One happy customer in 2012 Roger Hipwell Jan Mills

Tim Fargher
The newsletter for the community of Orford and Gedgrave
Edited by: Roger Hipwell
ISSUE NO. 267 JUNE 2014
Published by: Orford and Gedgrave Parish Council and New Orford Town Trust
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One happy customer in 2012
June Dates for Your Diary
Thursday 5 th June: National Trust Drop In - Orford Town Hall Doors from 4.00pm
Friday 6th June: Psycho - Orford Town Hall Doors open 9.30pm
Sunday 8th June: T4Thomas - Chantry Cottage from 11.00am
Sunday 8th June: Meet & Greet evening - King’s Head from 7.00pm
Saturday 14th June: Orford Food Market - Market square 09.30am to 2.30pm
Tuesday 17 th June: Gardening Club - Sudbourne Village Hall at 7.30pm
Saturday 21st June: Lighthouse visit for Sports & Recreation Club - Details from the club
3RD ORFORD ANNUAL FOOD MARKET
June 14th is the date for the 3rd Annual Orford Real Food Market.
Started in 2012 to raise awareness and funds for Orford School’s
Kitchen Garden Project the market has proved to be a honey pot
for the lovers of good local food.
The 2014 event will have most of the producers from the market in
2012 and 2013 including Orford Country Market plus some exciting
new producers.
As well as offering fresh produce direct from the producer, the
market this year will be offering a wide range of street food to be
enjoyed in the central Meet and Eat Zone. The street food will be
provided by David Grimwood from The Froize with “Gloria's” take
on game, bacon and Blythburgh pork with Pump Street Bakery
bread, and the E8 Food Company with Suffolk salt beef brisket and
pickled cabbage in Adnams sour dough roll, slow braised Suffolk
lamb shoulder burger, mint salad and pickled shallots in a rosemary
brioche and spicy fish dog with crunchy, zesty salad in a warm
tortilla. The Thomas Marshall Education Fund will be offering
strawberries and cream with tea plus a Tombola with foodie prizes.
This year’s market will run from 9.30am to 2.30pm so why not
spend some time meeting the people who produce our local high
quality food and sampling their excellent products.
Proceeds will go to Thomas Marshall Education Fund.
Roger Hipwell
ORFORD SPORTS AND RECREATION CLUB
Hello everyone, how nice to see summer is nearly here and
the main news for the club is that on mid summer’s day a
special outing to the lighthouse has been arranged. The full
information about this is below.
On June 21 st there will be a trip to Orford Lighthouse. There
will be a charge of £10 for this but the price includes ferry
fare and a barbecue. Come along to the club to book your
place as we have to limit how many we can take on the trip.
Lastly, please remember the club can be hired for private
parties etc. A charge of approximately £30 is payable for
this. Please contact Jan Mills 01394450809 for further
details. That's all for now folks.
Jan Mills - C LUB S ECRETARY
TOWN HALL CINEMA
June welcomes the showing of the classic Alfred Hitchcock movie
Psycho in Orford Town Hall but it also sees the longest sunlight
hours. This means that, until it is possible to get blackout blinds
fitted to the upper windows, it will be necessary to have a revised
start time in order to be able to view the screen. Please note that
doors open Friday 6th June at 9.30pm and screening begins at
10.00pm.
Frances Brennan
THE KING'S HEAD, ORFORD
After moving from Surrey to Suffolk, we took over The King's Head
on Monday 19th May. Now that we have just about got our feet
behind the bar, we would like to invite you all to a Meet and Greet
evening on Sunday 8th June from 7.00pm onwards. We look
forward to welcoming you all for an informal chat, with reduced
rate drinks from 7.00 ‘til 9.00pm, along with an array of nibbles and
canapés.
One thing we would like your help with is naming the letting rooms
which currently have the lack lustre titles of 1, 2, 3 & 4.
Suggestions and a brief explanation will be rewarded with a bottle
of Adnams Champagne for each of the room names chosen.
Hope you can come and join us for the evening and look forward to
meeting you all.
Suzanne & Ian Ballantine [email protected]
LIGHTHOUSE VISITS
The Orford Museum Committee is organising visits to the
lighthouse during the spring and summer months. We will be taking
groups over to the Ness in Regardless on the following dates:
Wednesday 11th June
Wednesday 13th August
Wednesday 16th July
Wednesday 10th September
Regardless will leave Orford Quay at 1.30pm, returning at 5.00pm.
The cost per head of the trip will be £5.00. If you would like to
come, please email or telephone me, Elizabeth Spinney - contact
details below - with your preferred date. Booking will be on a first
come, first served basis.
01394 450622 [email protected]
Elizabeth Spinney - CHAIRMAN, FRIENDS OF ORFORD MUSEUM
RUGGE - PRICE RAMBLINGS
Those of you who enjoyed the progressive potholing article
in the April Village Voice will be pleased to know that there
is an occasional, irreverent look at life in the village on the
Orford website.
www.orford.org.uk/community/rugge-price-ramblings
JUNE AT ST BARTHOLOMEW'S
Sunday 1st June – Easter 7
08.00am
Holy Eucharist - Rev J Andrews
11.00am
Holy Eucharist - Rev Dr J Hare
th
Sunday 8 June - Pentecost
08.00am
Holy Eucharist - Rev D Murdoch
11.00am
Holy Eucharist -Rev D Murdoch
Sunday 15th June - Trinity
08.00am
Holy Eucharist - Rev S Affleck
11.00am
Holy Eucharist - Rev D Murdoch
Sunday 22nd June - Trinity 1
08.00am
Holy Eucharist - Rev D Murdoch
11.00am
Village Service - Mr T Allen
th
Sunday 29 June - Saints Peter & Paul
08.00am
Holy Eucharist - Rev D Murdoch
Sunday 6th July - Trinity 3
08.00am
Holy Eucharist - Rev D Murdoch
Our very special annual “Blessing of Animals” Service at Chillesford
on Sunday 15th June at 4.00pm - all humans & animals welcome.
Eucharist for all five parishes on Sunday 29th June at 10.30am at
Butley with Speaker, Karen O’Conner from the Children's Society.
Rev David Murdoch
JUNE AT ORFORD METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday 1st June
112th Church Anniversary
10.30am Ray Sawyer & Celebratory Lunch
Sunday 8th June
Pentecost
10.30am Service lead locally
5.00pm (for 5.15) Tea Table Service
Sunday 15th June Trinity Sunday
10.30am Rev Kathy Fynn Communion
Sunday 22nd June
10.30am Bryan Nichols
th
Sunday 29 June
10.30am Stephen Caley
5.30pm Strawberries & Cream Service
Sunday 6th July
10.30am Stephen Caley
Monday’s Chapel Tea Room from 12noon through 4.00pm serving a
variety of Lunch and afternoon Tea food
Wednesday Lunch – Serving now at approximately 12.30pm
(booking essential)
Easter People we are! – and a great weekend of Easter celebrations
was had with a magnificent Easter Garden well designed and
constructed. Visitors swelled our Easter Morning congregation
enjoying Easter eggs and refreshments afterwards.
Easter Monday kept us very busy with visitors in to see the garden
and soak up the tranquillity of the chapel and food served to scores
of people. Thanks to all those who helped make it a really
wonderful Eastertide. The garden was finally removed after 3
Sundays. Many thanks to those who gave monetary donations to
purchase pot plants and others who gave to funds. In all adding
just over £700 to funds.
Finally, and after 26 weeks, the front of the Chapel building has
been returned to us with the completion of the St Jude storm
damage restoration. It has been half a year of disruption but the
end result is looking great!
Stephen Caley
OPEN GARDEN
Creek Cottage has a large garden set behind two old
cottages. It features a dyke around half of the garden with
lots of pretty trees and shrubs.
The garden, located at Creek Cottage, 67 Quay Street,
Orford, will be open Sunday 22 nd June from 12noon.
There is no entry fee, only a request for donations to St
Elizabeth Hospice and there will be afternoon tea and
refreshments available.
All funds raised will go towards helping provide local
Hospice care for local people in East Suffolk and South
Norfolk.
St Elizabeth Hospice costs £9.1million a year to run and
relies on donations, fundraising and income generated from
its shops to meet the majority of these costs.
For more information, visit www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk,
email [email protected] or call 01473
723600.
Samantha Catling - M ARKETING /C OMMUNICATIONS O FFICER
GARDENING CLUB
Jaime Blake is the son-in-law of the famous Alan Bloom,
and will be our speaker on Tuesday June 17 th at Sudbourne
Village Hall at 7.30pm. His subject is "Bressingham Gardens
and the Bloom Family". Visitors welcome at £2.
The coach outing on Wednesday 2 nd July is to Elsing Hall
Gardens, between Norwich and Dereham.
Elsing is a moated manor house, set in 20 acres of gardens
with "many little secrets in store". There will be a brief
introductory talk, tea/coffee/cookies are included, and we
can buy plants. Bring a packed lunch.
The coach leaves Sudbourne Village Hall at 8.45am and
Orford Town Hall at 8.55am. Return Orford 17.45
Sudbourne 18.00. £25pp. Please book with Roger Cooper
(450934) Non members welcome.
Lorna Davis
JOHN BEALE
The family and I have been overwhelmed by the cards,
letters, messages and support we have received during
John’s illness and since his death; our thanks to everyone
and to those who came to his funeral seem inadequate to
express the comfort they have brought.
As the surge of last December which resulted in such
distress to many, is fresh in our memories, this poem by
Dannie Abse, read by our grandchildren at the funeral,
recalls Coronation Year 1953 when the great flood on 31 st
January devastated this area; it was also our wedding day.
Strange the potency of a cheap dance tune.
– Noel Coward
One such winged me back to a different post-code,
to an England that like a translation
almost was, to my muscular days
that were marvellous being ordinary.
365 days, marvellous;
to an England where sweet-rationing ended,
where nature tamely resumed its capture
behind park railings. Few thorns. Fewer thistles;
to Vivat Regina and the linseed willow-sound
of Compton and Edrich winning the Ashes.
Elsewhere, Troy always burning. Newspaper stuff.
The recurring decimal of calamity.
Famine. Murder. Pollinating fires.
When they stubbed one out another one flared.
Statesmen lit their cigars from the embers.
They still do. With every enrichment
an injury. They bicker and banquet,
confer and dally, pull on cigars that glow
with blood-light. And the year 1953,
like the arson of Troy, is elsewhere. Ashes.
Maggie Beale
ALDE/ORE PARTNERSHIP
Well in excess of 100 people attended the partnership’s
Annual Meeting to hear Sir Edward Greenwell announce that
about 40 sites had so far been offered by local landowners
for enabling development (i.e. planning permission would
only be granted if funds from the sale of the land went to
upgrading the river walls). The District Council were at
present considering these sites and would in the next few
months agree a portfolio for discussion. The partnership had
set up a charity to manage these funds.
Sir Edward explained that the partnership’s overall policy
was to upgrade the walls to enable overtopping but to resist
breaching, to avoid very expensive repair costs. During
surge conditions, some flooding is to be expected but
pumping the water out can be done relatively quickly and
cheaply.
Participants then discussed in detail the draft Estuary Plan
and captured information required to support the documents
which will shortly be submitted for a Sustainability
Appraisal. This was an extremely productive and useful
session as representatives from landowners including the
National Trust, RSPB and Suffolk Wildlife Trust, businesses,
leisure, tourism and householders all helped to provide
thoughts and information for the areas they are closely
involved in. The Environment Agency (EA), Natural England,
the County Council, District Council and the Coast and
Heaths AONB unit were all present and helped to advise
every group.
The overall response of the meeting was
extremely positive and gave everyone confidence that the results of all
this effort will be successful.
The main issues highlighted were:-

Coastal Defences: The EA announced the sea
wall at Slaughden would require contributions
from other sources to fund any capital works.

Surcharges: Raising funds by surcharges or
voluntary donations throughout the area

Water management: Ensuring plans for rapid
removal of overtopping water are sufficient,
capturing freshwater at present pumped away,
and irrigation/sewage and cesspit points

Habitat: Ensuring balance of habitat due to
coastal squeeze is sufficient

Employment: recording temporary and long
term losses
Amanda Bettinson - P ARTNERSHIP S ECRETARY
[email protected] www.aoep.co.uk
SUTTON EVENTS
Concert by the Illuminati Singers at All Saints Church,
Sutton on Saturday 7 June at 7.30pm. Tickets £5 to include
light refreshments. To book contact Daphne on 01394
384659 or Sue on 411793.
Sutton Open Gardens with Decorated Wheelie Bin
Competition on Sunday 15 th June 12.00 to 5.00pm. Entry
£3, cream teas from 3.00pm at the Old Vicarage. Starting
Point at Sutton Memorial Hall.
Car Boot Sale at Sutton Memorial Hall on Saturday 28 th June
10.00am - 1.00pm. Refreshments will be on sale in
Memorial Hall.
Pitches £5, to book contact Diana on 01394 411841 or Dawn
on 01394 410331.
Susan Collins
FOOTBALL MANAGER & PLAYERS REQUIRED
Real Orford Football Club is urgently looking for a new
manager and players for the 2014/15 season. The club
currently plays in Division 1 on a Sunday morning in the
Ipswich District League. Without either of the above the
club is in danger of being unable to compete in the
upcoming season. Anyone interested in taking on the
manager role or joining as a player for our local team then
please contact Daniel Emmens at [email protected]
or on 450 136 ASAP.
Daniel Emmens - C LUB S ECRETARY
DISCOVER YOUR MOBILE LIBRARY
Did you know that the Suffolk Libraries mobile library visits
your area regularly, giving access to hundreds of thousands
of books, including large print, audiobooks and children’s
books? You can also hire CDs and DVDs for a small charge.
If the items you want are not on the van you can reserve
them from the library catalogue free of charge and have
them delivered on the van at a later date. The staff are
very friendly and helpful, and will offer a warm welcome to
anyone who visits. The steps convert into a lift for those
with limited mobility. This is a valuable service to rural and
isolated communities who have lost many of their other
local services, and can also be an opportunity to meet up
with other people and catch up with the local goings on.
Come along to visit us and help to keep this service running
for YOUR community – all are welcome!
The mobile library visits Sudbourne bus shelter at 12.45pm
- 13.00pm and Orford Baron’s Meadow 14.05pm - 14.25pm
and Market Square 14.30pm - 15.45pm on Fridays.
13 th June, 11 th July, 8 th August, 5 th September,
3 rd October, 31 st October, 28 th November
Helen Hudson
SAVE THE DATE!
There is so much interesting work happening on the Ness
this spring and we’re keen to share our news with you.
We’re pleased to announce that 2014 will see the launch of
some open to all drop-in sessions with the National Trust
Orford Ness team.
The sessions will be a chance to meet our team of rangers
for an informal chat and to find out more about what is
happening on the Ness.
If there’s some burning questions about our conservation
work you’d like to ask, get the latest updates on how the
wildlife is faring, find out about our special events, or even
enquire about joining our team of volunteers, please do
come along.
We’ll be holding two this year, so do put the dates in your
diary.
The sessions will be held at Orford Town Hall on Thursday
5 th June and Friday 28 th November, both from 4.00pm until
6.45pm.
Martin Atkinson - G ENERAL M ANAGER , E AST S UFFOLK
EASTER EGG HUNT
On Saturday 19 th April the sun was shining and our annual
Easter Egg Hunt was attended by many visitors and
supporters. We were so lucky to have lots of great
donations from various local businesses. We had an army of
helpers on the day who manned stalls and helped set up
the event so a huge thanks to everyone. Last but not least,
thanks to all who came and made it the day it turned out to
be. There was such a lovely buzz of children having fun and
parents, relatives and friends chatting and indulging on the
cake stall.
People tried their luck on the raffle and welly wanging and
the children enjoyed searching for treats in the hunt! All
contributions and support are valued and helped us to raise
over £1,000 for Orford School. This will go a long way to
help with projects within the school and is vital in rural
schools where the numbers of children are small therefore
so is government funding. We hope to see you all again
next year and thanks again to all who came, donated,
helped and enjoyed.
Finally, thanks to English Heritage for the use of the superb
castle grounds.
Amanda Davis
DAY TRIP TO NORWICH
Make a note in your diary to join
pleasant day out on Thursday
November 2014. Member £11.50
visitors £12. More details later and in
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Refreshments were on offer throughout the
event.
The many visitors were also able to enjoy
boat trips on the River Ore, an attraction
equally enjoyed by Dr. Coffey.
Perfect weather attracted a good crowd of
visitors both young and older, to the Club
who showed considerable interest in
membership as well as the Taster/On Board
sessions as an introduction to the sport.
By the end of the afternoon as all available
places on the current Taster Sessions had
been taken, the Club will provide additional
sessions for interested sailors. Please
contact the OSC for more details.
The Open Day was pronounced a major
success both as an opportunity to promote
sailing and as a first class Club Event.
S UDBOURNE WI
SCDC LEISURE STRATEGY
Suffolk Coastal is committed to improving
the health and wellbeing of people in this
District.
To make a real difference, we are
developing a clear strategy which will
provide
direction
to
our
chosen
development partner for the next decade.
Our aim is to engage with local people to
develop this strategy which will shape how
we deliver our services improving the
health, wellbeing and fitness of our
communities.
We need to stress this is a wide-ranging
review and is about all forms of leisure and
recreation, not just sport.
The guiding principle is that we are
including leisure and recreation pursuits
that people ‘do’ rather than those that they
‘view’. This could include taking your
children to a local play area, walking in the
countryside, horse riding or playing a game
of football with your local club.
Local people have a key role to play in
informing and shaping this strategy. We
need you to tell us your requirements, to
ensure this strategy reflects your needs
and has a positive impact on your future
health and wellbeing.
To take part in this process and have your
say please complete our short online
questionnaire before midnight on June 30 th
2014
w w w . s u r v e y m o n k e y . c o m / s /
SCDCLeisureStrategy
The responses provided will help inform
and direct the leisure strategy which we
hope to complete by early 2015, this will
include clear targets for the delivery of the
strategy over the next 10 years. For
further information about the leisure
strategy visit the Suffolk Coastal District
Council website:
www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk/yourfreetime/
leisurestrategy/
Kind regards
Keri Ryder
ORFORD SAILING CLUB
Therese Coffey MP officially opened the
extended Dinghy Park and new changing
facilities as part of the Club`s Open Day
and RYA Push the Boat Out campaign to
introduce people to sailing.
Orford Sailing Club put on a show with
displays on shore including boats old and
new
for
visitors
to
examine,
demonstrations of VHF and GPS in action,
knots, and rigging displays. On the water
demonstration dinghy races by younger
mem bers
wer e
accompan ie d
by
a
commentary over the PA by Chris Gill, the
Commodore, to explain the rules and finer
points of racing tactics.
Michael Bellegarde
Please note later
opening time
www.orfordsail.org
ORFORD FLOWER SHOW 2014
THE ORFORD, SUDBOURNE and GEDGRAVE
FLOWER SHOW and FÊTE.
RECREATION GROUND,
ORFORD SATURDAY
23 rd August 2014
If you have not received a copy of the
Flower Show Schedule, additional copies
are available at the Orford General Store,
Friend’s Garage and the Orford website
www.orford.org.uk/community/flower show/
The Schedules contain details of all the
classes for entry including Vegetables,
Flowers, Cookery, Handicraft, Photography,
Painting, Children`s entries and Fancy
Dress for those under 12 years old - this
year come as Any Fruit, Flower or
Vegetable!
There is something to interest everyone.
The Schedule includes Tips for Exhibitors,
General Rules and a full list of the many
Cups and Awards to be won.
Michael Bellegarde
BOATMEN REQUIRED
Orford Sailing Club require Boatmen (m/f)
1 or 2 young people are needed to share
crewing duties on our Safety Boat during
races
on
Saturday
afternoons
approximately 2 hours (2 - 4).
Must be fit and able to swim and prepared
to enter the water if necessary (rarely).
Full training of handling capsizes and boats
will be given.
Chris Gill
APOLOGY
The type this month has been reduced
in size to accommodate the large
amount of copy received. Even with
some ruthless editing it was impossible
to include everything of relevance
without the use of this smaller type.
Hopefully back to normal next month.
Roger Hipwell - Editor