screening programme and only 8% of UK men avail themselves of the PSA prostate cancer screening test available to them via the NHS. Our objective is to raise awareness on the premise that if a man knows what can go wrong, he at least will have the knowledge to make an informed choice as to whether to take preventative action. Over the last five years CHAPS has run men’s health days, typically at football stadia, where we have provided free tests to men for aortic aneurysm screening, heart disease and stroke risk assessment, diabetes, skin cancer and prostate cancer screening. At ITFC last October 138 men attended and we even had a team from the Medical Detection Dogs collecting urine samples from men having prostate checks to train their dogs to recognise prostate cancer! So far we know 11/94 prostate checks were abnormal and one man with an unknown aneurysm underwent potentially life-saving surgery within two weeks of the event. Another first on the day was a successful seminar, Mental Health in The Workplace, run by Suffolk User Forum, Suffolk Mind and Picasso HR. At our last event in Clacton in December an exceptionally high attendance thoroughly endorsed our raison d’être. For instance, 21 heart checks and eight prostate checks were abnormal while eight skin cancers were diagnosed. These results typify our activity and overall in 2015 we performed a total of 1,944 clinical tests for 814 men at eight events. We are concentrating our activity in Essex and Suffolk on the principle that ‘charity begins at home’ and in recognition of considerable local unmet health needs. Sadly we have all lost friends to preventable and curable diseases, but through local support at local events we can make a difference. We are therefore encouraging male orientated groups such as Rotary, Masons and Lions and employers of male workforces to commission us to provide smaller, private health check events for the members or employees. To find out more, please check our website at www.chaps.uk.com or contact us at: chris.booth@chaps.uk.com / info@chaps.uk.com / 07734 747854 This year’s event at Ipswich Town Football Club on Thursday, November 3 will offer the following health checks: • Aneurysm screening • Cardiovascular risk assessment – your risk of a heart attack or stroke over the next 10 years • Diabetes screening • Skin cancer • Prostate • Physiotherapy, blood pressure and BMI checks The day is co-ordinated by CHAPS and the clinical services will be provided by Onelife Suffolk, Ipswich Hospital, the Suffolk Nuffield Hospital, Day Lewis Pharmacy and the Co-op (hearing tests).
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ADVERTISING FEATURE SPACE AND TIME TO SAY GOODBYE East of England Co-op Funeral Services have worked in partnership with East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice, St Elizabeth Hospice and Suffolk Interfaith to carefully design a welcoming and peaceful Chapel of Rest for all ages, no matter what their faith or belief. Local families have been putting their trust in the East of England Co-op Funeral Services for over 90 years, to provide excellent levels of service, care and reassurance when it’s needed most, and over that time they’ve learnt that in a difficult situation it’s the little things that count.
Andrew Dawes of the East of England Co-op Funeral Services explained: “Talking with families, it’s all the little things that make a difference. Whether that’s including special memories and their favourite things into a service to capture the true essence of an individual, to the welcome and facilities, we’re able to offer support to families in their time of need.”
Calm, comforting and secluded, their modern, well-equipped Chapel of Rest opened earlier this year, offering a space for families and friends to say goodbye to their loved ones. With a diverse and vibrant community, who practice a wide range of religions and faiths, East of England Co-op Funeral Services has worked closely with Suffolk Interfaith to create a space where people can practice their beliefs in a safe environment.
Andrew continued; “We understand that many people are anxious or unsure about what to expect when visiting a Chapel of Rest. We’ll be happy to discuss the experience with you in advance of your visit and answer any questions you may have. We’ve also created a Google tour of our Chapel of Rest so you can see exactly what the carefully designed spaces look like.” The East of England Co-op Funeral Services’ Chapel of Rest on Boss Hall Road, Ipswich, is open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, with out-of-hours appointments available. Great care has been taken with the design and creation of the new Chapel of Rest to make it a place of welcome to all. This means providing a space for relatives to prepare their loved ones for burial or cremation if this is part of their faith, and to take an active role in the funeral rituals. Suffolk Interfaith has also presented Funeral colleagues with a set of mounted Masks of Faith, originally created by Jane Timmins, a Suffolk College Art Student, which will be on display at the Chapel. The artwork will serve to remind colleagues and visitors to look beyond the masks we all wear in order to help and support the people that lie behind them. For young families, Funeral colleagues worked closely with St Elizabeth Hospice and East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice (EACH) to create a child-friendly environment where little ones won’t feel frightened or uneasy. There are quiet rooms for families to use for reflection, which contain a toy box to keep children occupied and a mural wall of a woodland scene containing hidden animals for them to find as a distraction technique to help make their experience a little easier. There is also a Snuggle Chair and coloured bean bags for children to sit on and make the experience more relaxed and less daunting. 8
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OUT & ABOUT IPSWICH AND DISTRICT SOROPTIMIST CLUB
IPSWICH BRANCH, SUFFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
We wonder how many readers are being plagued, as some of us are, by a recorded phone message which begins ‘Now that winter is here..’. We might seem equally ridiculous if we start this report by saying ‘Now that autumn is here..’. In the warmest summer days we have had this year our thoughts are indeed turning to September. August feels like a time for winding down; we meet to enjoy a social meal together. September on the other hand feels like a new start, the beginning of a period in which we often do our most productive work and planning.
Suffolk based author Sheila Wright will present a really useful talk for amateur genealogists entitled Tact and Diplomacy in Family Research on Thursday, July 28 at 7.30pm at the Co-op Education Centre. The pedestrian entrance is at 11 Fore Street, Ipswich IP4 1JW, and the car park entrance is in Waterworks Street IP4 1JG.
Our club meets regularly on the second Wednesday of each month. Our autumn programme reflects issues we are working on or want to know more about. September 14: A book reading to mark International Literacy Day. We shall discuss What Was Never Said by Emma Craigie about FGM in the UK October 12: Progress report on our regional project in Africa which provides simple medical treatment to rid children of a parasite causing great pain and preventing them from going to school November 9: A talk about the work of Survivors in Transition, a voluntary organisation set up in Ipswich to support people who have suffered sexual abuse in childhood We often feel that particular topics in our meetings might be of interest to other women. We are always pleased to welcome anyone who would like to come and hear a speaker or join in a discussion on a one-off basis. Please just call Jackie on 01473 659314 for more details and directions.
ORWELL DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY The society is now on summer holiday. Next season’s programme begins on September 7 with Tony Faber telling us about the history of his family publishing firm Faber & Faber through its cover designs and illustrations. The 2016-17 season looks really good with lectures on camouflage and British artists, fine cell work in British prisons, Georgian conjurers, David Hockney, Antony Penrose talking about his mother Lee Miller, street art, sacred silver and a spy story set in London. Why not come along and enjoy some good company and an interesting talk? We meet at Tower Hall, Broadlands Way, Rushmere St Andrew on the first Wednesday of most months and we also organise interesting day visits. The wonderfully illustrated lectures are presented by national and international lecturers and start at 2.15pm (2pm arrival is advised). Guests and non-members are welcome, provided we have available space. A £5 donation is asked. For more information contact Jean Bradberry: 01473 710921 / odfasmemsec@btinternet.com www.orwelldfas.org.uk
MARTLESHAM HISTORY SOCIETY Local author Pip Wright will present a talk entitled The Class of ‘63 at our next meeting on Monday, August 15. The class of ’63 was composed of just eight poor boys who came together in 1763 to be taught at Earl Stonham Charity School by Thomas Warren. It would be a defining moment in all their lives, as this story shows. Using a wealth of archived material, Pip has drawn upon what history has left behind to tell the remarkable story of these boys and their families. Meetings are held at Martlesham Heath Pavilion IP5 3SQ and start at 7.30pm. The admission fee is £2.50 and meetings are open to all.
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CRAFTERS UNLIMITED A craft club for people who like to try different crafts in a lighthearted atmosphere with refreshments, we meet on the fourth Thursday of each month in Rushmere Village Hall, 7.30-10pm. Thursday, July 28: Sun Catchers with Jill Thursday, August 25: Magic Pull Cards with Emma Thursday, September 5: Binder Clip Money Jar with Emma There are always other projects available. New members always welcome. For more details contact Jill (01473 713534) or Emma (01787 373850).
MARTLESHAM BRASS Making music fun in East Anglia Martlesham Brass are going on their summer holidays in August. When we return in September, we will be looking forward to our 20th birthday celebrations over the weekend of September 24/25. The highlight of the weekend will be our birthday concert on Saturday, September 24 when the world famous trombone player Brett Baker will perform with us. More details next month. We would love to hear from new players, young and old, with or without experience. Our aim is to encourage anyone who feels they would like to play in a brass band to come and have a go! If you would like to join us, or if you already play or have previously played a brass instrument and feel that you would like to come along and meet us, please contact us via the website or use the contact details below. Publicity Officer Liz Howard e_m_howard@talk21.com / 01473 625617 www.martleshambrass..co.uk
ORWELL PROBUS We meet at Rushmere Golf Club on the second Thursday of each month for lunch followed by a speaker. This month John Norman, chairman of the Ipswich Society, will present a talk entitled Ipswich, Past, Present and Future. What is Probus? Probus clubs provide an opportunity for active retired or semi-retired gentlemen to attend regular meetings and enjoy the camaraderie of likeminded people who appreciate similar interests. Some Probus clubs are for men only, as we are, others are for ladies and some mixed. We have social events, outings and holidays which, of course, include spouses, partners and friends. We are looking forward to our fully booked summer garden party this month. If you think Orwell Probus Club could be for you, please contact our secretary, Graham Balfe, for further details: 01473 729012 / grahambalfe@tiscali.co.uk 9
OUT & ABOUT ORGANISERS CELEBRATE ORWELL EVENT SUCCESS
AVIATION MUSEUM SEEKS PUBLIC HELP TO STAMP OUT VANDALISM Suffolk Aviation Heritage Museum is asking the local public to help stamp out vandalism at its Foxhall Road site following a recent spate of incursions into the property which has left the charity with repair bills running into hundreds of pounds.
Rotary President Michelle Bevan-Margetts with Mayor of Ipswich Roger Fern and other participants Ipswich East Rotary Club, organisers of this year’s Orwell Walk, Run and Cycle, are celebrating after it was revealed that more than £100,000 was raised by this year’s event. The Orwell Walk was first organised 40 years ago and then three years ago the club added the Orwell Cycle. New for this year was the Orwell Run. Despite a rather wet start to the day, more than 1,000 people turned up at the event’s headquarters at Gainsborough Sports Centre to take part. John Button, Orwell Walk chief organiser, said of this year’s event: “This is the major event in the calendar of the Rotary Club of Ipswich East and relies on the full support of all club members, wives, husbands and family to facilitate it, but the sum raised and the fantastic feedback from those taking part make the hard work all worthwhile. Despite atrocious weather early on the feedback from participants has been really positive. Here’s to next year when we aim to offer a Trail Marathon for our runners. Thanks to all our members and helpers for making this a really special day.” Michelle Bevan-Margetts, current president of Ipswich East Rotary Club, added: “We were delighted to see Ipswich Mayor Roger Fern there on the day. Not only did he come along to some of the checkpoints to encourage those still walking, running and cycling, he also took part himself, cycling in the rain for 14 miles for his two mayoral charities, which was an extremely commendable feat.” This year’s event, which was sponsored by the East of England Co-op, is estimated to have raised £106,000 for local charities by participants walking, running or cycling along the Orwell Estuary. Next year’s date has already been set by the Rotary Club. It is to be held on Sunday, June 25 and registration will be open from September 1 via: www.orwellwalk.co.uk You can find out more by following them on Facebook and Twitter: @TheOrwellWalk / @TheOrwellCycle / @TheOrwellRun
The site was subjected to a sustained series of break-ins during May and June by a group of youths who were seen on occasion and who are known to be local. The damage included numerous breaches of the site’s outer fence with wire cutters, a broken window fitted by volunteers only weeks earlier and serious damage to a recently erected internal fence. Volunteers’ cars were also damaged as a result of broken drinks bottles being deliberately placed across driveways. Investigations are ongoing with a view to prosecuting those involved and to seek compensation for the cost of repairs. In view of this, in the opinion of the museum trustees, the vandalism amounts to nothing less than stealing from a charity, with the cost of repairs wiping out the museum’s entire donations for the previous month and most of the voluntary work planned for the same period lost to making repairs. Moving forward, the museum would be grateful for any help from local residents that might help prevent further incursions or damage at the site. The property is overlooked by a significant number of houses and trustees would ask that any suspicious behaviour seen in or around the site is immediately reported to the police or directly to the museum caretaker on 07881 780393. ADDITIONAL CAR BOOT SALE ADDED TO THE CALENDAR Ironically, the museum’s takings were dealt a further knock in June when the traditional car boot Sale on Sunday 21 was effectively cancelled after an early morning downpour kept all but a handful of brave souls at home. By way of redress, the museum has decided to add an additional boot sale to the calendar for Sunday, September 18, along with those scheduled for Sunday, August 21 and the upcoming sale on Sunday, July 24. Further details of this and the other events can be found at: www.suffolkaviationheritage.org.uk Andy Taylor
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OUT & ABOUT SUMMER FAMILY ACTIVITIES AT FLATFORD WILDLIFE GARDEN If you’re looking for something for the children to do during the long holidays that involves them being outside in the fresh air and engaging with nature in beautiful surroundings, look no further than RSPB Flatford Wildlife Garden. Playing outside helps children to develop resilience, confidence and problem-solving skills. The RSPB also believes that it helps to nurture a feeling of connection with nature and hopefully a sense of responsibility about what happens to it in the future.
IPSWICH PHILATELIC SOCIETY The club was conceived in October 1945 by a group of doctors at Ipswich Hospital and a local stamp dealer. The club began meeting in 1946 and organising displays by members and guests. The following year they introduced an Exchange Packet to enable members to buy and sell stamps from the comfort of their own homes. These two activities are the core of our club today. We meet twice a month and now have just over 100 members. The Exchange Packet has also expanded with more than 60 members viewing the packet that has contributions from both members and other vendors giving a very wide and high quality selection of material to choose from. Over the years the club has hosted some significant events including the 33rd Philatelic Conference of Great Britain at Felixstowe in 1951, The Annual Convention of the British Philatelic Association in 1965 and The East Anglia Philex Exhibition in 1966. When the town celebrated Maritime Ipswich in 1982 a souvenir cover showing The Old Custom House and a handstamp featuring Lord Nelson, once the High Steward of Ipswich, were designed. We continue to organise large events from time to time to celebrate milestones in the club’s history and celebrated 60 years with a large stamp fair. We are now organising a stamp fair to celebrate 70 years which will take place on September 10.
Photo by Sharon Barker Here at the garden we are running family activities every day during the school holidays, with a programme that changes from week to week. Bug hunts, wormeries, nature trail challenges, making bird feeders, planting wildlife-friendly plants to take home and craft activities are all on the list. No need to book, just turn up and join in. We open at 10.30am and the gates close at 4.30pm. There is a small charge that includes all activities available on the day, and there is a discount for RSPB members. If you haven’t visited us for a while, you’ll find that some new features have been added to the garden since last year. In among the lushly filled beds and borders you’ll find new additions to the family trail, such as log piles to rummage in, a child-sized nest box, a wonderful living willow tunnel to race through and a joyous roly-poly hill to roll down. So, all this set in the peaceful surroundings of the garden that slopes gently down towards the Stour, with plenty of places to picnic, means that there’s something for everyone. We look forward to seeing you. For more details, please visit: www.rspb.org.uk/Flatford
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The current year has included talks and displays from a range of guests including Tony Bosworth with Anti-Communism in Europe 1919-1945 and Jennifer Toombs with Fifty Years of Stamp Designing. We also have an annual trip to Stampex, a stamp auction open to all who wish to attend, as well as talks and displays from members. We meet at Cedarwood Primary School on Wilkinson Drive, Kesgrave at 7.30pm on the first and third Wednesdays of the month. The next season runs from September 21 to June 7, 2017. New members and guests are always welcome. If you wish to join us or find out more please contact our secretary, Mike Smith: 01473 403904 Or visit our stamp fair on September 10 at Kesgrave Community Centre, 10am-4pm. Free parking and free entry.
WHAT IS U3A? The University of the Third Age in East Suffolk is a thriving learning and leisure co-operative with more than 2,000 members and more than 150 activity groups led by the members for the members. For £12.50 per year our doors are open to anyone who is retired or semi-retired. If you would like to expand on or learn more about speaking French, playing the ukulele, visiting places to learn what happens behind the scenes, or would like walking companions or to practice the art you wanted to do ever since you left school – U3A is for you. Come and find out more on Friday, September 2 from 10.30am to 12.30pm when we will be holding our annual open day at Kesgrave Community Centre. The number 66 bus from Ipswich and Martlesham passes the centre every 15 minutes. U3A also hosts talks on a wide variety of subjects at our four campuses in Kesgrave, Felixstowe, Woodbridge and Saxmundham. Details of these can be found at www.u3aeastsuffolk.org.uk or by telephoning the secretary on 03001 233913. We hope you will take the opportunity to visit us on September 2 when members of the committee, group leaders and the publicity team will be delighted to tell you more about our friendly and very inspirational University of the Third Age in East Suffolk. 13
SPORT KESGRAVE & NORTHGATE KARATE It has been an incredibly busy month so we will report on the July 3 EKKA Competition at Northgate Sports Centre next month.
Our first report comes from the I.K.G.A Kumite Competition on June 26 at Grays in Essex. First was Sofia Standring on the Slam Man showing good skill and determination and, after losing the first round, she won the second to earn a well-deserved second place. The next event saw Sofia up again in Kumite. She faced a British champion and was unfortunate not to be able to score any points against her opponent. Ruby Hunt was next on to the mat and showed great determination to win her first round 2-1 and her second 4-1, beating the British champion and winning gold. Our next competitor was Callum Evans who fought extremely well. He won his first round 8-3 and his second 8-1, but lost his last round 8-3 to earn a well deserved second place while carrying a serious foot injury (get well soon Callum). Oscar Hunt showed brilliant speed and technique to win both of his first two rounds 9-0 but narrowly lost his third match 5-4, earning a well deserved third place. Next on the mat were twins Teliah and Rhekia Turner facing each other and after a close 3-3 draw, Rhekia was given the victory. They both fought again with Rhekia losing her second fight 2-0 and Teliah drawing hers 1-1, which resulted in Rhekia taking second place and Teliah taking third. Tayler Evans showed her usual determination and won gold again, winning all of her fights 7-0, 3-0 and 4-3. She looked in total control, Last on the mat was Temuri Turner and after a hard fought match that ended 4-4, he was unfortunate that his opponent was awarded the win, but he came away with a third place medal. Temuri Jay Turner, Oscar Hunt and Ruby Hunt attended the Central England Karate Championships on July 3 in Worcester. It was a big event with many international competitors and officials. Ruby made it to the quarter-finals and showed a good understanding of the subtle improvements need in order to compete at a high level. TJ made 100% improvement from his opening fight to his semi-final, narrowly losing out 1-0 to a fighter who represented England this year at the European Championships. Oscar fought the final in the opening round, as the two strongest competitors in the category met first up. He has struggled with this opponent in the past, but was unlucky to lose out 2-1 on a hantei decision. Many thanks to Gerry Turner and Chris Stott for their reports. Well done to all the competitors who made it out on to the mats. A big thank to the parents for their support, time and effort, to our amazing coaches and to our club sponsors, I.S Electricals, M+C Diesel Services and Chris Clow. Dates for your diary over the summer Chris Stott’s Friday night kumite class will continue to run throughout the summer holidays and the EKKA summer course is on the August Bank Holiday weekend. Eleanor Legg 14
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IPSWICH WANDERERS FC The pre-season matches have now mostly been played and we are looking forward to Wanderers’ first competitive game at Sporting Bengal in the FA Cup. Should we win in the East End of London the 1st Team will play at home in the next round to either London Bari or Clapton, both of whom we defeated last season. The Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties League begins on Tuesday, August 9 with a visit by Hadleigh United. That is followed by a home match against newly-promoted Ely City on Saturday, August 13. Season tickets to all 20 home League games at The Doucy are available at £105 (£70 concessions). The remaining pre-season friendly is a local derby on Saturday, July 30 at home to Whitton United. Kick-off is at 3pm. Check the club website for details and updates, as well as all the news from The Doucy. Shane Wardley is the new manager of the Wanderers 1st Team and we look forward to fans, new and old, coming to Humber Doucy Lane to support his team. Keith Lloyd
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ON THE GRAPEVINE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISER NICK PLUMB ON THE EU EXIT VOTE So, just over half of us (and it was close) have decided that it is time for Britain to leave the EU. But now that the voting is over, a new Tory prime minister has been appointed, and Labour seem intent on ousting their leader, how is that exit vote actually going to impact upon your investments and pensions? To be completely honest, I admit I guessed wrong. When asked before the vote what would happen if we voted to leave, I predicted that there would be a significant slump in the FTSE and other markets, which would probably last for several weeks, although I did say that I did not think there would be another recession. In fact, markets did react negatively on the Friday following the news of an exit vote. The referendum result prompted the pound to initially fall seven per cent against the dollar and the FTSE 100 fell by more than four per cent on that Friday morning. However, although the pound is still weak in comparison to the dollar and the euro, the markets have recovered and this week the FTSE 100 surged to above 6500 for the first time in a year. We are definitely entering a period of uncertainty. Currency, stock and bond markets are probably going to be extremely volatile in the days and perhaps weeks to come. However, most financial advisers, Plumb Financial Services included, are stressing the need to not take snap decisions without first taking advice and considering all options. In our opinion, it’s a case of not panicking in the short-term and sticking to the longer-term plan for your investments and pensions. Any market drop is likely to be a short-term position rather than the start of another descent into a deep recession as some would have had us believe before the referendum. Sure, it might get tough for a while in the months to come, but that won’t last forever. For example, after hitting its lowest point of under 3,500 points during the last financial crisis in March 2009, the FTSE 100 had already pulled back by more than 60 per cent just a year later. The true impact of this EU exit vote won’t be measured in five days or five weeks, but probably in more like five years. If markets do drop back, investors with strong cash positions could actually find opportunities by investing while funds are low in value. Investment sage Warren Buffet is an advocate of the ‘buy low and sell high’ investment strategy, and although simple – it works. Panicking and cashing in investments and moving into cash after a large fall is never a good idea. The smartest investors make most money, not by ‘second guessing’ the markets, but simply by sitting tight over the longer-term. Those who remain calm, while others around them panic and sell while markets are low, generally fair well and enjoy better returns over the longer-term. We believe that having a well diversified investment portfolio, preferably managed in accordance with an identified risk profile that the client is comfortable with, is the best long-term strategy for successful investing, regardless of any political events that may impact upon that position in the short-term. That’s why we are not panicking, and why we are continuing to take a longer-term view. To over-use the popular second world war saying, our advice to our clients is: “Keep calm and carry on!” Or as Corporal Jones of Dad’s Army would say: “Don’t panic Captain Mainwaring!” Nick Plumb is an Independent Financial Adviser and Practice Principal at Plumb Financial Services. Post your questions to Nick at Plumb Financial Services, Baylham Business Centre, Lower Street, Baylham, Suffolk IP6 8JP, email nickplumb@aol. com, or telephone Nick on 01473 830301. Nick’s answers to reader’s questions in this column are provided only as a general guide and do not constitute personal financial advice. Any readers who require advice should contact Nick to arrange a complimentary initial consultation to discuss their own position. Plumb Financial Services are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority
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DECISIONS, DECISIONS There are lots of decisions which we have to make over our lifetime. Should I marry? Who should I marry? What university should I go to? What job should I take? Which house should I buy? Where should I live? Some decisions we have to make in a hurry because we need an immediate result and others we may have more time to ponder over. Some decisions, given the choice, we would rather not make at all. Many of us had to recently make a once-in-a-lifetime choice in the referendum on whether or not we should remain in or leave the EU. This may not have been a decision we would have chosen to consider ourselves, but the government put the choice in front of us and many of us felt we had to decide one way or the other. As a Christian there is one choice that I think we all need to make: whether we choose to believe the claims of Jesus as to who He said He was. As some have put it: “He was either mad, bad or God”. This is a decision that not only impacts this lifetime, but all of eternity as well. As the Bible puts it “choose you this day whom you will serve?” I can assure you that this is one decision that, if you choose Jesus, will be truly life changing. If you would like to know more about Jesus or just like to explore His claims further please come and see us any Sunday morning at 10.30am at Heath Primary School, Bell Lane, Kesgrave where you will be assured of a very warm welcome and free hugs. God bless you.
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