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The Bradley Bugle December / January 2017 Issue 209

Fabulous Fireworks!

‘Burns Night’

Ceilidh

Saturday

28th January

Many thanks to all those involved withorganising and helping with this year'sbrilliant Bonfire and Fireworks; to theRyders for the use of their field and toall villagers and friends that camealong to support the event. Yourfantastic generosity provided a smallprofit so next year’s display can beeven better!

In this month's BugleVillage Diary Page 2

Village Notices & Lottery From Page 3

Church Services Page 7

What’s On Out & About From Page 9

Articles & Information From 0

Village DiaryAll events take place in the Village Hall unless otherwise stated.

Coming up Soon …

‘Burns Night’ Dance Saturday 28th January 2017 Details p.5

Archive Exhibition Friday 24th – Saturday 25th February 2017 Details p.6

Weekly Events

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING

Lively, light exercise and fun!Contact Ella Hollins on 710340

Mondays 2 – 4pm

FLEXIBLE FRIENDS Gentle stretching exercises, restarted 6th Sept. (Term-time only) Contact Jacquie on 783354

Tuesdays10:30am – 12 noon

ART CLASS Great Bradley Art Classes take place in the Village Hall.New Members are always welcome. If you would like to come along for a free taster session then please contactAnne Pigden 783175 or Pat Spires 783269 for details.

Tuesdays 2 – 4pm

PILATES Contact Helen Axon mob: 07843 097671 Tuesdays 7:30 – 8:30pm

WEA 2017 Term starts 17th January 10am at the Village Hall when we will be hearing about the media and Blockbuster Movies. Please join us for a taster week. For further details please contact Peter Smith on 783278.

Wednesdays at 10am(Details p.4)

MOBILE LIBRARY Evergreen Lane 12:10 – 12:35pm (Rt 18 – Stp E)http://suffolklibraries.co.uk/community-services/mobile-libraries

Wednesday 7th Dec. & 4th

Jan. 2017 (Every 4 weeks)

AFTERNOON CLUB All welcome, all ages, all interests. Come and meet neighbours for tea, cake, loads of news, views and lots of laughter. Contact Gill Dunn on 783362.

Thursday 8th December

SLIMMING WORLD New group started 20th October, please contact Magalie 07453 469366.

Thursday 7.30pm.

BLUE BIN ONLY Fridays 9th & 23rd December; Saturday 7th & 20th January 2017

BLACK & BROWN BINS Fridays 2nd & 16th, Saturday 31st December; 13th & 27th January 2017

Further Ahead …

Cheese and Wine Evening Friday 3rd March, 2017

Jumble Sale April TBA - pls keep any suitable items for us when you are having your post xmas clearout!

Bluebell Walk Saturday, 29th April 2017

Farm and Woodland Tour Saturday, 3rd June 2017

Further Afield …

THURLOW WI Come and join us at our next meeting for a demonstration of the washboard used as a traditional musical instrument. Contact Arline (783132) or Karen (783022) for more details.Visitors always welcome.

Tuesday 10th January 2017 7.30pm at Thurlow Village Hall.

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Local News & Notices

Thank-you!Can I say a big thank-you to the motorist who stopped his car to rush to my assistancewhen I had a fall on Saturday October 15 th. Also to Sally who stayed with me tocomfort me whilst my husband went for the car. Thank you both for your kindness.

Sheila May

Great Bradley Village Hall Lottery DrawWell, the new Village Hall Lottery Year has got off to a splendid start, with new names and more entries than westarted last year with - so a big big * thank you * Great Bradley!

As we have more entries, we can start the new year with some bigger prizes , which must be good !

So at a GBVH Fundraising Committee meeting on Nov. 9th, the following numbers were drawn:

1st Prize £15 No 61 Roy Dunn, Evergreen Lane

2nd Prize £10 No 56 John Barnett, Fox Cottage

3rd Prize £5 No 24 George Hendry, Rose Cottage (At Last ! ! )

4th Prize £5 No 21 Simon Kiddy, Evergreen Lane

5th Prize £5 No 23 Maureen Barnett, Fox Cottage

Remember - even though the new lottery year has started, it's not too late to take part, and new entries are very,very, welcome - and of course it will now cost just £11 per name for entries starting with the December draw.Entering the Lottery helps our lovely Village Hall stay the warm and bright place it is, and the top prize alwaysreturns more than the initial stake. Just phone George Hendry on 783415 for details how to pay online, pop acheque in the post to Rose Cottage, Gt Bradley CB8 9LQ, or simply accost George if you see him wanderingaround the village, as he is apt to do !

Promoter - George Hendry, Rose Cottage, Gt Bradley, Newmarket, CB8 9LQ. Tel: 01440 783415.

Registered with St Edmundsbury Borough Council as a Small Society Lottery for the Gambling Act 2005,Registration Number SL3204.

Road Closure December 2016The B1061 is to be closed from 13th to 16th December from Thurlow Road through TheStreet to Mill Farm. The times will be 9.30am to 3pm each day.

The closure is so they can do some patching work in preparation for a full surface dressingnext year. They have said that they may be able to do some remedial work on the floodingoutside nos 7 & 8 Spring Barns although not strictly on their remit at this time.

Suggest you don't follow the official diversion which looks like it's over 20 miles long!

[Keep upto date via: https://suffolk.roadworks.org/]



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Dogs!We had a report recently of a dog out of control on the recreation ground. The owner was unable to recall the dog after it had run off to the other side of the rec to ‘investigate’ another smaller dog with its owner. It took a while for the owner to retrieve their dog, whilst the animal continued jumping up, barking and intimidating the other owner and their puppy. We would like to remind owners to ensure that their dogs are under control at all times whilst on the rec and if they are likely to run off they should be on a lead.

There have also been increase in the number of dog fouling incidents on the rec and surrounding areas, and particularly a worrying number in the children’s play area, by the equipment. This is extremely irresponsible, and we strongly remind owners that it is their responsibility to clean up after their dog. And also to remind their children to do this if they are the ones taking the family pet for a walk whilst they play!

[On behalf to the Parish Council]

WEAPlease join us for a taster week to hear about the media and in particular BlockbusterMovies. Promises to be very interesting and entertaining. We meet at the hall 10am onJanuary 17th and who knows we may even have popcorn at the interval.

For further information please contact Peter Smith on 783278.

Christmas is coming! Let the shopping begin!!!

Did you know that whenever you buy anything online - from your weekly shop to your annual holiday - you couldbe collecting free donations for Great Bradley Village Hall?

There are over 3,000 shops and sites on board ready to make a donation, including Amazon, John Lewis, Aviva,thetrainline and Sainsbury’s – it doesn’t cost you a penny extra!

It's as easy as 1, 2, 3...

1. Head to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/greatbradleyvh/ and join for free.

2. Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping.

3. After you’ve checked out, that retailer will make a donation to our Village Hall for no extra cost whatsoever!

There are no catches or hidden charges and Great Bradley Village Hall will be really grateful for your donations.

We currently have 29 supporters - but we need more! We need YOU!!!! With those 29 supporters we areaveraging approximately £50 per quarter - think what we could do with more supporters.

Christmas is coming, shopping has begun! Don’t forget EasyFundraising and Great Bradley Village Hall!

Thank you for your continued support!

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me: Debra Fletcher - 783437 or [email protected]



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The Ceilidh: How about trying something a bit different?

If you read the Great Bradley Bugle from cover to cover (of course you do!) You willhave noticed an item on the calendar for the end of January. We thought we would trysomething a bit different and that enlivened those darkest winter days of January.

This time of year coincides with ‘Burns Night’, a celebration of the life of ‘the Baird’,Robert Burns, author of many Scots poems, on or near the anniversary of his birth –25th January. You may know that this traditionally involves the consumption of copiousamounts of haggis and not a little drinking. However, we have decided that this maynot appeal to everyone.

Therefore, we are going to have a Ceilidh instead, to give a nod to the Baird’s birthday and warm up a chillyJanuary evening. This is a traditional dance, party, or social gathering, very common in Scotland, and somethingthat we hope will make for a fun evening. There will be Gaelic folk music to accompany our Scottish CountryDancing, which are similar to many English traditional dances that you may already be familiar with. Couplesdances are performed in a ring with either fixed couples or a progression, with ladies moving to the next partnerin the ring at the end of each repetition of the steps. Sound complicated?

Not really. Absolutely no dance experience is necessary and you can be as sedate or as energetic as you like.We have our in-house Scottish dancing expert Ella Hollins on hand to tell us all what to do and it really doesn’tmatter if you go the wrong way or get out of step – that’s all part of the fun. We will be inviting everyone to bringsome food along with them - finger foods please - and then we will all join together part way through the eveningand have a delicious feast. There will be a cash bar of course, including soft drinks. This is a family-friendlyevent, though perhaps not suited to very small children and toddlers.

So go on! Book your place now and get ready to move those feet a little.

We hope to see you there.



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Ceilidh Supper and DanceGreat Bradley Village Hall

7.30pm - Saturday 28th January, 2017Tickets £5

∗ Bring a Plate ∗ Cash Bar ∗ Soft Drinks ∗

Support your Village Hall !


Exhibition - Great Bradley Archive Group - 24th/25th February 2017There will to be an exhibition at the Village Hall of our work so far on this archive, from 6-9pm on Friday 24th

February, with a cash bar, and snacks. The exhibition will also be open the following morning, Saturday 25 th,from 9.30 to 12.30am, offering bacon rolls and coffee. This will have something for all the family, whether it’sbrowsing through the hundreds of fascinating papers and pictures, (some of which we would like your help inidentifying please), finding out about the long history of your village, helping your children with a fun activity,learning about the most unusual cause of a traffic jam, or simply popping in for a pint or a bacon roll!! Entry tothe exhibition is free.

The Great Bradley archive group consists of 5 people who meet weekly in the autumn and winter months to sortvarious papers, maps and photographs relating to the people, groups, church, village hall and other propertiesand events that have formed Great Bradley over the years.

We are painstakingly collating them into various categories, to enable fellow villagers and members of the publicto trace ancestors or browse through the papers and pictures out of interest. We cross referencedocuments/photos to an individual where there is a significant input to create a separate record of individuals,and are working to put these in alphabetical and year order. A schedule of the various categories is available.We are always interested to obtain more historical papers and photographs and past copies of theBugle, so if you think you might have anything of interest please let us know. We appreciate that somepapers are very precious and need to be kept within the family but a copy would be invaluable in providing apicture of how the village has developed over the years and we can arrange to copy precious items if necessary.

We are working with the support of Charles Ryder, who has kindly provided an office for us to work in and tostore all our archive papers, pictures and sound recordings in our own lockable cabinets (kindly supplied by theParish Council), together with a great amount of his own personal family files that relate to the history of GreatBradley Hall and developments in farming and the village. Mike Brophy is also advising us on the next stage -to make all these different archives available to everyone on the internet.

Working on the archive has proven very worthwhile and we hope this flavour of your village’s past, togetherwith the developing internet record, will create awareness and interest. There will be further information in thenext Bugle edition.

Anyone interested in forming a Local History Society should speak to one of us on the day or get in touch.

Maureen Barnett, Gill Rodwell, Pat Spires, John Barnett and Peter Smith.

Whilst archiving one of the team came across this entry from a PC meeting in 1984. A perennial problem itseems...

DOGS - Howling, Prowling and growling variety — to which could be added —“fouling”.

Mr. Clark introduced a brief discussion on this subject following an unpleasant encounter with one of the prowling/growling species whilst attending a village function recently. Mrs. Beavis had a similar experience and other Council members added comments of like nature. Reference also made to fouling of Clarendale Green to the discomfort and annoyance of residents — and children. Clerk to include suitable comment in Council Notes in Parish Magazine.



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Forthcoming Events

St. Mary's Church, Great BradleyMonth Church Cleaning Flowers

December Geoffrey & Arline VollamThe Ryder family

All meet at church 10 am, Saturday17 December to decorate the

Christmas tree

January Ken & Sue Ireland Arline Vollam

Church Services – December / January 20174 December 11 am Holy Communion Little Thurlow11December 11 am Holy Communion Great Bradley18 December 10 am Benefice Service Great Thurlow21 December 6.30 pm Carol Service Great Bradley24 December

Christmas Eve6 pm11.30 pm

Carol ServiceHoly Communion

Little BradleyKedington

Christmas Day 10 am Holy Communion Great Wratting1 January 9.30 pm Holy Communion Little Bradley8 January 11 am Holy Communion Great Bradley15 January 10 am Benefice Service Little Wratting22 January 9.30 am Holy Communion Little Thurlow29 January 10 am Benefice Service Kedington

See Benefice News for details of services at other churches in the Benefice.

Christmas Coffee MorningThere will be a Christmas-themed coffee morning on Saturday December 3rd in the Village Hall, in aid of charityand church funds. As well as tea and coffee there will be cakes and savoury bakes, including scones andsausage rolls on offer. Christine will be there with her Healing House goodies and there will be seasonal items,books and a raffle.



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Christmas Coffee Morning3rd December 10 am – 12Great Bradley Village Hall

Cakes, scones and savoury bakesRaffle – books – Christmas decorations

Healing House products and local jams on saleIn aid of charity and church funds


Carol ServiceWhy not start your Christmas celebrations at the Great Bradley Carol Service? This year it’s on the Wednesdaybefore Christmas at 6.30 pm in the church. It will follow the traditional pattern of Christmas readings and carolsand younger members of the congregation will be able to help set up the crib. If you would like to read a lessonor have a request for a particular carol please let Sue or Ken Ireland know on 783595. Afterwards there will bemulled wine and mince pies for all.



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You are warmly invited to join us this Christmas at:

St Mary’s Great Bradley

CAROL SERVICE6.30 pm Wednesday 21 December

Followed by mince pies and mulled wine


What's On - Out And About

News from the Ellesmere Centre – December 2016

Street Dance Classes have now started on Wednesday evenings. If your child is interested in joining pleaseemail premierperformingarts.co.uk to register.

Football Classes on Monday after school are now run by Premier Sports and are once again proving popular.Email premiersports.org to book a place.

Homeless Collection - we are collecting items for the homeless shelter in Cambridge. Thereis a full list in the Centre or on our Facebook page. Items such as warm men’s clothing, sleepingbags, hats, scarves, gloves, toothpaste/brush, soap, combs, deodorant, sweets etc. Please leaveany items you may have in the box provided at the Centre. We will deliver them to ‘Winter Comfort’in the second week in December.

Mature Keep Fit - In January we will be starting a Mature Keep Fit session on Friday morningsfrom 11am-1pm. There will be a chance to try Carpet Bowls, Curling, Table Tennis orBadminton(12-1pm only)or even a gentle session in the Gym(upstairs) for the more able.Afterwards join others for a cup of tea and cake in the Gredley Room. Come along and join us onFriday January 13th for our first session.

Make this your New year’s resolution! Cost just £4 for 2 hours – refreshments included.

The Staff and Trustees at the Ellesmere Centrewould like to wish you all a

Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

The Ellesmere Centre, Ley Road, Stetchworth, CB8 9TS.www.ellesmerecentre.org.uk

Tel 01638 508212. Email [email protected].

The Ellesmere Devils Pantomime Society Presents...Join us on a Magic Carpet ride all the way to old Peking for this year’s traditionalfamily pantomime, ‘Aladdin’.

Brought to you by The Ellesmere Devils, this pantomime will have you rolling in theaisles with laughter!

With a cast of your favourite local performers, a set of great songs and brand newdazzling sets and costumes, this pantomime is not to be missed!

If you have one wish for the year ahead, make it to see Aladdin!

Performances are Wednesday 25 January – Saturday 28 January at the EllesmereCentre, Stetchworth.



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Suffolk Philharmonic To Give Remembrance Day ConcertA Tribute To The Fallen – A Celebration Of FreedomSuffolk Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing a special programme of much-loved classics at Ipswich CornExchange on Remembrance Sunday. The concert, entitled “A Tribute to the Fallen – A Celebration ofFreedom” has been organised with the help of the Royal British Legion and will be attended by the Mayor ofIpswich and leading figures from the County.

Leslie Olive, conductor of the Suffolk Philharmonic, said “The concert pays tribute to the fallen and looks tocelebrate our continued freedom which their sacrifice achieved.”



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Music includes two short pieces often associated with acts of remembrance – Barber’s “Adagio for Strings”,voted “the saddest piece of classical music” by BBC Radio 4 listeners, and the concert opens with “Fanfare ForThe Common Man” by Aaron Copland.

Violinist Benjamin Baker makes a welcome return to play with the Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra the everpopular Violin Concerto by Max Bruch. Ben’s performance is guaranteed to ‘wow’ the audience, as it did lastyear when he played with the Suffolk Philharmonic at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds.

After the interval, the Suffolk Philharmonic will play the famous “New World” Symphony by Dvorak, a piece fullof excitement and hope for a bright future – and familiar to many listeners nationwide for a famous Hovistelevision advert.

There will be a retiring collection in aid of the Royal British Legion.

Companies and individuals who are interested in supporting the concert, for example by sponsoring players orby paying the ticket price for (ex) military service personnel, can contact Mrs Wietske Hendriksen, Head ofProjects of the Suffolk Philharmonic, for further information on [email protected].

Tickets for the concert are on sale from the Corn Exchange now at: www.ipswichregent.co.uk or by phoning thebox office on 01473 433100. Ticket prices range between £11 and £36 with concessions for those in full-timeeducation.

Suffolk Cruse Bereavement CareWe are a charity set up to help bereaved people to understand their grief andcope with their loss. We provide information, one to one support and offeradvice, education and training services. We also have a specialist Children &Young People Team.

If you would like to volunteer to support bereaved people, help on Area Committee or with publicity andfundraising please contact us

For help or information please telephone your local Branch:

Ipswich 01473 230888 North Suffolk & Great Yarmouth 01502 722234

Suffolk Coastal 01394 670770 West Suffolk 01284 767674

Further information can be found at www.cruse.org.uk, www.suffolkcruse.co.uk or email [email protected]

“I felt my counselling with my volunteer was very helpful indeed, at a time when I felt isolated and at times desperate”.

FUTURE EDITIONS OF THE BUGLE!The Bugle Team would like to wish all our readers, contributors and advertisers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, thank-you all for your support during the last year!Please tell us your news or send an article or photograph – We’ll be delighted to hear from you!We are also looking to extend the range of articles and information we publish so if you have any ideas for thingsto cover or are willing to put together something for inclusion, please let us know. In order that your Bugle reaches you early in the month all copy must be received in good time.

N.B. Deadline for the next issue, February 2017 is the 15th of January.The Editorial team

Stuart Wilson – Articles and content etc. 783099 [email protected]

John Barnett – Advertising 783903 [email protected] thank our advertisers who help to fund this village newsletterPlease note: The advertisements in this magazine are accepted in good faith but are not personalrecommendations of the editorial team.



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