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1 VILLAGE NEWSLETTER JUNE / JULY 18 Read it in colour ONLINE at : Supported by Rendham Village Amenity Fund Reports, editing, distribution by volunteers. Printers: Leiston Press Editors: Helen Greenburgh & Judith Mellor

2 GINA S CHARITY BIKE RIDES I m completing 3 x 65 mile bike rides this summer and have decided it would be a missed opportunity if I didn t at least try to raise a bit of money for charity. I ve chosen the British Heart Foundation. If you can, please donate at my just giving page - Purvis1. I have already completed one of the rides and have another two coming up - one in July and one in September! COFFEE MORNING ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN S SOCIETY We are delighted to report that, once again, The Dolphin Inn, Thorpeness will host our Spring Coffee Morning raising much needed money for The Children s Society. The date is Friday 1st June 2018 from 10:00am-12noon. There will be delicious homemade cakes and produce, raffle and items for sale. Admission is 1.50 which includes fresh ground coffee, tea and biscuits. Please come along and support us if you can - you will be most welcome. Saturday 23rd June, 7pm, Rendham Barnes. By kind permission of Morvyth and Charles Seely. This is a Private Party for members and guests only. New members welcome. Strawberry Supper, glass of wine, raffle. Prebooking essential. Members 7.50, Non-members and guests 10. To book ring Lynda ( ) or Ken ( ). This is always an enjoyable evening in delightful surroundings and we look forward to seeing you there! ALDE COMMUNITY COUNCIL SPRING SHOW REPORT The Alde Community Council Spring Show held on April 7th, was a glorious sight - this year having been particularly good for the Narcissus family. The daffodils were wonderful as were so many other colourful blooms of many varieties. The flower arrangements were also really beautiful as usual. The show had been very well prepared by the ACC committee and by 10 o clock everything was ready for the judge. In the afternoon a good crowd assembled for refreshments and the presentation of the Awards, which this year were dominated by the Tesh and Fitzgerald families - very well deserved! The photos on the Rendham web site are well worth a look. Les Holden Cup for most points in the Show - Shelia Tesh Pam Rowe Cup for flower arrangement - Chris Salmon The Junior Cup - Eleanor Fitzgerald Best in Show (for her amazing carving of a vegetable) - Eleanor Fitzgerald Sunflower Cup for under 10 years - Rosie Loveridge Jean Hambling Cup for best mixed daffodils - Anne Fitzgerald Joyce Hewitt Cup for best hyacinths - John McKee The Awards were presented by Jo Rogers, President of the ACC, whose last event this would probably be as she will be resigning this year. Following Jenny Tyson s Chair speech thanking all the helpers, she praised everyone for their contributions and said a few words about her many enjoyable years in the ACC. If you wish to join the Neighbourhood Watch / Village Happenings list please Trev.salmon@btinternet.com. 2

3 RENDHAM FETE 12:30pm - 4:00pm, SATURDAY 7th JULY 2018 This year, Rendham Village Fete s attractions include: Brass Band, Falconry Display, Dog Agility Display, Punch and Judy, Heavy Horses and Classic Vehicles. There will be an array of traditional fete stalls including a beer tent, BBQ and other refreshments. Don t miss the knife throwing display too! Please support this important annual village event which provides a vital source of income for the Church, Village Hall and Village Amenities. We are always looking for villagers to join in on the day, from working on the stalls to helping pack away there s always lots to do - contact Denis Moore ( ) or d.moore003@btinternet.com to volunteer. Do you have any unwanted presents which could make wonderful Mystery Parcels for our Fete? If so, please contact Liz Pilgrim ( ). BOOKS & CDS For the 2018 Fete we are again looking for Books / CDs and LPs for the Book Stall. We are happy to collect - please contact Chris & Trevor ( ) or trev.salmon@btinternet.com Do you have shrubs, flowers or vegetables to donate to the Plant Stall? Last year we even had trees which sold in nano seconds. If you can grow an extra plant or two and donate it to us just before the Fete we d really appreciate it. Contact Viv and Gina on We re looking for saleable items for the White Elephant stall including good, clean, ready to be worn clothes. Contact Jill ( ), deliver to Rendham VH on 6th July 2pm-5pm or d.moore003@btinternet.com. As the Village Fete gets nearer so does the Big Draw! As always grateful thanks to our sponsors and supporters including EDF Energy for the Cash Prize and Clarke & Simpson for sponsoring the printing of the Draw Tickets. Please look out for Draw Tickets and buy as many as you can! Prizes include: 100 cash Original painting by Tory Lawrence Dinner for 2 - Wentworth Hotel 3-night, mid-week break under canvas - Alde Garden Two course meal for 2 - The Bell, Saxmundham Dinghy Sailing Taster for 2 - Richard Pilgrim 50 Lunch / Dinner Voucher - Darsham Nursery Cafe Cream Tea for 2 - Farmcafe Stained Glass Mirror - Sharon McMullin Meal for 2 - Rendham White Horse 1.1 Wood Turning Day - Albert Lain 25 Lunch Voucher - Juniper Barn Massage - Gina Purvis 25 Voucher - O&C Butcher Store Family Entry to Nature Reserve - RSPB 20 Voucher - Sweffling White Horse 20 Voucher - Wild Meat Company The Draw takes place at Rendham Village Fete - 7th July See you there! 3

4 Cakes, tarts, pies, jams and chutneys, and fresh garden produce are all best sellers - please contact Richard Shattock ( ) to donate!) - Please deliver to relevant stallholders during the week before the Fete, or take along to the Village Hall on Friday 6th July, 2pm - 5pm. Please deliver items for the Plant Stall, Mystery Parcels and Jewellery to the Stallholder s home NOT the Village Hall. Local gardens open in June include: Middleton Open Gardens, Saxmundham Decoy Cottage, Iken Stannay House Farm, Iken Bull s Hall, Knodishall Hidden Gardens of Ufford Glemham Hall, Little Glemham More gardens on St Elizabeth Hospice s Great Garden Trail open in July and August - visit RENDHAM VILLAGE HALL SOUND AND PROJECTOR SYSTEM During the current financial year, a committee of volunteers that had raised funds over the previous two years purchased audio visual equipment including a hearing loop system. This equipment was donated to Rendham Village Hall in November The RVHMC was not involved in the raising of the funds but gratefully accepted the donation of the equipment. The value of the equipment was in the region of 3,000. (Accounting for this amount was undertaken by the volunteers themselves, known as the Rendham Entertainments Committee). Once presented with the equipment, RVHMC discussed the best way forward to arrange a permanent installation to ensure it could be used to its full potential. Professional advice was sought and subsequently accepted, and resulted in the donated equipment being installed. During the course of this process, recommendations were made that required additional purchases to adapt the installation and to upgrade the speakers from two free standing to four ceiling mounted. Part of the donated equipment was a radio microphone system that was regarded as being excessive to RVH needs. This was substituted for a simple plug-in cable microphone. Consequently, the speakers and radio microphone system were used in part exchange thus ensuring that the donated equipment was made fit for purpose and value for money obtained. The professional advice, installation and upgrade resulted in a final cost of 1,062 which represents what we believe to be good use of the donated equipment adapted to be user-friendly, modern and suitable for our needs and for those wishing to hire the hall. Denis Moore, RVH Chairman 4 THE BOOZE BARROW Watch out for Linda & Chris Holden and their Booze Barrow who are looking for as many donations as possible for all types of consumables - ketchup to spirits! Donations are placed on the Lucky Dip Bottle Stall. Next concert: Saturday 7th July 2018, 7:00pm at Framlingham College. Poulenc GLORIA Brahms - Requiem PHOENIX SINGERS Tickets: 12, under 18s 6. Available from Hall Farm Butchers (25 Market Hill, Framlingham), Juniper Barn (Rendham), William Glasse (william@glasse.org.uk / ), choir members and at the door. Charity No Learn to play the classic card game Cribbage for free and for fun. Tutorial, practice and develop at your own pace. Contact Denis Moore ( ) or d.moore003@btinternet.com to find out more.

5 RENDHAM SWEFFLING RENDHAM SWEFFLING CHURCH SERVICES - RENDHAM & SWEFFLING JUNE 3 JUNE 10 JUNE 17 JUNE 24 BCP JULY 1 JULY 8 JULY 15 JULY 22 *AUG 3* BCP MATINS MORNING PRAYER MORNING PRAYER BCP BCP Sunday 29th July there will be a Benefice Service of Holy Communion in Cransford at 10:00am HARVEST THANKSGIVING On Easter Sunday, 1 April, our service was taken by Prof. John Tesh and was well attended. The Benefice Choir sang the introit And can it be, and the anthem The strife is o er. The Remembrance Easter Lilies filled the church with their fragrance, and Lesley Bennion read out the names of those who were remembered by the flowers. Thanks to all who supported the Remembrance Lilies and to those who arranged them so beautifully. Since our last report there have been two weddings in the Church, that of James Brice and Kelly Marie Holzinger on 5 April, and of Mark Chatterton and Theadora Ballantyne-Way on 5 May. Both were very joyful occasions, and both were conducted by the Rev. Jonathan Olanczuk. We are grateful to the Community Payback team who came on 19 April to give our churchyard grass the first cut of the year. As a result of a change in UK law, we now need your consent as to how we contact you. If you currently receive your copy of The Street, Rendham s Village Newsletter, by please complete the Data Consent Form you will have received by and return immediately to ensure you receive the next edition. Unfortunately if we don t hear from you we will have to stop sending your issue via to ensure we comply. If you don t currently receive your copy by and would like to start doing so please the editors (details on the final page). Please note, The Street will continue to be delivered by hand locally and is also available on Rendham s Village website. REQUEST FOR HELP - Can you help sell Draw Tickets for Rendham Village Fete? Currently there are only 6 people selling tickets for the excellent prizes available. Tickets are printed, sponsored by Clarke & Simpson and selling to the public DOUBLES the income and ensures that the Draw can cover the Fete s committed outlay in an emergency. If you are reserved about selling, you can be paired with someone else. I have offered to do 3 sessions on Saturday 30th June at Framlingham Market and again on Wednesday 4th July in Saxmundham s Fromus Square (painted up in my Mummers outfit) - can you help me? We are looking for volunteeers to help sell Draw Tickets and promote the Fete in Framlingham and Saxmundham on Saturday 30 June, Tuesday 3 July and Wednesday 4 July. Will you join we few, we happy few, we band of brothers and sisters, who doth commit to do their duty and have responded to Rendham s Call to Arms? To volunteer please call Sue Donald ( ) or susandonald@suffolkonline.net. Roger Bennion Keep your belongings safe - In the hot weather please remember to lock doors and windows when you go out. If you see anything suspicious please report it to the police and Neighbourhood Watch. 5

6 - This year reports were received from PCC, ACC, PARK, Neighbourhood Watch, the Village Hall Management Committee and Village website. Additionally various reports were received from the Parish Council, including reports by Chairman Cllr. Willett, financial reports for the Parish and the Amenity Fund from the Clerk. These will all be available to read in the minutes published on the Rendham Village website. - The main headings of the report are as follows with the full report available online: More than 94% of children (7,435) offered first choice primary school Over 6,500 potholes repaired in Suffolk since January Funding available for first-time heating systems New innovative fire engine launched in Suffolk Call for on-call firefighters Police and Crime Commissioner Public Meetings Morford as Vice Chairman. POLITE REQUEST - Dog walkers please clear up after your dog(s). The paths around the fields are littered and it isn t pleasant for other walkers. Thank you! - Cllr. Willett was duly elected as Chairman with Cllr. - As there were three candidates for the vacancy a secret ballot was held and Emma Strachan duly elected. This makes for a full complement of eight councillors. - A decision was taken about purchasing the box in which to house the defibrillator, and hopefully in the next few weeks this will be installed by the Village Hall. Details about access will be notified to everyone. It is important that the Ambulance service is rung before collecting the defibrillator. - Currently there is no work being carried out on the Green because of the time of year. A Risk Assessment is in draft format and hopefully will be agreed at the September meeting. Further plans to reaffirm the Parish Council s intentions for the Green will be developed during the summer months for next year s programme of work. - James Robbins, the solicitor for the Parish Council, is waiting for answers about PARK which he has raised with East Suffolk and the legal searches. - The Council is working on the various regulations required under the new law that is coming into force on the 25th May. Policies are being reviewed and new ones written, such as the Privacy Policy and the Information Asset register. A Data Controller has to be registered and this costs 40 per year. Unfortunately the Parish Council has no choice in this matter. SUFFOLK WALKING FESTIVAL With over 120 walks and events, enjoy the Woodland Twilight Safari or the Hedgerow Cream Tea! There are walks for all until 3rd June. Book your tickets and find out more about the Fringe Programme at It s time to dust off those tennis rackets and get some fresh air and exercise! Sweffling Tennis Club extends its welcome to all and hopes to increase the use of this great local facility in New members are very welcome. For more details please contact Steve Ashurst ( ), Sue Rusack ( ) or Lynda Newson ( ). 6

7 BENEFICE PILGRIMAGE - PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL. Thursday August 23rd, The coach will leave from Sweffling at 8:00am. Cost 30pp to include a tour of the Cathedral. Tours of the roof and tower will be available at an additional cost. Contact Shelia Tesh ( ) to reserve your place on the coach. Money with booking please. BADINGHAM CHURCH CELEBRATION Come and celebrate the completion of the new vestry windows at Badingham Church on the feast day of St John the Baptist, Sunday 24 June from 3pm. View the windows, peruse parish records, wander the community gardens, indulge in tea and homemade cakes. Following will be a service of your favourite hymns at 5pm - all welcome. The Rendham Games and Players Society invite you for a night of board games and cards, Wednesday 13 June, 7pm, Rendham White Horse - All Welcome! So why not come and try our new menu featuring lots of local foods and new ideas. If you want to guarantee a table for lunch please call or book through Open Mon- Fri 8:30-4pm, Sat 9-4, closed Sundays. In the shop we have an increasing selection of Suffolk meats, East Anglian cheeses and local seasonal vegetables and fruit. Our selection of wines and beers is developing too and we sell paintings, photographs and woodwork by local artists as well as greetings cards and postcards. We shall be closing on Saturday 7th July from 12:30pm to help run the tea tent at the Fete - see you there! At the time of going to press there have been no applications to fill the vacancy left by Rev Jonathon Olanczuk when he retired. It will continue to be advertised nationwide. Townlands Meadow, Aug 18th, 1pm-4pm. There will be lots to entertain you and plenty to eat and drink so book the date! Planning a Party? Need a Marquee? Call Richard Pilgrim Compost Bin Offers - For those interested in making their own compost, the Suffolk Waste Partnership is launching its 2018 compost bin promotions. Find out more at FRAMLINGHAM SURGERY Dispensary: SAXMUNDHAM SURGERY Great Glemham Charities Fete Saturday 16th June, 1pm, Butcher s Field (behind VH). Live music, Adnams & Pimms, Huge Plant Stall, BBQ, Children s Games, Teas & Cakes, Stalls, Fire Engine. In aid of our Volunteer Emergency Services. Garden Waste in Suffolk Coastal will now cost 43p.a. for 1 bin. Sign up at my.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/myservices or call Customer Services RENDHAM MUMMERS - BROTHERS IN ARMS Rendham Mummers, still proud to be never knowingly over-rehearsed, are back to celebrate the Summer Solstice on Thursday 21st June, 8pm, Sweffling White Horse. Now in their 9th season, Rendham Mummers (or Guisers as they are sometimes called) seek to entertain and maintain the traditions of this unique form of street theatre, which dates back to medieval times. The blacking / masking of faces reflects the belief held that they would be cursed by the Devil should they be recognised. Further performances follow later this summer at Sibton White Horse, Saturday 14th July, 8pm and Rendham White Horse, August Bank Holiday Monday, 27th August, 12:30pm. All proceeds from the Hat Collection taken at the end of performances is being donated to Fresh Start - new beginnings; a Children s Charity working across Suffolk and Norfolk to provide a therapeutic service for victims of child sexual abuse. The Speaker 7

8 Suffolk Fruit Wines available by the glass or bottle from DJ Wines, Monk Soham FolkEast - 17th-19th August, Glemham Hall BRUISYARD NEWS - 7:00pm, Sat 2nd June and 7th July, Bruisyard VH, Tickets 7, Bar and Food available. - 20th June and 18th July, Only 3. Doors open at midday. All welcome. - Every Tues 9:30-10:30, every Thurs :45. VH, 10 - Sunday mornings, 10-11, 5. Dates for your Diary THE WHITE HORSE RENDHAM GREAT BEER GREAT FOOD GREAT COMPANY Delicious food EVERY evening and Saturday & Sunday lunchtimes., August. Great bitters, ales and cyders. Plus, LIVE MUSIC both days. Thorpeness Regatta & Fireworks, 23rd August JUNE 8-24 Aldeburgh Festival 9 Joy Spring Jazz - Rendham White Horse, 7:30pm 10 Henry Welton Copper Kettle Challenge - White Horse, 2pm 12 Rumburgh Morris Dance Night - White Horse, 7:30pm 13 Games Night - Rendham White Horse, 7:00pm 16 Great Glemham Charities Fete, 1pm 16 VIP Jazz - Rendham White Horse, 7:30pm 21 Rendham Mummers - Sweffling White Horse, 8pm 23 ACC Summer Party, Rendham Barnes 23 Tuxedo Jazz - Rendham White Horse, 7:30pm 24 Celebration at Badingham Church, 3pm onwards 27 Soup & Pud - Rendham Village Hall, 12:30pm 30 Phoenix Jazz - Rendham White Horse, 7:30pm JULY 7 Rendham Fete 14 Rendham Mummers - Sibton White Horse, 8pm 24 Framlingham Flower Club - St Michaels Rooms, 7pm 25 Soup & Pud - Rendham Village Hall, 12:30pm SOUP & PUD LUNCH RENDHAM VILLAGE HALL Next dates: 27th June and 25th July. Please note there will be a holiday in August with Soup & Pud restarting in September. MOBILE LIBRARY 5th June / 3rd July / 31st July - Sweffling White Horse - 9:35-9:50 + Bruisyard VH - 10:05-10:20 SAVE THE DATE: RENDHAM FETE TH JULY 2-3 June, 11:00-5: Gardens + Wheelbarrow Gardens. Adults 5, Children Free. Light lunches + cream teas, cakes. DON T MISS! Rendham White Horse 15th Beer Festival, August SAVE THE DATE! Rendham Village Hall Nautical Themed Night - What You Wore When The Ship Went Down. Saturday 20th October, 7pm. Dinner, wine, music and homegrown entertainment. More details in next month s issue. Rendham Mummers Oak Moon Tour Monday 27th August, 12:30pm, Rendham White Horse 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 and contact no / address. 8