February 2022 meeting
The first meeting of the New Year (2022) takes place on Thursday 17th February from 7.30pm at Cotton Village Hall.
St Andrew’s Harvest Festival
The Church was filled with some magnificent singing of seasonal hymns for the Harvest Festival on Sunday 12th September.
We had a great combination of very young (and not so young!) of Cotton, and other churches of the Benefice.
St. Andrew’s looked splendid with a wonderful selection of harvest flowers. There was even cooking of mug cakes by Carl and his helpers (well done Marcie).
There was a collection of canned goods and these are to go to the Stowmarket Food Bank.
Village Produce Association Show 2021 – Results
Have a look at this page for photos of this year’s wonderful show in the Church!
The winners were:
CHALLENGE CUP BERYL ELLIS
PARISH CHALLENGE CUP JOHN BULLOCK
HOME PRODUCE CUP WILL GRAY
FLOWER CHALLENGE CUP SANDRA WELHAM
COTTON MEMORIAL CUP DAVID VINCENT
WINE CUP BRUCE MARTIN
HOLLINGSWORTH ROSE BOWL BERYL ELLIS
WALTER VINCENT TROPHY SANDRA WELHAM
LIZZIE VINCENT TROPHY PETER GIPSON
FLORAL ARRANGEMENT CUP CHRIS MARSTON
CHILDRENS MEDAL ABBEY BAKER
BEST IN SHOW – BERYL ELLIS
PHOTOGRAPH – SANDRA WELHAM
HANDICRAFT – HELEN MEAD
Register of Interests
The Register of Councillors’ Interests, which is held by Mid Suffolk District Council, can be viewed here
Jubilee Planning Meeting
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 1952-2022
Further news on the Cotton celebrations will be available here shortly.
If you would you like any information before then please contact Tina Newell, Parish Council Clerk on 07767 163706.
Emerging from Covid….
Individuals and Groups are busy thinking and planning events in the village to help us all return to some kind of normality. This is a working document which will hopefully show what is going on and roughly when:
MAY
Sunday May 16 – Rogation Boundary Walk (COVID Edition), the map/details have been circulated on the Grapevine and by email from the Parish Clerk – organisers Peter Gibbs/Geoff Lowndes-Toole
End of May – Plant Stall outside Church farm
JUNE
JULY
Saturday July 3- Church fund-raising garden party at Potters Farm
July 20 – Antiques Roadshow at the Church
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
September 4 – VPA Annual Show at the Church
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
OTHER EMBRYONIC PLANS
- Music event at Carter’s Meadow in August?
- Quiz (or two) in the Church?
- Comedy/Music in the Church?
- Regular Coffee Morning in the Church – not clashing below?
- Coffee Mornings at Village Hall – not clashing above?
- Garden Coffee morning?
- Opening of the new play equipment at Village Hall
COVID Jabs
The Covid vaccinations are progressing at a pace with the published targets likely to be met. However, sometimes there are holdups in the process which can be frustrating.
It seems that the quickest way to book your vaccination when the invitation arrives by text message or letter is to book on-line. The booking system does get a bit clogged up at times so if you are having a job logging in for an appointment, don’t panic – just log out and have another go in half an hour or so. Monday mornings seem to be particularly busy.
You can book by phone but experience has shown this sometimes means a lot of waiting to be answered.
If you are not sure of how to do the on-line process, help is at hand. Martin Yates is a long-term trusted Cotton resident and has recently gone through the jab process himself. He is quite willing to give advice over the phone. Parish Councillor Sue Cox is also well versed in the process and is happy to offer advice over the phone too. Their details are as follows:
Sue Cox – 07515 455626
Martin Yates – 07702 553436 or 01449 781564
Three really important points to remember:
1) Don’t ring in, you will be invited to receive your jab
2) The vaccine is free of charge
3 )The NHS will never ask you for credit card details