Hadleigh Harvest

September is the traditional time when farmers and gardeners reap the results of their hardwork during the year. Local food is at its best and cheapest when eaten in season and in September there are around 30 different vegeables from artichokes to watercress to be harvested plus apples, pears, plums, different berries and free food from the hedgerow such as blackberries, elderberries, nuts and sloes. For ideas on how to use and cook this produce a useful website is www.vegbox-recipes.co.uk We are fortunate in having independent butchers who use local producers for their meat supplies and visiting fresh fish vans on Tuesdays and Fridays. We should not forget something to drink and while wine produced in this country is still limited there is a choice of beers from large and small breweries and a wide selection of non alcoholic drinks which are produced in the county.
More free food! - following last year's initiative, we are again encouraging those with a surplus of vegetables or fruit to share and exchange with friends and neighbours rather than let it go to waste.

Local food challenge
Throughout September we are suggesting people prepare as many meals as possible using only locally produced food. It is surprising to find out how many different foods are available in our local shops. Not only will you find that the food is fresher, tastier and often cheaper than food bought in multinational stores but it will be more environmentally friendly.

To celebrate the Harvest the following events are being held:
Sept. 11th BEER TASTING -Adnams at 73-75 High St. 10.30-4.00
Sept. 12th Bridge Street Allotments BBQ
Sept. 14th COOKERY DEMONSTRATION by Simon Cook of Smugglers Puddings , Ansell Centre 7.30 p.m.
Sept. 20-26th HOLLOW TREES FARM SHOP, Semer, Special Local Food Menu and Tasting
Oct 2nd HORKEY and Barn Dance in St. Mary's Church at 7.00 p.m.
Oct 3rd HARVEST FESTIVAL St, Mary's Church

Through September the King's Head will have a special Local Food Menu for Lunch and Evening Meals
For further information please contact Jane Haylock at the Idler, 37 High Street, phone 01473 827752 or e-mail jane@theidler.plus.com

Howard at Buxton in Derbyshire
My readers will find me somewhat exhausted this month as I have been rather touring about as well as running my office. I have been fortunate to know a number of very interesting people. One such is David Evans, a past President of The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and former Senior Partner of F J Cleveland Patent Agents. It was with great sadness that I attended the funeral of David’s wife Wendy in Reigate. This was a burial and sad though it was, it seemed to me not quite so daunting or final as a cremation. When taking instructions for a Will, I do always suggest that my clients should express whether they have a preference for a burial or cremation.

On a brighter note I took my mother and father to Buxton in Derbyshire where every year they enjoy the Gilbert and Sullivan festival at the theatre there. The picture shows me with the famous cleansing spa waters. I did have a nip of the special water and feel so much better for it! A good friend invited me to join him for a Beestons trip to London for a tour of Buckingham Palace. I marvelled at the state rooms and their glorious furnishings. I then enjoyed tea on the terrace overlooking the Palace gardens. I was aghast at the enormous number of tourists that now frequent the famous sights in London and was pleased to return to Suffolk. I would recommend a Beestons coach tour – a superb coach (with on board WC – so reassuring), very well run and reasonably priced (Tel. 01473 212521).

I watched with horror the recent BBC Panorama television programme about Will Writers. There were various sorry sagas where Will Writers gave a fee on the telephone and then a sales person was despatched to see the clients and persuaded them to spend thousands of pounds. For goodness sake, if you wish to make a Will or if you need any other legal services (such as the preparation of a Power of Attorney) then use a Solicitor. A Solicitor has had to qualify and is closely regulated by the Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority. A Solicitor is unlikely to be any more expensive.

I have been dealing with property for some twenty five years and have a greater experience in that field than most of the local professionals. Do discuss your property proposals at an early stage and I am sure that you will find that that time invested will pay you dividends.

Howard Gibbons

Craft Fair is on its way in Hadleigh

Its now September and by the time you would have received this copy of the community news the HADFEST event on the 29th Aug will of been over, I will have more reports on this in the next issue. The craft fair is our next event which is on the 28th November at the Town Hall Complex in Hadleigh. We are asking for all types of craft stall holders to come forward to take part in this event as we normally try to fill the whole complex with knitted items, perfumes, hand made cards, jewellery and any Christmas gift ideas. We are also trying to have a food hall again so if you make preserves or hand made chocolates or cakes then this could be the event for you. We will be posting out forms to other traders who have attended before but we normally have to turn people away cos it gets filled quickly so it's first come 1st served. If you would like to take part we are charging £25 per pitch or £30 with electric socket. If you would like a booking form please e-mail us on hadleighents@aol.com or phone Sarah on 01473 828097.

We have been talking about Christmas and have a date of the 3rd December for a possible street fair. If you have been to a street fair before you will know how big these normally are and we will be discussing this more at our next meeting. If you would like to help the committee with events or have ideas please e-mail us for the next meeting date. The committee is up and going again and you can keep up to date with it all by visiting our website which is www.hadleighents.webs.com

Yet again a MASSIVE thank you to all the committee members for all the hard work and also well done to HADS for hosting "Has Hadleigh Got Talent" Also well done to all who took part especially the winners of the show. So the committee has lots happening and we want to make it bigger and better so if you cant help us please attend our events. If you have any comments please e-mail me on hadleighents@aol.com or visit our website www.hadleighents.webs.com

Cllr Trevor Clarke, Chairman of the Hadleigh Entertainments Committee

News from St Mary’s School

Key Stage Two Production of Oliver Twist – July 2010
Over the past few weeks, KS2 have been putting together the production ‘Oliver Twist’. Mrs Dowling and Mr Girling held auditions and everyone was given their own script. Our task was to learn our words. The teachers set up workshops, working on different scenes. After a few days we tried putting the production together. It was clear we had a lot of work to do! Miss Pryke and Mrs Lee-Smith choreographed all of the dances, Mrs Dowling and Mr Girling worked with acting, Miss Oliver helped people to project voices, Mrs Gordon played the piano, Mrs Wells found us costumes and Mrs Garland created the displays. We had the production up and running, we knew our lines and knew where to be. Soon after that we were told to bring in our costumes. We had our first dress rehearsal. It went very well. Three weeks later we performed to KS1. They loved it. The following day, Wednesday 7th July, we performed to some of our parents. They were a good audience, and applauded us at the end. On Thursday 8th July we performed for our last time. Our parents enjoyed it even more! All of KS2 really enjoyed the whole ‘Oliver’ experience—we worked really well together—what’s next?!
(By Freya Dawson)

Goodbyes and Hello!
At the end of the summer term we said goodbye to five members of staff – Mrs. Herbert and Mrs. Lewis who are taking retirement, Mrs. Pears who is taking some time out, Miss Pryke who has a new post at Cliff Lane Primary School and Mrs. Davidson (our Librarian). All these staff have given valuable service to the school and we will miss them, but wish them well in their new situations.

This term we will be saying hello to a new Headteacher – Mr. Andrew Frolish, who is currently Deputy Head at Beaumont. We look forward to him joining us to lead the school in its new phase.

1st Annual Barbeque of the Gallows Hill Allotment Group

The 1st Annual Barbeque was held on 24th July in brilliant sunny weather. About 40 people (allotment holders with families) attended. The only request was that everyone bring their own chairs and something to drink. Ann Wells, Jennifer Cutts and Roy Cutts (of “Cutts Well Catering") did the barbeque which was excellent. £1 bought you a juicy thick burger or a piece of steak or sausage with a choice of salads that had been prepared by the allotment holders from their produced. Many thanks to them. Everyone sat around enjoying the food and sunshine.

Entertainment was even provided by Peter Matthews who had brought along his guitar so everyone had a sing-song which was really fun. The children attending were given a competition to draw anything they could see around the allotment area and were given prizes. A lot of colourful pictures were produced. A raffle which had a lot of garden tools kindly donated by Partridges including a wheelbarrow, organized by John Chisholm (known to all as Rusty), was a great success. He announced that he was handing over the secretary-ship to Ann Wells as he was stepping down.

All-in-all it was a wonderful day and very enjoyable and was a great chance to meet fellow allotment holders. We will all look forward to the next one!

News from The Station

Welcome to this months news edition from the Police Station. Regular readers will know that over the last few months we have been dealing with an anti-social behaviour issue at Stonehouse Road, Hadleigh. Through a thorough investigation and close working practices with Babergh District Council, we met with a number local teenagers who regularly socialise in that area to talk with them about their needs and wants. Many agreed to sign acceptable behaviour contracts with us acknowledging a need for change in some of the behaviour displayed at certain times.

The productive meetings showed us that many of those involved wanted a facility to meet and socialise, and felt there was little in the way of entertainment in the Town. To emphasise our commitment to improving the links with all parts of our community, we have teamed up with Babergh District Council and have arranged funding for the new astro turf facility at Hadleigh High School. The funding means that those involved can now play football and socialise on the astro turf every Wednesday evening until the end of October. We hope that towards the end of this period some of the teenagers involved will be able to raise their own funding to continue bookings on a regular basis.

To kick this initiative off, representative teams from Hadleigh Police Station and Babergh District Council competed in a mini 6 a side football tournament with two teams made up of the younger community. This took place on Tuesday 27 July, and following a tough group stage saw our Police side narrowly defeated in the final by one of the teenage teams. Babergh finished in third. Our thanks go to all of those who participated on the night, and in particular, to Jamie Leeks who gave up his own time on his week off to volunteer to referee the event – it was very much appreciated!

We continue to work behind the scenes on my initiatives, but still find much of our time being taken up by the parking issues around the Town. We remind residents to be sensible when driving into our Town Centre and to use the free carparks. Monday to Saturday, 8am until 6pm single yellow lines cannot be parked on. Double yellow lines cannot be used to park on at any time. Those caught parking in these areas will be fined £30. We remain open to any comments, questions, or invitations, so please use the below details to contact us.

Matt, PC 1455 Paisley
Babergheast.snt@suffolk.pnn.police.uk
Hadleigh Police Station Tel: 01473 613500

Marathon effort by Suffolk Duo

Marathon effort by Suffolk duo Despite having never been keen runners, two Suffolk men have signed up for the EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon to help raise funds for a cause close to their hearts. Network planning technician Dan Dobson and health safety and sustainability advisor Aaron Eaton from EDF Energy Networks will be spending this summer running along the country lanes of Suffolk ahead of pounding the streets of Birmingham on October 24. They will be raising funds for the MS Society which is an especially poignant cause for Dan, whose sister Katie was diagnosed with the illness in 2006.

Dan, 31, from Benton Street, Hadleigh, said: “I saw an invitation to apply on our staff intranet and instantly thought it was not only a worthy challenge but a great opportunity to raise some much needed funds for the MS Society. “Since Katie’s diagnosis it has always been an objective of mine to support the MS Society in some way. They offer those diagnosed with MS the foundation on which they can improve many aspects of their lives. “I immediately contacted my colleague Aaron to see if he would run with me, to my surprise he said yes! It is fair to say our level of fitness is low but our spirit is high. Within minutes of reading the article we had applied and the challenge was underway.”

Aaron, 30, from East Row, Holbrook, said: “We have no experience or love of running, and currently our fitness may not be all we'd hope so this is a real challenge. Up until now I have only run if it's absolutely necessary in football to score a goal, while Dan, despite being a re-born cyclist, is hoping there'll be smoking points around the 13.1-mile course.”

Diana Gornall, head of community and events fundraising at the MS Society, said: “We are delighted that Dan and Aaron have dedicated their first run to the MS Society – I’m sure their energy and enthusiasm will see them through. We are really grateful to them and wish them good luck!”

The duo is hoping that colleagues both at their office in Colchester and further afield, will dig deep to support this worthwhile cause and to motivate them around the streets of Birmingham. If you’d also like to help, you can donate via their justgiving page at: www.justgiving.com/Dan-and-Aaron-run-for-The-MS-Society

Babergh launches Parking Permit Scheme
to help drivers save money

Babergh District Council has launched its discounted parking permit scheme aimed at providing regular users of its long stay car parks in Sudbury and Hadleigh with the chance to pay to park for less. As part of a wider package aimed at closing its budget deficit for 2009/10, Babergh councillors agreed in February this year to introduce a £1.50 charge for anyone wishing to park for more than three hours in its long stay car parks in the two towns.

Ahead of this scheme being introduced in October, and recognising that the impact on regular users of the long stay car parks of the charges should be reduced if possible, Babergh is issuing a maximum of 133 parking permits which offer discounts compared to the daily rate of £1.50 to park at the Station, Sudbury, Station Road Sudbury and the rear part of Magdalen Road, Hadleigh. The discounted parking permits can be bought on an annual (for £250), three-monthly (£70) or monthly (£25) basis. They can be bought using cash, cheques, debit and credit cards for one of the specific car parks listed above.

According to Ryan Jones, Babergh’s Head of Contract & Asset Management “application forms are available via our website, by phone, at our Hadleigh offices or at the Sudbury Advice Centre. The deadline for applications is September 10. If we receive more than 133 application forms, on September 16 we will draw lots - with the first 133 drawn being allocated a parking permit and the others placed on a waiting list”.

The full details for getting an application form are as follows: from our website (www.babergh.gov.uk/babergh/carpark), by calling (01473) 826622, by visiting our offices at Corks Lane, Hadleigh IP7 6SJ or by visiting the Sudbury Advice Centre, Sudbury Town Hall CO10 1TL.

Put a smile on your mug!

The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is back and this year Macmillan Cancer Support needs your help even more than ever. Can you help them? If so all you need to do is register to take part and you will receive a free fundraising pack so you can help even more people living with cancer. This year’s ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’ event takes place on Friday 24 September.

Luke Wheeler, Fundraising Manager for Macmillan Cancer Support said: ‘Last year £120,000 was raised in Suffolk from 700 events. It would be wonderful if readers who have held events before could go one step further by raising an extra £50 at their events. Collectively our coffee morning hosts make an amazing difference.

There are currently 2 million people living with cancer in the UK and one in three of us will be affected by cancer at some point during our lifetime. Macmillan is best known for its nurses but we do provide other support including a free phone line for anyone affected by cancer, financial support for things like hospital trips and we also campaign for better cancer care. So every cup of coffee on 24 September really will count.”

Everyone can make their cuppa count by holding a coffee morning, at home, at work or at school. To hold a coffee morning for Macmillan, register by calling 0845 602 1246 or visit www.macmillan.org.uk/coffee. Unable to hold an event? Then why not make a donation to Macmillan by calling the above number and paying by debit or credit card.