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After eighteen full issues the Town Herald hascome to a close, at least for the time being. This isdue to falling ad revenues. The paper wascompletely dependent on advertising to cover costsand it couldn't raise enough for the printing of theFebruary issue. This small pamphlet enables us tothank all readers, contributors and advertisers whohave supported us to date.
Joe Cassels, editor said: “This doesn't have to bethe final end. I believe that small community newshas a bright future in many places. It's merely amatter of working out the funding. In the presentformat, [that of full colour 16 page A5 booklet] andassuming printing prices don't rise significantly, it'spossible to produce the Town Herald forapproximately £5000 per year. Advertising mightmeet some of that total and it's well within themeans of a community group to raise theremainder. Unfortunately, I'm not of independentmeans so can't fund this myself, but I'd be delightedto support or work with anyone who could!
“I would like to thank everyone who has supportedthe Town Herald over the past couple of years,especially regular contributors Suzy Powling,Belinda Moore, Karen White, Rob Cawley andDavid Lee from Saxmundham Free School, DrTherese Coffey MP, who has contributed to everyissue and Penny Robertson, formerly of the TownTelegraph who offered continued advice andsupport. Our generous advertisers have beenhugely supportive but some have gone over andabove in their help. Notable patrons include, butare not limited to, Jackey L Jewellers, PatmoreSofteners and Waitrose Saxmundham. Theydeserve special thanks. Bob Foyers of Bistro@thedeli has helped and supported above all.
“No publication could exist without readers. I ammost grateful to each and every one of ours.”
After a recent visit to Snape, which was hitparticularly hard by the recent flooding along withlower level flooding in Aldeburgh and Iken, I raisedthe issue of internal drainage boards with theEnvironment Secretary, Owen Patterson MP.Drainage boards have powers to secure water levelmanagement in specific locations up and down thecountry. The Secretary of State gave me assurancesthat their role will continued to be enhanced toensure waterways are freed up and don’t becomeblocked. By continuing to allow drainage boards tomake local decisions work will continue apace. In adebate in Parliament before Christmas I pressedthe Minister to help the Council by fully funding ofany urgent works that need to be carried out torepair any damage caused. The Bellwin Schemewhich enables Government to reimburse councilsfor costs incurred will be looked at by theDepartment for Communities and LocalGovernment and it will be discussing with councils.
I recently attended the Alde Valley School presentation evening. It was great to see success being celebrated for those pupils still at the school and those who had gone on to university. Sticking with the education theme, Suffolk schools will receivean extra £13m from the Government to help them meet the demand for school places. It is essential we ensure that every child has the chance to fulfil their potential and this funding is part of the long term plan to create an education system that gives our young people the skills they require to get on in life.
I was delighted to attend the recent Rail Conference hosted by Suffolk County Council, where we heard from the Rail Minister, Stephen Hammond MP, on the task force that has been set up to improve the speed of trains from London to Suffolk. This builds on the work already underway to increase capacity on the line. The Minister really understands the needto improve rail services to our part of the Country and as one of the UKs leading growth areas top quality transport infrastructure is essential.
I was delighted with the Chancellor’s recent pledge to reduce business rate liabilities. High street businesses with a rateable value up to £50,000 a yearwill receive a £1,000 reduction key for businesses.
Due to my previous landlords selling up I have just moved in to a new office in Felixstowe by the Triangle. I will publicise address and contact details shortly.
www.townherald.co.uk Free! Issue 19: February 2014
Farewell, but not Goodbye?
TownHerald
Thérèse Coffey, MP
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Regular Events1st Saxmundham ScoutsGroup at HQ, Memorial Field,Rendham Rd, Saxmundham.Boys and girls welcome to join.Beavers: Fridays 5.15pm to6.30pm. Ages 6 to 8, Contact saxbeavers@hotmail.co.ukCubs: Tuesday and Thursday6pm to 7.30pm. Ages 8 to 10.5.Contact Dave Kenny or AdrianNorris on the email belowScouts: Wednesday 7pm to8.30pm. Ages 10.5 to 14. CallHaydn Morris, sax_scoutgroup@btinternet.com Yoga In Westleton.Monday 5.306.30pm novices 7to 8.30pm intermediates.Westleton Village Hall.Onetoone yoga therapy byappointment. Judie Shore 01728 648460www. Suffolk coastyoga.co.uk “CRAFTY Ladies” CraftGroup. 1st and 3rd Mondays,10am to 12.30pm, committeeroom, Kelsale Village Hall. £3per session. Call Pam 01728603995.Ladies Eastern DanceClasses Wickham MarketPrimary School, Tues from6.15pm (Beginners); RiversideCtr, Stratford St Andrew, Thursfrom 7pm. Leanne 07796 087255leda2713@btinternet.com Dress comfortably. No experiencenecessary.Pagans Beyond The Pale.Discussion Grp Badingham, NrFramlingham 7.15 for 7.30. Meetsmonthly, on the Wednesday afterthe New Moon. For further infocall 01728 638580 or visithttp://tinyurl.com/paganspale Top Time At Sax Library. Thurs 11am to 12.30pm. Alladults welcome. Games, films,play reading, talks and muchmore. Free entry. Call SaxLibrary on 01728 403094.Refreshments 50p.
Molly Dancing Come and seeOxblood Molly at a practicesession for a taster. Musiciansand dancers always wanted – noprevious experience necessary.Most Sundays at PeasenhallVillage Hall but check with Royon 01728 648901 or Julian 01986873941.Kelsale Art Group Thurs79pm, Kelsale Village Hallcommittee room. New memberswelcome. Call Roger 01728667037 or Mike 01728 603995.Suffolk Craft & Gift FairSaxmundham Market Hall, 1stSat, AprilDec 9.30am to 1.30pm.Free entry, refreshments. CallDavid 0794 1243140. In aid oflocal charities. Next Fair 5th AprilLeiston & District PhilatelicSociety meet 4th Wed. at LeistonUnited Church Hall, High St,7.30pm. Visitors and newmembers welcome, whetherbeginners or advancedstampcollectors. Further infocontact the President on 01728830415 or Secretary on 01394460901.Point Devis North WestMorris and Garland DancingThurs, Gannon Rooms, Sax89.30pm Open to all abilities.Dancers and musicians welcome.Contact Lin 01728 602465.Quaker Meetings in Leiston10.30am every Sunday, QuakerMeeting House, Waterloo Avenue,Leiston. Children's class andSimple Lunch every FourthSunday.Singaround Kelsale SocialClub, 2nd Thurs 8 to 11pm. Allwelcome. Join in or just have adrink and watch. Call Mike on01728 603995 for details.GreenerSax come and join afriendly transition group, workingtowards a more sustainableSaxmundham and surroundingvillages.greenersax@hotmail.co.uk call07801 065385, website
www.greenersax.org.uk Heritage Coast Dog TrainingClub every Wed 7.15 to 8.30pm,Market Hall, Saxmundham. Dogsof all ages; it’s a must for puppies.Run on a voluntary basis. Anyenquiries call Denise on 01728603386.Praise and Worship Evening1st Sat 7.30pm, Yoxford VillageHall. Great musicians, vibrantsinging, all welcome. Contact:Ray/Margaret 01728 602372.Melody Makers Mixed Choir.Rehearsals every Monday 7.30 to9pm. Kelsale Village Hall (2ndMondays, Main Hall, all othersCommittee Room). Details from01728 602822 or 01728 602690. Labour Party, Leiston andDistrict Branch. Meets 4thTuesday at Friends MeetingHouse, Waterloo Avenue,Leiston, 7.30pm. More info call01728 833578.Leiston United Church hold acoffee morning every Friday andSaturday 1011.30am in aid ofchurch funds. All are welcome.PASTEL Fun Workshops 1st/3rd Saturdays(10.30am3.30pm) at FromusCentre. For young adults aged1525 with a learning disability.www.pastel.org.uk or contact01728 604944 or emaildon.tricker@pastel.org.uk Everyman Folk Club RiversideCentre, Gt. Glemham Rd,Stratford St Andrew. Last Fridayeach month 8pm. Call 01449615523 for tickets andmembership.Carpet Bowls. SaxmundhamMarket Hall. Tuesdays79.30pm. New memberswelcome. Info from FrancesMaynard 01728 605797 or LynMartin 602078.Tai Chi Classes. Thursdaymornings in Knodishall VillageHall, 11.15am to 12.15pm. Otherclasses also available. ContactAli Crawford 01394 411717,
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ali.crawford@virgin.net Saxmundham Art GroupFromus Centre, Thursdayafternoons from 14pm. Newmembers welcome. £1.75 persession. Please contact Judy01728 602353.Saxmundham Royal BritishLegion every 3rd Wednesday atthe Gannon rooms. 7.45pm.Contact Rose Damiral White603817.Sax Boules. Join our friendlygroup. Club meetings will restartSaturday February 1 2014. Formore details contact Jennie Pink604340. Westleton Village QuiltersWestleton Village Hall eachFriday from 14pm. £12 per termor £1.50 for a single session. Formore information contact AnnBebbington on 01728 648943 oremail j ohn@bebbington2 .orangehome .co.uk Aldeburgh Art Group. Meets atThe Baptist Chapel, AldeburghHigh Street from 1.454pm everyTuesday. Open to all, this is acasual, untutored group. Bringyour own art. £2 inc. tea andbiscuits.Bruisyard Village Hall. Pubnights, every Thurs 7.30pm. Livemusic. Free admission. Comealong for a pint and a chinwag.Pilates every Tuesday inVillage Hall 9.30 to 10.30am.Bruisyard Young People everyWednesday 67.30pm. Infocontact John Gibb 01728 638912. KelsalecumCarlton W.I.meets 2nd Tuesday, committeeroom Kelsale Village Hall from79pm. New members welcome.Contact Sue Potter on 01728602177 or Sue GranvilleGeorgeon 01728 604954.Monthly Market YoxfordVillage Hall, 2nd Sat 9am1pm.Stalls and refreshments, raisingfunds for village hall. 01728668529 or email dawn@ip17.co.ukSax IT Club. Restarts March
12, 2014. For details seewww.saxitclub. org.uk Saxmundham W.I. Meets 3rdThursday 7.309.30pm UnitedReform Church Chapel Road.Walking, play reading, lunchgroups. Contact Jenny Mann01728 604608Sizewell and Leiston KarateClub meets Tues and Thurs from68pm. Run for over 25 years!Children, adults, beginners ormore experienced. All welcome.Telephone Liz 01728 604827www.slkc.co.uk or just turn up.Alde Valley Suffolk FamilyHistory Group. Meets 3rdMondays Leiston CommunityCentre, King George Avenue,Leiston IP16 4JX. Members£1.50, nonmembers £2.50Contact Nigel 01502 718019http://tinyurl.com/aldevalley
Saturday Morning DramaClub. Middleton Village Hall.Ages 4 to 7 years from 9.30 to10.30am. Ages 8 to 11 years from10.30 to 11.30am. £3simon@simonbridge.co.uk or01728 648420.Halesworth & District FlowerClub Meet 2nd Mondays atWenhaston Village Hall 2.pm,doors open 1.30pm. Visitors £4Yoxford Village Hall MonthlyMarket, The 2nd Saturdays 9am– 1pm Stalls and Refreshments.Raising funds for the village hall.To book ring 01728 668529.
Coming EventsTuesday 11 February 2014 at7.30 pm in the Church Hall,Aldeburgh Gardening Club’sBasil Jenkyns will give a talk on‘Some Beautiful Gardens ofEngland’. Everyone welcome,members free, guests and visitors£2. to include tea coffee andbiscuits.1315 February at 7.30 and 16Feb at 2.30, 2014 AlanAyckbourn’s comedy ‘Ten
Times Table’. WalberswickVillage Hall. Tickets £8 pp fromthe Tuck Shop Walberswick, or onthe door 30 minutes prior toperformance. 01502 722255. Allfunds in aid of WalberswickVillage Hall (reg charity no:1100032). Sunday 11 March 10.15am StElizabeth Hospice’s Walk ofThoughts. Walkers can take athree or five mile circular walk,starting from YM RUFC RugbyClub in Rushmere St Andrew.Registration fees are £12.50 inadvance or £15 on the day.www.stelizabethhospice.org.uk orcontact the fundraising team on01473 723600 Friday 25 April Exhibiton ofnew oil paintings by AristChristopher Newson Mentoredby Maggi Hambling Private viewfrom 7pm – 9pm Maggi Hamblingwill attend The Pond GallerySnape Maltings Exhibition runs25 – 30 April 2014 Open 10am
Rotary CollectionMembers of the SaxmundhamRotary Club have carried outCharities Collections over anumber of days in December2013, often in wet and windyconditions, resulting in a total of£1330.38 to be available fordistribution to two worthyCharities. One is “The TeenageCancer Trust” which offerssupport and companionship toteenagers between 13 and 24years. The second is the RotaryCharity for “Children andFamilies Christmas Charity”, toprovide Food Hampers for needyfamilies and the elderly, in ourCommunity. Members have givenmany hours packing and dressingHampers, and subsequentlydistributing them around ourDistrict.
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Computer Cabin Closes
The Computer Cabin at HG Crisp has closed. Ithas been helping people with their PCs, Laptopsand Phones in Saxmundham for several years. HGCrisp remains open and is otherwise unaffected bythe change.
Buzzing Business BreakfastClub
The Heritage Coast Market Towns Initiative(HCMTI) launched their 2014 Business BreakfastClub Calendar to business leaders from a diverserange of trades and industries at The Crown inFramlingham on Friday 10 January.
Meetings, attracting an average of 20 guestscovering 70 different businesses in 2013, takeplace on the 2nd Friday of every month at avariety of cafés, hotels, meeting and event venues.The 2014 calender displays a diverse mixincluding the Sizewell B Visitor Centre whereguests will get an insider's view of how theirelectricity is generated; the Wentworth andBrudenell Hotels and the beautiful stately home ofBruisyard Hall.
Julian Davies, Managing Director of JulianBarclay Ltd, started the year with an exceptionalpresentation on his journey from a scruffyteenager with a passion for trees begging a jobfrom Lord Parker of Strutt and Parker fame,through a prestigious position with the ForestryCommission, to setting up his own Tree Surgerycompany which has grown and diversified throughthe past 6 years to include landscaping, fencing,snow clearing and much more.
The next meeting will be hosted by the newowners of The Bell at Sax (Saxmundham) onFriday 14th February with a presentation entitled“All you need to know about media” by rapidlygrowing Framlingham based company …. AboutMedia. If you would like to attend, host or presentat a meeting please contact HCMTI ProjectCoordinator Annette MasonGordon onannette@hcmti.co.uk or by telephone on 07921508166.
Cats Protection
Framlingham and Saxmundham Cats Protectionsometimes has cats in care that are hard to home.These include those with an illness or disability;more mature felines and more surprisingly blackcats. These may spend many months in care beforefinding an ideal home. However, we never give uphope that there is a perfect home for all of them.
During 2013 we had two particularly difficultcases of cats with medical problems. Biscuit, alarge, cuddly ginger male, came into CP care as hehad been living rough at a local factory. In poorcondition, a vet checkup, found he has the felineaids virus. This condition is not a death sentenceand FIV cats can live long lives, but it is best tohome them where they do not come into contactwith other cats. After several months of searchingBiscuit is now enjoying a wonderful home wherehe is the king of the castle with no other cats inthe household.
If you are thinking of homing a cat in the nearfuture, please consider a cat like this. Theadvantages and rewards are many; older cats canmake wonderful companions and a black cat maynot be colourful but is just as likely to bring youthe luck and joy of sharing your home with aloving feline.
For more details about the cats in our care,forthcoming events or to find information aboutthe work we do see our websitewww.framandsax.cats.org.uk or telephone 01728723499 and please remember to mention whereyou heard of us.
Sara Turley
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Published by Joe Cassels, 22 St Johns Road,Saxmundham. If you miss the Town Herald,maybe you could do something to bring it back?Could you help form a group to bid for or raisefunds? Do you know about a company that mightsponsor production? We'd love to make a comeback.
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