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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR I hope you value the fact that we aim to produce a monthly magazine with a balance of advertising and editorial content, providing essential information about products and services we all require and supporting local business in doing so, while also providing relevant local news which enables residents to engage with the local community and keep in touch with local news and events. As editor I juggle this rather delicate balance very carefully and encourage readers to support the advertisers who enable Mansion House Publishing (MHP) to design, print and deliver the magazine every month and to support an enormous range of fundraising activities and charities. You’ll find quite a few in this edition and I hope you can support the efforts of those who make them happen. One which I’d like to highlight this month, and which we have made a commitment to support until the project has been completed, is The Blossom Appeal, a Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals charity set up to develop a £2.5 million Breast Centre at Ipswich Hospital. The new centre will bring all elements of breast care at Ipswich Hospital under one roof and provide an environment where patients can be imaged, biopsied where necessary, and see their clinician in one appointment without the need to get dressed and undressed several times. There will also be new dedicated clinics for men and young people. We’ll provide regular updates, promote fundraising events and let you know how you can help. Right now they are looking for people to open their gardens in 2019. All types and size of garden are welcome. You choose when to open. Simply ask visitors for a donation to view your garden and sell refreshments, plants or crafts to boost your fundraising. Register your garden at www.colchesteripswichcharity.org.uk/opengardens or for more information contact: charity@esneft.nhs.uk / 0300 770 1369 To find out more about The Blossom Appeal please visit: www.colchesteripswichcharity.org.uk/breast
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NEWS PEDAL FOR THE J’S 2019
Chelmsford’s popular annual cycle ride, Pedal for The J’s, will be returning to Admirals Park for the tenth year on Sunday, May 5. Cyclists have a choice of three rides – 15, 35 and 50 miles – through the beautiful Essex countryside. If you are a novice rider, the 15 mile route may be ideal for you. 35 miles is a slightly bigger challenge and 50 miles is perfect for the more experienced cyclist – so there really is a route for everyone. There will also be activities in Admirals Park to keep the children entertained! 770 cyclists took part last year, raising around £30,000 for The J’s Hospice charity which supports young adults with life-limiting conditions and their families across Essex. Organisers at The J’s hope to raise even more this year and they are very grateful to Beaulieu in Chelmsford for sponsoring this event for the fifth time. You can sign up now at: www.havenshospices.org.uk/pedal
BRANTHAM ANNUAL GARAGE SALE Benefiting Nepal Children’s Trust and the St Elizabeth Hospice Saturday, July 6, 9am-3pm Open garages selling items throughout the village. Look for the balloons and signs throughout Brantham. Table Top Sale at Brantham Village Hall with our main table outside. Refreshments, hotdogs, hamburgers, handcrafts and preserves, tombola, ice cream and much more. We need a £5 minimum donation to book your garage and £7.50 for village hall tables. If you would like to help in any way, either on or before the date, or wish to donate items for sale or for the tombola, please contact Maya, Louise or Maggie Maya: mayawatling@hotmail.com / 07508 430671 Louise: Louloumadley@btinternet.com / 07792 236414 Maggie: maggie1woods@googlemail.com / 07867 546484 Facebook: Brantham Garage Sale www.nepalchildrenstrust.co.uk
WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER This year’s service, created by the women of Slovenia, will be held at 10.30am on Friday, March 1 at the Church of St Mary & St Michael, New Road, Mistley led by the ladies of the Roman Catholic congregation who meet there. All are welcome, both ladies and gentlemen! Light refreshments follow.
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NEWS REPORT TO PARISHES, ALTON WARD: MARCH 2019 BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCILLOR ALASTAIR MCCRAW END OF TERM There’s a funny atmosphere within the council right now. As we approach the end of the four-year term of office we seem to be tying up some outstanding items of business, deferring others until May and onward, and quietly gearing up for the May election. The principal piece of business is the budget. By the time this sees print, the budget will have been voted upon. We’re looking forward here, with a three-year time frame included in our preparations. So, we have a balanced budget for this year, what looks like the potential for a substantial deficit next year and an improving situation the year after. The problem is that our reserves are almost completely used. Our Housing Revenue Account is somewhat healthier and there are real prospects of the council building some more homes. The removal of the borrowing cap, long asked for by all authorities and the Local Government Association, opens up a lot more possibilities. A PLANNING STORY THAT YOU COULD EASILY MISS The National Audit Office (NAO) has confirmed what many of us (the LGA, all the Babergh opposition and {very loudly!} the communities) have been saying for years. The government’s housing policies are seriously flawed. They don’t even deliver what they’re supposed to. They’ve created a free-for-all, a false market in planning permissions without serious regard to methods of calculation, provision of infrastructure and supply of affordable homes. This is why so many of you have had cause to complain about planning decisions, appeals and local policies. They all derive from a failed national approach, tying local authorities’ hands. Ironically, after a White Paper, the NPPF (National Planning Policy) was revised last year. It was a missed opportunity that didn’t contain any of the sensible suggestions from that White Paper. The NAO don’t make criticism lightly and operate independently of government. This was reported in the media, but probably drowned out by ‘other matters’. I’ve linked on Facebook to the BBC story, but here I’m including a link to the National Audit Office web page. The summary is manageable at only eight pages rather than the 52 of the full report. In NAO code, what I read from this is ‘what a bunch of shockers!’: https://tinyurl.com/y5kqeh3c COUNCIL TAX I’d hoped that the total Council Tax increase might be between three and four per cent, but it looks like a chunky 4.7 per cent now. Babergh are the collecting
council. We’re proposing a £5 increase at Band D (3.25%). The next two years are planned at three per cent. Suffolk County Council propose 2.99% plus one per cent for Adult Social Care, so four per cent really. The Police and Crime Commissioner is getting 12.7%, after last year’s 6.8% increase. We are promised a ‘step change’, which would be very nice. Parish councils generally increase their small precepts by about two per cent. Of your total Council Tax bill, about 75 per cent will go to SCC, 12-13 per cent to the PCC, 10 per cent to Babergh and two to three per cent to parish councils. In weekly terms that’s about £1 a week for a parish, £3 a week for district, £4 a week for PCC and £24 a week for SCC. Those are all rough figures at Band D, but it’s a useful way to remember. OTHER THINGS Babergh may be winding down a bit, but I’m just winding up right now. Alton (and Brantham) may be the only ward in the country which includes two AONBs. A recent, and broadly attended, meeting, Planning in a Designated Landscape, was very useful. It’s also currently very relevant. We (always) have some strategies out for consultation. Our Community Engagement Strategy describes how we should do that. Our Parking Plan is likely to follow soon. It’s a toolkit identifying all the problems and some possible approaches to dealing with them. However, any action will depend on Westminster granting us the powers for Civil Parking Enforcement. We’re just getting ready right now. Babergh & Mid Suffolk councillors have been issued another toolkit recently. This was on the active recommendation of both Overview and Scrutiny Committees. It gives the members contact points and websites to help our constituents in the areas of Safeguarding, PREVENT, Hate Crime, County Lines (a big subject I will return to), Domestic Abuse and Support, and Sexual Abuse. It should be something we hope never to have to use. The blue Claud Butler needs a service, but I’ve found a rusty spare. If you’d like more regular updates, you could consider joining the Facebook group. At times it must be repetitious, but it is immediate. Any suggestions for the required name change soon? Alastair McCraw 07812 564188 / alastair.mccraw@babergh.gov.uk Facebook: Alton, Alastair McCraw & Harriet Steer (a joint open group)
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BIG LITTER PICK-UP Mistley Parish Council invites you to join our Big Litter Pick-Up Saturday, March 9, 10am-noon Please meet at 9.45am at Mistley Village Hall, Shrubland Road, Mistley Equipment will be provided, but please wear sensible shoes and gloves All welcome, including children and dogs (accompanied by an adult) Refreshments and cakes will be provided afterwards in the village hall Please contact the parish clerk if you have any questions: 01473 827791 / 07777 644868 / mistleyparishclerk@gmail.com
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NEWS CONSTABLE COUNTRY MEDICAL PRACTICE
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Although this is a good achievement, we want to do even better next flu season. This season we had four flu clinics, two at each site, after which patients could make appointments. This worked well, but please let us know if you have any ideas on how we can improve the system to make it as easier for our patients to receive a vaccination, bearing in mind we have in the region of 4,200 eligible patients. We’ll discuss these ideas with the PPG prior to planning next year’s flu clinics. Staff Changes We have had a few staff changes recently. Dr McDonald and Dr Ola will sadly be leaving the practice in February, though are likely to continue to work for us occasionally when we need locum GPs. However, Dr Vincent Omorogbe joined the practice as a full-time GP Partner on January 1. Dr Vincent has worked at the practice in a locum capacity over the last two years. Dr Parikh has also become a GP Partner and now works full time at the practice. So with Dr Tetteh and Dr Victoria we now have four full-time GP Partners. We also have Dr Nasta and our two Nurse Practitioners, June and Sarah. Moni, our pharmacist, left us in December but Vicky, a pharmacy technician, joined the practice in January and will undertake a similar role, answering many medication queries patients may have. Although there is a national shortage of GPs, we are fortunate to have five permanent doctors supported by an excellent clinical team. Our aim is to minimise the need for locum doctors so we can improve continuity of care, which is one of the main points we have identified from patient feedback. National GP Patient Survey Questionnaires A reminder to please complete and return your GP Patient Survey if you receive one. Feedback is really important to us. We have been working hard over the last couple of years to improve the service we offer and patient feedback is vital in understanding the progress we have made and which areas we need to focus on. Training Days The practice will be closed from 1pm on the following dates for staff training: Thursday, March 14; Thursday, April 4; Wednesday, May 22. On these afternoons the Capel St Mary building will be open to enable access to the pharmacy, but the practice reception will be closed. East Bergholt reception will be open. Please note that there will be no clinicians at either building after 1pm as they will be attending training off-site. If you phone the practice the recorded message will ask you to ring 111 for medical assistance if your problem cannot wait until the next day. Practice Manager Pete Keeble
MANNINGTREE TOWN COUNCIL The minutes of Manningtree Town Council meetings are available on their website, on the two town noticeboards (one at the Co-op Fiveways store and one beside the library) and at the clerk's office by appointment: 01206 390285 www.manningtreetowncouncil.org.uk
Lawford Parish Council You can read council minutes on the parish council noticeboards and at: www.essexinfo.net/lawford-parish-council Minutes can be collected from the parish office by prior arrangement as the offices are not open to the public.
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MANNINGTREE & DISTRICT-FRANKENBERG PARTNERSHIP ASSOCIATION AGM and Wine & Cheese Evening Friday, March 15 at 7.30pm in The Frankenberg Room at Mistley Hall During this past year our partnership association has taken a big step forward. We now have a clear and agreed plan of how, over the next two years, we will celebrate 50 years of partnership with the town of Frankenberg/Eder in Germany, starting with a visit to Frankenberg in October next year. Our recent social events have been not only most enjoyable but also well supported. These positive and encouraging developments seem to be shared within other twinning and partnership associations in our region and we are pleased to welcome Mary Dunk, chair of the Essex and Suffolk Joint Twinning Congress, to our AGM. From her wide experience she will talk about further developments in sustaining and growing twinning/partnership relationships. We look forward to welcoming anyone who is interested in finding out more about our association and our commitment to maintaining and developing links with people in this lovely area of Germany. We would particularly like to hear from anyone who has taken part in any of the visits to and from Frankenberg during the past 50 years. For more information please contact Dagmar Grafton: 01255 870509 / dagmargrafton@gmail.com
DO YOU HAVE AN UP TO DATE WILL? Most of us are living longer and at present the over 65s make up 18 per cent of the population and this is due to increase to 24 per cent in 2036. As we live longer we need to be aware that most of us will require temporary or permanent care whether this is in our own home or in residential care. Age Legal Services was established by Sacha Tiller in 2011 as she realised that making the important decision about planning for your later life is something that many of us keep putting off until an accident, injury or illness occurs. As Sacha says: “Sometimes it’s heart breaking. I do a visit to discuss Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney, but have to advise that it could be too late as I have concerns about their mental capacity. When you live with someone every day, sometimes you don’t see how quickly they can deteriorate.” In later life we will all need to appoint someone we trust to manage our finances and healthcare needs. Over one million of us last year took out a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA). A LPA enables us to ‘safely’ nominate a person/s we trust to make decisions for us ‘only’ when we are no longer able to. Sacha works extensively in our community helping people to put their legal affairs in order. Having an up to date Last Will and Testament avoids costly probate fees, enables our estate to be distributed earlier and reduces the likelihood of a challenge or dispute amongst beneficiaries. For a no-obligation discussion call Sacha on: 01206 820638
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Out & About NEW MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR STOUR CHORAL SOCIETY
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Stour Choral Society is pleased to welcome Susie Hyman as our new music director. Susie is well-known as a singer, and works widely as a vocal coach and music teacher, both on an individual basis and in schools. She has been closely associated with the society for many years as voice coach and recently has directed our joint summer concerts with local schoolchildren. We look forward to continuing to develop our contribution to the musical life of Stour Valley and Tendring Peninsula under Susie’s direction.
Saturday, May 11, at 7.30pm at St Mary’s & St Michael’s Church, New Road, Mistley
Our spring concert will take place on Saturday, March 30 at 2.30pm in Mistley Church, when the choir will perform Stabat Mater by Antonín Dvořák. His first composition of a religious nature, Dvořák composed this piece at a time of great personal sadness and it is widely regarded as one of the most movingly beautiful settings of this meditation on the events of Easter. Tickets (£12, under-18s free) are available from 01206 392820, at Howells Hardware Store, High Street, Manningtree or from choir members. We look forward to seeing you in the audience! Stour Choral Society welcomes new members. If you are interested in finding out more about us please visit our website or contact Margaret on 01206 619084.
The Trianon Music Group is a non-professional symphony orchestra and choir, whose president is the choral composer and conductor, John Rutter CBE. As well as major concerts throughout the year in venues such as Snape Maltings, smaller groups of singers and instrumentalists perform community concerts across the region in aid of charities with a local connection. The concert on May 11 will include instrumental items such as Bach, Air on the G String, Holst St Paul’s Suite and Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin, plus a variety of songs from George Butterworth to Rogers and Hammerstein. Tickets at £10 each will be on sale from Monday, April 1. Joy and John Baker: 01206 391918 / joylesleybaker@gmail.com Manningtree Benefice Church Office: 07436 398801 / info@manningtreebenefice.co.uk
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BRANTHAM BOX OFFICE Film Night Wednesdays at Brantham Village Hall Doors open at 7, film starts at 7.30pm
East Bergholt High School Friday, March 29 at 7.30pm
Wednesday, March 29 - CRAZY RICH ASIANS (12A)
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This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s family.
Tickets cost £5 per person (teams of eight) including nibbles
Wednesday, April 17 - LADY BIRD (15) An American coming-of-age story about a high-school senior and her turbulent relationship with her mother. Wednesday, May 15 - THE CHILDREN ACT (12) As her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on religious principle. Starring Emma Thompson. Tickets cost £5 in advance from Bakes and Blossoms café, £5.50 on the door, £3 for under-16s Refreshments available on the night Facebook.com/BranthamBoxOffice
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EAST BERGHOLT HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION QUIZ NIGHT
Please pre-book teams: 07776 291445 / pta@ebhigh.org.uk Over 18s only unless accompanied by an adult
SPRING SALE AT ACORN VILLAGE Acorn Village is holding a Spring Sale on Friday, March 15 from 11am-4pm and Saturday 16 from 10am-2pm to raise funds for adults with learning disabilities. With a mixture of items, come and grab a bargain while helping your local charity. If you’re feeling active or would like to see some of the beautiful sites our local area has to offer, then sign up to the WitchFinder Trail at www.witchfindertrail.uk and either walk or run a 5k or 10k route. A huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership, Concord Property Sales & Letting, Riverside Taxis and Edme who will donate a much sought after malt loaf to every participant. Acorn Village, Mistley Hall, Clacton Road, Mistley, Manningtree CO11 2NJ
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Saturday, April 6 from 2pm at Bentley Village Hall
Free IT Support & Computer Coaching Tuesday mornings from 10am and Thursday afternoons from 2.30pm; booking is essential. • General hints and tips on using computers, iPads, tablets, mobile phones and laptops • Help accessing online services, online banking, setting up an email account, creating a CV and much more • Research your family history with free access to Ancestry and Findmypast
If you have anything you wish to donate, please bring it along to the hall from 9am on the day or telephone Pam (01473 310283) or Aimée (01473 311311) who will arrange to collect it from you.
Adult Craft and Knitting Club First Tuesday of the month, 2-4pm. A casual group for everyone. Bring along your own project. Share ideas with other crafters
SPRING JUMBLE SALE Clear the Clutter – Bag a Bargain!
If you would like to come to our sale, the hall will be open from 2pm with tea and coffee available. We look forward to seeing you and thank you for your support.
ST MICHAEL’S MONTHLY MARKET The next market at St Michael’s, The Church on the Park, Woolverstone is on Saturday, March 9, 9am-12.30pm. Visit all your favourite market stalls selling fruit, vegetables, cakes, bread, meat and an interesting range of handcrafted items. East End Butchers are pleased to be the market’s resident meat supplier. If you would like to place on order with them it can be collected at the market each month. Their number for orders is 01206 392190. Come along to mingle with your friends, have a cup of coffee and a bacon buttie and enjoy the lovely venue. New stalls welcome. Contact Jane Gould: 01473 780777
HADLEIGH CHORAL SOCIETY TO PRESENT ST JOHN PASSION Hadleigh Choral Society is pleased to announce the details of their upcoming spring concert, St John Passion by J.S. Bach. This choral work will be performed in the original German text at St Mary’s Church, Hadleigh on Saturday, April 6 at 7.30pm, and will feature professional soloists along with the Colchester Symphony Orchestra, John Cooper on harpsichord and David Butcher on organ. Christopher Phelps will conduct this musical retelling of the story of Christ’s arrest, trial and crucifixion, in what promises to be a memorable evening full of wonderful music-making. Tickets are £14 (free admission for under-25s) and will be available at www.hadleighchoralsociety.org.uk, from members of the choir, or at The Idler bookshop in Hadleigh. For more information contact: 01473 823791
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THE MANIFEST THEATRE On Friday 5 and Saturday, April 6, The Manifest Theatre is hosting charity variety nights in aid of Mid & North Essex Mind with songs, music, sketches and comedy. Tickets for members are just £7 plus an additional £2 annual membership fee for non-members. The Box Office is now open: 07444 724271 / www.manifesttheatre.co.uk Come and enjoy an evening of entertainment while supporting this worthwhile charity.
MANIFEST MOVIES Friday, March 22: Darkest Hour, 2017 war drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten. Set in May 1940, Darkest Hour stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill and is an account of his early days as Prime Minister during the Second World War and the May 1940 War Cabinet Crisis, while Nazi Germany’s Wehrmacht swept across Western Europe and threatened to defeat the United Kingdom. The German advance leads to friction at the highest levels of government between those who would make a peace treaty with Adolf Hitler, and Churchill, who refused. Doors and bar open at 7pm on film nights. Films begin at 7.30pm. Tickets are just £5 for Manifest Theatre members. Non-members pay an additional £2 annual theatre membership which entitles them to reduced prices on all Manifest productions during the year. Pay on the door.
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Out & About STOUR VALLEY ARTS & MUSIC Sunday, March 10: Rautio Piano Trio & Robin Ashwell, Viola 4pm at St Mary’s Church, East Bergholt CO7 6TG
BUMPER BOOK SALE AT MANNINGTREE METHODIST CHURCH Saturday, March 23, 10am-3pm / Free admission Hundreds of children’s books only 10p each Refreshments to include bacon butties and homemade cakes
Rautio Piano Trio by Graham Brandon
Programme: Mozart, Piano Quartet in G minor K478 Mahler, Quartet Movement in A minor Brahms, Piano Quartet no 1 in G minor op 25 The Rautio Trio is an award-winning and critically acclaimed ensemble. They have performed in major UK venues and in France, Austria, Germany, and Israel. The piano quartet is completed by Robin Ashwell, well-known as the Sacconi Quartet’s viola player. This concert is held in memory of the late Mrs Sheila Grove-White and is supported by a generous legacy. Sunday, March 24: Quartet 4pm at St Mary’s Church, East Bergholt Programme: Mozart, Quartet in B flat K 458 The Hunt Mendelssohn, Quartet no 2 in E minor op 44 Dvorak, Quartet in G major op 105 Winners of the St Martin’s Chamber Music Competition 2017, the Manchester-based Zelkova Quartet has established a reputation as one of the UK’s up-and-coming string quartets, praised for performing “with a remarkable zeal and intensity” (Edinburgh Fringe, Herald Scotland 2015).
MANNINGTREE GROUP CELEBRATES ITS SILVER ANNIVERSARY The Friends of Foundry Court marked this milestone with a party for nearly 60 members at the Colchester Road centre when all those present were presented with a commemorative mug. The group was set up in January 1994 to raise money for items for the day centre not provided by Essex County Council. Over the years this has included newspapers, a greenhouse, hanging baskets, sunshades, tables and chairs, crockery and cutlery and an examination bed and numerous other items. The name was slightly altered when the county council pulled out and Colne Housing took over the complex. The Friends in turn incorporated the Ironside 60+ Club with close on 100 members and began organising bingo, carpet bowls, chair keep fit and music afternoons. The group is looking forward to many more years, but is appealing for some younger people to come forward to run events. Most of the committee members are in their seventies with three over 80. For more details contact the secretary on 01206 395500.
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STOUR VALLEY MEN’S PROBUS CLUB We held our New Year Lunch at the popular Haywain in Little Bromley on February 6 when our spouses and Probus widows joined us for what was an enjoyable event and a tasty meal. On February 20 Brian Wilcox introduced us to New Ways of Working, which, though mostly retired, members still found most interesting. Brian Wills will present a lecture of particular local interest on Wednesday, March 6 when he speaks about Constable and his Paintings. Our Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 20 and on April 3 Chris Parfitt will introduce us to Bhutan, Land of The Thunder Dragon and David Ablewhite will return to present The Horrible Hanoverians. Our club endeavours to be simple in structure, free of the constraints and obligations of service clubs and involve members at minimal cost. The club is directed primarily to providing fellowship between members who are compatible with each other and the opportunity for development of acquaintances. New members are welcomed. We meet on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at St John Ambulance HQ, Manningtree CO11 1EB at 10.30am. For further details please contact speaker secretary Dave Carman: 01255 880202
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HAVE YOU ENTERED YET? The Mayflower cross-country run and walk will be held on Sunday, May 26. The route follows the stunning scenery of the Essex Way from Harwich to Manningtree. For runners, this is a half marathon with chip timing. Walkers have the option of finishing at Wrabness, a distance of approximately eight miles. Start the day with free train travel from Manningtree station to Harwich courtesy of Greater Anglia, and at the end a free bus service will transport you back to the station or pick you up from wherever you have chosen to finish. St John’s Ambulance service will be in attendance and the route is well marshalled with plenty of water stations. This is a great race for runners of all abilities who will start at 9.30am and is also a great day out for all the family with walkers starting at 9.35am. Dogs are welcome too! Entry details can be found at www.eventrac.co.uk/listed-races/mayflower or contact the organiser at: rotarydemon@gmail.com / 07704 559057 Alternatively you can register on the day at Harwich Low lighthouse. The event is organised by the Rotary Club of Manningtree Stour Valley with proceeds going to charity.
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OUT & ABOUT VILLAGE LINK CLUB The Mystery of Going Underground is the title of the talk at our meeting on March 13 in Tattingstone Village Hall at 10am. The club aims to bring communities together and we have over the years attracted members from many villages, men and women of various ages. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month from 10am to noon. I would like to welcome back any former members and to see new members from all local villages at our meetings, either as visitors or members in readiness for our 25th celebration. Chairman Linda Evans: 01473 311262
TEA & SUPPORT IN 2019 Tea and Support, the friendly, practical support group for those recently bereaved or left living alone, meets on the third Wednesday of each month, usually at Mistley Church Hall, New Road, Mistley (just opposite The Towers), between 2 and 4pm. Transport is available on request. Some months we have a speaker, sometimes just a get-together with a game or entertainment, plus we normally have three outings a year in spring, summer and autumn. In spring and autumn we visit a garden centre or somewhere similar for afternoon tea, and in summer we go to the coast for a fish and chip lunch. At our December meeting we gather with others from the local community for a traditional Christmas Lunch. We offer a warm and safe place to spend time with others, to make new friends or to get some practical support. Understanding that Sunday lunchtime is often difficult, some of our members meet at the Environmental Centre Cafe in New Road for a roast lunch on the first Sunday of each month. On March 20 we will gather for lunch, a talk and a bring-and-buy stall to raise funds for the Leprosy Mission (12.45 for 1pm) at Mistley Church Hall (please ring to book your place). On April 17 we will be arranging flowers for Easter. On May 15 we will have an outing to Little Horkesley Hall Gardens for afternoon tea (please ring to book your place). For anyone left alone life can become difficult and often lonely. Please come along and join us at Tea & Support or ring Joy or John Baker on 01206 391918 or Sue Orriss on 01206 395355 for further information. The new programme for 2019 can be found in St Mary’s & St Michael’s Church, New Road, Mistley, at St Lawrence Church, Bradfield or at Paskell’s of Manningtree. Tea & Support is run by members of St Mary’s & St Michael’s Church, New Road, Mistley and is supported by Paskells of Manningtree.
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MANNINGTREE & DISTRICT PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY We were entertained by two of our own members on January 10 with presentations on their own brand of photography which ranged from boxing and how to photograph for newspaper submissions, to photographing seascapes, planes, bikes and automobiles! January 24 was an interactive evening learning about composition beyond the thirds with Alan Sarsby. The Open Mono competition was well supported with many high standard entries, including Evening Rays by Sallie Oakley pictured here. This month we have an interclub competition with the Harwich & Dovercourt Camera Club on March 7 and a talk on creative techniques with a camera and software on March 14. The subject for our next competition on March 28 is People at Work. Meetings are held twice monthly on Thursday evenings (second and fourth of the month) at 7.30pm at the St Johns Ambulance Centre, Station Road, Manningtree CO11 1EB. A number of informal ‘Rookie Club’ evenings are also arranged where members can refresh their skills and share experiences. New members are welcome to join us or may attend initially as visitors. Please contact our secretary for details: 01206 393751 / madps@post.com www.manningtreeanddistrictphotographicsociety.co.uk
STOUR VALLEY LADIES PROBUS CLUB Stour Valley Ladies Probus Club meets at The Haywain, Bentley Road, Little Bromley at 10am on the first and third Thursday in each month. The first meeting in the month includes lunch and the second is a coffee morning. At each meeting there is a general interest speaker. The aim of our club is to encourage interest and fellowship among our members, all of whom are retired and have a lively and informed outlook on life. New members are welcome and anyone interested in attending a coffee morning should contact our president, Jill Nicholls: 01206 393680
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OUT & ABOUT Manningtree Local History Group The proposed speaker in January was unable to give his talk on the history of shoes. At the last moment Peter Gant replaced him with a talk on the River Stour, From the Source to the Sea. The Stour starts its life as a spring in a ditch in Wratting Common in Cambridgeshire. Just over 80 miles later, and much bigger, the river discharges into the North Sea at Harwich. Peter traced the course of the Stour to the sea with items of interest about the towns and villages along the route. His talk encompassed mills, lime burning, brick making, the Stour Valley Railway, maltings, artists, locks and the Stour Navigation Society. As is usual with Peter’s talks, this one was wonderfully illustrated using postcards, paintings, drawings, old photos and Peter’s own photographs. Our speaker on March 28 will be our chairman Philip Cunningham with a talk entitled Manningtree and the Peasant’s Revolt, told from the perspective of a group who took part in the major events of the revolt, and who met the young King Richard II at Mile End. The story follows them on their journey. We meet at Manningtree Methodist Church, 7.30 for 7.45pm. Members free, visitors £3. Everybody welcome as usual. There will be a very brief AGM before the talk
LAWFORD & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY This looks like being a busy month for LDHS. We start off with our amazing quiz evening on Saturday, March 9 at the Ogilvie Hall. The evening will start at 7.30pm, but we would like the teams in place earlier so they can settle down with a ‘table round’ and have a chat. This gets the brain cells working! Teams should be up to eight in number and bring their own snacks and drinks. All the fun costs only £5 each which goes into society funds. Please book your table with me on 01206 393580.
STOUR VALLEY U3A An Afternoon with Joyce Grenfell by Gillian Grinham was the subject of our meeting on February 13. Gillian is an author, former teacher and a director of plays and musicals. She performed a series of monologues and songs from Joyce’s repertoire, interspersed with details of her much loved entertainer’s life. Toni Neobard and Kate Broad, family historians and authors, will present For Better or Far Worse on March 13. This will be a lighthearted look at marriage and relationships through the eyes of Victorians. What happened if they didn’t marry and what if you did but were not happy with your choice? It will be a glimpse at bizarre goings-on showing wedded bliss wasn’t always so! On April 10 the popular speaker Mark Mitchels will talk to us on The Genius of Charles Dickens. Dickens rose to become a great novelist by sheer talent and determination. He worked a self-imposed schedule that never relaxed and in the end he probably brought about his early death. But the novels survive, to be rediscovered by each generation. What sort of man was he? His genius is astonishing and this talk uses biography and extracts from his books to re-create the man and his achievements. Member’s Quiz Night On Wednesday, March 20 our first member’s quiz night is scheduled to take place at 7pm in The Constable Hall. Bring your own drinks and nibbles and partake in a team of six for just £2 each. Help will be given to form a team on the night. Please register before March 12 by contacting June Escott: 01206 231707 / jescott@btinternet.com Each month The Coffee Grinders meet at The Lambe School, Gaston Street, East Bergholt CO7 6SD from 10am to noon. This meeting especially welcomes new members and gives all members the opportunity to meet the activity group leaders and the committee while enjoying a cup of coffee. The next meeting is on Friday, March 22.
The month’s meeting will be on Thursday, March 21 and is a return visit by Bryan Thurlow (no relation) with his brilliant portrayal of the Victorian gardener, Mr Potter. He knows lots of useful gardening tips that we can use.
Our main purpose is to encourage lifelong learning for those who are no longer in full time employment and emphasis is always placed on making learning active and fun as well as helping in developing friendships. For further information please visit www.stourvalleyu3a. org.uk where membership secretary Gillian Gibbs may be contacted.
By the end of the month we will need to have started getting organised for the spring show on Saturday, April 6. Let’s hope spring is well and truly here before that.
We meet at Constable Hall, Gandish Road, East Bergholt CO7 6TP at 2.15pm. Annual membership is £12 which entitles members to attend meetings on the second Wednesday of each month.
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OUT & ABOUT / Sport DEDHAM FOOTPATH GROUP Enjoy walking, meeting new people? Then why not come along to walks organised by Dedham Footpath Group. We walk four to five miles on the first Sunday morning of each month. On Sunday, March 3 we will meet at Manningtree Co-op car park at 10.30am for a four to five mile walk through fields, returning via the river. Dedham Footpath Group welcomes all walkers and those with well-behaved dogs, kept on leads at all times, are welcome to join us. For more information email: DedhamFG@gmail.com
ORWELL DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY Our 2019 program started with an interesting talk from Andrew Spira who took us on a fascinating journey through St Petersburg using examples of art and architecture.
MANNINGTREE POETRY GROUP
In a change to our previously published program, on Wednesday, March 6, we are delighted to welcome Christopher Garibaldi as our guest speaker. His subject is Treasures of the Turf; The Fine and Decorative Arts of Horse Racing. On April 3 our guest speaker is Simon Inglis with a talk entitled Beer and Skittles.
The next meeting of Poetry Plus will take place at 7.30pm on Tuesday, March 12 at the Red Lion, South Street, Manningtree.
The talks throughout the year cover a broad spectrum of art. If this is something which appeals to you please come and meet us.
All those interested in poetry are invited to attend either to listen to the spoken word or to read poetry themselves. Some people will be reading their own poetry and some will choose to read the work of other poets. There is no admission charge.
We meet at Tower Hall, Broadlands Way, Rushmere St Andrew IP4 5SU on the first Wednesday of most months. Talks last about an hour, commencing promptly at 2.15pm, with tea and coffee served from 1.30-2pm. Guests and non-members are welcome provided we have enough space. Exceptionally popular lectures will have a visitor limit of 20 spaces. Please contact Wendy Robbins before the day on 01394 823807 to check if there is available space.
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SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAM You said your concerns were: • Anti-social behaviour and drug use in Hadleigh • Speeding in the Hadleigh area We responded: • Targeted foot patrols in uniform and plain clothes in local parks. One male youth found in possession of Cannabis and issued with a youth caution. • Speeding day of action results shown below. CRIME UPDATES Four teenage males have been identified for causing damage at Beaumont Primary School. All have been referred through the Youth Offending team for the Restorative Justice Process. Following reports of four motor vehicles damaged in the George Street area of Hadleigh, another four teenage males have been identified as suspects and enquiries continue. So far one male has been reported to court and another is due to receive a youth conditional caution. In addition to our anti-social behaviour pro-active patrols, we conducted a day of speed enforcement and action with our partners Community Speedwatch and the Safety Camera Team. This was part of a national road safety campaign. The areas covered were Woolverstone, Shotley, Brantham, Pinewood, Great Blakenham, Bramford, Holton St Mary, Lady Lane Hadleigh and Sproughton. In total 53 offenders were identified and now face fixed fines, penalty points or driver improvement courses. If you are interested in reducing speed in your, you can become a Community Seedwatch volunteer. Visit our website for further details about how to apply. There have been a number of rural domestic burglaries across Suffolk. Please remember to secure your property when you leave and look out for suspicious activity in your area. Our website has home crime prevention advice under our ‘First Principle’ scheme. Another reminder in relation to Police Connect. This is a free messenger service, which means you can receive text messages or emails with up-todate information about policing in your area. Sign up at www.suffolk.police. uk/services/police-connect or request a form from us via: CEOlowestoft@ suffolk.pnn.police.uk
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Capel Plough Football Club With just two months of the football season remaining, the Saturday First team were in sixth place in the Senior Division at the time of writing, having completing a league double over Grundisburgh with scores of 4-1 and 2-0. A heavy 4-0 defeat by leaders Henley Athletic was followed by draws against Westerfield United (1-1) and Benhall St Mary (2-2). The side have been in the top six most of the season, but like a lot of clubs in local football nowadays they have been hit by players leaving the club for a number of different reasons with manager Nathan Burrell having to field a different team every week. Not the same as when I played the game as they say! Leading scorers are skipper Shaun Webb with ten goals and Danny Garrard with eight. Our young Reserve side beat Coplestonians A team 7-0 after an excellent performance which included a brace from Charlie Read. A 2-0 defeat against Haughley United was followed by a 2-0 win away to Leiston St Margarets with Jack Reddinton scoring one and Oliver Miller getting the other. Dan Leggett has been playing well in midfield and could be the next youngster from the Reserves pushing for a First team place. The Sunday team lost 3-1 to Rosary Reserves in the Junior Cup with Joe Bigmore getting the goal, but bounced back to beat Boleyn F C 8-0 in the league which included a Bigmore hat trick and two goals from Adam Moore. Meanwhile our over 35 Veteran side beat Romeo Done 2-1 in the league with both goals from star man Ross Dorward before losing 3-0 in the league cup to Coplestonians. Check the local websites for club fixtures. BOB THE PLOUGHMAN
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Sport / Schools MISTLEY CRICKET CLUB EAST BERGHOLT UNITED fc The new year started in a very positive way for the 1st Team as they recorded a three-nil Home victory against Bramford Utd. Their mixed form returned however as they then lost at Crane Sports, were involved in a remarkable comeback from three-nil down to draw with bottom of the table Grundisburgh, before producing their performance of the season to end the month by winning three-two at high flying Henley Athletic. The first game in February was another defeat to Cranes to leave the team in a lower mid-table position in the Senior League. The Reserves were high scoring but inconsistent in January with a four-all away draw, a home defeat and a five goal home win, but then started February with a remarkable fifteen goal home victory. The team now sit right in the middle of the Intermediate A table. The A Team’s fine form slipped a little as they started 2019 with two wins and one defeat before drawing with league leaders Ransomes Sports Reserves in the first match in February. They are now in a group of three clubs on twenty-one points chasing the second promotion spot. UPCOMING FIXTURES 1st Team – Senior Division Sat, Feb 23: Bramford Utd (A) Sat, Mar 2: Westerfield Utd (H) Sat, Mar 9: Trimley Red Devils (A) Sat, Mar 16: Westerfield Utd (A) Sat, Mar 23: Achilles (H) Sat, April 6: Capel Plough (A) Reserves – League A Sat, Feb 23: Bramford Utd Res (H) Sat, Mar 2: Framlingham Town Res (A) Sat, Mar 9: Westerfield Utd Res (A) Sat, Mar 16: Wenhaston Utd Res (A) Sat, Mar 23: Bacton Utd 89 Res (A) Sat, Mar 30: Mendlesham Res (H) Sat, April 6: Achilles Res (A)
Men’s & Ladies Cricket The club is delighted to announce that it has secured the services of Khalipha Cele from Kwazulu Natal as their overseas player coach for 2019. Khalipha will (subject to successful visa application) arrive at the club in April and will be actively involved in playing for the club and coaching at all levels. At the AGM the captains for 2019 were appointed as follows: Club Captains: Bruce Leeke and Matt Bibby Saturdays 1st Team: Graeme Butcher 2nd Team: Gareth Stevens 3rd Team: Andrew Butcher The club is very appreciative of the great job that the retiring Danny Goff and Richard Mills have done for the 1st and 3rd Teams respectively. Sundays NECL: Tim Scott Two Counties: George Hutton Ladies: Candy Cornelius Our winter training continues as follows: • Juniors, 8 weeks (from Feb 15) at Manningtree Sports Centre, 7.30-8.30pm • Seniors from Wed, Feb 27 at Royal Hospital School, 8.15-9.30pm UPCOMING FIXTURES SATURDAY CRICKET 1st Team – Two Counties Div 1 Sat, April 20: Witham (A) Sat, April 27: Coggeshall (H) 2nd Team – Two Counties Div 3 Sat, April 20: Abberton (H) Sat, April 27: Long Melford (A) 3rd Team – Two Counties Div 9 East Sat, April 27: Copdock & OIs III (H) SUNDAY & MIDWEEK CRICKET Two Counties Sunday League Sun, April 21: Abberton (H) Sun, April 28: Ardleigh (A)
A Team – League C Sat, Mar 2: Kesgrave Kestrels Res (A) Sat, Mar 9: Sporting 87 A (A) Sat, Mar 23: Grundisburgh Res (A) Sat, Mar 30: Framlingham Town A (A)
January 2019 100 Club Winners 1: Richard Williamson (41) £115 2: Christine Goff (24) £55 3: John Goff (10) £50
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LADIES AND JUNIORS We are looking for new teams, boys or girls, of any age group to join us as we look for the club to grow. If you are interested please contact David George at: davidgeorge5000@hotmail.com The darts competition night was held on January 5 and was a very successful event. The results were as follows: Singles: Ben McGrath (£75) beat Jamie Greig (£25) Doubles: Ross Copper & Aaron Chinnery (£50 each) beat Jonny McGrath & Alvin McMasters It is anticipated that the darts tournament will become a regular event and will be open to all, so darts players, keep an eye for the next event. If you would like to sponsor the club in some capacity we would also be delighted to hear from you. Steve Butcher: stevebutcher55@btinternet.com
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MANNINGTREE HIGH SCHOOL During the week of February 4, Manningtree High School put on its annual production. This year our show was School of Rock and the children performed a matinee performance to local primary schools followed by three evening performances. Here is what Ardleigh St Mary’s Primary School had to say about the show: “Manningtree High School’s creative production of School of Rock was an exciting mix of drama, laughs, music, singing and dancing. The Year 6 children at Ardleigh St Marys enjoyed the story set in a classroom with an unconventional teacher who breaks all the rules. The performers were very talented and the music was fantastic. Thank you for inviting us along to watch – it rocked!” Headteacher Mrs Morris said: “The show was brilliant – it really showcased our students’ talents. There was singing, dancing and even musical instruments played live on stage. To all the students and staff who were involved in the show, congratulations on a job very well done!”
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CHURCH NEWS MANNINGTREE METHODIST CHURCH South Street, Manningtree CO11 2JB
ALSO MEETING ON OUR PREMISES
Minister: The Rev Tom Osborne, 01206 396654
Monday Workers Education Association, nine lectures in autumn and spring, 2.30pm Stour Choral Society (Sept-June), 7.30pm
Sunday Services at 10.15am; we welcome visiting and visiting preachers March 3: Rev Tom Osborne with Holy Communion March 10: Preacher to be arranged March 17: Mr David Bavister March 24: Preacher to be arranged March 31: The Rev Chris Preece – Mothering Sunday Welcome Wednesdays: 2.30pm in the Church Foyer March 6: Bible Study March 13: Christine Rossetti March 20: Easter Crafts March 27: Holy Communion
Tuesday: Women’s Guild, 7.15pm Wednesday Gentle Fitness Class, 9.15am Art Painting Group, 10am-noon Manningtree & District Chess Club, 7.30pm Museum & History Group (bi-monthly), 7.30pm Church Bookings: David Shearmur, 01206 395263 Church Treasurer: 01206 393114 OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
In conjunction with Manningtree Benefice, a series of Lent Meetings are scheduled to take place at Bradfield Parish Church at 7.30pm on Tuesdays, March 12, 19 and 26 and at 10.30am in Manningtree Methodist Church Hall on Wednesdays, March 13, 20 and 27, starting with the Ash Wednesday Service on March 6 at 7.30pm led by The Rev Tom Osborne. Our Christmas donations for Open Doors raised £243 and £79.70 for Action for Children.
Friday, March 1 at 7pm: Folk Night at Manningtree Methodist Hall in aid of East Anglian Children’s Hospice. No admission fee. Please feel free to bring your own non-alcoholic drinks and snacks for a great fun evening. Saturday, April 6 at 7pm: Suffolk Constabulary Police Choir and Spectrum Ladies Choir in a concert of popular music in the Methodist Church. Tickets are £8 (including light refreshments and a raffle) in aid of All We Can, the Methodist International Aid Charity. Tickets are available from 07867 546484 and from church members.
HOLY FAMILY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Ipswich Road, Brantham CO11 1TB Parish Priest: Fr Peter Raj 180 Hawthorn Drive, Ipswich IP2 0QQ / 01473 684963 www.stmarksparish.org.uk SERVICES FOR MARCH Sunday 3 9am
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass
Tuesday 5 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass Sunday 10 1st Sunday of Lent 9am Mass Tuesday 12 9.20am Eucharistic Adoration 10am Mass Sunday 17 2nd Sunday of Lent 9am Mass Tuesday 19 St Joseph, Spouse of Bvm, Solemnity 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass Sunday 24 3rd Sunday of Lent 9am Mass Tuesday 26 9.20am Eucharistic Adoration 10am Mass Sunday 31 4th Sunday of Lent 9am Mass The weekly newsletter, with weekly mass times, is always displayed in the cabinet by the front door. Catholic Commentary Pope Francis recently offered a checklist for Catholics to keep track of how they measure up to the biblical caution “If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ but hates his brother, he is a liar.” Preaching on the passage from the First Letter of John, the Pope said that the devil is defeated by Christians loving their brothers and sisters.
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To see how one is doing in the battle, the first question to ask is: “Do I pray for people? For everyone, concretely, those whom I like and those I don’t like, for those who are friends and those who are not?” The second thing to check, he said, is how often do “I feel inside me sentiments of jealousy, envy, and I start wanting to wish something bad would happen to him or her -- that is a signal that you do not love. Stop there. Don’t let those feelings grow. They are dangerous.” Finally, he said, the most common sign “that I don’t love my neighbour and so cannot say I love God is gossip. Get this clearly into your heart and your head: if I gossip, I do not love God because gossip destroys people.” Events & Diary Dates The 100 Club draw took place on Sunday, February 24 at Holy Family when three lucky winners shared a £158 prize pot. The next draw takes place on Sunday, March 24. The club, set up to support the life and mission of our parish, has grown from strength to strength since its launch. New members are always very welcome and the newsletter, that includes an application form, can be found at the rear of the church or online at: www.stmarksparish.org.uk Every last Thursday of the month a Bring & Buy Coffee Morning takes place at Viv & Wyn’s home, Paddock Gate, Whitehorse Road, East Bergholt CO7 6TR from 10.30am-noon. We are raising funds for a new carpet for the parish room and all are very welcome to join us. There will be no December event and the next one will be on Thursday, March 28. Supporting our Local Hospice All parishioners are asked to collect used postage stamps, all year, not just at Christmas, and place them in the box at the rear of the church to help support the outstanding work of our local hospice. The Sick & Homebound Please let Fr Peter know of anyone who is ill at home or homebound so that they can receive appropriate pastoral care. If you or someone you know is going into Ipswich Hospital and would like the ministrations of the church while there please inform Fr Peter or leave a message on Deacon Clive’s answerphone on 01206 396319. All are very welcome to attend Holy Family services; it’s not necessary to be a Catholic and enquiries about the Catholic faith are always welcome. Please contact the presbytery, as above, or a local person whom you know is a Catholic.
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CHURCH NEWS BENEFICE OF EAST BERGHOLT AND BRANTHAM Rector: The Rev Canon Stephne van der Toorn 01206 392646 / revstephvdt@googlemail.com www.constablecountrychurches.co.uk RAMBLING RECTOR It was good to be able to spend time with couples who are planning to get married in churches ranging from here to Shotley. The Deanery Wedding Preparation Day was one of my (few) bright ideas and has been immeasurably improved since my first effort all those years ago. Attended this year by 28 couples and a baby (it’s never too soon to learn!) we covered important topics such as the importance of making a will, whether it’s healthy to do absolutely everything together, what sex means, the vows that we make to each other and the choices that we can make in the wedding service. Many years ago one young man cheerfully told his mother-in-law that he was going to ‘Wedding School’ and was pleasantly surprised to be able to report afterwards that he had enjoyed it and learnt something. Fashions come and ago. This year for the first time we mentioned that fancy dress themes are best left to the reception, and that drones are not permitted either in or near the church no matter how persuasive the photographer may be! We talked about courtesy on the day, that arriving late for your wedding is very rude, not only to the groom and the best man who is trying to keep him calm, but to all the guests, the priest, the choir, the bell ringers and the Verger. Last year we reserved the right to charge a fee for any late arrivals and everyone was splendidly punctual! ‘Think carefully’ is my advice to couples considering including a beloved pet in the ceremony. It can be very sweet, but did you see the footage of the snowy white owl who brought in the rings in a graceful swoop over the congregation, before attacking the best man about the head, leaving him sprawled on the floor? Just as preparation for a wedding takes many hours of careful thought, planning and discussion, so preparing for Easter requires much care too. Anglicans don’t like to rush into Easter. (They don’t like to rush into anything if it comes to that. Look how long we have been discussing sexuality and still we are no further forward, leaving faithful Christians bewildered and hurt.) The period of Lent if prayerfully completed can immensely increase our appreciation of Easter. Various groups will be meeting during the Lenten season to pray and think about the Lord’s Prayer in a Pilgrim booklet written by Bishop Stephen Croft. Every person attending our services from Ash Wednesday, will receive a pottery shell specially made by Jane Pavitt which you can carry in your pocket until Easter Sunday to remind you that all our journeys are influenced by the cross of Christ whether we acknowledge him or not. ASH WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 On Shrove Tuesday traditionally people cleared their pantries of all extravagant food, combining the bits and pieces with pancakes. The fast
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of Lent begins the next day, when communicants receive the mark of the cross in the ashes made from the previous year’s palm crosses, a sign of penitence and humility. Our services this year are in St Mary’s at 9.30am on Ash Wednesday and at 7.30pm in St Michael’s Brantham. Imposition of ashes is always optional. Penitence and humility are not! Rev Steph SERVICES IN MARCH Friday, March 1: Women’s World Day of Prayer 3pm Ecumenical Service, Brantham Everyone is welcome. This year’s service has been prepared by the women of Slovenia. Sunday 5: Sunday Next Before Lent 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 11am Benefice Communion, Brantham 4pm Family@Church, East Bergholt Wednesday 6: Ash Wednesday 9.30am Imposition of Ashes and HC, East Bergholt 7.30pm Imposition of Ashes and HC, Brantham Sunday 10: Lent 1 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 10am Communion, East Bergholt 11am Service of the Word, Brantham Sunday 17: Lent 2 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 10am Communion, East Bergholt 11am Informal Service, Brantham Sunday 24: Lent 3 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 10am Choral Matins, East Bergholt 11am Communion, Brantham Sunday 31: Lent 4 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 10am Family Service, East Bergholt 11am Family Service, Brantham There is a BCP Communion every Sunday in East Bergholt at 8am. Choral Matins is on the fourth Sunday in East Bergholt. LENT During Lent each person in the congregation will be given a pottery shell to carry with them as they journey towards Easter. This is the traditional sign of the pilgrim. A shell is used by many priests to scoop up the water during the sacrament of baptism. When our small group of pilgrims walks the Camino in May we will find the route is marked by shells.
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CHURCH NEWS ST MARY’S CHURCH, LAWFORD Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Simon Heron, 01206 392659
CAPEL & BRANTHAM METHODIST CHURCHES
SERVICES FOR MARCH
PLANNING FOR…
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I began my working life as an engineer almost 50 years ago, first with Dunlop in Coventry and then with a local authority. In 1977 I was working as a newly chartered engineer on the planned M1 – A1 link road in Northamptonshire, now the A14. Our design year was 1991 and one of my tasks was to predict the volume of traffic on this completely new road. The original brief we were given was for a largely single carriageway with only a few grade separated junctions. My traffic predictions showed it needed to be dual carriageway with every junction grade separated (i.e. through traffic going on a flyover or underpass – only joining and leaving traffic going to the roundabout).
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8am Holy Communion BCP 10.30am Family Service & Confirmation with Bishop Roger
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8am Holy Communion BCP 10.30am Holy Communion 6.30pm Café Church
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8am Holy Communion BCP 10.30am Benefice Service at Lawford
LENT COURSE A Lent Course on Hope & Redemption in The Greatest Showman Starting at Lawford Church on Wednesday, March 13 at 7.30pm SOME OF OUR REGULAR GROUPS Art Club: Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons Choir: Friday Practise Coffee & Cake: Fourth Tuesday of the month Edward Bear: Parents, grandparents, carers with babies and toddlers, Monday mornings from 9.30am in term time Handbells: Every Monday House Groups: Daytime and evening Ladies in Friendship Together: Fourth Monday of the month Messy Church: Every half term, parents and children together Pastoral Care: Upon request Solo Club: Third Wednesday of the month Support in Loss: Second Tuesday of the month Sunday School and Extreme: Sunday mornings during service Details from the rectory (01206 392659) or at: www.lawfordchurch.co.uk
KEY TO LOVE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Where Jesus is Love and Love is Jesus COME AND WORSHIP THE LORD JESUS WITH US – ALL ARE WELCOME Hear the teaching of our saviour and King, lively praise and worship every Sunday at 11am at the Ivell Suite at The Venture Centre 2000, Bromley Road, Lawford CO11 1AH. Do you need someone to listen or in need of prayer? Please contact David and Rosie: 01206 615228 / 07787 572977 info@thekeytoloveministries.co.uk www.keytoloveministries.com
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I left engineering to train for the ministry and then went to serve in Zimbabwe. In the meanwhile the road was completed in 1991 as planned, my section dualled and all junctions grade separated, except the beginning and end. I returned from Africa in 1992. In that year I travelled the full length of the A14 to pick up some friends from the port of Harwich. I also went back into my office and found my colleagues had just checked back to the report I had signed off in 1977 and compared the current traffic flows with my predicted ones. I was told they were amazingly close. For its first 15 years the A14 has largely coped with the traffic, but the growth of traffic and, in particular, the container port of Felixstowe shows the road under strain. As soon as I have completed this article, I am off on a two-day course to plan for retirement. If I live to my parent’s age, I could have over 30 years of retirement (the current lifetime of the road I helped plan). Will my retirement feel the strains that the road is under, will finances be enough to keep a roof over my head, what about my health and wellbeing, what about family and friends, what are those things that I most enjoy? Will it be the time of my life? Will I be busier in retirement than I have been working? Where do I live? I have no roots anywhere, and family are north, south and west, hundreds of miles apart. Where does God want me? God still has a plan for my life and I want to be in a place where he can use me. Lots of questions that I need to think about and plan for. But I’ve been here before, each time a move has come and each time lots of questions, but also a peace. God has it in hand. I learn contentment where he places me, as the Psalmist says “the boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places… I keep my eyes always on the Lord, with him, I shall not be shaken.” Psalm 16:6-8 The Rev Andrew Sankey, Minister at Capel Methodist 8 Roundridge Road, Capel St Mary Ipswich IP9 2UG apsankey@gmail.com / 01473 311178 / 07966 187216 AT CAPEL METHODIST Home Groups on various days and times – contact the Minister Sunday 3
10.30am Worship with Mr Rod Stone 6.30pm Prayer
Sunday 10 10.30am Worship arranged locally Sunday 17
10.30am Worship with Mrs Marilyn Watsham
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10.30am Worship and Communion with Rev Andrew Sankey 6.30pm United Prayer at St Mary’s
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AT BRANTHAM METHODIST The Rev Ian Gardner, Minister at Brantham Methodist 34 Medway Road, Ipswich IP3 0QH ian.gardner@methodist.org.uk / 01473 411507 Sunday 3
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Worship with Mr Roger Theobald
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10.30am Worship arranged locally
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Worship with Mrs Ruth Loggie
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Meeting at Old St Michael’s School on Trinity Road, Manningtree Ready for a Transformation? A number of people have commented to me recently that they have just finished Dry January or Veganuary, or some other such change for the first month of the year, with varying results! Some are delighted to be back to the old way and some are looking to keep to the new way in the future. Then again there are those who quite frankly don’t like any change at all, thank you very much! However, if there is one thing true about life it is that we need to be ready for change. It is going to happen, however hard we might try to stop it. And I guess we all ought to be ready for big changes by now, not least as this Brexit uncertainty has gone on for so long. Whatever you’re views on that some things have changed and some things are going to change. But big as these changes may turn out to be the Bible speaks of a bigger change – a life-long ongoing transformation – and it’s the sort that we should all want. The Bible is very clear; we are all caught up in an inescapable situation, however good we are and however much good we are able to do we are not squeaky clean, we are not perfect. And God, we read, will not settle for ‘good enough’; His holiness and righteousness and love and justice will not be satisfied by a ‘nearly there’ or a ‘mostly right’ attitude. So what can be done? The joy and wonder of our studies on a Sunday morning is that we are reading a history book that tells us what has been done and what can be done. We are reading each Sunday morning a portion of the Acts of the Apostles and being challenged by the evidence of how things were quite frankly totally transformed back then. It is the account of how a bunch of uneducated fishermen became the world changing theologians of the day. Of how one man rose from waiting tables to arguing a case in the highest court in the land; he won the argument but lost his life. It’s about how another one watching that court case and murder, first became the leader of a court sponsored death squad and then changed sides and became the most prolific writer of the new movement. Total Transformation! Our strapline for 2019 is Transfixed, Transformed, Transforming, and we would love you to join us and be:
Welcome to Manningtree Benefice, an all-age Anglican Church, meeting in St. Lawrence Church, Bradfield, and St. Mary & St. Michael’s Church, Mistley. You may be aware that I’m a bit of a fan of motorbikes. There are many useful things to learn from riding a bike. One of my first lessons several years ago was about ‘counter-steering’ – the idea that in order to get the thing to move left, you have to steer to the right (and vice-versa). This sounds daft, but it really works – it’s all to do with the physics of the machine. Sometimes we need to steer our lives in a direction which seems odd, or even plain wrong, in order to go the right way. Many in our society argue that God doesn’t exist, or that if he does he’s nasty, mean, even wicked. There is so much suffering and pain in our world that it would, it’s argued, be foolish to follow after a God who seems to allow it. But steering our lives towards God, even though it is counter-cultural, will lead to us going in the right direction. I believe that the brokenness and suffering we see in our world is most often the result of human decisions – decisions to steer in a particular direction. Often that direction is away from God. We consume the planet’s resources (by the way, one of the reasons I prefer a bike to a car is because it’s more environmentally friendly!); we fight wars with each other over wealth, territory, or in the name of God (and I’m not sure he approves); we turn our backs on each other; and we behave selfishly. Our culture is divided within itself, and has turned away from God. Can I encourage you to push back? Try steering a little bit in another direction. Why not have a conversation with someone you know who’s a Christian, or even pop along to the church. I’d love to meet you, and to chat with you about these things and anything else. The Rev Dom Turner Services for March 2019 Sunday 3
10.30am Joint Worship with Communion & Treasure Seekers* at Mistley followed by Benefice Pancake Lunch
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Evening Prayer at Bradfield Ash Wednesday Service at Mistley
• Transfixed by God who sent Jesus Christ His Son to has done all that is needed to be done so that you and I can change
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10.30am Holy Communion (Common Worship) at Bradfield
10.30am Family Worship with Treasure Seekers* at Mistley
• Transformed by Jesus Christ into people who do things they never expected
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10.30am Holy Communion (Common Worship) at Mistley
• Transforming as we work together with God the Holy Spirit to help others change
10.30am Family Worship with Treasure Seekers* Bradfield
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Benefice Prayers at the Rectory
Want to be a part? Come and join us at any of our Sunday services. You will receive a warm welcome, the singing and prayers will be passionate and we love to talk about our Saviour Jesus. We meet at 10am for prayer and our morning service begins at 10.30am. If you haven’t been to church in a while then our 5pm service is less formal and just for you. Services last between 60 and 90 minutes and refreshments follow.
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10.30am Morning Prayer at Bradfield
10.30am Café Church with Treasure Seekers* at Mistley
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CATHOLIC MASSES Saturday at 6.30pm, St Mary & St Michael’s (Anglican) Church, Mistley Sunday at 8.50am in St Mary’s (Anglican) Church, Ardleigh Wednesday at 9.45am in St Mary and St Michael’s, preceded by Morning Prayer Manningtree, Mistley, Lawford & Ardleigh is served by the Parish of St John Payne, Greenstead, Colchester. The Parish Priest is Father Jon Ravensdale: 01206 870460 / sjpchurch@btinternet.com Also resident in the parish are Father Michael Rear (01206 392695) and Father Mathias Odigbo.
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Sunday 31 10.30am Mothering Sunday Traditional Communion Service at Mistley 10.30am Mothering Sunday Family Celebration with Treasure Seekers* at Bradfield *Treasure Seekers is our children’s programme for ages 3+ Contact Information Rector: The Rev Dom Turner 01206 391218 / 07934 717535 / dom@manningtreebenefice.co.uk Associate Minister: The Rev John Brien 01206 397549 / brienfamily@btinternet.com Associate Minister: The Rev Claire Scargill 01206 395417 / revclairescargill@gmail.com Church Office: Normally available at least 10am-1pm, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays / 07436 398801 / info@manningtreebenefice.co.uk www.manningtreebenefice.co.uk www.facebook.com/ManningtreeBenefice
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