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1 VILLAGE NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2017 / JANUARY 2018 Read it in colour ONLINE at: SEASONS GREETINGS TO YOU ALL! DEC 2 - Christmas Market & Coffee Morning, Rendham V.H. DEC 4 - Charity Christmas Quiz, Rendham White Horse DEC 8 - Christmas Brass Concert, Sweffling Church DEC 9 - Christmas Brunch, Sweffling Hut DEC 17 - Carols by Candlelight, Sweffling Church DEC 19 - Christmas Carol Evening, Rendham White Horse DEC 21 - A Mummer s Christmas Carol, Rendham Knoll DEC 24 - Alternative Christmas Sing-a-long + Charity Raffle, Rendham White Horse DEC 24 - Midnight Mass, Sweffling Church DEC 25 - Holy Communion, Rendham Church DEC 25 - Festive Community Christmas Lunch, Juniper Barn Supported by Rendham Village Amenity Fund Reports, editing, distribution by volunteers. Printers: Leiston Press Editors: Helen Greenburgh & Judith Mellor

2 RENDHAM CHRISTMAS MARKET & COFFEE MORNING Coffee and homemade mince pies - Stalls selling Christmas cakes, puddings, mince pies, gifts and stocking fillers - Christmas cards, crackers, candles and festive table decorations - Indoor and outdoor plants - Second-hand books - A Twelve Days of Christmas Tombola - A Raffle with desirable prizes - AND Ho Ho Ho! A visit from Father Christmas! Proceeds are in aid of St Michael s Church and the East Anglia Children s Hospice. Saturday 2 December from 10am - 12:30pm, Rendham Village Hall. Christmas is fast approaching and Juniper Barn is now full of lovely Christmas treats, presents and stocking fillers as well as all sorts of locally produced food to tickle the taste buds of your friends and family, so do pop in and see what we ve go. We re serving delicious winter hot soups and game and curry pies for lunch too. No plans for Christmas Day? Come and join us in Juniper Barn for a festive community traditional lunch from 12:30pm. Lifts can be arranged. You are welcome to give towards costs or make an edible contribution. For more details, pop in and see us, tel or enquiry@juniperbarnsuffolk.co.uk CONGRATULATIONS! to: Johnny and Amy-Rose Carrington on the birth of their daughter Ariadne Molly Jeanne and to James and Emma Strachan on the birth of their daughter Boe Elouise. We ve had the French Evening, Spanish Evening and Back to School Evening. Now it s. Rendham Village Hall, Saturday 10th March. More details to follow. Ride and Stride 2017 A very big thank you to the Rendham cyclists and their generous sponsors who raised a record 2,103 for the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust. This sum, with Gift Aid still to be added, is split 50:50 between the Trust and St. Michael s, Rendham. A MASSIVE THANK YOU! Paul and Lisa at The White Horse hosted The Big Curry Night, a charity curry night for ABF The Soldiers Charity, the Army s National Charity. This spicy fundraiser raised funds which will go to directly help support soldiers, veterans and their immediate families who may need assistance. In the last year this Charity gave grants to nearly 5,000 individuals and 88 other specialist charities which support the wider Army family. Thank you to everyone that supported the evening - we raised an amazing 320 for the charity. 50% of the price of the curries bought raised Well done to David, our chef, who made the delicious curries. The raffle, general donations and Cookie Roulette raised a further Hopefully we will support the same event and charity next year. 2

3 RENDHAM PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER Unfortunately due to commitments Cllr. Greenburgh had to resign both as Chairman and Councillor. He joined the council in November 2015 taking over from Cllr. Farquhar as Chairman in January At the meeting Cllr. David Willett was proposed and seconded and it was agreed unanimously as the new Chairman. As a result a new Vice Chairman was needed and Cllr. James Morford was proposed and seconded also agreed unanimously. This results in a vacancy for Councillor should anyone be interested please contact Cllr. Willett ( ) or the clerk Chris Salmon ( ) chris.salmon2@btinternet.com Have a talk with them to find out what it s all about. The proposal that PARK playing field be transferred to Rendham Parish Council was accepted in principle following a meeting of SCDC. Subject to call in and advertising in the local paper twice, the transfer looks to be going ahead. SCDC have asked for the Parish Council solicitor details. The clerk has contacted James Robbins at Marshall Hatchick, Woodbridge, who has agreed to charge about 300 for disbursements but has also agreed to donate his fee, which is very much appreciated. The village has been offered a defibrillator by Mr Davis and Ms Phillips of the Corner house. They both attended the Parish Council meeting to discuss the implications of taking on the project. It was agreed to take it forward. These machines cost about 800. Decisions will need to be taken as to where to site the equipment although outside the village hall was suggested. We will have to purchase a box to store it in and to identify a person to be responsible for it. There have been nearly ten people who have attended CPR/Defibrillator training at Bruisyard Village Hall, should anyone else be interested please let Chris Salmon Parish Clerk know. The clerk has reported the concerns raised by several people to Suffolk County Council highways and has continued to chase for more information. Cllr. Burroughs was unable to attend but forwarded a written report with the following headlines, full report to be published on village website. Get your flu vaccinations now GCSE and A Level results on the rise in Suffolk Recruitment gets underway for Suffolk Fostering Service Vital to check white goods says Suffolk Fire and Rescue Parents urged to have their say on school admissions consultation Although not a Parish Council matter the following was reported by Jean Palmer that someone had defecated in the church before Remembrance Sunday. Cleaning the area was very unpleasant and she asked if everyone would keep an eye open to prevent further incidents. Cllr. Willett also suggested that the PCC report it to the police. - ACC Spring Flower Show, April 8th 2018, Sweffling Village Hut. Plant your bulbs today! throughout the year. To Paul and Lisa at the White Horse for their support to Park If you wish to receive the Neighbourhood Watch / Village Happenings list please Trev.salmon@btinternet.com 3

4 CHURCH SERVICES RENDHAM & SWEFFLING DEC 17 - JAN 18 RENDHAM DEC 3 DEC 10 DEC 17 DEC 24 DEC 25 BCP HOLY MATINS 4 11:00AM CHRISTMAS SWEFFLING HOLY 5:00PM 11:30PM / CAROLS & MIDNIGHT 4:00PM CHRISTINGLE LESSON MASS SERVICE JAN 8 JAN 14 JAN 21 JAN 28 FEB 4 RENDHAM MATINS HOLY SWEFFLING CELEBRATE WINTER SOLSTICE WITH RENDHAM MUMMERS EPIPHANY READINGS & CAROLS A Mummer s Christmas Carol Dust your lamps! Prime your wicks! Make ready your tankards! The Long Night draws near. Now is the time for mists, magic, merriment, mayhem and Mummers! Seasonal refreshments incl. warm pork rolls and winter punch - Hat Collection for IPSWICH OUTREACH BUS which seeks to make a difference to the lives of the Homeless and those in need. Please bring lanterns for Torchlight Procession. Parking in Recreation Field. Meet on Rendham Knoll, from 6:30pm for 7:30pm performance. Thursday 21st December. Don t miss Father Christmas arriving at Snape Maltings on an historic Thames sailing barge!, 12:30pm. Or, get creative in the Concert Hall Cafe with free festive activities and enjoy live music (16-17 Dec). You can also get your ticket for the BBC Radio Suffolk Carol Concert ( 14pp, 4pm, 16th Dec). Enjoy a seasonal celebration with music, readings and the chance to join in some of your favourite carols. Find out more at HOLY HOLY THE CHILDREN S SOCIETY COFFEE MORNING Our coffee morning, held on Saturday 11 November 2017 was again most successful. After costs, the amount we raised on the day was 1, and that figure doesn t include the income from the sale of Christmas cards and any further ongoing donations. The greatest thanks must go to our stoic committee who never stop planning, making, baking and giving; our friends, family and neighbours who are always digging deep into their pockets; our supporters who always come along, and, most importantly, Parish magazines, newspapers and websites who always seem to find a space for our notices. We are grateful - as are the children and young people we strive to help. Lorraine Lloyd

5 On several days during November a Barn Owl has been out hunting over the hayfield in broad daylight as early as 1pm. Although this is known from time to time, it is much more usual to see them hunting later in the afternoon (much later in the summer), say an hour before dusk. I have tried to get photographs, but although daytime the light has still not been good, so the pictures are not brilliant. There will be disadvantages in daylight hunting. For instance, I have watched Owls being mobbed at this time by another predatory bird, the Kestrel, so that their hunting is interfered with. It is suggested that daytime hunting may indicate that the owls are finding food harder to find. The main prey in the hayfield is the Short-tailed Vole, or Field Vole, a creature that always lives in Grassland. In the food remains of Barn Owls in Sweffling and Rendham three years ago I also found very large numbers of shrews, both Common and Pygmy Shrews. This was echoed in the number of shrews brought in by our cats (but never eaten by them. Although predatory birds readily eat shrews, they seem to be distasteful to cats). However, for many months the cats have not brought in a single shrew. I hope to get some more owl pellets locally to see whether the shrews have become scarcer perfectly possible as small mammals do go through quite large natural cycles in their numbers over the years. Bullfinches are again very regular in the garden. Despite the male s bright colours they can be quite reclusive and hard to see. They do however have a very distinctive call, a soft, low pitched single note, which although quiet does tell you that they are there. They have been busy eating the seeds of an ornamental Maple, little helicopters just like small Sycamore seeds. Studies of Bullfinches have shown that in winter they rely heavily for food on the seeds found in the keys of Ash, which are rather similar. It is when seeds like these are scarce that they turn to the flower buds of fruit trees, where they can do so much damage. I presume that the great reduction in Ash trees as a result of the rapid spread of Ash die-back disease will affect the Bullfinch population. Flocks of Rooks flying to their winter roost in the woods towards Benhall are a feature of the winter evenings. These winter gatherings can be enormous. I have estimated well over a thousand gathering together. They must include birds from several rookeries and from quite a large area. They gather in mid-winter in tree tops, arriving in late afternoon. By late winter, however, they have taken to gathering, in smaller numbers, in the trees in which they will have their breeding rookeries. They share this roost with an equal number of Jackdaws, alongside which they can be seen feeding in the fields (although their nesting is quite separate the rooks nesting in high trees and the Jackdaws in chimneys, old buildings and holes in trees.) With the rooks making their loud caw and the Jackdaws chacking (hence Jack ) the noise from such a big roost can be quite impressive. 5

6 On Tuesday 10 October many from Rendham attended the funeral of Michael Izzard at St Mary the Virgin, Dennington. The Rev Jonathan Olanczuk, in his address, paid tribute to Michael s work for the East Anglian Children s Hospice. A large congregation attended our Remembrance Day service on Sunday 12 November, which was conducted by Prof. John Tesh, and included readings by Dr Anne Fitzgerald-Robbins and Mrs Suzanne Stevens. Mr Denis Moore carried out the ceremony of placing the wreath on the War Memorial, and of reading the time-honoured words. Lovely flower arrangements, on the theme of poppies, made the church look beautiful and were admired by many who stayed for coffee and biscuits afterwards. The collection for the Royal British Legion amounted to 140. The Christmas Day service at St Michael s will be at 11am taken by Martin Percival. Remembrance Sunday has a poignancy that affects most of us; I feel one thing that adds to this is ringing half-muffled bells. Half muffled is when one side of the clapper has a leather pad fixed to it, so that the listener hears a clear note then an echo. When one chooses to ring a minor key, as we tend to at Rendham, the sound can be even more meaningful. Next year it will be 100 years since the Armistice was signed which marked the end of WWI. In Suffolk we hope to ring all the church bells (that are safe to ring) as part of the national campaign called Ringing for Peace; Armistice 100. This is a joint initiative between Ringers and the Department for Communities and Local Government, the goal being to recruit 1,400 new ringers between now and November This is the same number of ringers that were lost in the Great War and commemorated on the ringers Central Council Roll of Honour. We have around 200 ringable towers in Suffolk. We last rang them all, over a period though, for the millennium. This time we would like to hear them all on just one day. In addition, there is another national project Battles over - A Nation s Tribute. Pipers will be piping in the morning, bugles sounding and 1,000 beacons will be lit across the UK in the evening. Ringers have been asked to ring at 1,000 towers at 7:05pm on the 11th November. Rendham St Michael will be one of those towers. I expect we will ring them half muffled too. If you would like to be one of the ringers, now would be a good time to start learning. CHRISTMAS BRUNCH AND MARKET Saturday 9th December, Sweffling Hut, 10:00am-midday. Enjoy bacon and/or egg rolls, coffee or tea and more. Plus Christmas stalls and raffle. Free entry! THE FREE HOME LIBRARY SERVICE - If getting to the library, or mobile library, is a struggle volunteers from Suffolk Library Home Service could help. Contact Saxmundham Library on Surgery News With practices closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day as well as New Year s Day to contact a doctor please call 111. In an emergency, please dial 999. Please check your practice s website for opening times. Framlingham Saxmundham

7 VACANCY FOR PARISH COUNCILLOR Would you like to join the seven people chaired by David Willett on the Rendham Parish Council? There are usually only four meetings a year on a Monday evening. For more information please contact Chairman David Willett ( ) or Parish Clerk, Chris Salmon ( ) chris.salmon2@btinternet.com CHRISTMAS MARKET Saturday 2nd December, 9:30am to midday, Framlingham United Free Church Hall. Cakes, preserves and pickles, crafts, presents, cards, toys, decorations, raffle, mince pies, coffee and more. Free Entry! Plus, don t miss Framlingham Flower Club s Christmas Fayre, from 10am at St Michael s Church, Framlingham. Enjoy the opening of the Christmas Tree Festival with the Pop Chorus, 3 Cellos seasonal music, cakes, Knitters and Stitchers craft stall and much more. Enjoy a concert of music and carols from Leiston Royal British Legion Brass Band. Tickets from Diana ( ) or turn up on the night. Adults 7, children 3 (includes refreshments). Friday 8th December, 7:30pm. Christmas Carols, 6:30pm Badingham White Horse, 19th December. Collection for The Children s Society. TEAR-OFF FORM FOR MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL THE ALDE COMMUNITY COUNCIL SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL 2018 Membership renewals will be due at the AGM. Why not save time by renewing in advance, and then there will be more time to enjoy the entertainment and refreshments at the meeting. Just send your remittance with this slip. It remains unchanged at 4.50 per person or 3 if you do not wish to enter the annual membership draw which takes place in September, at the Rendham Harvest Festivities. Please make cheques payable to Alde Community Council. Name(s) Address: Tel: We are delighted to welcome new members. 7 Postcode: Please send to: Lynda Newson, Rosebank, Bruisyard Road, Rendham, IP17 2AQ.

8 Suffolk Fruit Wines available by the glass or bottle from DJ Wines, Monk Soham THE WHITE HORSE RENDHAM GREAT BEER GREAT FOOD GREAT COMPANY Serving delicious food EVERY evening and Saturday & Sunday lunchtimes. SOUP & PUD LUNCH Donations of clothes, toys, household items gratefully accepted. Dates for your Diary DECEMBER 2 Christmas Market & Coffee Morning - Rendham Village Hall, 10:00am 2 Christmas Market - Framlingham United Free Church Hall, 9:30am 2 Framlingham Flower Club Christmas Fayre, 10am, St Michael s, Framlingham 2 Christmas Lights Switch On, Carols and Santa s Grotto, Saxmundham, 4:00pm 2 Tuxedo - Trio playing 30s and 40s music, Rendham White Horse, 7:30pm 4 Charity Christmas Quiz - Rendham White Horse 7:30pm 8 Christmas Brass Concert - St Mary s, Sweffling, 7:30pm 9 Christmas Brunch - Sweffling Hut, 10:00am 9 Coffee Morning - Bruisyard Church, 10:00am 9 Aldeburgh & District Flower Club Christmas Fair, Aldeburgh Church Hall, 10:00am 9 Phoenix - Live jazz and soul music, Rendham White Horse, 7:30pm 16 BBC Radio Suffolk Carol Concert, Snape Maltings, 4:00pm 16 The Phoenix Singers - Framlingham College Chapel, 7:30pm 17 United Carol Service - Cransford Church, 4:00pm 17 Christingle Service - Badingham Church, 10:00am 17 The Snowman & Paddington Bear s First Concert, Snape Maltings, 2:00pm & 4:00pm 17 Carol Service - Dennington Church, 5:00pm (followed by mulled wine & mince pies) 17 Carols for all by Candlelight - Sweffling Church, 5:00pm 19 Christmas Carols - Badingham White Horse, 6:30pm 19 Christmas Carol evening with Rendham Choir, Rendham White Horse 21 A Mummer s Christmas Carol - The Knoll, Rendham, 6.30pm 24 Crib Service - Badingham Church, 4:00pm (followed by punch & mince pies) 24 Crib Service - Bruisyard Church, 5:00pm 24 Alternative Christmas Sing-a-long - Rendham White Horse 24 Midnight Mass - Sweffling Church, 11:30pm 25 Christmas Day Holy Communion - Rendham Church, 11:00am 25 Christmas Day Lunch - Juniper Barn, Rendham, 12:30pm RENDHAM VILLAGE HALL,12:30pm January date to be confirmed MOBILE LIBRARY Bruisyard Rd opposite PARK on 13th December 3:35-3:50hrs. Rendham Fete, 7th July Helen Greenburgh: hpaygre@aol.com ( ) AND Judith Mellor: rendhamstreet@gmail.com (hard copy can be sent to Gables Farm, Sandy Lane, Rendham) welcomes items for publication, but we reserve the right to edit. We are limited to 8 pages so may not be able to publish everything we receive for each issue. All items submitted for publication must carry a name & contact no / address. 8