From the hit motion pictures, television series, and international stage success, FAME is nothing short of a global phenomenon.

Set during the last years of New York City's celebrated High School for the Performing Arts on 46th Street (1980-1984), FAME JR. is the bittersweet but ultimately inspiring story of a diverse group of students as they commit to four years of gruelling artistic and academic work. With candour, humour and insight, the show explores the issues that confront many young people today.

The students of Saxmundham Free School will be performing this spectacular musical on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd March 2013 at 7pm. Tickets are available from the school reception in the week before the production. Adult £4, Child £3.

TAXI01728 602009

HART CARS: Local & long distance

www.townherald.co.uk Free! Issue 8: March 2013

Fame! At Saxmundham Free School

Church Street, Saxmundham

One free tea or coffee to drink in or take away with a myWaitrose card!

TownHerald

Garden machinery maintenance offer: Free collection/delivery! See p12

2

Aldeburgh Youth Club Anniversary

Aldeburgh Youth Club is celebrating it's first birthday having started at the beginning of2012 with help of local volunteers. In just four months the group attracted 50 members, with 35 attending most weeks. This success is thanks to the commitment of volunteers and the generosity of local residents and businesses who contributed towards buying games and activities, including a snooker table, table tennis, table football, a Wii, art table and a tuck shop.

A calendar of special events was an added attraction. Events included a Jewellery workshop sponsored by ESDFAS, pancake making demonstrated by the chef from The White Lion Hotel and a barbecue organised by Lawson's Delicatessen on Aldeburgh High Street.

In October 2012, the Youth Club was presented with the County Award from Young Suffolk by Hector Macleod, whose father's legacy started the award. Not only did the club receive a bronze trophy and a cheque for £250 but probably the most exciting prize of all is the all-expenses paid trip to London, which will take place on Monday 18 February when 30 Youth Club members are invited to look around the special effects studio "Glassworks", followed by lunch at Nando's!

The Youth Club meet on Mondays at 7pm during term-time at the

Fairfield Centre, Aldeburgh and welcome young people between the ages of 10 and 15 from Aldeburgh andthe surrounding area.

For further information please contact Reverend Celia Cook celia@aldeburghparishchurch.org.uk

Pancake Making with Jason from The White Lion

The Herald hits our high streets to support local retailers

Fishers Home Hardware is a Saxmundham institution. The current business was founded by Bernard Fisher (father of town councillor, John) in 1946 although there has been an ironmonger's on the site of the shop since the 1760s. The premises, which has entrances on the Market Place and High Street, still houses a foundation stone for a forge that was used for making horseshoes.

Since 1988, Fishers has been run by Gary Smith. He’s worked at the shop for nearly 40 years and together with Roger James ensures that it stays open seven days a week – 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Saturday, 8.30am to 1.30pm on Sunday.

“The biggest change over the last few years has been our membership of Home Hardware, a retailer-owned wholesaler,” explains Gary Smith. “It gives us the buying power of a much larger business and means that we can offer a huge range of goods at really competitive prices.”

As well as a wide range of DIY tools

and equipment, Fishers has a paint mixing system that enables them to create a complete range of Berber and Crown paint colours.

There’s an essential range of electrical appliances and items that you wouldn’t know where to find elsewhere: bicycle pumps, hot water bottles, ironing boards, fire companion sets, ropes, cookware, washing baskets, bird food and so much more! The shop even hires out professional quality cake tins.

“Our customers rely on us to help them find what they’re looking for,” says Gary Smith. “If we haven’t got something in stock, we’ll order it.” www.fishershomehardware.co.uk

Talking Shop

3

Roger James (left) and Gary Smith in Fishers

WORLDWIDE DELIVERYFrom

SAXMUNDHAM

FREE ENVELOPES & BOXESFIXED PRICE BASED ON SIZE

ONLINE TRACKINGSIGNED FOR DELIVERY

Available atH G CRISP

High Street, SaxmundhamE Mail shop@hgcrisp.co.uk

www.hgcrisp.co.uk01728-602026

4

Saxmundham IT Club returns

Still struggling with your IT? Wondering if you’re losing touch with the digital age and how it can enhance your life? Have you recently acquired new IT gadgets eg Kindles, laptops, tablets, smartphones and the like and are now looking to make the most of them? Then the Sax IT Club, which starts up again on Wednesday, March 6th, may be just what you’re looking for.

This year, following feedback from current members, the Sax IT Club will run on Wednesdays, at the Fromus Centre, Saxmundham. Exact times are to be arranged, see the website for details. The club is driven by the needs of members rather than a rigid, structured class-room approach. Members learn on their own laptop, led by a professional tutor, in a relaxed atmosphere with tea and coffee available. There is a cost of £10 per session, but it’s only payable on the night, if you attend. There is no advanced payment or commitment.

The Sax IT Club is managed by the PASTEL Community Interest Company, which also runs a

Saturday youth club and a pop-up café.

If you would like to know more about joining the Sax IT Club, or volunteering opportunities to help out, please check the Sax IT Club website www.saxitclub.org.uk or call 01728-604944.

Saxmundham Town CouncilKey decisions made at the meeting on 11 February:

• A bid will be made for the old toilet block at the back of the market place.

• Planning application at 5 Market Place supported.

For full minutes please see the next edition of Saxmundham News

Community News

The Computer Cabinat HG Crisp

27 High Street, Saxmundham, 01728 602026

www.thecomputercabin.co.uk

Computer Problem? No Problem!Support, help and friendly advice,home tuition and custom builds

Free advice clinic on Saturdays 10am-12 noon

March promises a mixed programme of big screen entertainment, plus a trip to the end of the pier for a variety show in aid of a very good cause.

Hitchcock (12A) is showing from Friday 1 March and stars Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren. Set in 1959, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma, are at the top of their creative game as filmmakers. To recapture his youth's artistic daring, Alfred decides his next film will adapt the lurid horror novel, Psycho, despite everyone's misgivings.

Bruce Willis returns as John McClane in the action-packed A Good Day to Die Hard (15). All the usual one-liners, action sequences and explosions, but darn good fun! On screen from Friday 8 March.

Following its BAFTAs for Best Director and Best Film and Oscar in this category, the highly acclaimed Argo (15) is showing for two days only on Sunday 10 March at 7.20pm and Wednesday 13 March at 3.00pm. You may need to being a cushion to hide behind, or someone to hold on to, when the horror/thriller Mama (15) shows for five days only from Friday 15 March.

We're really looking forward to welcoming Variety Showtime to the Film Theatre on Saturday 16 March, with two separate performances at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. In aid of The STROKE association, the show will aim to relive the golden days of variety, in an end-of-the-pier family show of music and comedy. Tickets are priced £12.50, £10.50 and £7.50.

Les Miserables (12A), returns for one day only on Sunday 17 March, with separate screenings at 2.30pm and 6.00pm and the stunning Life of Pi (PG) is presented in 3D for two days only on Sunday 24 March at 7.20pm and Wednesday 27 March at 3.00pm. March comes to a close with Disney's Oz: The Great and Powerful (PG), from Friday 29 March. Quite ironic that this new Oz film is being released as work commences on travelling along the yellow brick road to meet the Wizard in our centenary pantomime (16-19 January 2014).

Wayne Burns, Managerwww.leistonfilmtheatre.co.uk

Leiston Film Theatre News

Oz:The Great and Powerful foreshadows events on the Leiston stage next year.

5

6

The first stage public consultation on Sizewell C closed last week. EDF will take a lot of time now to assess all the responses. Readers will know I support the Sizewell C

project and I will shortly be communicating my input into the consultation. For anyone who contacted me, I am now going through in some detail the different points raised and hope to answer everyone by the end of February.

I spoke in Parliament recently, reiterating that the Energy Bill and the separate discussions with EDF and investors should give certainty. New nuclear offers the UK security of energy supply. With Sizewell, Greater Gabbard & Galloper and the East Anglia Array about a quarter of the county’s electricity will be generated in our part of Suffolk. We truly are the Green Coast.

I think that the skills and economy offer is good for Suffolk. We, our schools, our colleges, need to ensure our youngsters are taking the right courses to access this high-value employment opportunity. The recent vote on waste storage by Cumbria County Council, overturning the views of its district councils, is a temporary setback, which I am confident will be resolved.

Talking of new jobs I was pleased that the latest statistics show that a record number of people in Suffolk Coastal started apprenticeship in 2011/12. In the last financial year, 850 people started apprenticeships in Suffolk Coastal–an increase of 73% compared to the last year of the previous Government, a trend that

is being reflected around the country. Sizewell C will offer high-quality apprenticeships.

The Board and the Chief Executive of the East of England Ambulance Service have listened to concerns raised by patients, staff & MPs and brought in an additional 15 double-staffed ambulances into the region. Saxmundham is one of the areas that will now benefit from an additional ambulance. This action to help improve the service gives me confidence that we are heading in the right direction and that they are getting a grip. This is not the end of the story but a welcome signpost. I still encourage the Trust to be more transparent on its performance. I have been invited to Saxmundham Free School this month to join in with their healthy eating campaign. I look forward to touring the school and meeting the Head.

I have had discussions with Greater Anglia about installing a ticket vending machine at Saxmundham station and I am hopeful they will include it in their future plans.

Thérèse Coffey, MP

Writing exclusively for the Town Herald

Dr Therese Coffey

Re Fuel Café; adjacent to Samkins Garage, Saxmundham, IP17 1DJ. Quality home cooked food at competitive prices. Parking, Take-away, Newspapers, Children’s Menu

7

Do you run a local group? Need to add, update or correct an existing listing? Get in touch!editor@townherald.co.uk1st Saxmundham Scouts Group at HQ, Memorial Field, Rendham Rd, Saxmundham. Boys and girls welcome to join. Beavers: Fridays 5.15pm to 6.30pm. Ages 6 to 8, Contact Lisa Wood saxbeavers@hotmail.co.ukCubs: Tuesday and Thursday 6pm to 7.30pm. Ages 8 to 10.5. Contact Dave Kenny or Adrian Norris on the email below Scouts: Wednesday 7pm to 8.30pm. Ages 10.5 to 14. Call Haydn Morris, sax_scoutgroup@ btinternet.com Yoga In Westleton.Monday 5.30 to 6.30pm beginners; 7 to 8.30pm intermediates. Westleton Village Hall. One-to-one yoga therapy by appointment. Judie Shore 01728 648460 www. Suffolk coastyoga.co.uk “CRAFTY Ladies” Craft Group. 1st and 3rd Mondays, 10am to 12.30pm, committee room, Kelsale Village Hall. £3 per session. Call Pam 01728 603995.Ladies Eastern Dance Classes Wickham Market Primary School, Tues from 6.15pm (Beginners); Riverside Ctr, Stratford St Andrew, Thurs from 7pm. Call Leanne 07796 087255 or email leda2713@btinternet.com

Dress comfortably. No experience necessary.Pagans Beyond The Pale.Discussion Group Badingham, Nr Framlingham 7.15 for 7.30. Meets monthly, on the Wednesday after the New Moon. For further info see our website www.wix.com/thegreenman/pagans-beyond-the-pale .Top Time At Sax Library. Thurs 11am to 12.30pm. All adults welcome. Games, films, play reading, talks and much more. Free entry. Call Sax Library on 01728 403094. Refreshments 50p. Molly Dancing Come and see Oxblood Molly at a practice session for a taster. Musicians and dancers always wanted – no previous experience necessary. Most Sundays at Peasenhall Village Hall but check with Roy on 01728 648901 or Julian 01986 873941.Kelsale Art Group Thurs 7-9pm, Kelsale Village Hall committee room. New members welcome. Call Roger 01728 667037 or Mike 01728 603995.Leiston & District Philatelic Society meet 4th Wed. at Leiston United Church Hall, High St, 7.30pm. Visitors and new members welcome, whether beginners or advanced stamp-collectors. Further info contact the President on 01728 830415 or Secretary on 01394 460901.Point Devis North West Morris and Garland Dancing Thursdays, Blythburgh Village Hall from 8 to 9.30pm. Open to all

abilities. Dancers and musicians welcome. Contact Lin 01728 602465.Quaker Meetings in Leiston 10.30am every Sunday, Quaker Meeting House, Waterloo Avenue, Leiston. Children's class and Simple Lunch every Fourth Sunday.Singaround Kelsale Social Club, 2nd Thurs 8 to 11pm. All welcome. Join in or just have a drink and watch. Call Mike on 01728 603995 for details.Heritage Coast Dog Training Club every Wed 7.15 to 8.30pm, Market Hall, Saxmundham. Dogs of all ages; it’s a must for puppies. Run on a voluntary basis. Any enquiries call Denise on 01728 603386.Praise and Worship Evening 1st Sat 7.30pm, Yoxford Village Hall. Great musicians, vibrant singing, all welcome. Contact: Ray/Margaret 01728 602372.Melody Makers Mixed Choir. Rehearsals every Monday 7.30 to 9pm. Kelsale Village Hall (2nd Mondays, Main Hall, all others Committee Room). Details from 01728 602822 or 01728 602690. Labour Party, Leiston and District Branch. Meets 4th Tuesday at Friends Meeting House, Waterloo Avenue, Leiston, 7.30pm. More info call 01728 833578.Leiston United Church hold a coffee morning every Friday and Saturday 10-11.30am in aid of church funds. All are welcome.PASTEL Fun Workshops

Regular events sponsored by

8

1st/3rd Saturdays (10.30am-3.30pm) at Fromus Centre. For young adults aged 15-25 with a learning disability. www.pastel.org.uk or contact don.tricker@pastel.org.uk or 01728 604944. Everyman Folk Club Riverside Centre, Gt. Glemham Rd, Stratford St Andrew. Last Friday each month 8pm. Call 01449 615523 for tickets and membership.Carpet Bowls. Saxmundham Market Hall. Tuesdays 7-9.30pm. New members welcome. Info from Frances Maynard 01728 605797 or Lyn Martin 602078.Tai Chi Classes. Thursday mornings in Knodishall Village Hall, 11.15am to 12.15pm. Other classes also available. Contact Ali Crawford 01394 411717, ali.crawford@virgin.net for info.Saxmundham Art GroupFromus Centre, Thursday afternoons from 1-4pm. New members welcome. £1.75 per session. Please contact Ann 01728 830398 or Judy 01728 602353.Saxmundham Royal British Legion every 3rd Wednesday at the Gannon rooms. 7.45pm. Contact Rose Damiral White 603817.Westleton Village Quilters Westleton Village Hall each Friday from 1-4pm. £12 per term or £1.50 for a single session. For more information contact Ann Bebbington on 01728 648943 or email j ohn@ bebbington2 .orangehome .co.uk Aldeburgh Art Group. Meets at The Baptist Chapel,

Aldeburgh High Street from 1.45-4pm every Tuesday. Open to all, this is a casual, untutored group. Bring your own art. £2 inc. tea and biscuits.Bruisyard Village Hall. Pub nights, every Thurs 7.30pm. Live music. Free admission. Come along for a pint and a chinwag. Pilates every Tuesday in Village Hall 9.30 to 10.30am. Bruisyard Young People every Wednesday 6-7.30pm. Info contact John Gibb 01728 638912. Kelsale-cum-Carlton W.I. meets 2nd Tuesday, committee room Kelsale Village Hall from 7-9pm. New members welcome. Contact Sue Potter on 01728 602177 or Sue Granville-George on 01728 604954.Flea Market/BrocanteYoxford Village Hall, 2nd Sat 9am-1pm. Stalls & refreshments, raising funds for village hall. Call 01728 660213.Sax IT Club. Wednesdays Fromus Centre. Times, etc at www.saxitclub.org.uk or contact Don Tricker at don.tricker@pastel.org.uk or 01728 604944.Saxmundham W.I. Meets 3rd Thursday 7.30-9.30pm United Reform Church Chapel Road. Walking, play reading, lunch groups. Contact Jenny Mann 01728 604608

Sizewell and Leiston Karate Club meets Tues and Thurs from 6-8pm. Run for over 25 years! Children, adults, beginners or more experienced. All welcome. Tel. Liz 01728 604827 www.slkc.co.uk or just turn up.Alde Valley Suffolk Family History Group. Meets 3rd Mondays United Reformed Church Hall, Chapel Road, Saxmundham, IP17 1BJ. Members £1.50, non-members £2.50http://aldevalleyfamily his torygroup.onesuffolk.net Saturday Morning Drama Club. Middleton Village Hall. Ages 4 to 7 years from 9.30 to 10.30am. Ages 8 to 11 years from 10.30 to 11.30am. £3 simon@simonbridge.co.uk or 01728 648420.Halesworth & District Flower Club Meet 2nd Mondays at Wenhaston Village Hall 2.pm, doors open 1.30pm. Visitors £4.

www.bistroatthedeli.co.uk Regular events, Extraordinary Coffee!

Please mention the Town Herald when

responding to adverts and listings

9www.thecomputercabin.co.uk 01728 602026

Monday 25 February – Sunday 10 March Fairtrade Fortnight in Leiston. Look for the Fairtrade symbol on products such as tea, coffee, chocolate, tinned beans and spices in Simply Delicious and on domestic items in Alternatives.

Saturday 2 March, 10:00 for 10:30 am. AGM of the Leiston Film Theatre Support Club at the film theatre. Tea & coffee available. The Committee look forward to seeing as many club members as possible. New members very welcome. As part of the proceedings a new committee will be formed and committee officers elected. There will be an opportunity to raise any matters under Any Other Business. If you wish to give advance notice of a question or if you are unable to attend and would like to be nominated as a committee member/officer, please write to the Club Secretary, Mrs Pat West, 37 Grimsey Road, Leiston, IP16 4BW or email clubsecretary@leiston.info

Sunday 3 March, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, at the Gannon Rooms, Station Road, Saxmundham. Easter Bonanza to raise funds for Somersham Ward, Ipswich Hospital. Lots of fabulous stalls, tombola, raffle, burgers, hot dogs, popcorn, candy-floss. For more information call Danielle on 07794 143007.

Monday 4 to Sunday 9 March, Snape Maltings Concert Hall. "A Celebration of Schools Music" brings together over 1,500 pupils from approximately 50 schools across Suffolk to provide a glimpse of the quality of music-making happening in classrooms across the county. They will perform every kind of music imaginable, much of it inspired by Benjamin Britten, whose centenary is celebrated this year. Tickets £7.00. under-27s half price. For more information and to book go to www.aldeburgh.co.uk/events

Friday 8 March, 7:30pm at Sizewell Sports and Social Club, Leiston IP16 4JX.

Come to an Evening with Jill Freud, the guiding light of summer theatre in Aldeburgh and Southwold, to raise funds for East Anglian Air Ambulance. Tickets £7.00. Doors open 6:45pm. Call 01728 648680/648649/604406 for more info.

Saturday 9 March, from 8:30 am on Market Hill, Framlingham. Framlingham Flower Club will be selling baskets of flowers to raise money for the Neonatal Unit (Framlingham Ward) at Ipswich Hospital which provides specialist intensive care for approximately 550 babies and their families every year.

Monday 11 March, 1.30 for 2pm in Wenhaston Village Hall. Monthly meeting of the Halesworth and District Flower Club. Watch experts, notably area demonstrator Dulcie Lofting, turn their flowers into magical arrangements. Have a cup of tea, make new friends and maybe win one of the arrangements in the raffle. Entry £4.00; non-members very welcome.

Friday 15 March, 7:30 pm at the Leiston WI Hall, John St, Leiston. Lynne Mortimer of the East Anglian Daily Times will be describing "The Life and Laughs of a Local Journalist" in aid of Leiston Film Theatre Support Club. Tea/coffee and cakes/biscuits provided. Tickets £7.00 members, £8.00 non-members. For tickets please contact Mrs Pat West, club secretary, on 01728 831714 or email tickets@leiston.info.

Sunday 31 March, 3:00 pm on the playground at Carlton Park, Saxmundham: Annual Easter Egg Hunt in aid of the Adventure Playground. No charge for this event, but anything that goes in the donation bucket will be used to fund much-needed new playground equipment.

Are you running an event? Did we miss yours? Contact suzy@townherald.co.uk to add it to our web diary or next edition.

Coming Events: March

Sponsored by The Computer Cabin at HG Crisp

If you’ve ever wondered why you can recycle your fizzy drink bottles but not your plastic yoghurt pots, it’s because recycling plastic packaging is not as straight-forward as you might perhaps

like. The plastic packaging that you regularly find in the shops is made from a whole variety of plastic polymers, which have different properties for different functions. These can normally be categorised into 6 types but not every type of plastic is widely recycled. So you’re going to have to look at your labels carefully to match up what you buy with what you can recycle. Most products will feature the small triangle and number, which indicates the relevant category. Here’s a quick start guide, to help you on your way.

Fizzy drink and water bottles. Salad trays.(Sometimes referred to as PETE or even rPET –

recycled PET). Widely Recycled. Milk bottles, plastic milk bottle tops, cosmetic bottles, bleach, cleaners and most shampoo bottles. Widely

Recycled.

Usually found in bottle form, but less common these days. Check local recycling facilities.

Carrier bags, bin liners, frozen food bags and other packaging films. Check local recycling facilities.

Margarine tubs and microwaveable meal trays and yoghurt pots. Check local recycling facilities

Yoghurt pots, foam hamburger boxes and egg cartons, plastic cutlery, protective packaging for

electronic goods and toys. Not generally recycled

Any other plastics that do not fall into any of the above categories, e.g. reusable food containers

such as melamine. Not generally recycled.

Karen Cannard is an expert in reducing domestic waste

Talking RubbishKaren Cannard explains which plastics can be most easily recycled. www.therubbishdiet.co.uk

10

Simnel MuffinsThis year Easter falls at the end of March, which makes this an ideal time to try out our twist on a seasonal classic. Traditionally the simnel cake is a light fruit concoction that includes two layers of marzipan or almond paste. Our version is bite-sized and altogether rather satisfying. If you believe that good things come in small packages, you'll love our simnel muffins.

Ingredients:1 medium orange9 oz/250g dried mixed fruit6 oz/170g butter6 oz/170g caster sugar10 oz/280g self-raising flour3 large eggs1 teaspoon mixed spice5 tablespoons milk6 oz/170g marzipan

Ensure that the butter is warmed to room temperature so that it's soft enough to work with. Heat the oven to gas mark 4, 180ºC/350ºF or 160º/325ºF if you have a fan oven. Mix the zest and juice of the orange with the fruit in a heatproof bowl and put it in the oven as it warms. For a short cut, you can heat this in the microwave for 2 minutes on full power instead. This ensures that the raisins and other fruit are plump and juicy.

Mix together all the other ingredients except the marzipan until the mixture is light and fluffy. This is easiest to do in a mixer for a couple of minutes, but a strong arm and some elbow grease will do the job

just as well! Fold in the fruit, taking care to preserve the light consistency.

Divide the marzipan into 12 balls. Take a deep 12-hole muffin tin and line each with muffin cases. Half fill each case with your mixture and place a marzipan ball on top of each one. Fill up the cases with the rest of the mixture.

Bake for 25-30 minutes until the muffins are well risen and golden. Turn out onto a cooling rack and leave to cool.

If you can't wait until Easter to try these muffins, bear in mind that in medieval times simnel cake was traditionally eaten on the middle Sunday of Lent, when the fast was relaxed. That seems as good an excuse as any!

Tips:• Waitrose stocks muffin cases in

bright colours and spring designs that complement these well.

• You can buy cup cake boxes if you'd like to give these as a gift.

• Don't forget that the middle Sunday of Lent is also Mothering Sunday!

What's Cooking? Sponsored by

11

12

Advertisement

PRE-SEASON SERVICING FROM YOUR LOCAL GARDEN MACHINERY EXPERT

Regular servicing is essential to keep your machinery in good health, to ensure it lasts as long as possible, starts easily and performs its task properly. Unfortunately, after a hard summer's work too many mowers and other machines are put back in the garage to be forgotten about until the garden wakes up in the spring when lots of people find their machinery is rather less eager to wake up and get going. Putting them away dirty can lead to corrosion of the mowing deck from the acids in the grass cuttings. Overwintered stale fuel can lead to starting problems in spring. Washing and valeting your mower along with a comprehensive service will help prolong the working life of your machine, saving you expensive replacement parts or machine costs.

Our knowledge and expertise covers all types and makes of ground-care machinery. We have a solidly built local reputation for good service and fair pricing. All service work is carried out in accordance with manufacturers' guidelines and service advice. All repairs and servicing are carried out using genuine manufacturers' spare parts. By adhering to these specific schedules you the owner can rest assured that your machine is repaired and serviced to the highest standards and all work is guaranteed.

Verbal or written estimates are given on request.

Mention The Town Herald when booking in your machine/s and get free collection and return, saving up to £20 + VAT (for March only).

Contact David Abbott at V.I.P. Garden Machinery, The Workshop, Croft Farm, Snape, Saxmundham Suffolk, IP17 1QW.

Telephone: 01728 688457 or Mobile: 07887 688457 e-mail: david@vipgardmach.co.uk

13

Saxmundham Free School

At Saxmundham Free School we ask our students to follow our “6Cs to Success” in all that they do. A part of one of those 6, ‘Community’, is about students developing an understanding of the world around them at various scales: local, regional, national and international.

As we continue to explore those scales and community links, we were very privileged to host two visitors at Saxmundham Free School on 29 January. Henry Drage from Xplore UK came to visit the school with Antonio Bacelar Jr, who works for Via Mundo, a Brazilian organisation that specialises in cultural educational and work trips and programmes. Based in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, Via Mundo was founded in 1999 to intensify intercultural exchange with Brazil as well as promoting its Northeastern region for educational reasons and as a tourist destination. Members of our Student Leadership Group toured our guests around lessons and the facilities at the school and showed how proud they are of their education here at Saxmundham. I hope we will be hosting students one day from Europe (through the Xplore UK programme) and Brazil as a result of thevisit.

Xplore UK relies on host families to

provide a home for students from abroad while studying in the UK. More information on becoming a host family is available from the Xplore UK website at www.xploreuk.com.

Continuing a community theme, we are all very much looking forward to the school’s production of Fame Jr. on 21 and 22 March! The students and staff have been working very hard together over the last few months to put on our first ever show! Fame Jr. is the inspiring story of a diverse group of students as they commit to four years of gruelling artistic and academic work. We wish all our students the very best of luck as they perform for our local primary schools and our own students and parents/carers.

Rob Cawley, Headteacher

The Last of the Old Village Schoolmasters

On Monday 18 February Alde Valley Suffolk Family History Group was entertained by Bob Perrett's memories as an old-fashioned village schoolmaster. He spoke of his time at the village school in Palgrave, as a young man in the 1970s. He brought along many exhibits: photographs, maps made by the children, and other artefacts, to illustrate his talk.

The Alde Valley Suffolk Family History Group meets at the URC hall in Saxmundham at 7.30pm on the 3rd Monday of the month. For full details see: http://aldevalleyfamilyhistorygroup . onesuffolk.net/

School Report

Antonio Bacelar is pictured with pupils (from l to r) Tamzin Hodgson, Mussaddique Hussain, Matt Elias. Rob Cawley stands on right

14

Write to editor@townherald.co.uk, Town Herald, c/o HG Crisp, 27 High

Street, Saxmundham, IP17 1AF

Long Shop Valuation Day

Dear Town Herald,

The Long Shop Museum in Leiston is hosting a Valuation Day on Saturday 9 March from 10am to 2pm. The valuations, by experts from Lockdales Auctioneers of Martlesham Heath, will be free.

This is a wonderful opportunity for the public to bring to the Museum their jewellery, silver items, collections of coins, stamps, cards, medals, glass and small items of furniture etc.,for valuation. Don't miss this great chance to learn more about your possessions.

There will be a charge of £1 per person in aid of the Museum, Charity No. 283444. Refreshments will be available during the event.

Val Tyndale-Biscoe,

01728 833633

Together Against Sizewell C (TASC)Dear Town Herald, TASC is a recently formed organisation comprised of individuals and groups opposed to the building of Sizewell C for a wide variety of reasons.

TASC brings together like-minded people who have deeply held concerns that Sizewell C would havea detrimental effect on the community in this very rural area of East Suffolk much of which is located

in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The group members have concerns about the environment, the urbanisation of the area, transport, health, tourism and the problems of nuclear waste disposal.

The purpose of the organisation is to provide balance to the somewhat one-sided views that are currently being expressed by EDF, the Councils and Parliamentary representatives through the Consultation Process.

TASC has organised the first of a number of public meetings, held at Yoxford Village Hall on 23 February to provide local people with the opportunity to hear the other side of the industry-based claim that ‘Sizewell C is inevitable’. The issues discussed ranged from the misguided nature of Government policy to the unsuitable location for a new Nuclear Power Station on an extremely unstable and eroding coast.

Joan Girling, for TASC www.tasizewellc.org.uk

Editor's Note: We are interested in all views about the proposed Sizewell C. Please write in with yours.

Letters to the Town Herald

15

ACROSS7 French writer shows real bias unfortunately (8)9 Insulted a British and American journalist (6)10 He’s found among entomologists (3)11 See about unusually bitter book (8)12 Thus employed drunk (6)13 So old article offers comfort (6)15 Some memory of what cobra has, you say? (8)16 In court, one questions angry inspector (5-8)20 Fellow always is hot, running high temperature (8)22 Chap, see, is punctual (6)25 Pants and comes back to life? (6)26 Isn’t love misrepresented by this writer? (8)27 Some work is therefore cut short (3)28 Lyricist is a beginner, it’s said (6)29 Former partner rang and praised highly (8)DOWN1 Caught a straying coil of cloth (6)2 Type of polecat is a diligent searcher (6)3 Time to perform more infrequently? That’s unsubtle! (8)4 Young girl soundly curses English

student (6)5 Vehicle picked up Pope in the outskirts of town (8)6 Could be protected first off with smoke sensor? (8)8 Trite conversation where brokers work (5,8)14 Old, old city belonging to us (3)16 Daily gets hold of second detergent perhaps (8)17 Compliant with order to somehow end it (8)18 Give incentive to team playing around four (8)19 Ultimately people follow like sheep (3)21 Put in stern, I work (6)23 Slightly miffed at first by ruined idyll (6)24 Taking part, journalist endeavours to pay attention (6)

Last Month's SolutionACROSS: 1 prophetic. 6 camel. 9 sleeping partner. 10 rift. 11 bebop. 12 hymn. 15 summery. 16 sell-out. 17 all-over. 19 console. 20 leaf. 21 Asian. 22 odes. 26 whistle-stop tour. 27 doyen. 28 sincerely. DOWN: 1 poser. 2 over-familiarity. 3 hope. 4 tannery. 5 copious. 6 curt. 7 money for old rope. 8 lorgnette. 13 serve. 14 flank. 15 swallowed. 18 rashers. 19 chasten. 23 spray. 24 Stan. 25 épée.

Crossword

Need a website?

No nonsense, cost effective web design

Domain name registration - Full site design service - Content management - Web applications - Online shopping carts

www.joeandbob.co.uk

ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

ADVERTISING Call on 01728 885147 or email editor@townherald.co.uk to find out rates. Adverts start at just £10 per insertion.

FRIENDS OF THE TOWN HERALDMrs Marjorie Robertson, Louis BaumCOPY DATES The Town Herald is published at the beginning of the month. The deadline for Issue 9 is 5pm, on March 20 for April 2013 publication. Call 01728 885174 editor@townherald.co.uk or you can deliver copy to HG Crisp in Saxmundham High Street.

THANKS TO Belinda Moore, Bob Foyers, Penny Robertson, Cristiana Theodoli, Suzy Powling, Geoff Fordham, Vivia Bamford.

PUBLISHER Joe Cassels Limited, 22 St Johns Road, Saxmundham

Advertising in the Town Herald

Promote your business, club or charity with a guaranteed listing

Advertising in the Town Herald is low cost and very effective. 1000 copies are printed and distributed in Saxmundham, Leiston and surrounding villages. The paper isn't posted through doors; each copy is picked up by someone who really wants to read the content and it's often shared with friends and family. The online version reaches a far wider audience and our web adverts show a high rate of interest.

Line Ads cost £1 per insertion and are limited to 140 characters. Our events listings are free but subject to available space. Ensure inclusion with this low

cost option.

Pictorial ads start at £10 per insertion for an eighth-page ad. Front page placement is subject to availability and costs 50% extra. There is a waiting list for these spots.

Other sizes, page sponsorship and leaflet inclusion are available upon request.

Call 01728 885174 or email editor@townherald.co.uk

USEFUL NUMBERS

Citizens' Advice 01728 832193Rail Enquiries 0845 748 4950NHS Direct 0845 4647Police 01986 835300Samaritans 08457 909090

SAXMUNDHAMFromus Vets 01728 602599Dental Surgery 01728 602537Doctors' Surgery 01728 602022Town Council 01728 604595Library 01728 403094

LEISTON Dentist, Crown St 01728 830790Dentist, High St. 01728 832133Doctors' Surgery 01728 830 526Leisure Centre 01728 830364Town Council 01728 830388Library 01728 831252