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KelvedonKelvedon Parish Council Magazine

Edition 21 • Quarterly Summer 2019

News and events from your Parish Council

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Welcome to the June edition of Kelvedon News.

We hope this edition of Kelvedon News finds you well. We’ve been hard at work in the process of updating the Parish Council website and we now have profiles of each of the councillors, so you’ll be able to get to know more about the people who are currently representing the village in this capacity and be able to put faces to names.

Just a reminder that the Parish Council offices are now located in the Old Bank building, next to Brimpton House. Please do feel free to drop in – the hours that we’re open to the public are listed in the Clerk’s Report.

In this edition, you’ll find articles on a variety of topics, including a list of the upcoming events in the village and an update regarding the potential closure of the Library. Also included is a survey, which can be torn out and returned to the Parish Council offices or to the Museum. Please do take the time to participate in the consultation, even if you don’t currently use the Library.

We also have a report from the Chairman of the Parish Council and a regular update from the Parish Clerk, Pippa Potter.

As always, we’d love to hear if you’d like to contribute any articles to future editions of the magazine or if you have any upcoming events that you’d like to make local residents aware of. You can contact us at

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Meet Your Parish CouncillorsKelvedon Parish Council Offices: Suite 1, The Old Bank, 63 High Street, Kelvedon CO5 9AE

01376 570285 [email protected] www.kelvedon.org.uk Kelvedon Parish Council

The Parish office is normally open to the public on Mondays and Thursdays from 9:30am to 12:30pm (excl. bank holidays). We can be reached by email and telephone as below

Parish Clerk - Pippa Potter01376 570285

County Councillor - Robert [email protected] 570254

Clerk Assistant - Sue Green01376 570285

Paul [email protected]

Jennifer [email protected]

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Your Member Of Parliament Priti Patel MP - 0207 2193528

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Cllr James Astley [email protected] 210102

Cllr Mike Pilbeam [email protected] 621246

Cllr Anne Tremain [email protected] 394416

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Art ExhibitionOne of our local Kelvedon artists, Sheila Martin, will be taking part in two exhibitions over the summer:

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Tips on how to be Plastic FreePlastic has been an extremely topical subject over the last few years as many ‘plastic free’ schemes have successfully started up in towns all over the country this year.

If you would to do what you can to help the environment and reduce plastic consumption here are some helpful tips on what you can do at home:

• Try and cook more from scratch • Buy loose fruit and veg instead of plastic wrapped items• Take your own tubs to the butchers or meat counters at supermarkets, and loose dry goods from your local package free shop • Re-use paper bags• Instead of using cling film or foil to keep food in the fridge, improvise and use a bowl with a plate on top to act as a lid• Fold up a shopping bag to carry with you instead of purchasing more • Invest in a reusable bamboo coffee cup or water bottle rather than buying single-use ones each time you want a drink • Make your own cleaning products -

a lot can be done with citric acid, bicarbonate of soda and white vinegar

Recycling plastic water bottles will help conserve natural resources, in particular, oil, which is a non-renewable resource, again in limited supply. Furthermore, reducing your plastic use will reduce the amount of plastic manufactured which in turn reduces the amount of carbon dioxide produced from making plastic, reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and helping decrease the amount of pollution in the air and our water sources.

The world needs all the help it can get right now, so try and incorporate some of these tips into your daily life and you might find yourself saving money and as well as the planet you live in.


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Following the Parish Council elections, all of our previous Councillors have been returned to office for a further four-year period. We are extremely lucky and unusual as a Parish Council, in that we have an almost 50% representation of male and female Councillors, with a very wide range of ages. This has benefitted the Council and the parish, in that the views and needs of most sections of the community are represented and heard. This will continue to be reflected in the policies and the direction in which the Council wish to go over the course of this term.

Later this year, the Parish Council will be celebrating it’s 125th Anniversary. Parish Councils were formed in 1894, with the first meetings in Kelvedon taking place on 4 and 14 December that year. We have some interesting projects and ideas in the pipeline to link in with this, and further details of some of these will appear in the next edition of the magazine.I would also like to highlight the work of the Allotment Association, who are running the day to day management of the Stoney Flint Allotments on our behalf.

A tremendous amount of work has been undertaken by the allotment holders to improve and maintain the site, so much so, that there are only a very small number of vacant plots at the moment, compared to around a quarter lying empty a couple of years ago. The number of allotmenteers has increased so much that the lack of toilet facilities has become very apparent.

At the May Council meeting, the Parish Council agreed to buy a composting toilet, which will be installed with the help of volunteers, as soon as we are able to.

To ensure that the composting toilet is managed sustainably, we will be providing toilet rolls and refillable liquid soap from a local zero waste shop, who supply them free

of plastic packaging. We are also doing the same in our office.

Our composting toilet will be ‘twinned’ with a new toilet in a developing country. This will be built using our sponsorship and will bring dignity to local people, along with a reduction in avoidable disease.

Another initiative being introduced shortly is the recruitment of Community Special Constables. Please see the article later in the magazine which will detail the scheme.

Hope you all have a good summer.

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Last month Kelvedon Parish Council voted in favour of recruiting up to three Special Constables to work here in Kelvedon. This follows a public consultation which saw residents overwhelmingly supporting the scheme, and Kelvedon Parish Council is now working with Essex Police to recruit the right people for the role.

Special Constables are volunteer police officers who work with and support their local police force. ‘Specials’ come from all walks of life - they are teachers, taxi drivers, accountants and secretaries, or any number of other careers. They all volunteer a minimum of four hours a week to their local police force, forming a vital link between the regular police and the local community. Once trained, Specials have the same police powers, uniforms and equipment as regular Police Officers but sacrifice their free time on a voluntary basis, organising their busy personal lives, day jobs and other commitments around police duties. They do not get paid, but are reimbursed for expenses, and Kelvedon Parish Council will be responsible for funding these expenses for the Specials working in the village. KPC have budgeted for up to three candidates here in Kelvedon. Responding to the decision to recruit three specials here India Jayatillake, Chairman of Kelvedon Parish Council, says: “Following a very warm reception from local residents for the proposed Special Constable scheme Kelvedon Parish Council has voted to support the scheme, and we will be budgeting for up to three Special Constables to work in Kelvedon. We will now be working with Essex Police to recruit the right people for the roles, and look forward to having a police presence in our village once again. “While crime levels remain low in Kelvedon, this scheme will ensure that when residents do have concerns about crimes or antisocial

behaviour there are police officers available with local knowledge who will be able to act in a timely manner.” If you are interested in becoming a Special Constable here in Kelvedon, or would like more information on the scheme, please get in touch with the Parish Clerk by calling 01376 570285 or email [email protected]

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Your Chairman - Cllr India Jayatillake

Welcome to the June edition of Kelvedon News. We’ve had a busy few months since the last edition, with a very well-attended Annual Parish Assembly, a working party formed in order to resist closure of the Library and local elections taking place.

Election ResultsIt’s been a very busy time in government overall, with local elections, Brexit negotiations and European elections will have been held by the time this magazine reaches you.

There’s been no change in terms of the Parish Council. However, we do have an extra seat available, so we’ll be advertising to fill the vacancy shortly.

Locally, there’s been a change at District level – we now have two new Braintree District Councillors, Jennifer Sandum and Paul Thorogood. They’re both very active in terms of campaigning against developments in the area that could have a negative impact on local residents and we look forward to working closely with them. Robert Mitchell remains our Essex County Councillor and we expect to continue our good working relationship with him. Our thanks to both Robert, and John Elliott for the years that they’ve dedicated to serving as our Braintree District Councillors.

Kelvedon LibraryThanks so much to all of you who took the time to complete the Essex Libraries consultation regarding potential closure of the Kelvedon Library.

In order to give us the best possible chance of moving Kelvedon Library from closure to being a community-run facility (Tier 4 to Tier 3), a working party has been formed. This includes our District Councillors and County Councillor, members of both Feering and Kelvedon Parish Councils, the Heritage Society and a representative of the Aylett’s Foundation Trust, who own the building in which the library is housed. We are all working together to ensure that a library is retained,

preferably in its current location. We are extremely grateful to all those who have registered their names as potential volunteers in order to run the library as a community – if you are interested in doing so and haven’t already, please could you give your details to the clerks of either Kelvedon or Feering parishes.

It is also very important that the library building is used as much as possible, in order to retain it as a community space and to enable the library opening hours to be extended. If you have a group that would like to book the library, or a plan to set a group up, any funds raised will go towards the costs of running the building. This will also mean that the financial burden on both Feering and Kelvedon Parish Councils will be reduced.The working party have put together a short survey that is included in this issue – please do take the time to complete the survey and submit it to the Parish Council offices or to the Museum. Even if you don’t currently use the Library, your views will be greatly welcomed – we’re aiming to make the Library a real community hub, as useful and flexible to the residents’ needs as possible. Our thanks in advance for your help.

Special ConstablesFollowing on from an overwhelmingly positive response during our Annual Parish Assembly, I’m delighted to announce that Kelvedon Parish Council have voted to proceed with recruiting up to three Special Constables in the village. Further information is given in an article elsewhere in this issue.

Parish Council OfficesThe council have now been located in the former Barclays Bank building in the High Street for over a year. It’s been a very positive move for the Parish Council, as we’re now much more visible to the local community than in our previous location and it’s easy for people to stop past as they walk up and down the High Street. Do feel free to pop in to visit Pippa and Sue if you have any issues you want to raise, or questions you’d like to ask – and don’t forget that we stock recycling bags!Planning and Neighbourhood Plan


I’m very pleased to announce that, after the enormous amount of work that’s been undertaken by a dedicated team of volunteers, the Kelvedon Neighbourhood Plan has finished the consultation period for Regulation 14. We have several meetings ahead of us in order to prepare for the next stage, where the Plan will be examined by Braintree District Council, including meetings with a planning consultant, in order to ensure that we’re in as strong a position as possible to work towards the Plan being adopted.

Braintree are still looking to finalise and seek approval for their Local Plan, which will inform and influence planning matters going forward –in particular housing proposals.

In Kelvedon specifically, we’re still awaiting a more detailed application for the land behind Station Road (Monks Farm) and a decision on an outline application for land behind London Road. There are still potential developments at Feering and Coggeshall, as well as West Tey. A consultation regarding the plans for an incinerator at Rivenhall is currently taking place and there was an opportunity to meet the people involved with this project at the beginning of February, in Coggeshall. We await the outcome of this consultation.

All of these developments require infrastructure improvements on a large scale, specifically of the A12 and A120. The decisions regarding the potential upgrade of the A12 have been postponed because of last-minute changes to Colchester Borough Council’s housing proposals. However, a new route for the A120 has already been proposed – Route D of the 5 routes that were being consulted upon. If this is approved and funding is obtained, it would mean that the A120 would run from Galleys Corner in Braintree to a junction with the A12 to the south of Kelvedon (although the exact location of this junction will be determined by the outcome of the A12 upgrade consultation).

I’m aware that this section of my report hasn’t changed in some time – I sympathise that the

speed of development can often seem very slow. However, please rest assured that the Parish Council stay well-informed regarding any local development plans and we always take advantage of our ability to respond as statutory consultees.

ConclusionThanks to all of you who exercised your democratic right to vote during the local and European elections and we hope you have a wonderful summer. We will continue to represent our residents to the best of our ability and we hope to have some positive news for the community soon.

Thank you all for your support in terms of keeping the Library open, as well.

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Keeping your pets cool during summer.During hot temperatures it’s important to ensure pets have a cool, shaded area to spend time and it’s even more important for short nosed or flat faced dogs, such as Pugs and English Bulldogs, are they have a higher chance of suffering from heat stroke.

Smaller animals also need your help too! Pets such as rabbits, guinea pigs and birds will benefit from moving them into areas will cooler flooring, if this isn’t possible, providing ice packs or a frozen water bottle for them to rest against will help with their body temperature. Ensure the cage is directly out of sunlight.

Water, water and more water.It should go without saying but fresh, cold water, and a lot of it, is vital during these hot days in summer. Don’t be frightened to fill

some plastic bowls up with water and ice and place them in the shade outside for the wildlife, it’s not only your little guy who needs help!

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Essex Country Council’s analysis has concluded that there is low evidence of need for a library in Kelvedon and it can close.

Feering and Kelvedon Parish Councils strongly oppose the view that our library is not needed. It is a vibrant and important resource for the two villages, and we are exploring how we can continue to offer you, our residents, a library service and community learning hub that meets your needs.

So, tell us what you need! With your help we can design a service provided by the community, for the community and not lose this valuable local resource.

Paper surveys can be returned to Feering or Kelvedon Council Offices by no later than 30th April. An online version can be completed using the following link until the 5th May https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/9SW698V

1. What is your age? 17 or under 45 to 54 18 to 24 55 to 64 25 to 34 65 to 74 35 to 44 75 or older

2. How often do you use Kelvedon Library? More than once a week Weekly Monthly Infrequently Never

3. I use the library for: (tick all that apply to you) borrowing books for myself borrowing books for my children borrowing books for another family member buying books

printing, photocopying and scanning the computers and wi-fi an event small electrical and battery recycling collecting refuse sacks finding out information about Kelvedon I do not use the library

4. What events have you attended at Kelvedon library? RhymeTime Sessions Children’s Craft Sessions Lego Club Knit and Natter Other (please specify) I have never attended an event

5. If you do not use the library or only infrequently why is this? (tick all that apply to you) It is not accessible for my needs I cannot travel there It is not open at times that are convenient for me It does not offer any events I am interested in It does not stock any books that I am interested in Other (please specify)

6. What does the library NOT offer that you would like to see? This could be additional resources, groups, club, events, fundraising ideas or anything else! This is YOUR library and we want to know how YOU want to use it.

Kelvedon and Feering Library Survey


THANK YOU

Please return paper surveys to:

Feering Parish Council, Feering Community Centre, Coggeshall Road, Feering, Essex CO5 9QB

Kelvedon Parish Council, Suite 1, The Old Bank, 63 High St, Kelvedon CO5 9AE

Feering & Kelvedon Local History Museum, Aylett’s Building, Maldon Road, Kelvedon, Essex CO5 9BA

Saturday 20 July – Monday 2 September

The Summer Reading Challenge this year is out of this world as it’s inspired by the 50th anniversary of the moon landings. Children aged 3-12 will be challenged to read 6 books to earn cool space themed stickers and if they complete the challenge a certificate and medal. With a specially designed activity for the 0-3 there’s intergalactic fun for all the family over the summer holidays. Find out more about how to take part on our website.

Can you help?Essex Libraries are looking for volunteers aged 14 or over to help children with this year’s Summer Reading Challenge. Volunteers will join children to the challenge, talk to them about their books and hand out stickers and rewards. It’s fun and great for CVs! Find out more on our website.

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Kelvedon and Feering village events 2018Diary Dates 2019 Event Contact

May 14June 4July2September 3

Kelvedon Full Parish Council meeting – 7.30pm Suite1, The Old Bank, 63 High Street, Kelvedon CO5 9AE

Tel: 01376 [email protected]

May 21 - June 18July 16 - September 17

Kelvedon Parish Council Planning Committee and Neighbourhood Plan

Tel: 01376 [email protected]

June 8 PROS & CONZ Concert @ Kelvedon Institute Hall. Door open 7.30 for 8.00pm Proceeds in aid of The Sailors Society. Tickets £5

Tickets available from David Irwin in person

Fri May 10 - Fri June 14Fri July 12

Kelvedon Youth Forum Disco – in back room of Labour Club Hall, High St Kelvedon. 7.00pm-9.00pm £2.50

Tel: Larry on 07889021921

3rd Tuesday in each month Feering Flower Club- at Feering Community Centre, Coggeshall Road, Feering – 7.30pm – Members £4.50 – Visitors £8 (Gala or open evenings £12)

For information contact:Sue Bunting 01376 571069

Every 2nd Wed in each month Kelvedon Women’s Institute meet at The Institute, High St. Kelvedon. Visitors welcome for a donation of £2.00,doors open 7.45pm for 8.00pm start

President on01376 561627

Every alternate Monday KELVEDON GOOD COMPANIONS OVER 60’s CLUB meet at the Labour Club for HOI Bingo Entertainment and outings

Contact: Angela on 01376 571490 Joyce on 01376 571474

May 6 Feering May Fayre, at The Feering Community Centre, Coggeshall Road, Feering CO5 9QB 2-5pm Free Entry and parking

Annie Northfield ClubChairman/Secretary on 01376 517527

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Kelvedon Players present –Insignificance by Terry Johnson at The Institute, High Street, Kelvedon. Adults £10.00 Concessions £8.00 –8.00pm

URC Praise in the park at Kelvedon Recreation Ground 3.30pm

St Mary’s Parish Church Fete 3.00-6.00pm (launching water bottle rockets to commemorate 50th anniversary of first moon landing)

The Kelvedon Community Festival at Kelvedon Recreation Ground from 12 noon to 7pm. See web site for further details

Feering and Kelvedon Garden Club, The Institute, High St, Kelvedon. (Doors open at 7.30pm) Membership £6 with a £1 entry fee

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The Rotary Club of Kelvedon and District was formed in 1975 as a spin off from the Witham Rotary Club. Its first President was John Dunn, former manager of the Barclays Bank branch in Kelvedon. Since those early days, the membership has fluctuated widely but currently stands at twenty five members, including three lady Rotarians and six Associate members. Members are drawn from the local villages and also further afield such as Colchester, Little Bentley, West Bergholt and Mersea.

One of Rotary’s greatest achievements is the part it played over more than thirty years in the battle to eradicate polio from the world. The Kelvedon club, with support from Wilkin & Sons, was instrumental in launching across Great Britain and Ireland the Purple4Polio campaign to raise funds for the project. 52,000 jars of jam were provided free by the manufacturer and donations from Rotarians, their friends and families together with members of the public raised more than £400,000, with an assisted grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Thirty years ago, polio was widespread and killed and disabled many hundreds of thousands. Today it occurs in just two countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and there have been only six cases reported so far this year. Rotary is determined to see the project through until the disease is eradicated everywhere.

The club’s biggest fund raising activity is the Father Christmas sleigh which tours the local villages each December, collecting donations from households and members of the public shopping at retailers in Tiptree. It’s a great success with the children excited to see and meet Santa, often passing on their present wishes for Christmas night.

This and other fundraising activities enable

the club to support various local, national and international charities and good causes. These have included the Nepal earthquake, a maternity delivery suite in Rwanda and, closer to home, the annual Two Villages Association distribution of retailer vouchers to senior citizens at Christmas and a garden improvement project for the former Abbeyfields residential home in conjunction with Honywood School pupils.

The club works closely with local schools in activities such as running mock job interviews and has recently had success in establishing Rotakids Groups at St Mary’s Academy, Kelvedon and other primary schools in Tiptree and Tolleshunt D’Arcy. It also supports the Green Power project at Thurstable School, an international scheme which challenges students to build and race a battery powered car.

Fellowship is an important aspect of Rotary and many social activities are enjoyed throughout the Rotary Year, which runs from 1 July to 31 June. Our Classic Car Rally, now in its fifth year, culminates with a family BBQ event and attracts entrants from across Essex and Suffolk.

The club meets every Tuesday at 6.45pm at The Blue Anchor, Feering and visitors are always welcome.

Contact Ken Aldred on 01206 751397 or email [email protected] Web site www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/homepage.php?ClubID=1415

Kelvedon & District Rotary Club


An evening of outstanding live music with 10 piece jazz funk fusion band WEST 54, featuring top musicians from across Essex, playing some of the best contemporary sounds from this genre, together with some funky classics. Supported by Live Lounge style band First Principles, playing great songs by great writers (some familiar, some not) looked at through fresh eyes, often stripped back to basics, to allow the beauty of the song to shine through.

Come and fall in love with the music all over again.

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Food Bank Appeal

This year we have seen a significant increase in the number of single people and families who have had visit us, which is why we are asking for people to donate from our Winter Appeal List. We have provided over 39,000 meals between January and December 2018. Unfortunately the demand continues. Any donation will make a difference.

� Fruit Juice (1lt Long life) � Long Life Milk � Instant Mash � Sponge Puddings � Tinned Tomatoes � Tinned Rice Pudding � Packet Soups � Custard (that can be made with

hot water) � Pasta Sauce

� Chocolate Bars e.g. Penguins, Kit Kat etc.

� Biscuits � Tinned fish � Tinned Fruit � Sugar (500g bags) � Tinned Cold Meat � Coffee (small jars) � Tinned Spaghetti � Jam � Packet Rice (500g)

Non-food items

� Nappies (all sizes) � Antiperspirant � Toilet Rolls � Baby Wipes � Toothpaste � Pet food � Toothbrushes � Non-bio washing powder

We ask for small packs as larger packs do not fit in our boxes making it difficult for our clients to carry home. Also, we are unable (for hygiene reasons) to split large size or catering packs. Food donations can be made via your local library in Braintree, Witham, and Halstead.

We follow the standards set by the Food Standards Agency. We can only accept donations of unopened and undamaged goods that are still well within their “use by” date (no less than six months if possible). Items which do not meet these requirements cannot be used and your donation may be wasted. On behalf of all our visitors we thank you for your generosity.


Sounds Right Phonics (Intermediate) 2.5-4 years

9.15/ 10.15am

Kelvedon Small Hall

£35/term [email protected]

Sounds Right Phonics 12-30 months

11.15am Kelvedon Small Hall


Canonium Scouts: 10.5-14 years old

7.00-8.30pm

Kelvedon Scout Hut

Sarah Tassell at [email protected]

Iceni Gymnastics Club: recrea�onal classes for boys and girls 5 years +

6.00-7.30pm

Unit 1B, Moss Road, Stanway, Colchester CO3 0LE

Contact Anne�e

Anne�e Bateson on 07773 891563

Bright Sparks baby group: 0-1 years


£4 Contact Vanessa Buckland on 07504 456593

Bright Sparks toddler group :1-4 years



Eagle Cubs: 8-10.5 years old 7.00-8.30pm

Kelvedon Scout Hut


Kelvedon Dance Studio ballet for 3+

evening Kelvedon URC

[email protected] 01376 571718, Hannah 07952 297859

Teddy Bear Club: A service of prayer & praise followed by refreshments, play and chat. All ages. Term �me.

9.30-11am

St Mary’s Anglican Church

Dona�on Revd. Simon Garwood simongarwood@[email protected] 01376 573701

Feering Baby and Toddler Group: A playgroup suitable for ages 0-5. Term �me only.

9.45-11.45am

Feering Community Centre

£2.50 per family

www.facebook.com/feeringtoddlergroup, Laura 07760196157 or Becca 07971939644




Little Lambs: 0-5 years, meet in main church, followed by free play

10.30am in term �me

Kelvedon United Reformed Church

FREE

Rhyme Time: 0-5 years 2.30-3pm Kelvedon Library

FREE 0345 603 7628

Kelvedon and Feering Youth Club: school years 6-9

4.30-6pm in term �me


£1 per session

In this feature we will be looking at the masses of amazing activities available for babies, toddlers, children and young people

in and around Kelvedon village.


Sounds Right Phonics (Intermediate) 2.5-4 years

9.15/ 10.15am

Kelvedon Small Hall


Sounds Right Phonics 12-30 months



Canonium Scouts: 10.5-14 years old

7.00-8.30pm

Kelvedon Scout Hut


Iceni Gymnastics Club: recrea�onal classes for boys and girls 5 years +

6.00-7.30pm

Unit 1B, Moss Road, Stanway, Colchester CO3 0LE

Contact Anne�e

Anne�e Bateson on 07773 891563

Bright Sparks baby group: 0-1 years



Bright Sparks toddler group :1-4 years



Eagle Cubs: 8-10.5 years old 7.00-8.30pm

Kelvedon Scout Hut





Teddy Bear Club: A service of prayer & praise followed by refreshments, play and chat. All ages. Term �me.

9.30-11am

St Mary’s Anglican Church

Dona�on Revd. Simon Garwood simongarwood@[email protected] 01376 573701

Feering Baby and Toddler Group: A playgroup suitable for ages 0-5. Term �me only.

9.45-11.45am

Feering Community Centre

£2.50 per family

www.facebook.com/feeringtoddlergroup, Laura 07760196157 or Becca 07971939644




Little Lambs: 0-5 years, meet in main church, followed by free play

10.30am in term �me


FREE

Rhyme Time: 0-5 years 2.30-3pm Kelvedon Library

FREE 0345 603 7628

Kelvedon and Feering Youth Club: school years 6-9

4.30-6pm in term �me


£1 per session

Spanishtastic toddler class 9.45-10.30am

Kelvedon Small Hall

Sylvana Rebaza on 07780 435710

Panther Cubs: 8-10.5 years old

7.00-8.30pm

Kelvedon Scout Hut


Kelvedon Junior Players: 8-16 years +

4.45-6.30 in term �me

Kelvedon Ins�tute

Approx. £20/year

Rosemary Townsend on 01376 512985

Little Stars: Singing, ac�ng and dance classes. Free trial available. Ages 3-6/6-16.

9.45am Kelvedon Ins�tute

See website

h�p://li�lestarsworkshops.co.uk

Kelvedon Library Children’s Craft Morning: Every first Saturday of the month.

10.00 – 12.00

Kelvedon Library

FREE [email protected]

Feering Falcons Youth Football: Under 7s

9.00-10.00 (in season)

Kelvedon Playing Field

Craig Smith on 07961 807979


9.15-10.15


Gemma Phoenix on 07814 555949


8.45-10.15


Adam McInnes on 07796 637181


9.00-10.00 (in season)

Astro pitch at Thurstable, Tiptree

John Valerkou on 01376 573110 or 07949 142517

Kelvedon Dance Studio modern, tap and jazz

Kelvedon URC


Colts (Cricket) training: 5 years +

9.45-11.30am

Kelvedon and Feering Cricket Club

Hugo Bibby at [email protected]

We are really interested to hear about your experiences and to receive recommendations of additional activities and classes. Let us know your favourites and we’ll be sure to feature them in

the next edition. Information should be sent to: [email protected]


Many thanks to One Stop ‘Carriers for Causes’, Cllr Robert Mitchell’s donation from the BDC Community Grant and to Kelvedon Parish Council for helping Kelvedon in Bloom replace the rotten trellis fences at Pensioners Piece on the corner of Station Road and Kelvedon High Street. We used concrete posts to replace the old wooden posts and to make maintenance easier in the future and also took the opportu-nity to replace some of the planting.

Thank you also to the ladies of Kelvedon WI who work to keep this little oasis pruned and watered!

Work continues around the village replacing wooden structures that have rotted over time and getting ready for the “big summer strip”. This year we will be planting mostly gera-niums in the hopes of

another long, hot, dry spell - famous last words and tempting providence here! If you have a tub or planter outside your house or business the ‘bloomers’ would appreciate it if you could water it from time to time.

By the time you read this we will also have held our annual plant sale, held on the land by the new small hall at the back of the Institute. Thank you to the various ‘bloomers’ and others who have potted up cuttings and grown plants from seed and also special thanks to ‘ex-post-man John’ who grew lots of vegetable seed-lings for us. The sale generates a lot of village interest for Kelvedon in Bloom - and makes a significant contribution to our funds. Our next fundraiser will be a repeat of our very success-ful quiz and raffle run by John Mcmanus and his wife Elaine - watch out for the date!By Gillian Westall

Kelvedon Parish News

KELVEDON IN BLOOM


SUNDAY 9TH JUNE AT HATFIELD HOUSE


Both the Heritage Society committee and museum stewards have often been asked to help identify the people, places or even events in old pictures that families have come across. Or simply asked whether we would like copies of old Kelvedon or Feering photographs for the archives and the answer is usually, yes please.

Well, if you have any such pictures, now is the chance to bring along those pictures either on the day or ideally during the month of June to the museum to be part of our Midsummer Mysteries event.

We will make copies of the photos and post im-ages up on the day for everyone to enjoy and if there are any mysteries that need answering, maybe our visitors will know the answers.

The event will be free, with refreshments availa-ble to purchase on the day. Even if you have no pictures to bring, do still come along for a nat-ter and to view the old photos – you may even be in some – and enjoy a cuppa and maybe a giggle about how we all looked in times past!

We also plan to have some old pictures of our villages you may never have seen before and also some amazing aerial pictures from the museum archives we would like your help with in dating. They were taken sometime around the mid 1970’s to mid 1980’s and it’s a chance to spot your own house or maybe see different views of properties you have walked past for years.

There will be new exhibits in the museum, including more about how to research your family or property histories using photographs, clothing and even street lighting.

If you have any pictures we could use for the event, then the museum is open on Mondays from 2pm – 5pm and Saturday from 9.30am – 12.30pm and will take receipt of any pho-tographs in June ready for the event itself. The photographs will be returned as soon as possible to you.

We look forward to seeing you all on the day. By Anne Townley

MUSEUM- MID SUMMER MYSTERIES

Kelvedon Parish News



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We would like to thank all our supporters for the sell out event Queen ll, on April 24th. It was a fantastic evening and enjoyed by everyone, sorry if you missed it but make sure you come to our next fundraising event which will be the famous “ Glass Onion Band “ at Kelvedon Institute on November 1st. Tickets will be on sale later, details will be on our facebook page.I know it’s only May but our Christmas Fayre date is November 29th. Bookings are already going well, so if you would like a table please contact Anne on 07983394416 or Jeremy on [email protected] now or you may miss out on this great evening.

Wishing all our supporters a great summer and see you on November 1st.

By Jeremy Doughton

Kelvedon Community Association

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Ayletts trust has been part of the villages of Kelvedon and Feering since 1637, when Thomas Aylett of Durwards Hall left money in his will for a school. The building in Maldon Road was built soon after that.

Cromwell’s troops billeted themselves in the building during the siege of Colchester in 1648, and in 1739 an enquiry found the building to be “ruinous and unsafe, without seat or flooring, windows and roof ready to fall in”. resulting in the rebuilding, which is the date you see on the wall inside the current Library.The School closed in 1842, with the death of its then head master, John Fuller. This was a time of great change in education - attendance at school had become law in 1833 and the government was giving grants for primary schools, also inspecting them for quality. Much of the provision had been taken up by the established Church of England, the “National Schools”, but the non-conformist Churches were beginning to build schools to cater for their congregations’ children, the “British Schools”. In 1846, the building reopened as a British School, with a local business man, John Orst, as Headmaster.

An Infant class room was added in 1886, which is now the Museum Room, due to demand. In 1902, schools were effectively nationalised with County Councils taking

responsibility and many schools in joint management as “non-provided schools”, as was the case for both the Maldon Road British School and the Church Street National School.

During the First World War, troops were again using the building, with the school relocating to the Quaker Meeting House just behind the

High Street. The last lessons took place in the building in 1944 - both schools had merged by this time to become St Mary’s C of E Primary, with the bulk of teaching happening at the Easterford Rd building, now the Health Centre, our building being used as the school kitchens and dining hall. Many residents remember walking across for lunch, until the new building opened in Docwra Rd in 1969.

June 1970 saw the Library move from its old home in St Mary’s Hall in the High St to the Ayletts building.

The Museum was opened at Easter 1975.

The Library has been central to our communities and is now under threat of closure and the Ayletts Trust has been pleased to able to help facilitate the joint Parish Council Working Group in finding a way to try to keep a community lead facility operating from the building. I am sure you or your children have benefited from the summer reading schemes or Story time / Rhyme time.

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Elsewhere in this magazine, you will see the Parish Council’s response and a survey - please do help us by completing the survey, especially if you don’t use the library at present. We need to know what you would like to see, to create the service you would use. Please also let us know if you would like to help run this and if

you have a skill to offer - perhaps to tutor at a homework club or to lead a coding club or to run a music for adults group. Please help our community to thrive by helping one of the oldest organisations to create some of the newest.


Perhaps now is the time to try something different and take up gardening, with an allotment. Stoney Flint Allotments can be found just over the railway lines in Church St, Kelvedon, accessed by the lane adjacent to the houses on the right and we have a number of plots available for immediate occupation. The normal rent is £30 per year, payable in September, but these are now on offer at half price for the remainder of this year.

We currently have nearly 60 tenants actively involved in managing their plots, growing a wide variety of vegetables, fruit and flowers, many of whom will be only too pleased to offer advice and sometimes assistance to new plot holders. The Allotment Association is actively involved with the day to day running of the site on behalf of the Parish Council, and regularly hold work groups and barbeques at the site. They are currently raising money and seeking grants to install a composting toilet on the site. With over 20 active female gardeners regularly working on their plots, we have recognised how important it is that we provide adequate facilities for use by all. Members of the Association are also able to

purchase seeds from Kings Seeds at half price at the end of each year.

There is no restriction on age, gender or where you live, we only ask that if you take on a plot you work it and grow produce. We have tenants aged from 17 to 80 years living in and around Kelvedon, who have enabled the site to grow and develop over the years, but there is still room for a few more to join us. The best plots

will obviously be taken by the first applicants, so why not take the step.

Becoming an allotment tenant could not be easier. A call to Derek Walsh on 07708016974 or e mail [email protected] will result in an offer of a conducted tour of the site with the opportunity to take immediate occupation of a plot. The paperwork can be sorted out afterwards with the Parish Council. We have a set of rules and conditions for tenants on the site, which are not onerous or over restrictive, but are designed to make it a pleasant place for all to enjoy the fruits of their efforts. We look forward to seeing you in the near future.

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