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People’s thoughts are now turning to the two
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Jubilee at the beginning of June. Some local
groups have already started celebrating this
momentous occasion including local groups of
the Women’s Institute. (See our article on page
18). We would love to hear your stories and
see photographs of any street parties you hold
to celebrate to include in a later magazine or
on our website.
Soon after the Jubilee celebrations, we will be
heading into the Olympics. The Olympic
Torch will be passing through Hadleigh on
Friday 6th July. (read more in our article on
page 8)
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If you are planning or attending a street party to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee, you may be interested to know that street parties have a long history in the UK.
The earliest parties were held around the end of World War I in 1919 with “Peace Teas” to celebrate the signing of the Treaty
of Versailles. They were tea parties that were
focussed on a special treat for children in
those times of hardship and were quite
formal sit down affairs. These street parties
organised by residents were very popular
and were probably a development of the
more formal public street dinners that had
historically been held for occasions such as
Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897.
Since that time the community get-together
has grown in popularity as famous events are
celebrated across the nation on a local level.
1945 saw the VE (Victory in Europe) Day
street parties as streets gathered together to
celebrate the end of the war in Europe. Cries
of “God save the Queen” rang through the
street parties of 1953 as the celebration of
Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation on 2nd June
brought thousands to the streets
to welcome their new monarch
and watch the first Coronation to
be broadcast on TV. It was on
this day that a British classic dish was born - Coronation Chicken which remains a
popular nostalgic party dish to
this day.
Other major events that have
been celebrated with street
parties include
the Queen’s Silver Jubilee
in1977, the Royal Wedding of
Prince Charles and Lady Diana
Spencer in 1981 and, of course, last year’s
Royal Wedding of Prince William and
Catherine Middleton. It has not only been
Royal events that have joined residents
together though as England’s World Cup
Victory in 1966 had people across the
country joining together to celebrate with
street parties.
Originally, the traditional street party was at
times of austerity so food would have been
simple and consisted of whatever was
available. In 1953 for the Queen’s
coronation, food was still rationed after
World War II but households were given an
extra pound of sugar and 4 oz of margarine
for the celebrations.
The parties of today may not have the same
constraints but they will still be a celebration
of traditional British food and tradition. Over
1 million people joined a street party for the
wedding of Prince William and Catherine
Middleton last year and even more are
expected to be celebrating the Queen’s
Diamond Jubilee with barbecues, bunting
and Union Jack flags. However you plan to
celebrate, it is a wonderful time to get
together with friends, family and neighbours.
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee A History of Street Parties
Postcard showing a “Children’s Peace Tea” in the
South of England in 1919
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The Olympic Games
On Friday 6th July, the Olympic Torch will travel between Ipswich and Chelmsford passing through Hadleigh on it’s journey.
Fourteen Torchbearers, six of whom are from
Essex, will carry the Olympic Torch through
Hadleigh wearing white and gold uniforms.
The Torch will arrive in Hadleigh at 1.49pm.
from Leigh-on-Sea and will be carried along
the London Road and the High Street before
turning down Chapel Lane towards the
Olympic Mountain Biking Course at
Hadleigh Farm. At 2.30pm it will be
transported by bicycle around the Hadleigh
Farm Mountain Bike Course, then returning
along Chapel Lane and on to Victoria House
Roundabout where it will turn down Rayleigh
Road. It will then be transported by convoy
from Hadleigh to Basildon.
The Olympic Torch
The Olympic Flame or Torch is a symbol of
the Olympic Games. It originated at the
ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia,
Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th
century AD. A sacred flame burned
continually on the altar of the goddess Hera.
At the same time, heralds were
summoned to travel throughout Greece
to announce the Games. The Olympic
Flame was reintroduced at the 1928
Olympics at Amsterdam and the
modern tradition of moving the
Olympic Flame using a torch relay
from Greece to the Olympic venue
began at the Berlin Olympic Games in
1936.
The Olympic Flame is lit from the
sun’s rays at the Temple of Hera in
Olympia, in a traditional ceremony
among the ruins of the ancient Olympic
Games. After a short relay around Greece, the
Flame will be handed over to London at a
ceremony at Athens. The Olympic Torch
Relay will start at Land’s End on Saturday
19th May 2012 and will then visit more than
1,000 cities, towns and villages in the UK. It
will arrive in the Olympic Stadium on Friday
27th July as part of the Olympic Games
Opening Ceremony.
The Mountain Bike Events at Hadleigh
The Mountain Bike events at London 2012
take place at Hadleigh Farm over the
weekend of 11th-12th August, the final two
days of the Olympic Games. The event is held
as a single race around the course, with all the
mountain bike riders starting together. The
winner is the first to cross the finish line and
gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded.
The women’s event will
see 30 to 40 riders
complete a distance of
20 to 25 miles on the
Saturday, and 50 to 60
men will complete a
distance of 25 to 30
miles on the Sunday.
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Hadleigh and Thundersley
including
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Heath Pictures” presented
by Graham Cook.
The Community Archive
was officially launched in
September 2011 in Hadleigh
Old Fire Station and is now
available to view online at
www.hadleighhistory.org.uk
Anyone can contribute to the site by
uploading photographs, documents,
memories or any information about the
history of Hadleigh and Thundersley. It is
very easy to do with simple instructions to
follow online but if you need any help at all -
either in writing your story or publishing
your documents to the site - you can e mail
You can also meet representatives of the
Hadleigh & Thundersley Archive to chat
about your memories and view the website.
Drop in sessions are held on the 1st
Wednesday of every month at Hadleigh Old
Fire Station between 2pm and 3pm and on
the 2nd Saturday of each month at Hadleigh
Library between 10.30am and 12noon. You
can take your old photos, documents,
newspaper cuttings or other memorabilia
along to these sessions for scanning.
The Hadleigh & Thundersley Community Archive was formed in 2010 in partnership with Essex County Council Libraries and The Essex Record Office.
A community archive was already in
existence for Canvey Island and Heritage
Lottery funding was obtained for a further
six archives in South East Essex. Together,
these archives are known as the South East
Essex Community Archive Network
(SEECA).
The archives are run by local people with an
interest in their town. Thundersley had not
originally been included in the six new
archives but at an early meeting of the
Hadleigh Community Archive it was agreed
that Thundersley, including Daws Heath,
should be incorporated with Hadleigh.
From late 2010 through to early 2011,
regular meetings were held in Hadleigh
Library to generate interest in the
community archive. Several of these
meetings included talks by local people and
covered topics in all of the areas within
Local History
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theme of the event was The
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee so
Doreen sent an invitation to the
Queen herself to join the regular
members. A lovely letter from one
of the Queen’s Aides was read out
to the group offering the Queen’s
apologies and best wishes!
Although the meeting was fun and
lively, there was a more serious
note as Elaine Arnold, a
representative from the local WIs
chosen charity the Basildon
Women’s Refuge, explained a
little about the work that they do in
helping the victims of domestic
violence. The annual Spring meeting of 5 local Women’s Institute was held in April with over 160 ladies in attendance. The theme for the meeting was the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
If you thought that the Women’s Institute
was dowdy and dull with no place in modern
society, think again! The walls were rocking
at this year’s Spring meeting when local
members danced in the aisles as talented
young singer Anna McDonald entertained
them with “Songs Through The Decades.”
The 5 local groups in Castle Point are South
Benfleet WI, North Benfleet WI,
Knightswick WI, Canvey WI and the newly
formed Furtherwick WI and this year’s
meeting was hosted at the Paddocks on
Canvey Island by the Knightwick WI.
The event was organised by the president of
the Knightswick WI, Doreen Marston and
her committee. A fabulous afternoon tea was
served before the entertainment began. The
Community Information
Local Women’s Institute Groups Celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
The presidents of the 5 local WI groups along with singer Anna
McDonald and Elaine Arnold from Basildon Women’s Refuge
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5th May1930
On this day in history, Amy Johnson (born
1st July 1903) became the first woman to fly
solo from Croydon, England to Darwin,
Australia. It took her 19 days to fly the
11,000 miles in her Gipsy Moth aircraft
named “Jason.”
Amy started flying as a hobby and gained
her Pilots Licence at the London Aeroplane
Club in 1929. She set several other records
during the 1930s flying either solo or with
her husband, Scottish aviator Jim Mollison.
She joined the newly formed Air Transport
Auxiliary in the 1940s during World War
Two. The job of the ATA was to transport
Royal Air Force aircraft across the country
and Amy rose to the position of First
Officer.
She died on January 5th 1941whilst flying
for the RAF Kidlington. She went off course
in bad weather and drowned after escaping
into the Thames Estuary. She was seen to be
alive in the water and a rescue attempt was
launched but failed. Her body was never
found.
11th May1820
On this day, the HMS Beagle was launched
May in History
from the Royal Dockyard of Woolwich on
the River Thames. She was a Cherokee class
10-gun brig of the Royal Navy and cost
£7,803 to build.
HMS Beagle is famous as it was the ship in
which the naturalist Charles Darwin sailed
around the world from 26th December 1831
to 27th February 1832. The rich variety of
animal and plant species that Darwin saw on
the voyage on the Beagle led him to develop
his theory of “evolution by natural
selection.” Darwin realised that life was a
constant struggle for survival: more
creatures were born than the world’s
resources could sustain. Any individual with
an advantage over its fellows would be more
likely to endure long enough to reproduce
and perhaps pass on its advantage to the next
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Showcasing award-winning talent from across
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Healthy Living
Are you out of balance?
Recently I’ve had a couple of clients with really terrible problems with balance which had totally disrupted their lives for many
months or years. In my work, no matter what the doctor has diagnosed I ask “what’s been going on in their lives recently” and then I listen.
I always hear of some long term stress. It’s
as if our internal pressure cooker gets to a
long simmering boil and then it explodes.
Our bodies are equipped to keep us in
balance, whatever we throw at them and they
do an amazing job to keep us breathing and
upright! However, we can take only so much
and then something just has to give. We may
have had earlier warning signs but often
we’re so busy that we carry on our stressful
way.
The photo (above) is of Oak Creek in
Arizona which is an area where the earth’s
energy is reputed to be especially strong. In
a clearing I came across hundreds of these
“cairns” or piles of rocks. I stopped in awe
and just gazed. If we have our lives in
balance, everything follows and unfolds
smoothly! I talk a lot about balance in my
work.
When I give reflexology, the feet represent
all of you so a treatment of both feet is like
having a gentle workout all over. This seems
to point out to your brain what it may be
bypassing and forgotten and gives your body
a chance to heal and get itself back in
equilibrium.
When I use Bowen technique, I talk about us
being like a tent. Life’s stresses have caused
your guy ropes to become uneven. Bowen
gently works to get your guy ropes (core
muscles) back in balance so you feel
straighter, less tied in knots, able to stand tall
again and look the world in the face! I often
send patients home with a blend of essential
oils to help them return to relaxation anytime
they choose.
So, what can you do? I advocate what I call
guilt free “brain break.” This is time out for
you away from the “musts” and “shoulds” of
life. Think about what you used to enjoy as a
child. It might be time outdoors pottering in
the garden, walking the dog and really
appreciating your surroundings. It may be a
night away from hubby and the kids visiting
an old friend! Ask yourself what feeds you,
makes you feel good and refreshed and do it
daily if you can. Why not have a holistic
treatment for a special occasion and savour
every moment. Remember how it feels to be
really relaxed and do whatever it takes to find
that feeling on a daily basis.
When I was in Oak Creek I felt to wonderfully
still inside and having felt that feeling, I’ve
taught myself to get into that state any time. If
you’d like help, do get in touch and I’ll teach
you tools to keep your pressure cooker on
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Useful Numbers
Police Essex Police 0300 333 4444
www.essex.police.uk
Benfleet Neighbourhood Policing Team
07791 680397
Medical
Basildon Hospital 01268 533911
Southend Hospital 01702 435 555
NHS Direct 0845 4647
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
South Essex Stop Smoking Services
01702 313705
www.southessexstopsmokingservice.nhs.uk
Councils
Castle Point Council 01268 882455
Essex County Council 0845 7585 592
www.essexcc.gov.uk
Rebecca Harris MP 020 7219 7206
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Other Numbers Citizen’s Advice Bureau 01268 515 424
08444 770 808
www.castlepointcitizensadvicebureau.org.uk RSPCA 07791 680413
NSPCC Child Protection Helpline
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