Dear all,

For your awareness, we are planning to carry out carriageway resurfacing along Barnaby Green and York Road, Southwold.

The works are programmed to take place between 9am and 3.30pm on Monday 24 June and Tuesday 25 June. During this time, the road will be closed to ensure the safety of highway users and our operatives.

For the duration of the closure, traffic will be diverted via A1095, Marketplace, Queen Street, Lorne Road, Godyll Road and vice versa.

As we plan roadworks in advance, we schedule extra days to allow for bad weather or other delays beyond our control. If we need to make major changes to our work dates, we will update the information signs on site and our social media channels accordingly.

A plan showing the diversion route for these works is available here. When we close the road and put a diversion in place, the route needs to be accessible to vehicles of all shapes and sizes. We make our diversions as clear as possible by placing appropriate signing along the route. The latest updates on our works can be found on the One.Network website.

There may be times that essential emergency works are required to take place on the highway network without advanced notice – you can follow Suffolk Highways on Twitter for the latest emergency roadwork updates.

Please use any contacts within your division or parish to circulate this notification.

If you have any queries on the above, please contact us on 0345 606 6171.

Suffolk Highways

www.suffolk.gov.uk/highways

The leaflet for The Open Studio Trail, which will be taking place on Saturday, 22nd and Sunday, 23rd June, from 11am to 5pm, is now available, giving fuller details of the artists involved.

A full-size pdf version can be downloaded here. Hard copies are also available from Bridgefoot Stores, Reydon Village Hall, Southwold Library and many other businesses in the area.

Southwold Arts Centre and Southwold Library Present: Southwold Community Cinema

• Wicked Little Letters (2023) 15 – Wednesday, 12th June, 3pm

When the residents of Littlehampton start receiving letters filled with obscenities and hilarious profanity, Rose, a rambunctious Irish immigrant, is accused of the crime.

Tickets £5, including refreshments.

Book a ticket at www.southwoldartscentre.co.uk or visit the box office – tel: 01502 722572;

Southwold Arts Centre, Cumberland Road, Southwold IP18 6JP.

Now Booking: Friends of Southwold Library present Slaughter in Southwold – Southwold Library Crime Writers’ Festival

Saturday, 15th and Sunday, 16th June @ Southwold Arts Centre, St Edmund’s Hall

Tickets £6 per talk, £20 per day or £40 for the weekend (Rev. Richard Coles event and lunches booked separately). Lunches with the authors.

• Authors’ talks by: Rev. Richard Coles, Jane Casey, Nicci French, Elly Griffiths, Tom Hindle, Cara Miller, Jacqueline Sutherland, A K Turner and Ruth Ware.
• Plus: Kate Ellis’ Death at the Dig Murder Mystery Night – Friday, 14th June, 7pm.
• Fun Crime Quiz Night – Sunday, 17th June, 7pm.
• Whodunnit puzzle sheet available from 1st May – £1. Solve the crime and you could win a £10 book token.
• Raffle for a luxury crime-related hamper (raffle tickets available from 1st May at Southwold Library).

Book at the Library – tel: 01502 722519; or online: www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/slaughter.

Realise Futures Walk-in Advice and Guidance

Every Thursday, 10am–12noon @ Southwold Library

Do you have a learning disability/autism? Do you need some support, advice or information?

Come along to one of our walk-in advice and guidance sessions. There is no need to book an appointment. Our advisors will talk to you about the support you need. We can provide advice, guidance and information on housing, employment, benefits, training, money, travel, safety, health, bills/letters and social.

Please contact: Anita Fiddy, Service Locality Co-ordinator (East) – tel: 07598 582955; e-mail: anita.fiddy@realisefutures.org.

Blyth Poets ‘The Isle is Full of Voices’

Friday, 7th June, 2.15–3.30pm

First Friday of every month.

Free event, no booking required.

A poetry group meeting at Southwold Library. All welcome to read or just listen. We invite contributions of original work or well-loved poems. Refreshment break in the Canteen.

Mah-Jong Group

Friday, 14th and 28th June, 2.15–4.15pm

Second and fourth Friday of the month.

£1 per person.

Can you play Mah-Jong? Do you want to learn? Come along and join the group at Southwold Library.

Scrabble Club

Thursday, 13th June, 2.15pm

Second Thursday of every month.

Free event, no booking required.

All equipment supplied. Refreshment break in the Canteen.

Crochet Club

Every Wednesday, 2.15–4pm

£2 each.

A friendly group for all abilities of crocheter. Barbara will be on hand to teach beginners, add to your crochet skills or troubleshoot problems. Or just bring along your latest project and crochet together. Bring your own equipment or Barbara can supply at a price. Refreshment break in the Canteen.

Lego Club!

Sundays, 12.15–1pm

Free event, no booking required.

Open to kids (and adults) of all ages. This spring, we’re building: Wonderful Wildlife. All donations of Lego welcome.

Adults: Would you like to help with Lego Club? Just ask staff.

Southwold Library Reading Group

Thursday, 27th June, 6.30pm @ Southwold Library

Free event, no booking required.

This month, we are reading: The Murder Game by Tom Hindle. Pick up a book at Southwold Library – tel: 01502 722519; e-mail: southwold.library@suffolklibraries.co.uk

Baby Bounce and Tot Rock

Every Sunday and Tuesday, 10.30–11am @ Southwold Library

Free event, no booking required.

Instruments, clapping, jogging and action rhymes. For babies and toddlers of all ages.

Summer wine tasting with Nicky Wright

Saturday, 22nd June, 7pm @ Reydon Village Hall

£15 per person, including tasting nine summer wines, summer pate platter, raffle and wine quiz with prize.

Nicky worked for Adnams’ Wine Department for ten years, travelling the world meeting the growers and running wine tastings.

Ceilidh and BBQ!

Saturday, 13th July, 7–10pm @ Reydon Village Hall with the Once Bittern Ceilidh Band

£15 per person, including barbeque.

BYO alcohol. Soft drinks and snacks available.

For both events:

Book your tickets in advance with Charlotte – tel:  07715 388916; e-mail: frogclock@hotmail.com; or online: www.ticketsource.co.uk/reydonvillagehall.

All funds go towards the RVH Golden Anniversary Appeal Fund to repair, renovate and refit the Hall.

Saturday, 1st June, 7pm @ Reydon Village Hall

£10 per person, including cheese board and lucky entrant draw.

Teams of up to six.

Bring your own drink.

Raffle!

Book your tickets with Charlotte at Southwold Library – tel: 07715 388916; e-mail: frogclock@hotmail.com.

All funds go towards the RVH Golden Anniversary Appeal Fund to repair, renovate and refit the Hall.

Reydon Scarecrow Trail returns this summer with an Olympic and Paralympic theme. The Trail, which raises much-needed funds for Reydon Christmas Lights, encourages local Reydon people to get creative and make a scarecrow for outside their home or business. Then on the second weekend of September, everyone is encouraged to visit the village, spot all the scarecrows and pick their favourite.

The Trail runs on Saturday, 14th and Sunday, 15th September 2024 from 10am until 5pm. Programmes can be purchased from Reydon Village Hall, Bridgefoot Stores, Little Jems and Boyden Stores. There will also be homemade refreshments throughout the weekend from Reydon Village Hall. 

So, get your thinking caps on and sign up to make a scarecrow today!  Scarecrows could be inspired by an Olympic or Paralympic sport, the attendees cheering them on, or the theatrics and fun of the occasion – no artistic talents required! Forms can be collected from Bridgefoot Stores, Boyden Stores, Little Jems and Southwold Library or can be emailed to you – just contact reydonscarecrowtrail@gmail.com.

For the ninth successive year, artists living and working in Reydon will be opening their studios as part of Southwold Arts Festival. The Open Studio Trail takes place on Saturday, 22nd and Sunday, 23rd June, from 11am to 5pm. A leaflet with full details of the Trail will be available in mid-May from Bridgefoot Stores, Reydon Village Hall, Southwold Library and many other businesses in the area.

April saw the last Community Quiz for this season, and regular quizzer Brad took the role of question master, with a very enjoyable quiz featuring some fiendishly brain teasing questions!

In fourth place this month were ‘What the Ecc’ with 73 points; in joint second place ‘If Onlys’ and  ‘Treacle Tarts ‘ with 80 points apiece; and winners this month ‘What, No Broadside?’ on 93 points.

Together with proceeds from the raffle, the evening raised £275. The work done by the Food Bank at the Methodist Church building in Southwold had been flagged up to us by one of their volunteers, so this month’s proceeds were donated to them, in support of the help they provide to our local community. (They are open Tuesday and Friday 2–4pm, and offer not just food but other support too, so pop in and see them if you can offer help or if you would like some support yourself.) 

This season, we have raised and donated to £1,813 in total to local good causes, so many, many thanks to all who support our Community Quiz, it is hugely appreciated both by those who organise it and by those who are the recipients. What a wonderfully supportive community we are lucky to live in.

The next quiz will be held in October 2024, when the new season begins – we wish all our quizzers and supporters a happy summer. (When it arrives!)  The dates of the autumn quizzes will be publicised nearer the time.

There is sometimes space for another team, so do contact me if you are interested in joining us at ahumphry@talktalk.net.