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May 2013 No.391
Stradbroke Youth FC Awarded Charter Standard The FA has formally congratulated Stradbroke Youth FC for achieving the FA Charter Standard accreditation. This recognises that the club is one that is committed to raising standards throughout grassroots football, ensuring that it is well organised, well managed and providing a positive experience for all players, coaches and volunteers involved. The club was founded by Mike Readman and Don Darling in 2010. They and all the volunteers have worked hard to provide a positive and healthy environment for boys and girls to play football in Stradbroke, both competitively and just for fun. We thank everyone who has been involved with the club over the last 3 years for all their hard work which the FA has now recognised with this accreditation. Don Darling
Stradbroke Festifull! The 2013 festifull aims to be bigger and better than ever, with more for everyone. In addition to all the usual events (dog show, animal displays, side shows, stalls, & bouncy castles) we aim to resurrect some traditional fairground favourites such as the coconut shy, “splat a rat”, Stocks, and much more. We also plan new exhibits including “The Stradbroke Market Hall”, and a display of Military Vehicles. The second day will build on the success of last years “Its a knockout/Wipeout” with even zanier fun and games for all the family – and yes the Gunge tank will be there as well. Stradbroke’s 5-a-side youth football tournament (boys and girls) will also be running over the whole weekend bringing visitors and families from around the county to our village. So remember the dates June 29 & 30 . th
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These events take a lot of arranging, but are great fun for both the organisers and the participants. Additional help would be much appreciated either before or on the day. Please get in touch with either Don (388098) or Nigel (384034) if you would like to volunteer your services. Don Darling
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Local Churches Stradbroke Baptist Church Stradbroke Baptist Church, Laxfield Road Stradbroke, Suffolk
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A place of new beginnings. We welcome you to join us. May Diary Sunday Services each week at 10.15 am 5 J. Ling 12th N. Robinson 19 Whit Sunday 26 M. Caplin th
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We welcome you to join us --- our activities for May Youth Club Fridays 3 & 17 7:30pm Cameo Lunch Club Wednesday 8 12:30pm Come and pray Monday 13 7:30pm Supper + Quiz Night Saturday 18 7:00pm Drop in for coffee Wednesday 22 10 – 11:30am Home based Study & Prayer Wednesday 22 7:30pm rd
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I like your new car park! Several people have commented favourably on the Church’s remodelled car park: some have recalled the gravestones and the iron railings and gates which were removed many years ago. The car park completes a programme of work over the past few years which have included repointing and painting the chapel, also renewing and insulating the roof of the youth hall. We are extremely grateful to local friends whose financial support has made this work possible. Our buildings are a great asset as they provide the facility for a variety of uses, including the new Youth Club which has just started in conjunction with the Local Authority youth programme. Church buildings of all shapes and sizes are a regular visual reminder that through the ages men and women have joined together to worship God their Creator and Saviour. In the same way the natural world, the regular pattern of the seasons, point to God as an orderly creator and the creation points us to a loving God as creator and provider of our world. Or as William Condor puts it. All things praise, Thee Lord most high, Heaven and earth and sea and sky. all were for your glory made, that Thy greatness thus displayed, should all worship bring to Thee; all things praise thee; Lord may we. For further details please contact: John 388751 Jackie 384112
Stradbroke Good Neighbours Our telephone number is 07749445531 :- can we help you ? Need someone to check your smoke alarm? Need a lift to the surgery? Need a prescription collected? Need a light bulb changed? Need an odd job done ? With ever increasing fuel prices we have revised our journey charges and will inform anyone phoning for a lift the cost of their journey. We would appreciate at least 24 hrs notice and look forward to being of service. If you are new to the village there is a Good Neighbour Welcome Booklet that could provide useful information. If you would like one please contact :- 07749445531
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Local Churches
All Saints, Stradbroke
5th May
Family Service
12th May 19th May
Holy Communion Parish Communion
26th May
Holy Communion Informal service
2nd June
Family Service
11.15 am Led by Rev Peter Schweir 10.45 am Coffee/Tea 8.00 am Led by Rev Susan 11.15 am Led by Rev Susan 10.45 am Coffee/Tea 8.00 am Led by Jennifer 5.00 pm Led by Rev Peter Join us for tea and cake first 11.15 am Led by Rev Susan
All Saints Church Fund Raising Committee The Art entries are now in with over 200 framed and unframed pictures. The preview is on 1st May at 7 – 9pm. £6 including wine and refreshments. On 25th May we are holding “coins on the church wall”, so please save your pennies. We hope to get from church gate to church gate ( and hopefully back.) June 30th Gardens Open. Please let me know if you would be kind enough to open yours. 11am – 6pm with teas and coffees in church. Let Suffolk people see how gardens in Stradbroke look lovely in June. Thanks for your continued support. The Beetles with Hot Cross Buns was poorly supported, but a happy evening making £38.30. Mary Ellis (Thanks to all who take green envelopes for church for Regular Saving. This is very beneficial. Thank you for all your support.)
A Message from Rev Susan Dear Friends & Neighbours, I rather like the month of May; the weather is often warmer, the days lighter and the hedges are full of bloom – all of which helps us to feel good to be alive and living in such beautiful surroundings. On the eighth of May, the church gives thanks for a saint, a woman of Norwich. Saint Julian of Norwich was born on this day in 1343. When she was thirty years old she was struck down by what was thought to be a terminal illness. Whilst she was ill she had sixteen visions from God, which she spent the next twenty years pondering their meaning, eventually recording her conclusions in a book; Revelations of divine Love. A quote from that book, “From the time these things [visions] were first revealed I had often wanted to know what was our Lord’s meaning. It was more than fifteen years after that I was answered in my spirit’s understanding. ‘You would know our Lord’s meaning in this thing! Know it well. Love was his meaning. Who showed it to you? Love. What did he show you? Love. Why did he show you? Love. Why did he show it? For love. “ She goes on to say, “So it was that I learned that love was our Lord’s meaning. And I saw for certain, both here and elsewhere, that before ever he made us, God loved us: and that love has never slackened, nor ever shall.” If only we could really know this in the core of our being, we would surely be free to be the people God created us to be; reaching for our potential, living well, being generous to others and loving our neighbours. I thank God for people like Julian of Norwich who spent time seeking God and sharing their findings with us. Let’s make May a month of loving our neighbours. God bless , Susan
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Stradbroke Parish Council
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No matters were brought to the Council’s attention during the Public Forum time.
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PLANNING: MEETING: There were 2 applications for consideration at this meeting and approval was recommended 13th May 2013 for both: 7.30pm 0734/13 removal of 30ft bay tree Coppings Cottage, Church Street 0779/13 removal of 1 bay tree LBC Coppings Cottage, Church Street At the Results of planning applications considered by MSDC since the PC last met: Community Centre Approval granted for: 3537/12 erection of detached two storey dwelling. Alterations to access Land to rear 5 Westhall 3836/12 works various Grove Farm, Queens Street 0216/13 erections of extension to west elevation (following demolition of existing lean-to extension) Home Farm, Neaves Lane 0217/13 as above LBC Other Planning Matters: The Council was advised that application 1197/11 was to go to appeal Full details of all planning applications could be found on MSDC’s website or via the Clerk. OTHER BUSINESS: DIRECTORY: An up-to-date directory is being compiled and should be with villagers in due course LIBRARY AND COURT HOUSE: Progress was being made at the Court House and alterations and decoration would have been at least begun during the period of closure at the beginning of the month, as advertised in last month’s magazine. COMMUNITY CENTRE CAR PARK: Quotations had been received for the required work on the surface of the car-park. Commencement date to be announced…first finance must be secured. There will be some disruption when the work is being undertaken but this is, whilst regrettable, necessary. POLICE REPORT: There had been no reported crimes since the last PC meeting but PCSO Faulkner stressed the need for vigilance as there were numerous thefts from vehicles taking place in the area. Do keep your vehicles secure at all times and do not keep the engine running and car unlocked while you run back inside to collect something you forgot…the car might not be there when you go back to it!! SPEED WATCH: Volunteers for a SpeedWatch scheme have come forward and it is expected any resulting project will be a joint venture with Laxfield. We now await a survey of possible sites before moving on to the next stage…training and sourcing of equipment. STREET LIGHTS: Eight of the street lights in the centre of the village are in the process of being handed over to Suffolk County Council so Stradbroke will no longer be responsible for maintenance of energy costs. The remaining lights are to be upgraded and then those to will be handed over. The resulting savings on annual expenditure will be used to fund the changes required. This will take place as soon as funding is secured. POINTS TO PONDER: 1. If a dog owner takes the trouble to pick up after their dog why is it seen as acceptable to discard the resulting bag of excreta anywhere other than in a dog waste bin or in one’s own black bin? 2. Why is it deemed acceptable to allow a dog to defecate on public routes such as the Permissive Path leading to the risk to children of illness at worst and a horrible smelly mess to clear of shoes at best? Answers to the Clerk, please! You must all be really tired of reading about this so regularly in this column. If dog owners would all be as considerate as the majority you would not have to! Date for your Diary: The Annual Parish Meeting will be held on 02 May 2013 at 7.30pm in the Community Centre. Any village organisation is invited to present a report, either in writing or in person (please let the Clerk know if you plan to present a report). Refreshments will be served at the end of the meeting. Please direct reports or enquiries to the Clerk. The next meeting of the Parish Council meeting 13 May 2013 at 7.30pm Clerk to the Parish Council: Carol A Smy tel: 01379 384679 email: clerkspc@thesmys.com **please make non-emergency calls to the Clerk between 0830 and 1800hrs Monday to Friday only**
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Life in the Legion Twenty-four members and guests of the Royal British Legion, Stradbroke and District Branch, met at the Laxfield King’s Head on Thursday, 11th April, to hear senior retired policeman Chief Superintendent David Love on his time in East Africa when he was sent out to Uganda to train the officers in that country. His talk was lively and entertaining, and branch Secretary Rev David Streeter gave the vote of thanks. He also thanked all those who had made the Annual Dinner on Friday, 22nd March, such a success. Arrangements were confirmed for the “Last Night of the Proms” concert at the High School on Saturday, 20nd April. The next meeting is on Thursday, 9th May, at 11.30 am at Laxfield, visiting speaker to be confirmed. David Streeter, Secretary.
W.I Our April meeting started with a full orchestral version of Jerusalem, complete with choir, and came courtesy of our speaker Joyce Kimber who just happened to have a recording of it with her. It was amazing, as was the rest of the evening. The business was brief, which enabled more time for our speaker Joyce Kimber with her subject ‘My Life of the Wicked Stage.’ From the moment she started her talk, she had the audience hushed and in the palm of her hand. She regaled us with stories of her life over several decades from local dramatic societies’ to the West End Stage. She brought with her own musical accompaniment, and at one stage produced a wand that she had used in pantomime and proceeded to sing and dance her way through ‘Nobody Loves a Fairy when she’s forty’. She told us how over the years she had combined family life with the stage, and how after retiring she was tempted back again, and again to appear in major productions. The pinnacle of her career being ‘Me and My Girl’ at the ‘Adelphi Theatre ‘which she starred in for 7 years. Joyce Kimber was a delight in every way and as the saying goes ’You should always leave your audience wanting more’ and she certainly did that. Joyce Lee gave a moving vote of thanks. Gill Bird
Stradbroke Primary School It is good to be sharing news with you again from Stradbroke Primary and lovely to be back at work with the children again (every pupil seems to have grown enormously!) I would like to praise our staff for all their hard work and thank Mrs Walsh for being Acting Head in my absence. The school looks great! This term promises to be a good one with lots of exciting events, school visits, visitors and of course learning taking place! This year’s school production is a traditional tale from Hans Christian Anderson, wrapped in an oriental twist “Nightingale”! It will be performed by our Years 4, 5 and 6. We One of the highlights of last year was the Inquisi-Quest DT workshops Class 4 undertook with Mr. Gionis. The children made brilliant Spanish Armada ships and working Spitfires. This term we are delighted to welcome Mr. Gionis back to school for a Lighthouse making day with Class 2 and to make a puppet theatre with Class 3. This follows on from the session Class 4 had last term where they made Mayan Puppets– we soon have a theatre for the children to have puppet shows in! We have had many school visits this term including Banham Zoo, West Stow and the Suffolk Farm and Country Fair. We are also looking forward to a “Popcorn Evening” run by our Friends of Stradbroke School (the FOSPs). Look out for more news from Stradbroke Primary as the Summer term progresses, Melanie Barrow, Headteacher
Lottery Bonus Winners 31 M Ellis 33 J Reeve 36 J Bedwell 6 J Howes £48 donated to the Quiz and £48 donated to the Community Centre
Mary Ellis
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Organisations
Stradbroke High School School trip to Normandy Three staff and twenty two Year 10 and 11 pupils, from the Modern Foreign Language options group, had four days away in Normandy at the end of March. What better than to be immersed in French culture and language for a long weekend, throw in visits to historic and interesting places and have a lot of fun - it has to be worth the long journey. The trip started at the unforgivable hour of 3.00am on the Friday. We travelled by coach via Dover and Channel ferry and then a long drive through northern France to the Chateau du Tertre which is close to the town of Ambrières-les-Vallées. The Chateau is a grand building run by PGL (tour company), set in parkland with new dormitory blocks for the guests. On Saturday morning we set off to Fougères, a stunningly beautiful medieval town dominated by a 12th century castle – allegedly the largest in France. The pupils completed a town trail answering questions about the town and ended in the extensive market. As with most French markets, this was full of wonderful food with different and well-priced goods. Pupils and staff alike bought many things and they even had to speak some French. The afternoon saw us back to Ambrières to make our own croissants at the local bakery. Now that we all know how much butter goes in to each one, never will we add butter when eating one. Sunday was the highlight. We drove north to Bayeux and the famous tapestry. The museum is excellent with English translation of the whole 75-metre story. Then on to the harrowing American Cemetery which commemorates and tells the story of the D-Day landings. The film clips and personal stories of the young men who took part left us all speechless. The actual cemetery stands high above Omaha Beach and was a chilling place with its 10,000 white crosses. The wind was also freezing cold. The evening entertainments back at the Chateau included crepe making (and eating) and burning marshmallows around a camp fire. The Monday journey back was long but broken at Calais with an hour in La Cité mall and then back to Stradbroke at 11.00pm, and total exhaustion. We all made it into school the next day to tell of a great trip. Lawrie Hammond
Friends of All Saints Church We made over £800 at the culinary extravaganza “Tastes of the World”. Thank you to everyone who came along and helped make this “foodie” evening such an enjoyable experience. Our annual Church Path Plant Sale is on Saturday, 4th May, at the same time as the Art Exhibition held in the Church over the Bank Holiday weekend. Please think of the stall when you are dividing those favourite perennials. It doesn’t look very promising for annual bedding plants; on the upside no rain means we are not made aware of the leaking Church roof, but cold weather and a lack of rain is not good for growing things! Though of course, the sun will shine, and May 4th is the day to buy plants. During the summer we are planning a Safari Supper - so dig out your pith helmets and tropical clothes in preparation. Margaret Streeter, Press Secretary.
Stradbroke Over 60s Our meetings for May will be on Thursday 2nd and 16th in the Community Centre from 2.00 till 4.00pm. We will make you all welcome. First meeting we will be playing beetle. On Thursday 30th May we have a trip to Hoveton Hall Gardens near Wroxham. Stopping on the way home in Wroxham for a couple of hours. There are spare seats if you wish to have a day out. We leave the Community Centre at 10.00am and should be home by 5.30 to 6.00pm. Entrance and coach fare will cost £12.50. If interested ring to book – Joan 388723 or Jean 384563. Joan Grimes
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1st Fressingfield Scout Group Welcome to the summer term: Our membership continues to rise, this week alone we have gained six new members three Beavers, one Wolf Cub and two Adventurers. We also maintaining our 100% record of scouts moving into Explorers with two more making the leap, most significantly of all the Explorers welcome Lauren and Imogen our first ever girls into the Unit! Next stop Iceland: We have now got the international bug, and plans have started for the next international expedition – this time to Iceland. Our ”Ice and Fire” Expedition is open at all members of the Group aged 14years+ on May 1st 2014. If ice climbs, pony treking and volcano watching is your thing – look out for the information coming out soon. St George’s Day celebrations: Next Tuesday is St. George’s Day the patron saint of England and a significant figure for the Scout Movement. Pupils that attend either Mendham Primary or St. Edmund’s Primary, Hoxne are invited to wear their uniform to school (Mendham on Monday 22nd) and (St Edmund’s on Tuesday 23rd). We will collectively renew our scout promises in assembly. We REALLY DO need more leaders: I know I’ve asked before, but to ensure that the Group continues to grow and provide quality scouting for your children we need additional leaders. I would be delighted to talk to anyone 18+ about the opportunities we have to join the best Scout Group in the area – join the adventure! And now.......welcome to some new leaders: After more than six years in the making we have our first young leaders/explorers who will be moving into adult leadership posts this term. Next month we will be investing Lewis Craig as the Assistant Explorer Scout Leader and Jordan Sach as an Assistant Scout Leader (Adventurers). I am delighted to welcome them both to the team. HQ Development Fund: The Scout Group Executive have set up a HQ development working party who are working on plans to secure scouting in Fressingfield for the next 25 years with significantly improved facilities. We are discussing with the owners of the Goodwin Hall (our current HQ) lease options as well as looking at a number of other venues/locations in the area. Our aim is to invest £80,000 to a £100,000 in upgraded facilities, our working party have drawn up plans and have started on the fundraising plan. On 30th June we launch the campaign with the 37th Orwell Walk and hope that many members will join the walk and raise lots of money through sponsorship – details to follow. Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne, Group Scout Leader
Thank you to everyone who came along to support the cake stall, we raised £110, this will go towards the purchase of an allotment poly tunnel and also the chicken coop on the allotments. Don't forget the Chicken Cafe on 27th April from 9.00am-4.00pm at The Firs on the corner of Church Street and Doctors Lane, this is to raise funds for the Chicken cooperative and will have a wonderful range of homemade cakes, savouries and soup, hot and cold drinks, plus Vintage clothing, second-hand books and good quality gifts to purchase. Finally, the big day is approaching, the Grand Opening of the Allotment Site on bank holiday Monday 27th May at 3.00pm. It is a chance to come and see what The Stradbroke Charitable Trust and The Stradbroke Allotment and Gardeners' Association has achieved in such a short period of time. The day will also include the judging of best scarecrow competition which is open to anyone, for details on this and anything else (to do with the allotments) please contact Helen Pleasance (club Secretary) on Tel: 01379 388253. Luke Heydon, SAGA chairman
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Forthcoming Events
Stradbroke Cinema Thank you for all your support with the Cinema which has raised over £8000, for the Community Centre, in the six years since we started! “Anna Karenina” will be the last film of the season - see you in September. Margaret Streeter
Chicken Cafe Saturday 27th April 09:00-16:00 You are invited to the Chicken Cafe at The Firs, Doctors Lane. A pop up cafe serving a cornucopia of delights, home-made cakes, savouries and soup, hot and cold drinks, plus a stall of Vintage clothing, second-hand books and good quality gifts to purchase. All profits to the Chicken Cooperative. For details call Gill on 07590 478949
Sibton Church Charity Shop Day The Friends of St. Peters at Sibton will be holding a one day charity shop in their parish church on Saturday 11 May from 10am to 4pm. Items for sale will be good secondhand summer clothes, and books. Admission will be free and refreshments will be available. Come along and browse or buy! To donate either books or clothes please telephone Rosie Norton on 01728 660369 or Diana Allen on 01728 660236. Parking will be on the Glebe Meadow the Yoxford side of the church. Rosie Norton
Wingfield Barns We are delighted to introduce Emily Orford of In the Pink Fit to Wingfield Barns Mondays - Full Body Fitness 6.30 to 7.25, Holistic Fitness 7.30 to 8.25 Thursdays Fitness For Life 10.00 to 10.55, For further details ring Emily on 07946 353731 3rd May Concert with folk duo Megson 7.30, Three times nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and double winners of the 2011 Spiral Earth Awards. A mix of heavenly vocals, lush harmonies and driving rhythmic guitar and mandola. Husband and wife duo Megson are described as 'one of folk's hottest properties'. Tickets £12.50 Box Office 01379 384505 30th May 10a.m. to 3.30pm. Eye WEA are hosting an opera workshop in the main barn. Italian Opera from Rossini to Puccini with tutor Andres Hernandez Salazar, well known tenor and lecturer. £17.50 including buffet lunch. For more information contact 01379 668474 Midweek Movies at Wingfield Barns All screenings at 1.30 and 7.30. Tickets £5 1st May Love is All You Need (15)with Pierce Brosnan - very highly rated 15th May (15) Untouchable - some people have said this is the best film they have ever seen 29th May The Life of Pi (PG) - An Oscar and BAFTA winner for half term week Photographic Exhibitions Suffolk Monochrome Group and the Royal Photographic Society Creative Group 20th May until the 17th June Sue Preston on behalf of Wingfield Barns
Youth Club For all at High School & 6th Form. 11 – 18 years old. 7:30 – 9-30pm. £1 entrance fee – includes free hot drink. Tuck shop, games, crafts, cookery and more. Somewhere safe to hang out with friends, have fun and relax, and make new friends. For information call - Graham 01728 628303 or Bev 01379 586731.
Stradbroke Church Village Show 27th July 2013. I still have buckets and potatoes for the heaviest crop grown in a bucket. Cost 50p. Available from 21 Woodfields, Stradbroke. Schedules available from the bakery shop and the Spar store. If you have any enquiries, please contact Roly Copping on 01379 384839. Roly Copping
Eye Opportunity Group We are The Eye Opportunity Group; a charity for children with additional needs. We are having a fundraising event at the end of June. Back to the 80s / 90s Disco. 29th June, Eye Community Centre, 8pm - midnight. Tickets £7.50 in advance, £8.50 on the door. Limited capacity so get your tickets fast! Tickets available at Moons Hairdressers and Eye Pharmacy. All proceeds to Eye Opportunity Group registered charity number 287907. Faye Castle
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Fun Charity Music Quiz Fun quiz in aid of Colostomy Association on Friday 10th May at Laxfield Village Hall. Teams of 4 maximum, £5 per head. Bring your own drink or bottles of wine will be on sale. Doors open at 7pm for a prompt 7.30pm start. To book your table, please call me on 01986 798422. Caroline Emeny
Good Neighbours AGM Monday May 20th 10.30 am Club Room. Community Centre. Good Neighbours will be holding a coffee morning for our drivers prior to an AGM in the Club Room at the Community Centre on Monday May 20th at 10.30 am. We will be pleased to see everyone there. Jane Gemmill
Stradbroke May Day Walk Wednesday May 1st 2013 at 10.30 a.m. If you fancy a longer guided circular walk with Waveney Ramblers around Stradbroke on May Day, please do join us. (10 -11 miles in total) We shall start from the Community Centre at 10.30 a.m. and walk via Wilby Green to Brundish Churchyard, then return by a different route. Bring your own picnic and it would be a good idea to wear boots. Gerald Jenkins - Footpath Warden - 384 825
Radio Stradbroke Just when you thought it was safe to log on….Radio Stradbroke is back. So popular were the Sunday Sessions, that once a month, on Wednesdays 8pm to 11pm we will be unveiling the Midweek Sessions. The theme of the sessions is ‘ Battle of the Bands’. The first one is: Wednesday 15th May ‘Punk & New Wave’ with Richard PierceSaunderson. How the Punk Movement shaped the 70s & beyond. In the coming months you can enjoy: • Top 10 hits from the 90s with Kim Bannon. The Marmite decade, but I bet you will love it! • Kings (& Queens ) of Glam with DJ Wally Ward. Where would the 70s have been without them. • 60s Bands with Marty Norris. How the decade influenced music right up to the current day. • There is more to Manchester than football with DJ Huggy. How Manchester gave the world indie music & the debt we owe it. Stay tuned... Michael Hugman
Mozart Concert in Eye On 18 May, Eye Bach Choir together with the Eye Bach Choir Chamber Orchestra will give a concert of choral and orchestral music by Mozart, including the Coronation Mass, Clarinet Concerto and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. Soloists are Julian Farrell (clarinet), Suzanne Williams (Soprano), Sarah Parkinson (Mezzo Soprano), Dan Bartlette (Tenor) and Dhilan Guanadurai (Baritone). Conductor is Leslie Olive and the venue is Eye Parish Church at 7.30pm. Tickets are £12 (reserved) and £10 (unreserved) and are available from Eye Pharmacy, by email (eyebachchoir@aol.co.uk) , by telephone (01728 74737) or at the door. Elizabeth Medvei
Stradbroke Sports and Community Centre Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of Stradbroke Sports and Community Centre (Charity Number 304823 - Stradbroke Village Hall) will be held on Tuesday, 21st. May at 7.30 pm. in the Webb Room. All Welcome. Margaret Streeter, Secretary.
Turn The Page Artists Book Fair The Forum, Norwich. 3rd and 4th May 2013, 10:00-18:00 a.m.. Free entry. Hundreds of hand-made and bound books to browse or buy. Limited editions, sculptural and altered books, zines and installations. Workshops, story-telling sessions, and live poetry. On 3rd May, from 13:00-14:00, Stradbroke author Richard Pierce will be one of four poets performing Poetry @ Lunchtime in the Millennium Library Express Area at The Forum. Richard’s novel Dead Men was nominated for The Guardian First Book Award in 2012. For full details, go to www.turnthepage.org.uk
Wingfield Open Gardens Wingfield Open Gardens will be taking place this year on Saturday 29th June 10 am - 5.00 pm and Sunday 30th June 12.00 - 5.00 pm. Visitors will be able to view a wide variety of gardens from small to large, formal to cottage, Mediterranean, woodland, water and wild gardens. The rich history of the village is reflected in so many of the houses situated in the gardens in this year's event ranging from medieval to Victorian and the twentieth century. Full details of of the event will be published in the June Edition. All proceeds will go to St Andrew's Church, Wingfield. Rosemary Elliott -Wingfield Open Gardens 2013
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The Suffolk Walking Festival 11 May - 2 June 2013 Ever wanted to weave your way through fields of flax, march through history, search for treasure or ramble through the countryside to the sound of poetry? Well now is your chance! With over 50 guided walks to choose from, The Suffolk Walking Festival is a cornucopia of delightfully themed walks that will take you through gently undulating countryside, around villages and towns awash with some fine architecture and along the wonderful landscape of the Suffolk Coast. The festival kicks off with the 'Launch Jaunt' at Ickworth House near Bury St Edmunds on 11th May and runs for three weeks until 2nd June. In the middle of the festival (18 - 22 May) is the Discover Suffolk Challenge Walk, which follows the coast path from Landguard Fort, up to Lowestoft and covers 66 miles in five days. We don't want anyone to feel obliged to do all five days, but there will be prizes and lots of praise for those hardy folk who do! There is also a charity walk in aid of St Nicholas Hospice Care, which is 14 miles around the lovely landscape of the Lark Valley. Not all of the walks are this long - there is a good range for all abilities and some suitable for children too. We hope you will join us on some of these walks. For the full programme, please visit the Suffolk Walking Festival website www.discoversuffolk.org.uk or any tourist information centre in the county where you can pick up a brochure and book tickets. This festival is sponsored by Discover Suffolk and supported by all the local authorities in Suffolk.
British Red Cross-Across Suffolk Spring/ Summer Snapshot of what we do near you. BBC's organic gardening guru, Bob Flowerdew, is supporting the Red Cross in Suffolk at Haughley Park Open Garden on Sunday May 12th. He'll be presenting a talk on 'No Work Gardening' - ways to reduce or eliminate unnecessary chores and get more flowers, fruit and produce with much less work! A talk Bob describes as a "humorous vitriolic diatribe". Tickets are £10 including access to the gardens and refreshments - call 01284 727247 for more details. We have a host of heavenly gardens open across Suffolk this summer, I can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than enjoying someone else's gardening efforts and homemade tea and cake. Open Garden leaflets are available at local libraries, garden centres and tourist information centres or visit redcross.org.uk. This spring we helped sixteen year old Simon to save a life. Simon is part of young offenders programme in Suffolk. As part of his community programme he was trained in everyday first aid skills by the Red Cross. Walking home from the course he saw a man lying on the ground, frothing at the mouth – with his newly acquired skills he called 999, put the man in the recovery position and reassured him. He found out that the man was a diabetic and was possibly having a diabetic seizure. Simon’s prompt action not only helped to save a life but may also have turned his own life around. On May 8th we celebrate the birthday of the founder of the Red Cross, Henri Dunant, by raising as much money as we can for services in Suffolk. In 2012 the British Red Cross helped almost 20,000 people in Suffolk – it’s my guess that Henri Dunant never dreamed of the impact his organisation would have in our small corner. And so, should you pass one of our volunteer collectors at a local supermarket this summer please stop and say hello and donate your small change – it’s through raising funds locally that we can carry on our work in Suffolk. We spend more on helping people in Suffolk than we raise. If you would like me to talk to your local group about the work of the Red Cross (or for anything else) contact Jane Dow on 01284 727247. Thank you for your support. Jane Dow
Wingfield and District Gardening Club On 21 March we held a most enjoyable quiz won by Amanda Bjőrs and a very successful seed swap, where every packet found a new home. In May on the 18 we visit Furze House, Rushall. The post code is IP21 4RT and we meet at the house at 10.00 am. Caroline 01379 384674 st
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Memories of My Days in Stradbroke from 1909 to 1923 by Claude Rush Part 4 In 1912 heavy rain fell for about 48 hours continuously from about 25th to 27th August. Everywhere was soaked and great areas in Norfolk and Suffolk flooded. Bridges at Shotford and Mendham were washed away, railway embankments on the Waveney Valley line (Tivetshall to Beccles) too, in places – Homersfield was one – with the rails with sleepers attached hanging in the air. Sheaves of corn (harvest time) on the fields were washed down slopes and into ditches and bigger streams causing obstruction and adding to the chaos. I had two cousins from Lowestoft staying with me at Stradbroke. They could not get home for several days after they were due to go and though normally would have gone via Harleston, had to go to Halesworth. ( Note: a barn near Beccles which looks as if it would never ever be flooded has a line showing where the water reached to. It states that 7.3 inches of rain fell in 24 hours). In those days Stradbroke was a dull place to live in – no buses, no street lamps (except an oil lamp over the Church gate at service time) no sewer, no laid-on water, no electricity, no gas (not such a thing as Calor gas then), very few cars, amusement or entertainments seldom, dances very infrequent, say not more than three a year, but dances that were held were very nice – any disorder was unheard of. Entertainments were held in the school big room or the courthouse. Lighting was by oil lamps. There were frequent dancing classes however. I was taught to waltz at classes held for children in the Queens Road billiard room (round the table) one afternoon a week after school. This was in 1911. Miss Ella Rush (no relation to me), now Mrs Hoad of Diss, was the teacher. A certain appearance of the village boys was at the Baptist Chapel if we got to hear that there was to be a baptism (total immersion). We went to hear the girls scream. Some of them did. I wonder if they still do. I have always been Church of England. I was a choir boy at All Saints’ Church from about the age of eight until fifteen, when my voice broke –never to mend, unfortunately! Canon Abbot Roland Upcher was the Rector then – that tall, agile man, with pink complexion like a healthy baby’s and white curls round his head like cumulus clouds. He was born just into Norfolk (Kirby Cane) and came from Halesworth to Stradbroke about 1912 – following Dr Tate. He loved to speak in Suffolk dialect. Saddler Herbert Bayles was Verger (mentioned earlier,) and I often stayed behind in Church after service at night to help to rake out the fire and put out the oil lamps, or go with him to the bell chamber in the tower when the bells and their fittings needed attention. We were up there one day when Harry Webb rang the telegram hand bell at the Post Office. I well recollect poor old Bayles’ sigh at the sound as he sat there on the bell-frame and let his hands drop beside him. During the 1914-18 War, most ringers having gone into the fighting services, I chimed the then 8 bells (now 10) by using the clavier for most services. This apparatus has now been replaced by a new one which I do not like so much. Herbert Bayles had about 56 hand bells. The players were all boys or youths. I was one for several years from 1914. We played Tipperary, There’s a long, long trail, The Lincolnshire Poacher, John Peel, Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, K-k-k-katie, Keep the home fires burning, The Vicar of Bray, Blue Bells of Scotland, Comin’ Thro’ the Rye, I’ll tak the High Road, Auld Lang Syne and others. We practised in a loft at the back of his house. Round Christmas-time and well into the New Year we played in Stradbroke, Hoxne, Worlingworth and so on. The biggest bell, which always hung on a beam in the ceiling of Bayles’ front room, was a beauty, as big as a pail. It was E flat* and one blow would set it sounding for half a minute. (* No – it was a C. I now have it – bought it in London ! CR 1969) The smallest was about the width of an egg cup. Herbert always took this with him. Once in the Queen’s Head, after we had played to the company, Herbert had a tot of whisky put into this little bell. Having emptied the bell he struck it one blow saying ‘Now d’you listen to it!’ An octave of those bells now hangs in the ringing chamber of the Church tower. I have previously referred to Geo.Rose, chorister for generations. His seat in the choir was right behind the pulpit. He chewed Nigroids between what appeared to be two teeth only – one in each jaw. As a lad (tall and thin – 6 ft at 16 years) I had really bad bouts of nose bleeding and fits of fainting, sometimes while in the choir. But I was not ‘out’ long – once I went out at ‘Christian, seek not yet repose’ and fell right over the front of the choir stalls, but was up again at ‘Watch and pray’. (269 A & M) Whenever I hear the hymn I think of the incident. To be continued: Gerald Jenkins
SAS - Marquee for Hire From moneys raised from last year’s Festifull, Stradbroke All Stars (SAS) have been fortunate enough to be able to buy a high quality 8 x 4 metre marquee for use in subsequent events. For a small charge we would like to offer it for hire to organisations and private individuals within the parish. This will include assistance with erection and dismantling. The cost of hiring will be: Private functions £50 per day. Charity and fund raising events – a nominal donation. Other non-fundraising village events – by negotiation! More information from either Don Darling 388098 or Sam Hackett 388872
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Stradbroke Cricket Club By the time this goes to print, the cricket season will have started, unlike nature’s seasons which change only when they are good and ready. I can never remember playing cricket with not one leaf on the trees, or when the temperature is lower than my batting average! But we are British. We keep calm and follow on. At least the weather smiled down on ‘Nat West Cricket Force Day’ on April 7th, when 20 club members & volunteers achieved all the tasks they set themselves. The decision to scrap subscriptions for the 2013 season will hopefully see an upturn in membership, allied to some good weather. Senior training has started on Thursday evenings, Junior coaching commences on 3rd May, every Friday night, 6pm to 8pm for a very reasonable £3 per session, & a list of fixtures for all teams can be found on the club website. Summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the street. Michael Hugman
Stradbroke Football Club Results V Benhall Away Won 4-0 V Hoxne Away Lost 2-1 V Felixstowe Harpers Home Lost 5-3 The last cash bingo raised £75.20. The next one is on 10th May. We look forward to seeing you there.
Mary Ellis
Stradbroke Badminton Club Hello everyone, the following details the club’s league results since the last issue. Aldeburgh Mixed April 12 Stradbroke 2.5 Thorpeness 6.5 April 18 Stradbroke 7.0 Coastal Wanders 2.0 Aldeburgh Men April 15 Stradbroke 5.0 Glevening 1.0 As previously advised Stradbroke men’s team have now been promoted to division 5 in the Ipswich league for the next season. The last club night of this season will be Tuesday 7th May. The date of the opening for the next season beginning in September will be in the August magazine. The date of the AGM due in May will be circulated to the membership in the near future. Hopefully we will all have a great summer. Regards to you all, Roy Lee (01379 384729)
Stradbroke Tennis Club The new season is under way, hopefully with better weather, club nights are as usual on Wednesday’s at 7pm and I hope to see all members turning up on court to enjoy an evening of tennis. The junior club night is also going strong and is run by Andrew Bedwell also on Wednesday evenings from 5.30—6.30. Also anyone wishing to join please come along to the club night where you will be made most welcome, or give me a ring for details (01379 384796) We have entered teams in the Lowestoft League and the South Norfolk leagues and the home matches will be played on Mondays and Thursdays, and occasionally on Sunday mornings for the men’s matches. We have a Level 2 LTA qualified tennis coach in Andrew Bedwell and if you wish to improve your game or are a beginner lessons are available either one to one or in groups, for details please ring And on: 01379 384796 or 0772 852426. Andrew is also a UKRSA qualified stringer and offers a very competitive string service for tennis, badminton and squash racquets. He can be contacted on the numbers previously mentioned. Again as last year the club has combined with the swimming pool for booking times on courts, there is no charge for paid up members but please check with the swimming pool to ensure courts are available when you wish to play. The number to ring is 01379 384376. Again this year for club funds, we are holding our famous Cheese & Wine evening at the community centre on Saturday 25th May 2013. Please see Mary Ellis or John Bedwell for tickets or you can turn up on the door, and enjoy our hospitality for fine wine and good food. It would be great to see as many members as possible on club nights so please come along and I wish you all a very good season. John Bedwell (Chairman – Stradbroke Tennis Club)
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East Anglian Childrens Hospices We support families and care for children and young people with lifethreatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. A Swish and Ladies Pamper event is taking place on Thursday 2 May on the roof- top garden at the offices of global insurance broker Willis based in Friar Street, Ipswich. Tickets for the event (which must be purchased in advance) are £5, and guests will have the opportunity to swap clothes, shop at pampering, handbag and shoes stalls, gain style advice and have a great night out with friends. The ticket price also includes a glass of fizz and nibbles as well as music from the Ipswich Youth Steel Band on the rooftop garden. All who come are asked to bring up to six items of good quality, non damaged items of clothing, shoes and accessories to swap with other ladies at the event. Uniquely, the event will raise money after the night with any left over items to be sold at the EACH charity shops in Ipswich and Felixstowe. Janet Howell of Willis said: “This is a first for Willis and we’ve had so much interest in the tickets from staff and their friends in other businesses in the town centre. We’re excited to see how our first Clothes Swap and Ladies pamper event goes. Event: Swish and Ladies Pamper event Date: Thursday 2 may Time: 5.30pm arrival Venue: Roof top garden at Willis, town Centre Ipswich Tickets: £5 and must be purchased before the event Contact Patsy.johnson-cisse@each.org.uk 01473 276194 nd
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Or why not put your Onesie foot forward for EACH and The Kids Town Trust Support East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) and Town Kid’s Trust by taking part in the Onesie Walk on Saturday 25 May at Felixstowe Sea front dressed in your favourite Onesie. Children of all ages are invited to attend this family sponsored walk to raise funds for EACH which cares for life-threatened children and their families and Town Kid’s Trust; run by Town 102 radio station to support schools, youth groups and disabled children. The walk starts at 11am opposite Manning’s Amusements on Sea Road, Felixstowe walking to the Spa and back wearing your favourite Onsesie. Cheeko the Monkey will be joining in with the walkers along with Sponge Bob Square pants, Patrick the Star fish and some of your other favourite characters. The walk is aimed at children, families and groups of all ages and will include a sandcastle building competition, best Onesie and a quiz. There will also be face painting and refreshment stops along the route. If you can’t attend the event you could host your own ‘Onesie Wednesday’ and wear you Onesie to work or school on a Wednesday during May. All you need to do is make a £1 donation for the privilege and join the many office and shop staff, hairdressers, bus drivers and supermarket staff who have already committed to hosting a Onesie Wednesday. Keep a look out for Ipswich Bus Drivers who will all be wearing Onesies to work on a Wednesday in May. Schools are now signing up to wear onesies to school and we will be have a Onesie Wednesday here at the EACH fundraising office. Once organised we want to see your photos, which can be emailed to EACH and Town 102 to feature on their Facebook pages. Patsy Johnson-Cisse, EACH Suffolk Fundraiser and event organiser, said: “We’re so excited about the Onesie Walk and Wednesday which we’re sure will be popular and raise much-needed funds for two local charities.” For more information about the Onesie Walk and Onesie Wednesday please call the fundraising office on 01473 276196 email treehouse@each.org.uk or visit www.town102.co.uk th
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Local Gardeners Notes Finally, and as if by magic we have turned a corner and the weather has improved, I still can't quite believe we won't get a little more snow. It only took a couple of days of warm weather and buds on the trees and hedges have starting to burst, it seems that plants are about 2-3 weeks later than last year, I have also been to Minsmere and where you would normally see a lot of migrating birds they are really just starting to come in. I've noticed a lot more Barn owls recently, especially in the day, I thought this was a good thing and there must be a lot more about, I then heard that it actually means that there is a shortage of food for them so they are having to go out in the day, some have even had to be rescued because of starvation, the cold weather has taken its toll on some things. The allotment site is progressing well, plenty of activity over the last few weeks, the choice of field has been excellent, from my plot at the top you get a great view back over the village, the main reason for choosing one at the top, I am looking forward to sitting on my bench of an evening in the summer and hopefully looking over a well tended plot. I had great plans to have done more by now but there aren't quite enough minutes in the day, maybe tomorrow! There is to be an official opening of the site which is to take place on 27th May at 3.00pm, it is bank holiday Monday and it will be a great opportunity to take a look around the allotments, orchard and new woodland, you may even be able to make use of the compost toilet if it has been built by then. By the way, the toilet shares a similar view to my plot but you will have to leave the door open to enjoy it, I'm not sure that the Drapers Hill residents would really appreciate it. Now to gardening matters, this is the best time of year to repair your lawns, any damaged edges can be cut with a half moon. If it is very bad you can cut a square out, spin it round, and sprinkle a little grass seed. If you have a worn out section of turf exchange it with some elsewhere in the garden that is out of sight. Compaction on lawns means that the roots of the grass will struggle to get very deep, this can make it less tolerant in dry weather, to help this, get a border fork and spike the turf every four to six inches, pushing the fork in as deep as you can and wiggle it around, to do a proper job you can brush in sand. This is particularly important on areas of the lawn that are used for paths or where you step off a terrace onto the lawn. If you have excess energy to spare your lawn would also benefit from a good hearty raking, this removes the dead grass (thatch) and moss. If you use weed and feed, after a couple of weeks you will need to rake out all of the dead weeds and moss, you will be surprised how much rubbish you get out, if you have used weed and feed don't put the raked out stuff on the compost heap, also the lawn clippings should be thrown away at least the first time because the weed killer will still be present in the compost and may affect some plants. If you are thinking of replanting any parts of your garden consider planting butterfly and bee friendly plants, this year with the cold weather dragging on so long the lack of insect activity may have an effect on some of the fruit pollination, particularly early fruiting varieties such and plums/pears and if you are lucky enough to grow them, peaches. You can always hand pollinate but this may not always be convenient or practical. The old favourite plants are good like buddlia and sedums, make sure you use single flowers rather than over bred doubles that have little or no pollen, also native or closely related varieties can be very good. Late or early flowering plants will extend the season and are a good source of nectar when nothing else is available. Happy gardening, Luke.
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Keeping in Touch: Dan Poulter, MP
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My first priority is always to look after the people of Central Suffolk and North Ipswich as your local MP and it is always pleasing when the work I am doing as a Government Health Minister benefits children and families in Suffolk. As an NHS hospital doctor and your local MP, I have seen at first hand the barriers that stand in the way of parents and prevent children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) from getting the right care and support. That is why I am working with the Department for Education to bring in the Children and Families Bill to Parliament, which will help better join up care between local health, education and social services for families and children with Special Educational Needs. There will be a new duty of cooperation between schools, local councils and the NHS to help ensure that children have the right support package available to address their needs. This means that families will have single, integrated education, health and care plans developed for their children, replacing the multitude of assessments and delays that characterise the current system. There are no quick fixes but when it becomes law, the Children and Families Bill will make a real difference to families and young people with Special Educational Needs in Suffolk by making it easier for them get the right care and support and I am delighted to be playing a leading role in taking this legislation through Parliament. I was delighted to recently visit the Sue Ryder care centre in Suffolk, which specialises in providing nursing care for people aged 18 and upwards who have complex neurological needs, such as dementia and multiple sclerosis. One of the biggest healthcare challenges facing Suffolk is how to better look after our growing older population, and the number of older people living with dementia, particularly in more rural communities, is set to increase further in future. Sue Ryder are working together with the Debenham Project to give people more information, advice and support about what it means to live with dementia. This a great initiative and the Debenham Project has already been recognised as an example of best practice across Suffolk in bringing together local Social Services, charities and the NHS to support families and carers who look after elderly relatives or friends with dementia. I would like to thank all the volunteers at the Sue Ryder centre and the Debenham Project who selflessly give up their time to support vulnerable older people with dementia in our communities. My visit to the Sue Ryder care centre has made me all the more determined to ensure that the Government continues its investment in dementia care in the NHS. I hold regular constituency advice surgeries locally to help people who have problems. If you think that I may be able to help you, please contact me on 01728 685 148, or email me via www.drdanielpoulter.com.
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