FEBRUARY 2016 FROM THE RECTOR - Langham FEB... · Rector The Revd Dr Mandy Elmes ... Catherine and...

Copy for the MARCH issue should be with the Editor

Bodinnick, Wick Road, Langham CO4 5PG [email protected]

by 1 pm on SUNDAY 14 FEBRUARY

FEBRUARY 2016

Come and discover the history and future of Dedham’s own waterway

– The River Stour. Have your questions answered by members of the

Trust on the bygone days of the working navigation. Hear about its

links with the Constable family, and its Natural History.

Learn about the ethos of the River Stour Trust. Find out how you can

become a member and perhaps volunteer to help with the work the

Trust does to restore and conserve the navigation, maintain the

beauty of the waterway, protect its wildlife and operate its electric

boats.

Doors open at 7.00 for 7.30 Entrance free Refreshments and bar

Mums, Dads, Grannies & Grandpas!

Come and enjoy a little ‘in between’ time with your kiddies

at the OPEN DOOR

Drop in Café Boxted Village Hall

Fridays in School Term

8.45—10.15 am

Tea, coffee

Breakfast items

All welcome!

FROM THE RECTOR

Dear Friends,

Many of you kindly responded to last year’s survey about the church, your views on it and your involvement

in it. Thank you.

From your answers and comments it was clear that the constant changing of times and venues for the

services between our two churches of St. Mary’s and St. Peter’s was wearisome and impractical. We have

therefore introduced a new pattern of services, which we hope will be more convenient. To facilitate the new

times it is necessary to have a repeating two-month cycle, Month A followed by Month B, followed by Month

A, followed by month B and so on.

All the main Sunday services, in both churches, are now at 9.30 am: there are no longer any 11.15 am

services. They are normally services of Holy Communion (Eucharist) but on the third Sunday of the month

the service is a family-focussed Morning Praise.

The 8 am Eucharist continues at St. Mary’s on the third Sunday of every month. Evensong continues at St.

Peter’s (4.30 pm during GMT and 6 pm during BST). However, so that Evensong does not coincide with a

9.30 am service in the same church it will be on alternating third and fourth Sundays of the month, depending

whether it is Month A or Month B.

The dates and times of services will continue to be listed in the Newsletter and on the parish website.

I hope you will find that the new pattern of worship and times of services will be more convenient. Please

do let me know your views.

With best wishes,

Volunteers from the River Stour Trust (Lower River Group)

Invite you to an Open evening

At the Assembly Rooms Dedham

Thursday 18 February

BOXTED METHODIST CHAPEL Team Ministry

The Revd Alan Jenkins 793888

Email: [email protected]

The Revd Ken Chalmers 573061

Senior Steward Jenny Alvey 272686

THE PARISH OF

LANGHAM WITH BOXTED Website www.lb-churches.co.uk

Rector The Revd Dr Mandy Elmes

The Rectory Church Close West Bergholt

CO6 3JZ 240906

Mobile: 07872 649967


Lay Minister Denise Hobday 230918

Church Administrator Liz Dixon 243683


Churchwardens

St Mary’s Langham

Laura Benns 271458

Clifford Sims 321286

St Peter’s Boxted

Jocelyn Carter 272755

Graham Pullen 273804

Sunday Group Patsy Ann Maggs 322450

Zone & Edge Dominic Sheil 273324

St Mary & St Peter Newsletter

Editor Ian Hollands 230525


Advertising Scott Dolling 273886


Distribution

Ann Barnard (Boxted) 272349

Andrew Stacey (Langham) 272806

Enquiries about baptisms, weddings or funerals should be made to the Church Administrator.

Operation Christmas Child 125 filled shoeboxes were gathered in last November by Claire Arculus through St Mary’s and St Peter’s Churches (61), Boxted St Peter’s School (22) and Langham School (32). They were passed to Keith and Shirley Groome* of Langham, who took them, with others from the Clacton and Colchester areas, to the Sudbury depot to be sorted before dispatch to deprived children in Belarus. *For nearly 20 years the indefatigable Keith and Shirley Groome have been Operation Christmas Child’s principal shoebox collectors for much of North Essex.

HEATING OIL SCHEME Orders for the next delivery of heating oil under the scheme must be placed in person at the Langham Community Shop by 5 pm on Wednesday 3 February. The minimum order is 500L and there is a registration charge of £2 (£1 for Shop volunteers). Delivery is expected within 5 working days of 3 February.

CHILDREN’S SOCIETY Collections in aid of the Children’s Society at the Carol, Crib and Christingle Services at St Mary’s and St Peter’s amounted to a remarkable £344.

The house collection boxes will be gathered up in early February for the contents to be counted. Holders of boxes are warmly invited to bring them to either church on 7 or 14 February but if this is not convenient, your local CS representatives: Gill Pullen (Boxted) Tel. 273804 Helen Sims (Langham) Tel. 321286 will arrange to pick them up.

THE EVERGREENS As always, December was a particularly active month for the Boxted Evergreen Club. A week after enjoying a most delicious Christmas Lunch at the “New Times”, Tiptree, followed by a visit to Perrywoods Garden Centre. Members were later delightfully entertained by Barry Peters at their Christmas Party. Everyone had a splendid time, with mouth-watering party food prepared by Elaine Mott and Barbara Woodmason. The Evergreens are very grateful to the pupils of Boxted St Peter’s School for their kind invitation to watch the final dress rehearsal for the School’s sparkling Christmas Production.

CHURCH SERVICES FEBRUARY

Sunday 7th 9.30 am St Peter’s

Sung Eucharist (CW) 11.00 am Boxted Methodist Chapel

Morning Service 3.00 pm Boxted Methodist Chapel

Band Service Ash Wednesday 10th 11.00 am St Mary’s

Eucharist w. Ashes Sunday 14th 9.30 am St Mary’s

Sung Eucharist (CW) 11.00 am Boxted Methodist Chapel Morning service with Holy Communion

Sunday 21st 8.00 am St Mary’s

Eucharist (BCP) 9.30 am St Peter’s

Family Service 11.00 am Boxted Methodist Chapel

Morning Service Sunday 28th

9.30 am St Mary’s Sung Eucharist (CW)

11.00 am Boxted Methodist Chapel Morning Service

4.30 pm St Peter’s Evensong (BCP)

LANGHAM WI The December meeting was actually a very lively Christmas Party. Members brought an amazing array of food on the theme of quiches and a tasty se-lection of puddings. Catherine and Richard Hinchcliffe, singer and guitarist respectively, kindly provided the entertainment. 2016 began with an illustrated and enthusiastic talk by novelist Liz Trenow about her family’s in-volvement in the silk-weaving in-dustry from 1666. The business moved from Spitalfields to Hal-stead and Sudbury, where Warners is still an exclusive silk fabric producer. Her novels have local settings and often depict Sudbury and silk-manufacturing.

St Mary & St Peter’s Churches

FAMILY QUIZ NIGHT

SATURDAY 5 MARCH

7 for 7.30 pm

Boxted Village Hall

£6 a person—teams of up to 8

Snacks included in ticket

Licensed bar

To book contact Dominic & Linda Sheil

01206 273324 Proceeds to the churches’ youth work

JOHN TOKELY Painter & Decorator No job too large or small.

9 Nayland Road Colchester CO4 5EG Mobile: 07976 848310 Tel: 01206 845665

STEVE RAYNER House/Garden Maintenance Grass/Hedge cutting Weed control Clearance

Small tree work Exterior painting Gutters cleared Gates/Fencing/ Shed Services DIY jobs

Mobile: 07709 972728

LANGHAM PRE-SCHOOL Ofsted inspected Children aged 2-5 yrs old can learn & play in a friendly atmosphere with highly qualified staff. Mobile: 07930 963638 (9-12.30) during term-time Email: [email protected]

MATHER & CO SOLICITORS LANGHAM Low cost, high quality conveyancing. Also Wills, Probates and Powers of Attorney + Family and general legal services. Tel: 01206 322763

BS GARDEN MAINTENANCE Hedge & grass cutting Pruning Planting

Painting & Odd Jobs Winter Logs Mobile: 07513 150526 Tel: 01206 273292

J ROGERS Plumbing & Heating Over 40 years’ experience

Mobile: 07970 477995 Tel: 01206 852875

RUSSELL SMITH

High Quality Painter & Decorator

Jon-Pat School Road Langham Colchester

Tel: 01206 323520

BIG CLEAN LITTLE CLEAN LIMITED

Domestic and Office Cleaning

A quality, reliable, fully insured service

Mobile: 07786 087585 Tel: 01206 273125

EXTERIOR CARE Roofing Specialist

Flat roofing Tiling & Slating New roofs & repairs

Mobile: 07970 016234 Tel: 01206 272453

5 Brook Cottages Wet Lane Boxted

PARK LANE BEAUTY Beauty Treatment

Unit 6 Park Lane Business Centre Langham

Telephone 01206 233308


PENROSE Veterinary Surgeons

9.00 to 6.30 weekdays, Wed evening & Sat morning

70 Brinkley Lane Highwoods 01206 842608

Peeler’s End Stratford St Mary 01206 323414

ZUMBA Fitness

Boxted Village Hall

Thursdays 9.30-10.15am Yogalates 10.20-11am

Jo Clarke 07887 518031

ALL ASPECTS GARDENING Fully insured

Garden clearance DIY jobs Patios Driveways

Fencing Hedges Turfing Tree cutting

Mobile: 07943 482836 Tel: 01206 233487

BOXTED VILLAGE HALL SNOWBALL December Winners January

£25 Ros Freeland David Booroff £10 O Zammit Judy Large £ 6 Mrs Selsby Mrs Sutton £ 4 J Mallett Maisie Graves If you would like to join the Snowball

ring Chris Tadman on 273216

LANGHAM 100 CLUB November Winners December

£40 S Barnes Mrs Banham £25 M Shouksmith Betty & Tony Smith £15 Edith Watts Freda Doyle £10 Pat Solomon Diane Kirby

If you would like to join the 100 Club, ring Sue Armstrong on 271127.

St Peter’s

Church

St Mary’s

Church

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Open 10am to 8pm daily

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Need a little help?

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Ring one of the numbers on the

pink card available in

Boxted Village Hall

Langham Shop & either Church

BOXTED HISTORY GROUP Judith Blatch spoke at the November meeting about the old Sudbury firm of Winch & Blatch. The Winch family had traded in the town from the early 1800s and moved to the present Market Hill site when their original premises burnt down in 1922.

The picture was taken by a Boxted resident with children who is understandably outraged, as many other residents of both Boxted and Langham are, by the irresponsible conduct of the few.

FOULING BY DOGS The fouling by dogs of footpaths, footways and other public spaces, such as Boxted King George Playing Field and Langham Recreation Ground remains a major problem in both villages. Dog faeces are not merely a nasty inconvenience: they constitute a health hazard, especially to children, for whom ingestion of even small amounts after casual contact may lead to blindness. Dog-owners are legally obliged to clear up the mess when their pet defecates in a public place and in both villages bins are sited at places where the faeces may be readily deposited. The bins are both numerous and obvious but this does not seem to deter some dog-owners, as may be seen from the picture below, which shows dog faeces within yards of one of Boxted’s bins.

John Blatch came from London to join the firm in 1945 and became sole owner in 1960. The firm now occupies four buildings, within one of which patrons of the Coffee Shop may still see the 13th century roof structure. The year ended on a high note when author, cartoonist, local historian and broadcaster, Charlie Haylock (see below) gave a characteristically humorous talk on the history of spoken English. Its origins lie in in the dialects of incomers from Scandinavia and the Frisian Isles and it was many centuries before ‘Standard English’ developed. He ended his talk with a very enlightening oral demonstration of dialects happily

still spoken today.

TIN-BINS SKIP HIRE STRAIGHT ROAD BOXTED

2-4-6-8- yard skips

Fully licensed and qualified in

Waste Management & Recycling

Tel. Colchester 272751

Hunnaball Funeral Service York House 41 Mersea Road Colchester

Caring personal service from a family business

Immediate attention anytime, please contact: TREVOR, MELANIE or SAUL HUNNABALL

Tel: COLCHESTER 760049

Brian Osman

CHARTERED PSYCHOLOGIST

01206 273781 Please ring if you would like a

free preliminary discussion

[email protected]

Orchard Barns Kindergarten

Judged ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted

Children’s Nursery for children aged 2—7 years

Before and After School Club/Holiday Club Please visit our website

www.orchardbarns.co.uk Or call Shelley on

01206 323093 for more information

Architectural Services Homa Design Ltd

Langham New buildings, extensions, conversions

Planning & Building Regulations Tel: 01206 272247

RESULT! DSA Approved Female Driving Instructor

Friendly, reliable, 1—1 Tuition

Pass Plus, Refresher & Intensive Courses Mock Test Service Discounts Available

Call Chris: 01206 273132 or 07973 570022

CLEANSHINE WINDOW CLEANING SERVICE

ESSEX & SUFFOLK COVERED BASED IN BOXTED

Est. since 1994 Friendly, reliable and traditional service

Tel: 01206 272054 Mobile: 07706 054373

Please call for a Free Quote and see what a difference

clean windows can make GUTTERING ALSO CLEARED

JIM BROWN Oil Boiler & Aga

Maintenance

Tel: 01206-272012 Mobile: 07885-504036

A.H. BLAND Landscaping & Treework Service

Tel: 01206 869559 (24 hours) or 272426

Mobile Tel: 07771 626548

BEECHWOOD

LUXURY CATTERY

MOOR ROAD LANGHAM

Julie Tel: 01206 272937 Riches Mobile: 07792 061856

Tree Work & Hedging Fully qualified + insured Free Estimates

Firewood available Seasoned + split Free delivery

Call G Ely Mobile: 07860 833634

FUTURE ELECTRICAL LTD YOUR LOCAL ELECTRICIANS

Call Chris on 272494 or 07798 865377

Free quotations Qualified & Registered

Family Business [email protected]

Removals - Storage - Self Storage

T e l : 01206 233376 Foxash Estate Harwich Road Lawford CO11 2LR

www.schofieldremovals.co.uk

OVENS CLEANED Local, reliable experienced

01206 973 648 [email protected]

Michael J Byles Plumbing & Heating

Oil Boiler Installations Servicing & Maintenance Oftec Registered

General Plumbing & Heating work also undertaken

Telephone 01206 822225 Mobile 07717 012433

E –mail: michaeljbyles @aol.com

ANGLIA LANDSCAPES

01206 272357

JANE BURTON Traditional Flooring

CARPET WOOD STONE

AMTICO VINYL RUGS

Designed to your personal requirements

Welmans Lamberts Lane Great Tey CO6 1AP

Tel: 01787 222770

mark & peter graves

carpenters & general builders

a family run business providing a professional

service and quality workmanship at competitive rates.

general interior & exterior property improvements/

maintenance including: painting, ki tchen

instal lation, shelving, cupboards, wardrobes,

f looring, windows, doors, archi traves, skirt ing

boards, guttering, fascias, roofs, extensions,

conversions, renovations, garages, new bui ld,

decking, patios, fencing, sheds and barns.

all jobs considered

tel: 07889 947150 (day) or

01206 271173 (evening)

All groundworks & landscaping carried out Supplies of aggregates, topsoil,

crushed concrete & road planings Est. 1957

FARM & WOODLAND SERVICES

BOB’S LOGS & KINDLING

Open fire/wood burner Barn stored

Mobile: 07733 326644

Tel: 01206 391146

Little Owls Pre School Boxted Ofsted registered

www.littleowlsboxted.co.uk

Phone: 01206 273226


HA IRDRE SSE R I N LANGHAM

≈ Ladies & Gents trim £9 ≈ Blowdry £10

≈ Perms inc £32.50 ≈ Foils inc £28/33/38

≈ Tint regrowth inc £25

C a l l Ka t r i na on 2 33 43 5

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