December - the Nayland and Wiston Community Website

YOUR COUNTY COUNCILLOR JOTTINGS
Nayland with Wissington Community Times
When you read this column I will have represented you all
at the County Council for six months. As time goes by, I am
continuing to learn more about its workings. May I thank
those of you who have contacted me with input to pass onto
them on your behalf. I do trust the outcome has been helpful to
you.
May I start by apologising on behalf of the County Council, for
the inconvenience caused in October and November by the
road closures in Birch Street and Court Street. Much effort was
made by your parish councillors and Council officers to minimise
this impact on our daily lives. Birch Street closure seemed
illogical to most of us but our officers do however have to
keep in within the law !!
With particular reference to the damage to the house in
Birch Street there is a silver lining to this cloud. After two
years of lobbying, the National Highways agency are now
recommending the closure of the Higham turning onto the
B1068 from the A12 north to south carriageway. This is good
news. We believe this will lead to less lorries coming though
Nayland – the cause of the street closure in the first place
because of the damage to the house by HGV vehicles on four
different occasions over the last two years.
Some more good news! I hope that you will have noticed
that the building work to our new Fire Station has been
started in Bear Street. The contractors are making a great
effort to minimise their impact during the 12 month project.
The site has now been cleared and before long you will see
the building arising from the footings.
As I write, there are also two major consultations in
progress in the county, namely The Schools Organisational
Review and National Grid's Pylons proposals across South
Suffolk from Bramford to Twinstead. Whatever your views on
these two projects, may I urge you all to make your views
known to me or through the requested channels. You are
being consulted and your views are important !
Lastly as the festive season approached, may I wish you
and all your families a very Happy Christmas.
James Finch – your Suffolk County Councillor.
School Organisation Review
Public consultation in Sudbury & Great Cornard
28 September 2009 - 15 December 2009
Make sure you have your say
For more information:
www.suffolk.gov.uk/sor/group3
For information on National Grid's Consultation on
the Pylons proposals see page 31
REMEMBRANCE
Personal wartime experiences
were recalled by members of a
packed congregation at St James's,
Nayland, Remembrance Service on
Sunday. They included childhood
evacuation, being bombed out in
the East End of London, taking part
in the D Day landings, providing a
naval escort for an American
destroyer to Omaha Beach in
northern France and working down
the mines.
Andrew Macbeth, a schoolboy at
the time, remembered a doodlebug
landing on the edge of Nayland and
the bravery of American pilot Lieut Charles Gumm of the
USAAF who avoided crashing on houses when the controls of
his Mustang failed.
In her address the Rev Kit Gray said she had asked people
for their memories to help the congregation understand
different aspects of war as there was a danger the next
generation might not fully appreciate what it meant.
This year was significant, marking the deaths of the last
remaining servicemen from World War I and the 70th
anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. Currently, in
Afghanistan 93 families had been bereaved this year and
people did not realise how much was involved in their
sacrifice.
She added: "In the last world war no-one was left uninvolved and
it was understood there was one cause, shared by all for the
sake of all. Today we live in a world community and we have
to work for the good of the world because we depend on each
other as nations."
The congregation included a large group of Brownies,
Guides and Scouts who paraded their standard. The roll of
honour was read by Royal British Legion chairman Bill Martin
and president Geoffrey Lindop read the lesson. Legion
standard-bearers were Jim Turner and Kathy Hunt.
After the service wreaths were laid at the village war
memorial by Shirley Scarlett and Steve Maguire for the
legion, parish council chairman Gerry Battye, Nayland fireman
Kevin Tarrier, John Camp of Boxted Airfield Historical
Society, Brownie Rebecca Carter and Guide Hannah Welch.
The Nayland service was preceded by one at St Mary's,
Wiston, where wreaths were laid by Ken Bailey and Mr Battye.
Bugler at both memorials was Bill Slark.
VILLAGE HALL
CINEMA GRANT
Nayland village hall has
scooped a £6,213 grant in the
Big Lottery Fund's Awards for
All programme and the money
will be used to buy new projection and sound equipment for
its cinema.
The hall committee joined the Suffolk Digital Cinema
Network in 2007 and after a slow start the cinema was
re-launched in January showing films regularly but using
borrowed equipment.
Committee chairman Iain Wright said: "We're delighted with
the grant which will enable us to buy our own. It will be installed
in time for our first James Bond film, From Russia with Love, on
December 4.
"The committee is looking forward to bringing more films to
Nayland and having a better quality cinema all round. We're
especially grateful to Rosemary Knox who did all the spadework,
filling in and submitting the grant application forms."
Mrs Knox added: "Having our own equipment will enable
us to choose the days we want, hopefully prevent problems
with badly performing equipment, remove the chore of having
to collect and return the stuff each time and have a projection
system that can be hired by other organisations."
The village hall committee was one of 25 groups across the
east of England awarded grants totalling £199,176.
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