Sunday 12 August
From 1pm
Needham Coronation Village Hall
Live Music
Bouncy Castle
Face Painting
Tombola
Raffle
Plenty of food available & a bar with drinks for all tastes
Friday, 29 June 2018
Photos
Technical difficulties mean that there are no accompanying photographs with the latest edition.
Doing the Needham Walk
Slightly thunderous clouds were in the
sky so I decided to take my jacket. I had no need of it for, as you can see
from the picture above, the sun shone brightly. A goodly crowd of 18 people
joined Stephen Poulter at The Red Lion for the beginning of Needham Heritage
Walk (first public event of the Needham and Brockdish Heritage Project).
As a Brockdishite (Brockdishian?) I have
both walked and cycled through Needham village, but I confess,
mainly I drive through. I have never done so much noticing - helped, of course,
by
our expert guide. Not only was my attention drawn to the true nature of some of
Needham's ancient buildings hiding behind brick and later additions,
but,
until the walk, at least one village house has barely rippled the surface of my
awareness. At one stage I felt as if I was walking through Needham past and
present at the same time - perhaps I
should have worn a sun hat!
There was so much to see that we ran out
of time and all agreed on a follow-up walk to view the central and eastern side
of the village.
Tim Brook
Needham Walk Part 2 takes place 11am on
Sunday 8th July leaving from the Red Lion Car Park.
£4.00. All welcome
Editorial
Well, it looks like summer has arrived in
all its glory – blue skies, sun and lots of pollen! My sympathies go to the
many hay fever sufferers, but I am told that if you eat local honey (made with
local pollen) it can give you an immunity to it – worth a try.
As you will see from the newsletter,
there’s a lot going on this summer: the highlight for the village will be our
annual BBQ at the Village Hall on 12th
August: it
provides a wonderful opportunity to meet other villagers and enjoy the food and
entertainment. The Red Lion is also hosting a number of events from a Spanish
Night to an Hawaiian Beach Party which includes an authentic sandy beach! The
Needham and Brockdish Heritage Centre was officially opened by the Bishop of
Norwich on Saturday
23rd
June and
they have a line up of presentations and exhibitions that celebrate the history
of our area. I joined one of their walks around the village and was amazed to
learn that Needham has some 23 listed buildings – no wonder there has to be a
second part to the walk on 8th
July to
cover the eastern part of the village! I hope that you enjoy reading the
remarkable story of the Pope’s intervention in the early 15th century to ensure that the
residents of the parish were served by a chaplain.
The Needham Action Group are making
excellent progress in creating our village green, although they will be praying
for rain over the next few weeks in order to realise their dream.
I’ve also included in the newsletter
details of local people who have contributed so much to the village over many
years and have fascinating stories to tell.
Any contributions for the next edition of
the Link (Sept – Oct) will be welcome and should meet the deadline of Friday
17th
August.
Alan Jeffery
Needham Parish Council
Annual Meeting: 14 May 2018
The Parish Council is now employing a contractor to maintain local
footpaths.
At present these are; the path that leads
from the High Road to the bottom of Mill Lane, the Loke that leads down to the
river opposite the Mill and the area of river bank around the bench at the
bottom of Mill Lane. In the past these
have become impassable due to the growth of nettles and undergrowth. We hope
that residents will enjoy being able to access these paths so please let the
Parish Council know if you find this action helpful and we will consider what
other areas should be maintained.
This initiative is amongst a large amount
achieved by the Parish Council in the last year. This includes acquiring a half
share with Brockdish Parish Council of the Speed Awareness machine, meeting
with Saffron Housing Association to discuss new homes in the village and
forming a sub-committee with Needham Action Group to assist in the creation of
a community space for the enjoyment of the village. A lease is now being drawn up for the area
behind the Village Hall that has already been drilled with grass seed.
We have also created a Parish Council web
site: needhampc.org.uk. Minutes and
agendas will be published on the site as well as news of events at the Village
Hall. We do not generally use email to
contact residents. However, a change in
the law requires us to obtain your consent to be able to hold your contact
details. If you wish to be on a circulation
list for information, such as agendas, a consent form will be posted on the web
site. However, if you are a Parish
Councillor, Committee Member or volunteer we do not need this consent.
The Parish Council is here to promote the
interests of Needham residents. There is currently a vacancy on Parish
Council. We meet once every two months
on a Monday evening so it does not occupy a great deal of time. If you are interested in joining as a Parish
Councillor please contact me. Our next
meeting is at 7.30 on Monday 23 July.
Andrew Major,
Chairman
andrewmajor@mac.com 01379 852958
We
are pleased to report that Mrs White is recovering from her hip replacement
operation and we all send her our best wishes for a complete recovery.
Friends of St Peter's Church
The AGM of the Friends of the Village
Hall
was held on 16 April when the management
committee was
re-elected. The good news
is that there is an increasing demand
to
hire the Hall that is considered to have
the best size and amenities in the district.
As a result the Hall’s finances are healthy. The meeting also resolved to support the efforts
of NAG in creating an amenity area behind the Hall.
The meeting agreed there are two
priorities for the next twelve months.
Firstly, a programme of refurbishment should take place commencing with
internal redecoration. Secondly, and
more critically, new committee members are needed to help with the running of
the Hall. Currently we are reliant on
committee members who do not live in the village, so it is important that
village residents take a greater role in the running of the Hall.
It was agreed that the Village Summer
Barbeque is to be held on Sunday 12th
August starting at 1.00pm.
If you would like to help, join the Friends when we meet in the Hall
Annex on
Monday 30 July at 7.30 to finalise the plans.
St Peter's Church
Church Services
1st July Morning Prayer
11.00am
8th July Morning Prayer 9.30am
15th July
Morning Prayer
11.00am
22nd July Holy Communion 9.30am
29th July
At Billingford Holy Communion 10.30am
5th August Morning Prayer 11.00am
12th August Morning Prayer 9.30am
19th August Morning Prayer 11.00am
26th August Holy Communion 9.30am
Contacts:
Rector: Revd Nigel Tuffnell - 01379
308905
Email: rector@7churches.org.uk
Website - www.7churches.org.uk
Facebook -
www.facebook.com/7churches.org.uk
Administration - 01379 851148
Email admin@7churches.org.uk
Church News
The wall at the front of the Church has
now been repaired and we are just waiting for a date for the Church pathway to
be resurfaced.
The PCC would like to say a Big Thank You
to Lenny Whymark for volunteering for a number of years in keeping the church
yard all neat and tidy, unfortunately Lenny has had to give up due to personal
reasons. So once again - Thank You, Lenny.
Gill
Powell
Needham Action Group
A green field at last!
Have you seen it? Although there is much
work still
to be done, with a little
imagination...and a lot of
mowing, our Village Green stands before
us – at
last, Needham has a green field for the
community!
Seeded in May after a very dry spell, the
grass has slowly but surely taken, and although it is still fragile, work can
resume to preen and tidy it, preparing it for mowing, mowing, mowing, and
(fingers crossed) rain, rain, rain!
Meanwhile we must remove the large stones
and flints from the surface to make it possible to mow. Our great thanks go to
those who have already made a start on this task: both the kind passers-by who
have taken a few moments out of their day to gather rocks into a mound or pull
up weeds ready for removal; and the amazing gang of locals who gathered for a
‘stone picking party’ last Friday afternoon. Fuelled by elderflower presse and
sweet treats, we made some excellent progress together, and felt truly inspired
by the team spirit and the willingness to get involved: our great thanks go out
to all those who came and participated in what was a very enjoyable community
afternoon. Transforming this field is a huge task and every little bit of help
makes an enormous difference.
Garden Work Party Saturday 14th
July at 2pm
And finally...the moment we have all been
waiting for: a name! Thank you to all of you who got in touch to make your
vote. With votes still to come in, we
have decided to hold a ballot at the village barbeque. Please look out for it
and cast your vote on the day to have your say! The names are as follows (with
two late entries added in):
The Village Green, Gnarly Green,
The Glade, The Needham Nook, Needham Playing Field, Needham Village Garden
Village Green Work Party
Village
Green Garden Work Party Sat 14th July 2pm
Please
bring ... you guessed it: a pair of gloves and a wheelbarrow if you have one!
Refreshments provided. All welcome. We hope to see you there!
Puppy Power
Meet Bella, Daisy and Oscar. Apart from
being three beautiful pups, they have a serious mission in life: to transform
the lives of visually impaired people by training as Guide Dogs. They are being
sponsored by the Coffee Morning Team at the Red Lion who have already raised
£312 for them through their monthly coffee mornings. In addition, they have
also raised £168 for Needham Village Church; £50 towards the Needham/Brockdish
Heritage Centre; £50 for the Ladies Pink Tractor Run; £450 for the Christmas
Appeal for underprivileged children in the area; and £500 for Macmillan Cancer
Research. A truly remarkable achievement!
Needham's Mr Rotavator : George Vickers
I’ve lived in Norfolk now for nearly 58
years and Needham itself since 1963. When I came to the area a government
initiative had just been introduced to boost employment in the region, which
had been hit by the closure in 1958 of the
RAF Maintenance Unit at Pulham – the old airship site. It resulted in Howard
Rotavators moving to Harleston from
their previous location in West Horndon,
Essex. One hundred feet of the factory was constructed with parts which we
brought up to Norfolk and the remaining structure was built with local labour,
employing some 200 people from the area, some from Needham.
Initially, I was allocated a council
house in Dickleburgh.
but I
wanted to build my own house. The local district council suggested a piece of
land in the middle of Needham which had been abandoned for some time. I bought
the land and moved my family to a bungalow in Harleston while we set about
developing the plot. I submitted my design for a new bungalow and cleared the
site of brambles, weeds, the ruins of a pair of clay lump cottages – and some
chicken carcasses! I dug the foundations and with the help of my wife Eileen
(sometimes in charge of the cement mixer) the bungalow took shape and in 1963
we moved in. Over the years I’ve planted over 70 trees, built greenhouses and
outbuildings, designed a rockery and pond area and grown lots of my own
vegetables.
With the success of Harleston Industries
and the subsequent factories at Halesworth and elsewhere, I joined the Board of
Howard Rotavators and became Group Plant and Service Director, looking after 7
factories which employed hundreds of people.
My life here has been a good one and I
hope I’ve been able to give back to the area some of the benefits that living
in East Anglia has given to me.
What's On
HARLESTON CINEMA: FILMS FOR JULY – AUG 2018
THURSDAY,
26TH JULY 2018 – THREE BILLBOARDS
OUTSIDE
EBBING MISSOURI
Crime/Drama
(PG) – 1hr 55mins (Director – Martin McDonagh)
The
film tells the story of Mildred Hayes, a woman frustrated by the lack of police
activity into finding the culprit of her daughter’s murder, takes action into
her own hands. The divorced mother decides to rent three derelict billboards on
the outskirts of her town of Ebbing to declare war against the local police.
Venue: Masonic Rooms, The
Thoroughfare, Harleston
Tickets: £4: for further information and to book please
ring Harleston Information Plus on 01379 851917.
Matinee:
Doors open 1.30pm, film starts at 2.00pm.
Evening: Doors open at 7.00p, film starts at 7.30pm.
U3A TALKS IN JULY - AUG 2018
WEDNESDAY 18th
July 2018
Stephen Poulter – To the Hammer
Born: Confessions of an occasional auctioneer. As an
auctioneer and online dealer in antiques, vintage items and collectables
Stephen reveals the insider secrets of how to make a living in the trade. Using
examples from the wide variety of items, pictures, furniture and ceramics he
sells, we learn the fascinating stories behind all sorts of historical objects
dating back over the last 250 years
WEDNESDAY 15th
August 2018
Pat Alker - Project
Dukem: Pat will take us on her amazing
journey through the historic routes of
Ethiopia, Lalibela and its rock
hewn churches, Axum and the Ark of the Covenant, Lake Tana, Simien Mountains,
its people animals, history. Any money raised will contribute to Project Dukem,
to help feed HIV/Aids orphans at a small school in Ethiopia and thereby break
the cycle of poverty that exists in that area.
Meetings are held at the Masonic
Rooms, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 9EN at 2pm. For details phone Kim on 01986
788149 or contact:www.u3a.org.harleston
Please note that our local U3A Group has
been renamed as Harleston & District U3A to
reflect more accurately the area it serves
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