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Redgrave Neighbourhood Watch Meeting

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Rickinghall Village Hall

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Thursday 17 April 9.30 am

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Friday 18 April

GOOD FRIDAY

9.30 am

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Walk of Witness from Rickinghall Church to Market Place

Dance Classes. Tel : 01379 783114 for further information.

Botesdale Village Hall

Saturday 19 April 10.00 am Church open St Mary’s Rick Inf

Sunday 20 April

EASTER SUNDAY

6.00 pm Zumba Rickinghall Village Hall

Monday 21 April

EASTER MONDAY

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Tuesday 22 April

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Redgrave Garden Club


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Friday 25 April 9.15 am

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Rickinghall Ramblers. Tel : 890237.

Beginners Tai Chi

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Saturday 26 April 10.00 am

10.00 am

10.00 am

2.00 pm

6.00 pm

7.15 pm

Church open

St Botolphs Bowls Club Open Day

Friends of St Botolph’s School Plant, Book & Cake Sale

Botesdale Red Cross Centre Lamb & Alpaca Day

Friends of St Botolph’s School Quiz Night - ticket only

Twinning Association’s Quiz Night - ticket only

St Mary’s Rick Inf

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Botesdale Market Place

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Botesdale Red Cross Centre Lamb & Alpaca Day

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Monday 28 April 2.00 pm

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Needlecraft

Royal British Legion Women’s Section

Botesdale Annual Parish Meeting

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Can you help? A railway enthusiast, Raif Pollo,

has contacted the magazine asking

for villagers help in tracing the

route of the Mid-Anglian Light

Railway. Detailed drawings were

drawn up in 1899 produced by

Victorian engineers Jeyes and

Godden of London. The 100 miles

of single track followed the

contours of the countryside so

there would have been no major tunnels or earthworks and was a

fast connecting trade route for agricultural produce in the days when

horse and cart was still widely used. The route connected with the

Great Eastern Railway main lines which ran through Diss and Bury

St Edmunds with a branch north to Attleborough linking with the

Norwich to Thetford GER line. Stations en route included Diss

North, South Lopham junction, Kenninghall, New Buckenham,

Redgrave, Rickinghall, Garboldisham, Stanton and Ixworth.

Provision was also made for a passenger service. Unfortunately the

MALR did not survive and sadly there is now no trace on the

ground of the route. But ... Do you know better? If you can help,

please contact Raif Pollo on 0104 2014 or through this magazine.

Rickinghall Antique & Collectors Fair St Mary’s Church, Rickinghall, Fabric Fundraisers will not be

holding the Antique & Collectors Fair on May Bank Holiday

Monday this year due to the low take-up by prospective stallholders.

Goods train at Rickinghall circa 1920’s

Brome Community Recycling Centre

Opening Hours

to end September 2014 Monday to Saturday (closed Wednesdays) -

9 am to 5 pm.

Sundays - 10 am to 4 pm.

Bank Holidays - 10 am to 2 pm.

Quatrefoil Update We are pleased to announce that a re-print of A

Walk Through Botesdale has now been delivered

after selling out before Christmas. Please would

all those people who have been waiting for it

contact Diana Maywhort on 01379 898785, Jean

Sheehan 01379 890237 or buy it from Hilltop

Hardware and Pet Food Store Botesdale. All of

the seven books now in the series are available

from the above.

Part 2 of Reflections on Redgrave has now been printed and is

available as above and also at the Redgrave Community Shop. All

the books in the series sell for £5, apart from the Rickinghall

Inferior Church Guide which is £3, available from the church.

The next book due to be published is Botesdale Medieval Market

which should be printed this month. This book has been researched

and written by Diana Maywhort.

Further information on the other books in the series can be obtained

from Quatrefoil’s website: www.quatrefoil.org.uk

Rickinghall Model Railway

Show - a special treat After last year’s successful pilot

Show, there is now to be an annual

Rickinghall Model Railway Show,

held jointly with Diss & District

Model Railway Society, and the first of these will be held in the

Village Hall on Saturday 3rd May. With different layouts from last

year, and in an even wider range of scales, this promises to be a real

treat for all. Enthusiasts will appreciate some serious railway

modelling, and the real excitement and buzz of such a Show will

appeal even to those who don’t think they’re particularly interested!

There will be eleven model layouts at the Show, ranging from the

tiny ‘Z’ and ‘T’ gauges through the very popular ‘N’ and ‘00’ to

the larger ‘0’ gauge, all of which will be running on the day. The

owners and operators will be delighted to share their knowledge,

expertise and enthusiasm with you.

Trade stands will be offering all things railway, from books through

DVDs, to the latest amazing digital accessories (with a

demonstration layout showing what can be done), and the widest

variety of model railway locomotives as well as rolling stock,

equipment and accessories.

The Historical Model Railway Society will be in attendance this

year, and they are one of the definitive sources of information on

Britain’s long and varied railway history, from the very beginning

to the present day. Whether you are a railway modeller, a railway

historian or a railway enthusiast you will find plenty to interest you

here.

In addition the B17 Steam Locomotive Trust return, having

attracted so much interest last year, to tell you about their plans to

build a new ‘Sandringham’ B17 Class steam locomotive, what

progress they are making, and to enthral all who remember the

heyday of steam in our region - along with the many younger

enthusiasts for such a project.

This will be an opportunity for a special day out, seeing and

learning about the history of our railways as they were, and in

miniature, with the opportunity to talk to real enthusiasts. This is a

really rather different event for Rickinghall Village Hall, so be sure

to put the date in your diary now - Saturday 3rd May!

For the past nine months there has been a

Thursday only service operating through

Rickinghall and Botesdale by the coach company,

Suffolk Norse. The No.143 starts in Bury St Edmunds at 09.35,

leaves Botesdale (opposite Simonds Court) at 10.10 and reaches

Norwich Bus Station one hour later. It returns from Norwich at

16.30, arriving back in Botesdale at 17.30. The single fare is £5.00;

the return is £8.80; with free travel to those seniors with bus passes.

The coach will stop at a safe place on demand.

There’s a vibrant city and swathes of Norfolk countryside waiting to

be explored.

Give it a go, and support the two counties initiative.

Wendy Lauder

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Ivy Farm from a postcard dated 1952

Ivyhouse Farm Ivyhouse Farm is situated in the centre of Redgrave Street virtually

opposite the site of the old petrol pumps. The listed building survey

dated the earliest part of the house to the late sixteenth century. The

house originally had a gable end to the road, the same as most of the

earliest houses in Redgrave. It has peg holes showing queen post

construction which was common to this part of Suffolk. The oldest

part is to the rear and had an addition at right angles at the front in

the seventeenth century. After further additions in the eighteenth

century it was largely re-roofed in the nineteenth century, and partly

re-built in the twentieth century. The house has a good brick cellar.

The fields of the farm stretched down to the stream which runs into

the Little Ouse River, and is the boundary between Redgrave and

Hinderclay. The farm was owned by Robert Butcher and occupied

by Osborne Butcher in 1845 at the time the Tithe Map was drawn

up. Osborne also rented other surrounding property and land nearby

from George St. Vincent Wilson.

The farm was in the hands of George Holt Wilson in 1856 as shown

in the Redgrave Estate book. George inherited the estate in 1852 at

the young age of 16 on the death of his father George St. Vincent

Wilson. John Wood Wilson, George’s uncle, managed the estate for

him in his minority and he began to buy up farms to add to the

estate.

Kelly’s directory of 1916 shows James Coburn Drummond, farmer

at Ivy Farm and 1925 includes Harry Drain, farmer at Ivy Farm.

George died in 1924, aged 88 and the estate was left to his son

George Rowland Holt Wilson who died in 1929. This meant that

the estate was hit by two lots of death duties in five years. Another

estate book was drawn up in 1932. At this time Butcher’s Farm was

let to D’Arcy Edmund Erith. His rent was £110 p.a. for over 118

acres of land, from 1927. Sometimes the farm is called Ivy Farm

and sometimes Butcher’s farm. It included the farm house and two

cottages. These were the two cottages which are now one house

called The Pink House on the opposite side of Redgrave Street

which was included in Butcher’s farm by 1932. Two farm workers

lived in these cottages with their families. D’Arcy also had to pay

£2.10.0. for repairs to the houses, and £12.10.0. for repairs to the

land.

D’Arcy Edmund Erith is in the 1933 Kelly’s Directory as a farmer

living at Ivy Farm. D’Arcy’s wife Ethel established a dairy business

from this farm and there is a photo of a milk bottle showing E. Erith

- Farm Dairy - Redgrave in one of the Shire Album publications on

bottles. Ethel delivered the milk by pony and cart, with the milk in

churns, and measures to ladle the milk into customers’ jugs. She

also made butter and cheese to sell. There was a slaughter house at

the farm and meat was sold. D’Arcy also farmed Green Farm,

another of the Redgrave Estate farms. One of their sons Kenneth,

was killed in 1944 in the Second World War. D’Arcy died in 1965

and the farm reverted back to the Redgrave Estate the following

October. Michaelmas, 29th September, is the traditional time for

farms to change hands. Son Michael Erith helped with the milk

round and later had his own farm at Wortham. Another son known

as Bob carried on a milk round later from Back Hills, Botesdale.

Cecil Wilby, a farm manager for the Redgrave Estate, occupied the

house when the Erith’s left.

Jean Sheehan, 01379 890237

The farm house. farm buildings and fields remaining with Ivy Farm

were sold to Nicholas Davie-Thornhill in 1971 by the executors of

John Holt Wilson who died in 1963. Most of the other land

belonging to the Redgrave Estate between Redgrave Street and the

stream was also bought by him to form part of the Hinderclay Hall

estate. The farm house was sold to Alastair Robertson in 1973.

Alastair later bought the farm buildings and a small amount of land

in 1975.

The farm buildings included the large barn next to the farmhouse

which is mentioned in The Buildings of England, Suffolk, by

Nikolaus Pevsner. At the time Alastair purchased this a committee

was trying to raise funds to build a village hall. He offered the barn

to the village but there would have been problems with parking as it

would not have been possible to park at the rear of the barn without

crossing his land. The barn had a thatched roof and one end had a

brick built Dutch gable. The barn on the village sign represented

this barn which had just been sold.

The farm house was sold to Mr and Mrs. J. Gosling in 1979 and the

farm buildings were sold to Leasenham Ltd.

The farm buildings were eventually re-developed in 1984 by Mr.

Bowden. The centre of the barn was knocked through to make an

archway to the rear. The barn was made into three houses, and a

further two houses were built on the sites of other buildings behind

the barn. Whilst the conversion of the barn was in progress the

Dutch gable end collapsed and part of the thatched roof fell in.

New plans were submitted which held the work up for several

months. Mr Bowden built the bungalow at the rear for his own

occupation and named it Flintstones. The whole development was

named Ivy Barns and was completed by 1987. When Fred and

Sheila Brooks bought Flintstones a few years later Fred thought it

best to change the name to Flint Cottage!

Acknowledgments :

Tim Holt-Wilson for Redgrave Estate information.

Dick Erith for information on the Erith Family.

Jack, the Westbourne village police officer, parked his van outside the police station in Havant and was about to collect

his police dog, a German shepherd, from the back. The dog was barking rather loudly and a little boy who was watching

asked the policeman, 'Is that a dog you've got there?'

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Di Maywhort, 01379 898785

Finningham Road to Abbots Hall Farm Just beyond Kiln Farm Lane, as the Finningham Road turns sharply

left is The Parsonage which was described in 1841 as ‘small but

remarkably neat and convenient, and contains four Bed Chambers,

a Lumber Room, and Fruit Closet above; a good Parlour, Hall,

Kitchen, Dairy, Washhouse and Pantry, with cellaring in the

Basement.

A lane called Old Brick Kiln Lane used to go off to the right from at

this point, passing in front of The Parsonage and ending at Kiln

Farm. It was closed in 1819.

To the left of The Parsonage stands Highways which was formerly

The Parsonage’s tithe barn. It is an early 17th century barn which had

a bungalow built inside the frame in 1954. At this time there was no

access to the barn’s upper area. In the early 1990s the present

owners opened an access and converted the upper storey making

three bedrooms. The principal rafters and the tie beams have sets of

carpenter’s marks; on the south side these are the usual Roman

numerals, however on the north side they are circles, which is very

unusual indeed. It would be interesting to see if any other buildings

in the area have the same carpenter’s marks. Today Highways is a

smallholding selling meat from animals such as Gloucestershire Old

Spot pigs raised on the premises.

Sunnyside Farm is a nursery with a farm shop selling fruit and

vegetables most of which are grown on the premises. The Mayhew

family have farmed here since 1969.

Falcons Hall used to be called Facons Hall and was the site of the

manor house of the Manor of Facons Hall. The earliest reference we

have to this manor is in a document of 1284 when Talbot son of

William Talbot leased the Manor of Rickinghall to John and Maria

Crowe. (1) It is not known where that manor house of Crowe’s Hall

stood, it could be near to the present day Suggenhall, however it is

more likely be on the site of Facons Hall. In 1306 the Talbots still

had possession of the manor but in 1305 Thomas Talbot had died

and his widow Joan married Walter Faukoun. He appears in the

1327 Subsidy return for Rickinghall Inferior in which he pays 3s 6d,

more than anyone else in either of the Rickinghalls. It seems that

Facons Hall took its name from this Walter Faukoun although in the

15th century it was often still referred to as ‘the manor of the

Talbots’. After Joan died her son Peter Talbott succeeded to all her

lands. In 1380 Edmund Talbot still retained the Manor. (2)

Sometime in the mid 15th century it came into the possession of

Thomas Hervy who died in 1476. His son, also called Thomas, was

in the service of Edward IV and by 1487 (after Henry VII had

usurped the throne) he had ‘no lands or chattels’. (2) It is probably at

this time that the Tyrells of Gipping acquired the manor. There must

have been bad feeling about this, for a court of enquiry in Ipswich in

1499 states that Thomas Hervy along with John and Simon Hervy

and three others ‘armed with sticks, swords, bills, daggers, bows &

arrows riotously entered the Manor called Facons hall & expelled

by force the said James Terell, knight.’ (3) This is probably the same

James Tyrell who was Master of Horse to Richard III and was later

executed for his supposed murder of the ‘Princes in the Tower’.

By 1507 the Yaxley family of Mellis owned Facons Hall. In 1525

Anthony Yaxley was accused of holding heretical views and there is

a document of recantation signed by him. (3) However his grandson,

William was a recusant (someone who refused to give up the

Catholic faith). In 1599 Anthony’s son Henry sold the manor to Sir

Nicholas Bacon. From then until the end of the 19th century it was

owned by the lord of the manor and leased to tenant farmers. In a

document dated 1620 William Rust leased the manor and the Rust

family appear to have still occupied it in 1674 for in that year the

Hearth Tax quotes William Rust as having 8 hearths implying

Facon’s Hall was a large house. According to Edmund Farrer the

families of Goate, Barnes, Maber and Mills followed the Rusts in

leasing the farm, the last three appear to have been related by

marriage. (3) In 1839 George Wilson was the owner and Noah Cook

was the tenant farmer. In 1896 it came into the possession of the

Barker family who still farm it today.

At the start of the drive is a semi-detached house built in the 19th

century as farm cottages. The date stone on the front has ‘1890

GHW’. George Holt Wilson owned Falcon’s Hall at the time.

Abbots Hall Farm which is situated on the left before reaching New

Delight Road is actually in Botesdale where a tongue of land reaches

down and ends at the Finningham Road. It appears to have belonged

to the lord of the manor for many years. In a land indenture from

1612 in which Sir Nicholas Bacon leased it to Nicholas Gosse it was

occupied by George Hasell. (4) Nan Hazel’s Lane is a green lane

which leads from this point up to Stubbing’s Entry near Botesdale

Common. It is not known who Nan Hazel was. She may have been a

relation of George Hasell. However there may never have been a

Nan Hazle: haysel is an old term for the haymaking season, perhaps

this was a lane used to grow hay – it appears that the lane was once a

drift and was part of Allwood Green. In a lease dated 1696 the farm

was leased to Thomas Flowerdew and had formerly been leased to

William Tiptot. (5) The barn has a date stone ‘1844 G St V W’ –

George St Vincent Wilson was the lord of the manor of the time. In

the early 20th century the Reynolds family were the tenant farmers.

In 1943 an American Fortress bomber crashed and caught fire in a

field near Abbots Hall. All 10 crew members were killed. They had

been trying to land at what they thought was an airfield but was in

fact a decoy airfield at Burfields, which is not far from the farm.

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“In Your Garden” “In Your Garden” “In Your Garden” “In Your Garden” with Ian Shilling of Tripp Batt Country Store of Stanton

April is always an exciting time of year for gardeners as

everything explodes into growth, and the days get warmer and

longer. Most people will by now have made their first cut of

the lawn, so it is safe to reduce your height of cut to the height

you wish to keep for the rest of the season. Some people prefer

to see the stripes in their lawn after it’s been cut, but

interestingly, this is a British phenomenon, and mowers with

rollers are made mainly for the British market. It is also a good

idea to give your lawn a boost now, and you can buy combined

treatments which feed the grass, as well as kill the weeds and

moss. Bare patches can be solved with Mircale Gro ‘Patch

Magic’ or Johnsons ‘Quick Fix’. New lawns can also be sown

(beware of feeding the birds!) or laid with turf.

Unfortunately the weeds also start to grow now, so think of

labour-saving ways to deter these. Weed-control fabric can be

used over the surface of the soil and then covered with a

natural material such as wood chips or decorative stones.

Seed sowing also gets into full swing this month. Tender

varieties such as Tomatoes and Cucumbers should be started

off indoors, making use of greenhouses and windowsills.

Home grown vegetables are really so rewarding, and you will

have the benefit of fresh food for the table and of course it is

easy to grow them organically. A packet of lettuce seed costing

less than £2 can produce a summer’s supply of leaves if their

sowing is staggered, so they really are good value.

Rhubarb should be covered if not already done so, and keep

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sets and shallots haven’t been pulled out by mice and birds,

and onions can still be set, especially now the soil is a bit drier.

Potatoes can be set as well, no later than April, and you may

want to put your fresh grass clippings in the ground with them,

as rotting grass gives nutrients and helps ward off blight.

Happy Gardening

Quiz Evening Thank you to all the people who supported the Quiz and Fish &

Chip Supper held recently to raise money needed for the repairs to

Rickinghall Inferior Church as shown in the 2013 quinquennial

inspection. A total of £490 was raised. Lesley Greenhough made

an excellent quizmaster. Richard from Botesdale Fish and Chip

shop managed to supply 96 portions, still hot!!!

Thank you to all the helpers for their individual jobs to make the

evening a success.

Jean Sheehan

YOUR MAGAZINE NEEDS .........

If you want our excellent and award-winning

parish magazine to continue then will someone

or some people please come forward to take it

over from Charles and Lesley.

The production of the magazine can easily be

split - editorial, advertising, collection and

collation and delivery to the three main

distributors covering the benefice.

Time is of the essence and if no-one comes

forward soon then it looks as though the

magazine will cease production by the summer.

IT IS UP TO YOU!

Ring Charles on 01379 890109 for more

information.

Forthcoming Annual Parish Church Meeting It’s not long until the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM)

takes place. This is a meeting at which we look back at the life of

the church over the last year. Copies of agenda and reports will be

available to all church electoral roll members prior to the meeting,

or by contacting the Rector on 01379 898685.

The APCM on Wed 30th April, 7.45pm, All Saints Church,

Redgrave.

Please note that the APCM is open to all on the Church Electoral

Roll.

Immediately prior to the APCM (at 7.30pm) there will be a ‘Vestry Meeting’ at which the Churchwardens are elected. This meeting is

open to all residents of the parish of Redgrave cum Botesdale and

Rickinghall and those entitled to vote are those who are on the

church electoral roll and those who are on the register of local

government electors. Candidates for the position of Churchwarden

need to be proposed and seconded at least two days before the

Vestry Meeting.

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Ronnie leaned forward and said in a stage whisper, 'Excuse

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'I should hope not,' stormed the woman, 'this is a private

conversation.'

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If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and waddles like a duck it

is a duck – a useful principle to remember.

I have had people say to me, “I’m a Christian but don’t believe a

word of it.” The Bible book of Acts tells the story of the formation

of the early church. The word Christian hadn’t been coined at that

time and they were known as believers. A Christian is someone who

believes in God, in Jesus Christ as the one that, through his death on

the cross bought forgiveness for all that will accept it.

When Jesus rose from the dead Thomas initially refused to believe.

As a result he had a meeting with the risen Jesus who told him,

“Don’t be an unbeliever, be a believer.” Someone who says that

they are a Christian but doesn’t believe a word of it might just as

well say that they are a duck.

I have also had others say to me, “I believe in God.” Applying our

principle of, ‘if it waddles like a duck it is a duck, if someone

believes in God they will behave as though they believe in God. If

you say that you believe in God and act as if he doesn’t exist you

are an atheist.

Another term used for the early Christians was ‘followers of the

Way.’ I presume that came from the words of Jesus when he said, “I

am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father

except through me.” Jesus is the way to God the Father so if you

believe in God you need to go the way of Jesus. That means that

you accept forgiveness through his death on the cross and, being

forgiven, you have access to God the Father. He hears your prayers

and you have a free pass to heaven things not available to those who

are not forgiven.

The very use of the word God implies that he is in charge of

everything which, in turn means he can decide things like our

eternal destiny and what is right and what is wrong. If we live our

lives with no thought of our final destiny or if we live never needing

his love or forgiveness we are living in the same way as an atheist.

And if we look like atheists and behave like atheists we are atheists.

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and waddles like a duck it

is a duck. If you look like and atheist and behave like an atheist and

live like an atheist you are an atheist. If you look like a Christian

and behave like a Christian and live like a Christian you are a

Christian so look at your life and ask yourself what you are by what

you see. Does the result tie up with what you say you are? If it

doesn’t then perhaps you are ....... ..... a duck?

I realised that it is interesting to

visit areas where one is bound to

see a wide variety of birds -

Lackford, Minsmere, even the

North Norfolk Coast, but one must

realise that locally there are many

birds to see and hear, and not only

those who visit our feeders.

Recently I have had to curtail my

long walks or visits to such places

and it is surprising what there is to

see and hear just outside our

gardens.

Our fields are full of Skylarks and

now they are singing in such areas

as Spring Meadows, Botesdale, and

the path to the bypass beyond

Warren Lane and the fields besides

a new path from Rickinghall

allotments to Fen Lane, Botesdale. Such areas have not been

cultivated for some time. Incidentally, Larks sing as they rise in the

air, Meadow Pipits as they descend.

I walked this latter path, with frequent rests, recently, and it is

surprising (if one has the patience to look and listen) what is about.

On this path were Skylarks, a Barn Owl (quartering), a Green

Woodpecker calling and seen, five Roe Deer, who did not appear

very upset at my appearance, and a Little Owl in a tree which I only

noticed because I had sat down and looked and listened. This owl I

have not seen for some time. It was in some branches in an old

leafless oak. We looked at each other for some time. It was real.

As I moved to get a better view, it turned its head and stared at me!

Little Owls are not native birds and were only introduced into this

country in the mid-1800s, mainly as pets, and because they were

particularly good at catching cockroaches!

I have written about the Thrush, but now the Blackbird has started

to sing. Its song is similar to the Song Thrush but pitched at a lower

level. The Chaffinch now has its full song, previously we heard

only half of it. Also, the Hedge Sparrow - this bird you see below

your feeders pecking at the ‘leftovers’, a dainty slim-build bird

which has a sweet trilling but persistent song. I don’t think many

people notice and hear it. Incidentally, the Hedge Sparrow is also

known as the Hedge Accentor. Its only other European relative is

the Alpine Accentor which you may see over 5,000 feet (up a

mountain). Our Robins sing all the year round and, strangely

enough, Mrs Robin also sings. And what about the Wren? Almost

our smallest bird but with a loud song considering its size.

Whilst driving the other day I saw a field full of seagulls, which,

from a distance, showed up a lot of white in their plumage; I even

wondered if they were locally bred white pigeons. However, on a

closer look, they had black backs and yellow legs. They were

Lesser Black Backed Gulls. These gulls are now tending to winter

in big flocks inland - plentiful in piggeries and landfill areas.

And, finally, following on from my writing about murmurations of

Starlings, a local ‘watcher’ has suddenly found an evening gathering

of these birds at the foot of his garden. They come in small groups

and fly around together, (2-300) before suddenly dropping into

some evergreens. They are very ‘talkative’ on arrival. He even

showed me a photograph he had taken to prove it!

Surely someone has heard a Chiff Chaff? And the Cuckoo will

soon be here.

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

RICKINGHALL

MODEL RAILWAY SHOW

with Diss & District Model Railway Society

SATURDAY 3rd MAY

RICKINGHALL VILLAGE HALL

10am – 4pm

Eleven layouts in popular scales

Trade Support / Specialist Societies

Admission £4, accompanied children £1

Raffle with prizes from our traders and societies

Refreshments available all day

Enquiries to 07930 188472

Advertise here. Suggested donation of £2 per insert per

month. Tel : 01379 890109

Following upon the last most successful

SANKEY EVENING Another will be held on

SATURDAY 10th MAY At 7 pm at the

METHODIST CHURCH Fen Lane, Rickinghall

When David Freeman will again be at the organ with his inimitable

style of humour to conduct us in a

CELEBRATION OF LIFE IN SONG

It is hoped to have a soloist to entertain us and there will be the

usual supply of home made cakes, tea and chat to follow.

A new banister rail has been added to the gallery to accommodate

the increased attendance.

Redgrave Church Heritage Trust invite you to their:

SPRING HISTORY WORKSHOP

"VAN DYCK IN ENGLAND"

Tutor : Jean Smith

at St Mary's Church, Redgrave

on Saturday May 24th from 10.30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Admission: £15 (including light lunch)

Jean Smith makes a welcome return to Redgrave, following

her earlier successful history days on "Victorian Art" and

"East Anglian Textiles". This Spring Workshop is of

particular interest, given the current efforts by the National

Portrait Gallery to save van Dyck's self-portrait for the

nation. Jean trained at Hastings School of Art before

teaching Art History and the History of Costume at Norwich

City College for 30 years.

To book a place: contact Mrs J. Shepherd, c/o Red House, The

Street, Redgrave, Diss, IP22 1RY or ring 01379 898450 or

898726; or send cheque to above address with stamped addressed

envelope. Cheques made out to Redgrave Heritage Trust.

The New Eye Theatre is coming to

Botesdale Village Hall on Saturday

3rd May and presenting two one-

act plays by John Gleeson : the

comedy “Body & Soulmates”

featuring Tim Hall and Jak

Quartermaine playing hospital

porters awaiting a night time duty

call to carry out a nervous duty.

Their tentative expectation reveals their fears and aspirations,

and the comedy/drama “Bus pass to Peterborough” which

features Helen Fraser and Rob Johnson as an unlikely couple

forced to wait together in an isolated rural bus shelter. Their

‘chalk and cheese’ lifestyles expose comic contradictions and

deep felt sadness.

Tickets : £9.50 / Concessions £7.50 are available through

01379 870316.

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Redgrave Neighbourhood Watch A meeting for all members of Redgrave Neighbourhood Watch and anyone interested has been arranged for Wednesday 16 April beginning at 7.30 pm in the Activities Centre. Our Police Safer Neighbourhood Team has been invited to send an officer to give an update on local police matters an to answer questions. As always light refreshments will be provided.

John Robinson, Area Co-ordinator on 890683

Bank Account Scam Mention was made of this scam in our March issue. However, it is on the increase. Please remember the following, and please alert older family members and friends to the tricks the scammers can use :

• Your bank or the police will never ask for your PIN, bank card or bank

account details over the phone - never give these details out.

• The police will never call you and ask you to withdraw money from

your account and will never ask you to hand over bank cards, to give to a

courier or taxi driver, regardless of how convincing the caller may seem.

• If you receive such a call leave the landline for at least five minutes to

make an outside call. Fraudsters will keep the line open and have been known to play ring tones, ‘hold’ music and a recorded message down the

phone so the victim believes they are making a call to a legitimate number.

• Use a friend or neighbour’s telephone instead.

• Friends, family, carers and neighbours are asked to spread the word

to ensure everyone is aware of this scam and not to give out personal

details.

Trading Standards Warnings Suffolk Trading Standards are warning residents to be mindful of so-called ‘Nottingham Knockers’ working in the area. They have recently become aware that a group of young salesmen, dubbed the ‘Nottingham Knockers’, have returned to our part of the country. Named after a scam originating in Nottingham, young people travel across the UK targeting a town at a time. They knock at doors and claim to be ex-convicts attempting to mend their ways, before trying to sell the householder everyday household products at very high prices. Trading Standards always advise residents to refrain from buying at the doorstep and not to buckle to pressure from salespeople offering supposedly one-off ‘buy it now’ low prices.

These Nottingham Knockers work in groups across the country but they are not involved in any officially recognised offender rehabilitation programme and many do not possess Pedlar’s Certificates, which are issued by police and are necessary for salespeople to be legally allowed to sell door-to-door. If any salesperson comes to your door, Trading Standards suggest you ask to see their Pedlar’s Certificate – these are only issued to individuals under very strict conditions. You can contact the police station it was issued at in order to prove if it’s genuine. If a Nottingham Knocker visits you, please inform police on 101 and/or report it to Trading Standards on 08454 040506.

Local Contact Details For Neighbourhood Watch contact your local Co-ordinator, or else in Botesdale and Rickinghall Peter Beck on 01379 890495, (email : [email protected]), and in Redgrave John Robinson on 01379 890683.Contact Details; Mid Suffolk North Team, The Lodge, Castleton Way, Eye. Tel No – 101. Email – [email protected] Non emergency calls and enquiries to the Police, please ring 101.

Emergency calls—Fire, Police, Ambulance, dial 999.

Carol’s Coffee Morning will be held on

Thursday 12 June from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm at

Caradale, The Common, Rickinghall, in aid of

St Nicholas Hospice Care at Bury St Edmunds.

Stalls include :

Carol’s Cakes, Plants, Books, Bric-a-Brac,

Nearly New, Body Shop products, Phoenix

Cards, Raffle and Tombola

Entrance : £1.00.

Enquiries to Carol on 01379 898029.

Friends of St Botolph’s will be

holding their Annual Garage Sale Trail

through Botesdale and Rickinghall on

Saturday 17 May.

Time : 9 am to 12 noon.

There will be refreshments and a car wash

at the School.

Full details in May magazine.

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We welcome Lady Xa Tollemach of Helmingham Hall

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The Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Treasuring Christianity in Suffolk 100 Years 100 Treasures A glossy, full-colour book to celebrate

our magnificent churches and their

treasures is now available to mark the

centenary of our Diocese of St

Edmundsbury and Ipswich.

Our Diocese was formed in March 1914

from parts of the dioceses of Norwich

and Ely; the parish church of St James,

Bury St Edmunds became our Cathedral.

The 120-page book 100 Years, 100 Treasures: A Celebration of

Suffolk Churches, costs just £5 a copy and is part of the 2014

Centenary celebrations that start in earnest in March when the

Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Justin Welby, visits Bury

St Edmunds.

The book features ‘treasure’ from every period represented in the

diocese from the Anglo Saxons and Normans through to the Middle

Ages and on to the Victorians – in fact right up to the present day.

The concept of pilgrims and visitors touring parishes to discover

these remarkable treasures ties in neatly with the Centenary theme

of ‘Pilgrims in Time’. They are of special significance to the

churches which nominated them.

Generous sponsorship means that the book will retail for only £5;

the normal retail price would otherwise have been significantly

more. If you buy the book through your parish rep, then your

Church is able to retain £2 of the cost price of £5. Please contact

the Revd Chris Norburn on 01379 898 685 for details and to place

your order(s).

Rotas Chapel of Ease Redgrave Rickinghall

Sidesman Lector Sidesman Lector Sidesman Lector

6th April Mrs Wright Mr Wright Mrs Wilson All Saints All

Together

Mrs Foster Mrs Bennett

13th April Mrs Cordeaux Dr Cordeaux Mrs White Mrs Shepherd

17th April

18th April Mrs Hilliard TBC

20th April Mrs Moss Mrs McGrath Mrs Lamb Mrs Whitehead

27th April Mrs Walker Mr Walker Mrs Sheehan Rector

Flowers

6th April LENT LENT

13th April LENT LENT

20th April EASTER - all helpers please EASTER - all helpers please

27th April Mrs Cordeaux “

7.30 pm - Joint Holy Communion, Methodist Church

Readings for Parish Church Sunday Services - April

Date 1st reading 2nd Reading

Sunday 6th April Romans 8 : 6-11 John 11 : 1-45

Sunday 13th April Psalm 118 : 1-2, 19-end Matthew 21 : 1-11

Sunday 20th April Colossians 3 : 1-4 John 20 : 1-18

Sunday 27th April Acts 2 : 14a, 22-32 John 20 : 19-end

A request for help Dear Friend

Like every household your parish church needs to keep up with the

cost of living. While we are as careful as possible with our funds,

expenses like heating, insurance, clergy and many other day-to-day

costs mount up. We receive some money from funeral and wedding

fees and also from fundraising during the year, but the vast majority

comes from regular church members giving faithfully each week

through their weekly envelopes or standing orders.

I would like to thank all who on a regular basis support the work

and ministry of the church, it is very much appreciated. There may,

however, be some who live in our communities who would like to

consider making a regular donation to support the work and

ministry of the church here in this parish. If you are able to do this

please can you contact our Treasurer, Mr. Rob Rixon, Calkewood,

Calkewood Lane, Rickinghall IP22 1NB Tel 01359 253492.

If you are a tax payer please can I encourage you to Gift Aid your

donation. This allows all charities to claim the basic rate of tax on

your donation. Again our Treasurer will help explain how you can

do this.

Thank you for reading this and if you have any further questions

please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.

With best wishes to you and your family

Revd Chris Norburn

The Rectory, Bury Road, Rickinghall Tel 01379 898685

As I was changing the spark plugs in the car, I decided my

young sons ought to learn how it was done. “Why do we

need to know that?” one asked. I told them that some day

they’d undoubtedly have a car of their own and would need

to know how to do minor repairs.

“Can’t my wife do it?” asked my eight-year-old.

Mary L

Quiz show funny ...

Anne Robinson : Which Indian leader, whose last name

began with ‘G’ took the title ‘Mahatma’?

Contestant : Geronimo.

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• Funerals arranged by trained, experienced staff, in a friendly environment or in the comfort of your own home

• Free transport for visits to registrars, our Chapel and other related appointments

• Bereavement support group – open to all in need

24 hour telephone number: 01379 871168

Office and Chapel of Rest located at: The Old Stables, Chestnut Farm,

Langton Green, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7HL www.susanwhymark.co.uk

e mail [email protected]

Susan Whymark Funeral Service is independent of any large corporation and truly owned and run by the Whymark Family

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Parkview Chapel—

Sundays Weekly at 10.00 am Communion

11.00 am All Age Worship

Between these two services, from 10.30 to 11 am, tea and coffee will be served

Tuesday 8th April 9 am to 12 noon ‘Coffee on the Corner’

Thursday 3rd & 17th April 2.00 pm Ladies Meeting (Praise Hour)

Thursday 17th April 7.30 pm Crafty Corner - time for those pastimes that you don’t ever have time for.

Bring your craft projects and spend an evening working at it in

company.

Saturday 12th April 8.30 am Men’s Breakfast

Saturday 12th April 7.00 pm Quiz Night, see ad on Page 7

Regular Activities Parkview Youth Activities—some of these activities do not take place during school holidays.

Weekly home groups on Tuesday and Wednesday

Phone 01379 898924 or 783216 for more details. http://www.parkviewchapel.co.uk

Botesdale Methodist Church

Sunday Services at 10.30 am unless otherwise indicated.

Sunday Club is at 10.30 am. All children are welcome to join the Club’s activities.

6th April Rev B Trudgian Communion

13th April Mrs Brown

20th April EASTER SUNDAY Mr D Freeman

27th April Mr R Wade

Saturday 5th April 10 am to 12 noon Coffee Morning

Thursday 17th April 7.30 pm Maundy Communion Service

Friday 18th April GOOD FRIDAY 9.30 am Walk of Witness from Rickinghall Church to Botesdale Market Place

Bible Study Alternate Mondays at 10 am. Acts of the Apostles

Christian Forum Tuesday 1st April at 7.30 pm. Citizen’s Advice Bureau with Jill Bennett

Wives Group Wednesday 16th April at 7.30 pm. A Hands-On Craft Evening. Bring & Buy Stall

Café Church - doing it differently - interactive and discussional

Sundays at 10.30 am

at Redgrave Activities Centre

All are very welcome

Contact Nyall Davies, tel : 01379 897067

Also Passover Meal on Thursday 17th April at 7.00 pm. As Jesus did it.

JUNIOR FRIDAY CLUB

School Years Reception - 6

Fridays 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm

SENIOR FRIDAY CLUB

School Years 7 – 11

Fridays 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

For further information check out the

website

www.parkviewchapel.co.uk

or call Kev Gladwell on 01379 898924

JUNIOR CHURCH

School Years Reception - 11

Sundays 10.30 am - 11.30 am

PYP

School Years 9 - 13

Sundays 7.00 pm - 8.30 pm

CROSSTRAX

School Years 6 - 8

Mondays 7.00 pm - 8.15 pm

PARKVIEW YOUTH some of these activities do not take place during school holidays.

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6th April ’14 5th Sunday of Lent 8:15 St. Botolph’s, Botesdale BCP Communion

10:30 All Saints, Redgrave All Saints

Altogether An interactive service for all ages 6.30pm St. Mary’s, Rickinghall Evening Prayer

17th April ‘14 Maundy Thurs-day 7.30pm Methodist Church,

Botesdale United Holy Communion

18th April ‘14 Good Friday 9.30 Walk of Witness from Rickinghall

Village Hall to Botesdale Market Place for

10am United Service

2.00 St. Botolph’s, Botesdale Devotional Service

13th April ’14 Palm Sunday 8.15 St. Botolph’s, Botesdale BCP Communion

10.30 St. Mary’s, Rickinghall CW Communion

With children & young people starting in Rick-inghall Rectory, Bury Rd, for Story Tellers

All Saints

Redgrave

St. Botolph’s

Botesdale

St. Mary’s

Rickinghall

Also this month

Tue. 1st April. from 10.00am

“Open House” at All Saints

For coffee, cakes and chat

Wed. 2nd April. 10.00am

Albert Close Communion

Thur. 17th April. 9.45am

Farnish House Communion

These services are open to everyone

Thurs. 10th April 7.15pm

“Spearhead” All Saints, Redgrave

A time of worship and prayer for revival here in this area

Thur. 3rd April 7.15pm

The Rectory, Rickinghall

Tues 15th April 7.15pm

All Saints, Redgrave

A time of revitalising prayer for the work of the church in the community.

4th May ’14 3rd Sunday of Easter 8.15 St. Botolph’s, Botesdale BCP Communion

10.30 All Saints, Redgrave All Saints All Together

6.30pm St Mary’s, Rickinghall Evening Prayer

“Together in these villages we offer Christ’s healing grace through our worship and service.” For more information; Revd Chris Norburn 01379 898685

20th April ’14 EASTER DAY 8:15 All Saints, Redgrave BCP Communion

10.30 St Mary’s, Rickinghall Family Communion

He Is Risen!

27th April ’14 2nd Sunday of Easter 8:15 St. Mary’s, Rickinghall BCP Communion

10.30 All Saints, Redgrave CW Communion 10.30am Messy Church in Botesdale Village

Hall with Coffee, Cakes and fun for all ages

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