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Dear Editor
Tool Box Project
The Tool Box project in Maldon
desperately needs wood so that
they can continue to make small
boxes for the charity Tools With
A Mission. These boxes are filled
with sets of sockets which are sent
out to Africa as part of the tool kits
donated to help train young men
and women so that they can learn
a trade and earn enough money to
feed and educate their families.
Rev Jo Stark, co-ordinator of the
project said, “We want to make 40
boxes a month but we’ve run out
of wood. We need scrap 6mm ply,
10mm plank and 15mm plank which
we can cut down into 35cm lengths.
I’m hoping that carpenters or timber
yards will be willing to let us have
their scrap.”
If you have any suitable scrap wood
that the project could use, please
call Jo on 01245 358 951 or drop in
to the Tool Box which is open every
Thursday morning from 10am till
12 noon at Maldon Baptist Church,
Butt Lane CM9 5HD. Thank you.
Dear Editor
Rock Choir
I wanted to get in touch to tell you
that Rock Choir started officially in
Braintree, Witham and Colchester
this week. We had over 80 people
in the room at Colchester all making
a great sound and all determined to
start the year 2012 on a high!
Rock Choir is a great opportunity
for people in the local community
to join together to have a sing and
also get fantastic opportunities
for great performances! It doesn’t
matter whether your voice has been
confined to the car for years or
whether you are a Choir regular all
Your Letters... have your say!
We’re keen to hear your views, so please get in touch with your thoughts, frustrations,
observations and stories. Only you can help make a difference, so pick up a pen or send us
an email. Our contact details are on page 45 this month.
are welcome with no audition and
no need to have an ability to read
music.
I would love to get something
published in Estuary Life to tell
the people of Maldon, Tiptree and
Mersea about this great Choir and
the phenomenon of Rock Choir
that is in Braintree, Witham and
Colchester and how they can start
the new year by doing something
new that will make them feel so
good about themselves! Maybe you
could come to a rehearsal!
I look forward to hearing from you
and hope I can share Rock Choir
with you and your readers! (If you
need any more information, please
just ask or check out the website!)
Kind regards
Daniel Ribbits
Rock Choir Leader
Dear Editor,
Outside Gyms
I have just read article about
outside gyms by Tina Vale. I use the
outside gym regularly at Tolleshunt
D’Arcy. I have phoned the Council
twice since November regards
the plastic seats on some of the
equipment, that are breaking up.
I was using the gym yesterday
Friday 13th Jan and the seats have
not been seen to. The first time I
phoned the council I was told it was
going to be looked into, then I was
told the same the second time I
phoned in December.
Bill
Heybridge
Thanks Bill, We referred your
letter to Tina Vale and her
response follows - Ed
Dear Estuary Life
The responsibility of the Outside
Gym at Tolleshunt D’Arcy was
signed over to Tolleshunt D’Arcy
Parish Council in August 2011
and therefore they have been
overseeing this equipment.
There is a five year warranty
on the equipment provided by
Lappset Playworld the company
that installed the equipment which
expires in 2015. Lappset Playworld
will be undertaking their inspection
this month and then again in April.
All the broken seats will be replaced
this month by Lappset Playworld.
Tina Vale
Health and Wellbeing Development
Officer
And just to provide a happy ending
– we have now received the
following from Bill - Ed
Dear Editor
Just an update on my e-mail of
last week - I complained about the
plastic seats on the equipment
breaking up. The broken seats have
now been replaced and the new
seats are better, as they are flat
whereas the original seats had a
curved ridge at the back.
If you had anything to do with them
being replaced I would like to thank
you.
Bill of Heybridge
We would like to say “It was LIFE
that did it” but we don’t really
think so! Ed.
Dear Editor
The Rotary Club of
Maldon - Annual
Mammoth Book Sale
From Alan Higgs
For the 6th year running, The Rotary
Club of Maldon in conjunction with the
local branch of the NSPCC is holding
their annual Mammoth Book Sale.
The NSPCC Is a charity dedicated
to helping abused and neglected
children which even in today’s society
is, unfortunately, extremely necessary.
The Book Sale is to be held at The
Plume School, Fambridge Road,
Maldon on Thursday 16th, Friday
17th, Saturday 18th Feb from 10am
until 4pm. and also on Sunday 20th.
Feb from 10am to 2pm.
The entrance to Plume School is on
the left hand side of Fambridge Road
to the rear of “Upper Plume” and
there is an extremely large free car
park available for the use of those
attending the book sale which is easily
accessible.
As in previous years the sale will
contain approximately 17000 books
which equates to approx 7 tons in
weight. These books cover almost
every subject under the sun, fiction,
non fiction, sports, pass times,
hobbies, travel, English literature and
also many children’s books, if you can
think of a subject there is a strong
possibility it can be found at this “Book
Sale”. Most of these books are good
quality second hand but there are
many brand new and all are in good
condition, we even have complete
boxed sets.
The Rotary Club will ensure the book
sale is well signposted on all roads
into Maldon and within Maldon itself,
making the large Plume School car
park easy to find.
The President and members of The
Rotary Club of Maldon are proud to
have been chosen by the NSPCC yet
again and we are sure the residents of
Maldon and the surrounding area will,
as they do at all our Rotary events,
dig deeply into their pockets to help
raise a large sum of money to help
these dedicated and caring people in
their work to help these children.
We look forward to seeing you on one
or more of the days of the book sale
at The Plume School. We have a
limited supply of carrier bags so if it’s
possible for you to bring your own it
will be appreciated.
With our grateful thanks, the President
Tony Newton and the members of The
Rotary Club of Maldon.
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