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VILLAGE DIARY – JULY 2010
2	7.30pm	Potato and Praise, Onehouse Church Room
4	1-6pm	Finborough Open Gardens
5	7.30pm	Parish Council, Pettiward Hall
8	4.30pm	Skylarks, Onehouse Church Room
10	2pm	Onehouse Fete
15	6.30pm	Charity Bingo, Pettiward Hall
19	tba	Great Finborough Primary School Leaver’s service, followed by picnic
20	9.45am	Candlestick Club outing
21	6.30pm	Buxhall Women’s Institute, Member’s only Garden Party, Buxhall Village Hall
22	4.30pm	Skylarks, Onehouse Church Room
27	Noon	FHOBS lunch, Buxhall Village Hall
29	tba	Great Finborough & District Garden Club BBQ
VILLAGE DIARY – AUGUST 2010
1	2pm	Buxhall Fete, Copinger Hall
5	9.45am	Candlestick Club outing
18	7pm	Buxhall Women’s Institute
19	6.30pm	Charity Bingo, Pettiward Hall
31	Noon	FHOBS lunch, Buxhall Village Hall

Church Services in the Benefice this month

CHURCH SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE FOR JULY AND AUGUST
Weekday Morning Prayer
Monday			Onehouse	8.00 – 8.30am
Friday			Great Finborough	8.00 – 8.30am
Sunday	4 July		Fifth Sunday of Trinity
Sung Eucharist			Buxhall		9.30am
Reflective Morning Prayer			Shelland		9.30am
Holy Communion			Finborough		11am
Family Service			Harleston		11am
Evening Worship			Onehouse Church		6.30pm
Sunday	11 July		Sixth Sunday of Trinity
Matins			Buxhall		9.30am
Holy Communion			Shelland		9.30am
Holy Communion			Harleston		9.30am
Holy Communion			Finborough		11am
Family Service			Onehouse Church Room		11am
Sunday	18 July		Seventh Sunday of Trinity
Thanksgiving Eucharist			Shelland		11am
followed by Ploughman’s lunch
Sunday	25 July		St James the Apostle
Holy Communion Holy Communion Time2Worship Holy Communion			Buxhall Harleston Finborough Onehouse Church		9.30am 9.30am 11am 11am
Sunday	1 August		Ninth Sunday of Trinity
Benefice Eucharist			Onehouse Church		10.30am
Sunday	8 August		Tenth Sunday of Trinity
Benefice Eucharist			Shelland		10.30am
Sunday	15 August		Eleventh Sunday of Trinity
Benefice Eucharist			Buxhall		10.30am
Sunday	22 August		Twelfth Sunday of Trinity
Benefice Eucharist			Finborough		10.30am
Sunday	29 August		Thirteenth Sunday of Trinity
Benefice Eucharist			Harleston		10.30am
Whether you are a regular worshipper or visiting this Sunday you will find a warm welcome at any of our services

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The Pub, Clubs and Groups...

The Chestnut Horse pub was once the Chestnut Horse Farmhouse and part of the Pettiward Estate. The farmhouse was converted in the 1860s or '70s, when the White Horse Inn opposite was demolished and rebuilt to form the estate offices. Edward Fayer, the last butler for the Pettiward household at Finborough Hall, became landlord of the Chestnut Horse when the estate was broken up and sold in 1936. The original farmland remained with the pub freehold and it was farmed for the landlord by a William Castell. Some of it was used for housing where Middlefield Drive now stands.

The present Chestnut Horse is a traditional timber framed village pub, tenanted for Greene King by Leonel Girao. Leonel serves a full range of cask and bottled ales, wines and soft drinks at the bar and in the attractive beer garden round the back, where there is ample car parking. Food is available every lunchtime between 12 noon and 2pm and evening meals are served on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Darts (the Chestnut Horse has a cup-winning darts team), bar billiards and monthly pub quizzes provide the entertainment round an open fire in winter, though the welcome is warm at the Chestnut Horse, whatever the season.

Every year at Easter, the Chestnut Horse hosts the famous Finborough Race of the Boggmen - here's a short history for anyone interested. While having roof repairs carried out on Boyton Hall in the summer of 1975, local farmer Trevor Waspe discovered a contract of employment written, signed and stamped for the year 1897. On closer examination of the document, and through further investigation, the following facts emerged. As it was traditional for sowing to start around the Easter period, each farmer hired a team of six 'min'. The team that Joseph John Hatton hired for Boyton Hall fell out of favour after a drunken brawl on Good Friday 1897. The men were sacked. Word soon got around that another team was needed and on Easter Monday a team from the nearby village of Haughley set out for Boyton Hall. Meanwhile Joseph John Hutton, worried about the situation, had re-employed the 'min'. Both teams appeared, ready for work. To resolve the problem an idea from one James Boggis of Oulton, who was staying at the Hall, was to throw the contract of employment in the air and the first team to get it over the threshold of the pub in the village of Great Finborough won the job. This event was carried on as an annual tradition and as an excuse to relax before the hard work on the land began. However, it fell into disuse in 1915, when so many Suffolk lads were taken for the fields of Flanders during the first world war. The Race of the Boggmen was revived in 1976 and the rest, as they say, is history...

	Local History Group meets once a month in the Pettiward Hall; contact Mary Williams on (01449) 612822 for more information.
	Badminton Club meets in the Pettiward Hall on Tuesday evenings between 7.30 and 9.30pm, though the times are flexible depending on the number of players. The club is run for exercise and fun, catering for all abilities and ages from sixteen upwards. A fee of £2.00 per session is payable. All equipment is provided and new members are welcome. Contact Graham Burchell, telephone (01449) 677798.
	1st Great Finborough and Buxhall Brownies - contact Gloria Firman on (01449) 672729 for further details.
	Garden Club. The Great Finborough and District Garden Club meets six times a year in the Pettiward Hall or on organised visits to garden sites in the area. Additionally the Club organizes an Open Gardens Day in the village in support of the Clubs nominated Charity. Membership fees for 2008 are £10.00 per household; meetings are open to non-members at a charge of £1.50 per session. The club aims to promote gardening and encourage good cultivation through talks, discussion, demonstrations and social events; by visits to local gardens and other venues of horticultural interest; and by maintaining information on topics of interest to local gardeners. The Club Secretary is Judith Cameron, (01449) 672978, or ianandjudy@beeb.net.
	Art Club. The Finborough and District Art Club holds a tutored meeting on the first Monday of each month from 7 to 9pm at the Pettiward Hall. An occasional, untutored session is notified to members individually, the object of this being to practice communally what has been learned in the tutorials. The cost of tutored meetings is £4.00 and untutored sessions, £1.00. Teaching is concentrated on techniques, though members are free to pursue their own interests if they wish to do so. Further information is available from Sue Marks, telephone (01449) 612816.
	Women's Institute. The Great Finborough and District Women's Institute was founded in 1919, meeting regularly ever since with members still meeting on the second Wednesday of each month at different venues. The varied programme aims to stimulate and entertain members and visitors, who are welcome at any meeting. The Treasurer is Lesley Cass on (01449) 675970 or e-mail valleyfarm@netscapeonline.co.uk
	Great Finborough and Buxhall Under-Fives. This pre-school for children meets Monday to Friday in the Pettiward Hall between 9.15 and 11.45 am. The charge is £7.00 per child per session, with the option of lunch club between 11.45am and 12.30pm for an extra £1.50. There are also afternoon sessions available on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 12.30pm to 3.00pm, the charge is also £7.00 per child per session. The Under-Fives are Ofsted inspected and meet in a fully equipped and heated suite of rooms, including kitchen and toilet facilities. The pre-school group functions in a learning environment based on a national curriculum aimed at preparing children for full-time education with qualified, caring and experienced staff. For further information about the pre-school group contact them during pre-school hours on 07708 362697 or Helen Winter on (01449) 615060. For more information, please visit their website: www.under5sgfb.co.uk.
	Candlestick Club. This is a club for the over 60's from the villages of Great Finborough and Buxhall. A variety of activities is provided throughout the year. For further details contact Keith Proctor on (01449) 736598.
	Haughley Hoofers. Haughley Hoofers is a local group of North West Clog dancers. Click here to find out more and how to join, or visit our website