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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR I’ve gotten to know the lollipop lady outside Jack’s school quite well over the years. We have talked about her daughter, who is in high school, her son, who is in college, the fact that she’s been on a diet and her yellow coat is now far too big… Now you may wonder when we have time to chat and rather surprisingly it’s as we stand waiting for cars to stop each morning. She holds her lollipop aloft, arm outstretched to prevent eager children from running across the road, and we wait, and wait, and wait as driver after driver pretends not to see us, gaze focused directly ahead, determined to get to somewhere awfully special (I assume). Occasionally they will wave as if to say “I acknowledge your existence but you must realise how incredibly busy and important I am so I’m going to ignore your request”. And we carry on waiting. Just the other morning a driver stopped, forcing the driver coming from the other direction to reluctantly (there are some words it’s rather easy to lip read!) to do the same thing. Just as the lollipop lady set off another car overtook one of the stopped cars, forcing here to jump back onto the footpath. What was he thinking? If the prospect of being 30 seconds late is so appalling then get up earlier or take a different route. If you are driving past a school please be sensible and respectful and let’s show those impressionable boys and girls waiting to cross how it should be done. On the subject of responsibility, we just got two rabbits, yet unnamed but very cute. I’ve been telling Jack it’s his responsibility to look after them, stressing time and time again how important it is to make sure the hutch is properly closed. As we came downstairs this morning he shouted “the rabbits are running around the garden” – and so there were! And who was the last person to visit the hutch. Me!! By the time we got to school Jack had told eight people what I’d done, including the lollipop lady. My authority has been completely undermined, but I’ve come up with a way to make this work to my benefit. Clearly I’m not up to the task so Jack really has to take over in order to keep those rabbits safe!

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NEWS QUEEN’S 90th BIRTHDAY EXHIBITION Stowmarket Parish Church will be hosting an exhibition to mark the Queens 90th birthday. There will be a large variety of displays from town groups, schools and organisations showing their links with the Queen and the Royal Family plus other displays that highlight things local and life over the last 90 years. The exhibition will be opened at 10am on Saturday, June 4 by our mayor, Councillor Barry Humphreys MBE. The church will be open from 10am3pm every day until June 12. While you are there you might like to stay and have some tea and cake too. On Saturday, June 11 a peal of bells will be rung in honour of HM The Queen from 2-5.30pm. The peal will begin at Bacton Church at 2pm, move on from there to Tostock and finish at Stowmarket Church around 4.30pm. GARDEN PARTY To end the official birthday celebrations you are invited to a garden party which will be held on the grass outside Stowmarket Parish Church on Sunday, June 12 from 2-4.30pm. Stowmarket Concert Band will play and afternoon tea including cucumber sandwiches and cakes and scones will be served. There will be a bouncy castle and games for the children and it will end with patriotic songs sung at the Last Night of the Proms for everyone to join in. Do come along with the family or a group of friends and neighbours and enjoy a lazy Sunday afternoon celebrating Her Majesty’s 90th birthday at this free community event. Although there is no charge to attend you will require a ticket. They are limited to a couple of hundred on a first come first served basis and can be obtained from the church office: 01449 774652 www.stowmarketparishchurch.co.uk @stowmarketcofe

SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL’S CONNECTING COMMUNITIES EVENT Revised rural transport tenders affecting several areas of Suffolk will be implemented on June 13. In order to explain the changes, there will be a public meeting at all district councils. In order to participate, SCC has asked interested people to contact them on the Suffolk On Board website so that they are aware of numbers: www.suffolkonboard.com The meeting for Mid Suffolk District Council residents will be held in the Dove Room, MSDC offices, 131 High Street, Needham Market starting at 10.30am on Wednesday, June 8 and is expected to last about one hour.

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NEWS STOWFIESTA 2016 Some of the best covers and original bands in the region will be descending on Stowmarket on June 17 and 18 for the town’s annual free family music festival, StowFiesta, and this year marks the 10th event. Launched by Stowmarket Town Council as StowFest in 2007, the event has evolved over the years. It moved home from the Recreation Ground to Chilton Fields in 2010, and was re-launched as the more familyorientated StowFiesta in 2014. StowFiesta 2016 kicks off on the evening of Friday, June 17 on the Buildbase Stage with excellent stand-up comedy from Pierre Novellie and live music from Stiff in the Morning and Camelfoot Raiders. On Saturday, June 18, there will once more be two stages; the Total Driving Stage featuring original acts and the Gipping Press Stage featuring covers bands. Among the bands lined up to perform are the excellent local rock band Renegade Twelve, party band The Mementos, Pogues tribute Waxies Dargle, ten piece funk band Primo Nelson, top ska band The Kubricks and acoustic groovesters Space Cake. As well as the live music there will be a range of commercial and charity stalls, and on the Saturday there will be free family entertainment and activities including Punch and Judy, zorbing, a bouncy castle and circus skills.

HEATHER COOPER RECOGNISED AS A LOCAL HERO The eleventh annual Countryside Alliance Awards, nicknamed the Rural Oscars, were presented by Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss at the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, April 27. The awards are the Countryside Alliance’s annual celebration of rural produce, skills, enterprise and heritage. The champions’ reception in the Cholmondeley Room at Westminster saw more than 40 businesses from across England and Wales, selected in November as finalists, celebrate rural Britain with supportive Parliamentarians and hear if they had won a title. Countryside Alliance Chief Executive Tim Bonner presented the Rural Hero award: Suffolk to Heather Cooper of Haughley Post Office for exceptional service to her community. He said: “We don’t present a Rural Hero award every year, but every now and then we meet someone through the awards who is so much more than their shop or business that we want to honour them individually. ‘Always smiling’, ‘a heart of gold’, ‘deserves a medal’ – these are just some of the things villagers of Haughley in Suffolk had to say about their village shop-keeper, Heather Cooper. A force of nature, Heather runs the post office all on her own for six days a week, but still finds time to fundraise for the pre-school, local hospice and Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust. She writes response letters from Santa to the children in reply to their requests every year. When the judges visited she had spent the evening before making sausage rolls for their visit, and then made extra for the villagers, and had also visited an elderly neighbour and done her washing and ironing for her. The judges lost count of the number of people who came to tell them how much Heather means to them and how kind she is, so it is our honour to declare Heather a Rural Hero.” Heather received a certificate and a special bottle of House of Commons Champagne, signed personally by the prime minister.

David Marsh, events and theatre manager at Stowmarket Town Council, said: “It’s a bit of a milestone this year as it’s the 10th time we’ve done it. The event has changed and grown over the years, the format of having comedy on the Friday night and two distinctly different stages on the Saturday as well as the free family activities has been really successful. Last year we were hampered by the weather at times, so we are due a bit of luck with the weather this time! As ever, without the continued support of local businesses, particularly the stage sponsors Gipping Press, Total Driving and Buildbase a free event like this just wouldn’t go ahead.” Anyone wishing to have a charity stall at StowFiesta on Saturday, June 18 should email sianc@stowmarket.org for details.

DEMENTIA FRIENDS Sue Vincent of the Alzheimer’s Society presents a talk in Onehouse Community Centre entitled How to Befriend and Understand Someone with Dementia on Monday, June 6 at 7.15pm. Everyone is welcome and entry is free.

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SIMPLY BRASS STOWMARKET: YOUR LOCAL YOUTH BRASS BAND If you’re looking for an exciting opportunity to learn a brass instrument, or want to join a youth brass band to further your musical enjoyment, then Simply Brass is the place for you! Simply Brass is a friendly organisation set up with the aim to bring young people together to experience the joy and fun of learning and playing music in a brass band. Formed in August 2014, Simply Brass has had a very successful first two years, growing from an initial membership of 13 to 27, appearing at many local events and performing concerts in and around Stowmarket. We will be holding our second birthday celebration concert at the John Peel Centre on Saturday, July 9 at 7pm. Tickets are £2.50 for adults with children under-16 free! We’d love to see as many people there as possible to help us celebrate, so why not come along to see us? If you’d like to find out more about the band, ether to book or to join, you can find us at www.simplybrassstowmarket.or.uk and on Facebook or email us at: simplybrassstowmarket@gmail.com

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Taylor’s Flooring and Furniture on The Charles Industrial Estate are celebrating 40 years of business this June by holding the biggest sale in the company’s history. Established as Neville Taylor Carpets by partners Neville and Jackie Taylor in 1976, the business was originally located in a single story building on the edge of the old Thurlow Nunn yard in Bury Street, Stowmarket. In the years that followed, the company went from strength to strength, gaining a loyal customer base and a reputation for providing an excellent service and variety of carpets. Due to an increase in trade, it became evident that larger premises were needed. In 1988, the decision was made to move the business to a purpose built retail unit on the newly constructed Charles Industrial Estate on Stowupland Road. The new premises brought new sales staff and carpet fitters to the company and gave the opportunity to provide the largest choice of floor coverings that Stowmarket had ever seen with the benefit of buying in bulk from carpet manufacturers both in the United Kingdom and abroad. This offered the customer additional savings and exceptional value for money. The family aspect to the business grew even stronger in 1993 when Neville and Jackie were joined by their son Nik who learnt the retail side of the company as well as training as a qualified carpet fitter and estimator. Following a successful career of over 40 years in the carpet trade, Neville Taylor announced his retirement in 2009 which coincided with Nik Taylor becoming a partner in the business alongside Jackie and the company was re-branded as Taylors Flooring and Furniture. Now in 2016 the business has been trading for 40 years and is not only the longest serving and leading flooring retailer in the area, but is proud to boast the largest choice of rolls of carpet and vinyl flooring in the whole of Suffolk. This milestone gives the opportunity to thank past, present and future customers by offering huge savings on hundreds of rolls and room sized remnants as well as vinyl flooring, beds and mattresses.

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NEWS FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM OF EAST ANGLIAN LIFE The Friends of the Museum of East Anglian Life were established in 1966, a year before the museum itself was established in Stowmarket. Over the years the Friends have been involved with the museum in numerous ways. In the early days they arranged the museum’s events and ran the tea room. They have also raised funds for special projects at the museum, ranging from repairs to Abbot’s Hall Barn to the purchase of books for the library, organising events such as lecture suppers, involving themselves in museum activities and, of course, with the Friend’s shop. To celebrate their 50th Anniversary, the Friends will be holding a Bangers ‘n’ Beer evening in the barn on Friday, July 1, 7 for 7.30pm, with a bar selling a beer brewed especially for the event. We will also be having a quiz and raffle. Tickets will be on sale in the Tourist Information Centre (£5 per member on production of a current membership card and £7.50 for nonmembers) from Tuesday, May 24. For further information contact: library@eastanglianlife.org.uk

STOWMARKET WARDS May was the month the baton was passed on in several roles. Conservative Councillor Nick Gowrley was elected as the new leader of the group in Mid Suffolk. Nick takes over from Derrick Haley who will be a hard act to follow. Nick comes in as, following extensive consultation, a refreshed Joint Strategic Plan for the district has been adopted that sets out plans for delivering enduring and positive changes for our communities over the next five years. Given that things are rapidly changing in the world of local government it is important that we are adapting to this and taking advantage of any opportunities that present themselves, especially with regard to the developing devolution deal. One of the positive outcomes of the plan has been that the first council house to be built for decades was completed and handed over to tenants at the end of April and that there are more in the pipeline. Councillor Barry Humphreys MBE was elected by the town council as the town’s new mayor for the coming year. He takes over from Barry Salmon, another hard act to follow. His wife Tracy was presented with the chain of mayoress at the same meeting. Councillor Dave Muller is the new deputy mayor. Councillor Humphreys commented: “I am delighted and extremely proud at having been appointed as the town mayor. As mayor and mayoress both Tracy and I will serve and represent the wonderful town of Stowmarket to the very best of our abilities. We are also extremely pleased that Councillor Dave Muller has been elected as the deputy mayor.

EFFIE’S OF NEEDHAM MARKET UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Effie’s new partners celebrated with Prosecco on the May Bank Holiday Monday, and had a great reception from customers and friends. The new team looks forward to creating a shopping experience to meet with customer demand and to broaden their current stock range. The shop will be open every bank holiday in future for customers to browse through its eclectic mix of vintage, antique, shabby chic and quirky furniture of all sizes and the unique treasures to be found in the way of porcelain, collectables and soft furnishings. Effie’s is increasing its stock of Autentico chalk paints that are used on many of the shop’s painted furniture range. Effie’s workshop team will soon be introducing classes on how to use this product to maximum effect so customers can create their own bespoke pieces at home. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4.30pm, and every Bank Holiday Monday.

“This year we have chosen Stowmarket Saturday Club as one of our nominated charities. This incredible club is open to children between the ages of five and 18 and really makes a difference to them and their families, bringing companionship, support and purpose. Our second charity will be chosen within the next week as we would like to find a charity that helps homeless people back into employment and housing, bringing them much needed selfworth and importantly safety.” “The town of Stowmarket is thriving and we are so glad to be a part of it.” Awards I mentioned last time that The Suffolk Healthier Catering Award, Eat Out, Eat Well (EOEW), had been launched. Lo and behold, our only wine bar in town, Winchester’s, won the Gold award. They are the first to do so in Stowmarket. Hearty congratulations to them. You can find them in Old Fox Yard where you can enjoy good wine and healthy food: www.winchesterswinebar.co.uk The second Stowmarket Town Awards were launched with 10 different award categories up for grabs. Nominations are now being sought and the application form can be downloaded from www.stowmarket.org/nominations or you can pick up a paper copy from their office at Milton House. The awards ceremony will be held in the John Peel Centre on Friday, September 30. Gig in the Yard (August 6, Provisional Date) I along with Winchester’s Wine bar will be hosting the third annual Gig in the Yard charity event. We had a very good event last year raising nearly £2,000 for the children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent (www.clicsargent.org.uk). We’re looking for local bands and entertainers to come and support us again this year. We already have The Momentos (www.themementos.co.uk) lined up to play.

Paul Ekpenyong, on behalf of the Conservative & Independent Councillors for Stowmarket Wards

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NEWS REPORT FROM KEITH WELHAM

CHERNOBYL CHILDREN’S LIFELINE

District Councillor for Stowupland and Creeting St Peter The appeal into the refusal of a grant of planning permission in respect of the proposal for 175 homes on agricultural land outside the Stowupland settlement boundary was completed inside a week and we now have to wait for the Planning Inspector’s report. A decision on whether or not the appeal has been allowed is expected around June 10. It was good to see so many residents attending on the first day and throughout the Inquiry. I believe that MSDC put up a strong case for refusal; witnesses spoke well and gave convincing arguments in cross-examination. Residents who spoke ensured that the Inspector knew very clearly their desire – a desire shared by the vast majority of Stowupland residents – to see the appeal thrown out. There is still no date for the MSDC planning committee meeting which will determine the application for 75 homes accessed from B1115. You can check the council’s website for the date of the meeting or give me a ring. We have a new chairman, Elizabeth Gibson-Harries, and a new leader of the administration, Nick Gowlrey. The chief executive, Charlie Adan, has resigned to take up a similar post in Kingston Upon Thames. The council is seeking to appoint a deputy chief executive, a new post. So it will be all change at the top. Meantime there is an urgent need to make progress in developing a new Joint Local Plan and take action to increase the amount of land available for new house building. The council needs clear relevant housing policies and needs to establish a five year supply of housing land to avoid predatory developers making applications which, if granted, would spoil our local landscape and cause problems due to lack of infrastructure. I try to be available for any resident to contact me and I welcome telephone calls about any aspect of council service provision. Or, if it more convenient, I’m available before and after every Stowupland Parish Council meeting in the URC hall on every second Thursday. Keith Welham 01449 673185 / keith.welham@midsuffolk.gov.uk

We do buy a new pair of trainers for all the children, but in an effort to allow them to take them home in the best condition possible we also aim to give each child a pair of good quality second hand trainers to be used for messy activities. We currently need two pairs boys size 3/4, and for girls three pairs size 1/2, four pairs size 2/3 and two pairs size 4. Any donations can be dropped for my attention to the charity shop in Needham Market, open Tuesday to Saturday. We have received many donations of the simple medicines that we give to the children to take home to their families. If you would like to contribute to the medicine collection or any of the other items we need for the children you can contact me by phone or email and I will be happy to send a list. Alternatively, if you can’t get to us but would still like to support the children we have now set up a specific justgiving page for this purpose: www.justgiving.com/chernobylmidsuffolk

KINGS THE FLORIST HAS MOVED

• For those who can’t face people and a full English at silly o’clock, try coffee ‘n’ cake networking on Friday, June 3, 10am-noon, at Needham Market Community Centre. • Otherwise come along to our next networking breakfast on Friday, June 17, 6.45am at Cedars Park Community Centre. This month we have an extra event, another in our popular Learn, Laugh & Loiter series of business seminars. Customer Service – More than just Smiling is on Monday, June 27, registration at 6pm for a 6.30pm start/9.30pm finish, at Stowmarket Golf Club. True customer service is much more than just smiling. Create the competitive edge for your business! Learn how customer service increases loyalty in your existing customers and attracts new customers. Get out of the discount rat race and use customer service to safeguard your prices by creating extraordinary value. Prepare to challenge and be challenged as we work through a case study designed to bring success to a small business which is just ticking over, and has been for quite a while! £15 for members of Stowmarket Chamber, £20 for non-members. Hot supper included! For further details on these events or to sign up for our e-newsletter visit: www.stowmarketchamber.co.uk

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We now have all the children’s ages and sizes so can be more accurate in the clothing we are collecting for them. We have one eight-year-old child who is very small for her age at only 1.22m tall, a few tall and slim eight and nine year olds, many at the regular size for their age but some up to 1.41m tall and some children who are bigger than average size for their age. So, if you have any good quality second-hand clothing you can donate we would be very grateful. In particular we are looking for good winter coats, leggings and elasticated waist skirts, plus the usual T-shirts and tops. In particular we would like to be able to provide a swimsuit for each child. We only have two boys coming this year, one aged eight who is a big boy and needs clothing sized for 9/11yrs and one boy of nine of average size. Our host families provide a great deal for the children during their visit so everything we can provide can only help to keep the costs down for them.

Elizabeth Parker, 01449 760343 / enquiries@ccllmidsuffolk.org.uk www.ccllmidsuffolk.org.uk

STOWMARKET AND DISTRICT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Regular networking opportunities

Time is now marching on and we are very busy preparing for the arrival of the main group of children at the beginning of July this year.

Following on from a successful eight years of trading in Bury Street, Kings the Florist has moved to new premises on Ipswich Street (opposite the Regal Cinema). The stylish new premises offer a welcoming environment for existing and new customers to experience the same level of customer care that they have been used too. The bay fronted shop benefits from a lovely little courtyard garden, with fresh plants and shrubs displayed for passers by to see. The shop also has a second room with a private seating area, ideal for customers who wish to discuss floral arrangements for wedding, funerals and functions. In addition, the new location offers car parking directly opposite. This has made a huge difference to our customers, offering ease of collection. We are also pleased to have welcomed an additional member of staff. Our team of seven work closely together to ensure our customer’s needs are met, with fresh flowers being delivered daily and new ideas and designs being created regularly. The new location has welcomed several new customers; this is a busy end of town with lots of passing trade. We are very excited for our future in the new shop and look forward to welcoming you all.

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Are you in pain? Chiropractic may help with many problems including lower back pain, neck pain and related headaches as well as arm and leg pain.

STOWMARKET CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH CLINIC

Phoenix Counselling Practice professionals you can trust We match clients to one of our qualified and experienced counsellors to provide the kind of counselling needed. Fees are negotiable according to income and we also offer a low cost counselling service.

Michael T E Bailey Doctor of Chiropractic Registered with the General Chiropractic Council

7 Stowupland Rd Stowmarket IP14 5AG

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Tel: 01449 675974 or visit our website www.phoenix-counsellingpractice.com

ALLERGY THERAPIST at StowHealth (Violet Hill) Testing for food, environmental and chemical sensitivities – as well as vitamin and mineral deficiences which can cause unpleasant symptoms and illnesses.

For an appointment contact Helen Parsons Dip Allergy Therapy, Food Studies Cert.Ed, B.I.A.E.T.

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PERSONAL ADVICE, HEALTH & BEAUTY GARDENING IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN YOU THINK! Most people think of gardening as a gentle hobby which doesn’t cause any harm to the body – well apart from the occasional stiff and sore back. However, with late spring and early summer bringing a time when people are planting out bedding plants, potting on and planting out what has been grown in the greenhouse, maybe it’s a good time to look at some of the potential hidden perils of gardening. The back is probably the most common known issue with gardening. Lots of bending over while weeding, planting and digging can place stresses and strains through the back. A little of this type of activity shouldn’t cause any issues to a healthy back, but prolonged exposure to these activities can lead to muscle soreness and joint irritation giving rise to a few days of pain. More seriously you can cause some disc issues or nerve irritation which could cause pain for a much longer period of time.

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The best way to try and avoid any back pain is to take regular breaks from what you are doing, bend your back in the opposite way to the way you have been moving or keeping still and make sure that you keep yourself nice and warm. This time of year most physiotherapy practices have a few extra patients attending with elbow pain. You might be thinking this is because its tennis season? Afraid not – prolonged use of shears or secateurs leads to lots of use of the forearm muscles. This can cause a lot of muscle pain in the forearm muscles and often a pulling of the tendon (tough material which connects the muscle to the bone) leading to a very sharp and prolonged pain. This ‘tennis elbow’, or lateral epicondyalgia as it’s known in the medical field, can take an awful long time to settle down. Prevention is best; again take lots of breaks during gardening tasks. If you have a lot of work to do with shears, hedge trimmers, strimming or secateurs, split the job over a few days or several weekends. Yes it’s more frustrating and takes longer to have that hedge looking neat and tidy, but it’s better than the frustration of lots of pain. Another common condition with gardening, but one very few people realise is in the knee. A lot of people have heard of sports people tearing the cartilage in their knee, but it’s also a risk in gardeners. The cartilage is at most risk in the knee when we have the knee bent, put weight through it and then twist. This is such a common movement to do while kneeling and rotating to pick up a plant to or to reach over to get at that last weed within reach. Damage to your knee cartilage often results in knee swelling, pain and loss of movement. Often this will settle but gives you pain and loss of function for a time. Sometimes though this type of injury needs an operation to get better. So rather than risk a knee issue, keep the plants to be planted out in front and move position regularly to avoid the twisting of the knee. While we don’t want to put people off doing some gentle physical activity it’s worth noting some of these dangers so you can avoid the pitfalls of gardening and the errors made by others. Robert Grainger MSc MCSP MHPC CSCS Practice Principal PhysioFixx Physiotherapy Clinic Sports Physiotherapist

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OUT & ABOUT NEEDHAM MARKET RAFT RACE It’s nearly here! The 15th annual raft race. Make sure the date is in your diary – Sunday, June 12 from 1.30pm.

JOIN OUR SUMMER DROP IN TEAM AT THE MIX Have you got some free time over summer? Want to make a difference while having fun?

It’s a day to bring the family to Needham Lake with a picnic or why not get a burger, hot dog, toastie or jacket potato? How about a cake or doughnut for dessert? Ice cream anyone?

Then The Mix’s Summer Drop-In Team might be the thing for you!

The day isn’t just about cheering on the rafts as they race for pole position, or about the below the belt commentary! It’s not even about all the laughing you will do when the teams fall off or try to get back on.

Come along to have a look around the building and find out more about what we get up to during summer holidays. If you’d like to make an appointment, ping us an email to express your interest: volunteering@themixstowmarket.com

It’s about community. A day when we can all get together and support the people and businesses who have put in the time and effort to build their raft and interpret this year’s theme, Movie Madness, many of whom are using it as an opportunity to fundraise. A day for our local organisations and charities to have a stall and try and raise some much needed funds. A day when we cheer on the rafts when they compete for the fastest lap time in the heats to win the Tracey Cadman Challenge, and then on to the coveted first prize trophy, or is that the prize for best raft and team?! Pauline Manders will again be with us selling her new book and has again donated copies for our winners. There is still time to enter: you only need a team of four (over 16/£16) and a homemade raft. Find us on facebook or visit www.needhamraftrace.wordpress.com and get the forms sent to us. Don’t be shy, it doesn’t take long to build and the fun you will have will make it worthwhile.

We’re looking for passionate individuals who feel they could make a positive impact on young people from Stowmarket and the surrounding areas. If you feel you might fit the bill then we want to meet you!

STOWMARKET BOYS BRIGADE BAND The band has taken part in three parades already this year. First a church parade on the morning of Sunday, April 24 before moving on to Bury St Edmunds for the Bury District Scouts Saint George’s Parade in the afternoon, leading the parade of more than 400 scouts and guides to St Mary’s Church and back. On Monday, May 2 it was over to Mendlesham to take part in the street fair having been asked to take part for the second year running. These were the first parades for our youngest member who was excellent. He received an achievement certificate from his school for taking part. We are now looking forward to June when we lead the Royal British Legion around the Suffolk Showground for inspection by the guest of honour. To join and take part in our events call in to our hall in Combs Lane any Thursday evening after 7pm or speak to a member of the band.

What does “completion” mean on the sale or purchase of a property? Earlier this year, we looked at what exchange of contracts means, and so this month I thought we would follow on with the next stage in the conveyancing process – completion. The term ‘completion’ is one of those expressions that a property solicitor or conveyancer will use during the course of a sale or purchase, and is the key point in a potential move for obvious reasons. I thought that this month I would outline what actually happens on the day, as it were. In most sales and purchases, exchange of contracts will have happened a short while before completion – and there are no hard and fast rules about the length of time between the two points. Exchange of contracts is the point where both the seller and the buyer become legally bound to sell and buy the property – as I have outlined in a previous article. Completion can take place months ahead, or even on the same day – though most commonly it is one or two weeks in advance. After all, there will be many things that will need to be booked, and without the certainty of contracts having been exchanged, there is the chance that things might not go ahead, and money is wasted through cancellation costs.

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So, on the day itself, the buyer is duty bound to pay the balance of the purchase price to the seller’s solicitor – with a deposit having been paid on exchange. This is done electronically through the banking system. Once the money has been paid into the seller’s solicitor’s bank account, then he or she will telephone the estate agent, or the seller direct if it is a private sale, and the keys will be released or handed over to the buyer. Once the seller has finished moving out, the buyer can move start moving in. The timing of all of this is dependent on how quickly the money comes through the banking system, and how many links there are in the chain of transactions. Of course, the more times money has to be sent, the later completion might be.

Buttermarket, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1ED Telephone: 01449 613101 • Fax: 01449 615087 Email: info@gudgeons-prentice.co.uk

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OUT & ABOUT MUSIC IN THE GARDENS AT HELMINGHAM HALL

THE MUSEUM OF EAST ANGLIAN LIFE

With The Three Chordettes and Chocks Away For Dancing

StowBlues celebrates its sixth year with an all-star line-up, bringing its annual dose of Americana blues to Stowmarket.

Sunday, June 19: gardens open from noon, music and dancing from 4pm The Three Chordettes are a three-piece female vocal group that sing swing and jazz hits. They are made up of Lisa Roberts, Sarah Probert and Sarah Hitchcock. Sarah Hitchcock has tirelessly dictated the fine harmonies of The Andrews Sisters, while the group have worked together to bring to you many styles for any occasion. Chocks Away For Dancing are regulars at Helmingham and bring vintage music and dancing with style. You cannot fail to want to get up and join them! Bring a chair, blanket, enjoy a picnic or take advantage of our house BBQ and bar. Delight in a relaxing evening in the enchanting gardens. Admission for adults is £7, children £3.50. Picnics can be pre-ordered from The Coach House Tearooms. BBQ and Bar available on the day. Tickets can be booked online or purchased on the day. Helmingham Hall Gardens, Helmingham, Stowmarket IP14 6EF

StowBlues, Saturday, June 11

Organised in partnership with BBC Radio Suffolk, the Museum of East Anglian Life has joined with Mike Rushmore, a familiar face in the East Anglian Blues scene, to announce a top line up of bands from across the region and beyond. With music from The Super Things, Goofa Dust, Hot Tramp, Delta Groove, Back Porch, Blues Situation, The Makeshifts and Joel Fisk and the Breakdown, as well as an acoustic session from Jamie Williams & the Roots Collective, There’s something for everyone to enjoy whether you’re a hardcore blues lover or just a fan of great live music. With onsite catering from The Osier cafe as well as a CAMRA bar, stocked to the brim with real ales, ciders, lagers and wines all within the grounds of the Museum of East Anglian Life, the perfect location for a day of music and entertainment.

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Spring Bird Walk, Sunday June 12

STOWMARKET SUGARCRAFT CLUB

We are fortunate to have a collection of different habitats on our estate and pleased to offer the chance to take part in a guided bird walk of the site. The walk will be guided by staff, volunteers from the Suffolk Wildlife Trust and the volunteers who perform the bird surveys.

Our April meeting was our AGM and we enjoyed a really interesting talk and demonstration by Jackie Stevens on The Bowen Technique, a non-invasive very gentle alternative therapy. We also discussed the need to attract new members and decided to start a web site. Jean Blasedell offered to set it up and run it for a year to see how it works out. You can find us at: www.stowmarketsugarcraft.co.uk

Tickets are available from Stowmarket Tourist Information Centre or from our website and are priced as follows: £5 per adult, £10 a family of two adults/two children, £1 per child. The evening will run from 6-8pm.

There is a gallery of work to view, details of meetings and speakers and hopefully interested people will be able to message us and get a bit of sugarcraft advice on topics that they would like to discuss. We think this is quite an exciting new step for us, bringing us in to the 21st century! Our speaker in May was Fay Barrett who showed us how to make the best use of an air brush, an expensive piece of equipment but very versatile. We plan to put a display in the church in June as part of The Queen’s birthday celebrations. We are looking forward to welcoming the team from the Outrageous Cake Company to our June meeting, showing us how to make the best use of ‘bas relief’ techniques on our cakes and decorations. If you would like to join us our next meeting is at 7.30pm on Monday, June 13 in St Mary’s Hall on Wolsey Road.

STOWMARKET ROYAL GARDEN PARTY

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From 2pm on Sunday, June 12, to coincide with all the celebrations linked to the Queen’s 90th birthday, Stowmarket Parish Church is hosting a garden party for 250 people. There will be afternoon tea with music provided by Stowmarket Concert Band, ending with some rousing patriotic singing. It will be suitable for families and there will be games and a bouncy castle. There is no charge but entry is by ticket only. To obtain a ticket contact the church office: 01449 678623 / stowmarket.parish@btconnect.com

A FEAST FOR SORE EYES! Come and visit our delightful country gardens on Saturday, June 11, noon-5pm, enjoy a cuppa and homemade scones in the village hall Where? Earl Stonham near Stowupland on the A1120: IP14 5HJ Entry fee: £5 for up to four people from the village hall

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OUT & ABOUT THE REGAL IN JUNE June marks the beginning of our exciting new partnership with the National Theatre, starting on June 9 with The Audience starring Helen Mirren. It centres on the weekly meetings between Queen Elizabeth II and her prime ministers, from Winston Churchill to David Cameron. Recorded live on Broadway and beamed to the Stowmarket! We continue our 80th birthday celebrations with SODS Showcase on June 12 (see page 16 ) and on June 26 we have a live 10-piece band playing all the big band hits in Simply Swing. We have two more of our popular country music live shows in June, Johnny Marks pays us a visit on June 13 and Shawn Cuddy will be live on stage on June 27.

Captain America: Civil War is a superhero adventure starring Robert Downey Jnr, Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson. Political interference in the Avengers’ activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man. Just in time for the school holidays, The Angry Birds Movie voiced by Peter Dinklage, Sean Penn and Jason Sudeikis. Find out why the birds are so angry! When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to three unlikely outcasts – Red, Chuck and Bomb – to figure out what the pigs are up to. In Eye in the Sky starring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul and Alan Rickman, Colonel Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.

Jane got a Gun is a western starring Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton and Ewan McGregor. A woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him. In Our Kind of Traitor starring Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis and Naomie Harris a couple find themselves lured into a Russian oligarch’s plans to defect are soon positioned between the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service, neither of whom they can trust. I Saw the Light starring Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen is the story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life. With the emergence of the world’s first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan in X-Men: Apocalypse starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence.

In Alice through the Looking Glass starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway, Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter. Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an armed investor takes over their studio in Money Monster starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Jack O’Connell In A Hologram for the King starring Tom Hanks and Alexander Black, a failed American businessman looks to recoup his losses by travelling to Saudi Arabia and selling his idea to a wealthy monarch. See page 15 for a detailed schedule.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK Bury Theatre Workshop are touring with their production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, which will be performed at the Museum of East Anglian Life on Friday, July 1 at 7pm and Saturday 2 at 2 and 7pm. Come along, bring a picnic, and enjoy one of The Bard’s best loved comedies: determined bachelor Benedick encounters his old flame, the feisty Beatrice, who is equally determined never to marry. Will their love (that everyone but themselves can see they have for each other) ever be requited? Meanwhile, the much quieter Claudio falls instantly in love with Beatrice’s milder cousin, Hero – and she with him – but this match is not to the liking of the bitter and twisted Don John, who plots the downfall of Hero on her wedding day. Tickets (adults £10, children (12-18 yrs) £5, under-12s free) can be purchased from: www.eastanglianlife.org.uk/whats-on www.burytheatreworkshop.org.uk / directly from the tourist information desk at the Museum of East Anglian Life / 01449 612229

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UKULELE PLAYERS WANTED AT STOWMARKET STRUMMERS Ukulele club Stowmarket Strummers is looking for people who can play or would like to play a ukulele. We meet at 7.30pm on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at Red Gables in Stowmarket. We aim to play together, to have fun and play in the local community. At present we have 10 active members and are looking to grow so if you are interested please contact Colin: 01449 723302 / junebiginton@btinternet.com All welcome.

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OUT & ABOUT bRAVO Theatre Workshops

EVENTS AT STOWMARKET LIBRARY

After all the rehearsing, the hard work paid off. Fifty students set off early on May 7 to the prestigious Royal Albert Hall with a long but amazing day ahead of them. Normally major celebrities from around the world tread the boards at the Royal Albert Hall, but for this one night bRAVO Theatre Workshops were debuting.

Stowmarket Library is holding a joint event with the Friends of Stowmarket Library during the Whitsun School Holidays on Wednesday, June 1. We will have a live owl display with a falconer from the Suffolk Owl Sanctuary who will be in the library from 10am to noon. The library staff will do an owl-related book display and also a craft session during this time for kids, and the Friends of Stowmarket Library will provide refreshments for a small donation to funds.

After final touches to makeup, hair and costumes they performed the dress rehearsal on the 70ft by 50ft arena space. Normally bRAVO are used to a stage with one front, but here they had to perform to a 360 degree audience. Dancing in a round didn’t put these youngsters off though. Adrenaline and nerves were aplenty, but even the stage crew and producers couldn’t believe their energy and enthusiasm. Their smiles were infectious. After a well deserved rest and a bite to eat, the show went up in front of 5,272 members of the paying public. As the bRAVO performers were waiting to be introduced by the West End Star Charlotte Gooch, the youngest of the troupe (aged six) was heard to say: “Anna my heart is beating really fast, I’m so excited.” The final number ended with a fantastic standing ovation and the students got back to their dressing room ecstatic, with a few happy tears being shed and many announcements of “that was the best time of my life”. They skipped their way back on the coach with memories that will never ever leave them. bRAVO principal, Anna Damigella, said: “It was the best day of our lives! We all had such a blast, I am so proud of each and every one of them. They blew myself and the audience away.” No rest for bRAVO though they are straight into rehearsals for a show at Ipswich Regent on June 25 and July 9. If you would like to enjoy the fun at bRAVO, they are putting on a summer school where they will be doing their own adaptation of Disney’s Hercules. This is open to everyone aged six to 18, so if you think of yourself as a Hercules or a sassy muse contact Anna for more information: 01449 675395 / bravotw@hotmail.com

CITY & GUILDS STITCHED TEXTILES GRADUATE SHOW 2016

SODS SHOWCASE CELEBRATES THE REGAL’S 80th BIRTHDAY As part of the Regal Theatre’s 80th Birthday celebrations, a troupe of Stowmarket Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society performers will present a gala SODS Showcase for one night only on Sunday, June 12 at 7.30pm. Travelling back in time over the last eight decades the talented cast will bring you a variety of well-known song and dance numbers from a plethora of shows. The enjoyment begins with some of younger members performing the recent hit When I Grow Up from Matilda, then moves back through the years with songs from current musicals, such as West End and Broadway bestsellers Wicked and Les Miserables, to timeless classics including The Sound of Music, Carousel and South Pacific. There are also comedy sketches and a sing-a-long Second World War medley to be rounded off with a spectacular show business finale, all accompanied by our live four piece band directed by SODS’ very own Nigel Ramsden.

Picture: By Peter Hawkes

While singing along and enjoying the London sights, the cast were getting their hair and make up done. On arrival at 11am they were shown to their dressing room. bRAVO had dressing room number one and the famous John Lewis Green room, we were so lucky.

On Friday, June 3 Alison Cooklin, author of a children’s book called Luke’s Journey, will be in the library. This is the first of a series of books in The Light Travellers series, the second of which will be published at the beginning of June. Alison will be in the library from 10am to noon to explain what the book is about and to talk about the locations, wildlife and subjects that it deals with. She will also do a short reading. This will be an interactive presentation encouraging children to participate with and to do some creative writing.

The evening also includes the performance of an hilarious Alan Ayckbourn one act play. Watch as Gosforth’s Fete, planned with military precision, unravels before his eyes due, in part, to the weather but also to a rather unfortunate set of circumstances brought about by his own previous misconduct! You are promised an evening of music and laughter not to be missed. Tickets (£12 / £10 concessions) are on sale now from the Regal Box Office: 01449 612825 / www.regalstowmarket.co.uk

Saturday, June 25 & Sunday 26, 10am-5pm Wickham Market Village Hall (IP13 0HE) hosts this annual exhibition to celebrate the achievements of the latest City & Guilds students. The work on show represents the culmination of two years of study in patchwork, quilting and machine embroidery. There will be an exhibition by Out of the Fold and traders include Art Van Go, Eye Fabric Shop and Creative Stitch Suffolk. Sales table, tombola, raffle and refreshments, entrance £2.

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HULLABALOO ANTICS! Saturday, July 9, 1-5pm, at Earl Stonham Recreation Ground Free entry to our Family Fun Day with classic cars, steam and traction models, children’s activities, wellie-throwing, live band and drama spectacular, dog agility demo and have-a-go! Also plant stalls, lots to eat and drink, fab draw prizes and loads of fun! See you there!

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OUT & ABOUT SUFFOLK BLUE CROSS TEA PARTY Suffolk Blue Cross Animal Rehoming Centre is holding a tea party at the Old Schoolroom, Mendlesham, Suffolk IP14 5SA on Saturday, June 18, 10am-2pm. Entry is free. There will be refreshments, cakes, a tombola, a draw and other sideshows. Please come and give your support to this event.

EXHIBITION FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED The East Suffolk Association for the Blind has organised an exhibition of equipment suppliers and service providers for anyone with a visual impairment which will be held at the United Reformed Church Hall, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket IP14 1AD from 10am to 2.30pm on Friday, June 3. Entry is free. Light refreshments will be available throughout the event. The confirmed exhibitors are: Optelec – electronic products Optelec – magnifier products Calibre Talking Books British Wireless for the Blind (BWFB) Sensing Change Action for Blind People Stowmarket Newstalk East Suffolk Association for the Blind demonstrating a range of Cobolt products West Suffolk Voluntary Association for the Blind

STOWMARKET ARTISAN MARKET The first market was held on Saturday, April 2 in the Scout Centre on Milton Road North. Fifteen stalls sold a variety of products, including photographs of Suffolk, leather handbags, home-made cakes, cake stands, jewellery, wall hangings, mosaics, decoupage furniture and textiles. Tea, coffee and bacon butties were supplied by the Scouts. The next market is on Saturday, June 4, 10am-1.30pm. A different range of crafts is on sale each month and the Scouts will be making tea/coffee to help with their funds. Do come along, have a coffee and browse the crafts on offer. Potential stall holders should contact Sue Delf; 01449 613224 / sue@delf.freeserve.co.uk Facebook: Stowmarket Artisan Market

CHATTISHAM OPEN GARDENS Sunday, June 19, 11am-5.30pm

A great family day out with 14 gardens open in this friendly village. Visit a wide range of types and ages of gardens including formal, natural and aquatic features. Attractions include plant sales, cakes, lunches, cream teas and a family competition. Admission £4, accompanied children under 14 free. Tickets on the day. All proceeds to Chattisham Church Restoration.

Please do everything you can to come along as this is a wonderful opportunity for anyone affected by a visual impairment to find ways of continuing to live independent and fulfilling lives.

Location: three miles west of Ipswich, one mile south of the A1071 at Hintlesham / Sat Nav Ref IP8 3QE.

A RIGHT ROYAL STREET FAYRE

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The Friends of the Church of Preston St Mary present A Right Royal Street Fayre to celebrate the official 90th birthday of Her Majesty The Queen on Saturday, June 11, 10.30am-5pm

Suffolk Master Composter volunteers will be holding free workshops across Suffolk over the next few months to help beginners start making their own compost at home. As a thank you, attendees will also get a free home compost bin delivered to their home to help them on their composting adventure!

This exciting Royal-themed event will be along the High Street, which will be closed to traffic, and around the award-winning Six Bells village pub and gardens. The Right Royal Street Fayre will be a family fun-packed day with activities for all ages. There will be a wide range of merchandise, food and products, artisan gifts, garden products, home wares, fashion and toys among the many stalls, a programme with a 90 guineas prize draw, free entry and parking. Entertainment will include live music, Morris Dancers, a bouncy Windsor Castle, donkey rides, game of ‘Thrones”, Dress-Like-A-Royal Competition, Regal Raffle, Egg & Silver Spoon Race and other “Royal’ novelty attractions. To keep visitors well fed and watered there will be a BBQ, a Pimm’s tent, Royal-teas and refreshments, while the Six Bells will be offering a full range of drinks and food. The aim is to provide a whole fun-packed day for the family to enjoy and celebrate our Queen’s 90th.

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Composting at home is a good for your pocket because it avoids trips to the garden centre and great for the environment because it uses your organic waste to make nutritious compost, ready to go back on your garden. It’s also really easy to do with the help and advice of Suffolk’s Master Composters. The workshops are ideal for those who have never tried composting before, or those who have tried but given up. Getting started can be a bit confusing so that’s where Master Composter Volunteers can help. They are a friendly bunch, full of top tips and they’ll soon have you composting at home like a professional! Come along and discover the best recipe for great compost, how to compost weeds and even how to avoid unwelcome pests. Local Master Composter volunteer Karen will be holding a workshop at Red Gables Community Centre on Monday, July 4, 3-5pm. The Beginners Composting Workshops are available on a first come first served basis to all Suffolk residents and you can book your place by either visiting www.suffolkrecycling.org.uk or by calling Suffolk County Council on 0345 066 067. You will also find other dates across Suffolk.

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OUT & ABOUT STOWUPLAND OPEN GARDENS Sunday, June 19, 1-6pm The 11 gardens in Stowupland which open to the public on June 19 demonstrate the huge variety of influences that can be found in one village. The 11 range from moated parkland through wildlife havens, vegetable plots, areas with goats, pigs, ducks and hens (much as village gardens have been since medieval times) to one with a fullyfunctioning tree house. Many have sweeping views over the Suffolk countryside, lots have ponds with damp-loving plants at the borders and ornamental fish. One owner breeds award-winning chrysanthemums (though these won’t yet be in flower) and another creates a colourthemed vegetable garden. Anyone in the village can join the jollity by creating a ‘Crazy Container’, an eccentric holder for eccentric plants put beside the road. Stowupland has opened its gardens in aid of Holy Trinity Church for at least two decades, always with something new to see (two are open for the first time this year). Tickets (£4 per person, under 16s free) will be on sale at the gardens and are valid for all gardens and come with a brochure which includes a map pin-pointing each. For those who tire during the walkabout, there are teas, cakes and squash in an old barn at one garden, at Columbine Hall (which recently featured in Country Life magazine) and in the church hall. A second garden will offer ice-cream and ice lollies to the weary. For further information contact Kate on 07730 922530 or John on 01449 672592.

STOWMARKET MEADLANDS RECREATION CLUB Are you sporty, or do you just like to have a relaxing time? The Meadlands can offer a variety of sports, from the energetic to the laid back! Sections include badminton (two courts at Needham Market), indoor bowls (four rinks in our own indoor sports venue), snooker (four full size tables), archery, darts, petanque, sea fishing and angling, plus crib of course. Our indoor sports venue has its own bar (seasonal). For relaxation The Meadlands is home of the main bar, BT Sports, large garden with play equipment for the children and BBQs every Saturday evening, a real fun place for all the family. Throughout the month we present live music on some Saturday nights, bingo on certain Tuesdays, along with karaoke and Fun Time Plus. For details visit our website. It’s just £21pa for a single membership and £33pa for a family. Playing sections are £35pa (although angling and badminton do have an additional charge of £30). Junior playing members (under 18 years old) £10pa. Don’t forget we also have a club shop selling paint and paint accessories at very advantageous price as well as household goods. For more information visit www.stowmarket-meadlands.co.uk, call 01449 773243 or drop in to the club at 93 Needham Road, Stowmarket.

STOWMARKET WI Spring has been a busy time for the WI. In March we Cleaned for the Queen by picking up litter in the town, collecting several bags of rubbish and doing our bit for this national campaign to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday.

Visit The Royal British Legion at:

The Royal British Legion 8 Tavern Street Stowmarket, IP14 1PH

Fourth Thursday of the Month From 23rd June 2016 10.00am - 12.00pm Information, advice and guidance for serving members of the Armed Forces, Reservists, veterans and their families

Pop in, call 0808 802 8080 or visit www.britishlegion.org.uk Registered charity number 219279

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We have used our sewing skills and imagination to complete eight ‘fiddle mats’ for dementia sufferers. These will be on display in the WI tent at the Suffolk Show and then given to patients. At our May meeting we discussed and voted on the two resolutions that have been selected for the National AGM in June. If agreed these will form new campaigns for the WI. They are to press for carers to be able to stay with people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in hospital and to call on supermarkets to help reduce food waste. We will be selling homemade cakes in the town on Thursday, June 9; look out for us outside Argos. We will be having a summer picnic at our meeting.

STOWMARKET LOCAL HISTORY GROUP Monday, June 20: Suffolk Murders by Mark Mower Monday, July 18: Summer Outing – visit to Stowupland Church with guided tour, starts at 7pm (see SLHG on page 23). Meetings are held at 7.30pm at The Salvation Army Hall, Violet Hill Road. Members £1, non-members £3. For further details contact Jeannette Baldry: 01449 675271 www.stowmarket-history.co.uk

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Meet and Mingle sessions in June

Run by home care provider Mears Group and the East of England Co-op, ‘Meet and Mingle’ sessions in June will take place from 1.30pm to 3.30pm on Friday afternoons at Stowmarket Community Centre. Each session offers access to free professional services and fun activities in a welcoming and friendly environment. There will also be an opportunity to order weekly food shopping and have it delivered by one of the East of England Co-op’s friendly drivers. At the first session of the month, aspiring artists in the group will have an opportunity to team up and get involved in a fun and interactive game of ‘Win, Lose or Draw’. There will also be a professional pharmacy team on hand to arrange for home delivery of prescriptions.

Friday 3rd June Win, Lose or Draw FREE pharmacy consultations Friday 10th June Bingo, brain teasers & games FREE sight tests

The following week, friends can get together and test their skills through brain teasers, games and bingo; with prizes to be won throughout the afternoon. The East of England Co-op will also be offering one-to-one bereavement support and sight tests, completely free of charge.

One-to-one bereavement support

Meet and Mingle guests will be encouraged to bring in knitting or other craft work at the third session of the month, as part of a relaxed and informal knit and natter afternoon. A professional audiologist will also be available to book free hearing checks.

Knit & natter

At the final session of the month there will be a memory workshop run by Suffolk Museums, with a chance to explore the contents of a vintage kitchen cupboard with products from the 1950s to the 1970s. One-to-one bereavement support will also be available throughout the afternoon.

Reminisce the 1950s-1970s with Suffolk Museums

Friday 17th June FREE hearing checks Friday 24th June

Meet & Mingle Every Friday 1:30-3:30pm

at Stowmarket Community Centre, Hillside, IP14 2BD Meet new friends and access FREE health and well-being services For more information, call Caroline on 07595 962230

One-to-one bereavement support

All free hearing and sight tests must be booked in advance; to book call Caroline on 07595 962230.

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OUT & ABOUT ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, WOMEN’S SECTION The Stowmarket branch met at the Royal British Legion Club in April. Our speaker was Peter Hesketh who entranced us with his talk about circling the world on container ships. Apparently Peter had retired and wanted to do something special. He settled for going around the world on three container ships, which took four month to complete. He shared pictures showing how high the containers are stacked and footage of the ship rolling in heavy seas. We all learnt a lot from this extremely interesting talk. Thank you Peter. Next we all enjoyed a piece of cake and our president, Ann Wybrow, proposed a toast to the Queen on the occasion of her 90th birthday. We thanked Janet for organising our mystery trip, an excellent day out enjoyed by all who attended.

STOWMARKET RAMBLERS Sunday, June 5: 5.5 mile walk in Baylham area. Meet on road leading to the former Barham picnic site at 10.30am / GR 124512. Leader: 01449 673690 Sunday, June 12: 5.5 mile walk. Meet at Otley Village Hall at 10.30am / GR 204553 Leader: 01473 890674 Sunday, June 19: 5.5 mile walk through Bardwell & Ixworth Thorpe. Meet at rear of Honington & Sapiston Village hall at 10.30am / GR 916750. Leader: 01359 250943 Saturday, June 25: 6 or 9 mile walk along Norfolk coast via Trimingham, Overstrand & Cromer. Picnic and tea stop at Overstrand. Meet at Stowmarket Railway Station at 8.30am for discounted tickets. Leader: 01449 614151

We will have a stall on Pikes Meadow on June 25 (see page 27). The competition for the evening was for a photo of a ship: 1st Milly Harris, 2nd Carole Penton, 3rd Margaret Green

STOWMARKET ROTARY CLUB

Maureen Stammers

STOWUPLAND LOCAL HISTORY GROUP Wednesday, June 1: The Cobbold Family by Anthony Cobbold The Cobbolds were brewers in Harwich and then Ipswich for over 200 hundred years. The Cobbold Family History Trust promotes and encourages study and research into the Cobbold and related families. Anthony Cobbold will show us that there is more to the family than beer! A very short AGM, starting at 7.30pm, will precede the talk. We meet at 7.30pm in Stowupland Village Hall IP14 4BQ. There is an ample car park. Visitors are always welcome and refreshments are available. Admission is £1 for members, £3 for non-members. Wednesday, July 6: No meeting as we shall be out on a visit Monday, July 18, 7pm: Stowmarket LHG visit to Holy Trinity Church, Stowupland We look forward to welcoming Stowmarket Local History Group for this visit. There will be a display in the church hall, a talk by Neil Langridge about the history of the church and plenty of time to look around the church and churchyard. Refreshments will follow. Please enter via the church hall at the earlier time of 7pm. Admission will be £1 for members of either group, £3 for non-members.

(l-r) David Quinn, Tiffany Clark and Kieron Watson Stowmarket Rotary Club organised the taking of bood pressure on National Stroke Awareness Day, Saturday, April 23. During the day 19 people were found to have high blood pressure and advised to see their doctor as soon as possible. The club is grateful to the East of Englang Co-op Combs Ford Pharmacy and Stowmarket Town Council for their help.

INNER WHEEL CLUB OF STOWMARKET

For more information, please contact Judy Clarke: 01449 615386

STOWMARKET AND DISTRICT FLOWER CLUB The meeting at 7.30pm on Wednesday, June 22 at Needham Market Community Centre is an open meeting. Tickets are £5 for club members and £8 for visitors, and can be purchased on the door or in advance from the club chairman, Dorothy Lay, on 01473 830906. The demonstrator will be Pat Dibben from Hillingdon, entertaining us with a demonstration entitled Fascination of Flowers. This will be followed by refreshments provided by club members, and there will be stalls and a raffle. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Members of Inner Wheel Club of Stowmarket paid a most interesting visit to the Mayor’s Parlour in Bury St Edmunds. The Mayor of St Edmundsbury, Councillor Patrick Chung warmly welcomed them and showed them various items of silver regalia from the strong room. He then escorted them on a tour of the new offices. Everyone enjoyed the visit and Councillor Chung was thanked for his generous hospitality.

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OUT & ABOUT STOWMARKET AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB The Colin Stubly shield was won this year by Roy Fidler with his portrait of Panrucker RN (top) and the audio visual winner was Geoff Chapman with Motor Cycles. The next competition was for the Cyril and Mary Hall Salver for the best print on the night and this was won by Brian Payne for Small, Medium, Large (second). The Len Backhouse trophy for the best PDI on the night was won by John Pattison with Trust. George Buxton had a tough job judging the entries this year as the standard was so high. The AGM was held on May 9 and most of the committee members remain to serve another year. Our club is affiliated to the East Anglian Federation (EAF) and each year an exhibition of photographs submitted by members of all the clubs in East Anglia is held. To be accepted for the exhibition the photographs are reviewed by a rigorous panel of judges; the standard is very high so competition is tough! Two of our members had images accepted: Roy Ward for Sunset at Coniston and The Printer (third) and Roy Fidler for Dare Devil Flyer (bottom). This is a big achievement and we are very proud of them both!

STOWMARKET BOYS’ BRIGADE The Boys’ Brigade enjoyed a visit from the Christian Motorcycle Association in May. Four leather clad bikers turned up with their impressive bikes and told us about the work they do in showing God’s love to other bikers. The work they do is varied, from taking services to running stalls at community events. They even have a biker’s cafe called Holy Joes. The children then tried on the helmets and gloves and some got to sit on the motorbikes. Everyone really enjoyed the evening. The summer term is well and truly upon us. Look out for the Boys’ Brigade Band as they will be out and about at various fetes and carnival (see page 12). The company are looking forward to our summer camp in June followed by a display evening on June 29 at 6.15pm where you are invited to come along and see what we’ve been up to over the last year. For more information email: bb1stmidsuffolk@yahoo.co.uk

STOWMARKET AND DISTRICT MONDAY CLUB The club is currently enjoying it’s early summer programme. We recently enjoyed a Beetle Drive which is always popular and very competitive amongst the groups taking part. We had a visit from Times Past, a first for us. This was a very good evening with dancing and singing all evening, something we must repeat sometime in the future. At the time of writing we are looking forward to a visit from The Muleskinners. I’m sure their country & western music will be very much appreciated. We have a bingo night coming up and then a craft evening when we will be making banners and decorations in preparation for our party to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday in June.

NEXT MEETINGS June 13: Club night, EAF Exhibition DVD June 27: End of season photo shoot at Hadleigh

Our AGM is on May 31 and we have an open evening on June 6 when we hope to see old friends and supporters.

New members are always very welcome at the club. All you need is a camera and a real interest in using it. Our members use DSLRs, mirrorless, compacts and bridge cameras.

We are a club for adults with learning difficulties and meet each Monday from 7.30-9.30pm at the Community Hub in Crown Street, Stowmarket. We are run entirely by volunteers and new members and helpers are always very welcome. If you would like further information, please contact us on 01449 672123 or just come along on a Monday evening.

Regular meetings are held at 7.30pm at Stowmarket Community Centre, Hillside, Stowmarket IP14 2BD, usually on the second and fourth Monday of the month between September and June. We’d love to see you there, so why not join us? For more information visit: www.stowmarketanddistrictcameraclub.onesuffolk.net

BACTON AND COTTON LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY Tuesday, June 21, 7.30pm at Bacton Parish Hall: Myths and Superstitions in Buildings We welcome back Tony Redman, one of the first conservation accredited chartered building surveyors in the country, who will talk about markings to prevent or intended to prevent evil in buildings and linking these to the history of religious observance and superstition. Members £2, non-members £3. This is our last meeting before the summer holidays. Our first meeting for 2016/2017 will be on September 20 and our new programme will be available at the June meeting and in the rack beside the Bacton Post Office counter.

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SUFFOLK VILLAGES CHARITY CYCLE RIDE Stowmarket Lions’ Suffolk Villages Charity Cycle Ride is on Sunday, June 19. The main beneficiary will be MacMillan Cancer Support. In preparation, and to raise funds for MacMillan, Lions Clubs of Stowmarket and District and Bury St Edmunds were out in force on April 30 and May 1 to promote the ride and managed to collect more than £2,000 in just two days! Stowmarket Lion John Drury cycled over 100 miles on a cycle turbo trainer in the entrance to Sainsburys’ Superstore in Bury St Edmunds. Do come and join us for a fabulous day of cycling, starting from our headquarters at Elmswell with three carefully chosen and fully supported routes – 25K, 50K and 100K. Entry forms are available at: www.stowmarket-lions.org.uk/SVBR-2016-c2118.html


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Rio carnival party Join the residents and team at Cedrus House as we open our doors to celebrate Care Home Open Day. Free Friday 17th June 2016, 2pm to 6pm event What is Care Home Open Day? It’s a national annual event where care homes open their doors to the local community to showcase the great work they do as well as what it’s like to live in a care home. What’s on at Cedrus House? • Meet the team and find out what we get up to every day • Steel band, mask making, barbecue, coconut shy and ice cream van • Our day club next door will also be open for you to look around Everyone’s welcome, it’s free - pop in at any time. For more information about the open days, our care home or day club, please call us on 01449 798271 Cedrus House, Creeting Road East, Stowmarket IP14 5GD careuk.com/cedrus-house

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MR POTTER A GREAT SUCCESS

Our March meeting was spent on a tour around the SITA energy-fromwaste facility at Great Blakenham. Members enjoyed the visit and Emily Pike kindly took them around and answered their questions. The facility takes in approximately 269,000 tons of waste a year and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Members were fascinated at the slick operation and wondered why more counties are not involved in such a facility.

A big thank you from all of the Red Gables Garden Project Volunteers to everyone that attended and supported our recent Mr Potter event which raised £288 for our Arboretum project which will be a legacy for the Stowmarket community.

In May Alan Ames presented a talk on the history of home film making and how editing was done. He discussed the first cine cameras, one of which was a wind up camera and the sound of the mechanism unwinding could be heard when filming. He also explained how expensive the film was and we looked at how sound was added via a clumsy tape recording machine. We were shown how the bits of film were attached and edited. Looking at our own small video cameras and the ease of editing on a computer we realised how far the home cine industry had advanced in 50 years. Local actor Mark Finbow also visited in May to share hints on acting when we do our club films. New members interested in joining our progressive, friendly club are welcome. We meet at 7.30pm on the first Tuesday of the month at Hill Side, Stowmarket IP14 2BD. Contact membership secretary Ann Evans on 01728 861566 for information. There are no meetings in January, July and August.

ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION, STOWMARKET BRANCH Since my last report, we have welcomed Bernie Nunn from the Suffolk Accident Rescue Service who presented a talk on all aspects of their very valuable work. The organisation is self-funded and the cost of the equipment needed by these very experienced doctors is astronomical. At our May meeting, we were very pleased to welcome back Dr Patrick Thompson who spoke about how things have changed within the Royal Household since the Queen came to the throne in 1952. Our quiz team (The Meercats) attended an inter-branch quiz at RAF Honington in April. They came back having had a celebratory drink (or two or three), very pleased to report that they had won the contest by 12 points. The cup has been suitably engraved. On Sunday, May 8 our Standard was paraded with four others, namely the Royal British Legion, the Royal British Legion Women’s Section, the Old Comrades Association and the 1331 Squadron Air Cadets. Two buglers from the Boy’s Brigade Band attended to play the Last Post and Reveille. This annual service is held to remember Sgt George Ward, a local lad who was killed in action in 1943 at the age of 19. George’s grave is a War Grave but the current cadets have taken over responsibility for the upkeep of it We are always pleased to welcome new members. We meet on the first Wednesday in the month at the Royal British Legion Club in Stowmarket at 7.30pm. Our website is updated regularly and is very informative: www.rafassocstowmarket.onesuffolk.net For further information, contact our the secretary: 01449 676871

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Bryan Thurlow delivered an interesting and enchanting performance, bringing to life the tale of the Perennial Mr Potter, a Suffolk gardener who devoted his life to tending a Victorian knot garden. Thank you also to Sue Knights and Amanda de Smith, Community Champions from Stowmarket Tesco, for their kind help and assistance, providing and preparing the delicious buffet and serving refreshments. The musical delights of Simon Heath and Mark Coburn upon arrival were also well-received and a welcome addition to a thoroughly enjoyable evening. The Red Gables Garden Project is one of just 40 community groups across the country that has been chosen by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to receive £500 worth of support to deliver an innovative local gardening project as part of this year’s RHS Britain in Bloom campaign. The volunteers are planning an event to celebrate Red Gables using this funding on Saturday, June 18, 9.30am-1pm. Garden Project volunteers will be inviting the community to participate in a workshop to create interesting and vibrant hanging baskets with our own grown herbs and flowering plants to take home as a memento of the event. Jane Wardropper, the project coordinator, said: “With the help of the RHS, we will provide a positive and fun experience for individuals who attend and make the baskets, and in doing so, help create a colourful environment that will help promote wellbeing at Red Gables and within our local community.” Martyn Burnside

THE FRIENDS OF PIKES MEADOW More than two dozen adults and children worked tirelessly with The Friends of Pikes Meadow to Clean for the Queen on the morning of Saturday, April 16. The proceedings commenced at 10am with the help of Stowmarket Mayor, Councillor Barry Summers and a team from Tesco. More than 30 bags of rubbish were collected from Pikes Meadow and the surrounding area. All in all the whole area was left looking much better. A big thank you to all involved. Suffolk Armed Forces Day: Saturday, June 25 We are proud to host celebrations for Suffolk Armed Forces Day on Pikes Meadow on Saturday, June 25. There’s a brilliant grand draw sponsored by the Gladstone Arms to be split between the Friends of Pikes Meadow and the Royal British Legion. Tickets are available from the Friends of Pikes Meadow, The Gladstone Arms, The Royal British Legion and on the day. Proceedings commence at noon with a parade from Red Gables to the meadow and continue until 9pm with live music, military displays, sideshows and a food/beer tent. Come done to this free celebration of – and for – our Armed Forces. Bring a camping chair! Raffle tickets available. Further details available via our Friends of Pikes Meadow Facebook page.

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OUT & ABOUT / SCHOOLS GARDENS OPEN FOR ST ELIZABETH HOSPICE A number of beautiful gardens in Old Newton will be open to the public on Sunday, June 12 from 11am to 5pm. There will be a selection of 14 gardens opening their gates across the village, each with lovely and interesting plants and features, and refreshment will be available.

ACCESS FOR ALL AT ORCHARD BARN Wednesday volunteer days at Orchard Barn are site maintenance days. With spring well established and summer now here we’ve been improving access for the many people who attend courses here.

Parking at Old Newton Village Hall, Church Road, Stowmarket IP14 4ED. Entry is £4 per adult, with children free. A three acre garden at 2 Thatch Cottage, Thornsby Green, Stowupland will be open from noon to 6pm on Sunday, June 26. The lovely garden includes a range of interesting qualities, such as a koi pond, shrubs, roses, a tree house and an aviary. Entry is £4 per person. All funds raised will go towards helping provide vital care and support to local people living with a progressive illness and their families and carers across East Suffolk. St Elizabeth Hospice costs millions of pounds a year to run and relies on donations, fundraising events and the income generated from its shops to meet the majority of these costs. For more information, visit www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk/ opengardens or email: fundraising@stelizabethhospice.org.uk

As a training centre it’s important that less able people can come and learn, so we’ve just completed our disabled parking bay and a wide path to access the main teaching areas. We’d like to thank local contractors for their generous donations of materials and time. The wheelchair friendly boardwalk that’s been open for just over a year has been levelled off, cleaned up and oiled. The outdoor seating area in front of the barn has been repaired. The barn doors and main gates have been cleaned and oiled. More of the hedge at the front of the site has been laid and small trees transplanted into gaps in the hedge line. The car park and the mulched area between it and the hedge have been weeded. Even the wheelchair accessible compost toilet has had a spring clean! Come along any Wednesday and see if our efforts have been worthwhile; we are SW of Mill Road, Battisford. www.orchardbarn.org.uk / 01473 658193

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SCHOOLS / SPORT MOO MUSIC CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY A children’s music class which has proved a huge hit in Stowmarket is celebrating its first anniversary. Moo Music, with original characters by the designer of Bod and The Flumps, has become one of great activities for 0 to 5-year-olds in the town since its first session a year ago. Class leader Suzi said it was wonderful to be part of something that had captured children’s imaginations so quickly: “It has been extremely rewarding to watch the little ones develop and grow in confidence over the last year. We’re delighted that Stowmarket has welcomed us so enthusiastically and we’re looking forward to all the moving and grooving that the next 12 months have in store.” Moo Music is a musical feast for pre-school children featuring four fabulous characters – Maggie Moo, Ollie Oink, Henry Horse and Doris Duck – created by renowned artist Alan Rogers, whose other credits include Pigeon Street and Rub-A-Dub-Dub. Each character has its own repertoire of 25 original songs by well-known songwriter Craig McLeish, who has worked on hit West End shows like Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, as well as many television favourites. “The quality of the Moo Music songs and activities is obviously one of the main reasons we’ve become so well established,” said Suzi. “Music plays a crucial part in every child’s development and our classes give them the chance to sing and have fun – while gaining vital language, memory and co-ordination skills.” Each class lasts for 45 minutes and features a selection of Moo Music songs on a wide range of themes – from animals, journeys and children’s daily lives to counting, the senses or simply being silly. Children also get the chance to dance, play games, learn actions and experiment with percussion instruments. “My first year has surpassed all expectations,” said Suzi. “And I’d love you to come along and see what all the excitement is about!” Moo Music classes are held at Stowmarket Community Centre on Wednesdays at 9.30am, with sessions at various times in school holidays too. Classes cost £4 for an individual session, with discounts for block bookings. The first class is always free. You can also book the Moo Music team for a one-off session – known as a Moo Doo! – at your child’s next birthday party, school fete or other special occasion. For more information visit www.moo-music.co.uk/sdnm or call Suzi on: 07944 033723

COMBS FORD PRIMARY SCHOOL The one day OFSTED inspection in April went really well. Inspector Heather Yaxley maintained an overall ‘good’ rating for the school, commenting: “Staff have high expectations for pupils’ personal development and academic performance, and pupils rise to the challenge. Pupils have additional responsibilities and privileges, which they carry out maturely, and they take initiative. Younger pupils look up to the year five and six pupils and look forward to the time when they can be in upper Key Stage Two.” Headteacher Mr Clark added: “Primary schools have had to take on years five and six and the inspector wanted to look closely at what provisions we had for those year groups to develop them as young adults, prepare them for high school and to ensure they were being challenged, and she felt we were doing all of those things. “We were ready for the challenge and we are very pleased. We have made lots of changes at the school and created new areas for children. We have redesigned the area to be more mature to help children independently grow up. I think the children are dealing with that really well and we are very proud of them.” The DIY project is still going strong. Here you can see Mr Clark installing insulation under the mobile classroom unit, a hot, messy job! Not a normal duty of a heateacher, but one that had to be done!

GIVE VOLLEYBALL A TRY THIS SUMMER Volleyball is loads of fun and a very friendly game. It’s the only highenergy, no-contact mixed team sport you can play indoors and outdoors. It’s energetic enough to help with your fitness but without placing high demands on your body, and good teamwork is important as well as individual skill. This summer is the perfect time to give volleyball a go and find out why it is one of the top three most-played sports in the world! Stowmarket VC play on the Recreation Ground on Tuesday and Sunday evenings (all sessions are subject to weather and other fixtures). All sessions are completely free! The clubs are happy to accommodate people who want to play either competitively or at a more recreational level. All sessions are organised by a qualified coach who also gives playing advice to each individual. So why not go along and take a look? If you like what you see please introduce yourself and you will be very welcome to participate in a session under no obligation. To find out more, visit: www.suffolkvolleyball.org.uk

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SPORT SCORPION MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY With the recent success of the Scorpion interclub tournaments in universal karate, grappling, mma, muay thai and kickboxing the next tournaments have been booked for the end of June. The tournaments are a great way to demonstrate one’s fighting skills and techniques without risk of injury due to the well controlled rounds of fighting by the referees, all of whom have much experience themselves in fighting.

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One of the things that makes the Scorpion Academy slightly different from many other martial arts clubs is the insistence that all blackbelts and instructors take part to demonstrate their own skills and to lead by example. The academy has many more events running throughout the year including coloured belt and blackbelt exams, seminars, charity races, tournaments, endurance races and kids lazer hunt events.

2016 Cup Final in the sunshine The White team won the Kenny Thomson Challenge Cup 13-9 in an event sponsored by electrician Bob Taylor. £46 was raised for charity.

ANOTHER AMAZING SEASON FOR STOWMARKET TABLE TENNIS CLUB As the 2015/2016 season comes to a close, Stowmarket Table Tennis Club can look back on yet another very successful campaign.

Scorpion Academy is very proud to teach fitness, self defence, mma, muay thai, kickboxing and universal karate, and has been doing so for the last 26 years. If you require realistic self defence, then the universal karate syllabus places a very strong emphasis on techniques that work should the need ever arise. Special training sessions in fitness or self defence can be arranged for one to one or small groups if required. We are actively looking for potential local businesses to help with sponsorship. Any funding would be put to great use buying equipment for our very large junior student base and in return we will promote your business.

In the Bury St Edmunds & District Table Tennis League Division 1, Stowmarket Pumas finished top and unbeaten, having won 20 games and drawn one. Notable performances were provided by Ryan Collins, undefeated in all of his 57 matches and by Daniel Shelley, similarly undefeated, who played 27 games. Stowmarket Jaguars came a very creditable third behind British Sugar with Nigel Howe providing 31 victories from his 44 encounters. Not to be outdone by fellow senior teams, Stowmarket Lynx won Division 2 by a wide margin from British Sugar Blades. Team captain David Gough supplied 39 wins from 55 games and Andy Bennett won 33 of his 37.

Please visit our websites or Facebook pages for further information or call Mark JR Trent on 07708 644162.

Strong performances were provided by Stowmarket Tigers and Stowmarket Leopards, who finished third and fourth respectively. The leading player in Division 2 was Tiger’s Jack Samson who won 93% of his 56 matches.

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Further triumphs were recorded by club members Chris Smith and Nigel Howe who contested the Bury St Edmunds and District Ping Pong (Hard Bat) Championship Final on May 6 at King Edward Grammar School. Chris took the honours after a very hard fought and entertaining event.

The season has started, but we are still looking for new players of all ages to play in our under 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 age group teams, and new adult members are very welcome. Junior coaching takes place on Monday evenings from 6.15pm. Why not give it a go for a couple of weeks to see if your youngster finds it enjoyable? There is no charge for these taster sessions. For further information please contact our youth manager Clive Witherly: 01359 240019 / wigg51@btinternet.com Stowmarket CC train and play at Chilton Fields, Chilton Way, Stowmarket, which hosts some of the best facilities in the area. We are a family club encouraging all players, including boys and girls of all abilities, to play the wonderful game of cricket.

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The junior members of the club were not to be left out of the year’s successes as they were victors in the region’s National Junior League, with substantial contributions from the Davies-Stokes brothers, James and Luke, plus Jack Samson. Yet another of the junior teams came a very creditable second in the Suffolk & Cambridgeshire Border League and Joseph Kulsea was unbeaten in his 10 contests. As the seasons pass the club goes from strength to strength and is now supported by a very strong, non-competitive Over 50s contingent whose members enjoy the game for fun as much as fitness. With this year’s success, it looks all set for another Stowmarket ‘win-win’ for the 2016/2017 season!

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We seem to have gone straight from the damp, chilly remains of winter headlong into warm, sunny days with conditions perfect for tennis. This may not last of course, but at the moment the club is a hive of activity. Players of all ages and levels are getting stuck-in to their regular sessions whether they’re team players, club morning players or brand new juniors.

With the 2025/16 season almost complete, some our teams have been celebrating success on the pitch. Our Under-9 Wasps did very well in their league, qualifying for the trophy final. Despite being beaten in the final by Bury Town they made their managers and parents proud.

It’s always risky to say that any club caters for every kind of player, but at Stowmarket we really do: there are groups for four year olds, learning which end of the racket to hold, right up to hitting/coaching sessions suitable for players of county standard, either juniors or seniors. In between we cover all other bases if you’re looking for some fun social play or coaching to sharpen up existing skills. Most clubs naturally attract a certain calibre of player and as this reputation builds it becomes ever more distinctive across the membership so we’re very fortunate to cater for everybody across the spectrum. A big part of this is having the indoor winter facility, although that is now safely packed for another summer and won’t be seen again until early October. OPEN DAY We have some exciting activities coming up at the club including our open day, on Sunday, July 3, so look out for local promotion in shops and schools. This is a great way to get a feel for the place and maybe pick-up a bargain membership or two. We also have the return leg of our challenge match against Risbygate on June 12. Our juniors were just beaten at Stow so we’re looking to return the favour and settle things in Bury. As ever, there is coaching and either social or match play every evening and on Saturdays. If you’d like to come down and see the club you can find us at the top of Iliffe Way near Asda. You are bound to see some good tennis and might even decide to get involved. You may also see some of our seasonal visitors such as foxes, geese or deer while the rest of the animals have their coaching. See you on court! Senior Club Coach Chris Cunningham chris@chriscoaching.plus.com / 07761 142372

STOWMARKERS NETBALL CLUB Is summer here at last? We had a wonderful training session last night outside in the sunshine. In fact we were all in such good spirits that our warm up was actually a relay race, which was incredibly fun. A lot of the players participate in other sports so it was fun to try something different incorporating team work, accurate baton passing and speed from the relay into the game of netball. The skills that you learn in most sports can easily be transferred to any other game so as a club we like to mix things up as it keeps the training sessions interesting. Maybe next week we will try tennis.

Under 15 Hornets

Our Under-12s have finished season two as Division 2 champions, winning seven of their nine games. The Under-13 Hornets celebrated winning Division 1 in seasons one and two, topping that off by winning the Vase too! They now travel to Leicester at the end of June for the National Finals!

Under 13 Hornets

Another team bringing silverware are our Under-15 Hornets. They won the Under-15 Knock-out Cup and hope to retain their Division 1 title! Finally, our Under-16s finished the Division 2 season and Vase as runners-up, a great way for the team to end their final season together. The club are celebrating their 25th season! We will have pictures of our end of season presentation day in the next edition.

LAVENHAM ART FESTIVAL Saturday, June 11 and Sunday 12 Come and join in the festival fun: two days of art exhibitions, demonstrations, children’s activities and painting, entertainment, music, food and drink! You can walk around the village on an artists’ trail (11am-5pm), visiting the open studios of 18 local painters, sculptors, glass artists, potters and photographers, visit the Suffolk Art Society show in the church, tour exhibitions in the historic medieval Guildhall and Little Hall and watch art and craft demonstrations in the Market Place. Bring your children along as there’s lot for them to do and see: they can join in hands-on painting and Budding Artists activities, watch demonstrations of screen printing and printmaking, and, perhaps the highlight of the weekend, watch as sculptor Kate Denton (whose work is pictured) makes a life-size sculpture of a live animal. Last time it was a Shetland pony but this year’s subject is still under wraps! You can design and make jewellery, guided by Sudbury jeweller Jonathan Lambert, watch spinners, weavers and potters in action and enjoy live music, a summer drinks bar and a hog roast.

We are still looking for players to join us so if you would like to give netball a try then please get in touch via our website or our Stowmarkers Netball Club Facebook page.

Local amateur artists’ work will also be on show and there will be a wonderful exhibition of children’s paintings with a royal theme and prizes for best entries.

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ON THE GRAPEVINE BURY ST EDMUNDS AND STOWMARKET CATS PROTECTION This month we are looking for a home for Tibby, a handsome black boy aged approximately one year. He has had a bad start in life and was handed into our care as a stray in quite a poor condition. Tibby has started to come out of his shell and enjoys lots of fuss and attention once he knows people. We are looking for a quiet home for him where his new owners will give him plenty of time to settle and continue to gain confidence. Tibby will be suited as an only pet and in an adult home or one with older children. He is neutered, microchipped and vaccinated. If you would like to know more about Tibby or any of the cats in our care please ring Marina on 01449 674584. More information can found at www.cats.org.uk/bury-st-edmunds and on our Facebook page. If your cat hasn’t been neutered and your circumstances mean that you need financial help towards the cost please ring Margaret on 01284 851055 and leave a message. Your call will be returned as soon as possible. We now have cat food collecting baskets and newsletters in both Cedarwood Vets in Stowmarket and Fur-Ever Pets in Station Yard, Needham Market. Many thanks to those of you who have already left food in the baskets.

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QUESTIONS ON CASH John from Haughley asks: “My wife and I each have a 15-year term life insurance policy with Legal & General each with a sum assured of £200,000. What would happen to these funds if we both died together and would our children end up paying inheritance tax on the money?” If you and your wife died together, the policy proceeds would form part of your individual estates. If you died first, the proceeds of your policy would be inherited by your wife. If she died at the same time or a short time later, it would then form part of her estate, along with the proceeds of her own policy. If, when added to the rest of her assets and your joint assets, the total was above £650,000, (the combined total of your two Nil Rate Bands for Inheritance Tax), your children would pay inheritance tax on the excess. To reduce the effects of the tax, you should write these policies under trust to each other with the children as default beneficiaries. A flexible family trust is ideal as the beneficiaries can be changed by the settlor, (the person who declares the trust) at a later date. This can be useful if you want to add grandchildren to the list of potential beneficiaries later on. Having the policy in a trust will ensure that the proceeds are paid outside of the policy-holder’s estate. This means that if you died first,

With independent financial advisor Nick Plumb while your wife would still receive the money from your policy, when she died the money from her policy would be paid from the trust to your children. As the sum assured would be paid from the trust it would not form part of your wife’s estate, and the money from her policy would therefore not be subject to Inheritance Tax. That would take £200,000 out of her estate and reduce the overall effects of inheritance tax. If you have other life insurance policies, you might want to check with your financial adviser about putting those in trust too. Although it is easier to write a policy in trust at the time of making the application, most policies can also be written in trust after they have been placed on-risk. 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.

MAKE A NEW FRIEND AND CHANGE A VULNERABLE PERSON’S LIFE!

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The Befriending Scheme is looking for volunteers, aged 16+,​to become One-to-One Befrienders for vulnerable people in Suffolk.

Well, the hospice world that is!

Our members may have a learning disability, be rurally isolated, elderly or suffer with mild mental health illness. You might share shopping trips,​ a coffee, mutual hobbies ​or simply have a chat about your favourite things. There are over 130 people in our county, some in your area, who would love to find a​friend, but the right person hasn’t yet come forward. One success story is Duncan, who became a Befriender last year. From helping at a Hub group each week, he formed a friendship with David, agreeing to become his One-to-One link. They regularly enjoy socialising together and there has been a big improvement in his David’s quality of life, with support being provided by The Befriending Scheme to help manage changes to his life to improve wellbeing and ensure the help needed from social care is now being received. Duncan has played a crucial role in supporting his friend too. Duncan said: “Befriending is one of the most rewarding ways to give your time, making a connection and a difference in someone’s life day to day and since I have been here I have seen how life changing that is. “It’s important to understand that you are not there to help cook, clean or tidy up, just as a friend. Like any friendship there challenges, but you get through them together. Each small victory is one that you can both enjoy and every obstacle is a challenge you can both overcome. I’d encourage anyone to get involved with befriending because you get just as much from it as your new friend does.” We match every link to make sure the right friends meet and are supported. There are no fixed times, just what is mutually convenient between you and your link. If you would like to find out more or to become a Befriender, please contact Rob Taylor: 01787 371333 / info@thebefriendingscheme.org.uk

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Currently St Helena Hospice has approximately 800 volunteers of all ages giving their time to support the hospice in lots of different ways, whether on a regular basis or every so often to help at events for example. All of its volunteers play a vital part in the work that it does, and as its services expand, so does it need its volunteer team to! Volunteering is a great way to increase confidence and make new friends, learn new skills, gain experience in a work environment and most importantly make a difference. By donating your precious time and valuable skills you could save the hospice money which it can use to support patients and their families and carers. The hospice recently spoke to Bev Adams, one of its volunteers who works on the reception desk at its Inpatient Unit, Myland Hall, about what she would say to someone thinking about volunteering: “Do it. You would get so much satisfaction and you would know you’re helping to support people in your community. Those few hours from your day could make a huge difference to someone else’s.” If you’re interested in becoming a volunteer for St Helena Hospice like Bev please contact the volunteer team: 01206 931466 / volunteer@sthelenahospice.org.uk For all current volunteer and paid roles visit: sthelenahospice.org.uk/vacancies

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CHURCH NEWS STOWMARKET UNITED REFORMED CHURCH On Thursday, April 21 the ladies of Stowmarket URC dressed up to serve at the church’s Thursday coffee morning in celebration of the Queen’s 90th birthday. Many of the regular customers received a copy of the book The Servant Queen and the King She Serves as a gift from church members and a reminder of the Queen’s own Christian faith.

ST MARY’S CHURCH, COMBS All are welcome to our Messy Church Service at 11am on Sunday, June 5. This month’s theme will be Ezekiel The Bones and we will be making body strengthening smoothies, a bone cut out body and dancing pipe cleaner people. Sounds like fun? Then why not come along!

We continue to celebrate the Queen’s 90th year on her official birthday by inviting you to a coffee morning party. The church will be open on Saturday, June 11 between 10.30am and noon. Come and see the wonderful selection of cakes for you to enjoy with tea or coffee, all for free with donations to our June charities.

CHRISTCHURCH, NEEDHAM MARKET

Self Defence: Thursday, 8-10pm

Methodist/United Reformed Church, High Street, Needham Market IP6 8AP

Church contact: Ann Devereux, 01449 721575

Hall lettings: 07851 742847

Ministers

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The Rev Mary Playford (URC): 01449 711798

ALL ARE WELCOME!

The Rev John Boardman (Methodist): 01787 372738

I have recently come back from holiday, a spring break in the Derbyshire Peak District. I had hoped to see lots of little lambs and to be able to go on many long walks. Well, I did see lambs, but no tiny ones, and I did walk, but quite frankly the weather wasn’t desperately inspiring (that’s my excuse!). However, it was a pleasant break, a change of scenery, and an opportunity to have some ‘down time’, so all in all it can go down as a good holiday.

Sunday Morning Worship: 10.30am, including crèche and Sunday Club Service of Holy Communion: Second Sunday WEEKDAY ACTIVITIES IN CHRISTCHURCH HALLS Tiddlers: Monday 9.30-11am (term time) For mums and toddlers, 12 months to four years Contact Hannah: 07969 482360 Scrabble Club: Monday 2-4pm New players please contact Sheila Norris: 01449 720871 Knit for Peace: First Wednesday, 2.30-4pm Contact Sheila Norris: 01449 720871 Women’s Fellowship: Second Wednesday 2.30-3.30pm Contact Linda Hills: 01449 721258 Christians Together Ecumenical Group: Thursday, 10am Contact Ann Devereux: 01449 721575 Coffee Morning: Second Saturday, 10am-noon Always with a selection of cakes for sale OTHER REGULAR BOOKINGS Weight Watchers: Monday, 7-9pm Children’s Musical Theatre: Tuesday, 4-6pm. Contact Faye: 01449 722354

I guess we are coming up to the main holiday season with June, July and August being prime ‘getaway’ months. Some of you will stay in the UK and others will venture aboard hoping for guaranteed sunshine and heat. Some will want an energetic, action packed holiday, while others will want to relax and unwind after months of exhausting work. If you are going away then perhaps you relish the thought of spending time with your family, or maybe you are of an age when the children have left home and you are looking forward to a less hectic break. And of course some will not be travelling and are planning a ‘staycation’, going out for day trips in the beautiful Suffolk countryside with all its many attractions. It’s important to schedule a time of rest into your calendar – whether it’s for an annual holiday, a long weekend away, or simply a day a week to kick off your shoes and relax. Do you recall the story in the first book of the Bible, the account of God creating the world? In it we read that after all the busyness, God looked at everything he had made, was pleased with it, so on the seventh day he stopped working and had a rest!

Rainbow Guides: Thursday, 5.30-6.30pm (term time)

Getting the balance between work and rest is very important, so I hope you all will be able to have a break over the summer – turn the phone off, leave the laptop behind and enjoy yourselves!

Brownies: Thursday, 6.30-7.30pm (term time)

The Rev Mary Playford

Karate: Wednesday; juniors 6.30-7.30pm / adults 7.30-8.30pm

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Professional pruning of fruit trees and soft fruit. Also wall trained and espalier bushes and canes. Apples and pears pruned October to April. Plums and other “stone fruit” when in leaf May and June. Restoring old fruit trees a speciality. Telephone: Nigel Payne on 01359 253545 or Mobile: 07816 130934 www.fruittreepruning.co.uk

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ELECTRICAL Tel/Fax: 01449 612537 Your local electrical service contractor for expert advice

• Rewiring • New Installation • Testing and Repair Work • Supplier of Electrical Equipment Unit 5, Glebe Farm, Onehouse, Stowmarket

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