Worth a tripThe new andimproved Tide Mill

Pigging outThe Jubilee HogRoast goes offwith a crackle

IN THIS EDITION:NEWS & EVENTS

ISSUE 10

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inside eykeAUTUMN 2012

PLUS News about the pub EVERYTHING YOUNEED TO KNOW FROM THE PARISH COUNCIL

The day the Olympics came to Eyke

(such as it was)

Goodbye to the summer

This year’sbumper feteIs that really thesun up there?

Image Simon Sutch

Greetings to all, and welcome to theSeptember edition of Inside Eyke. This issueis of course full of reminders of the specialevents that have taken place over the lastfew months – the Jubilee parties, theOlympics, the annual village fete – but hasn’tit been an odd summer weather-wise?

At the beginning there were prayers for rainin All Saints church, but by mid-summermany were quietly praying for the rain tostop… As we got to the end of the wettest Julyand August in memory, the drought andhosepipe ban had become a distant memory.Simon Sutch did manage to snatch somelovely photographs, though, in the briefperiods between one torrential downpourand the next, and we reproduce one on thecover here, as a reminder to all of us of thetimeless beauty and serenity that a Suffolksummer can bring – when it wants to.

The observant, and the more thanaveragely interested in beer – I shall notreveal which category I fall into – will havenoticed comings and goings of skips andlorries and what-not at the Elephant &Castle. Yes, the rumours turned out to betrue for once, and the pub has been boughtby Ian Howden and Sandra Parry. Ian isoriginally from Hull, but is familiar with thearea as he lived in Tunstall in the 70s and 80s.

Sandra is from Barnet, Herts., and kept a pubnear Alconbury for ten years. They areworking very hard on getting everythingshipshape, and hope to open the doorsaround the end of September or beginning ofOctober. They will have a quiet opening tobegin with, and then hold a proper OpeningNight when the inevitable glitches have beenironed out. Let’s give them a big welcomeand support them as much as possible: weare very lucky in Eyke to have once again thefull set of shop, pub, church and school thatmakes for a lively, living village.

We are always on the look-out forinteresting stories, ideas for stories, news,views, features or anything else that youthink might suit Inside Eyke. Please feel freeto drop me an email att.marr123@gmail.com or just come and seeme at 3 Ufford Rd. I would be delighted tohear from you.

Finally, I would like to say thank you to allthe editorial team, but particularly thismonth to Ron Cushing, who got Inside Eykegoing in the first place and then edited it soably. Cheers, Ron! A very fine effort, andmuch appreciated.

The next issueshould be out inDecember.Meanwhile, let ushope that theautumn is one ofmists and mellowfruitfulness, ratherthan raging stormsand horizontalrain… i

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Please note the followingdates for your diary:All Saints gift day 22nd SeptHarvest supper 22nd Sept 7pmChristmas Tree Festival 7th, 8th,9th DecChristmas Tree Festival Evensong 9th Dec 5pm

For several years the village has been luckyenough to have a very attractive website, runvoluntarily by Katy Bell. Katy is no longer in aposition to do this, and thanks are due to herfor all the time and effort she has freelygiven during this period. Currently otheroptions are being investigated, and we hopeto have a new website up and running in afew weeks.

The internet is so much a part of mostpeople's lives these days, that we expect tobe able to find out about pretty muchanything at the touch of a few keys. It isimportant, therefore, that the village has apresence there. We know that in the past wehave had 'hits' from around the world – oneof the articles in an early issue of thismagazine was by Rod Sherwood, who lives inSouth Africa, but has local ancestors. Hemade contact having seen the website.Currently, I am in touch with a lady fromCanada through the same means. She isresearching her family history in theWantisden area, and we hope to meet upwhen she comes to England next summer.People living and working far from homeoften like to be able to keep in touch, so it isprobably more important to them than tothose actually living in the village, who havethe traditional grapevine, at least!

Perhaps this is why there have been fewtakers for the village e mail: by going towww.eykevillage.info and entering your

name and e-mail address, you can subscribeto one or more of a variety of lists and receiveautomatically parish council news –information about meeting dates, planningapplications, minutes and general items ofinterest within the village and the widercommunity. The advantage of this over thegrapevine is that you avoid the 'ChineseWhispers' effect! The Parish Council wantspeople to be involved in what happenswithin the community, and to feel that theyare part of the decision making processwithin the village. Obviously, if it continuesto be poorly supported, the facility will beshut down when it comes up for renewalnext year.

By the time you read this, Suffolk Coastalshould have made a decision on theBentwaters Masterplan application. Thematter goes before the Development ControlCommittee on 7 th September, at which anEyke parish councillor will speak on thevillage's behalf. This matter has taken up agreat deal of time, energy and money overthe past few years, and it will seem strangeto face a new year without the issue loominglarge at almost every meeting. What iscertain is that something alwaysmaterialises to fill the gap!

As there is still some money in the pot leftover from the Jubilee celebrations, the parishcouncil has decided it would be appropriateto refurbish the village sign, and add acommemorative plaque. After all, DiamondJubilees don't come along very often, andthis is an opportunity to record the occasion.

Just a reminder, too, that the Parish Councilmeets on the second Monday of every othermonth: details are e mailed towww.eykevillage.info subscribers and placedon the village notice boards in good time, andonce we have the new website available, allthe details will be posted there too. Membersof the public are welcome at these meetings,and there is an opportunity for them to raisematters during the Open Forum. iJackie Pooley, Clerk

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When we werechildren, here inEyke, there wasalways a bonfireon November5th, on the Rec.No-oneorganised it:

there was only the knowledge of the dateand the fact that there must be a fire. Duringthe half-term holiday, and after, a looseassembly of children would gather and pileall the material necessary for an impressiveconflagration.

I'm sure that to many casual observers itmay seem that Eyke Fete happens in muchthe same way.

There is a Sunday in July when, almost asan expression of the place itself, peopleappear at a particular garden, erect thecovers and tables, lay out the games and, athalf-past-two, invite all in attendance topartake of simple but satisfying pleasures.

So it seems, but so it is not.We who play bit parts respond to the

prompting and direction of Mike (assisted byGerry for some years now). Without him, formore than a third of a century, much, if notall, would have been overlooked.

I don't know how long there has been a fetein Eyke. My earliest relevant memories havethe event on the small meadow betweenEyke House and the Rectory, where there arenow two substantial plots, each with its ownbungalow.

One event was called: “Pitching the shoof”,which involved a high, moveable bar onstands (rather like a pole-vaultarrangement) over which the men, using apitchfork, would try to propel a sheaf of corn.When one succeeded, the bar would be

upped a further six inches (I guess) and hewould be in the lead till the next successfulpitch.

It caused a little irritation and muchgrudging admiration that the winner wasusually Dr Paulley from Eyke House, whostood well over six foot and had the strength(and for all I know, maybe the experience) ofa varsity rower. The regular prize was a pigletwhich had waited all afternoon in a box.

A successful fete is never guaranteed: thesun does not always shine, and for two yearsof the past 35 the event has fled to the shelterof the village hall. On two other occasions,when the Vicarage was rented out, it hasmoved, one year to Isabel and Nasser'sgarden, and on another to the school field.When the house was sold, most of usexpected a change of venue, but theBrigginshaws, generous of spirit, havewarmly welcomed the event.

For more than 20 years, Pat Ashton'sbrother brought his Trad Jazz band, and sincethen, Crawford, Bernard, Karen and friendshave played their music to enhance theafternoon.

This year's fete raised £2,100 the highesttotal ever. It was also one of the very bestthat most of us can remember. Between twocool, wet, blustery days, the Sunday was alovely summer's day, and it seemed thatmany who attended were gladdened by abrief respite from what had, till then, been awet and gloomy season.

In looking back over the years, Mike, andmany of us, will remember Bill Jennings,Phyllis Hatcher, Roma and Sibyl Lyon, theLancasters, and Pat Ashton, and others, allnow gone.

All these contributed: all helped makesomething that just seemed to happen. WithMike moving to a well-earned back seat, it'snow up to the rest of us to decide and makethe future. i

For a bumper crop of pictures from theday, head to the centre pages

Eyke Parish Council

Image Simon Sutch

Memories of the FeteRobin Pooley

Image Simon Sutch

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here are manybeautiful bulbousplants that bloom in

autumn, producing colourand adding a fresh facewhen the rest of thesummer border is fading.In late August and intoSeptember and Octoberthese bulbs make awonderful display in ourgardens.

Colchicum appear in late August andSeptember with the flower colour coming ina range of pinks – from just a hint to purple-pinks, as well as a beautiful white. Theirfoliage grows in spring and dies off by June.They like a place in full sun so the flowers

can open allowing theircolour to develop.

Autumn crocus is thecommon name forColchicum, though it leads toconfusion with the trueautumn crocus. True AutumnCrocus grow well in grass andbelow trees and look betternaturalised. The blue flowersof Crocus speciosus lookwonderful combined with the

pink or white flowers of cyclamenhederifolium.

Cyclamen grow happily almost anywherebut again look good naturalised in driftsunder trees or grown in a raised bed, rockgarden or alpine bed.

Amaryliss belladonna needs a warmsheltered area to grow. Its leaves areproduced in winter and it flowers best after along hot summer. Nerine bowdennii has a bright pink flower.

It grows in summer and flowers beforegoing dormant during the winter months. Itdoes not need a hot, dry site to grow (as iscommonly thought) but thrives better in anordinary border as long as it is notsmothered by other plants. i

Karen’s Garden: Autumn bulbsKaren Watson

TLittle did the teenage Frank Pooley knowwhen he started caddying at WoodbridgeGolf Club before the war, to earn 1s 7d anhour, that seventy odd years hence hisgolfing exploits would make him a localcelebrity. Last winter Frank achieved theamazing feat of hitting two holes in onewithin a few weeks, just before and after his89th birthday. He belongs to WaldringfieldGolf Club now, and is a proud member of theWAGS - Waldringfield Ancient GolfersSociety.

Frank is a familiar figure in the village, andfor some years, including 2012, has had a keyrole on the gate at the Eyke village fete.

He is now nearly 90 and has a lifetime oftales to relate. He’s seen a lot of changes. Asa boy, there was no electricity or runningwater at home. Water had to be drawn froma well. He remembers when red squirrelswere commonplace in Suffolk.

The youngest of ten, and one of sevenbrothers, as a child he walked from home inBromeswell to school in Eyke with his nextyoungest brothers, Sam and Ray. Highlightsof his early years included times spent withhis brothers and other youngsters in thecompany of the Rev Shadwell who taughtthem all to swim in the nearby Deben, andintroduced them to other sports such asdarts, fishing and boxing.

For some reason the Rev Shadwell wasknown as ‘Daddy Whitesocks’ and Frankconsiders the education he learned fromhim equalled or even surpassed what hegained from formal schooling!

As a youth he was enthusiastic to follow inhis father’s and brothers’ footsteps and jointhe navy, but his father had other ideas forhim, so he joined the Territorial Army whenhe was 16. He saw service in the war in theRoyal Artillery, after initially serving in the

Suffolk regiment. Duties took him toEgypt, Palestine and Italy, and latterly at theend of the war, to India, where he wasrecruited as a fire officer. Looking back overthe years, having developed his own viewson life, he says of his war days ‘I’m notashamed of what I did, but I’m not proudeither’. He spent some time at MartleshamHeath when Douglas Bader was also there.

After 17 years in the MOD police at OrfordNess on the Atomic Energy Base, life tookhim to London, Weathersfield, and then backto his roots in Suffolk. He says, withunderstatement, that Eyke is ‘not a badplace to live’.

He loves looking out over the Deben valleyfrom his sitting room, and has strong familyties here too, with son Robin and daughterDawn in the village. The family continues togrow. He is very proud of his ninegrandchildren, and in July became great-grandfather to little Eliza, his fourth great-grandchild. The others are boys - Angus andThomas in Melbourne, and Luca closer tohome in Colchester.

His three-times weekly golf sessions arenow a major part of his life since he sadlylost his wife Elizabeth a few years ago. Hecame very close to hitting a third hole in onethis summer! i Janna McKendrick

Frank Pooley shareshis memories

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ith many anxious glances at thesky, and a sudden fascination withTV weather forecasts and the met

office website, those involved in thepreparations for the Jubilee hog roaststoically continued with their preparationsin the Best of British tradition, in an earlysummer which had promised much, thenfailed to deliver at the appropriate time. Thebulldog spirit extended to the guestsattending, too: a warm and balmy few daysin the preceding week meant the tickets soldout in a sudden surge of optimism, and somepeople came without, armed with their ownpicnics, to enjoy the rest of the proceedings.

The day itself, June 2nd, dawned dry, and ifnot exactly summery, there was sunshine attimes. There was a collective sigh of relief,but fingers remained crossed for a good fewhours! The marquees and bunting had beenput up the previous day, then the big garden

games – Connect 4, Draughts, Jenga, Skittlesarrived in the morning, and the hog in theearly afternoon, ready to finish cooking insitu. Gradually, a mouth watering array ofsalads and wonderful desserts materialised,prepared by willing volunteers with flair,ingenuity and a degree of patriotism – theUnion Jack cake and pavlova were verypopular.

In no time at all, the Rectory Gardens werefilled with people carrying chairs, macs,blankets, and all manner of bags and evencoolboxes. There was a small moment ofpanic – would one hog and the salads reallyserve over 180 people? Mark and Chris, the‘hogmasters’ were confident that one hogwould go round, and with several peopleoverseeing portion control at the salad bar,everyone was fed. Not a crumb was wasted;pigs' trotters were offered up to people in thequeue for food, along with plates of

crackling. It was suggested the carcass couldbe left for guests to pick at during theevening, but it didn't last that long: as soonas seconds were announced, the raveninghordes descended and the carcase wasreduced to bones in minutes. Mark was mostimpressed – he said he had seen nothing likeit before!

The evening entertainment was providedby The Alibi Club, a five piece rock, pop andblues band, who really created a funatmosphere, and got people up and dancing,providing much needed physical activity towarm everyone as the temperatureplummeted. Many guests went home tofetch coats, and gloves, even extra blankets,and duvets, determined to carry on the party.How glad they must have been that theystayed, and, having witnessed the arrival ofher Majesty the Queen in all her finery –rumour had it that she and her entouragewere staying at a popular camping site onthe outskirts of the village – they were thentreated to a regal wave from her at anupstairs window of the Rectory, where shewas accompanied by Prince Philip, who, to

huge roars of applause, also acknowledgedthe crowd below in his own well loved way.

The unseasonably cold evening meant thatquite a few guests left earlier than theyotherwise would have done, especially thosewith children, but around fifty or so stayedand danced to what could be called thebitter end. It certainly would have seemedvery bad etiquette for everyone to leavebefore Her Majesty, who was obviously reallyenjoying a good old knees up.

The next morning dawned cool and drizzly:as the volunteers met to do the final clearingup they realised that, despite the coolweather, it was fortunate indeed that it hadkept dry, and for the most part, sunny. Andas Her Majesty travelled down the Thameson her gilded barge in the rain, just a fewhours later, surely her thoughts must haveturned fondly to that lovely afternoon andevening in The Rectory Gardens, Eyke, whereshe was able to enjoy, in beautifulsurroundings, the company of a happy groupof people who, in their turn, were part of aDiamond Jubilee celebration they will alwaysremember. i

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The 2012 fete, held chez the ever-accommodating Brigginshaws,as is now traditional. In the middle of a soaking wet summer, asmall miracle happened, and the rain stopped for a day. Fantastic!Fun was had, money was raised, and Eyke basked in the sun. Themarquees were folded away for another year, and the next daythe rain started up again.

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he Tide Mill stands proudly as thesymbol of Woodbridge and the riverDeben – one of the first working tide

mills in the country and unquestionably the last.

In 2011 the Woodbridge Tide Millreceived approx £956,000 of lotteryfunding for refurbishment. Along withfurther money raised by the Tide MillTrust, a total of £1.3m has been spentto bring the building to its presentglory. The ancient building is atreasure chest of history and burstingwith information. After the recentrestoration it boasts models todemonstrate the sluicing action to turn thewater wheel, press button inter-activemodels and films and computer generatedimages to illustrate all parts of the millingprocess. There are puzzles and games tokeep the kids happy as well as glorious viewsover Woodbridge basin and the river Deben.You can see the new oak water wheel whichhas been constructed by the InternationalBoat Building College at Oulton Broad as wellas enjoying milling events. But how much doyou know of its working history?

A mill has stood where the WoodbridgeTide Mill now stands since the twelfthcentury. During the middle ages the mill wasowned by the Augustinian Canons of thelocal Priory, at which time their tenants wereobliged to send their corn to the mill to beground, thus allowing the Priors to collecttheir ‘fixed portion’. Woodbridge Priory wasdissolved by Henry VIII and its lands grantedto Sir John Wingfield. When he died withoutissue the mill reverted to the Crown. In 1564Queen Elizabeth granted it to Thomas

Seckford for£764.8s.4d. The TideMill remained in thehands of the Seckfordfamily until 1672when the line came toan end. It then passed

through the hands of several private familiesuntil owned by the Cuttings in 1792.

It was the Cuttings, coal merchants andfarmers, who undertook the reconstructionof the Tide Mill. Work began in 1793 whenthe present mill was built on the site of theearlier mill with the addition of newwarehouse space and improvements to thequay. In 1808 the mill passed through severalother private families until its purchase bythe Haywards – it was Alfred Hayward whorefurbished the nearby granary.In the latteryears of theHaywardownership themill’s weather-boarding wascovered withcorrugated ironsheeting.Undoubtedly, thisaction saved the

ancient building by binding thedecaying timbers in a tight skin. Bythe late 1920s the condition of themill was causing concern, thoughdespite these problems the millcontinued to work to full capacity.It is unlikely that flour was groundat the mill during the post waryears. Instead barley meal andpeas were ground for animal food.In 1954 the mill was purchased byJohn Matthews who installed anew diesel driven hammermillwhich bypassed the conventionalmachinery. The hammermillground one ton of grain per hour

but the waterwheel stood idle. In 1957 the 22inch square oak shaft of the waterwheelbroke. There was no question of repair so thelast working tide mill in the country closed.

Fortunately for Woodbridge, Mrs. JeanGardner purchased the mill after attending alecture stressing the urgency of rescuingWoodbridge Tide Mill. The mill was handedto the administration of the Woodbridge TideMill Trust and an appeal launched in 1971 for£50,000 to fund restoration work on thewaterwheel and machinery, removal ofcorrugated iron cladding and further majorrestoration, allowing a quarter of a millionpeople to pass through its doors since beingopened to the public in 1973.

Today the mill works in the same way that

it has for generations. The pressure of theincoming tide opens sluice gates, calledmitre gates, in the bank and fills the pond. Asthe tide falls the first outflowing water closesthe gates, now firmly held in position bypressure of the trapped water. In the old dayswhen the tide had fallen sufficiently themiller opened the sluice gates at the millrace and the released water rushed out toturn the wheel. The mill workedapproximately two hours either side of lowtide. The miller’s day depended on themovement of the tide so his working hourswere highly irregular and it was not unusualfor him to work through the night. Grain wasbrought to Woodbridge by barge or wagon tobe unloaded and stored in the Granary (nowconverted into flats). Wheat was raised tothe bin floor by means of a sack hoist and fedthrough chutes to the hoppers of the millstones. After being milled by the scissor-likeaction of the rotating upper stone the mealfell into bins on the floor below where it wasbagged, weighed and set aside for collection.

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Summer celebrations at Eyke Primary SchoolAt Eyke we do not go in for half measuresand we certainly didn’t with the Jubilee andthen also for the Olympic Torch Procession!

During the week of the 28th May to the 1stof June we held a very busy Sports Weekorganised by our PE specialist Mrs Armfield.This Sports Week culminated in a fantasticSports Day with competitive team activities

in the morning followed by heats and raceson the track. These races were celebrated instyle with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals onour own Olympic Podium! The atmospherewas amazing and we cheered enough toluckily keep the rain away until just beforelunch.

During the last few races Mrs Hassan and

our MDSAs set up the school hall for ourJubilee Street Party lunch which manychildren enjoyed with their parents andfamilies. Coronation chicken and jam tartsand much more! Villagers joined us for thislunch too and Mervyn Whitmore kindlyjudged our Jubilee Summer Hatcompetition. The hall was jam packed andquite noisy with a party atmosphere.

After lunch the children had a chance torest after all their activities whilst the FOES(our PTA) set up the playground and field forthe Summer Fayre. We had lots of great

stalls and even had the Police Tractor on theplayground for the children to sit in with allits lights flashing.

Thankfully the following week was halfterm so a well deserved rest for all!

We were lucky enough to be invited to joinUfford Villagers celebrate the passing of theOlympic Flame too on July the 5th. MrBuckland kindly agreed to ferry us down toUfford Recreation Ground, where we all hadlunch and our playtime, then at the requiredtime Crown Nurseries Staff escorted usthrough their grounds to a prime position intheir entranceway. It was amazing, theatmosphere was electric and the help wereceived was great. The weather was kind(perhaps too kind as we cooked waiting forthe flame to go past) and we cheeredourselves hoarse. What an experience!

We are sure this new autumn term will bejust as exciting and positive! iWendy Kelway

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think it's time to say thank you to MikeFisher. After 35 years he is relinquishingthe organisation of Eyke Fete.

Mike bought Two Gates in 1975, helped thevicar (Pat Ashton) with the fete for the nexttwo years and took hold of the reins in 1978after making the villagehis permanent home.

During that time theamount raised for thehall and the churchamounts to well over£50,000.

I feel that when Mike says: “There’s not agreat deal of work involved” he means it, butthe interpretation requires us to recognisethe rare qualities he possesses. He talks toeveryone and brings us together for theevent.

If we consider his other roles in the villagerelating to the church, the hall and a little

further afield, to the rugby club, and theninclude all the innumerable personalkindnesses that many of us, in and beyondthe village, have experienced, we see thatthey add up to a very remarkable totalcontribution indeed.

He's not planning toleave us, but he thinksthis is a good time to letothers have a go.

I'm writing this in theknowledge that manyof you will

wholeheartedly agree with my thanks, but Ihaven't done the rounds to get a list ofnames to put at the end, so perhaps whenyou see him, you will make your ownacknowledgement in some way.

Thank you Mike. I hope you'll enjoy verymany more Eyke Fetes. Robin P

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The day theOlympics came to EykeI’m sure we all spent much of Augustwatching the Olympics on television but youprobably didn’t realise that the 2012 EykeOlympics were held at 196 The Street onAugust 8th. Anna Couzens, her three boysJoe, James and Ted invited their friends Jess(the only girl), Mason, Josh and Lium to joinin the fun. All the children are pupils at EykePrimary School.

Events held in the garden of 196 werehurdles, football, badminton, shooting, eggand spoon race, space hopping and the 100msprint. The children put their heart and souls

into the events, despite odd visitsindoors for drinks and petting the cat.

Olympics were briefly suspended atlunchtime so that crisps and nibbles couldrefuel the athletes. Anna’s friends Dawn andSharon helped judge, update the medalboard and keep the athletes in order.

James Couzens (5) was the overall winnerfollowed by Ted (almost 4), then Jess (7)

Medals were freely dished out and a great time was had by all. But I think Anna deserves gold for organising such a great day. i

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