24 July 2018 Halesworth & Southwold Community News Baptism of Fire:


JULY 6th 2018 is the 30th anniversary of the Piper Alpha offshore oilrig disaster. Baptism of Fire: Life, Death and Piper Alpha by Geoff Bollands brings to life the dramatic events of July 6th 1988 from a survivor’s perspective. Geoff was the night- shift Control Room Operator on the night the Piper Alpha exploded, resulting in the death of 167 of his friends and colleagues. After four years of attending enquiries and recovering from PTSD Geoff changed direction and trained as an Independent Financial Adviser. The book tells an autobiographical account of


Life, Death and Piper Alpha that, whatever


Geoff’s life. his story is one of hope and inspiration which illustrates


traumatic circumstances we might experience, life does go on and positive lessons can be learnt. It’s possible to have a quality of life which seems unimaginable in the early days, months and even years following such a life- changing event. The book has been written


by Julie Gorton, who lives in halesworth, and will be previewed in the halesworth Book Shop on Tuesday 10th July at 11am – refreshments will be served and the book, which retails at £11.99, will be on sale.


Golf’s Longest Day Challenge


MACMILLAn Cancer Support have organised, through Golf england, a national competition for any golfers that are prepared


to push themselves to the limit by playing FOUR rounds of golf in one day, to raise much needed money for this great charity. You play in teams of four with the best scores on the day going on to play in the finals in Portugal in november. We wanted to support this


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charity as my mother died of a very debilitating form of bone cancer back in 1996 and she had the benefit of help and support from the Macmillan nurses in her final few weeks of life. We have entered a team from


halesworth Golf Club to play on Wednesday 27th June, to play the 4 rounds. Our ages range from late 40’s to early 60’s, so we have been given discretion to use buggies for rounds 2 & 3 ! We appreciate this is a national


event which is being played on different days in the summer, dependant on availability of players and their chosen golf course. We obviously want to raise as much money as possible in the form of sponsorship or donations and if you are able to give us a mention, it would help us greatly.


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David Veasy, Rob Sherington & John Clatworthy


New Reach Restoration and Wildlife


FOLLOWInG on from our recent exhibition at the library, it might be a good time to clarify our position regarding wildlife. We’ve made it clear from the


outset that our aim is to restore the canal for public amenity use, including canoes and punts on the waterway. A large section of the canal adjoins the town park which already has several popular facilities, including the skateboard and basketball courts and a children’s’ playground. The waterway, in the centre of an historic market town, could be another attraction for visitors and local residents alike. Inevitably any human


activity affects wildlife, often to its benefit. We have taken great pains in our maintenance and restoration plans to avoid undue disturbance to wildlife and have taken advice from several local bodies, including Suffolk Wildlife Trust. In this way we believe that people and wildlife can co-exist happily. For example, as the water vole population has expanded we’ve modified our management plan, though habitat restoration is not


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Green Trust do an excellent job of restoring and maintaining 50 acres of land for wildlife conservation, and much of the new Reach adjoins this land. We are very lucky to have this asset, together with the all-weather track, on the town’s doorstep. The canal itself is not historically a natural feature of the landscape – it was created from new by man for commercial purposes. Later, in the twentieth century, it was used for pleasure boating. Today we would like to see the canal restored once more for recreational use and the towpath opened up for disabled access. We think it would be wonderful if the full length of the canal path was made accessible for mobility scooters and baby buggies. These are some of our aims


which we think are achievable – without harming wildlife. If you would like to support


our restoration efforts, either financially or in other ways, please contact us at info. newreach@gamail.com or phone 07954 376066.


July in the garden with Signature Landscaping


JULY should be the warmest month of the year, so watering new plants, pots and hanging baskets is essential. Try and use grey water. Please don’t forget, if you are going on holiday to find a willing friend or neighbour to step in to do some watering. early morning or early evening when the sun is not high in the sky. Please don’t waste water on the grass, it may well be brown and straw like, but it will recover and become green again once we have had some decent rain. As I write this we are having high 20’s degree during the day and I can’t remember the last real rain we had, but I am sure it will return, and we will all wish for warm sunny days again. July for most gardeners is a


quiet month, there will be the inevitable weeding but just enjoy the garden and the warm weather, we all tend to work hard all year round and to take just a few weeks off to sit back and enjoy all the hard work done. however, if you do want to


know what can be done this month here are some jobs. As your Penstemon flowers fade,


cut them back to just above a bud to encourage more flowers; Cut back growth in hanging baskets can encourage new flowers and foliage and will revive the display. Make sure you that feed your


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baskets well after doing this; Cut back Delphiniums to encourage new growth; Cut back hardy Geraniums and Delphiniums after the first flush of flowers to encourage new growth and further blooms; Prune Wisteria now. Just remove the whippy side-shoots from the main branch framework to about 20cm from their base (about five leaves from the main stem); Prune lupins to encourage further flowers; now is the time to prune your Magnolia; Dead- head bedding plants and perennial plants to stop them self-seeding and to encourage further flowering; Dead-head your roses to keep them looking tidy. Leave the flowers in place if your rose produces attractive hips (seed pods); Dead head Sweet Peas regularly to keep them blooming or you could just pick them and bring them indoors. Please water regularly. Sorry having said there isn’t


much to do, the list above just proves that there is never a time when there is “nothing” to do. Just relax, enjoy the summer,


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Dr Annette Abbott – Cutlers Hill Surgery


AFTeR 40 years working in the nhS and 25 as a GP in halesworth Dr Annette Abbott is retiring from Cutlers hill Surgery on August 1st 2018. Dr Abbott qualified in 1978


and after working as a junior doctor in norwich for a year, worked for a year in halesworth as a trainee GP with Dr Dickson as her trainer. Subsequently she went back to norwich to work in Accident and emergency for a year, and while her children were young, worked as a community paediatrician, returning to work in the norfolk & norwich hospital from 1989 to 1991 in paediatrics, psychiatry and obstetrics and gynaecology. She then worked in Beccles


as a GP for three years before joining halesworth GPs in 1994, job sharing with Dr Mair and after he retired in 1997, she worked full time. She was very involved with


the building of the new surgery, overseeing the building of the first and second phase and the move from the surgery in the Market Place. She worked hard with various health providers including the current Great Yarmouth and Waveney CCG, to ensure that the health services in halesworth including the care in Patrick Stead hospital were of a very high standard and to keep services in halesworth and that decisions made for health care in Waveney were sensible. She was


a member of the Local Medical Committee in both Suffolk and then norfolk since 1999 representing Waveney GPs. She has been devoted to the


care of her own patients and her wonderful staff and will miss them greatly. She now looks forward to more


time with her family, travelling adventures, her garden and her Border collie dogs. With a son in Toronto, daughter in Cornwall and son and grandchildren in norwich, she will enjoy having time to see more of them. We would all like to wish Dr


Abbott well in the future and hopes she enjoys her free time; we would also like to thank her for all she has done.


The Potted Garden


ReMeMBeR to water those pots! August is usually the month when most of us go on holiday and leave our gardens to fend for themselves. A little thought before you go and some tender loving care when you return will be enough to make sure that you can go away without worrying about all of your hard gardening work going to waste and you can really relax on your holiday. Whilst you’re away and your


garden is left unattended, many of your plants may suffer due to lack of water. Make sure, before you go, you either arrange to have your containers and baskets watered or set up a system that can supply water on a regular basis to your tubs and baskets. Move any baskets and containers out of full sun to a position where they are shaded at the height of the day. Stand terracotta pots on gravel trays topped up with water, so the pots can gradually absorb the reservoir of liquid or alternatively make a few holes in the lid of a plastic water bottle,


cut off the bottom of the bottle, turn upside down into the plant compost and then fill with water (which slowly drips into the soil). When the temperature rises it’s


good to give plants a thorough soaking – water for at least 20-30 seconds at the base of the plant and watering in the early morning is best. That way the plants will have time to absorb the water and be well hydrated during the hottest hours of the day. Weeds compete with garden


and container plants for water, so it’s especially important to keep the weeds from taking over during dry periods. Adding a layer of mulch to your pots helps to keep the weeds down. It also helps the soil stay moist and cool, as does the use of ground cover plants around the edges of containers Avoid using fertilisers on


plants during a heat wave, especially when the soil is dried out. Plants that are dehydrated will soak up fertiliser faster,


which could increase the chances of fertiliser burn. Also, don’t transplant anything during a hot spell – plants that are stressed by hot weather may not recover if they’re moved. Finally – recycle as much water


as possible, so use grey water from washing up or washing yourself, install a water butt and re-use paddling pool water. If pots and containers are just


part of your outside space then here are some gardening tips for this month from the RhS (royal horticultural society): prune wisteria, deadhead flowering plants regularly, water - particularly containers and new plants - preferably with grey recycled water or stored rainwater, collect seeds from favourite plants, harvest home grown vegetables as they become ready, keep ponds and water features topped up, look after the lawn, plan for next year and what bulbs to plant this coming autumn.


Annual and Surprise events for the Green


YOU can contact the Green at any time (see details at the end) to let us know things you think we need to know about what’s happening on the Green, or what you would like to see happen. however, we do make a special opportunity every year to update you on the events of the last year and to gather your thoughts for the coming year. This year we’re running a display at the Library from Wednesday 18th to the evening of Saturday 21st July, then on Sunday 22nd July the display will move down to the Green entrance to catch regular and occasional Green users. So, do please drop into the Library or find us on the Green (near the basket-ball court and new Teen Shelter). What’s the surprise? We’re delighted and grateful that a local Green supporter is running an Art Competition on the theme


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“All About Animals” for the Millennium Green. Look out for posters with the wonderfully simple entry details and rules, make sure you enter before it’s too late. There’s no age limit, no limit on the number of times you can enter, only one restriction on method - no photography allowed. And it’s only £2 per entry. Contact Laura on 07920 146290. If you’ve ever wondered


about coming to a work-party it could be your chance to hear a turtle dove, enjoyed by the June Sunday morning work- party while peacefully clipping the willow wherry. nearby at the dipping platform hovered a norfolk hawker dragonfly, and the sudden heat of the last few weeks has brought out many other flutterers: four-spot chaser and broad-bodied chaser dragonflies, emperor dragonfly,


banded demoiselle and comma butterflies. Another welcome sound is the willow warbler in The Folly. Thanks to our regular volunteers and with good help from Mencap, the Orchard trees have been largely cleared of nettles. You can get close enough to read the smart new tree labels, thanks to a creative volunteer, which tell you the name and type of each tree. You can plan your scrumping! Work-parties on the Green


happen on the second Sunday of every month (Sunday 8th July, 12th August etc.) starting at 10am, meeting at the containers inside the industrial estate entrance (just beyond the Three Ways signpost). Gloves and tools all provided, bring a drink and something to nibble. If you have a special interest (say, the Orchard, or the waterways) you could join the work-parties that are arranged specifically for those purposes. For news of past and future


events, photos, wildlife records, history, geology, plans for land management, work-party details etc, type in ‘halesworth Millennium


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