Halesworth & Southwold Community News April 2017 31


DIARY dates: AGM – May 4th, 6.30pm.


WHAT’S ON AT HALESWORTH LIBRARY All friends of


Halesworth Library are invited to attend our AGM. Your attendance is important to us. Our guest speaker will be Sylvia Knights (Bungay Community Library). Sylvia is the Vice-Chair of the Board of Suffolk Libraries. She will give an overview of the


current position & future


developments, and will welcome questions.


April events: Sat 8th Kinetic Adventure. Come along to their new Pop-Up Sensory Tent, aimed at children aged 5 to 12 years and their parents/carers. We will have six sessions starting at 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1.20pm, 2.15pm and 3pm. This family experience lasts 40 minutes for the dome alone, or 1.25 hours if you stay on for the optional workshop. Tickets are £2 each for both adults and children. Please book ahead. To book, or for more details, pop into the library or phone 01986 875095. The Friends of Halesworth County Library are sponsoring this exciting event. Wed 12th– 2.30pm- 4pm.“Butterfly Gardens” craft activity with Meraylah. Free, donations welcomed. Wed 19th


between 7.15pm


and 9.30pm, annual Spring Quiz Night (entry forms at the Library). Cost £12 per team of four. Prizes for the first and last teams. Nibbles provided but bring your own drinks.


All proceeds


towards Library improvements. Please come and join us for our Board Game Cafe on Mon 24th between 2pm-4.30pm. New for Thursday afternoons, French lessons - a 10 week complete beginners course will start on Thurs 27th between 2pm- 3.30pm. Course fee £80, payable in advance. For more information, please contact the library or Helen Fisher on 07999 033452 or email – waveneylanguages@ hotmail.com On the first Monday evening of the month, the Halesworth Women in Business group holds its meeting in the Library. The group welcomes new members. If you would like details, please contact Kelly Parker on 01986 873532.


Doing the


Write Thing for Comic Relief


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WHEN Sally East of Halesworth heard that a sequel to Love Actually was being made to be shown on Red Nose Day, she was inspired to write mini love stories to raise money for Comic Relief. She wrote an original love story on a pink heart for each sponsor, writing eighteen in the weeks leading up to March 24th. The challenge raised her target amount of £100 for Comic Relief, through the generosity of friends and members of her family who sponsored her. ‘Love Actually is one of my favourite romantic comedy films. I love the way the characters’ stories intertwine,’ Sally says. ‘I tried to incorporate something from each person’s interests or experiences in my stories, though they were entirely works of fiction, purely from my imagination.’ Sally has also published a romantic comedy novel, Poppy’s Deeds. It is the story of a girl who will do almost anything in the pursuit of true love. She would love to see it made into a sitcom series for television or a film by Richard Curtis, the king of romantic comedy. Sally is currently working on a second romantic comedy novel. Poppy’s Deeds is available as a paperback from Feed A Read (www.feedaread.com) and Amazon and also as an eBook for Amazon Kindle.


On the second Saturday of the month (8th), between 10am and 11am, your local councillor holds a drop-in surgery.


Sunday between 12pm and 2.30pm we have craft activities and stories for children. Drop in and join in the fun. All ages are welcome, and it’s free!


Alternate Sundays (Apr 9th and 23rd) from 10am to 11am the Library hosts Lego Club. All are welcome at a cost of £2 per builder.


Monthly on Sundays (Apr 23rd) at 11.30am we have Book Wizards reading club for children aged 7 to 13. This is free but it is essential to book ahead.


Monday from 10am to 12pm,


local writer/publisher Tom Corbett runs a creative writing group at the Library. A parallel group is


held on Tuesday


evenings from 6.30pm to 9pm at Bridge House. This eight-week rolling programme includes both poetry and prose writing. More information,


contact Tom on 07831 364021.


Monthly on Mondays from 2pm to 4.30pm (when the Library is otherwise closed) the Board Games Cafe takes place: Apr 24th, May 22nd and Jun 26th. All welcome. Traditional and new games to play. A £1.50 donation to Friends of Halesworth Library incl a raffle ticket and refreshments. Note the new times. Tuesday from 10am to 11am:


“Baby Bounce and Tot Rock” session for babies/toddlers and their parents/carers. On the first and third Tuesday (Apr 18th) from 2pm to 4pm “Knit & Natter, Stitch & Chatter” takes place. Support for your craft projects. New members welcome.


On the second and fourth


Tuesday (Apr 11th and 25th) from 2pm to 4pm “Mindfulness Colouring” takes place. Use our materials or bring your own. New members welcome. On the first and last Wednesday (Apr 26th) between 10.30am and 12pm, a representative from Age UK is in the library to help with information or support you need. Wednesday from 10.30am to 12pm, the popular and friendly “Time Out” session.


12th - “Meet the Neighbours” workshops. Shirley Day will be here collecting funny and heartwarming stories about neighbours for a forthcoming theatre project. 19th - Cathy Hembry talking about the history and programme of Emmaus. 26th – “What we are reading” group discussion. May 3rd - “Exercise the easy way” with Irene. Many thanks to everyone who contributes to this group and makes it so special. Wednesday afternoon we usually have support sessions for using Laptops (from 2pm to 3pm) and iPads (from 3.15pm to 4.15pm). £5 per session. Places must be booked. There is also the possibility of one to one sessions at £15 per hour. On Thursday mornings, we


host two fitness classes suitable for all abilities (in both classes all activity is done while seated). There is a new exercise class, which includes cardio and strength movements. This starts at 9.30am and finishes at 10.15am. The popular “I Move Freely” class of gentle fitness exercises takes place between 10.30am


and 11.30am. The


price is now £4 per session, but if you would like to attend both, the second session will be half price! Any queries please text 07780 707972 or email susan_ potter_57@hotmail.com A new chess club started in March at the library, 2.30pm- 4.30pm. Please call


Andrew


Lindqvist on 01986 785467 or


email andrewlindqvist@ AT


btinternet.com for more details. Alternate Fridays (Apr 7th & 21st) from 4pm to 5.30pm we host Junior Wordsmiths, for ages 8 to 13. A great way to build children’s writing confidence. Cost £15 for 5 sessions. To reserve a place, contact Annaliese Matheron on 07885 607374 or halesworthwordsmiths@gmail. com


Fridays from 6pm, to 7.30pm, Halesworth Wordsmiths, a group for adults. To reserve your place, contact Annaliese Matheron on 07885 607374 or halesworthwordsmiths@ gmail.com or visit www. halesworthwordsmiths. moonfruit.com


BECCLES ANTIQUES STREET MARKET SUNDAY 3OTH APRIL 8am – 4pm


Southwold Railway Trust


TRUST land at Wenhaston - Volunteer numbers continue to increase, with some very large teams assembling at the Wenhaston Community Café. This has allowed a number of sub-teams to be allocated to various jobs.


At the Trust’s


IT’S that time of year again when a hundred general and specialist dealers will fill the centre of Beccles, selling a wide range of good quality antiques and


furniture,


collectables including silver,


china, linen,


jewellery, books, clocks, retro and vintage design/clothing and decorative items. If you want it, then you are sure to find it at the street market on Sunday April 30th.


Many of the local shops, restaurants and bars are open that day so you can take a break and rest your feet. First class local catering is also incorporated into the market, including a hog roast, ice cream and tea and coffee.


Keep an eye on their facebook


page too at www.facebook.com/ antiquesmarketbeccles, as one lucky ‘liker’ will get £100 to spend at the market. If you haven’t been before you really should give it a visit and experience the pleasure of


a busy outdoor specialist


market with a great atmosphere and knowledgeable dealers. It goes ahead regardless of the weather, so remember to bring an umbrella and a sun hat! The second market of the year will be on Sunday August 13th. Free entry, well signposted, SAT NAV NR34 9HA.


For more details you can follow them on facebook at www.facebook.com/ antiquesmarketbeccles or call Kate Lee on 01502 711174


Hope and Aid Direct


their annual conference recently the volunteers were very pleased that Ahmad Al Rashidi, aged 26 was able to address them. Of mixed Kurdish and Yazidi ancestry, he is a well spoken Syrian refugee and was a student of English at Aleppo University. He has a wife and two children, the youngest is now three and he had never seen her until the family was reunited in England when she was two. After being bombed and made to witness public executions in Aleppo they decided that he should come alone to the west, and then send for his family. Human traffickers in Turkey provided him with a false passport and papers and assured him that he would travel on a modern yacht and extracted a fare of several thousand euros for the short journey. The vessel proved to be a rubber dingy already overcrowded with 80 people. Unlike many others they made it safely to the island of Lesbos. When eventually they were in mainland Europe, he, and others including a child, were loaded into a dark, airless container and hidden up to their necks in flour, for a journey they


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were told would last two hours. Eleven hours later they were let out after frantically banging on the sides of the container. Eventually, equipped with a false passport and having rehearsed the pronunciation of his false name, Ahmad was allowed on an aircraft, and after more heart stopping moments, including time in the Calais ‘jungle’, he made it to England as a stow away in the back of a lorry. This was the story of one well educated but desperate man and his family. There are millions more refugees who are not so fortunate – men and women just like us!


Ahmad spoke well of his experience since arriving in England. His case was well handled; his family arrived here within a month of his application, and he was awarded a grant to study War and Conflict at the prestigious School of Oriental and African Studies at London University, where he is now a student. He admits that his studies are making him more pessimistic about the future of Syria.


Margaret and Jack Storer


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Blyford Lane land, clearance of the detritus produced by the winter’s environmental work is continuing, with the aim of producing a varied and well- cared-for landscape. The future running of trains here will not have any adverse effect on wildlife: in fact, passengers will have the opportunity to enjoy the varied Blyth Valley species from the comfort of their seat. The land at Wenhaston was bought for the Trust by very generous sponsors, so that the railway could be rebuilt there. Therefore, despite the history of planning refusals on this site, the Trust is obligated to continue to re-apply until that is achieved: further applications are being worked on. Heritage Train - At the workshop, open coal Wagon 41 has its ends complete (apart from final painting): with the hinges and catches delivered from Peggs of Aldeburgh, the sides can be assembled and fitted. None of this is as easy as it sounds, not only because of the endless drilling through steel (for bolts and screws), but also because many of these holes have to be hand-filed to provide housing for the coach bolts – a job that in 1870 would have been done by a large press. The two- inch thick floor timbers (each subtly different, being rebated around the angle-iron edges and cross-pieces) are being fitted. Covered Van 40, at the SOLD workshop in Lowestoft, is having its doors fitted and floor manufactured: the door handles and catches will be added, and then the paint topcoat (from specialist railway supplier Williamson’s)


can go on.


Although there will still be some cosmetic steelwork, and the lettering on both wagons, they should be complete and ready for service by summer. Locomotives -


“Scaldwell” of 1914 has not arrived in Suffolk yet:


Peckett the


logistics of the lift and travel are proving quite hard to organise. Motor Rail Simplex “Mells” of 1969 has had its undercoat rubbed down, so that as soon as the weather is warm and dry enough, topcoats (GER dark


blue) can be applied. Bonnet handles will then go on, and probably the cab – this is a little cramped for modern operation, but is original, having been fitted when the locomotive worked near Fort William on the three- foot-gauge railway there. The Southwold Project - Funding sponsorship for the Southwold Project – now with “Southwold Railway Steam Works” as a marketing title – is still arriving, and land purchase is in hand.


The 22 chains of


track here (in two gauges) will provide an ideal base for the restoration of the railway, while at the same time allowing the Trust to explain, in a small way, the historical importance of this unique branch line. Sadly, there are still local groups and individuals who are determined to stop the restoration of this beautiful railway: increasingly, these are in a minority, as the advantages of the project, in both the local and county context, become clear.


Most


of the objections are anyway based on ignorance of heritage railways. The Trust would urge these objectors to experience for themselves the way that railways such as the North Yorkshire Moors, the Ffestiniog, or the North Norfolk, interact most successfully with the landscape and the environment: they will then understand that their fears are groundless. Southwold


Railway Model


Show - The Trust Model Show will be at St. Edmund’s Hall, Southwold (close to the church), on Saturday 29th April, between 10am and 4pm. Many interesting and unusual layouts are booked, including nostalgic Hornby 3-rail from the 1950s, and there will be the chance to talk to us about the Steam Works plans and progress, plans for our Wenhaston land, and for the entire SR trackbed to Halesworth.


Pop-Up Shop - The Trust’s Pop-Up Shops at i-Chameleon in the Thoroughfare, Halesworth, are on May 25th to 31st, and July 27th to August 2nd.


As


in 2016, the Trust will invite local community and non-profit groups to join us. We would like to thank “Just Nice Things” for the opportunity to enjoy another two weeks in Halesworth’s fine pedestrianised shopping street, explaining our ambitions for the restoration of the railway link along the Blyth Valley.


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