Needham Parish Council Receipts & Payments 2015/2016

Summary of Needham Parish Council Receipts and Payments 2015/2016.
Income	Expenditure
Date	Description	Total	Date	Description	Total	VAT
07 April 2015	South Norfolk Council - Precept & Grant	£1,864.00	11 May 2015	P Freeman - Clerk's Pay & Expenses	£206.79	£0.00
Total:	£1,864.00	11 May 2015	HMRC - PAYE	£45.80	£0.00
11 May 2015	South Norfolk Council - Emptying Dog Bins	£147.12	£24.52
11 May 2015	Zurich - Insurance Premium	£242.72	£0.00
20 July 2015	P Freeman - Clerk's Pay & Expenses	£199.91	£0.00
20 July 2015	HMRC - PAYE	£45.80	£0.00
Total:	£888.14	£24.52

Needham Village BBQ - this Sunday!

Sunday 16 August

1:00pm

Bar

Raffle

Tombola

& 

FOOD!

Parish Council

AGENDA: 

for meeting to be held at Needham Coronation Village Hall on 20 July at 7:30pm

Public Forum:

Including any reports: County Councillor, District Councillor, Police and Village Organisations.

1. Aplogies for Absence.
2. Chairman’s Opening Remarks
3. To receive declaration of interest from members.
4. Minutes of Previous Meeting. (Attached)
5. Matters Arising:
6. Finances and financial report
1. RFO’s Report.

                                    i.     Bank Account Balance at 26^th April 2015: £4,037.87p.

                                   ii.     Internal Audit Report.

2. Cheques for signature:

                                    i.     Clerk’s pay & expenses: £206.79p.

                                   ii.     HMRC: £45.80p.

                                 iii.     Link:

3. Receipts:
6. Highway/Footpath Matters:

                                    i.    Highways: damage to Mill Lane as a result of traffic diversion following the closure of Shotford Bridge.  

                                   ii.     Report on hedge cutting outside 72 High Road

8. Publication of Parish Council accounts and minutes.
9. Planning:
1. Application: None.
2. Decision:

                                    i.     Approved: None.

                                   ii.     Refused: None.

                                 iii.     Discharge of Condition:

·       Ref: 2014/2616 – 107A High Road, Needham, Norfolk. Condition 8 – Floor levels.

10. Correspondence
1. Correspondence already circulated:
11. A.O.B. - Items for inclusion at next meeting on 28^th September 2015.

Accounts

Summary of Needham Parish Council Receipts and Payments 2015/2016.
Income			Expenditure
Date	Description	Total	Date	Description	Total	VAT
Tuesday, 7 April 15	South Norfolk Council - Precept & Grant	£1,864.00	Monday, 11 May 15	P Freeman - Clerk's Pay & Expenses	£206.79	£0.00
	Total:	£1,864.00	Monday, 11 May 15	HMRC - PAYE	£45.80	£0.00
			Monday, 11 May 15	South Norfolk Council - Emptying Dog Bins	£147.12	£24.52
			Monday, 11 May 15	Zurich - Insurance Premium	£242.72	£0.00
			Monday, 20 July 15	P Freeman - Clerk's Pay & Expenses	£199.91	£0.00
			Monday, 20 July 15	HMRC - PAYE	£45.80	£0.00
				Total:	£888.14	£24.52

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Needham Village Link

July/August 2015

The newsletter for the villagers of Needham

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From the Editor

Once again I am taking part in the Pink Ladies’ Tractor Road Run and once again I’m making an appeal for sponsorship!  This will be my third run and the previous two runs have shown how generous people can be in making donations to Cancer Research UK.  I hope that you can be as generous this year and visit my JustGiving page at www.justgiving.com/Helen-Major2/  As many of you know this is a terrific local event and is made very special by the crowds of people lining the route, even in the rain last year. I look forward to seeing lots of Needham folk on the way round! As Shotford Bridge is closed, there will be a different  route this year.

A date for your diary: the annual Village Barbecue will take place on Sunday 16 August starting at 1:00pm in the grounds of the Village Hall.  It’s a great opportunity to get together with other villagers and enjoy some tasty BBQ food.  

The Village Hall is a well used amenity.  There is a timetable of events in this edition.  If you would like to book it for a private event please get in touch with the bookings coordinator, Jean Youell on 01379 854819.

We were concerned to learn that one of the Link’s regular contributors, Derek Buttle, was in hospital but pleased to report that he is now back home.  We hope you continue to gain in strength, Derek.

Congratulations to Keith & Ann Barry on their very significant wedding anniversary in August.

Your contributions to the Link are welcome. If you have any information about forthcoming events in Needham I should be pleased to include it. You can either email needhamlink@gmail.com or pop it through my letter box at Mill Farm Cottage. 

Helen

Summer BBQ

Needham Coronation Village Hall 

Sunday 16 August

1:00pm

Bar

Raffle

Tombola

Donations for the Raffle and Tombola would be much appreciated.  

These can be left with Jean Youell at 77 High Rd

Tel No: 01379 854819

Summer Recipe

Grilled Peaches

• 4 large ripe peaches
• 1-2 tbsp sugar

Method

1. Cut peaches along the seam all the way around and twist the halves off the stone.  Heat the grill to high.
2. Sprinkle the cut surfaces of the peach halves with a layer of sugar and place on a baking tray, cut side up.
3. Place the peaches under the grill for 3-4 minutes or until the sugar starts to caramelise.
4. Serve with vanilla ice cream, crème fraîche or Greek yoghurt.

Cookery Editor

Village Hall Bookings

The following groups currently hire the Village Hall on a weekly or monthly basis.  If you would like to join a group or learn more about any of these activities please contact the group leader on the telephone number given.

Monday:                         Pilates                       7:00 - 9:00pm     Rachel Baynes     (07932 697129)
Tuesday:                        Whist Drive               7:30-  9:30pm     Liz Easthaugh      (01379 852583)
3rd Tues of month:        Wine Guild                7:30 - 9:30pm     Brenda Hider        (01379 668158)
(except
June/July/August)
Wednesday:                   Art Group                   1:30 - 4:00pm     Jenny Crisp           (01379 608116)
Wednesday:                   Carpet Bowls Club     7:30 - 9:30pm     Jean Youell           (01379 854819)
2nd Thurs of month:     Ladies' Craft Group   10:00 - 3:00pm    Lyn Batey             (01379 668301)
Thursday:                      Lending Library          2:00 - 4:00pm    Pauline Spinlove   (01379 853033)
Thursday:                      Martial Arts                 6:30 - 9:00pm    Adrian Poulter      (01379 853894)

Needham Parish Council

The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place in the meeting room in the Village Hall on Monday 20 July at 7:30pm.  The public is invited.  As usual the agenda will be posted in the village notice boards.

Needham Carpet Bowls Club

The winners of the Club Competitions are:
Ladies Singles:   Celia Snaith
Gents Singles:    Dennis Taylor
Pairs:                  Harold Jefferson & Dennis Taylor

Eight members attended the Annual WinterLeague Presentation & Social Evening at Shelfhanger village hall.  It was a very enjoyable evening.

On 29 May we played a friendly match against Pulham Market.  The return match was held on 26 June.

The AGM of the South Norfolk Carpet Bowls Federation will be held on Wednesday 8 July at Old Buckenham Village Hall.  Two members from our club will be attending.  The draw for the Winter League 2015/2016 will take place at this meeting.

New members are very welcome to join us at our weekly club evenings which are held in the Village Hall every Wednesday at 7:30pm  Fees, which are only £1.50, include tea/coffee and biscuits.  All equipment is supplied.

Nudger

Do you fancy a Curry?

The Old King’s Head Spice Road Curry Club meets on the first Wednesday of the month.  The next one which features curries from South East Asia is on 1 July followed by 5 August.  Phone for details: 01379 668843  I have it on good authority that  the curry is delicious!

Gardening in July

Flower garden

• Cut back lupins and delphiniums that have finished flowering to encourage a second flush later in the season
• Continue to deadhead the flower border on a regular basis as this will also encourage more flowers later on.
• Don’t forget to feed all the flower borders and containers every two weeks.  Containers may need watering as much as twice a day in very hot weather.
• Keep up with the weeding otherwise the weeds will take moisture and nutrients meant for your flowers..
• Take time out to sit in your garden and enjoy!

Lawn

• Keep mowing regularly unless there is a drought.  Leave the clippings on the lawn to act as a mulch in hot weather. Do not feed the grass.
• Set the mower blade slightly higher than before so that if it becomes very hot the grass will not dry out as much.
• Only water any recently sown grass or new turf.  If an existing lawn does go brown it will recover after the first rains.

Gardening  Editor

 

Harleston Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT)

Another month has gone by since we last wrote in your magazine.  We have been busy in and around the area.

Since the last edition there has been no crime recorded in Needham.

We have responded to three calls within the parish where residents have requested assistance.

If there is any information you would like to see from us on a regular basis please let us know and we will aim to include it.

PC Jim Squires & PCSO Pete Williamson

In memory of Mary Howlett

Mary started her working life as a domestic servant for a prominent family. She was paid 2s6d per week. However she couldn’t spend her earnings as her only half day was Sunday when the shops were closed.  Mary was conscripted in the war to work in a munitions factory filling bomb and shell cases with explosives.  She worked in a ‘clean area’ where no metal was allowed but one unfortunate person was killed after forgetting a safety pin on her clothes which caused an explosion.  Mary was knocked to the ground by the blast. 

My wife, Sheila, and I were able to help Mary when her husband, Lennie, collapsed and died of a heart attack.  Mary repaid me some time later after my accident when I wasn’t allowed to walk on my own as my brain had become rather scrambled.  She chaperoned me and was always diligent and kind. 

Derek Buttle

Derek would like to thank the community minded people who deliver the Link in the Village.  He also is appreciative of the Link itself.                        
Thank you Derek!

St Peter's Church

 5 July    Evening Service          6:00 pm
12 July   Holy Communion      11:00 am
19 July   Morning Prayer          11:00 am
26 July   Holy Communion      11:00 am

 2 Aug   Evening Service           6:00 pm
 9 Aug   Morning Prayer            9:30 am
16 Aug  Morning Prayer           11:00 am
23 Aug  Holy Communion         9:30 am
30 Aug  Benefice Holy Communion at Brockdish Church - 10:30 am)

* Please note the change of service pattern and times from August onwards.

Money donated in memory of the Reverend Clive Hudson has been used to buy a bookcase for St Peter’s.  A dedication service for it is to be announced.

Gill Powell

Needham Coffee Morning

Coffee, Cake & Raffle at The Red Lion
7 July and 4 August (First Tuesday of the month)
Proceeds are split between the Red Lion’s charity of choice and the upkeep of St Peter’s Church. The cakes are yummy!


Friends of St Peter's…..

…have held their AGM.  Subscriptions which will be kept at £5 are now due.  Thank you to those who have paid.  Subscriptions can be paid to  the treasurer, Olive Hudson: Tel 01379853284 or to Pauline Spinlove: Tel 01379853033
The next meeting will be on 7 October at George and Sylvia Miller’s house.

Pauline Spinlove

July/August Edition

The July/August edition will be online on 27 June.

Save the Date!

Needham Coronation Village Hall 

Sunday 16 August

1:00pm

Bar

Raffle

Tombola



Donations for the Raffle & Tombola would be much appreciated.  These can be left with Jean Youell at
77 High Road
Tel: 01379 854819

July/August Edition

The July/August edition of the Needham Link is almost ready for printing.  Look out for details of the annual Needham Village BBQ.

The Old King's Head

A message from The Old King's Head

A big thank you to all who have been so supportive for our first few months.  We have been totally overwhelmed by the many positive comments on the beer and food as well as the refurbishment of The Old King's Head.  We now finally have gas in the kitchen so will be slowly extending our menu over the coming weeks to include our House Burger, Rib-eye steaks, pan fried fish, meat and game dishes.  

We shall also be starting our Spice Road Curry Club Curry Night which will be on the first Wednesday of the month the first one being on Wed 3 June at 7pm.  You will have to buy tickets for this event as spaces are limited.  Tickets are £24 pp for a 5 course meal.

If you love to play Scrabble do come and join in with the Scrabble night on the last Wednesday of the month.  Tiles down at 7pm.

We are also delighted to have Andrew Vessey, artist and Reverend Canon, open an exhibition of his work here on Wednesday 1 July.  You are welcome to join him for a preview of the exhibition and a personal introduction to his work followed by lunch with Andrew and a short question and answer session at the end.  Tickets are £15pp. The exhibition opens on Thurs 2 July and runs until Sun 16 August.

Our list of real ales offered since we opened is extensive.  Do pop in and try them!

Our new website is closer to going live and we will have all the information about future events.

http://kingsheadbrockdish.co.uk

Twitchers!

You may be interested in this.  It's from the web cam on the spire of Norwich Cathedral where the peregrines have four young.

http://upp.hawkandowl.org/norwich-peregrines/norwich-cathedral-peregrine-live-web-cam-2015/

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Needham Village Link

May/june 2015

                                               A very good year for cowslips

The newsletter for the villagers of Needham

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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

Memories

After the end of World War 2 I lived in the South of France enjoying the warmth of the Riviera sun and the blue of the Mediterranean sea but I was unable to escape the aftermath of the German occupation.  Cycling in the French Alps, I came across many stone shrines adorned with flowers and inscribed with the names of male and female resistance fighter executed by the Gestapo.

I also cycled in Belgium with life beginning to return to normal but with roads ruined by bomb and shell craters. 

Derek Buttle

Shingles

shingles - are you eligible for the vaccine?

Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a painful skin rash caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus on people who have previously had chickenpox. Shingles can be very painful and uncomfortable and the pain can also linger long after the rash has disappeared, even for many years.

Between September 2014 and September 2015 the shingles vaccine is being offered routinely as part of the NHS vaccination programme for people aged 70, 78 or 79.  You become eligible for the vaccine on the first day of September 2014 after you turned 70, 78 or 79 and remains so until the last day of August 2015. The vaccine is given as an injection into the upper arm.  

You don’t ‘catch’ shingles - it comes on when there’s a  reawakening of chickenpox virus that’s already in your body.  The virus can be reactivated because of advancing age, medication, illness or stress. It’s estimated that one in five people who have had chickenpox go on to develop shingles.  

You can have the shingles vaccination at any time of the year so it might be worth your while contacting your doctors’ surgery.

Health Editor

Needham Coronation Village Hall

Annual General Meeting to be held at 7:30pm 

on Monday 18 May 

The Village Hall AGM will take place in the Village Hall Annexe on Monday 18 May 2015 at 7:30pm.

The committee look forward to welcoming villagers and hall hirers to the meeting.

** Should you wish to make use of the Village Hall, lettings are co-ordinated by Jean Youell (854819) and Pauline Spinlove (853033)

Open Farm Sunday

Sunday 7 June at Shotford Hall Farm , Harleston, Ip209QT

11:00am - 5:00pm 

free entry

Visit Shotford Hall mixed farm for a day of fun and discovery.  Meet and touch the animals, take a close look at farm machinery, enjoy a tractor and trailer tour, take a leisurely riverside walk, meet some food producers and find out where your food comes from.

Refreshments available.

For more information, contact Tim Lewis on 07767 708106

St Peter's Church

  3 May     Evening Service  6pm

10 May     Holy Communion  11:00am

17 May     Morning Prayer  11:00am

24 May     Holy Communion  11:00am

31 May     Benefice Communion at St Mary’s Redenhall  10:30am

 7 June      Evening Service  6:00pm

14 June     Benefice Holy Communion at St John’s  10:30am

21 June     Morning Prayer  11:00am

Messy Church 16 May in St John’s Harleston at 2:00pm.  For primary school aged children.  Have messy fun with crafts & activities.

Free of charge refreshments available.  Remember to bring an adult.  If you would like more information contact the Church office - details below.

Brockdish Church PET SERVICE is on Sunday 7 June at 3:00pm.  Bring your pets and celebrate God’s love for them.  For more information contact Revd Sue Auckland 01379 740327

Rector: Revd Nigel Tuffnell
Tel: 01379 308905 Email: rector.redenhallscole@hotmail.co.uk

Office: Lucy Cooke (Mon - Fri 9am to 1pm)
Tel: 01379 851148 Email: redscole7@gmail.com

FACEBOOK - facebook.com/redenhall.scole
TWITTER - https://twitter.com/RedScole
WEBSITE - http://scole-reden5.webplus.net

The church is unlocked daily from 9:00am until 4:30pm.  Numbers on the PCC have depleted - if you are interested in joining the PCC, please contact Sylvia Miller on 01379 852059.


Friends of St Peters Church will be holding their Annual General Meeting Friday 15^th MAY at 7 pm.It will be held in the Village Hall.The A G M is open to anybody interested in the village church and keeping it open.We raise money for the up keep of the building,we have been holding events since the Friends was formed in 1997,We hope to keep it going but we do need new members.

Needham Parish Council

A subject that is invariably raised at Parish Council Meetings is concern at the speed of traffic passing through the village.  At the previous Parish Council Meeting PC Jim Squires undertook to arrange for measurements to be made of the speed of vehicles over a period of time.  This was done with two parallel tubes fastened across the road surface.  Recordings were made between Tuesday 17 February and Thursday 26 February, and the findings were somewhat surprising.  

Travelling towards the A143 the average speed readings between 0700 hours and 2000 hours were 30.7 mph lowest reading and 36.8mph highest reading.  This increased to 38.8 mph if taken over a 24 hour period.  The total number of movements was 5,088 and the percentage of drivers not exceeding the posted speed limit of 30mph or exceeding it by so small a margin so as not to attract prosecution was 67%.  Of the remainder 11.7% exceeded 41mph.

Travelling towards Brockdish  the average speed readings between 0700 hours and 2000 hours were 28.7 mph lowest reading and 36.4mph highest reading.  This increased to 37.0 mph if taken over a 24 hour period.  The total number of movements was 5,060 and the percentage of drivers not exceeding the posted limit of 30 mph or by exceeding it by such a small margin as not to attract prosecution was 79%.  Of the remainder just under 5.8% were travelling over 41mph.

It was noted that there were a number of high readings but no set trends and they occurred throughout the day in both directions but the overall result is that there is 73% compliance with the speed restriction.  However these are averages and it does show that during this period there were 887 vehicle movements that exceeded 41mph. 

It seems that by and large we are law abiding, but rightly or wrongly there is a perception at Norfolk Highways Authority that much of the speeding is done by local residents, so this is a timely reminder that it is our village and we should all respect our fellow residents and keep below the limit.

The public forum heard from Alastair Brice, the owner of the company that has bought the egg farm in the village.  Alastair has submitted a planning application for an agricultural dwelling for a farm manager and described why there is a need for a full time presence on the site.  We also heard from the applicants for a temporary four year permission to live on a site that falls outside the village development boundary.  The Parish Council meeting unanimously supported both applications.

We once again welcomed our District and County Councillors Jenny and Martin Wilby and also PC Jim Squires to the public forum.  The next Parish Council Meeting, which will also be the Annual Meeting, will be held at 7.30 on Monday 11^th May.  It provides an excellent opportunity to meet representatives of Local Government and the Police.

Andrew Major (Chairman)

Needham Carpet Bowls

The Winter League has been completed but unfortunately we didn’t have much success.  

In the Knockout Cup we played Barnham Broom home and away.  In the away match we won 3 games and lost one and the home match ended as a draw but we were the overall winners. We then lost the away match to Kenninghall but drew the home match, losing overall.

It was decided not to enter the Summer League but we will be entering the Winter League again.

We shall be competing for our club singles and pairs trophies shortly and we will be inviting Cratfield Bowls Club for a friendly match.

Recently, eight members competed in a bowls drive organised by Occold.  This was a very enjoyable evening.

On 25 May most of our members hope to attend the Winter League presentation and social evening to be held at Shelfhanger village hall.

Our club was formed in 1998 and we are pleased today that we still have four original members

The AGM was held on 1 April and was attended by all members.  The committee was elected for the coming year.

Chairperson:         Francis Burton

Vice Chairperson: Delwyn Snaith

Captain:                Harold Jeffries

Vice Captain:        John Kuzmic

Treasurer:              Jean Youell

Our club evenings are held every Wednesday starting at 7:30pm in Needham Village Hall.  New members are always welcome.  Fees are £1.50 which includes tea/coffee and biscuits and equipment.

Do come along and have a go!

Nudger