Looking back at North Weald

I have been lucky enough to have some photos given to me to share with readers looking back at North Weald.

These two photos were taken by Mr Rich and shows the flood in North Weald in 1987.

The photo below was shared with me by Derek Tringham and is the Queens Room which is where the Queens Community Hall is.

Can you help find a lost Family?

I have been contacted by Helena Mas who is representing Mr. Josep M. Noguer. For the past years, he has been trying to find a family from North Weald and she wondered if readers of the magazine could help. The story started when he met the parents in 1961 during a holiday in Tossa de Mar, and they had a really good relationship over the next few years and they continued to visit each other both in England and Spain. Now, he has lost contact with them and he would really love to find them. I have been told that the father’s name is Frank Reginald Ungley and the mother’s is Edith M. Teagle. They were divorced in 1967 and Josep M. thinks they have died. Their daughters are Jeannete, which lives in Australia with her mother, and Jennifer A. Ungley, who was married to Victor K. B. Frend and live near North Weald. Frank Reginald Ungley lived in North Weald with another women, and they were owners of the corner shop at 51 High Road. If anybody does know this family or anything about them could you please get in touch with me. My details can be found at the bottom of every page of the magazine.

IMPORTANT Defibrillators

Recently I understand defibrillators from both Thornwood and North Weald have been needed to help people who have become unwell whilst awaiting emergency services. So to ensure all residents are aware of the location of our defibrillators, here are the details. Once you ring emergency services to inform them of someone needing emergency assistance, they will give you the code required to access the defibrillator looked in coded cabinets.

North Weald:- Outside the Methodist Church Hall. Thornwood—Outside the Parish Hall.

Flagpoles

North Weald Bassett Parish Council is to purchase a flagpole for The Parish Hall at Thornwood Common and to offer to purchase one for Hastingwood Village Hall.

Bluebell time

In the month of May Bluebells bloom and huge swathes of woodland come alive with carpets of beautiful blue flowers. • Did you know that over half of the world's populations of Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Bluebells grow in the UK? • The Bluebell spends most of the year as a bulb underground. • It emerges and flowers in April and May before the tree canopy gets too dense to make the most of the sunlight. • They grow well in ancient and dense woodland because of the lack of competing flora.

• The Bluebell attracts many pollinating insects and ants can help to spread them. • Our beautiful British Bluebell is protected, so don’t dig up these flowers, you could be issued with a hefty fine! (Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981). The Bluebell has a Spanish cousin, which was introduced by the Victorians as a garden plant. The Spanish Bluebell is much paler and has no scent.