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You put your left leg in, your left leg out, in, out, in, out, you shake it all about…It wasn’t quite The Hokey Cokey and I must apologise in advance because, thanks to me, you are going to have that crazy tune stuck in your head for the rest of the day. That aside, what it was, was traditional English folk danc-ing at its best, being performed as it should be; on a warm, summer Saturday outside a village pub. There was as always much fun and merriment when the dancers and musicians made their annual visit to Birdbrook as part of Thaxted Morris Men’s Weekend of Dance. More pictures and a few thoughts from ‘Young Colin’ on Page 6

Inside: Bowls Club 8, In Memoriam 10, Parish Council 15 - 19 and Summer Wines 21

Issue 86July 2018

OUR front cover picture is a bit of a giveaway, but in case you missed them, the Morris Dancers visited the village at the beginning of June as part of the Thaxted Morris Men's weekend of dance. There are more pho-tographs and a few thoughts on the origins of the dance routines on pages six and seven.

We also have a photo feature on the Birdbrook Bowls Club's President's day event, which took place over the May bank holiday weekend on pages eight and nine. It was, for a change, a weekend of almost unbro-ken sunshine, which was perfect for the bowlers.

However, not so much for yours truly, because the old thatch has thinned a bit in recent years, so the pate got a bit of a roasting while I was running around taking the pictures. Yes, before you ask, I forgot to wear a hat and yes, I hear you say, all my own fault, entirely self inflicted... blah, blah, blah... well, I got exactly that re-sponse at home when I sought sympathy for my afflic-tion, but I thought you, dear reader, might have been a tiny bit more understanding. Yes, I'm fine now... thanks for asking.

Two slightly more serious items now. First, it seems there have been further break-ins in the area, with the Clerk of Great Yeldham Parish Council reporting the attempted theft of farm machinery. We have some ad-vice from the Essex Police website on how to make your home more secure and to discourage potential intruders on page 18.

On page 20 we have a report from Liz Heyer, Chair of the Patient Participant Group for Steeple Bumpstead Surgery, updating us on the awarding of the new

contract to manage the surgery. Things have moved forward and the West Essex CCG has agreed to a three year extension of the contract with the current man-agement company, Provide. Full details of the agree-ment have yet to be finalised and will be communicated in due course.

If you are a patient at the Steeple Bumpstead Surgery, you should have received a letter from the CCG outlining the initial changes, this also gives con-tact details for the CCG Patient Advice Service and Healthwatch Essex. Please contact them if you want more information or wish to discuss the changes with someone other than a member of the surgery staffPatient Advice Service - Phone: 01992 586123 or e-Mail: [email protected] and forHealthwatch Essex - Phone: 0300 500 1895 ore-Mail: [email protected]

On page 18 we have a few words of introduction from Peter Smart, newly elected chairman of Birdbrook Parish Council and an update from District Councillor, Diana Garrod on page 19. The regular features from St Augustine's church's and the Birdbrook Ladies Group are on pages four and five.

Finally, on page 10 we have tributes to two well known residents of the village, Peggy Dines and John Rook, both of whom, sadly passed away in May. I know many of our readers will have fond memories of both Peggy and John and I am sure you will join with us in offering our condolences to their families at this time.

Albert

Birdbrook News Issue 86: July 2018

YOU may be wondering why we appear to be promot-ing another, rival magazine. I know, it's perhaps wishful thinking on our part to see ourselves as being in com-petition with a colour glossy like Essex Life but who

knows, someday it could be us.Anyway, we are showing off the cover of Essex Life because in its July issue the magazine has a two page feature entitled Stride out in Steeple Bumpstead. It takes readers on a circular walk from Steeple Bumpstead to Birdbrook via Moyns Park, then back to Steeple using public footpaths.The feature has two rather nice photographs taken in Birdbrook, one of the church and the other of Yew Tree Cottage.It's always nice when our village gets noticed.Thanks to Alan Cook for drawing our attention to the article.

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Both the Benefice Combined Service and Deanery Confirmation Serviceare being held at St Mary’s Church, Steeple Bumpstead

WHAT news since last we spoke? Well, as you can see from the photograph below, Churchwarden Patrick Crouch has stepped down after six years in the job. To mark this milestone and by way of thanks for his service, we had a small cel-ebration on the Sunday after Patrick resigned, when he was presented with a card and gift. Although he has re-linquished the post of Churchwarden Patrick will continue to serve on the PCC as Buildings Officer, for which other members of the committee are extremely grateful, be-cause this is a significant and important role.

Other events since last time include the combined benefice service for Pentecost on Sunday, 20th May. We welcomed many visitors from across the Two Rivers Benefice, who joined us to celebrate the birth of the Christian Church. The occasion was made extra special because we were treated to some sublime performances from the choral ensemble Beatitude, who sang If Ye Love Me by Thomas Tallis together with excerpts from Byrd’s Four Part Mass.

The next significant event in Birdbrook will be our Harvest Festival, which is always a joyous occasion, but more of that in the next issue. In the meantime, enjoy your summer whatever you are doing and as always, we would be delighted to welcome you to any or all of our regular services at St Augustine’s.

God Bless

News from St Augustine’s


Revd Jonathan Lowe’s Letter

SEVERAL years ago, the company that make Swan Vesta matches encouraged their employees to make suggestions that might improve their business. History doesn’t record how many different ideas they were pre-sented with, or how truly dreadful the majority might have been. One however, ended up with a change to the busi-ness that had a significant financial impact.

Every box of Swan Vesta matches had a strip of sandpaper stuck to both sides of the box for the matches to be struck on. The ingenious member of staff asked why two were necessary – surely one would be enough.

The company agreed, reduced the number of sand-paper sides to one, and saved themselves tens of thou-sands of pounds a year in the process.

Questioning the accepted way of doing things will often yield unexpected results, and one small change can make an enormous difference.

From turning off the light when leaving a room, to showering instead of taking a bath, to avoiding single use plastics, altering our behaviour around the home can have a direct impact on the energy consumed and the health of the planet. Swapping out ice cream for frozen yoghurt will have a positive impact on the waistline. Walking instead of driving short distances does the same, as well as reducing pollution.

When Jesus walked the earth, he had very little to say on diet, or motor vehicles of any sort for that matter. But speaking about change was a subject he came back to time and time again.

On one occasion, when he was speaking to crowds of people on a mountainside, Jesus asked them to think about the law they knew so well. The Ten Command-ments were ancient laws that his listeners would have been very familiar with. He suggested changing the way that they looked at them, especially when it came to showing love.

‘You have heard it said love your neighbours and hate your enemies’, says Jesus. ‘But I say love your enemies and pray for those who mistreat you.’

At a time when hate and mistrust and suspicion seems to be so rife in our world, showing God’s love to those who are unable to love us back can be hard. But it might just change the world.

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BirdbrookLadies GroupMAY was our Annual General Meet-ing with cheese and wine provided for the group.

The meeting commenced with a review of the past year, highlighting some of the most interesting speakers.

This was followed by the presentation of the accounts, which were duly adopted.

There was some discussion regarding the number of members and how we could encourage more to join to our group.

The election of the committee was completed 'en bloc’ with the positions remaining the same, Sue King, Chair, Hilary Hoye, Treasurer and Diane Cook, Secretary.

Sue thanked all the members for their continued sup-port, especially the committee and hoped we would have another successful programme for 2018/19.

With the conclusion of the business, the raffle was held while cheese and wine were enjoyed.

IN June, with a number of members unable to attend for various reasons, it was just a select group that arrived at East Town Park to meet ranger, Ben.For some of us it was the third year of visiting but we are always treated to something new. We were hoping to see some rare and unusual plants and weren't disappointed.As we walk round Ben gave us some history of the park and pointed out things of interest. The wild flower mead-ow had beautiful purple pyramidal orchids, they weren't at all like we imagined.We walked along the old railway line and Ben pointed out the osier beds and the brook, where if you are really lucky you could spot an elusive kingfisher.The second site we visited was the lesser known Mill-fields, a county nature reserve. Here we saw the rare sulphur clover and the lesser spotted orchid and bee or-chid.As we made our way back to the visitor's centre, Ben told us of the many different walks that are accessible in the

area.We finished the evening with a most welcome cup of coffee or tea made by our very informative guide.It was a very enjoy-able evening, en-hanced by the weath-er and Ben, who obvi-ously loves his job and is willing to share his knowledge and enthu-siasm with ours. We are very lucky to have this wonderful green space on our doorstep.


THE early June weather was being temperamental as the crowd gathered outside The Plough, in anticipation of this year's visit by the Morris Men. It looked like rain, but the spectators were to be rewarded for their confidence. Just as the team coach pulled into The Street, the clouds parted and the sun broke through. In a matter of minutes Young Colin and his fellow Morris Dancers had alighted and were congregating outside The Plough. One or two were even partaking of a swift half before the perfor-mance.

The visitors included dancers from the Chalice, Harthill, Jockey, Letchworth Utrecht and Whitchurch sides plus a couple of chaperones from Thaxted. They played, danced and sang for just over an hour. We were treated to many fine performances, including a stunning individ-ual dance from a member of the Jockey side, there were also a couple of combined, mass dances when perform-ers from several sides took over the road.

The only complaint came from the captain of the Chal-ice side. Using some quite colourful language he sug-gested the recently laid road surface was overly rough and not conducive to Morris dancing. He was not wrong.

All too soon the performances were over, the dancers had packed up, boarded the bus and were on their way to Cornish Hall End and lunch at The Horse & Groom.

Okay I've mentioned young Colin twice now, so what's the story? To explain we have to go back to 2017. You may recall, when asked about the origins of Morris Danc-

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Opening hours May-September

Monday - closed

Tuesday - 5pm - 11pm Wednesday - 12pm - 3pm/5pm - 11pm

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Saturday - 12pm-12am Sunday - 12pm-11pm

real ales, premium lagers, wines, food, sky and bt sports, pool table, dart board,

board games, regular entertainment, car park, beer garden and a

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The Friends of St Mary’s Church Steeple Bumpstead proudly present:

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Community History Day

7th July 2018 11am to 4pm Who Do You Think You Are? Haverhill Family History Group will be on hand to

help you research your ancestry online (available from 11 to 2).

Displays of research conducted by Steeple Bumpstead primary children on some of our own local historical celebrities.

Church Mouse Treasure Hunt.

Worm Charming Competition.

Church History Quiz for Families.

‘Worm Song’ - performed by the children of Steeple Bumpstead Pre-School at 11.30am.

Refreshments including Beer tent, BBQ and Cakes!

Talks on the day about history research—at 11.30am and 2.30.pm.

Come along to find out more about your own history, your local community and support the upkeep of our church.

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ing, I sidestepped the question and claimed, not being English, I couldn't say. This year in a bid to rectify the situation, I put the same question to Young Colin and a few of his friends from the Harthill side.

What's the upshot?Well, in short, it's not entirely clear or as they put it, it’s… sort of… lost in the mists of time. What they did tell me is that the style of dance we saw performed in Birdbrook hails from the Cotswolds. Those from the Northwest and Northeast of England are very different. We have seen the Yorkshire style in previous year's when the Claro Sword side from Harrogate visited. In their dances they use two handled swords, called Rappers, which it is be-lieved were once used by miners for shearing or cleaning pit ponies.

Then there are the sticks used in some routines. These could have agricultural origins and dancers may be mimicking the planting or threshing of crops. Alterna-tively, some say there is a military connection, whereby the routines were designed to improve dexterity or to as-sess the ability of recruits.

Finally you will have doubtless spotted one of the sides is from Utrecht in The Netherlands. They dance in the Cotswold style, but have adapted some of the rou-tines to make them their own and now several English sides have learned and perform the Dutch dances.

You can begin to see why the Harthill side said, it’s… sort of… lost in the mists of time. Perhaps by next year I will have found the time to dig more deeply and be able to give a better explanation of the origins of Morris Danc-ing. For now, it was great fun, enjoy the pictures. PS: This is Young Colin in action.


Birdbrook Trio - Alan Cook, Peter Smart and Leigh Carter

…for President’s Day CompetitionTHIS year’s May bank holiday was an absolute scorcher. The weather experts at the Met Office said it was the hottest since records began… or at least since 1987, when the holiday was first introduced. The unbroken sunshine was particularly welcomed by the Birdbrook Bowls Club, who were hosting their annual, President’s Day competition on the Sunday of the May Day weekend.

Arranged by Club Chairman Yvonne Lawrence, the event saw members entertain 15 teams from other local clubs including Radwinter, Castle Hedingham and Stoke-by-Clare. Birdbrook was represented by Leigh Carter, Alan Cook and Peter Smart, pictured left. As you can see

That’s the one Alan… that’s the winner!


Birdbrook FixturesJuly and August 2018

5 July Cornard B v Birdbrook A

12 July Sudbury C v Birdbrook A

13 July Radwinter C v Birdbrook A

16 July Balsham v Birdbrook A

20 July Birdbrook v Clare H

19 July Birdbrook v Cavendish A H

26 July Haverhill v Birdbrook A

27 July Birdbrook v Stoke by Clare H

2 August Durham Cup Fixtures

3 August Saffron Walden v Birdbrook A

10 August Castle Hedingham v Birdbrook A

16 August Birdbrook v Cornard B H

23 August Skegness Week

30 August Birdbrook v Clare H

from the photographs there was some serious competition. Although it has to be said there was a lot of fun and banter too. All helped along by a few cold beers and the odd glass of wine.

The ladies of the Club provided an excellent buffet lunch for the guests, so a big thank you to them and all who took part or helped with the organisation, to make the event a great success. Also our congratu-lations to Stoke-by-Clare who took the honours in the final against Radwinter.

What of the home team’s perfor-mance? Well, to quote News bowls correspondent Alan Cook, ‘It has to be said, the Birdbrook team were

very consistent on the day… we came second in all three of our games.’

That said, they did go on to win their league game against Clare the following Thursday, after making a spectacular comeback from 12 : 3 down.

We have included the Club’s summer, fixture list so, if you want to cheer on your local team, please come along. Also, if you fancy hav-ing a go, members would be de-lighted to see you at any of their Tuesday evening practice sessions. Details are in the Dates & Info… section, Page 11. Who knows, you might be a natural, but you’ll never know until you give it a go!


In Memoriam

THE following words are taken from the eulo-gy prepared by Peggy’s two surviving daughters, Jane and Sally, which was delivered by Jane at Peggy’s Memorial Ser-vice on Tuesday5th June. Thank you to Revd Sue Cruse for let-ting us have a copy.Peggy Mary Fitch, the

only child of Doris and Leslie, was born at Bailey Hill Farm in Birdbrook on 24th November 1933. Peggy continued to live at Bailey Hill Farm until 2004. She met husband Gerald, who was always known as Jack at Ridgewell fete and they were married in 1956.

Peggy worked for the probation service in Haverhill for over 30 years, but she didn’t just work and bring up her daughters, Rachel, Sally and Jane. She had many

talents, including cooking, sewing - she even made a suit for Jack and she also made duvets for us girls be-fore most people what ‘duvets’ were - mum had other hobbies too, she was a brilliant knitter, bred poodles, went to evening classes, learned pottery, yoga, oil painting and ballroom dancing.

Peggy moved to Steeple Bumpstead after our father died, but retained her links with Birdbrook through the Birdbrook club and making corn sheaves for the Har-vest Festival. For the last four years she lived in resi-dential care at Cleve’s Place in Haverhill, where the amazing staff looked after not just her, but the whole family in our time of need. We are really grateful to them, we couldn’t have gotten through the hard times without them. The last few years were difficult, as de-mentia gradually took away Peggy’s ability to do the things she loved. Although sad at times, it wasn’t all bad, friends and strangers alike were incredibly kind.

Peggy was a wonderful mum, wife, grandmother, mother-in-law, work colleague and friend; we shall miss her. Peggy died on 16th May, 2018 aged 84.

Peggy Mary Dines (1933 - 2018)

AS THE owner and farmer of 770 acres in the parishes of Birdbrook and Steeple Bumpstead, occu-pant of Birdbrook Hall with his wife of 52 years, Sarah and Chairman of the Parish Council for 10 years in the 1970s and 1980s, John Rook was well known and re-spected figure in the village. He came to Birdbrook in 1965 and married Sarah in 1966. They had four chil-dren: William, Edward, Lucy, who died in 1973 and James.

Although he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1969, this did not stop him running a successful farming business and supporting a number of local causes. He was also instrumental in saving The Plough from clo-sure and being sold to become a private house in 1971.

He was chairman of the Haverhill Show for seven years, having assumed the role at short notice. During his tenure as chairman the show raised much needed funds for LAMPH, a local charity which provides facili-ties, equipment and support for children and adults with special needs.

Perhaps, most notably he formed the Lithium Club to provide support and information to fellow sufferers of bipolar disorder. It was for his work with the Lithium Club that he was awarded an MBE in the 1999, New Year’s Honours List.

Although John was a non-executive director of Czarnikon, London sugar brokers he was very definitely a countryman at heart. He got much pleasure from writ-ing poetry and letters to the press and published a nov-el entitled ‘Grasping at Straws’. Indeed, a number of his

poems were read at the funeral service on 14th June.

Sadly John’s health had declined in recent years and he had had to endure many visits to hospital, including one for a double kidney transplant in 2011. At his last visit he was diag-nosed with cancer, to which he succumbed on30th May 2018.

John was a great champion of his family and was very generous both to those who assisted with his care and those in need in the wider local community. He often fund-raised for good causes and once, in Jan-uary 2008, sat in a bath of strawberry jelly to raise money to buy a wheelchair for a paralysed man from Haverhill, Stephen Bolton.

John Rook was a very generous man who always tried to help others. He will be very much missed by all who knew him and our sympathies are with Sarah and her family at this time.

Our grateful thanks to Peter Unwin for providing these words of tribute.

John Anthony James Rook, MBE. (1943 - 2018)

Dates & Info...

Mobile LibraryThe Mobile Library visits Birdbrook and parks outside the church every third Thursday between 2.55 and 3.25 pm - Dates as follows:

5 & 26 July, 16 August and 6 September

Domestic Refuse

Grey Bin Collected on alternate Mondays. Non-recyclable items only please.

RecyclingCollected on weeks when the Grey Bin is not collected.Use the clear plastic sacks for Newspaper, Card, Plastic & Metal.

GlassBottles

There are bottle banks located outside the Community House.

TextilesPlease use charity shops for reusable items or see Braintree District Council Literature for more information.

Ladies Group — Calendar Traidcraft - Viv Sargent 12 July

Sue’s Summer Social 9 August

Stour Valley Apiary 13 September

Celia StevensNewmarket Stable Head Girl 11 October

Katie LynnMolten Wonky Glass Fusion

8 November

Christmas Meal 6 December

Chairperson Sue KingSecretary Diane CookTreasurer Hilary Hoye

Phone 01440 788836

Birdbrook Bowls ClubEvery Tuesday from April to SeptemberBirdbrook Bowls Club (at the rear of the Community House) - 6.00 pm onwards.

Chat & Stitch Group

Every Tuesday in the Community House2.00 to 5.00 pm.

Bus ServicesService 438: Newport - Great Yeldham Operates on school days only

Service 236: Haverhill - Sudbury Operates Monday to Saturday

Shopper’s Bus: Upper Colne - Haverhill Tuesdays only departing from Birdbrook at 11.25 am

Demand and Response Service (DaRT) Phone 01621 874411 to book or for more informationgo to www.essex.gov.uk/publictransport

Don’t forget the ‘Use it or lose it’ rule applies to all of these services


Street Sweeping Dates

Thursday 13 September Birdbrook

Friday 14 September Baythorne End

http://www.essex.gov.uk/publictransport

Last Postal CollectionsBaythorne End 4.45 pm Monday to Friday

9.30 am Saturday

Birdbrook 4.30 pm Monday to Friday

10.30 am Saturday

New England 4.30 pm Monday to Friday

10.00 am Saturday

On weekdays there is a later collection at 5.45 pm from the postbox - 46 High Street, Halstead

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Parish CouncilPhone

Chair P. Smart 01440 788424Vice Chair S. Rhenius 01440 785219

A. Cook 01440 785458M. Gilbert 01440 785967D. Simpson 01440 788113T.R. Walker 01440 788887

Council Clerk Mrs D. Hilliard 01440 785629e-Mail [email protected]

Dates for Parish Council Meetings 2018-19

Wednesday 4 JulyThursday 6 SeptemberThursday 1 NovemberThursday 3 January

All start at 7.00pm in the Community House.

District CouncillorDiana GarrodPhone 01440 712742Mobile 07979 790637e-Mail [email protected]

County CouncillorDavid M. FinchPhone 01787 371878e-Mail [email protected]

Member of Parliament James Cleverley MPe-Mail: [email protected]

Bank Holidays27 August

and 25 & 26 December

Birdbrook NewsEditors

Richard Walker 01440 788887

Albert Baxter 01440 788524

Publication Dates

February, May, July, September and December

Deadline dates for copy, advertising etc

15 January, 15 April, 15 June,31 August and 15 November

Submissions and Contributions to:

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Advertising please contact:

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All copy to be in a common text format e.g. Word, Pages, RTF… or a scanner friendly document please.

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Steeple Bumpstead Surgery Opening TimesMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Surgery

8:00 am to 6:30 pm 8:00 am to 6:30 pm 8:00 am to 6:30 pm 8:00 am to 6:30 pm 8:00 am to 6:30 pm

Closed for lunch 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm*

Dispensary

8:00 am to 6:30 pm 8:00 am to 6:30 pm 8:00 am to 1:00 pm 8:00 am to 6:30 pm 8:00 am to 6:30 pm

*Both the surgery and dispensary will be closed between 2:00 and 3:00 pm on Tuesdays for staff training

Useful ContactsCommunity House Bookings

John Weeks 01440 785634

Essex Highways Department

[email protected]/highways

Floodline 0845 988 1188

Electricity 24 hour fault line 0800 7838 838

Water 24 hour fault line 08457 145 145

Stansted Flight Eval Unit 0800 243788

[email protected]

Braintree CouncilCustomer Services 01376 552525

Essex County Council Library Direct

To join or volunteer to deliver 01245 438438

Village Agent Richard Ould 07540 720601

Birdbrook Bowls Club

Yvonne Lawrence - Chairman 01284 789521

Tricia Birt - Secretary 01787 461581

Steeple Bumpstead Surgery 01440 730235

St. Augustine’s Church

Revd Jonathan D Lowe 01440 731687

Churchwarden Judi Price 01440 730506

Churchwarden Patrick Crouch 01440 709090

PCC Secretary Ginny Faire 01440 785341

Police

Emergencies 999Non-emergencies 101

• Call this number to contact your local police when it's less urgent than a 999 call.

• Use 101 to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

• Alway call 999 when in an emergency; if there is a crime is in progress, danger to life or if violence is being used or threatened.

Local Police StationsBraintree 101

Blyths Meadow, Braintree, CM7 3DJ

Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday9.00 am to 5.00 pm

Saffron Walden 101

Essex Police now share accommodation with the District Council at The Lodge on London Road

Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday9.00 to 5.00 pm

Friday8.30 am to 4.30 pm

Saturday and SundayClosed


NHS

Helpline 111Call NHS 111 when it’s not an emergency, but you need medical help fast. If it’s less urgent, contact your GP or local pharmacist.



The information contained in these directory pages is as advised to the editor and believed to be correct at the time of publication. Birdbrook News cannot be held responsible for any changes between then and the date of the next issue, or indeed for any changes that are not advised to us.


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4 Newspapers,magazines & catalogues4 Paper, cardboard & junk mail (without glitter on)4 Plastic bottles and packaging including, trays, tubs & lids4 Tins, cans & aerosols4 Beverage cartons4 Foil

8 Polystyrene8 Glass (please use your Local Recycling Centre) 8 Plastic film, clingfilm & bubblewrap8 Crisp packets & biscuit wrappers8 Hard plastic (toys, plant pots etc.)8 Food waste or garden waste8 Nappies or refuse 8 Wallpaper

Clear SacksFOR RECYCLING ONLY

DON’T RISK IT! If you are not sure, please contact us - as incorrect items will contaminate your recycling and your clear sacks will not be collected

4 Grass cuttings4 Shrub & hedge prunings4 Leaves, flowers & weeds4 Tree branches (less than 5cm/2” diameter) and must fit within the bin with the lid shut 8 Food of any kind including fruit and vegetable peelings8 Soil, turf & rubble8 Cat litter, dog mess & pet waste8 Metal, glass or plastic8 Refuse or nappies8 No plastic bags of any kind8 Japanese knotweed

GreenWheeled Bin FOR GARDEN WASTE ONLY (MARCH - NOVEMBER)

We cannot take your excess garden wasteSecond green bins are available at an additional cost Please home compost as much as you can or take your excess garden waste to Essex County Council’s Recycling Centre for Household Waste

4 Disposable nappies, incontinence pads, sanitary waste & wet wipes4 Pet waste4 Polystyrene & other non-recyclable plastics

8 Builders Waste8 Hard core/Rubble/Cement8 Soil/Turf8 Electrical Items8 Commercial Waste8 Asbestos NO SIDE WASTEAll waste should be contained within your wheeled bin with the lid shut

Grey BinFOR HOUSEHOLD WASTE THAT CANNOT BE RECYCLED OR COMPOSTED

If you have not been issued with wheeled binsYour black sacks are for household waste that cannot be recycled. Place your refuse sacks out for collection on ‘grey bin days’

For more recycling sacks visit your local library, apply at www.braintree.gov.uk, e-mail [email protected] or call 0800 0748243 If you run a business from home or other premises, we offer a Commercial Waste Service: e-mail [email protected]

For any waste and recycling questions, call our Customer Service Centre on 01376 552525

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Birdbrook Parish Council

DRAFT BIRDBROOK PARISH COUNCIL

ANNUAL PARISH ASSEMBLY

MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON

WEDNESDAY 3 MAY 2018

PRESENT: Mr T R Walker (Chairman) Mr S Rhenius (Vice Chairman) Mr P Smart Mr A Cook Mr D Simpson Mr M Gilbert

ALSO PRESENT: District Councillor Diana Garrod Mr A Baxter

CLERK: Mrs D Hilliard 18/37 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST None.

18/38 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL PARISH ASSEMBLY FOR 2017 The minutes of the meeting of the Annual Parish Assembly for 2017 were agreed as a correct record and signed.

18/39 MATTERS ARISING None.

18/40 REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN The Chairman presented his report which will be published and circulated to all households in the parish.

18/40 REPORT OF THE DISTRICT COUNCILLOR DIANA GARROD Cllr Diana Garrod presented her report which will be circulated to parishioners with the Chairman’s report. The re-port was noted.

18/41 REPORT OF THE COUNTY COUNCILLOR DAVID FINCH As Cllr Finch had not yet arrived for the meeting Cllr Garrod submitted it on Cllr Finch’s behalf. The Chairman read the highlights to those present and the report was noted.

18/42 REPORT OF BIRDBROOK COMMUNITY HOUSE TRUSTEES Not present.

Cllr Finch arrived at the meeting and summarised his report. He invited questions from those present.

Alan Cook raised the matter of the village sign and the complications which now appeared to be happening regarding issuing the licence. Cllr Finch advised he would speak to Olive Porter of ECC to investigate the matter and update the Clerk of the outcome.

The issue of reporting highway matters via the online system was raised. The Clerk will email Cllr Finch with the outstanding items.

There being no further business to discuss the meeting closed at approximately 8.00pm

Signed: ………………………………. Dated: …………………………….

Birdbrook News Issue 86: July 2018 DRAFT

BIRDBROOK PARISH COUNCIL

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

HELD ON THURSDAY 3 MAY 2018 AT 8.00PM

PRESENT: Mr T R Walker Mr A Cook Mr P Smart Mr M Gilbert

IN ATTENDANCE: Mrs D Hilliard (Clerk) Mr A Baxter

There was one member of the public present but not questions were tabled.

18/43 ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN FOR 2018/19 Richard Walker invited nominations for Chairman for the year 2018/19. Alan Cook nominated Peter Smart and this was seconded by Martin Gilbert, all in favour.

Peter took the Chair. Alan Cook thanked Richard on behalf of the Parish Council for his years of service, this was endorsed by all present.

Peter then invited nominations for Vice-Chair for the year 2018/19. It was agreed to nominate Steve Rhenius, in his absence. All in favour. Richard will advise Steve.

18/44 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Dominic Simpson.

18/45 OTHER ABSENCES Steve Rhenius.

18/46 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES The minutes of the meeting held on 7 March 2018 were agreed as a correct record and signed. This was proposed by Alan and seconded by Richard.

18/47 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST None.

18/48 REPORT OF DISTRICT COUNCILLOR This was presented at the APM held at 7.30pm today.

18/49 COMMUNICATION AND REPORT OF THE CLERK •Financial Regulations – These had been circulated prior to the meeting and it was agreed to adopt them as pre-

sented. Signed by the Chair. •Standing Orders – These had been circulated prior to the meeting and the Parish Council have reviewed them. It

was agreed to adopt them as presented. •Code of Conduct – The Parish Councillors had re-read the code of conduct and agreed the Parish Council are

acting in accordance with the code. •Insurance Renewal – The details of the renewal have been reviewed and agreed. Alan Cook will check if the

defribrillator is already insured by the Community Heartbeat Trust and advise the Clerk. The Clerk will contact Zurich insurance regarding adding the village sign and refurbished telephone box.

18/50 DOCUMENTS ON DEPOSIT EALC renewal – It was agreed that the membership be renewed for 2018/19. Wicksteed - Noted. RCCE – Noted. A&J Lighting E-invoicing – Noted.

18/51 MEMBERS’ REPORTS (a) Pond – Martin reported he put in the first dose of Aquaplankton into the pond in February, another dose will be applied in August. He will monitor the pond to see if algae develops. He will organise a work party to tidy up the pond area.

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(c) Chairman’s Report – It was noted the incidence of dog fouling had increased around the village. It was agreed an item will be placed in the Birdbrook News.

Maintenance Contract – Richard was concerned that the contract hours agreed at one half day per month would not be enough to cover all the work required. It was agreed that the Clerk will contact Kevin Shears to ask how long it would take to refurbish one noticeboard and then service it annually. Martin and Alan will look at the benches and report back.

(d) Highways Report – It was noted that the sweeper had been through the village to sweep the loose chip-pings. As agreed at the Annual Parish Meeting earlier, the Clerk will email Cllr Finch the outstanding high-way matters for him to follow up, these include the missing salt bin at Fell Road junction, the broken chevrons on the A1017/Station Road junction, the flashing speed sign not working at Baythorne End and the missing village sign on The Street and the scrap cars being stored at New England.

Richard raised the matter of Sunnybank and asked what the current situation was. The Clerk will contact BDC planning for an update.

The Clerk advised she had contacted BDC Planning regarding the apparent car scrapyard at New England but had not yet received a response.

18/52 BDC STREETSCENE AGREEMENT 2018 It was agreed to continue with the scheme. The Chairman signed the agreement.

18/53 STREETLIGHTS Richard reported he and Peter had met A&J Lighting at the site of the missing streetlight in The Street. A&J Lighting confirmed that UK Power should not have taken the bracket or disconnected the electricity.

It was agreed that the Clerk will contact UK Power Network and advise that the Streetlighting Contractors have advised that there is room on the post for the light as previous. If Birdbrook Parish Council supply the bracket and lamp the contractor can fit it. UK Power should reconnect electricity without charge.

LED Lighting – The Clerk will check the minutes for 2017 to check what was agreed and draft an email to A&J Lighting requesting they quote for the work.

Richard suggested that the two lights on The Street near Schoolfields (which currently are not working) be taken over by the Parish Council. It was agreed to hold this matter over until current matters above, are dealt with.

18/54 PLANNING Application No 18/00585/FUL – The Mill, Mill Road – No objections

18/55 MEETING DATES AND TIMES It was agreed to change the date of the July meeting to Wednesday 4 July at 7.00pm.

18/56 FINANCE •Financial Report – Noted and agreed. •Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018 – The Income and Expenditure Account for the year 2017/18

was agreed. The Clerk advised that the accounts for the year 2017/18 had been agreed by Melford Accounting. The Chairman read the Annual Governance Statement and Statement of Assurance to those present and it was agreed and signed.

18/57 EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESS Not required.

18/58 CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS Nothing to report.

18/59 TIME DAY AND DATE OF NEXT MEETING The next meeting will take place on Wednesday 4 July 2018 at 7.00pm.

There being no further business to discuss the meeting closed at approximately 9.40pm

Signed: ……………………………………….. Date: ……………………………………….


AS THE new Chairman of the Birdbrook Parish Council (BPC) I thought it would be sensible to introduce myself to readers but first I should like to thank and congratulate Richard for his sterling lead-ership and service over the last 18 years and to under-score his fantastic contribu-tion to the Parish. His knowl-edge is second to none and

we are fortunate that he remains on the Council and hopefully he will stand for re-election to BPC in May 2019.

Back to the subject I know best about. A South Lon-doner by birth being born in Streatham in the early 1950s and then I lived and worked in the area of Sutton all my career. So moving to North Essex was a major move four and a half years ago. One we have not re-gretted for we have made some excellent friends and are enjoying village life.

Having struggled through school and university I found myself teaching in of all places a grammar school, a totally different style of schooling to the com-prehensive I attended. I tribute my recruitment to one of the top grammar schools to my prowess on the cricket field having occasionally represented Surrey County Cricket Club at second eleven level for a number of seasons. Cricket and tennis proved to be my recreation until I was married when I had to forgo tennis owing to the high mortgage interest rates during the Thatcher Government years.

For me, the greatest privilege in life is bringing up children and having two grown up girls who are now living and working in London and Surrey has been

hugely rewarding and the main focus of my life whilst they were growing up and finding their own feet. I’m immensely proud of them.

Some eleven years ago I met Louise after my first wife and I divorced. We married in 2011 and when I retired from teaching as Headmaster in August 2013 we moved to Birdbrook in January 2014 so we could be equidistant from our children, Louise having three daughters. Between us five wonderful girls and four grandchildren, and we hope more to follow.

Apart from sport, the natural world, classical music, and gardening are a passion and in the coming years I hope to turn our patch of garden into a riot of colour. Having joined Birdbrook Bowls Club I now have another interest and I encourage as many of you try out the skil-ful and challenging sport which is for all ages and sex-es. It is great fun.

Turning to BPC what can it expect of me? As school leader I had a reputation for high standards, efficiency, innovation and change whilst preserving tradition; for tradition to survive it must evolve. Thereby, expect more of the same as I familiarise myself with the role and find the best ways to speed up the cogs of local government so we can move on to a make a positive difference to the lives of those who live, work and pass through our parish. Ideally, the Council should like to recreate the community spirit that was present in former years in our villages. Ideas and suggestions are most welcome. Let us come together and make a difference and have some good fun at the same time.

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IN OUR last issue we printed a letter from a resident who’d suffered a break-in at her home. Unfortunately since then we have been made aware of a number of other incidents. One report was from the clerk of Great Yeldham Parish Council, who contacted other parish councils advising vigilance, because a local landowner had just reported a break-in and attempted theft of farm machinery to the police.

There has been a spate of these incidents in recent months so, as Richard advised in our last issue, please be vigilant and be sure to lock up securely when you leave the house.

If you want advise on some simple precautions you can take to make your home safer and more secure, the advice section of the Essex Police web site is well worth a visit. It has a subsection on home security, which has lots of useful suggestions.

These range from the simple:• Always lock doors and windows when you go out,

because one in ten burglaries are committed through a door or window which has bee left open.

• Make it look and sound like your in by leaving a light on or a radio playing.

• Don’t leave keys in locks, take them out and put them away.

• Don’t leave car keys on windowsills or hall tables - where they can be seen and retrieved through the letter box.

To more in depth information on fitting door locks, home security systems, CCTV and much more.

You can use this link www.essex.police.uk/advice/home-security or Google ‘Essex Police Home Security’ to find the relevant section of the website.

As the headline which we’ve borrowed from Essex Police says, Secure, Protect, Prevent…

Secure, Protect, Prevent…

A View From The Chair by Peter Smart, Chairman, Birdbrook Parish Council

Essex Streetworks Team have informed me of the forth-coming road closures. These are scheduled between 08:00 – 18:00 on the dates shown. The closures are required for the safety of public and workforce while Gi-gaclear Limited undertakes Fibre Optic Cable Installa-tion.

• Station Road, Birdbrookfrom 2 July 2018 for 14 days

• Birdbrook Road, Birdbrookfrom 9 July 2018 for 10 days

A huge boost in superfast broadband coverage has been secured for homes and businesses across the Braintree district. This will bring more jobs, investment and economic benefits to the district.

At a Cabinet meeting today (14 May), it was agreed that Braintree District Council (BDC) will invest £356,000 into the Superfast Essex phase four rollout, run by Essex County Council, to enable an additional 1,668 premises to receive superfast broadband by the end of 2020.

The £356,000 funding from BDC will be match-fund-ed by a Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) grant. Download speeds will increase of to more than 30Mbps, which is double current speeds.

The funding will help the district reach 99% superfast broadband coverage by end of 2020, which is above the national average.

Superfast Essex has already invested over £1million in the Braintree District under its Phase 1, 2 and 3 pro-grammes. Braintree District Council has previously in-vested £250,000 under Phase 2, which is currently in

deployment. To check your super-fast broadband availability, visit the Superfast Essex website atwww.superfastessex.org/maps. The superfast broad-band funding will be presented to Full Council on Mon-day 4th June 2018 for final approval.

Drivers are to have CCTV installed in their cabs, thanks to partnership funding. Braintree District Council has secured funding from the Braintree District Com-munity Safety Partnership, which has enabled taxi driv-ers to have new cameras in their vehicles to deter crime and provide reassurance to customers when using the service.

Three taxi drivers have taken up the opportunity to have CCTV cameras inside their vehicles for the first time in a bid to improve the safety of drivers and pas-sengers.

More funding is available to provide other taxi drivers who would like CCTV installed in their vehicle. Contact Braintree District Council: 01376 552525.

Haverhill Town Council, Haverhill Area Forum is now re-scheduled for Monday 16th July at 7.00pm, Linton Village Hall, Coles Lane, Linton, Cambridge, CB21 4JS, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, will be setting out his vision for transport along the A1307 corridor.

Greater Cambridgeshire Partnership, Haverhill Chamber of Commerce, Rail Haverhill and Cambridge Connect have been invited to attend.


Hello From District Councillor Diana GarrodFibre Optic Cable Installation

Homes and businesses to benefit

A1307 Corridor, Transport Options Update

CCTV in Taxis

Steeple Bumpstead SurgeryBirdbrook News Issue 86: July 2018

Surgery Contract RenewalIN THE last issue of Birdbrook News we explained that West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) had gone out to tender for a second time, asking prospec-tive bidders to consider a more flexible approach to staffing within the funds available. Unfortunately there were still no viable bids.As a result, the CCG and Provide have agreed that the existing contract will be extended for 3 years, until 31 May 2021. The precise details of the contract are still being worked through, but it is likely to mean:• No change in opening hours for the surgery or the

dispensary.• Continuation of the existing range of services• Fewer GP sessions but more sessions from other

clinical staff such as Advanced Nurse Practition-ers.

• Arrangements for off site GP support when there is no GP present

• Renewed efforts to recruit salaried staff to the GP sessions to reduce the reliance on costly locums.

The PPG is pleased that Provide will continue to man-age the services at the Surgery. While the outcome is not ideal we believe that the revised arrangements can work providing that suitable staff can be recruited and any changes are fully worked through and their impact explained to patients.We will keep you updated with progress over the next few months.

Liz Heyer, Chair, Patient Participation Group

WE continue to work with the Surgery to improve services for everyone and would very much welcome your individual feedback, suggestions, comments or ques-tions about the Surgery and its ser-vices so these can be fed into our discussions.

1.3 Million search for new GPMore than a million people have been forced to search for a new family doctor after their surgery closed or merged during the last five years, it was revealed last night.Eighteen practices ceased operating in Britain in 2013 but by 2017 450 had shut their

doors, affecting 1.3 million patients, according to the magazine Pulse. Doctors blamed recruitment problems, rising workloads and a lack of resources. Dr Richard Vautrey, of the British Medical Association said, “Practices in rural and costal regions have been particularly badly hit.”

The following snippet appeared at the foot of page two in the Daily Express on Wednesday 30th May 2018. Based on this, I suppose we ought to count ourselves lucky that the CCG and Provide have reached an outline agreement about the future of the Steeple Bumpstead Surgery, albeit with reduced service provision. We can but hope there will have been no further cuts to services when the final con-tract details are announced.

Please contact Chair, Liz HeyerPhone: 01440 730579 or e-Mail:[email protected]

Sincere Condolences: On a more personal note. I am sure, like me, you were shocked and deeply sadden to hear of the tragic death of Lynnette Garstang’s husband Steven. I would like to extend my sincere condo-lences to Lynnette and their young son Lewis. They and their wider family will be in all our thoughts and prayers in the difficult days, weeks and months ahead as they struggle to come to terms with Steven’s loss.

AS I’m writing this article for Birdbrook News the sun is out, I’m enjoying yet another warm summer’s day, and my thoughts are very firmly focussed on what summery wines I should be recommending. Although the pessimistic farmer in me fully expects the heavens to open the moment we try to start up the combine har-vester, let’s just hope for a few more sunny days to come, and when they do, here’s a few of the wines I think you should be enjoying.

Rosé: Until a few years ago I, like many, was rather sceptical about rosé wines in general. I must say, how-ever, that I’m now a total convert. They’re not all sweet, many are packed full of flavour, and when well chilled they do make for very good summer drinking. Here are a couple to try:2017: Provence RoséHenri Gaillard, France at £10.79At just over £10 this Provence wine is exceptional value for money. It’s delicate in colour, has a vibrant, floral aroma, and is dry, fresh and full of summer fruit flavour.

2017: Vinho Verde RoséPonte de Lima, Portugal on offer at £7.64For something with a touch more sweetness than the Provence style of rosé look no further than this excel-lent Portuguese wine. It has a delicate fizz to give it a fresh lift and some lovely peach and strawberry notes.

White: The best summer white wines, in my opinion, are those that are fresh and dry, yet still packed full of fruity flavours – just like these two:

2016: Le Havre de Paix Blanc, France at £6.99The name may not give much away, but this southern French blend of Sauvignon Blanc and the local Colom-bard grape variety is perfect summer drinking. It’s fresh and fruity and won’t break the bank.

2016: Cserszegi-FuszeresKoch, Hungary – £11.49Don’t try and pronounce the name, just enjoy drinking the wine. For exotic summer drinking you can’t beat this tropical fruit bomb of a wine. It’s packed full of flavour and finishes with a refreshing citrus twist.

Red: Just one red this time round, and my go-to coun-try for summer reds is Italy. The wines of Italy just seem such a good match to sunshine and barbecues.

2016 Salice Salenino, TrulliPuglia, Italy on offer at £8.99Puglia (Italy’s heel) is one of Europe’s hottest wine re-gions, and it really shows in this ripe, fruity wine. It’s medium bodied and very soft textured making it an easy drink on its own as well as with food.

I hope you’re tempted to try one or two of these this summer. If you haven’t visited the wine shop at Baythorne Hall before then please do come and take a look. There’s no minimum purchase, and by the time this magazine’s printed our new café will be up and running so you can come and enjoy a bite to eat as well.

George


Summer Wine Choicesfrom George Unwin of Baythorne Hall, Wine Merchants

Summer ReadsIF you are about to head off on your sum-

mer break and you’re looking for something to read while sunning yourself on the beach or relaxing by the pool, then here are a couple of suggestions for thriller fans. It’s a brace of books from master storyteller Frederick Forsyth, both are riveting reads with plenty of detail together with ample plot twists to keep you guessing right to the end.

The first, Avenger was published in 2008 and the second The Cobra in 2011. They should be read in that order, but it wont spoil either if you don’t. Two of the central characters appear in both books and it helps establish their relationship if you read Avenger first.

The Avenger of the title is Cal Dexter, former Special Forces and Vietnam Vet who now plies he trade as a small town lawyer, but, if you know where to advertise, he can be hired to

bring killers and fugitives to justice. It is for just this reason he has been sought out by Canadi-an billionaire Steven Edmond. He wants re-venge, he wants the Serbian gangster who tor-tured and murdered his grandson.

The Cobra is former CIA Special Ops Chief, Paul Devereaux. An intellectual with a reputa-tion for ruthlessness, Devereaux has been called back from retirement by the President and given the task of destroying the cocaine industry. No matter what it costs no matter what it takes, the President wants it done. The Cobra sets about this seemingly impossible task with great relish, after tearing up the rule book.

Both Avenger and The Cobra are published in paperback by Transworld and are priced at £7.99. Electronic versions are also available from Kindle and iBooks at reduced cost.


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