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Palgrave Star June 2017 1

This edition of The Palgrave Star has been produced in good faith but errors may still occur during production. Please let us know if this happens so that it can be corrected. Please be aware that the views expressed in the magazine are not necessarily those of the editors and we cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of material submitted for publication and that material is included at the editors discretion, and may be edited for publication.

The deadline for the next issue is:

20th June If you have an article to be included or would like to advertise in The Palgrave Star, please contact the editors at:

[email protected]

Booking rates for Palgrave Community Centre Main hall Monday—Friday

£10.00 per hour

Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday

£12.00 per hour

Bar Service for functions £30.00 for 4 hours. Member’s Lounge Monday—Friday

£5.00 per hour

Saturday and Sunday

£7.00 per hour

Deposit of 50% required at time of booking. CONTACT THE BOOKINGS SECRETARY FOR FURTHER DETAILS

A full colour, larger print version of The Palgrave Star is available on the Palgrave and District Community Council website: www.pdcc.co.uk 2

The Palgrave Star The magazine of the Palgrave and District Community Council Registered Charity 269132

The Palgrave and District Community Council Chairman: Martin Dyer Vice-chairman: Phil Dyer Secretary: Ian McClintock Treasurer: Heather Goddard Membership Secretary: Helen Thorburn (01379 651749) Bookings Secretary: contact 07554 945682 or email— [email protected] Bar Manager: Lee Lockwood

(01379 423607)

Other Committee Members: Elaine Bootman (representing Parish Council), Hugh Bunbury, Emma Callaghan, Diane Gibbons, John Gibbons, Gill Heriz, Jan Hicks, John Kilgannon, Ted Ling, Jane McClintock, Eric Milne, Kathy Milne, Robert Moore, and Jean Potter. All members of the PDCC Executive Committee are volunteers, who give up their time to plan and hold various events at the centre that we hope people will be interested in. If you’d like to help with organising an event, but don’t want to be on the committee then that’s OK, we appreciate all offers of help, from anyone—be they young or old.

www.pdcc.co.uk Palgrave Dcc 3

SULLY—MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON (12) Saturday 3rd June - only a few seats left LION (15) Saturday 8th July

LA LA LAND (12) Saturday 5th August VICEROYS HOUSE (12) Saturday 2nd September

Free Parking -Bar Open- Ice Creams in the Interval Big Screen - Digital Stereo Surround Sound-Large Screen Book Now for all films £5 (PCCM £4.50) http://www.palgravecinema.co.uk/ for reviews, trailers and to book seats or ring 01379 742983 4

June Events Friendship Club Prize Bingo

2 June

7.30pm

10 June

Coffee Morning with Boarder Crafts

10 June

Poetry Evening with Fish and Chip Supper

See page 9 for more details

See page 27 for more details

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Life's full of challenges I am a professional couples counsellor dealing in all relationship issues including sexual problems, sex addictions, infidelity and emotional concerns. In addition I offer individual counselling dealing in depression/anxiety/ bereavement/eating disorders/low self-esteem/bullying/domestic abuse and emotional issues. I have a delightful counselling room in my home in Hinderclay with parking. It is a safe place for you to look at your issues with a fresh perspective, please call or email me for an initial appointment.

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100 Club Winners

The May draw will take place at the PDCC Executive meeting on Wednesday 7th June and winners will be notified in due course.

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The Palgrave Friendship Club Why not join us? A warm welcome awaits you! On Friday June 2nd there will be a Prize Bingo Session at the Community Centre beginning at 7.30 pm. We normally meet at the Palgrave Community Centre on alternate Tuesdays (this month June 13th and June 27th) at 2pm. An entrance fee of £1 covers tea and biscuits and the raffle. There is an opportunity to play whist or dominoes or you can just sit and chat. Once a month we join in the lunch provided by the Community Council. Every year there are three outings as well as a Bingo session (see above). The next outing will be to Felixstowe on 8th August.

Pam Baker (01379 643513 or Jean Potter (01379 651926) would welcome enquiries.

PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP Following a successful initial meeting in May, we have over 20 members who are now interested in having a regular monthly get together. The next meeting is Thursday 22nd June at 7.15pm in the Lounge Bar. All welcome. Please contact Phil on [email protected] for more details.

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Palgrave Nature Notes They're back - Swifts, that is! Of all our British migratory birds the Swift is perhaps the most eagerly looked for in spring and the most missed when their early August departure signals the coming end of summer. This was made clear to me with the reports I have received in the past few weeks. The first to tell me was Mike Bootman, who saw a party of them flying over Crossing Road as early as the last week in April: this relatively early sighting suggests to me that these birds had just arrived from the Continent. On the 5th May Jean Joint rang, saying that she had just rushed indoors to let me know that a small 'social group' had that minute been wheeling and screaming over Upper Rose Lane, which she and probably several other residents described as 'my' Swifts. The next day Jan Hicks e-mailed: 'Delighted to say my swifts are back. Just seen them wheeling about above the house [on the Green] and screeching. Yes!!' Such enthusiasm for truly wild creatures is great: there is something about these fantastic birds that brings out the best in almost everybody, whether it be their superb aerial displays, often at considerable height, their obvious delight in living as they career around our houses, or perhaps the knowledge that they spend such a huge proportion of their lives 'on the wing', travelling thousands, perhaps millions, of miles in the process. In any case there can be few wild birds so closely associated with us humans yet are so obviously wild by nature. The common Swift is our only UK member of the genus Apus, though anybody that has been on holiday in Spain will no doubt have seen Pallid and Alpine swifts as well. 'Our' bird is not black, as it usually appears when seen against a lighter sky, but a very dark brown with only the throat paler. It is its shape that is so distinctive, the wings usually described as 'scythe-shaped', the body streamlined, the tail short and slightly forked. Swifts can be mistaken for swallows but they are noticeably larger, they lack the tail streamers of adult swallows and their flight pattern is very different. They can switch very quickly from rapid wing beats (apparently giving them up to 40 kph through the air) to a more measured, almost gliding, flight at about 23 kph as they roam the sky in a seemingly endless search for insects [FB Gill 'Ornithology']. Unfortunately they, like so many species, are under pressure: the last figures I saw suggested that common Swifts have declined by 47% in the UK as a whole which, even though not sure over what period, it is a horrific statistic. The principal reason appears to be the loss of nesting sites, which are usually under tiled roofs, as houses are refurbished and new ones built without thought for swift access points: planners and architects could easily rectify. But what wonderful birds they are! There have of course been other wildlife reports this month. Jean Thorndyke told me of a pair of Stock doves that are regular visitors to her garden, a species often overlooked as yet another 'pigeon'. They have the same green and dusky pink neck patches but lack the obvious white wing bars of their larger cousins. A couple of reports have mentioned hearing their first cuckoo of spring: the earliest was from Penny Thompson, who heard him calling on the 1st May. Graham & Pat Leigh listened to one calling whilst they were out walking with Bramble on 12th May, when they were also able to hear the rather more tuneful call of a Skylark. This is another passerine that is currently under threat, this time from changes in agricultural practice, though in the last few years there have been a few signs that Skylark numbers in open farmland are becoming more stable. The main problem here seems to be the preponderance of autumn sown cereal crops in the major arable areas of the country compared to the spring sown regimes that were the norm in the immediate post-war decades. At the time in spring when the Skylark, a ground nester, is ready to breed the crop is usually too dense, too thick, for the parent birds to penetrate and make their nest in a slight hollow in the earth. Jan Hicks has reported having a frequently visiting Song Thrush which was dealing with the snails in her garden. She also mentioned that she and Margaret Drake had seen 'a small green bird with a bright green wing stripe' which they thought must be an exciting rarity but on consulting a field guide discovered that it was in fact a juvenile greenfinch! Mike Bootman on the other hand reported a flock of greenfinches flying across the road in front of his car as he drove into Palgrave over Denmark Bridge, which suggests that this species is currently bouncing back from its trichomonosis problems. And finally an act of kindness to nature (... and one of courage). I am told that Martin Dyer and his son Thomas have saved a nest of buff-tailed bumble bees from extermination after they (the bees!) rashly set up home in a Diss bird box. They were released in the Dyer's Clarke Close garden. Another species under severe threat. This time there was a happy ending for the bees, but Thomas was stung in the line of duty I'm sure the bees are very grateful, Thomas! IM 14/05/2017 11

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Palgrave Parish Community-Led Plan Open Forum & Workshops Session 1 - Friday 26th May Session 2 - Friday 23rd June Session 3 - Friday 21st July From 7 p.m. at Palgrave Community Centre

Sessions will include Facts & Figures about Palgrave, Topics and Themes, Issues and Options and will enable you to help Shape Our Future… For further information please contact Mike Bootman tel.: 01379 640211 or e-mail [email protected]

CHURCHYARD CLEAN UP AT PALGRAVE! A really big thank you to all those who came along and helped with the Churchyard Clean Up on Saturday 13th May. A wonderful job of weeding, hoeing, cutting pruning and sawing made a huge difference. The weather was kind to us and after refreshments, tea, coffee, sausage rolls, cake and biscuits we started all over again. We are hoping to have another session at the beginning of October so watch this space. Beryl Dyer Churchwarden 13

Services at St Peter’s, Palgrave

June 2017 Sunday 4th June - Pentecost

Readings: Acts 2.1-21† or Numbers 11.24-30; 1 Corinthians 12.3b-13 or Acts 2.1-21†; John 20.19-23 or John 7.37-39; Psalm 104.26-36,37b [or 104.26-end]

8.00 am 10.00 am

Holy Communion

Joint Pentecost Festival for Palgrave, Brome & Wortham Sunday Clubs at Palgrave Community Centre (not at Palgrave Church) followed by Benefice Pentecostal Lunch at Palgrave Community Centre

Sunday 11th June – Trinity Sunday

Readings: Isaiah 40.12-17, 27-end; 2 Corinthians 13.11-end; Matthew 28.16-end; Psalm 8 11.00 am Holy Communion - Common Worship Order 1

Sunday 18th June – Trinity 1

Readings: Exodus 19.2-8a; Romans 5.1-8; Matthew 9.35-10.8[9-23]; Psalm 100 10.00 am Palgrave Praise

Sunday 25th June – Trinity 2

Readings: J er emiah 20.7-13; Romans 6.1b-11; Matthew 10.24-39; Psalm 69.8-11[12-17]18-20 [or 69.14-20] 10.30 am Benefice Service at Wortham (no service at Palgrave)

Sunday 2nd July – Trinity 3

Readings: J er emiah 28.5-9; Romans 6.12-end; Matthew 10.40-end; Psalm 89.1-4,15-18 [or 89.8-18]

8.00 am

Holy Communion

10.00 am

Sunday Club followed by

10.45 am

Coffee and Cookies followed by a short Family Service

†The readings from Acts must be used as either the first or second reading

St Peter’s is normally open during daylight hours for private prayer and meditation, please do use this resource which is for the whole community. ALL ARE WELCOME For further details, please contact: Churchwarden: Beryl Dyer – 01379 650382 Sunday Club: Helen Skipper – 01379 641340 Palgrave Praise: Kathryn Westerveld – 01379 644007 Please see Parish News for details of services throughout the North Hartismere Benefice including Morning Prayer on Mondays at 9.30 am

Events coming up this month

Sunday Club Jamboree! On Sunday 4th June at 10.00 am at the Community Centre our Sunday Club will be joined by those from Brome and Wortham to celebrate Pentecost. As well as a short service, there will be kite making, balloon games and a Barbeque Lunch. Please bring what you would like to cook and accompaniments and salad will be provided. Please join us for this special event, whatever your age and whether you have children or not. Everyone welcome! 14

North Hartismere Benefice

On 4th June the Sunday Clubs of Palgrave, Wortham & Burgate and Brome & Oakley will be a holding a

Joint Sunday Club PENTECOST JAMBOREE at Palgrave Community Centre with balloons, kites, painting and windmills to make.

10.00am start, followed by a barbeque at 12.00 Bring whatever you would like to cook – rolls and salads provided

Everyone welcome – with or without children! Contact Beryl - 650382, Barbara – 742985 or Lyn 788479 for more details 15

49% increase in electricity prices!! That is the additional amount the Community Centre will be paying the utility company for our electricity in the next two years. And this was the cheapest rate quoted from a range of suppliers------------if we had stayed with our previous supplier the increase would be 75% ! As a charity we only have to pay 5% VAT on our bills, but even with this rate our electricity costs are likely to be in the region of £1600 for the year------------assuming we have another mild Winter! We can count ourselves lucky that we have a reasonably modern and well insulated building, the old storage heaters were replaced with air source heat pumps, to heat the main areas, and double glazing was installed in recent years. As a result our electricity consumption for heating has reduced by about a quarter. In addition the electricity produced by the turbine saves on the amount we take, and pay for, from the grid. The utility company “deem” that we use half of the electricity the turbine produces, so on average the turbine has saved us paying for 8000 kW of electricity a year, at current rates that is a saving in the region of nearly £1000 on our bill. The main income from the turbine is the Feed In Tariff of 31P we receive for every kW of electricity it produces, whether we use it or export it to the grid. All of this is a far cry from the very worrying times in 2009 when our electricity bill approached £3,000 for the year. There is still room for more energy efficiency improvements as funds allow, in addition to the simple things like keeping doors closed and turning off lights we do not need!

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Clubs and Events at The Palgrave Community Centre this month Clubs Mondays:

Carpet Bowls 2.00pm Parkinson Support Group (second Monday of the month) 2pm-4pm (Member’s lounge) Drama Group 5.30pm (Main hall) Line Dancing 7.30pm (Main hall) Cribbage 7.00pm (in the Member’s lounge)

Tuesdays:

Friendship Club—13th & 27th (Lunch on 13th) Fit to drop 9.30am Pilates 6.45pm African drumming 7pm (in the Member’s lounge) Bolly Fit 8pm

Wednesdays:

Extend 12pm Ving-stun Kung Fu and Eskrima Martial Arts– 6.30pm PDCC Committee Meeting (First Wednesday of the month Member’s lounge)

Thursdays:

Quilters (Second Thursday of every month) 9.30am Aerobics with Rachel 5.45pm

Fridays:

Fit Steps 10.00am Member’s Lounge bar open 6.30pm

Other events in June 2nd Friendship Club Bingo 3rd Cinema 7th PDCC Executive Meeting 8th Elections 10th Coffee Morning 10th Poetry Evening 15th Parish Council Meeting 22nd Photography Group 23rd Neighbourhood Planning

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It is ‘all go’ for the Play in Palgrave project Since the last issue of The Star… The Play in Palgrave Team were pleased to present an update on the project’s achievements to date, what the project will be delivering and outlining next steps at the Annual Parish Meeting in April. We were thrilled to announce that we have successfully raised £50,000 for the project so far. Several fundraising activities have since raised a further £553, thank you to all those who have taken part: Fashion Show the Diss Community Champions at Tesco hosted a fantastic fashion show featuring the Summer collection of F&F. Tesco staff members Kayleigh, Charla, Hayley once again worked tremendously hard preparing for the event which included walking rails of clothes down The Lows! The enjoyable evening was expertly compared by Harvey, also an employee of Tesco Diss Store. Thank you to all of the models who took to the catwalk so professionally including Tesco staff and their children, and also children and parents from Palgrave! Well done to local residents Susie Dyer, Leigh Gracie, Ava, Amber, Emily, Sophie, Katie, Sophie and Tori. Ticket sales for the event and the raffle donated by Tesco raised a fantastic £393 for the playground project. Buying, Selling, Renting & Extending Talk We were joined by residential and development specialists from Durrants who gave an informative talk sharing their considerable knowledge and expertise. Thank you to Mark and Hamish who volunteered their time and to Durrants for supplying a delicious Cheese and Wine supper. Yard Sale We ran a stall at the PDCC’s recent Yard Sale making in excess of £90 for the funding pot.

Installation works begin! We are ecstatically proud to announce that two large elements of the new playground equipment have recently been installed by Timberplay. You may have noticed the works! There is a further two week requirement for the equipment’s foundations to set fully before play commences and so the Timberplay Platform House and Combination Tower will be fenced off for this period. As soon as the equipment is ready we will remove the fences. Please don’t go on it until then. The Timberplay Platform House has a wide steel slide, wooden play house, climbing net and platform area for little ones to explore. Similar equipment is found at High Lodge in Thetford Forest. A small carousel to complement this will be installed later this year too. The impressive Timberplay Tower Combination for the bigger children has multiple entry and exit points: steel slide, inclined climbing wall and rope, bridge, and more. All elements that came out strongly in the consultation with the children. We were successful in securing an Awards for All Lottery Grant of £10,000 to go towards this item.

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Another element of the project is the introduction of picnic benches and seating with a litter bin and also an accessible pathway and new gated entrance. These have been purchased and will be installed soon. As well as introducing new equipment we are making good the existing playground to ensure the whole area meets ROSPA inspection standards, looks like new and lasts for another generation. Thank you to all those who have helped get the refurbishment works underway at the recent volunteer day. More to be done! An official opening of this first phase of improvements - the installation of the new climbing frames - will take place at our Family Fun Day on Sunday 2nd July. We hope you can join us for a BBQ, afternoon tea, games and stalls, music, face painting, ice creams and much more. And of course a play on the new equipment!!!

Can I help? TOMOBOLA PRIZES - if you have any items that would be suitable for the Tombola Stall or game prizes at the Family Fun Day we would be grateful for donations! Please contact any member of the PiP Team. The Play in Palgrave Team is: Elaine Bootman, Hannah Cooke, Susie Dyer, Jane McClintock and Wendy Cooper. To contact us please call Elaine on 01379 640211

A Picture of Palgrave July 15th and 16th 2017 An exhibition of old photographs of the village.

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Palgrave Gardening and Social Group PGSG organised a well-attended coach trip to Sandringham on 10th May. The weather was quite perfect and the grounds were seen to the best possible advantage. Members broke into small groups and whereas some managed to explore the grounds, visit the museum and walk out to the church, others just ambled about, luxuriating in the sunshine and enjoying the lovely views. An added pleasure was seeing Margaret Spoors and her husband. They had come for the day from their new home in Cambridgeshire and we were all delighted to see them. The next PGSG excursion will be to Pensthorpe on Wednesday 20th September. On Sunday 14th May in conjunction with the Village Garage Sale, there was a plant stall outside the church in aid of The Friends of Palgrave Church, an organisation formed to raise money to help maintain the structure of our ancient church. Many Garden Group members supplied plants and helped out on the stall. This was very successful, with nearly all plants being sold. Tip of the Month - June 2017 Indoor tomatoes. If there is not as much height in your greenhouse as you would like for your vine tomatoes, here is a suggestion. Allow just one side shoot to grow on each plant, then train it upwards and tie it in parallel to the main stem. Continue to pinch out side-shoots on both stems.

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Waveney Valley Ale, Wine & Cider Trail Launch A unique Ale, Wine and Cider Trail has been created in the Waveney Valley between Diss and Bungay linking 5 small breweries, a winemaker and a cider producer. These comprise: Barrell & Sellers Brewery, Flint Vineyard, Grain Brewery, Green Dragon Brewery, Harleston Cider Co, Hoxne Brewery and the Waveney Brewing Co. Each provider will open its doors to the public on the last Saturday of the month between 11am and 5pm from end of May to the end of October 2017. The Trail starts at Diss, convenient for London and Norwich-bound trains, and ends in Bungay but can be undertaken in any order. The aim is for visitors to tour the various establishments cherrypicking their route. This is an opportunity to hear how the various ales, wines and ciders are produced, to sample the product and to purchase directly from each maker. Four pubs are included on the Trail to provide suitable refreshments. These include the Jolly Porter at Diss train station, the Old Kings Head at Brockdish, the Queens Head at Earsham and the Green Dragon in Bungay. A marketing flyer has been produced which gives information about the Trail and the various establishments together with details about local minibus/coach hire and places to stay if people want to make a weekend of it. The flyer is available from www.visitwaveneyvalley.co.uk or www.harlestoncider.co.uk and the Trail is further described on facebook.com/waveneyvalleytrail. Contact: Ken Woolley, Harleston Cider Company Ltd, Email: [email protected]; Phone 07747 053114

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Ever Thought About Doing Something Different on a Wednesday, Then Why Not… Come to the Mid Suffolk Light Railway and join the Wednesday gang. Similar to the well-known ‘Men in Shed’ concept but undertaking real preservation and conservation work. A place where people of all ages can spend time tinkering, repairing and making things while socialising with others. A larger version of the typical man’s shed pursuing practical interests, working at your own pace in a safe, friendly and inclusive venue. The newly constructed restoration workshop at the museum’s Brockford Station site forming the hub for the main activities. The building is fully assessable for disabled people and equipped with showers, toilets and new workbenches etc. These activities, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, are aimed at providing opportunities for small groups of individuals to ‘work’ at the museum for a period of four months at which point you will be invited to join the museum’s wider community of volunteers, thereby allowing a new intake to participate in the programme. Starting with a half day induction session which will include an interactive tour of the museum, a brief introductory talk around the museum’s roots and its heritage. This would be followed by a health and safety briefing, including highlighting important aspects of being on a full functioning steam railway. Finally typical types of work activities will be seen and explained. Each new participant will have an initial introductory ‘chat’ and assigned a ‘buddy’ from the museum’s existing volunteers who will support and help you during your time with us. Activities will generally take place every Wednesday as part of the normal volunteer day at Brockford Station and the activities that you will participate in will be the regular volunteering work and projects being undertaken within the museum. These could range from metal working, carpentry, painting, engine maintenance, building and grounds maintenance. All participants will spend time on the main heritage restoration projects ongoing at the time and will include the restoration of the museum’s main steam locomotive. In addition to experiencing heritage from hands on working there be at the start of each session a 20/30 minute talk on a specific topic of MSLR’s past for example being a Station Master on the line. For the first introductory day we will ask you to turn up at 10:00 and have an early finish of 13:00, for the rest of the sessions will run from 10:00 through to 15:00, but if you wish start earlier or stay longer that will be fine providing the workshops are open. If you are interested you can either contact us on 01449 766899 or email [email protected] 27

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Annual Parish Council Meeting Report - May 2017 The Annual Parish Council Meeting was held in the Community Centre on 18 th May with 3 members of the public in attendance. This meeting is the one where a Chairman is elected for the year and appointments made to various committees and to represent the Parish Council on other bodies. Your Parish Council for 2017-18 - Cllr Mike Bootman was re-elected Chairman and Cllr Val Pudney Vice-Chairman. Kevin Mobbs was co-opted to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Keith Charman but as John Gibbons has now tendered his resignation a further vacancy is currently being advertised - any person interested should first make enquiries through the Parish Clerk.

Cemetery Committee - Cllrs M Bootman (chair), V Pudney, E Collins and K Mobbs with Mr P Dyer to continue as Cemetery Administrator. Personnel Committee - Cllrs Val Pudney (chair), E Bootman, J Shirley-Smith and M Sneddon. Planning Committee - Cllrs M Bootman (chair), V Pudney, M Brown and N Weston. Governance - Sarah Foote was reappointed as Responsible Financial Officer and the Parish Council’s Accounts and Annual Return were approved and signed. Following internal audit these will be submitted to external audit and made available for public inspection. Open Spaces - Various matters were agreed and work put in hand. A 3-year contract was awarded for grass cutting/strimming at The Green, Cemetery and Churchyard; a quote was accepted for rubbing-down, cleaning and treating with oil the gates at the Cemetery and Churchyard together with the Jubilee seat by the Pond; a wind-damaged tree in the Cemetery will be attended to; the avenue of Yew trees in the Churchyard will be further coppiced; the branches overhanging the ‘Bus Shelter will be coppiced and a Working Party was formed to consider a replacement for the Shelter, which is now infested with woodworm. Roads and Traffic - With recent data highlighting continued speeding and the lack of approved sites for vehicle Activated Signs (VAS) the Parish Council agreed to pursue a Community SpeedWatch scheme, subject to sufficient suitable sites and volunteers to run the scheme coming forward. Road safety, traffic calming measures and HGV restrictions continue to be pressed for from Highways. Diss & District Neighbourhood Plan - Given the overwhelming support at the Annual Parish Meeting the collective decision to apply for Designation of the Area will be supported when the steering group meets on 1st June. Community-Led Plan Workshops - Important - please see separate Notice on page 13 for details. Next Parish Council meeting will be held on Thursday 15th June 2017 ( a week later due to the general election being held on the 8th June)- 7.30pm in the Community Centre. Members of the public are always welcome to attend and time may be set aside for any questions. The agenda is posted in advance on the Palgrave website: http://www.palgrave.onesuffolk.net/ and also on the Parish notice boards by Forge Close and in the Community Centre. You can contact the Parish Council by e-mail: [email protected] or tel: 07554 733 621 or in writing to: Palgrave Parish Council, c/o Church Hill, Hoxne, Eye IP21 5AT. Any issues, ideas, suggestions or offers of help relating to Community-Led/Neighbourhood Planning can be sent to the above or by e-mail to: [email protected] 29

PALGRAVE WALKING GROUP Our group meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month normally leaving Palgrave Community Centre at 9.45 a.m. Everyone is welcome to join our friendly group but it is regretted that dogs cannot be allowed on our walks. Additionally Palgrave Walking Group, or its walk leaders, cannot be held liable for any injury sustained whilst on any walk they organise. Please contact Bob Solley on 01379 651706 or [email protected] if you would like further details. Margaret and Keith will lead a walk on June the 13th as outlined below, meet as usual at Palgrave, or at the walk start point if it is more local to you: The walk will start and finish from the Manor House Pub in Wortham, initially across The Common, then crossing the A143 heading south towards Mellis and Thrandeston. Some of the fields we cross are part of Howards' nursery so were very colourful when walking today. The walk for the greater part is around field edges and on tracks (apart from one short length where the path was ploughed) and there is one stile. It is about 4.5 miles. Following massive demand, we are back to Dunwich Thanks to Martin and Larraine on June 27th: Our walk will be a repeat of the Dunwich Beach walk – but this time in daylight. We start from Dunwich Beach Car Park (free and with toilets available) and head south along the beach towards Sizewell. After about half an hour we turn inland onto Dunwich Heath near the National Trust’s Coastguard Cottages. We then follow the Sandlings Walk across the Heath before turning off into Greyfriars Wood finally passing the ruins of Greyfriars Friary and “the Last Grave” before returning to Dunwich itself. The walk is 5.1 miles long with no stiles and takes about 2¼ hours. For those interested after the walk, there is a café at the beach car park or The Ship public house is available for drinks and food. As this walk is a bit further away than usual, and in order that we may also be able to walk along the sand (rather than shingle) before high tide (scheduled for 1:45pm) we will need to leave Palgrave a little earlier than usual. We therefore propose meeting at Palgrave Community Centre at 09:15 to allow us to sort out car sharing and with a view to starting the walk at Dunwich at about 10:30. Forthcoming walk leaders are as follows: June. 13th Margaret & Keith June 27th Martin & Larraine July. 11th Hilary July 25th Julie & Anne August. 8th Hilary August 22nd Davina & Joan C Sept 12th John N Sept 26th Margaret October 10th Steve M October Vacant November. Ali Shailes Please take a look let us know if you can lead on one of the vacant dates. If you wish to join us on these walks (or any future walks) please be at Palgrave Community Centre car park ready to leave for the starting point at 9.45 a.m. or as detailed on specific walk

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Contact List for clubs and organisations in Palgrave Carpet Bowls and Cribbage— Jean Potter (01379 651926) Friendship Club—Pam Baker (01379 643513) or Jean Potter (01379 651926) Line Dancing—Melissa Hawkes (07770875404) Extend—Polly Lavender Drama Group - Lynne Bailey (07835021439 or [email protected]) Beebops— Beckie Clifton (07709433707) African Drumming - Tracey Taylor (01379 641315) Fit Steps - Jill Mitev-Will (01379 897055) Parish Council— Clerk, Sarah Foote ([email protected]) or 07554 733 621 Ving-stun Kung Fu and Eskrima Martial Arts—Terry Page

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Aerobics with Rachel—07437 913742 Bollyfit—Alison Cooklin (01379 678176)

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