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Thankyou, Petina Archer, for this lovely drawing with toads which

some say is the derivation of the name Tuddenham. A permanent ret

minder of this can be found in the church.

VILLAGE OF THE YEAR COHPETITION.

Well, the letter came at last with the results of the competition,and here they are;

Tuddenham St. Martin 435

Orford 37:.

Earl Soham 334

Snape 325

Grundisburgh 323

Friston 3 15

Westleton 291.

Darsham 288

Dennington 286

Yoxford 277

The village will accordingly receive the annual trophy plus a

cheque for 50. Can I take this opportunity to thank all the peoplewho helped to get this stunning result, especially Colin and LeighWilliamson who organised the clear up around the notice board and

playground, I think the village gained more than just a trophy, and

amongst the gains were the times of fellowship when we prepared for

the judging as well as the confirmation of something that we all

suspected—

we live in a lovely part of the world! Many thanks also

to Bob, Judy and Fiona for organising the Family Funday on SundayJune the let. Fiona showed us new things to do with a parachute[!] while Judy had the children running around with funny hats on

their heads and balloons between their knees.The game of rounders

also provided much fun I feel sure this is the kind of thing that

won us the trophy, so thankyou Bob and Judy, you will be missed in

the village. Our next article is about a possible threat to our

village so please read on, and if you feel that any action is

necessary please act!

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PARISH CHAIRHANS CHAT .

I am writing to introduce an important subject that affects all of

the village— the Humber Doucy Lane development. Please read the

articles on this subject carefully and if you wish to make any

representations remember that the closing date is July 6th. I hope

to discuss this matter at the Parish Council meeting with full

plans, and encourage you to attend on July 7th, at 7‘30pm.

TEE DESCKNT ON TIID'DEN'HAH FROM IPSWICH

WATKNING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

This article was written by David Dufty, Chairman of local resi~

dents committee against the development, For a balanced and int

formed discussion please also refer to the information from the

developers who were invited to put their point of view in this

issue of your local newsletter.l think this is an excellent example

of how this newsletter can help to inform the community

On 15th May last we opened our "Evening Star" to find that yet

another developer was trying to break the County’s rules against

development between Ipswich and the surrounding villages. It would

consist of up to 750 houses, 200 "affordable"[rented], sited on

land belonging to the Ipswich R.U.F.C. and on the Jolly’s vast

field to the West, adjacent to Humber Doucy Lane. The County’s view

"that not only was there no need to allocate large new housing

areas"[up to the North] and that" the traffic generation implica—

tions, even with a new Bypass, were unacceptable" seemed to have

been disregarded. A pressure group in East Ipswich seem to think

that this will help to make the Bypass inevitable, and are thus in

favour of this new development but the vast majority, we feel sure,

are notlIn North East Ipswich there is no park or recreational

river and the Fynn Valley and beyond is the nearest equivalent. In

the Suffolk structure plan Attention number three reads;

1P6"except where provided for by other policies on the plan ..... the

village and countryside policies will apply. Care will be taken to

maintain the open character of the land which separates the vil—

lages from each other and from Ipswich and Woodbridgel" This devel-

opment would bring Tuddenham much closer to Ipswich and Rushmerel

There would be at least 1000 more cars bringing more congestion to

our country lanesl There are questions that demand an answer; The

provision of homes for those on the housing list is a good side to

this project but why use good quality agricultural land that needs

no irrigation when the St Clements Hospital site or the Westerfield

Rd playing field sites are available. Please refer to the attompa~

nying letter and if you agree with the points of objection perhaps

you will sign it, and send copies to

THE PLANNING DEPT, SUFFOLK COASTAL DISTRICT COUNCIL

THE CORPORATE DIRECTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING SERVICES,

IPSWICH BOROUGH COUNCIL

THE REGIONAL CONTROLLER FOR PLANNING, DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

HERON HOUSE,49—51 GOLDINGTON ROAD, BEDFORD, MKAO 3LL.

Refer to 1/92/0441/OL, and 1/92/0442/OL application numbers.

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TUDDENHAH ST. MARTIN H.I. NEWS.

We are proud to report that our entry in the Suffolk Show was joint

seventh out of about 100 entries. A great achievement for Tudden-

ham. Our thanks to all who supported our recent coffee evening at

Warley Cottage, raising 67 despite the weather. The weather was

kinder to us for our Summer Evening Out to Siskin Plants at Chars—

field when our members enjoyed seeing the alpines displayed This

was followed by a ploughmans supper, courtesy of Charsfield &

Dallinghoo w.I. We now look forward to our July meeting on Tuesday

14th to be held at Sycamore Farm, Swilland at 7.30pm. Traditionally

we hold our July meeting in a members garden and run a Bring and

Buy stall. This is an open meeting so do come along for a cup of

coffee. Our next meeting is to be held at the village Hall on

Tuesday 8th September and our speaker will be Mr LeMare showing

slides on Impressionist paintings. New members are always welcome.

TU'DDENEAH ST. MARTIN CARPET BOWLS CLUB.

The club held its first AGM on Wednesday 17th June with a good

attendance of members. The chairman gave a report on the progress

made in the first 9 months of the club, which together with the

Treasurers report, showed a healthy social and financial position

which promises excellent progress in the future. All members were

praised for their help and committment to the club during these

first months which has made it the success it is, Two recent

friendly matches, home and away, were completed with Nacton and

Elmsett, and four extremely good evenings were had by all who

attended. In the Summer league the first two matches with Martle—

sham resulted in wins for Tuddenham, sea on both occasions, a very

satisfying result for our first league level attempt. We had two

mentions on Radio Suffolk sports report. A summer evening out was

held on Tuesday 23rd June when 22 members travelled to Felixstowe

where the indoor bowling rink had been hired in the Leisure Centre.

A very enjoyable few hours were spent bowling "full sized". The

atmosphere in this large hall was not the same as our Village Hall,

and we decided that carpet howls benefitted from its intimate and

friendly manner of play.

STOP PRESS; The neighbourhood watch questionnaire has brought about

40 positive responses so far, We need 60 yes replies before we can

go ahead with a scheme.

STOP PRESS; Don’t forget the Church Fete at Old Glebe House, on

August 8th.

TU'DDEN'HAH ST. MARTIN VILLAGE HALL.

Much has happened during the past two years thanks to a Very an,

thusiastic and hardworking chairman and willing committee. The

biggest project this year was the refurbishment of the kitchen and

bar room/storeroom, which had to be carried out swiftly because of

new health and hygiene legislation. The kitchen was completely

refitted and painted, with new extractor fan, refri gerator, wall

heater and floor covering. The bar room now has a fitted bar with

washing up facilities. Money was donated from local organisations,the 9.0., and the labour was provided by volunteers in their free

time. The hall floor has been stripped, sanded, and varnished. The

hall committee are pleased to have helped a "new" local organisa—tion which was initially set up after a questionnaire was circulat—

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ed to find out how we could best use our Village hall. I am glad to

report it is doing very well, and has benefitted the hall and the

village community! Thanks to many local organisations the hall is

used on most days/ evenings of the week and has proved to be a

valuable asset to the village. I am glad to say that the hall is in

a good state of repair. However it is important that we accumulate

sufficient funds to cover future roof repairs so please help to

support the management committee to achieve this. To book the hall

phone 785268.

TU'DDBNEAH 5T. MARTIN TODDLERS GROUP

We no longer tell ourselves the mother & toddlers group, as we hope

that Dads Grandads and Grandmas etc will also feel welcome. We have

a fenced grass area beside the village hall for summertime activi-

ties which include water and sand playlA small peddling pool is a

new addition for hot days.We take out our climbing frame, mats,

tent, seesaw, trampoline, ride on toys and construction toys too!

When bad weather pushes us inside we have an organised activity

such as play dough, painting, cutting and sticking etc. Over the

past two years we have purchased many new toys and puzzles and have

joined a book club. We meet weekly throughout the year including

the school holidays. Our membership has grown since the Westerfield

parents joined us and of course friends of friends. Come and play [

and socialise too ] on Wednesdays,from 1015 to 12.00 noon,

TU'DDENEAH PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION.

our latest meeting has brought us a couple of new members who we

welcome, but we have also lost two members, Bob Boosey and Dr.

Chris Cook. We thank them for all their hard work and wish them

good luck in their new ventures. At the meeting we decided to make

the safety surfaces under the swings and some of the other equip-

ment our top priority and have been seeking estimates from Home

Meadow Nurseries. We would like to thank David Lugo for all his

work to keep the grass tidy, and the group who gave the playground

a short back and sides for the village of the year competition. And

now for something completely different .......

DON’T TRASH IT CASH IT

Yes Folks, its here at last. Tuddenhams very own recycling scheme

for aluminium cans and foil scrap. The money will go towards the

playground association fundsl Alchemy, a Stevenage company will

give us 40;: per kilo for cans and 15p per kilo for foil, so please

start collecting now! "where do we put it?" I hear you cry, Well

there will be bins in the car park at the Fountain Pub, thanks to

Mrl and Mrs. Brown, and the village hall, thanks to the hall comr

mittee. The Odeon Cinema in Ipswich and the fish and chip shop in

Selkirk Rd, Rushmore, have kindly offered to place our bins on

their property to help the collection so perhaps you could find

some other public places where we might be able to put a bin for

cans. Please start collecting as the bins should be here in about

two weeks. Look at the leaflet in this newsletter.

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LR'ITERS :

I went this morning for my usual Sunday walk up past the

pumping station to see the beautiful Southern Marsh orchids in

flower at the moment on the wet waste ground. I was horrified to

find one of the largest flowering spikes lying picked on the

ground, discarded, In Tuddenham we are lucky enough to have many

small wild areas with an impressive range of plants flowering from

early Spring to late Autumn. As residents I believe it is our

responsibility to look after our heritage. There are many aesthetic

and scientific reasons for not picking wild flowers, and legally,

under the wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is an offence to

pick any plant on the protected list or to uproot any wildflower at

all‘

Please leave these wild plants for everyone to enjoyt and that

includes future generations of Tuddenhamitesl

yours, Francesca Griffith.

GARDENING TIPS

Weeding? Get your wife to do it!

When planting tubs pots or hanging baskets if you think there are

enough plants then add a few more. Plants thrive on company! Boy if

you hoe when you think you ain’t got any weeds then you‘ll never

have any. [ old Suffolk saying ].

Leave the garden alone. [A heartfelt response from a gentleman]

BIRTHDAYS.

Happy birthday to all Tuddenham children and adults, especially to

Emily and Jeremy Blake, on the 9th of July

Lorna Williamson on the 28th of June

Petina Archer on the 315: August

William Lopez on the 29th August.

Judy and Bob Boosey, along with William and Alexandra have just

moved from our Village. Thankyou for being such active residents

and for entertaining us all in the pantomimesr We hope you will

continue to visit us Welcome to Ruth and John who have moved into

in Porch Cottages, and to the twins that my spies inform me are

expected and to all the other recent newcomers.

Funny things happened on the way to this issuer Did you hear the

one about the man who helped in the V.0.Y. competition by strimming

around the notice board — he managed to strim a stone into the path

of an oncoming car, breaking the windscreen! You’ve got to laugh!

Tell us about the funny things that happen to you and yours and we

will tell everyone else!

I hope that you find this edition of your Tattler more gossipy and

fun than issue one which was more of an introductionr Your support

has been tremendous - look at all the adverts which have this issue

completely self supporting. Thankyou Mr. Hogger for your

donationMe have had lots of helpful suggestions and constructive

criticism.Make sure that you catch the free sausages in the Swiss

Farm advert. We thank the owner for his financial support to this

edition

Our next edition will be in September so that the editor and her

strange sidekick can recuperate from this issue. Please submit

copy and adverts by September 7th

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