St Andrew’s Gift Day
Due to the national lock down, we have had a cancel our scheduled Gift Day on Saturday 7th November. We don’t, of course know when we can arrange another date.
Expenses to keep the church going, albeit without any live services, still have to be met. Therefore, if anyone feels like contributing , donations can always be left in Carole’s letter box at 2, Stonham Road or paid directly into our bank account (Cotton PCC) sort code: 20-82-75 account number: 80289868. Services will continue to be streamed on line for the next month at least, starting with the service of Remembrance this Sunday.
The church will continue to be opened every day, except Mondays, for private prayer. We hope to have some Christmas celebrations, but the format is out of our control. Watch this space ………………………………and keep safe.
Jane de Beer
Church Warden
Virtual Produce Show – the Winners!
Virtual Flower and Vegetable show 2020
First of all, thank you so much for those who entered. There were some beautifully composed photographs and great produce and flowers. The Welham family are particularly to be congratulated for producing such a breadth of entries.
Photo of a garden
Jan Charles
Sue Middleton
Welham
Roses
1 Beryl Ellis
2. Welham
3.Jan Charles
3 each of two vegetables
1 Beryl Ellis
2 Welham
Longest runner bean
Welham (by a whisker)
Beryl Ellis
4 of one variety of vegetable
Welham (beetroot)
Beryl Ellis (green peppers)
Very tall sunflower from the Welhams, lovely apples and plums. Great picture, Zoe. Well done managing to grow an avocado plant from a stone. ( I tried but failed)
In my opinion, the best photo was Beryl’s 3 cobs of sweetcorn and 3 of squash. Good looking produce and beautifully presented.
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We don’t know when we will be able to start the Village Produce Association meetings again, but hopefully 2021 will bring more freedom for organisations to meet, and hold events.
Dobies seed catalogues will be arriving soon, and I will deliver to all members who ordered seeds last year. There will be plenty of copies, so let me know if you would like one.
VPA Virtual Show Entries
You can now see competition entries on the website! Just go to the special events page or scroll down here…
Parish Council meeting
An extra Parish Council meeting will be held online on Monday August 17 to discuss a planning application. If you would like to attend please contact the Clerk on cottonparish.clerk@gmail.com.
The Agenda for the meeting is here.
Sad News
It is sad to report the death of another long term residents of Cotton.
Ernie Smith has died aged 95 years, he lived in Cotton with his wife and family for many decades. Ernie had several jobs during his life time but most of his working life was on the railways. However, his early career and lifelong interest was in working horses especially the Suffolk Punch in which he was an expert. If you ever asked him what he did for a living he would say ‘horseman’. Ernie was predeceased by his wife and son.
Another good man gone.
A Stray Bee Orchid!
“Bumble” Stringer with a bee orchid which might have found its way from Carter’s Meadow….