From the Editor

Firstly, I should like to thank Celia Snaith for filling in as Editor for the March/April edition of the Link.  She did a sterling job and produced a really good Link for Needham. 

There is a very important piece of information on the back page of this edition about the village defibrillator.  Before you consign the Link to your recycling bin it may be worth cutting out the page and keeping it near your phone!

I was delighted to be at the March meeting of the Parish Council when villager, George Miller, was presented with his South Norfolk Community Award for ‘Inspiring Achievement’ by our District Councillor, Jenny Wilby.  Needham has a great deal to thank George for: for many years he was Chairman of the Village Hall committee on which he still sits and worked tirelessly to make the  hall the village amenity that it is. Through the Friends of St Peter’s, George also was instrumental in raising funds for the redecoration of the church.  It is a richly deserved award - congratulations George!

We are really pleased to report that ex -Needham residents, Jonathan & Vicky Townley have re-opened The Old King’s Head in Brockdish. Read about them in this Link.

PC Jim Squires, part of the Safer Neighbourhood Team, has attended PC meetings and been instrumental in getting traffic surveys done in the village.  He writes in this edition to introduce himself and his colleague.  If  you would like to contact them through the Link please either email me at needhamlinkgmail.com or pop a letter through my door at Mill Farm Cottage.

The footbridge that connects the footpath leading from the High Road down to the Mill in Mill Lane has been repaired and the footpath has now been re-opened.

Helen