Rougham, Beyton, Hessett Parish Mag May 2022

Parish Magazine: May 2022

• Much work to do, page 3
• Magnificent manuscripts return to Bury, page 9
• Rushbrooke Jubilee events, page 13
• A visit to St Mary, Rougham, page 14
• It’s lilac time, page 22
• Sunday Services, back page
• Plus Poet’s corner, page 26

The Parish Churches of
Rougham, Beyton

with Hessett and Rushbrooke

The Benefice is now in a period of Vacancy. There is no Rector
and it may take some time before a new appointment is made.

During the vacancy we are building a new team of people to
cover different aspects of our church life.

There are some tasks we would like to cover – if you can help
please contact Graham Rendle.

Details of Church services are on the back cover.

SundAy SeRvIceS
The Rev’d Graham Rendle
01359 270924 [email protected]

WeddIngS, BAPtISMS, funeRAlS And Any otHeR RequeStS
Rural Dean Tiffer Robinson

01449 737197 [email protected]
Archdeacon of Sudbury Dr David Jenkins
01284 386942 | 07900 990073 [email protected]

Beyton Church/vestry Diane Rendle 01359 270924
BenefIce cHuRcH WARdenS

Hessett Tim Elliot 01359 270365 Tony Ciorra 01359 272685
Rougham Di Ruddock 01359 270731 David Palmer 01284 386108

Beyton Vacant Rushbrooke Church Richard Ball 01359 232088
Bell Tower Captain Maurice Rose 01359 270298
Home visits (as allowed) Position vacant

Hospital visits (as allowed) Graham Rendle 01359 270924
Rougham Floodlights Di Ruddock 01359 270731
Beyton Floodlights Diane Rendle 01359 270924
Hessett Floodlights Diane Rendle 01359 270924
PCC Treasurer Ed Bacon 01359 270926
PCC Secretary Peter Rutt 01359 242464
Choir Ros Pitcher 01359 271997

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‘We may be close to returning to
normal but there is so much to do’

Dear Rougham, Beyton, Hessett and Rushbrooke parishioners,
Are we back to normal yet? The past two years have been so
disrupted with so many changes in Covid regulations and advice, it
has been difficult to plan anything.

Church services have been disrupted and even stopped, weddings
postponed then restricted, holidays postponed, families separated,
only able to meet on video, no hugs nor kisses.

As I write, we seem to be almost there and the threat of serious
illness almost gone. The NHS and our local GP surgeries have “gone
the extra mile” (Matt 5:41) and we are all very thankful and
appreciative of all they have and are doing for our communities and
us personally. Well done them!

Signs of summer are with us and the possibility of a holiday
getaway, yet we are oppressed by rapidly rising prices of fuel and the
weekly shop.

At the time of writing we still have the horrors of the situation in
Ukraine but there may be a glimmer of hope. The response has been
extraordinary – food, clothes and money have poured in and many
people have offered accommodation for refugee families. We have
gone from a people who hardly knew where to find Ukraine on a map
to welcoming those in need with an outpouring of help and support
from every level of our society.

This is not a five-day wonder it’s a long-term commitment that God
will give us strength to complete.

This is the best example of “The Good Samaritan” in our world
today. Caring and giving are the ways we show our love for others.

On 26th May we celebrate Jesus’s Ascension into heaven to be with
his Father, to be our advocate when we leave this world. His promise
is eternal life for all believers.

Every Blessing,
graham Rendle

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The Parish Churches of
Rougham, Beyton

with Hessett and Rushbrooke

If you have any Safeguarding concerns, please contact either the
Rural Dean or our Parish Safeguarding Officer
(Sarah Lock 01359 271877).
Policies and Diocesan contacts may be found at
www.cofesuffolk.org/safeguarding

Details of our church services for the month and contact details
can also be found on the ‘A Church Near You’ website
www.acny.org.uk
Beyton Church now has its own website
www.allsaintsbeyton.co.uk

If you have a prayer request or would like someone
from the church to call on you or would appreciate help in some

practical way, please contact Graham Rendle or any of the
church members listed above. We would be pleased to
pray for you and help in any way that we can.

Alternatively you can use one of the “prayer boxes” outside
each of our church buildings: simply write your prayer.

Magazine
The editor of the Parish Magazine is Jonathan Wilson though the

email address remains the same [email protected]

The deadline for contributions is the second Sunday of the month
for the following month’s issue.

The magazine is published monthly except for
december & January and July & August
which are joint editions.

Advertising: Diane Rendle 01359 270924

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tHuRSton evenIng WI

Members and visitors are welcome to our meetings on
the first Thursday each month (usually!), 7.30pm at
Cavendish Hall, Thurston.

May 5: Annual Meeting and Resolutions
June 2: Floral Demonstration: claire gowling, Thrive Floristry

For more information, please contact Vicky Pryke on 01359 231465.
You are most welcome to join us!

Want to see the Parish Magazine in colouR?

You can find this issue (plus back issues) at the links below.

Many pictures are in colour along with selected adverts.

May 2022: https://anyflip.com/xfgtl/ftss

Apr 2022: http://anyflip.com/xfgtl/luue

Mar 2022: https://anyflip.com/xfgtl/hwry

feb 2022: https://anyflip.com/xfgtl/ikgq

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Christian Meditation Group.

The next meditation meeting
The next mediwtailtliobne moenetings will be at

Thursd2apym2o6nth May
at 2pm

Thursday 2022
in the cabin, Guildhall Cottage.
The verse will also be sent out to those who have expressed an interest.
Contact: Helen on 01359 270365

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The return of Seven

magnificent manuscripts

For the first time in almost 500 years, seven ancient manuscripts from
the Abbey Scriptorium will return to where they were written, and a
free exhibition will give people the rare chance to view these amazing
artefacts up close. St Edmundsbury Cathedral’s Secrets of the Abbey:
History Returns exhibition runs from 2 May to 8 June.

The Abbey’s library had about 3,000 books by the time it was closed
by Henry VIII in 1539. Of these only 270 survive. 154 are in
Cambridge libraries, with 121 in Pembroke College which has
generously loaned these manuscripts for the celebration. Most were
originally given to Pembroke College in 1599 by William Smart,
Portreeve of Ipswich, and one was gifted by Edmund Boldero, who
was born in Bury St Edmunds and became Master of Jesus College,
Cambridge in the mid 17th century.

Accompanying the display of these manuscripts is an exhibition
detailing life at the Abbey, how manuscripts were written in the Abbey
Scriptorium and more about life in the town during abbey times.

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Secrets of the Abbey: History
Returns is part of the Abbey 1000
series of events to mark the
millennium of the founding of the
Abbey of St Edmund. This
exhibition has been made
possible by a Heritage Grant from
The National Lottery Heritage
Fund. Abbey 1000 celebrations
are being coordinated by the
Abbey 1000 C.I.C. (which
includes St Edmundsbury
Cathedral), alongside The Abbey
of St Edmund Heritage
Partnership.

Revd Canon Matthew Vernon,
who is part of the Abbey 1000
C.I.C., said: “We are delighted to
welcome back these ancient
works to the site of the Abbey. The
monks showed their religious
commitment by creating objects of great artistic skill and beauty.

“These manuscripts are some of the amazing creations surviving
today which help us understand the life of the Abbey and its monks’
faith in God.”

Secure your free iickets via stedscathedral.org/abbey-1000-events
However, booking is essential as entrance into the exhibition is timed.

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Springing not falling!

ReveRend cAnon tIffeR RoBInSon
on the chaos time wields in his life

Spring forward, Fall back. That’s the nice easy (American!) way to remember
how to rearrange our clocks for British Summer Time. I hope you are enjoying
that extra hour of evening light, even if we did all lose an hour at the end of
March. There is a level of hubris in the idea that we can just declare it summer,
and it will be so!

My father was a diplomat and used to say that the hour change affected him
far more than dealing with jetlag and time differences around the world, and I
infuriate my family by refusing to adjust to the new time for several days. It
doesn’t help that half the clocks in my life change automatically, and the other
half need a degree in computer science to alter!

The 330 million residents of the United States will no longer have this
problem, as it looks likely that from 2023 it will be summer all year round, as
they make Daylight Saving time (as they call it) permanent. This does mean
that they will never get back the hour they lose, and here it would mean
darkness until past 9am some winter days. No more fiddling with clocks though,
and more daylight every evening. I can see the attraction.

Easter this year was late – almost as late as it can be, so instead of a dawn
service many churches instead met the evening before as it got dark, to declare
that, in the words of the Easter Exsultet hymn: “this is the night that Jesus
vanquished hell, broke the chains of death, and rose triumphant from the
grave”.

Time did indeed spring forward for us, as we were taken up into the worship
of the angels in heaven, and captured a glimpse of the new creation that Christ
has won for us. Whatever we are going through, whether bereavement,
poverty, sickness or depression, the Easter story can break through, and give
us hope that things will one day be as they should be. In Ukraine, Orthodox
Christians celebrated Easter a week later on the 24th April, in a more subdued
fashion to their normal festivities. Those brave people had to hang on longer
for their Easter than the rest of us, but it did come, as it does every year. The
Exsultet hymn goes on to say: “This is the night, that gave us back what we
had lost”. We might not get our hour of sleep back soon, but because of Christ’s
victory over death, one day Eternity itself will be ours again.
Reverend Canon Tiffer Robinson is Rector of Rattlesden, Hitcham, Brettenham
and Thorpe Morieux and Rural Dean of Lavenham.

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neWS In BRIef

RougHAM: Mouse Lane Playing Field committee would like to thank
Councillor Karen Soons for her generous contribution towards two
new pieces of play equipment, writes Hayley Horner. Without this
financial support we would have been unable to complete our project.

Beyton: Could you be the village’s Parish Warden? Beyton Parish
Council is seeking a Parish Warden for three hours per week.
Reporting to the Parish Clerk, the Warden would carry out regular
checks on Parish Council assets such as the play equipment along
with keeping the parish tidy and clean of litter. You must be well
organised and resourceful. Please email Tina Newell, the Beyton
Parish Clerk at [email protected] for more information.

HeSSett: Hestival, Saturday 13 August 2022. Following feedback
from the village, The Hessett Millennium Committee (HMC) is planning
to host a food, drink and music festival on The Green in Hessett on
Saturday 13 August 2022, writes Marcus Sanders. The event is

being billed as ‘Hestival’ – an
occasion to come together and
enjoy live entertainment and local
food and drink. The HMC would
appreciate anyone wishing to help
out on the day itself with for
example, help on the BBQ, selling
and serving drinks. Plus any
support on Friday 12 August
and/or Sunday 14 August with the
marquee, tents and stalls set-up
and breakdown. To make this work
the HMC is looking for around 20
volunteers from the village, any
help would be greatly appreciated.
To let the HMC team know, simply
send a short email to
[email protected] or call/text
07710 998 682. Many thanks and
we look forward to welcoming you!

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St Mary, Rougham:

‘A late medieval church’

thanks to SIMon Knott for letting us reprint his article from
www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, ‘a journey through the churches of Suffolk’

This grand late medieval church sits a good half mile from its village with just the
school and an incongruous 1950s rectory for company.

The wide churchyard is a perfect foil for its massive bulk. Graves sprawl in all
directions, and you might easily imagine that all mid-Suffolk comes here to be buried.
Above them, St Mary raises its head gloriously to heaven, a riot of medieval aisles,
clerestory and flushwork. The inscriptions in the flushwork beneath the battlements
are dedicatory inscriptions, asking for prayers for the souls of Robert Drury and John
Tillot. Also clear is the Marian imagery, her lily and her monograms. Simon Cotton
tells me that it was a big bequest of 50 marks, and as much more as is possible, in
1458 from Roger Tyllot of Rougham, that launched the campaign to build the tower.
This guaranteed Tyllot/Tillot the inscription asking us to pray for his soul.

The south aisle is castellated with pierced tracery. One of them has a head in a
dish on it, similar to the same thing on the font at Irstead and the screen at
Trimingham, both in Norfolk, and so it is probably intended as St John the Baptist.
The south aisle predates the tower, but after the tower, and before the Reformation
of course, came the north aisle. It can be precisely dated to 1514, because it still
bears that date, reading We pray you to remember us that causyde ye yle to be
made thus.The fortress-like 19th Century vestry and organ chamber inserted at the
east end of the south aisle seem absurd and intrusive.

The main entrance today is into this north aisle, but the south porch is worth a
look, a fine piece of the early 14th Century, rather mutilated when it was reroofed in
the 17th Century, the inscription 1632 JT giving the precise date. You step into a
large, fine church, perhaps telling us a bit more than we would like about the extent
of its 19th Century restoration. Above the nave is a good example of a late

medieval hammerbeam roof, splendidly
uncluttered, and in reasonable condition.
The angels on the hammerbeams have
lost their heads and wings, and the
figures in the niches of the wall posts are
also damaged. But perhaps that merely
serves to show how little restored this
roof is. It was made safe as part of the
mid-19th century restoration. It is
interesting to compare it with the much
richer and glorious roof of the church at
nearby Woolpit.

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Indeed, Woolpit church is quite a useful comparison with Rougham. One of
Suffolk's most famous churches, and along with Mildenhall the county's most
glorious medieval angel roof. What else does Woolpit have? It has carved bench
ends in abundance. And here at Rougham is also as fine a set of medieval benches
as you could hope to see - about half the entire range in this huge church are early
16th century, arguable the high point of English carpentry, and contemporary with
the roof. But they are entirely mutilated. Every single bench end figure has been
sawn off at the base. So what happened here? Our knee-jerk reaction, obviously
enough, is that St Mary suffered from the depredations of the 17th century puritans,
and that awful William Dowsing, who saw off all the medieval art treasures that the
parish had carefully accumulated over the previous centuries.

Unfortunately for anyone who likes easy answers, this is nonsense. Dowsing did
not come to Rougham. But he did go to Woolpit, with its amazing angel roof and
beautiful medieval carved bench ends. So before we start blaming Dowsing, it is as
well to look at the evidence.

At Woolpit, William Dowsing recorded that his Deputy found 80 superstitious
pictures. Some he brake down himself, and the rest he gave orders to take down;
and 3 crosses to be taken down in 20 days. The superstitious pictures, of course,
were in stained glass, not wall paintings. The three crosses were outside, on the
gables. But Dowsing doesn't mention the angel roof (a feature that he concerns
himself with often elsewhere) and he doesn't mention the bench ends. Why not?

Well, the bench ends problem is solved simply enough. The surviving figures are
all animals or mythical beasts. The same survive at neighbouring Tostock, which
Dowsing also visited. The reason they survived is perhaps simply that the authorities

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considered them decorative, and
let them be. Despite the portrait
that is often painted of him,
Dowsing was a conservative soul,
and theologically very articulate.
He was in the business of rooting
out superstitious imagery - that is
to say, objects and images that
might be used in Catholic liturgical
practices. He was also keen to
destroy images that he thought
blasphemous, for example
symbols of the Trinity, and
especially angels. Dowsing would
know very well that Catholics didn't
worship animals.

So why doesn't Dowsing
mention Woolpit's angel roof? I
would contend that this is for the
very same reason that Rougham
didn't need a visit - it had already
been defaced. The next obvious
question is to answer is when did
this destruction occur? There are
two possibilities. One is that it had been done by other puritans during the furious
theological debate over sacramental practice during the 1630s. Far more likely, and
the right answer in my opinion, is that the destruction at Rougham was wrought a
full hundred years before Dowsing began his progress through the county.
During the later years of Henry VIII, and the entire reign of the boy-King Edward
VI, roughly 1538 to 1553, order after order went out from the Protestant reformers
at Whitehall and Lambeth Palace demanding the destruction of church imagery.
Roods came toppling down, and not a single one survives in all England. Many
roodlofts and roodscreens were put to the hatchet and the bonfire. Any wall paintings
that remained were whitewashed. Fonts were plastered over, because this was
easier than chiselling off the stone carved imagery, and statues were hauled out of
their niches. Wooden ones were burnt, those made of stone and alabaster were
broken up. Some were sold abroad, we know. It was a holocaust of church
furnishings. Much evidence of it survives in Suffolk, and it is almost always blamed
on the puritans of a century later. Unlike Dowsing, who had a precise remit, and
carefully recorded every visit, the 16th century reformers were not much short of
vandals. Of course Cranmer and his cronies had a theological basis for their orders,
but by the time these orders reached the parishes they became a licence to destroy.
Eammon Duffy records gangs of drunken youths stumbling around London,
breaking into churches and smashing them up, and it is not unlikely that the same
thing sometimes happened out in the countryside. In late 1547 in particular, it is as

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if the gloves came off, and people were
able to get away with awful acts with
impunity. Duffy records several instances
of local landed families fleecing the
church of silverware and vestments, and
selling them for the proceeds. I think that
Rougham's bench ends were sawn off
during this holocaust. It would have been
a major job, taking several days. What
were they? Could they have been
representations of the sacraments,
virtues and vices, as we find at
Tannington, Wilby and Blythburgh? Were
they fabulous animals as at Woolpit and
Stowlangtoft? Were they images of local
people going about their daily business,
as at Ixworth Thorpe? Mortlock thought
they might have been angels, and that
the surviving cushions were clouds.Of
course, we will never know. Two things
fascinate me in particular. Firstly, you can
find exactly the same thing across the

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A14 at Elmswell, where the medieval bench ends have been sawn off of cushions

in the same way.

Secondly, when the Victorians carried out their major restoration here, the new

benches they installed are exact replicas of the old ones, even down to the sawn-

off scars on the cushions!

And yet, Rougham is not without its medieval survivals. Tucked away in a rather

undignified manner in the north aisle are fine brasses of Sir Roger Drury and his

wife, which survive from 1405. They

ATTENTION ALL  are so similar to the pair to the Burgate
BEYTON VILLAGERS! family at Burgate in north Suffolk that
it suggests that this was an all-

You are invited to an purpose, off-the-peg design. The 14th

ANNUAL MEETING Century font at the west end of the

OF THE PARISH nave has surviving traces of colour, its
traceried panels echoing the great
at east window at the far end of the
All Saints Church Vestry, Beyton building. The glass on the north side of
the chancel dates from 1904 and is by
Tuesday 10 May, 7pm Burlison & Grylls.

As the name suggests, this is not a And there is one other survival,
Beyton Parish Council meeting but rather a meeting

for the whole Parish simply hosted by the PC.

If you belong to a group, club or organisation and intriguing and delightful. This is the
would like to update fellow villagers on your small collection of mostly 15th Century

achievements, plans and success stories, please English glass in the upper lights.
come along or submit a report to the Parish Clerk Among them is an exquisite and rare

via email before Monday 9 May.

Knowing what’s going on in the village is important virgo lactans, the Blessed Virgin
to all residents and your report gives you the opportunity offering her breast to feed the infant
Christ, intensely intimate and human.
to promote your work and request support.

For more information, please email Tina Newell, For a moment in time, the centuries fall
the Beyton Parish Clerk away. Simon Knott visited St Mary in

[email protected] August 2019

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RougHAM WI

We meet on the second Monday of each month at 7.30pm
at Rougham Sports Hall, Almshouse Road, Rougham, IP30 9JN

coMIng uP tHIS yeAR!
9th May: WI Resolutions and voting in of new committee

June 13th: Connecting to Nature – Tina Gibbons
July 11th: Bury Blue Badge Guide – Mike Dean
For more information, please contact Deborah Hockey on 07880 550382

Visitors and new members welcome!

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Second pilgrimage marks 1,000 years

St Edmundsbury Cathedral’s second of two pilgrimages as part of Bury St
Edmunds’ Abbey 1000 celebrations launches in May. A year of celebrations
began in 2022 to mark 1,000 years since the founding of the Abbey of St
Edmund in Bury St Edmunds by King Canute. These celebrations were
delayed from 2020, with coronavirus putting a stop to all planned events.

In 1020, King Canute had a stone church built for Edmund’s body and 13
Benedictine monks from St Benet’s at Hulme in Norfolk, and 7seven from
Ely, arrived. This was the beginning of the Abbey of St Edmund, 1,000 years
ago. It became a site of great pilgrimage as people from all over Europe came
to visit St Edmund’s shrine.

From this stone church, the Abbey grew and in Medieval times, the Abbey
of St Edmund was one of the richest, largest and most powerful Benedictine
monasteries in England.

People came from all over Europe to visit the Shrine of Saint Edmund, who
was the first Patron Saint of England. The Abbey became one of the most
famous and wealthy pilgrimage locations in England, visited by royalty.

The Cathedral’s 2022 pilgrimages honour those 20 monks who came from
St Benet’s and Ely, and the many pilgrims who later came to the Abbey during
the Middle Ages. The first pilgrimage was from Ely Cathedral to St
Edmundsbury Cathedral and spanned 30 miles. The second, from St Benet’s
Abbey in Holme, Norfolk, spans 80 miles.

St Benet's Abbey pilgrimage runs from 9-13 May and will start in the Norfolk
broads at Ludham Church before heading to St Benet's Abbey for a short act
of worship. From there, pilgrims will cross the river Bures and walk to Norwich
where they spend their first night. Day two sets out on the Boudicca Way to
Caistor St Edmund where the night is spent at Dunstan Hall.

Day three see the most range with 24 miles covered from Dunstan to Diss.
On day four, pilgrims make their way to Bardwell before covering the final 15
miles to Bury St Edmunds on the last day. If whether permits, there will be a
special Evensong in the Abbey ruins to great them.There are additional ‘Day
Pilgrim’ options for those wishing to join the route for a day.

floodlIgHt SPonSoR neWS

If you would like to sponsor the lights at any of our churches (in memory of a
relative or friend or just to help with the costs) then please contact:

RougHAM: Di Ruddock 01359 2707831 [email protected]
Beyton & HeSSett: Diane Rendle 01359 270924

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upcoming events at Bradfield Woods

Felsham Road, Bradfield St George, Bury St Edmunds IP30 0AQ 01449 737996

Thursday 28 April, 10am-3pm

Spoon-carving course

Join local craftswoman and spoon carver
Fay Jones and hand carve your own
spoons and spatulas to take home.

Sunday 8 May, 10am-4pm Make a beautiful and useful 3 legged
stool using traditional woodworking tools
Bowl carving course and coppiced wood from Bradfield
Woods.
Spend a day with local craftsman Nick
Gosman in this wonderful ancient Wednesday 22 June, 10am-3pm
woodland learning how to carve a bowl.
celebrating birch course
Tuesday 10 May, 9.30am-4.30pm
Explore the brilliant world of birch trees –
Plant Id and activities for forest from their myriad of craft and culinary
School certificated course uses to their associated wildlife and
folklore.
A one-day certificated course for adults
working with children and young people
which will help develop skills used in
Forest School sessions.

Tuesday 31 May, 9am to 3.30pm Thursday 28 July, 10am-3.30pm

Wild in the Woods holiday club exploring natural dyes with
trees and leaves
Holiday club for 6-11 year olds.
Spend a day with local craftswoman Fay
Sunday 19 June, 10am-4pm Jones in this wonderful ancient woodland
learning about dyeing with our native
Introduction to pole lathe trees.
turning
Bradfield Woods is a working wood that is
Learn traditional skills with pole lathe unique as it has been under continuous traditional
turner and green woodworker Will Wall. coppice management since 1252, fulfilling local
needs for firewood and hazel products.
Sunday 19 June, 9.30am-4.30pm

3 legged stool making

For more information and to book your place visit
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/events Join at www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/join

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It’s lilac
time!

yvonne HARButt on how
to create a profusion of
scented blossoms

Syringa – commonly known as
Lilac – is a popular choice of
shrub for a colourful display
during late spring. There are a
number of varieties that grow to
a manageable size, with careful
pruning they can be shaped into attractive specimens. While they are
not elegant their heart-shaped leaves provide a bushy backdrop to
enhance the abundance of plumes from late May.

Tightly clustered together, the single or double flowers form panicles
in colours of pink, mauve, lavender, lilac and white. They are a perfect
choice if you are keen to attract bees and butterflies. Lilac is particularly
loved for its wonderful scent which adds heady fragrance to the garden.
You can also enjoy the scent throughout the home with a few cut stems
in a vase.

When planting, choose a position in the background. Best situated in
a sunny, well drained site, they will grow in most soil types. Deadhead
spent flowers to prevent seeds forming, this will allow the plant to reserve
energy for future growth. Remove any ground suckers as they appear –
keeping the shrub bushy and compact. Prune after flowering, cutting
back by about a third and shape as desired. Remove any weak
branches during early autumn and mulch well in the spring.

While the flowering season is relatively short, the lilac offers a
profusion of striking, freshly scented blossoms to brighten up the borders
during the coming weeks. Well worth considering if space allows.
Happy gardening!

Contact Yvonne Harbutt at Rougham Hall Nurseries on 01359 270577
or visit www.rhn.me.uk

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Celebrate the Queen’s
Platinum Jubilee

with a

PICNIC on HESSETT Green

When? Sunday 5 June
How long? From Noon till 6.00 pm
Where? The Green, Hessett
What will be happening?
A street party style Picnic - bring your own picnic food
and drink and some to share. There will be gazebos,
trestle tables & chairs on the Green.
Fun and games in the afternoon
Baking competition

Live music
Bouncy castle
Fancy Dress competition (theme - royal or 1952)

Ideas and
contributions most
welcome – please
contact Tony Ciorra

on 01359 272685

SSppoonnssoorreedd bbyy HHeesssseetttt PPaarriisshh Ccoouunncciill

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Poet’s corner

I Worried

by Mary Oliver

I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers
flow in the right direction, will the earth turn
as it was taught, and if not how shall
I correct it?
Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,
can I do better?
Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrows
can do it and I am, well,
hopeless.
Is my eyesight fading or am I just imagining it,
am I going to get rheumatism,
lockjaw, dementia?
Finally, I saw that worrying had come to nothing.
And gave it up. And took my old body
and went out into the morning,
and sang.

Hessett village Walk

The next walk will be on Saturday June 18 in Lavenham, writes Sally Spicer.
Meet at the village hall car park at 10.30am.This is situated opposite the church
and alongside the Cockhorse pub. The walk is approximately five miles long
circling the surrounding fields of Lavenham and ending up on the old railway
line which takes us back to the community wood which has been planted by
the village. Bring a picnic and we can eat on the edge of the wood overlooking
the fields. Please let me know if you are coming. Hope to see you on the day.

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26th May Ascension day
26th May Ascension day

Jesus said to them: “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit
comes on you; and you will be my witnesses… to the ends of the
earth.”

After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a
cloud hid him from their sight. (Acts 1:8-9)

After Jesus rose from the dead, he spent 40 days with his followers
and was seen by many people, teaching them so they were able to
spread Christianity out in the world and it is through them we know
and understand the way God loves all people and how we should
respond.

In the treasury at the Cathedral is a copy of a cross that was carved
from Walrus ivory in the 12th century by Master Hugo at Bury St
Edmunds Abbey. It shows scenes from the Bible including Jesus’s
ascension. The original was purchased by the Cloisters museum in
New York after World War Two. It is a unique and beautiful artefact
and well worth seeing when you visit the cathedral in Bury.

The treasury also holds a unique
silver challis from
Rushbrooke church.

On 16 May 2022, there is a
total lunar eclipse. We will not
be able to see every part of the
eclipse, but at totality we will
see the entire Moon turn red.

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Sunday Services May 2022
Sunday Services March 2022

We look forward to Jesus’s ascension into Heaven and Pentecost.
We celebrate Holy Communion at one of the churches in the benefice as
shown. We welcome everyone to come and join us in worship or to just

enjoy the peace and serenity of our historic churches.

Sunday 1st May Easter 3
Rushbrooke 9.00am Holy Communion

Rougham 10.30am Morning Praise
Acts 9:1-6, John 21:1-19

Sunday 8th May Easter 4
Beyton 10.30am Holy Communion

Acts 9:36-43, John 10:22-30

Sunday 15th May Easter 5
Rougham 10.30am Holy Communion

Acts 11:1-18, John 13:31-35

Sunday 22nd May Easter 6
Hessett 10.30am Holy Communion

Acts 16:9-15, John 14:23-29

Thursday 26th May Ascension Day
Hessett 6.30pm Holy Communion

Acts 1:1-11, Luke 24:44-53

Sunday 29th May Easter 7
Rougham 10.30am Holy Communion

Acts 16:16-34, John 17:20-26

Sunday 5th June Pentecost, Whit Sunday
Rushbrooke 9.00am Holy Communion

Rougham10.30am Morning Praise
Acts 2:1-21, John 14: 8-17 &25-27

The wearing of masks in church is not compulsory but please
respect others who wear them and allow comfortable space.