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Adnams of Southwold have cause to celebrate this month after joining
forces with Notcutts to produce a Large Gold medal winning ‘pub garden’
at Sandringham Flower Show. They were rewarded with a visit from Prince
Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, who also took the opportunity to sample
a glass of Ghost Ship beer!
Reydon Show also produced many green-fingered winners and there is more
cause for celebration as fund raising for the Save our Southwold community
group got off to a great start with further events planned in the coming weeks.
Please accept my apologies for not including the minutes of the July Town
council meeting. I have been unable to get hold of them at the time of going
to print.
The many other charitable and voluntary organisations within these pages
once again highlight the great community spirit that exists in Southwold, I am
never short of copy!
Happy reading!
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Happy and Glor ious, Adnams and Notcutts win Large Gold at
Sandr ingham Flower Show
HRH The Prince of Wales and Duchess
of Cornwall visit the show garden
Two East Anglian family businesses,
Adnams and Notcutts, joined forces
at Sandringham Flower Show to
create a garden named “Happy and
Glorious”. Inspired by Her Majesty the
Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations,
this special pub garden brings
together two quintessentially British
traditions, garden parties and the
pub.
The garden was judged by RHS
Judges and was awarded the top honour. The judges assessed
to the same standards as gardens seen at Chelsea Flower Show
and commented that they were unable to find a single fault. David
Reeve, Chairman of the Sandringham Flower Show, was extremely
impressed by not only the garden but by the great team work
demonstrated by both companies during the build which was
headed up by garden designer Marco De Jongh of Notcutts.
Nicky Dulieu, Non-Executive Director of Adnams and Chairman
of Notcutts, welcomed the show’s guests of honour, The Prince
of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, into the garden, giving a
guided tour and explaining the inspiration behind the space. HRH
Prince Charles and Camilla were introduced to Caroline Notcutt,
a member of the garden centre’s founding family and Marco De
Jongh. Both were very enthused by the garden and HRH Prince
Charles particularly admired the tree ferns and moss pathway, and
also expressed his growing appreciation of hydrangeas.
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The couple then toasted the garden with a glass of Adnams Ghost
Ship beer, before continuing to congratulate the team on the
garden.
The Happy and Glorious garden reflects the two businesses’
core industries: Notcutts’ horticultural knowledge and Adnams’
brewing expertise. Designed in association with the Eastern Daily
Press, it is filled with bright and colourful flowers, bunting and even
boasts a bar serving Adnams’ beers and gin. The planting selected
for the garden includes summer favourites such as hydrangeas,
hostas and dahlias as well as taller canopy plants including birch
trees, conifers and tree ferns (Dicksonia Antarctica) to create shade
and add architectural structure. The one-day event held at the
Queen’s Norfolk estate received thousands of visitors, who viewed
“Happy and Glorious” as well as a number of other gardens and
browsed the many retails stands.
Andy Wood commented: “We’re thrilled to have been awarded the
Large Gold medal, it really is a testament to the two companies’
knowledge and enthusiasm. It has been a great honour to work
with Notcutts, another regional family business on this year’s Flower
Show. Both of our brands have a proud relationship with the Royal
Family, Nottcuts has supplied plants to the Royal Household and we
have brewed a number of beers to commemorate important royal
occasions and jubilees.
“As a result this garden is not only a celebration of The Queen’s
90th birthday but also of British traditions. For this project, we have
reinvented a conventional “pub garden” to create a beautiful space
in which to enjoy a pint of British Ale, something I know HRH Prince of
Wales is partial to. We hope that visitors enjoyed all the garden had
to offer and took inspiration for their own gardens!”
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Sea Spice brings exotic Indian cuisine to Aldeburgh
It was one of those perfect Summer evenings,
the kind of evening that should be spent
with friends, food and a few drinks and that
was exactly what we intended on doing.
Starting at The White Lion with cocktails, a
passion fruit martini and strawberry mojito,
very seasonal twists on the classics.
Then on to Seaspice, when you enter a
restaurant it is great to be acknowledged
straight away and greeted with a smile
and the staff here did exactly that. It has a
beautifully thought out contemporary decor
and a wonderful ambience. It is always
lovely to be able to soak up the buzz that
you get from a busy restaurant full of happy,
good spirited diners!
We started with some “nibbles”, now if
you have always given these a miss in the
past for fear of spoiling your appetite for
your main course now is the time to throw
caution to the wind. The crispy coated okra
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Prawns for starter in a lightly spiced crispy
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cooked to perfection. But the highlight
of the meal for me was my main course
recommended to me by Anupam, the
manager. Suffolk braised lamb shank with
brown garlic and freshly ground spices is
one of those dishes that you insist on others
at your table trying because you don’t want
them to miss out. The meat just melted in
the mouth and the sauce had bags of flavour
and was well balanced. After sampling a
few of the side dishes that there are on offer
we settled on the mushroom masala and dal
makhani, a slow cooked black lentil dish as
our favourites.
To mirror the delicious food is a generous
wine list with a good variety of options by
the glass both in red and white. The craft
beer section is extensive and although I
prefer wine I’m sure there are plenty of you
out there who would appreciate the chance
to choose from such a list!
We thoroughly enjoyed our evening at
Seaspice, there is nothing else like it locally.
The menu offers plenty of choice along
with some signature dishes, a variety of
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Southwold Commun ity R adio
Update on your local internet radio station which is Www.southwoldcommunityradio.com
The station had over 2,300 listeners in July, still room for more so why not join them! We are broadcasting across East Anglia, the U.K and
the World 24 hours a day,so plenty of time to tune in via the website and Tune In App on your digital devices and internet radios. Follow
us on Facebook and Twitter and support your local radio station.
Advertisers and event organisers note the figures, still rising, see how many people you would reach.
For details contact the station via e-mail
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We look forward to hearing from you.
Save Our Southwold
At the end of July Southwold Town Council and the Save Our
Southwold (hospital) community group received the eagerly
awaited news that The NHS Property Company had put
Southwold Hospital up for sale. Save our Southwold was formed,
specially, to keep the former hospital for the community’s use,
rather than see the site developed for expensive homes.
In a brilliant move Southwold Town Council had the building
designated an Asset of Community Value in February, and
in June they successfully fought off a subsequent appeal by
NHS Properties. Because of the earlier designation The NHS
are obliged to consider a community bid first, after which the
hospital site will go onto the open market. We have just five
months to put together a viable and fully funded proposal that
would secure this unique space for the people of Southwold,
Reydon and beyond.
have received several generous pledges that should bring the
total raised so far to over £7000!
Sincere thanks must go to all individuals, businesses and
authorities that helped us raise this extraordinary amount to
take our plans forward for the community. The Feasibility Study
is expected to begin in the next week or so, and is expected to
report back within 30 days.
However we still need to raise a further £4000 towards the cost
of the Feasibility Study. Future fundraising events include a local
Coffee Morning on September 1st and a sponsored Bike Ride in
October. If you would like to help us, either with the bid for the
hospital, or a contribution to this special cause please contact:
Laurence Vulliamy on Tel: 07768 395465 or visit www.sosa.help.
At a packed local meeting the Town and district had voted to
have a Feasibility Study report on the hospital site, and Save
our Southwold have been raising money to pay for it. This
essential work will include a full structural and thermal survey,
a considered market value for the site and recommendations
for the best facilities for the local building, including a home for
a new, improved Southwold Library. If this superb asset is to be
secured for the community it will have to be a self-sustaining
business.
Fund raising got off to a very positive start with our first event,
the Flea Market and Hog Roast on South Green, which raised
£4000 in cash and a further £500 in donations. Added to that we
St Margar et’s Church
St Margaret’s Mid-Week Matinées
The new film season will begin in September and will run for three months. Each film will be shown on the 4th Wednesday afternoon,
starting on 28th September with a showing of ‘Miss Potter’, then 26th October and finally 23rd November. The films will be shown in
the Church Room, doors will open at 1.30pm for tea and coffee and each performance will begin at 2pm.
There is no admission charge but, as always, donations towards the upkeep of St Margaret’s Church would be greatly appreciated.
SCRABBLE GROUP
The winner of the August meeting was Miriam Bennett with a total score over two games of 434 points. Bonus word was: SARDINES
(Miriam Bennett).
The Scrabble Group meets on the first Monday of the month at 2pm in Reydon Church Room. The next meetings will be on Monday
September 5th and Monday October 3rd.
New members very welcome. For further information ring 01502 722483.
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Artist cr eates new A to Z of Suffolk Exhibition in Southwold 1-30 October
2016, at Cr aftco, Southwold.
New body of work inspired by landmarks in the county.
A is for Adnams, B is for Butley Orford Oysterage…
Inspired by architectural landmarks in Suffolk, artist Leanda Jaine Hughes will exhibit her new body of
work in Southwold this October.
In the new “A to Z of Suffolk”, Leanda Jaine creates a series of limited-edition images using screenprinting and embossing.
She selects a different building, landmark or location in Suffolk to represent each letter of the alphabet,
such as the letter O for Orford Ness, M for Martello Towers and S for Sole Bay.
“My work isn’t necessarily about representing a typical tourist landmark,” she says. “It’s about triggering
an individual memory of a location. The letter G illustration, for example, is for The Golden Galleon in
Aldeburgh which could evoke a memory of sandy fish and chips wrapped in paper at the end of the day
on the beach. ”
The idea for the series came about from many walks with her dog in Walberswick. She visited Suffolk
frequently to make initial pencil sketches and look for places that inspired her. She then transferred
the sketches to photoshop to add colour and then produced them as screen prints.
“As I’ve got to know the area, I feel a real connection with it. I have warmed to the many stunning sites
and significant buildings that evoke memories and my creative interest,” says Leanda Jaine.
“Many visitors to the area will have caught the ferry across from Walberswick or walked along the pier
in Southwold and will have some kind of connection to the places I have chosen. My work taps into that
notion.”
Other prints in the series include the pier and beach huts at Southwold, the House in the Clouds at
Thorpeness and the Butley Orford Oysterage.
Leanda graduated from Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) in 2014 with a first class honours degree in illustration. The new body of
work builds on an earlier series, the A to Z of Norwich. Leanda Jaine uses screen-printing, linocut, etching and embossing.
In keeping with the theme of memory and place, Leanda Jaine also receives numerous private commissions from people who want a
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Southwold R ailway Trust
The Charity Open Weekend in June went
very well indeed. The Trust welcomed many
visitors from Wenhaston and other Blyth Valley
villages and towns, as well as some from farther
afield, and the families of many members.
The woodland walk proved very popular, and
a group of members were running their 7¼”
ride-on railway, now known as the Blyth Valley
Light Railway, which was greatly appreciated by
the younger children. Regular volunteers also
demonstrated how Victorian navvies would
have laid track on this site in 1878/9, by “dogspiking” temporary lightweight rails – some
original SR - which have been donated to the
Trust by well-wishers all along the valley. The
sponsors who helped the Trust to buy the land
were able to see their sponsorship plaques,
affixed along the newly-restored trackside
fence. There was an “outstation” of the Trust
shop, and it was suggested to visitors that
they patronise local Wenhaston and Blyford
establishments for refreshment – the Star, the
Queen’s Head, and the Community Café at the
Village Hall. Everyone who visited, and who
expressed any opinion, was very supportive
of the Trust’s Aim to restore the railway, and
several new Members were recruited – one has
already joined the regular volunteer team.
Over the last four years, the volunteers and
Trustees have made considerable efforts to
become part of the community, and are always
very careful of the feelings of our neighbours.
They all fervently believe that restoration of
the Southwold Railway would be good for the
Blyth Valley in general, and for Southwold,
Halesworth, and the villages. At the Community
Café in Wenhaston, many cafes in Southwold,
and at events like this one, and at others such
as the regular guided walks, Trust members are
heartened by the positive feedback and support
they receive.
Meanwhile, work to follow-up on the granting of
planning permission to start the restoration of
the railway at Blyth Road, Southwold, continues,
with the current emphasis being on fund-raising
for land purchase, and on mitigation of the
conditions applied to the project by Waveney
District Council.
Activities at the Trust are becoming so many
and varied that it’s becoming hard to keep
up! Membership, for the first time ever, has
breached the 400-mark, and continues to
increase, with most new Members being from
the Blyth Valley. When we are still suffering from
so much opposition, from parish and town
councils, district councils, and other groups, it
is gratifying to see that so many local people do
support our Charitable Aims. Join us – for less
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The Victorian Heritage Train project, to build
a typical Southwold Railway train as ran in
1879, is progressing, with both Covered Van 40
and Open Wagon 41 beginning to look like the
real thing: quotes for the
locomotive, and designs
for the coach, proceed.
Nowhere in the world
has any organisation yet
replicated a complete
mixed narrow gauge train,
so we hope to be the first.
During
August,
the
volunteers have again been
working at Bird’s Folly, on
the Halesworth Millennium
Green (and with their
kind permission), doing
industrial archaeology and
interpreting the historic
artefacts there. The top of
the Edwardian well (dug
for water for locomotives), and a damaged pillar
in the ash-pit, have both been restored with
appropriate recycled Suffolk red bricks. The
unique SR buffer stop is restored in its original
position, using larch timber and original SR
rails. The platform for the chain pump above
the well has been part-restored, using some
original timber (which we found down the well!).
The footprint of the 1914 locomotive shed has
been cleared, and locally-sourced shingle now
delineates the area of the foundations. The
Millennium Green and the Trust will continue
to work together on interpretation of this
important installation.
Meanwhile, we plough on through the long
process of mitigating the conditions on the
Southwold Station Project at Blyth Road,
and in raising the cash to buy the land and
develop the site. The Trust has been granted full
Planning Permission to provide this re-creation
of important local history, but is saddened that
several local groups and organisations are still
trying to stop it happening, for reasons which
escape us. We have revived the original company
– Southwold Railway Company Limited – and
shares will be issued, based on the original
Company Shares, later in the year - so that
local enthusiasts can invest in the rebirth of the
railway. Expressions of interest in these shares,
each valued at £50, can be sent to the company
office at 27 High Street, Southwold, IP18 6LQ, or
online on www.southwoldrailway.co.uk. Many
of the (possibly more collectable) low-number
shares have already been allocated – so get
your interest in as soon as possible.
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The History of Southwold in 25 Objects - was the
title of the talk given by Simon Loftus, President of
Southwold Museum and Historical Society, as
part of the Southwold Festival.
Many of the objects were chosen from the
collections of Southwold Museum, and you can find
the oldest item displayed there - a Bronze age ox
rib with the outline of a deer engraved on it. This ox rib was found
in the old river bed at Easton Bavents, just north of Southwold. It
is the first real evidence of a human settlement, confirmed by a
bronze axe head and spear head found many years ago, and burnt
flints which were discovered at the site of the recent community
dig near Southwold.
Later and larger; look up as you enter the museum and find two
Viking steering oars, (radio-carbon dated between 850 – 950 AD)
almost touching the roof, the biggest things in the museum. They
would have been used from the right hand side of their ships rather
than from the stern. The narrowest end on each has a rectangular
hole, which would have held the tiller bar. If the helmsman pushed
the bar forwards the ship would turn to port (left) and if he pulled
the bar back he would steer to starboard. The starboard side of
a ship is named from the Anglo Saxon word for a rudder – “steer
board” and in harbour “port” the other side, would lie alongside a
quay, to avoid damaging the steering oar.
The oars were found by local fishermen in the 1980s. The smaller
was caught in the net of a trawler in 1981 and the larger washed up
on the beach at Easton after a storm in 1986. That one is thought
to be the best preserved steering oar in the world, from a massive,
clinker built, Viking Longship, 20-30 metres long, (at least as long
as the museum) capable of carrying 100 warriors to war. In 865 a
‘Great Army’ invaded East Anglia and campaigns ran on for more
than a decade. There is evidence, from this time, of summer Viking
raids to plunder, perhaps from the wealthy religious houses, or
to trade in wood and amber. Many Norsemen settled along this
coast as life was easier and held more opportunities than the
fjords and coasts of the Viking lands. The remains of a Viking boat
discovered in Buss Creek, and the ‘Viking Quay’ at Frostenden
provide evidence of these invasions, and names such as Sagin,
Hurr, Upcraft are Norse in origin.
This early 17th century Bellarmine 'witch jar' was
found buried under the hearth of the Town Farm,
Southwold. Originally made in Germany, and
later copied in Fulham, such jars were decorated
with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine, who was
notorious for persecuting Protestants. They were
frequently filled with charms and buried under
hearths, to ward off witches, especially in the east of England. Fear
of witch craft was widespread in 17th century England, for this was
an age of anxiety and fierce superstition, exacerbated by religious
strife, apocalyptic prophesies and civil war.
Southwold itself suffered a series of calamities. In 1652 the town
Bailiffs wrote to Cromwell’s secretary John Milton, “Southwold is at
present destitute. The town consisteth of about two thousand souls.
The causes of the decay of the town are the impairing of the harbour
the want of fishing and the charge of so many widows and fatherless,
left upon them by several fights with the Hollanders.” Seven years
later, in April 1659, the Great Fire of Southwold destroyed most of
the town, including the Town Hall, Market Place, Market House,
Gaol, granaries, fish houses, tackle houses, maltings, brew-houses
and inns. 238 houses were burnt to the ground and the damage
was estimated at £40,000. 300 families were ruined, almost the
entire property-owning population.
But the Town Farm survived, so whoever buried the 'witch jar' may
have felt that its charms had worked.
Southwold Museum has again received ‘Accreditation’ after
months of effort by the President and Curator. This Scheme,
administered by the Arts Council of Great Britain, sets nationally
agreed standards of good practice. It has become much more
rigorous in recent years, so it is a major achievement for such a
tiny museum to have passed every aspect of the lengthy process
with flying colours. Accreditation entitles Southwold Museum to
be considered for certain types of funding, and to access various
schemes that share expertise between museums of all sizes - but it
is also a real mark of distinction, of which we may justly be proud.
Southwold Museum, 11 Victoria Street, is an ‘Award Winning
Gem’ a ‘Box of Delights’, which from the road is a small Dutch
cottage but like the Tardis opens up a fascinating collection of the
history of this area. Come and see for yourself between 2 – 4pm
every day until the end of October. Entry is free but we welcome
your donations as the museum is run entirely by volunteers and
receives no government funding.
Psycho Spiritual Workshop
At the Haven centre in Southwold on
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SOUTHWOLD & R EYDON SOCIETY
This month we cover a number of issues.
Jubilee Green, Reydon
Reydon’s new village green, Jubilee Green, was to have been handed
over to the Parish Council by Hopkins Homes once the Sole Bay Health
Centre and the house building had been completed. There have been
a number of delays preventing this happening, to the frustration of the
Parish Council who would like to utilise the space for the benefit of the
village. So that the Green can be legally transferred to RPC, the Council’s
solicitors have written a number of times to the solicitors of HH to enable
the legal handover. So far, there has been no response. Enquiries are
currently being made to see what is causing the holdup.
Some keen gardeners asked the Parish Council if a Community Garden
could be started, using part of the site. The Council agreed and also
promised some money to help get the Garden going, so has Michael
Ladd, with his SCC hat on, and the Rotary Club has offered help with the
heavy work. The idea is to start on a small scale and hopefully expand if
successful; to that end 2, 5 and 10 year plans are in place. The intention
is to build raised beds in which to grow flowers and perhaps vegetables
for anyone to pick. There are several people who have volunteered to get
involved and this number will hopefully rise once the Garden gets going;
others have shown interest in the project. As there is nothing that can be
done until the legal transfer is completed, a core of Gardeners meet on the
Green the first Saturday of the month to maintain the existing beds and
borders. Anyone is welcome to join in!
Southwold Neighbourhood Plan
Residents of Southwold will shortly be receiving a consultation pack
on the new proposed Neighbourhood Plan for Southwold. This results
from considerable work by the Town Council and aims to create local
planning rules that will protect and enhance the character of the town
for many years to come. If supported by the consultation, it will then be
considered by a Planning Inspector and if it passes that test, it will then be
put formally to the electorate of Southwold in a referendum (Yes, another
one!). We hope all Southwold residents will respond to the consultation
and also that members not living in Southwold will also comment. Look
out for more information on the Town Council’s website: southwoldtown.
com.
Chains Ready to Pounce?
One of the background reports commissioned by Waveney District
Council as part of their work on the new Local Plan 2018-36 (which will
be the overall planning framework for the district) was a study of the retail
sector’s interest in developments across the district. We are disappointed
to see that the section on Southwold suggests that a range of national
chains are keen to gain premises in the town. In our response to the Local
Plan consultation, we have argued for planning rules that help retain the
kind of retail premises that are more likely to suit independent shops than
the multiples. Clearly, this battle is by no means won….
Pamela Cyprien, Committee Member
MGC
SERVICES LTD
(est. 1989)
You may have seen the For Sale signs which have gone up outside
the Police Station in Southwold. The good news is that the site will be
developed to enhance the entrance to the town - something the Society
has been advocating for some time. The development may also include
a new library.
The bad news is that the police station will not be replaced. Instead
policing will be done from Halesworth - nine miles away. When the sale of
the site was first mooted three years ago, the Society asked what would
happen to the existing police station. We were told then by the Suffolk
Police and Crime Commissioner that police were investigating “alternative
solutions for a smaller fit for purpose policing base in Southwold” - and
they added “we have no plans to change the delivery of policing services
in the town”.
How times change. In their latest email to the Society the Commissioner
says there are no plans for a new base in Southwold. Let’s hope the CCTV
cameras on Mights Bridge are working!
The Police station site is being offered for sale together with the former
fire station site. The agents describe it as “Gateway” development site and
have imposed a deadline for bids of Sept 9. They also raise the prospect of
a new library being built on the site. Suffolk County Council which owns
the fire station part of the site has said it may be interested in an offer for
“part payment in kind” if the purchaser is willing to provide a new library
as part of the development.
Meanwhile on the other side of Mights Road planning permission has been
granted for thirteen houses on the sites of the former Southwold Garage
and work is expected to start shortly. We are glad that representations
from, among others, the Society and Southwold Town Council have led
to a design for this development which is generally felt appropriate to
the entrance to Southwold and is a considerable improvement on earlier
plans.
Another victory for local pressure is the recently announced decision by
Network Rail to keep open the pedestrian level crossing at Halesworth
Station. The crossing will be slightly relocated and have new barriers and
signage to reduce the risk of an accident to pedestrians or cyclists, who
will have to demount to cross. Network Rail stress, however, that they will
continue to monitor incidents at or near the crossing and if a few reckless
users continue to cross the line unsafely they will close the crossing
altogether as they originally proposed. Nonetheless, the pressure from
Halesworth residents (many of whom use the crossing in order to access
the town centre) the local passenger group ESTA and the Society, all of
which was supported by our local MP, has persuaded Network Rail to
adopt the new solution to the safety risks of the current crossing. Those
using the bus to reach the train from Southwold and Reydon will thus
continue to have easy access to and from both platforms
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SOUTHWOLD THEATR E & MUSIC GROUP
Go back to the futur e for the Suffolk S
Time for renewing membership.
Come along on 9th and 10th July 2016
August is a quiet month for the Theatre Group, but a new programme has just been issued with
invitation
existing
members
to
toan
discover
thetoweird
and
wonderful
renew. There are a lot of exciting shows coming up in the Autumn and Winter, some already advertised,
plus
a
few
booking
for
2017.
world of steampunk at this unique
Members are looking forward to “Pirates of Penzance,” by Gilbert and Sullivan, the Royal Philharmonic
Glyndebourne
and Orchestra
glorious 2concerts,
day festival
of gadgets
Touring Opera’s beautiful “Madame Butterfly,” and the Northern Ballet’s “Beauty and the Beast.” And
there’s
more!
“Pride
and
and goggles, corsets andPrejudice”
cabaret,
arrives from the Regent’s Park Theatre, Felicity Kendal is coming to Norwich in “A Room with a View,”
there
are the
“The Sound
music,
magic
andmusicals
machines!
For the
of Music” and “Chicago” and that’s only this autumn. Next year we have tickets for Matthew third
Bourne’s
“The Red
the
yearballet,
running,
the Shoes,”
Long Shop
Northern Ballet Company’s new work, “Casanova,” and a highlight for many, “Mamma Mia.” Get Museum
practisinginthe
vocals!
Leiston provides the perfect
Transport to the theatres is arranged from Reydon and Southwold, plus other villages. Membership
of the group
is £7.00
for up
an individual
backdrop
for you
to soak
the festival
or £12.00 for couples. If you would like to join, contact Christine Obern, tel: 01502 723437. We look
forward
to
welcoming
you.
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R EYDON SHOW
Reydon Show was held on Saturday 6th August and despite
weather problems for the gardeners there were some excellent
entries. Our thanks go to all the judges and helpers and of course
the entrants who make the show. The foyer of the hall showed a
display of paintings provided by the pupils of Reydon School and
were very much admired. Parish Council Chairman Barry Remblance presented the trophies to the winners and also drew the
raffle
Prize winners are as follows:
Ernest Moyse Memorial Trophy Most outstanding exhibit in
flower classes - John Perkins
Challenge Cup (Open) Most points in vegetable and fruit sections - Phil Dawson
Garden News Shield (Reydon gardeners only) Most points in
vegetable and fruit sections - Phil Dawson
Charlie Martin Cup (Runner up) 2nd most points in vegetable
and fruit sections - Di Dawson
fi ambience of steampunkery with fashion and film, duels and
jewels, a marvellous marketplace, fabulous food and more; a
Francis Moyse Memorial Trophy Best exhibit in the vegetable
veritable museum of curiosities.
classes - Di Dawson
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Silver Plate Most points in cookery classes - Carol Horton
of music and cabaret. And go shop in the Long Shop when this
hub of steam
engineering
history
becomes
an emporium
like
Reydon
Showand
Trophy
Best exhibit
in adult
handicraft
- Christine
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Methodist Church Hall, East Green.
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Reydon Parish Council Shield Best exhibit in cookery classes them. Together with the door-to-door collection £2,363 was raised, includ
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Suffolk Coastal Hear ing Specialists Nominated For Top Awar d
Over 20,000 people* in the Suffolk Coastal district experience hearing loss, but thanks to one local company which has just been nominated for a top award, help is close at hand.
The Hearing Care Centre, which has centres located in Aldeburgh, Felixstowe, Framlingham, Halesworth, Southwold and Woodbridge,
has been chosen as a finalist in the Suffolk Coastal Business Awards for their customer-focused approach.
Led by senior audiologist Karen Finch, the company offers a variety of hearing related services including hearing assessments, fitting of
the latest hearing aid technology, earwax removal, noise protection and tinnitus management.
To be nominated as a finalist in the ‘Customer Focus’ category The Hearing Care Centre had to show evidence of a customer-focused
culture with a consistent commitment to customer service excellence, backed up with customer testimonials and reviews.
Karen was delighted to hear the news of having been selected in the final four.
“I was thrilled to learn of our nomination as this is the first time we have entered these awards. We have very strong representation across
the Suffolk Coastal district, meaning that patients don’t have to travel very far to access our services.”
“No matter who our patients are, we aim to offer exemplary customer service and help change lives by enabling them to hear better,” said
Karen.
The three other finalists in the Customer Focus category are Suffolk Secrets, Framlingham Medical Practice and Heritage Care at Home.
The Suffolk Coastal Business Awards recognise the work or organisations and individuals in the district over the past 18 months.
Winners will be announced at a glitzy ceremony at Kesgrave Hall, in Ipswich on September 15th.
50k pledge takes char ity campaign into final str aight
A campaign to raise £714,000 to build an innovative
centre for people with life-limiting illnesses in east
Suffolk and south Norfolk has entered the final
straight after receiving a £50,000 pledge.
Halesworth Community Nursing Care Fund (HCNCF) has been
awarded the generous grant towards its information and support
centre (ISC) appeal from the Garfield Weston Foundation. The
money takes the total raised so far to £636,410 – the equivalent of
more than 89% of the target.
Fundraisers are now hoping a final push will bring in the remaining
money so that building work can start – and have appealed to
anyone who may be able to help to get in touch.
The Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded, grant-making
trust which has been supporting charities across the UK for more
than 50 years. Around 1,500 organisations each year benefit,
covering areas such as health, the arts, welfare and education.
The money given to HCNCF will be put towards the ISC, which
aims to bring a full range of holistic services closer to home for
patients with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, their families
and carers. This includes benefits advice, wig-fitting, children and
family support, complementary therapies, help understanding a
diagnosis, counselling and bereavement support.
The centre will be built on land adjacent to Cutlers Hill Surgery in
Halesworth, and will serve people living in a 15-mile radius of the
town.
Ted Edwards, ISC chairman, said: “We are incredibly grateful for
this latest pledge, which has taken us one step closer to our target
and into the final straight with our fundraising.
“We will now concentrate all of our efforts into raising the remaining
money and starting work on this valuable facility as quickly as
possible so that local people no longer have to travel as far for help
and support.”
For more information about the ISC project, or to make a donation,
visit www.halesworthhealth.org/information-and-support-centre.
CLANCYS
General Stores
1 Station Road
Southwold
Family Run independant store with helpful, friendly staff
Open seven days a week for a large selection of
Groceries, Dairy products, Fruit & Veg, Confectionary, snacks,
beers & Adnams wines.
Fresh & Cooked meats from Bramfield Meats
Fresh Seafood & Fish items from L Roberts of Lowestoft
Fresh Bread, baps & filled sandwiches delivered daily
Free Range Eggs from Eggsolicious
Newspapers, Magazines
For the Complete A1
Home Selection Service
Stationary Items & Stamps
Greetings Cards for every age & wrapping Paper
Now stocking a wide range of bbq and travel accessories
By Gary Burden
Carpets, Vinyl & Luxury Vinyl Tiles
10 Year Stain Resistant Carpets & Vinyl’s from £4.99m2
Save £££££’s - We will beat any genuine retailer quote
Extensive Gluten Free range of foods
Flowers, bedding plants & pot plants
Lottery and scratch cards
Lots of new lines being added every week
Open from 6.30 – 6.00 Monday – Saturday
7.00 – 5.00 Sundays
Tel 01502 722170
Tel: 01728 604396
Mob: 07419 375720
www.garyburdena1carpets4u.co.uk
Or e mail [email protected] for more information
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Out and about in and around
Weekly Events
Crick Court Social Club invites all friends to our 'fun afternoons' on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 2.30 to 4.30.
On Wednesday (except for the 1st. Wed of the month) a variety of games i.e. animal races, beetle drive, play your cards
right , on Thursday, hoy and on Friday bingo. We would love to see you there!
d
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h
Sout
Mondays
Southwold & Reydon Table Tennis Club meet at the Scout Hut, Mights Road, Southwold 9am-11am and 2pm-4pm. Membership free. Sessions cost £1.50 after first month
of membership. Contact the Secretary on 01502 578679
MONTHLY EVENTS
The Southwold Activity Group is held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month from 2pm - 3:30pm at Pitches View in Reydon. The group provides a safe and supportive
environment for people with dementia and their carers. You can share your personal experiences of dementia with others who understand, as much as possible, what you
are going through. You can also use the meetings as an opportunity to relax, to take part in group activities, to talk to a support worker and to have a break from the routine
of daily life. Refreshments are provided. For more information regarding the support group, please contact Jonny Hawes on 01502 514712 or email jonathan.hawes@
alzheimers.org.uk
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weddings, events & parties all over East Anglia, London
Southwold Women's Institute. A talk
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& further. They perform in smaller groups also, and the
by David Faulkes "My life as a criminal
The Southwold Sailors' Reading Room
duo tonight is Anne Burton – piano & vocals, and Myke
defence
lawyer".
Methodist
Church
15 Hall Southwold 7.00 pm. New members Clifford – saxophones, flute & vocals (and maybe even
Golf Day at the Southwold Golf Club
congas if he brings them!)
11am. Coffee and bacon roll. Shot Gun
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and visitors always welcome. For further
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start. 18 holes with lunch and presentation information contact Mrs Pat Tobin on 01502 724970.
SOUTHWOLD TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
with a raffle all for only £26.00. All proceeds
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to help the SSRR Charity. Please contact Gary Farnam
SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST Southwold
27
on 07941242965 to register and play or for more
Wildlife Group ‘Images of Nature'. An
information. You can also contact the Southwold Golf
audio
visual
presentation
by
David
15
Club on 01502 723234 ref SSRR golf day
Boulton at 7.30pm St Edmunds Hall,
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Southwold. Admission £2 including
Southwold Dickens Fellowship meets
refreshments. Everyone welcome .
4 trips to Havergate Island
at 2.30pm in the Guide Centre, Cautley
9am, 10am, 12 noon & 1pm.
27 Road. The opening programme of the new
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season features a report on the international
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11 Autumn on the Island. The
Southwold Decorative & Fine Arts
Dickens Fellowship conference recently
avocets gather in large numbers
Society Season of Lectures. 2pm at St
held in Aberdeen and an introduction to the novel for
in the Alde-Ore estuary in autumn and use the island to
Edmunds
Hall,
Southwold.
Picasso
and
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the Minotaur. Picasso painted many images this season, Our Mutual Friend. Information: Miriam
feed on the lagoons. Many other birds visit Havergate in
of this mythical creature. His minotaurs Bennett 01502 722483; Bill Wallond 01502 722212,
autumn as a refuelling station on route from the Arctic
were
part
of
a world he created in the 1930s embracing [email protected]
to Africa and you might even spot a wheatear or some
scenes
of
the
corrida, female toreadors, bulls: a world
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rare waders. £17.50 for RSPB members; £22 for all others;
of sex, violence, rape, blindness and death. It reflected
ALDEBURGH FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL
3 – 17s half price. Contact Minsmere reception for the
the turbulence of Picasso’s personal life and also
– FRINGE EVENT. 10.30AM. A free guided
booking on: [email protected] or 01728 648281
the growing menace of politics in the thirties which
30 Farm Walk and Talk with William Kendall,
................................................................ culminated in ‘Guernica’. But there are other pictures
the owner and High Sheriff of Suffolk, and
Martlesham Heath Aviation Society too of a loving and affectionate minotaur. This talk
the Maple Farm Kelsale Team. The tour
present The Martlesham Heath Control examines the contrasts and contradictions of this includes an introduction to our organic principles and
11 Tower Museum “FUN DAY” behind rich vein of imagery, both challenging and beautiful. a stroll around the farm to admire our hedgerows and
Parkers Place, off Eagle Way, Martlesham Speaker: Sarah Kelly. Visitors and members’ guests will livestock, meet our hens and see our traditional stone
Heath, IP5 3UZ. 11:00 to 4:00 p.m. Plenty be welcome. A small donation will be appreciated.
flour mill in action. Free refreshments served upon
of Free Parking. Voluntary entrance Donation £2 per
arrival. To book a place, please call 01728 652000 or
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Adult. See….Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Dakota –
email [email protected]
Southwold
Jazz
Appreciation
Society
Flyby. Vintage Bus Rides around the Heath, Bands and
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presents a programme of recorded
Singers, Model Aircraft, Secret Bunker, Museum Open,
St Margaret's Church Flower
20 jazz in the Doris Hatfield Room at St
Food and Drink available, Many and various Stalls,
Festival. All Things Bright &
Edmunds
Church
Hall,
Cumberland
Vintage and veteran Civilian and Military Vehicles,
Beautiful. Refreshments served
1
2
Road,
Southwold.
8.00
pm
start.
Military re-Enactors, Chindit Mules, Children’s Play area.
all day Saturday & Sunday
MEET Mr Churchill…… and extra surprises …. etc, etc. Members £1.00. Visitors £2.00. Part 1. "The Voice of Afternoon. Harvest Festival at 9.30am
WIN A FLIGHT IN A TIGER MOTH. For more information America Jazz Hour" Presented by Ron Pearce. Part 2.
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see: www.mhas.org.uk, or call 01473 274300 before the "Who is this? - jazz quiz". Presented by Keith May.
Voluntary Help Centre Coffee morning
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day.
with stalls. THE VOLUNTARY HELP
Suffolk Family History Society welcomes
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CENTRE. Stella Peskett Millennim Hall,
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you to: “Grow Your Roots" At our Annual
Shottisham Sorrel Horse Music 8.30.
Mights Road, Southwold. IP18 6BE.
Roots Blues with HomeBrew. HomeBrew
Registered Charity No. 1164155
24 Family History Fair 10:00 to 4:00 p.m.
University Campus Suffolk, The Ipswich
an eclectic Roots Blues-Classic Covers
12 are
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Waterfront Building, Neptune Quay,
duo from the Suffolk Delta. They are Native
Pop-up Shop & Coffee Morning. 10
Ipswich
IP4
1QJ.
Ample
Car
Parking
opposite
IP3
8AH
New Orleans-American Journeyman, the
AM-4 PM (free entry) Market Hall,
enigmatic Nolan Wiltz, and Mark "The Spark" Stuart. If – enter the car park via Back Hamlet. FREE ADMISSION.
29 High Street, Saxmundham IP17
you like elements of the Delta Blues, The Soul of Otis There will be: Stalls (for Research and Commercial),
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1AF in aid of Motor Neurone Disease
Redding or James Brown, The wit and imagery of Chuck useful Museum Stands, help and advice, and Talks. Also
Association. Tel 01728 660034 for
(once
again)
we
will
have
our
very
successful
Research
Berry, the swagger of Sonny Boy Williamson, Country
elements of Hank William, or British influences of Help Area , with internet access and friendly help – further details
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Beatles, Stones to Paul Weller you should give these two bring along your “Brickwalls” and see if we can knock
Tallis Chamber Orchestra. St Peter’s
them
down
for
you!
For
more
information
see
http://
a look.
Church Westleton Suffolk 3pm.
www/suffolkfhs.org.uk or call 01473 274300
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Conductor ~ Dinis Sousa. Beethoven
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The Red House, Aldeburgh. Home of
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Overture Coriolan. Brahms Serenade No 2
Benjam¬in Britten and Peter Pears. Meet
Shottisham Sorrel Horse Music 8.30.
in A, Op 16. Beethoven Symphony No 2 in D.
Jazz with Body & Soul duo. Ipswich based Admission by programme, £10 at the door.
13 the… Director of Music 2-3pm. Our Director
duo Body and Soul play a popular
of Music, Dr Colin Matthews, will join us for
26 jazz
mixture of jazz including standards from the
an afternoon talk about his relationship with
If you would like your event to appear in next months
great American songbook, funk, Latin, blues
magazine, please contact Louise Gissing at:
Britten and the work he has done since to continue
and also some unusual treatments of modern pop
[email protected]
Britten's legacy in Aldeburgh and around the world.
songs. The full band has five members and has been
or on 01728 833003
Tickets: £5
performing for over 15 years at pubs, clubs, festivals,
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All About Pets
Us Brits are crazy about our furry and feathered friends, with this in mind we thought what better way to celebrate
this ever growing passion than through a feature showing all that our local area has to offer to you and your pet.
Our work has been carried out over social
media mainly by fund raising, donations and
assisting with adoptions as well as providing
UK back up and rehabilitation for DK dogs.
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experience! Puppies
were vaccinated and
many dogs were bathed,
groomed and clipped
followed by flea and
worm treatments.
Emergency treatment
also saved a dog’s life.
The whole experience was incredibly emotional
We stocked up on food for puppies, dogs,
but the reality only hit us once we arrived home
cats and kittens and transported lots of
and saw the Karasel Crew. Putting places
medications and general supplies from the
and experiences to each dog - heart warming
UK. Many of the donations were from the
to have shared the experience and yet heart
Leiston area and were largely coordinated by
breaking to imagine the sorrow and pain and
Caroline Horner of Leiston - thank you!
the harsh reality that was their lives.
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I have worked in conjunction with Doggies’
Kindergarten’s owner, Sorina, for the last 3.5
years following the initial adoption of Karasel
Blu (our first and most senior member of the
Karasel Crew at 4 years) followed by Mickey,
Pema and due to arrive soon...Strawberry.
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The adoption/ foster
system is uncomplicated
and usually takes only
a few weeks. It is fully
supported and assisted
by Karasel Pets.
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We are SCDC
licensed for dog
day care and
home boarding;
fully insured, first
aid qualified and
DBS checked.
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services for ALL
small animals and horses. We are qualified for
microchipping in your own home and provide
pet transport in a fully equipped van.
We also undertake dog and cat rehoming in
conjunction with Doggies’ Kindergarten.
Happy pets are our priority - lots of
socialisation for those who want it and long
walks guaranteed daily.
Call Karen on 07703650999
Email: [email protected]
The generosity of cash donations before and
during our trip was overwhelming. So much
more was made possible by this help. Every
penny really does help.
Karasel Pets will be returning to help DK
again soon and further donations are always
welcome. If you are considering offering
a cat or dog a home please check out our
Facebook page “Karasel Pets” or contact us
at [email protected]
Leiston Veterinary Clinic
Marina Goodchild BVSc MRCVS
1D Eastlands Road, LEISTON, SUFFOLK IP16 4LL
Telephone: (01728) 833566 Fax: (01728) 833478 www.leistonvets.com
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Surgery Hours Monday - Friday 8am - 6pm Saturday 8.30am - 12pm Consultations by Appointment - 24 Hour Emergency Service
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Since opening in July this year, I have received
bookings from many people who have
never boarded their cats before. It is a big
responsibility. If you are considering boarding
your cat for the first time here are some things
to consider. Whatever your reason for needing
to use a cattery you will have the peace of mind
that your precious pet(s) will be safe and secure,
fed and watered regularly, cuddled and talked
to, given space to stretch out, run around, play
and, certainly here at Hotel Catifornia, watch
whatever is going on in the cattery garden.
Each cat is individual and I have been surprised
that some cats, whose owners are worried they
are timid and frightened, often settle far better
than expected.
and padding very soon
after arriving. Bringing
their
own
bedding,
favourite
toys
and
blankets works wonders
to help them settle. Some
owners worry that they will
not want to go home but
they are always delighted
to hear their owners voice
at the end of their stay. If
you have any questions I
would be happy to talk to
you and show you around
Hotel Catifornia here in
Theberton.
Usually even very shy cats will hide away for
the first few hours but with coaxing and gentle
persuasion they come out and I will get purrs
Hotel Catifornia is run by experienced cat
lovers. It has 15 timber framed, purpose built
heated pens and runs for up to 30 cats, it also
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The Daunting Prospect of
Boarding your Cat for the First Time
Paradise for Pussycats
15 pen licensed boarding cattery
The Granary, Main Road, Theberton, Suffolk IP16 4RX
Tel Office: 01728 635736 Tel Mobile: 07879 685136
Website: www.hotelcatifornia.co.uk Email: [email protected]
Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com\hotelcatiforniacattery
has 2 double pens for larger families. All in a safe
and secure rural location with a lookout over a
peaceful and colourful garden.
Suzi Cooper.
Fromus
Veterinary
Group
Save in excess of £200* on your pet care
- Join The Fromus Veterinary Group’s
Healthy Pet Club TODAY!
Fromus Veterinary Group is based in Saxmundham, with another
branch practice in Southwold. The practice offers a wide range of
veterinary care for all pets from dogs and cats to chickens and
ferrets. The Saxmundham surgery is an RCVS accredited Small
Animal General Practice with modern facilities and a friendly,
knowledgeable team providing a high standard of veterinary care
for all patients.We feel that the best pet care comes from building
strong, long term relationships with our clients and their pets.
Cut the cost
of your pet’s healthcare
- YES, REALLY!
From just £10.99 a month inc.
vaccinations, flea, worming and
lots more savings!
JOIN
NOW &
START
SAVING!
* Benefits, costs and
savings vary depending
on the type and size of your
pet. Full details available at
www.thehealthypetclub.co.uk
The Healthy Pet Club loyalty scheme is
run by CVS UK Limited for its veterinary
practices nationwide.
Fromus Veterinary Group
Fromus House Saxmundham IP17 1DU
Tel: 01728 602599
We now offer
Grooming!
also at:
Fromus Veterinary Group
38 High Street Southwold IP18 6AE
Tel: 01502 725132
New Rabbit Disease Found In Suffolk
Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease type 2 (RHVD
2) has been introduced into the UK and is
spreading through the rabbit population.
meaning there may well be clinical signs seen
including lethargy, bleeding, and inappetance,
as well as sudden death.
01728 602599 for
more details or to
book your rabbit
in for the new
vaccination.
Previously in the UK we have had a strain of the
RHVD disease which kills rabbits very rapidly,
and that we already vaccinate against with the
combined myxomatosis-RHD vaccine that we
recommend all rabbits are annually vaccinated
with. This new strain of RHVD 2 kills up to 50%
rabbits in a slower manner than RHVD 1 –
There have been confirmed cases of RHVD2 on post-mortem in Suffolk. It is airborne
and spread by direct and indirect contact
with affected rabbits, so all rabbits (including
indoor only rabbits) should be vaccinated to
prevent infection. The new RHVD-2 vaccination
is now available at Fromus Vets, call us on
Fromus Vets
is proud to
announce that
the practice has
just received a Silver award as a rabbit friendly
practice from the Rabbit Welfare Association!
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All About Pets
PET PORTRAITS
Last year I fell into drawing animals and
found that it was so enjoyable and there
was such a demand for it, that it has
unintentionally become my current forte.
I have a Fine Art degree from Central
Saint Martins College of Art and Design
where I worked across the board from
painting and drawing, to conceptual art
and filmmaking. I also studied at the École
Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
in Paris with a focus in photography and
drawing.
I work from sharp, clear photographs that
allow me to see every hair and whisker
so that I can produce the highest quality,
detailed portrait of their pet that an owner
can cherish.
I have recently been working in a more
traditional style, with a view to achieving
photorealism using pencil and pen and ink
work.
All of the work that I do is on a customized
commissioned basis, no two drawings are
the same and each is unique and personal
to the customer.
Personally commissioned pencil drawing
from a photograph of your beloved pet.
[email protected]
07885522453
WILD ABOUT
BIRDS
QUALITY BIRD FEED
AND ACCESSORIES SHOP
Wild About Birds News
We are a local family run business that stocks
and provides bird and animal feeds, plus their
accessories and a selection of local crafts.
As the only shop in the village of Theberton we
stock some of those every day essentials such as
winter fuel, salt, stamps and milk.
Charity is dear to our hearts. We raise money for
several bird charities including the RSPB and the
Songbird Revival Trust.
A date for your diaries is 17th September 2016
when we hold our Equine Car Boot sale to raise
money for the Suffolk Punch Trust. It is £5.00 per
stall and starts at 10am. There will be Beddown and
Allen & Page representatives there on the day. To
book a stall please call 01728 833 262.
September sees the start of our annual competitions
to raise awareness of the variety of stock we have
to offer. To enter please call in to the shop and
complete a form or look on facebook for more
details. Prizes include a day out at Minsmere!
Other animal feeds,
Plants and Crafts available
Tel: 01728 833262
[email protected]
Pet Perfection is a 25 year old family run business in Aldeburgh run by two sisters,
Kim and Mandy Sawkins, One of whom used to tutor grooming and animal care at
Otley College.
All breeds are catered for and they offer a variety of services including hand stripping,
scissoring, clipping and bathing. Cat grooming is available as well as a collection
and delivery service. You can rest assured that your beloved pet will be expertly
handled and treated with kindness during its time at Pet Perfection.
They are in an easy access,
dog friendly location with
plenty of parking.
Opening hours are 9am –
5pm from Tuesday through to
Saturday.
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6TH WILLIAM ALWYN FESTIVAL
5 - 9 OCTOBER 2016
2016
WILLIAM ALWYN
FESTIVAL
5 - 9 OCTOBER
BOOK NOW
TICKET OUTLETS
Snape & Aldeburgh
Snape Maltings
Box Office
Aldeburgh Music
High Street
Box Office Tel:
01728 687110
Blythburgh & Southwold
Southwold Library,
North Green,
Southwold, IP18 6AT
Tel: 01502 722519
Westleton
Chapel Books
(opposite P.O.)
Tel: 01728 648616
(12 - 5 daily)
Woodbridge
Woodbridge Violins,
Market Hill
Tel: 01394 383150
Or on the door
Full details and
online booking
www.aldeburgh.co.uk
John
Gibbons
WEDNESDAY
5 OCTOBER
THURSDAY
6 OCTOBER
FRIDAY
7 OCTOBER
SATURDAY
8 OCTOBER
SUNDAY
9 OCTOBER
BLYTHBURGH
11.15am
BLYTHBURGH
10.30am
BLYTHBURGH
11.15am
BLYTHBURGH
11.15am
ORFORD
4pm
THE TIPPETT
STRING QUARTET
PROMETHEUS
ORCHESTRA
OPENING CONCERT
Philippa Davies
ODYSSEUS TRIO
Sara Trickey
(Piano)
(Flute)
(Violin)
Sarah-Jane Bradley
(Viola)
Lucy Wakeford
(Harp)
Jan Willem Nelleke
(Piano)
ALWYN
ROUSSEL
DUTILLEUX
MESSIAEN
PAUL READE
RAVEL
Tickets £12
SNAPE MALTINGS
CONCERT HALL
7.30pm
BBC CONCERT
ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR
John Gibbons
Clare Hammond
Sara Trickey
(Violin)
Gregor Riddell
(Cello)
ALWYN
DAVID MATTHEWS
MOZART
FAURÉ
DVOŘÁK
Tickets £12
SOUTHWOLD
1pm
SWAN HOTEL
READING ROOM
FESTIVAL LUNCH
By invitation
3pm
THE ELECTRIC
PICTURE PALACE
BLACKMILL ROAD
FESTIVAL FILMS
THE GRASSY SHIRES
Short documentary
TCHAIKOVSKY
SHAKE HANDS WITH
THE DEVIL
ALWYN
Music by
William Alwyn
VIOLIN CONCERTO
Soloist Jennifer Pike
SYMPHONY No.3
ODD MAN OUT
SUITE
JOHN GIBBONS has
been a professional
conductor for many
years and has worked
with orchestras and
musicians throughout
Europe. He is regular
conductor of the
Worthing and Ealing
Symphony Orchestras
and works regularly
with the distinguished
soloist Nicola Benedetti.
(note earlier time)
Feature film
Advance Tickets £7
Jennifer
Pike
Police-Chase &
Nemesis - Finale
WALTON
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
SUITE
Tickets
£28 £20 £12
JENNIFER PIKE was
the youngest ever
winner of the BBC
young musician of
the year in 2002 at
the age of 12.
OBOE & PIANO
RECITAL
Nicholas Daniel
(Oboe)
Daniel Grimwood
(Piano)
ALWYN
R. R. BENNETT
NIELSEN
POULENC
STRAVINSKY
FAURÉ
GILLES SILVESTRINI
SAINT - SAENS
Tickets £12
JOHN McCABE
COMMEMORATIVE
CONCERT
4pm
Mark Bebbington
(Piano)
Linda Merrick
(Clarinet)
John Turner
(Recorder)
Sarah-Jane Bradley
(Viola)
Nathan Williamson
(Piano)
Music by:
JOHN McCABE
HAYDN & RAVEL
ROY HEATON SMITH
Commissioned
works by:
JAMES FRANCIS
BROWN
JOHN JOUBERT
WILLIAM MARSHALL
DAVID MATTHEWS
JEREMY PIKE
ROBIN WALKER
Tickets £12
CONDUCTOR
Edmond Fivet
Mark Bebbington
(Piano)
ALWYN
CARWITHEN
MENDELSSOHN
HAYDN
Tickets £12
SOUTHWOLD
3pm
Free event
followed by
afternoon tea
SWAN HOTEL
READING ROOM
FESTIVAL TALK
‘REMEMBERING
WILLIAM’
With CURT
CARLSSON
ex-Swedish Radio
Host - Andrew
Palmer
The Festival Events
include 6 concerts,
5 in Blythburgh, 1
in Orford, as well
as a Film Event &
a Festival Talk in
Southwold. The
total cost of tickets
for all these events,
including the BBC
Concert Orchestra,
is £110. However,
the Festival is
offering a generous
half-price Rover
Ticket for £55
which can be used
at all the events.
Sarah-Jane Bradley
(Viola)
ARNOLD
CARWITHEN
ELIS PEHKONEN
ALWYN
Tickets £15
Edmond Fivet
Sarah-Jane Bradley
Mark Bebbington
Artist in Residence - Julie Carpenter
SNAPE | BLYTHBURGH | SOUTHWOLD | ORFORD
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6TH WILLIAM ALWYN FESTIVAL
This year the Festival is offering two major orchestral
concerts in addition to the many chamber music concerts.
All our concerts are daytime events, except for the
Wednesday evening concert at Snape Maltings Concert
Hall featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra with Jennifer
Pike playing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. Our long
association with Prometheus Orchestra continues with the
closing concert at Orford Church on the Sunday afternoon.
I hope you will note the generous price of our Rover Ticket.
Most festivals offer a minimal reduction for such tickets
but ours is 50% of the total price.
I look forward to seeing you at our concerts.
Elis Pehkonen, Festival Director
Reydon Art Group
The Autumn term commences on Wednesday, 14th September at Reydon village hall, 11am – 1pm. It is a twelve week term at a cost of
£36.00. We use a variety of mediums and subjects with occasional tuition.
For further details please ring Lesley Fisher 01502 724638
Southwold Art Circle
The life drawing sessions start on Thursday, 22nd September at Reydon village hall. It is a ten week term costing £45.00 or £7.50
for a session. The group starts at 4.30pm and finishes at 6.30pm.
For further details please ring Lesley Fisher 01502 724638
Char ity Welcomes Vicky Pryce as Guest Speaker to An nual Fundr aising Din ner
East Coast Hospice is delighted to share their “Big”
news for September, which is that the former joint
head of the UK’s Government Economic Service,
Vicky Pryce, has kindly offered her time to visit the beautiful
seaside town of Southwold on the 23rd September to be guest
speaker at their fundraising event at the William Godell Pavillion
at 7pm.
Jennifer Beesley, Chairman of East Coast Hospice said “This is
an amazing opportunity for ECH to host this fundraising dinner to
help raise awareness of just how important and much needed the
hospice is within the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area .To have
the support from Vicky Pryce is just wonderful”. All the team at the
charity are very grateful for the time she is giving in support of the
appeal to “Raise the Roof “of Margaret Chadd House.
Vicky’s talk will form the centre point of the East Coast Hospice
Annual Fundraising Dinner. The cost is a very inviting £38pp
which will include a 3 course dinner, bar, raffle and crock of gold.
Vicky is a former M.D at FTI Consulting and Director General for
Economics at the Department for Business Innovation and Skills.
She has also written several books and will be bringing signed
copies of her latest publication for sale on the evening.
On the night, Vicky’s presentation topic will interest many as it
highlights and weighs up many questions and answers regarding
Brexit and its implication in the current world and economic
environment.
Spaces for the event are limited, so please call 01493 718707 to
make a reservation and request a menu booking form.
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Flagship foodie extr avaganza event r etur ns for fourth year :
Walk with a For k – Helmingham Hall
On Sunday 4th September join the East of England’s leading family charity, Ormiston Families, as it hosts its annual Walk with a
Fork event around the picturesque Helmingham Hall estate.
The charity’s flagship event, which sees attendees taking on a seven mile amble around the countryside, is back for its fourth
year in Suffolk. Making its return to the beautiful Helmingham Hall estate near Otley, the walk will feature foodie delicacies from
some of the region’s local producers at stops throughout the journey.
Helmingham Hall was constructed by John Tollemache in 1487 and is now owned by Ormiston Families’ president, Lady
Tollemache. With views, architecture and hidden valleys not usually seen by members of the public, Lady Tollemache has
carefully chosen to open up one of her favourite walks for everyone to enjoy.
The Suffolk Walk with a Fork event has kindly been sponsored by Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival and suppliers offering tasty
treats will include Aspall Suffolk Cyder, Suffolk Salami Co., Musk’s Sausages, The Fish Hut, Steve and Rebecca of Somerleyton
Catering and many more.
Gavin Lamb, relationship and events manager, Ormiston Families says: “We are hugely grateful to Lady Tollemache, Aldeburgh
Food and Drink Festival, all the local suppliers and the raft of volunteers who have kindly offered their support. A special thanks to
Suffolk Folk band The Broadside Boys who will be performing at the barn. We simply couldn’t hold the event without the help of all
these people and we are particularly grateful to the suppliers for taking the time to come along and provide delicious produce for
our walkers.'
“We always look forward to Walk with a Fork as it makes a great summer’s day out for friends and family to enjoy the Suffolk
countryside and its fantastic local food and drink, whilst ticket sales raise much needed funds for families in need across the region.”
Proceeds from Walk with a Fork will be used to support Ormiston Families’ work providing services to support children and
young people across East Anglia, helping to improve their life chances. Identifying and responding to the needs of children,
whatever challenges they face, the charity’s vision is of a world in which every child will be loved, nurtured and valued.
Tickets are £20 per person and children under 5 go for free. Dogs are welcome. To book tickets please visit:
www.ormiston-families.eventbrite.com
SOUTHWOLD DICKENS FELLOWSHIP
The Southwold and District branch of the international Dickens Fellowship provides a forum for all who love the works of Charles
Dickens, that great master of humour and pathos. The new 2016/17 session starts on Tuesday, 27th September at 2:30 pm in the Guide
Centre, Cautley Road, Southwold. The monthly programme (usually the 4th Tuesday) consists mainly of presentations by members, the
first being a report back from the recent annual conference in Aberdeen, on the theme of ‘conviviality’, followed by an introduction to the
novel for the year, Our Mutual Friend. Later items will include: holidays in Dickens; a Christmas buffet; Dickens and transport; a Dickens
birthday luncheon; Dickens’s night walks; more readings from Our Mutual Friend; and short readings by members of their own choice. As
a special treat, in April next year we welcome a visit from our international president Dr Tony Williams, who will talk on Charles Dickens
and London. Refreshments are also provided.
Most meetings are held in the afternoon at 2:30. The annual subscription has been held yet again at £5 (which includes free entry to the
Dickens House museum in London). New members will be made very welcome – and visitors can try us out first. Further information is
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From the Alfr ed Cor ry Lifeboat Museum
It has been a very busy and very fruitful summer season and our
children’s Quiz has proved hugely successful. Since the last week
in July when we launched the Sea Shell Search and the Land
Lubbers Quiz to date 178 children have taken part. Prizes will be
awarded at the end of the school holidays so why not bring the
children and have a go! I mentioned in last month’s article how
much we valued the publicity we receive. We invite visitors to sign
our visitors’ book but there is also a website called ‘Tripadvisor’
which the more computer literate buffs among you may look at:
we receive unsolicited but much appreciated comments thereon.
We are delighted that we have risen from 4th to 3rd place on their
Places to Visit in Southwold list. Here are a couple of entries
from visitors in July:
Truly awe inspiring
We were lucky enough to have a personal tour of the restored
lifeboat and hear some of the tales from Jim whose grandfather was
a coxswain on the Alfred Corry. I’ve visited a number of times over
the years and seeing the progress has been fantastic. Well worth a
visit for young and old alike to get up close to such an impressive
boat and to get a feel for the heroics of these boatmen of the past.
A charming trip down memory lane….. in a lifeboat!
I love a museum like this. Built out of love, by a small group of
dedicated locals, and created this small museum, jam packed with
interesting maritime memorabilia and photos and a lovely 3 legged
dog. It is free to get in and just beside the Walberswick ferry at the
end of Southwold beach. Jim told us the story of the lifeboat, its
crew and how a team of 18 started the restoration process
The three legged dog is Frank Upcraft’s faithful companion. He
has an uncanny sense of smell and on the common he sniffs out
the good-as-new golf balls which we sell at 3 for £1. He is thus a
generous contributor to our funds. Of course entering the Museum
is still free; but leaving? Ah, that is a different matter!
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PIT STOP CAFE TO HOST A MCMILLAN COFFEE MOR NING
True to its commitment to supporting worthwhile community causes, the Pit Stop Café on Southwold Common will once again host a
fund-raising coffee morning for McMillan Cancer Support. This excellent organisation cares for people who are living with cancer of any
kind, and also provides much-needed emotional and practical support for those who love them.
The Pit Stop café has a history of taking part in a range of activities of value to Southwold, including fund raising for equipment for an
individual young person with severe disability, all the while working with Mums and Toddlers’ groups, the cubs and the scouts as well
as the beach mission. In addition to healthy food and drinks, the café offers a wide range of play possibilities for children plus low-cost
tennis for people of any age. From time to time fun days take place and the most recent one, held on July 31st featured a superb vocal
set by local singer/guitarist Felix Simpson (watch out for him – his name
will be in lights one day), a bouncy castle, a magnificent barbecue – if I
say so myself – and much general merriment. By the time you read this,
the children’s magic and spaghetti evening on August 19th will have
become the stuff of legend.
This year’s McMillan Coffee Morning will be held at the Pit Stop Café
on Saturday October 1st from 10a.m. Delicious home-made cakes and
biscuits, teas, coffees and cold drinks will be on sale, there will be a
raffle and other fund-raising activities to boost the coffers of this most
worthy cause. Should the weather be chilly, have no fear – we have
electricity now and central heating. Should it be warm, there will be
ice-cream.
Come along – meet up with friends old and new, and support McMillan.
Then stay for lunch, let the kids play on and support the Pit Stop.
Joan Cupples, Pit Stop Secretary and Fundraiser.
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SOUTHWOLD LIBRARY
New Shelving for Southwold Library
Southwold Library will be getting a makeover this autumn with
new wheeled shelving being installed in September.
The new equipment is being funded by the Friends of Southwold
Library and will allow the shelving to be moved to make a more
flexible space for the many groups, events and activities that run
at Southwold Library.
Whilst the work is taking place, the library will have to close on
Sunday 18 September, reopening on Tuesday 20 September
(the library is closed on Mondays). The aim is to carry out the
work after the end of the Summer Reading Challenge.
The Friends of Southwold Library have raised the £9,000 required
for the shelving from a variety of fundraising activities including
book sales, quiz nights, plant sales, fetes, game stalls at local
charity events, craft sales, sound and vision sales, coffee mornings,
musical concerts and the annual Slaughter in Southwold Crime
Writers Festival.
Charlotte Clark, Manager of Southwold Library, said: “We’re
excited about these new shelves which will improve the look of the
library and how it can be used. I’m delighted that the activities of
the Friends and their hard work has allowed us to get this shelving
which will make such a difference to our small space.”
Suffolk Libraries apologises to any customers for the inconvenience
during the closure and is advising local people of the interim
arrangements.
Customers can use their library cards at any other Suffolk Library
(the nearest are Halesworth and Kessingland).
People can also use the Suffolk Libraries website at www.
suffolklibraries.co.uk to renew books or reserve them and there
is a free eBook and eMagazine download service. Any library
loans due back during the closure will have their return date
automatically amended until after the library reopens.
View to the North
At last the temperatures have improved and in the first three weeks of August we have experienced highs over
20C every day bar one. The lowest temperature overnight was 9C and the gardens have been suffering with only
just over half an inch of rain. The cattle fields north of North Road have turned golden with the lack of water.
There are very few swifts around, the majority having departed about the sixth of the month. The sand martins
are still feeding along the cliff sides and promenade but I am sure they will depart south soon. We have had
a number of wheatears passing through. Whilst these birds have been southbound there have been skeins of
greylag travelling north.
Whitethroat are still feeding; they must have had a second brood like the sand martins. One notable bird that I
had not seen before was a common redstart that put in a regular appearance for a few days by the sheep paddock. The lagoon water levels have dropped dramatically in the past couple of weeks. The small fish and invertebrates have therefore been easy picking for little egrets and at one stage fourteen could be seen alongside a
grey heron or two. The exposed mud has also been a feeding ground for common sandpiper, redshank, greenshank, lapwing and black-tailed godwit. The kingfisher also was in front of the boating lake café – I have not
seen it there for a couple of months. The turnstones have also returned to the groynes, in their summer plumage, one evening they were accompanied by a couple of sanderling. In the garden the fat balls have attracted
a large number of house sparrows, which have had a successful breeding season, although one fell victim to a
sparrowhawk which brushed the window as it carried off its meal.
Overall there appear to have been far fewer butterflies, however gatekeeper, peacock and red admirals are pretty plentiful and I have
seen one or two painted ladies and small tortoiseshell. Another first for me was a sighting of a large skipper butterfly. This colourful
garden tiger moth was finding refuge in the front of a beach hut.
I have not seen many damsel flies this year but there have been a number of common darter and broad bodied chasers. Maybe more
will appear as we drift towards autumn.
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IF IT’S LAUGHTER YOU’R E AFTER!
Leiston’s Film Theatre is
certain to be filled with
giggles in September, when
Norfolk comedy legends,
Olly Day and Nigel ‘boy’
Syer travel across the border
with their hilarious, all new,
Laughter Show, offering
chuckles by the shovel load
and delivering the sights
and sounds of the Norfolk
Countryside, but without the
smell!
of presentation often his audience in stitches and most of his ‘ditty’s’ are
self-penned and just simply funny.
Billed as ‘The real Norfolk
Show’, the evening will be
filled music, fabulous magic
and great comedy songs,
as well as a huge dollop of
Norfolk ‘squit’, by two of the
funniest men that side of the
Norfolk Broads!
Olly and Nigel will be accompanied by special guest, the lovely Lisa
Marie, one of Norfolk’s most popular singers, with an amazing voice,
performing beautiful ballads and show stopping songs. The finale of this
year’s Laughter Show sees Nigel and Olly as a pair of Norfolk farmers,
looking at the funny side of farming, with tales of the soil as well as
singing some great songs with a countryside flavour.
Olly Day is widely regarded as a master of magic and mirth and Nigel
‘boy’ Syer is renowned as Norfolk’s funniest accordionist. The pair
extensively tour many of the region’s top theatres, with sell-out shows,
including regular appearances at the prestigious Cromer Pier, where Olly
has headlined their popular Christmas show for the past seven years.
This summer, their Laughter Show can be enjoyed in Hunstanton and
Gorleston, ahead of their visit to Leiston.
Nigel ‘boy’ Syer has built up a huge following all over East Anglia,
famous for his daft poetry and hilarious stories. His 'country boy' style
Both Olly and Nigel are looking forward to visiting Leiston Film Theatre
once again. “Leiston is very lucky to have such a fabulous venue, with a
great atmosphere – we all love working there. We’re thrilled to be the first
live show in their exciting new line-up and can’t wait to be the first ones
to use the new dressing rooms!” said Olly.
Nigel agrees, saying “We’re having such fun with the Laughter show this
year and the audiences are loving it too. We both love our outings into
Suffolk - we feel as if we’re on missionary work and we look forward to
saying hello to everyone after the show.”
The show is just one of many great live shows appearing at the Leiston
Film Theatre in the coming months, with many more shows to be
announced. Other shows coming soon include matinee theatre on
Wednesday 19th October with The Good Old Music Hall Days and
renowned folk band Merry Hell on Friday 28th October. For listings of all
live shows, please visit the venue’s website at: www.leistonfilmtheatre.
co.uk, or contact the venue on 01728 830549 for their latest programme.
If It’s Laughter You’re After is appearing at the Leiston Film Theatre on
Friday 30th September at 7.30pm. Tickets are priced £12.95 and £10.95
for concessions and are now available from the Leiston Film Theatre box
office on 01728 830549 or online at: www.leistonfilmtheatre.co.uk
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help a local resident and Lottie their adorable 11 year old Cocker Spaniel who would love to go for a good walk. If you would like
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What happens if illness, injury or just the fact that we all get older eventually affects our ability to look after our four legged
companions? A large number of elderly or ill pet owners become very worried about their ability to care for their pets, feeling that
their only option is to rehome them, this is where our national network of dedicated volunteers step in to offer support enabling
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We’ll walk the dog for a housebound owner, we’ll foster pets when owners need hospital care, we’ll fetch the cat food, even clean
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The 123rd in our series of articles specially written for The Organ by astrophysicist
Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson.
The first light from stars
The hot Big Bang phase of the universe ends when the gas temperature drops to 3000 degrees centigrade and electrons and protons
combine together to make neutral hydrogen. This happens about 300,000 years after the Big Bang. The universe suddenly becomes
transparent and regions of above average density can start to fall together under the action of gravity and eventually make stars and
galaxies. One question that has interested cosmologists is when did this happen?
With our huge telescopes we have been able to keep pushing back the most distant, and therefore the oldest, objects known. Distances
are characterized by the factor by which the wavelength of light is shifted towards the red due to the Doppler shift, the redshift. Half a
dozen galaxies are now known with redshifts between 7.5 and 8.7, corresponding to recession velocities very close to the speed of light.
These galaxies may be very close to being the first in the universe. Studies of the microwave background radiation, the radiation left over
from the hot Big Bang phase, with the WMAP and PLANCK satellites have shown that between redshift 11 and 7 the hydrogen spread
through the universe was reionized, ie the electrons were stripped off the hydrogen atoms again. This was presumably due to the light
from the first stars. Recently PLANCK scientists gave a more precise epoch for the peak of this reionization as at redshift 9, corresponding
to 500 million years after the Big Bang. So we seem to be close to witnessing the very first light from stars.
On a more local note, clouds obscured most of the annual Perseid meteor display in mid-August and by the time the clouds cleared the
moon was too bright to see shooting stars, but some people did manage to see a good display around August 11th. The Perseid meteor
shower occurs when the earth runs into the orbit of Comet Swift-Tuttle, along which there is a moving stream of debris and dust from
the comet. Small dust particles enter the earth’s atmosphere and become incandescent as they collide with the air.
Towards the south-west just after sunset you may have been seeing Venus and Jupiter close together on the horizon. Jupiter disappears
into the sun’s rays early in September, while Venus will move higher in the evening sky for the next few months. Just a bit higher in the
south-west Mars and Saturn are also quite close together.
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[I have collected the first one hundred Stars’n Tides columns into a book, which is published by Leiston Press (available at Wells). You
can send comments or questions about the column to [email protected].]
Wor ld Famous Psychiatr ist to Visit Suffolk
On Monday October 17th at 7.30 p.m. Dr Norman Rosenthal, the first physician to diagnose
and name Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) and prescribe light therapy to treat it, will be
speaking in Rendlesham, Suffolk.
Recently, Dr Rosenthal, who is clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University
Medical School in Washington D.C., has published research on Botox for alleviating
depression and Transcendental Meditation (TM) for reducing anxiety and treating Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder in US military personnel.
Dr Rosenthal is the author of Winter Blues and the best-selling book The Gift of Adversity.
His latest book Super Mind: How to Boost Performance and Live a Richer and Happier
Life Through Transcendental Meditation follows on from his previous best-selling book
Transcendence. Super Mind draws on the experiences of people from all walks of life, including highly successful business
people, directors and actors: (e.g. Ray Dalio, David Lynch, Hugh Jackman). Super Mind, which reached number one on the
Washington Post best sellers list, describes how TM helps people access expanded states of consciousness, thereby promoting
personal growth and boosting performance. Rosenthal supports these observations with a survey of 600 TM practitioners.
Referring to the hundreds of peer-reviewed research studies on TM, Rosenthal notes “In my 37 years as a practicing psychiatrist,
TM is one of the most potent non-drug treatments I have encountered. I recommend it frequently in my own clinical practice.”
TM can reduce anxiety and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, and reduce the adverse effects of stress on the body
-- such as high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease, such as heart attacks and stroke.
In addition to speaking privately to doctors in Suffolk on October 13th, Dr Rosenthal will be speaking at the Institute of
Psychiatry in London and the department of psychiatry at Cambridge University. The title of these talks is The Quest for
Innovative Treatments in Psychiatry and Medicine: a Personal Perspective. In Super Mind Dr Rosenthal compares and contrasts
transcendence with mindfulness, illustrating how they differ in their technique and effect.
To book a place at the talk on October 17th at 7.30 p.m. at the Maharishi Peace Palace, Gardenia Close, Rendlesham, IP12 2GX
visit TinyURL.com/Norman-Rosenthal-Peace-Palace Entrance is £12.00
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The popular vocal group Seraphim is very proud of being part of the massive
£3,700 raised at a recent charity event for the Halesworth Community Nursing
Care Fund at Benacre Hall, just outside Wrentham.
Frances Lloyd, a trustee of the fund, commented: “We are absolutely delighted to have raised this sum in a single evening, with the help of many wonderful
volunteers, and donations and sponsorship from a number of generous sources,
including The Morton Partnership. A highlight was the performance of the musicians, Seraphim and harpist Helen Sharp, both of whom proved a great draw.”
Following a week after Seraphim’s hugely successful second Musical Pilgrimage
(three mini-concerts near the Suffolk heritage coast) this particular charity event, (given by kind permission of Lady Gooch)
was a “ Fête Champêtre”, with champagne, cakes and seasonal strawberries accompanying a concert provided by Seraphim and nationally acclaimed harpist Helen Sharp. Seraphim performs locally, nationally and abroad, using conductor
Vetta Wise’s home in Halesworth as a rehearsal base. Singing a vivid variety of a cappella music, from early medieval to
spirituals, Vetta’s vocal ensemble brought the audience to their feet with their polished performance, as did Helen Sharp
with her virtuoso performance of Handel’s harp concerto in B flat Major and Henson-Conant’s contemporary Baroque Flamenco. Harpist and singing Seraphs then performed together, providing a sparkling finale to the evening.
Seraphim's next concert will be at Wymondham Abbey on 10th September, when they are helping to celebrate the Abbey's
Heritage Weekend Angel Day. They are also busy planning their next musical pilgrimage on 7th May 2017, following from
the huge success of their last two, which focused on historic sites around Huntingfield and Leiston Abbey. This next musical
journey will take guests in the steps of St. Edmund, Suffolk's patron saint. For more information about both these events,
visit the website www.seraphimvoices.uk.
Suffolk Pensioners Association Southwold & Reydon Br anch
The market stall, held on August 11th 2016 raised £191.10p.
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Hope and Aid Dir ect ...and Swimming
the English Chan nel.
The
convoy
to
Greece
returned
safely on 31st July
after very successful
‘drops’ at refugee
camps in Greece.
With
temperatures
hovering around the
100°F mark it was
both physically and
emotionally
very
exhausting. Whilst they were crossing Europe on the homeward
run Clarissa Bruce set out on her solo swim of the English Channel
on Saturday 30th July. She entered the water at 7 am but in midChannel, having been swimming for 9 hours, she was advised to
abandon her attempt on health grounds. Conditions were clearly
unfavourable for not one solo swimmer completed the crossing
that day. She was disappointed, but not despondent, and insists
that she will try again in 2017 so, watch this space. But every coin
has two sides and her sponsorship of Hope and Aid Direct was
a huge success. Local shops/restaurants raised the magnificent
sum of £500, and her sponsorship ‘on line’ has raised £1,500.
This means that with the tax refund she will have raised approx
£2,500 for Hope and Aid Direct. The photograph shows Clarissa in
mid-Channel. We say a very big thank you to her and to all who
supported her in this practical way.
The convoy was a joint effort with a Muslim charity and those who
went to Greece included Muslim supporters. It worked like a dream
and new friendships have been established. The following extracts
are from ‘blogs’ received from helpers known as convoyers.
Glenys Newton flew out to Greece to drive one of the trucks back to
England. She writes of joining a Turkish Truckers Tea Party and of
the friendly help she received and goes on “Hope and Aid Direct, run
by Charles Storer whom I met in Lesbos last year, have been running
for years, taking humanitarian aid out to wherever it is needed, and
in vast quantities. The organisation is the result of one man’s vision
to gather aid, take it in person, and make sure that every penny and
donation goes to the people who need it……………..(Charles) has
been going out to Greece to take aid to some of the 60,000 refugees
now currently stuck in Greece between borders closed on all sides to
them. They are stuck. Greece, which is on its knees, is dealing with
thousands and thousands of desperate families and relying almost
entirely on aid from the public and on volunteers to man the decks.
It is insane at very best”
Niamh Daly is 17 years old and accompanied her father who was
Charles’ co-driver. She tells how going on the convoy opened her
eyes to what was really happening. On visiting Petra Olympus
refugee camp she writes “I shamefully admit that I was expecting to
be rather unwelcome………How wrong could I be? Petra Olympus
was brilliantly run, and was one of the happiest places I have been in
my life – which really puts us to shame...........the children didn’t fail to
be slightly amused by the paleness of my skin………..not hesitating
to hold my hand and talk to me confidently.” She goes on to say that
not all camps are as well run. “I loved that the aid we were delivering
was making a difference but couldn’t help but realise that in the past
15 years or so the camps across the world (have remained) exactly
the same, and have not had improvements made. One camp was
placed in the middle of nowhere and (refugees) were living in hot,
broken down buildings, with mosquitoes invading their only living
space.”
The very next day a young woman refugee aged 22 died of heat
exhaustion. Her ‘home’ was a tent in an enormous warehouse
housing 1,500 people in rows of tents erected on the concrete
floor. The temperature was over 100°F!!!
If you wish you can read these blogs in full on:
http://www.hopeandaiddirect.org.
Future plans are for a convoy to Kosovo in early October and for
a further convoy to Greece in January. If you are interested in
becoming a volunteer Charles will always be pleased to talk to you
on 01277 350660. Once again we send a very big thank you to you
all.
Margaret and Jack Storer
EAST SUFFOLK TRAVELLERS' ASSOCIATION
There is some more positive news on the bus front for residents of, and visitors to, Southwold and Reydon.First's service 99 from Lowestoft to Southwold via the direct South Cove route will continue after September 25th.
The Sunday service will be every two hours. You can find out details of all local bus services via the ESTA website www.eastsuffolktravel.
org.uk . The company is also planning to run some of the service 99 buses via Wangford, which it does not currently serve. Anglian's service 88A links Southwold and Reydon to Halesworth every weekday, connecting with trains. It was feared that the proposed closure of
the foot crossing at Halesworth station would reduce the attraction of this bus/rail interchange. However, Network Rail have withdrawn
this proposal, at least for the time being, and will install gates at the crossing instead. Therefore it will still be possible for passengers to
alight from the northbound train, walk across the track and catch the Southwold-bound bus on the other side. As the independent voluntary body for local public transport users, ESTA welcomes these moves. We have also been pressing Suffolk County Council for nine
months for a bus stop sign and timetable at the stop used by the 99 bus outside Lowestoft railway station. These were finally erected
in late August so that visitors to Kessingland and Southwold arriving in Lowestoft by train now know where and when to catch a southbound bus. The bus shelter promised in March 2015 for this stop has still not been delivered, however.
ESTA TRIP TO ALDEBURGH AND LEISTON: Saturday September 20th marks the 50th anniversary of the withdrawal of passenger trains
on the Aldeburgh branch. ESTA is marking this by a special bus trip, leaving Halesworth at 10.41 and Saxmundham at 11.00. The bus will
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A Feast of Local Food: The Woodbr idge Shuck Shellfish Festival adds
even mor e to the menu
The Woodbridge Shuck Shellfish Festival is back for a fifth year, from
29th September to 2nd October. The festival brings together an
exciting programme of foodie offers and events to celebrate local
shellfish and other local produce.
In a new twist, throughout the Shuck Weekender at The Tea Hut,
there is the opportunity to buy freshly caught fish from Simpers and
take it to The Crown’s adjoining stall to have it cooked to your liking
right then and there.
The festival’s organisers: Simpers Silver Harvest LLP, Somerleyton
Private, The Crown at Woodbridge, The Tea Hut, The Bridge, The
Anchor and Bubble & Squid bring together local produce, chefs,
musicians and more to create a special celebration of the River
Deben and the delicious produce found in and around it. Supported
by sponsors, East of England Co-Op, Adnams, Gotelee and Infotex,
this year’s event is set to be bigger and better than ever.
The celebration of local seafood spills from the river right through
the historic market town, with Shuck Specials on the menus at the
town's many restaurants, pubs and cafes.
The festival begins with a new event for 2016, The Pub Trawl on
Thursday 29th September. Pubs in the area will be serving up Shuck
themed beer & bar food and fizz & nibbles. The popular Shuck Shack,
a pop up restaurant at The Tide Mill will take place on the evenings
of Friday 30th September and Saturday 1st October. Catered by
Stephen David and Rebecca Mackenzie of Somerleyton Private,
diners will enjoy a beautifully prepared locally-inspired menu in this
unique riverside landmark.
For a more casual yet equally tasty foodie experience, The Shuck
Weekender takes place in and around The Tea Hut on Saturday 1st
and Sunday 2nd October from 11am until 6pm with live music all
weekend by the Deben Collective and other artists. Visitors can feast
on de-constructed moules frites, fresh fish from the Deben, Squid,
Pasta and Paella while enjoying something cold from the bar. There
will be ice creams and non-fishy options too such as Woodbridge
5th Sea Scouts who will be serving up burgers. For the kids there
will be plenty of entertainment throughout the weekend as well as
a kids’ menu.
New for this year, families can book children, aged 1 - 8 years old,
onto one of the Splat Messy Play sessions (see website for details),
visit Suffolk Wildlife Trust for a Marine talk and family quizzes and
join in with games and giggles at the various stands.
The Festival concludes with the highly anticipated annual ‘Safari
Supper’ on Sunday 2nd October. Diners will meet at The Crown for
drinks and canapes and go on to enjoy a three course meal. Moving
between The Crown itself and the closely situated The Table and The
Anchor.
Jonathan Simper, co-founder of the Woodbridge Shuck, said: “It’s
the fifth year of The Shuck and it will be the best yet. We have fabulous
shellfish and other local produce prepared by top local chefs. If you’ve
not been before, come along and have a look. There’s plenty for people
who aren’t so keen on fish and shellfish. We hope as many people as
possible will come along and enjoy great local food with friends and
family.”
Gotelee Senior Partner and Shuck Sponsor, Brian Morron, said
“Since our amalgamation with Margary and Miller in Woodbridge and
Melton we have been keen to become involved with all aspects of the
community. What better way to be involved than shucking shellfish!”
The event continues to be supported fully by Choose Woodbridge,
The Tide Mill Living Museum and this year has benefited from a grant
from SCDC Economic Services through their Sustainable Town and
Village Economies programme.
For the latest news, menus and events follow the festival on Twitter @
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