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THE WISSETT WEB

DELIVERED FREE TO EVERY HOME IN WISSETT BIMONTHLY NO 110 JUNE 2015 VIEW ONLINE VERSION AT WWW.WISSETT.ONESUFFOLK.NET

BELLRINGING – ‘A MERRY SOUND’ Sundays: Two or three services per month. From ½ hour before service. Fridays: Practice from 5 - 6.30 pm There will be no Friday practice if there is to be ringing on Saturday morning.

WISSETT VILLAGE CALENDAR - UPDATE Thank you to all who have provided or offered artwork and photo-

graphs to be included in the forthcoming Wissett Village Calendar!

There is still one month to go before the closing date on 1st July, so please do

think about items for consideration. We are particularly interested in colour-ful and original artwork to balance the photographs we have already ob-

tained. Pictures do not necessarily need to be of scenes in the village, so

subjects from the surrounding area might also include wild animals, farming activities,

flowers, shrubs and trees or anything else you think might be of interest.

We aim to have the calendar ready for sale from September and profits will go to the

Community Council to help support future activities in the village.

We can accept pictures of almost any size, as they will be photographed and adjusted for

printing. Photographic submissions can be scanned from a hard copy or printed directly

from a memory card, if you are using a digital camera.

Please deliver your artwork or ask for it to be collected, by arrangement,

with: Hetty van Wijk, Woodville Buntings Lane If you already have a photograph on your computer that you would like to be

considered, please e-mail it directly to Hetty at:hettyvw@hotmail.com

WISSETT OPEN GARDENS

SUNDAY JUNE 7th

12 noon - 5 oclock

Thirteen gardens Plant and garden tool sale

Wild flower meadow, Garden railway,

Moated Suffolk farmhouse

Teas, ice creams

Admission £5 (includes tea) Children under 12 free

Available from the village hall

Dogs welcome - on leads

Proceeds to St Andrew’s Church Fabric Fund

PRE-LOVED CLOTHES

SALE BRIC-A-BRAC & BOOKS

Saturday, May 30th

10.00 am to midday

MANOR FARM BARN

WISSETT Raising money for St Andrew’s Church

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FUN AND FRIENDSHIP AFTERNOONS

Third Wednesday in every month 2 pm - 4.30 Lovely

teas and lots of games; ludo, snakes and ladders, whist,

scrabble, jigsaws, dominos, boggle etc, are played. The

tea is free, provided by the ladies and gentlemen of the

PCC and friends. You don’t have to play games, just

come for tea. It’s in the Village Hall. Everybody wel-

come! JUNE 17th & JULY 15th.

JUNE SERVICES 7th - No service in Wissett 14th - Parish Eucharist (Edward and Claire) 9.30

21st - Morning Worship (Claire) 9.30

28th - Short half-hour informal service with Croissants and

Coffee afterwards. For all ages. 9.30

JULY SERVICES 5th - No service in Wissett

12th - ? Parish Eucharist 9.30

19th - ? Parish Eucharist 9.30

26th - ? Evening Worship 6.30 At time of going to print we don’t know the services for July

BUT these are educated guesses. Please refer to Team Times or the church notice boards for the correct information. TUESDAY PRAYERS & COFFEE BREAK

First Tuesday of every month in the church at 10 am: prayer

meetings with a focus on prayer board requests.

Coffee Break, from 10.30 to 11.30.

Just come for the coffee and a natter if you want.

JUNE 2nd & JULY 7th.

ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, WISSETT

WORKING PARTY IN THE CHURCHYARD . Thank you Julian, Andy, Michael, and the rest of the team for all the work you do to keep it all looking so good. BUT they need help. It’s a never-ending job, like painting the Forth bridge! There’s always something to be done. Weeding the path, trimming and strimming round the graves. It’s all got to be done. If you can’t manage Fridays, any day will do. When the pub is open again you can reward your-selves with a refreshing somethingorother!

NEWS FROM ST ANDREW’S CHURCH The Annual Parochial Church Meeting was held on 21st

April. This is a legally constituted affair with a long com-

pulsory agenda, in spite of which it includes a thorough

review of the previous year, and discussion of the pro-

spects for the coming one: do think of coming next year.

The PCC was re-elected en bloc, except for George Long

who retired; Geoffrey Kiddy retired as Treasurer after

many years, and Nick Evans is taking this on for the time

being. Other posts remained the same.

A few skilled gardeners generously contributed a fine

array of plants for the Plant Sale on 4th May, this year

organised by Alan Witherby. A good number of probably

equally skilled gardeners bought briskly, and about £250

was raised.

In the same week, on 9th May, Jeremy and Camilla Prior

kindly let us use their barn room for a wine tasting and

food matching evening, introduced by Rob Chase from

Adnams. About £650 came from this most enjoyable

event.

The next day it was very nice to see people from all over

the Team for the Rogation Walk, in fine weather, up to

Spexhall and tea.

The pattern of services continues as announced, and the

next event in church is a concert on Friday 10th July.

Finally on Saturday 30th May, 10.00 a.m. to midday there

will be a sale of bric-a-brac, books, clothes, etc., at Man-

or Farm: contributions of stuff are needed please, before

the day and we can collect. Then please come and buy.

Maggie and Nick Evans.

WISSETT PARISH COUNCIL NEWS

At the Annual meeting of the Parish Council on 21st

May 2015 Hannah Pretty read the Chairman’s report for

the previous year. The finances were in good order and

thanks were given to retiring members of the Council;

Anne Andrews, David Ball and Wayne Taylor.

The Parish Council meeting followed immediately after

the Annual Meeting.

Hannah Pretty was elected Chairman and Matthew

Wetmore Vice Chairman for the coming year.

Paul Parry was co-opted onto the Council to take one of

the three vacant positions. Paul has experience of being

a Parish Council member in his previous village and is

looking forward to working for Wissett.

Keith Fawkner-Simpson will attend the September

meeting to present the outline of a Village Emergency

Plan.

A new waste bin has been supplied for the Village Field.

Nobody had responded to the advertisement for some-

one to cut the grass verges outside the Village Hall and

the Village field. Waveney District Council will be

asked for a quote.

The hedges will be cut after the nesting season.

The accounts were to be sent for external audit.

The Clerk presented a list of village assets for discus-

sion.

Two planning applications were considered and agreed

by the Council.

The next meeting will be on Thursday 16th July to

which all parishioners are invited. If you wish to speak

you must arrange this beforehand with the Clerk.

WISSETT CARPET BOWLS

The carpet bowls league matches have ended

and Wissett finished 4th in division 2. The club are

enjoying ‘roll-ups’ on Wednesday evenings.

On May 8th nine members attended the Herit-

age Coast presentation night; no prizes for us but

we all enjoyed the supper and entertainment. David

Copeman our team captain has been ill for several

weeks and is now awaiting a major operation. We

wish him well. Bill Simpson is our new treasurer

and has become a very good bowls player. Peter

Hughes is now acting captain while David is un-

well.

YOGA In the Village Hall on Monday afternoons, 1.30 - 3 and Friday evenings, 7 - 8. Angie leads us calmly through the positions. Beautifully relaxing and stretching, your suppleness will amaze you!

Did you grow your SUNFLOWERS?

Who can grow the tallest one by the end of the school holidays?

Sadly, for personal reasons, Vicky is moving from

Wissett and so has closed The Plough.

The good news is that there will be new licensees

from August. Kevin and Kate, with their family, will

be running the Plough. They have been running rural

pubs for the last nine years.

We wish Vicky and Stephen a happy life in their new

home.

Rumburgh Garden Club

JUNE 3rd – Wednesday -11.30am – Beth Chatto

Gardens, Colchester

CO7 2DB – Tel: 01206 822007,

www.bethchatto.co.uk

Internationally famous gardens, including dry,

damp and woodland areas.

Meet at the Rumburgh Buck Car Park at 11.30am.

ETA at Gardens 1.00pm, there is a café at the gar-

dens. Entry to gardens is £6.95. Coach cost to

members £5.00 – non- members £7.50.

JULY 1st – Wednesday 6.30pm – Wissett House,

The Street, Wissett.

Louise Harris has very kindly offered her sensation-

al cottage garden for our annual charity event. Look

round the garden (compulsory) then enjoy Pimms/

wine and barbecue. £7.50 per person, proceeds to

Pancreatic Cancer Research.

AUGUST 1st – Saturday- The Annual Rumburgh

Produce Show. Details to be announced.

NEED HELP WITH YOUR COMPUTER? Peter Sparrow, from Chediston, can give you friendly

advice and assistance on PCs, laptops, tablets and

smartphone repairs, maintenance, installation, supplies

and upgrades.

queries@petescomputerservices or 07758076177

www.petescomputerservices.co.uk

WELCOME To all newcomers to the village. We hope you’ll be happy here. We have a village book which is free to all house-holds called “A Walk through Wissett,” by Helen Flaxman, our Village Recorder, and Diana Fernando. Written in 2000/2001, it is a story of the village within living memory, house by house. For your FREE copy phone David Ball on 874599. If you would like a 2nd copy they are now £5each.

Wissett Community Council

HORTICULTURAL

SHOW Saturday July 18th

WISSETT VILLAGE HALL Open to adjoining parishes

Entries staged from 10 to 12 noon Judging 12 noon to 2 o’clock Open to the public 2 to 4

Entrance 50p includes tea and biscuit. (exhibitors free)

WISSETT VILLAGE HALL COMMITTEE

Invites you to the

WISSETT VILLAGE BARBECUE

Saturday July 25th

at the Village Hall

More details on posters

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USEFUL INFORMATION

DOCTOR

Cutlers Hill Surgery, Halesworth 874618

3-PLUMBING & OIL-FIRED BOILER MAINTENANCE

Kevin Hawes 874708

AVON TOILETRIES

Hannah Pretty, 3, Brickhill Cottages, Wissett 835780

Alice Mitchell, Spexhall 781659

BUILDING CONSULTANT:

Al Campbell. Design and Build. 874976

DOG GROOMING/BOARDING

Byebrue 785264

ELECTRICAL

Darren Alden. 8 Brickhill Cottages 07880791116

Chris Calver 07777675204 or 874046

GARDEN PLANTS

For sale outside 20 The Street

and 9 The Street

LANDSCAPE GARDENING

M.J.N. Landscaping. Michael Newbon 7584050440

LAWN MOWING & GARDEN MAINTENANCE

L & M Garden Services 873966

MILK

WILL’s LOCAL Marybelle Milk and cream. 0800 434 6212

POLICE OFFICER:

Simon Green 835300

WINES

“In the Pink” 872579

Wissett Wines 07867009967

MOBILE LIBRARY. Alternate Tuesdays 1.40 to 2.00

at The Old Swan

ALCOHOLICS-ANONIMOUS

at The Harmony Centre Walpole 0207 40 30 888

Any news, views or comments for inclusion in the Wis-

sett Web to Jenny Ball, Editor, Birches, Wash Lane, Wis-

sett. 01986 874599

BEFORE 20th JULY

Please note: The editor’s decision is always final.

IAN WOOD LAWN MOWER & STRIMMER REPAIRS

Ride-ons, hovers, petrol-driven, electric

tel/fax 01986 782340

WISSETT LODGE Award winning Self-catering accommodation

01986 873173 www.wissettlodge.co.uk

BOND’S FARM SHOP, WISSETT Local produce

Derek and Cynthia Nunn offer you home grown fruit and vegetables in season

at competitive prices.

HETTY’S NEEDLES Knitting and sewing classes in Wissett: knit-

ting: Monday a.m. Sewing: Tuesday evening.

For details visit www.hettysneedles.com

May 31st and July 5th

Painting and drawing workshops with Ian Read, Artist

and tutor. Mixed media. Mixed ability. BYO materials.

10-3 including lunch. £25. half day possible.

Telephone Hetty 872211

LOCAL SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Beavers, Cubs and Scouts

Meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Contact Brian Howard at 1 Brickhill Cottages Wissett

01986 875551

or brian@iminter.co.uk

Scout HQ is in Chediston Street, Halesworth.

CALVER ELECTRICAL Domestic Rewires ~~~ Consumer Unit upgrades

Extra Sockets ~~~ Lighting ~~~ Phone & TV Points GARDEN LANDSCAPING

HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE Tel: 01986 874046 Mob: 07777675204

MIKE KING. 07710984663 or 01986 875974 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

BIRD TROUBLES SOLVED: Chimney cowls, vent caps, bird guards fitted.

Flexible liners. Ladderwork. Woodburning stoves installed/refurbished Free inspection and advice service.

GETTING MARRIED?

Mimi, our lovely creamy col-

oured 1939 Alvis, is available for wedding hire or for other

events such as proms. Discount for Wissett residents.

Tel: 01986 872331

RARE BREED NORFOLK HORN LAMB

From the Wissett Flock

Whole or half lambs available to order

A selection of frozen joints, chops etc are available

from Wissett Lodge

Phone Geoffrey or Claire Kiddy 01986 873173

YOU DON’T HAVE TO DRINK TO SUFFER FROM ALCOHOLISM

Has your life been affected by someone else's drinking? AL-ANON MEETINGS MAY BE FOR YOU

7.00pm Wednesday meetings The Harmony Centre, Walpole, IP19 9BB

phone: 0207 40 30 888 or www.al-anon.org.uk

VILLAGE TENT

rates for the hire of the village tent:

Wissett residents……...£35 Non-residents…..…£70

Phone David Ball if you want to hire it: 874599

Help sometimes needed on the day if possible.

Hair dressing in your own home Call Karina on 875974