Church Altar Flowers and Cleaning rotas

Somersham

April 6, 13     Christine Jarrold

Cleaning Team A

Flowton

April 6, 13     Mrs Fawcus

Cleaning –Mr and Mrs G Dunnett

Offton

April 6, 13     Sam Copping

Cleaning – Alison Rumsey

Willisham (flowers and cleaning)

April 6, 13     Ms Hardman

From the registers:

The funeral of Agnes Abbot, who lived most of her life in Somersham before moving to Cherryfields, took place in Somersham Church on February 20 th. It was taken by Canon Roger Dedman, who had grown to know her in Bramford.

Linden Fletcher writes :

Thank you to everyone who kindly contributed towards the very generous cheque : I shall use this to buy a replacement answering machine which, as many of you know, is much-needed. Thank you again to the choir who learnt Welsh pronunciation and sang so movingly, and a very special thank you to Offton bellringers who succeeded in completing the specially composed 'Linden Delight Major' with its 1,250 changes.

Here is a piece of seasonal wisdom from someone in Welshpool, which after all is further north and the grass doesn't grow here yet :

"Don't like Easter early : cows are in. If Easter's late, cows are out, there's less work to do - you can enjoy a weekend."

I shall miss the Suffolk sunshine, but on the Llanfair Caereinion Light Railway they're getting steam up, ready for the spring.

FRENCH CONNECTION

SOMERSHAM/CHALLAIN-LA-POTHERIE

VILLAGE LINK

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Visit to Challain-la-Potherie

We are planning to visit our link village in the Loire Valley

during the weekend of the first spring Bank Holiday

2 – 5 th May 2008

Total cost for the weekend is expected to be £80 per person

If you would like to come with us on this weekend visit

Coach travel from Somersham – stay with host families.

Please contact one of the following:

Gill Fordham: tel: 831529;

David Haughton at Somersham Garage: tel: 831511;

Janet Hodge: tel: 832296 Pat Woolhouse: tel: 831080

South and Heart of Suffolk Walking Festival!

The very first South and Heart of Suffolk Walking Festival will be taking place this year between 10 th & 26 th May. This new and exciting Festival will give visitors and local people alike the chance to explore the Suffolk countryside with the aid of local guides, historians and naturalists.

Further information on all the walks can be found at www.southandheartofsuffolk.org.uk or by calling the Mid Suffolk Tourist Information Centre on 01449 676800 for a free, colour Festival Brochure.

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Mid Suffolk South Team

Mid Suffolk District Council Offices,

131 High Street Needham Market Suffolk IP6 8DL

Tel: 01449 724997

http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/safersuffolk

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Self-contained holiday apartment for 2+ in beautiful

Lot and Garonne

Enjoy the stunning countryside or relax in our courtyard

Served by Stansted, Bergerac Airport is just 30 minutes away

Fly-drive available

Very reasonable terms - Details Mary & Eddie Fagg,

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Barking Pre-school(Registered Charity 1020882)

We have had a fun month learning all about hospitals, opticians and babies this month. We set up a make shift hospital at the pre-school and the children enjoyed bandaging up the staff and each other. They have also used role play to experience what it is like to go to the opticians and have been on glasses. The children have also been painting pictures of babies and finding out how to care for them. We were also lucky enough to have a mum bring her newborn daughter in to show the children. They were all very good and were especially quiet so as not to wake her up (how they managed it I really don’t know!)

We sadly have to say a farewell to our treasurer, Hayley this month. She has played a vital part in the running of the pre-school for the last 6 years and will be greatly missed. We wish to thank her and the rest of her family for their hard work in contributing to the continued success of the pre-school.

Children can start pre-school from the age of 2½ and from the term after their third birthday, the Government funds the sessions. The pre-school is open every weekday morning from 9.30 until 12 noon during term time and children can attend any number of sessions per week (space permitting). Our staff are committed, enthusiastic and well trained and work hard to organise a wide variety of fun and educational activities including crafts, cooking, music, story telling and construction. We have many toys to play with and activities to do so there is bound to be something to capture each child’s imagination.

It may seem early, but you may want to start thinking about a place for your child for the next school year starting in September. We are more than happy to invite parents/carers along for a visit to come and see who we are and what we do. Contact either Veronika Pryke (our pre-school leader) on 01473 658368 or Helen Smith on 01473 833285, to arrange a visit.

A Night at the Races

Enjoy the thrill of the race track but in the comfort of the pub

Held at the Limeburners Public House

On the 26 thApril.

Tickets £5 which include buffet

Tickets available at the Limeburners

All monies raised will go towards the Limeburners Football Club  

Please contact the pub for further details

on 01473 658318