TALK ABOUT EPPINGTOWNMAGAZINE SUMMER2014

IN THIS ISSUE: SUMMER EVENTS * TOWN SHOW * TOUR DEFRANCE * EPPING FESTIVAL* HMS SICKLE REMEMBERED *EPPING CC 150th ANNIVERSARY * IVY CHIMNEYS PLAYAREA * BLUE PLAQUE SCHEME * LOCAL ORGS NEWSTOWNSPERSON OF THE YEAR * CONTINENTAL MARKET

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7th July 2014

vide some muchneeded high qualitycommunity spaceswith parking (some-thing that is sorelylacking at present)and to improve thefootball facilities forthe towns clubs. Wewill be investing inthe Ivy Chimneysplay area to help im-prove the play facili-ties and improveaccess to the schoolas well. At Christmastime we will be light-ing up the town withnew and improvedlights that we hopewill encourage morepeople to come intothe town for theirshopping and cele-brations this yearand of course we willbe putting on the Ep-ping Christmas Mar-ket. On a moreserious note, theTown Council will beleading the fight topreserve our greenspaces and our greenbelt when the newlocal plan is an-nounced later thisyear. We have al-ready made an appli-cation under theCommons Act to tryand safeguard landat Stonards Hill forfuture generations byregistering it as a vil-lage green and youcan be assured wewill be fully engagedin the local planprocess to ensurethat any future de-velopment in Eppingdoes not take awaythe market town feelthat we all love. Lastbut by no meansleast I am lookingforward to the op-portunity Iwill haveas Mayor to get in-volved with our localorganisations, soci-ties and charities.

I cant tell you howpleased I am to havebeen elected TownMayor by my fellowTown Councillors for2014. It promises tobe an exciting year -Summer events beginon 6th July with theTown Show, quicklyfollowed on 7th Julyby the visit to theTown of the Tour deFrance, the biggestspectator event inthe world and Eppingwill be featuredstrongly with a sprintsection reaching itsclimax here in theHIghStreet. It prom-ises to put the towninto the national andinternational spot-light and I am look-ing forward to it withgreat anticipation.2014 will also be ayear where the TownCouncil has a num-ber of projects whichwill hopefully add in-terest to and enhancethe Town and hope-fully attract morevisitors. We havelaunched a blueplaque scheme tocelebrate significantpeople and placeswho have lived in thetown and helped toshape it and we willbe undertaking proj-ects to provide moretourist informationfor visitors arrivingby train or car. Weare developing plansto replace the JackSilley Pavilion to pro-

Barbara ScrutonTown Mayor

The Town Council isintroducing a BluePlaque Scheme in theTown to recogniseimportant peoplewho have lived herein Epping over thecenturies and impor-tant places andevents in the Townshistory. At presentthere are only twoblue plaques in theTown, one dedicatedto Lucien Pissarro,painter and lithog-rapher, who lived at44 Hemnall Street(who we covered inthe last Talk AboutEpping) and theother to Henry Dou-bleday, naturalist, inButtercross Lane.Initially, the Councilis hoping to providememorial plaques forSir William Addison,a prolific writer oflocal history and aformer Chairman ofthe Magistrates As-sociation who livedin Ravensmere untilhis death in 1992and to replace theplaque in EppingHigh Street dedi-cated to former

BLUEPLAQUESCHEMETOBELAUNCHED INEPPING

1 In the case of a single person(i) If the person was eminent in his or her field and is listed inappropriate general national biographical sources for the pe-riod; for instance, the Dictionary/New Dictionary of NationalBiography, Who's Who/Who Was Who, Men and Women ofthe Time, the Times Obituary, or recognised specialist biogra-phical sources, and had a significant connection with one ormore places in Epping, such as a residence of five years,place of birth, place of business etc., OR(ii) If the person made a definite contribution to the history ofEpping, does not appear in the relevant national sources buthad a significant connection with one or more places in Ep-ping, such as a residence of five years, place of birth, placeof business etc.2 In the case of an eventIf it was of considerable importance in the history or develop-ment of the town.3 In the case of a building If unconnected with an important person, the building wassignificant in the history or development of Epping, or is ofgreat antiquity, or of particular architectural importance.

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Prime Minister andTown MP WinstonChurchill with a blueplaque. We wouldlike to receive nomi-nations from resi-dents about who orwhere from theTowns past shouldbe recognised with ablue plaque. Thecriteria are detailedbelow.N.B. Proposals will

not be consideredfor the commemo-ration of individu-als unless morethan 20 years haselapsed since theirpassing. Pleaseconsult the TownCouncils websitefor more detailsabout how to reg-ister a nominationfor a blue plaque

THE MAYORs view

CLUBBOWLEDOVERWITHNEWCHANGINGROOMSOn 12th April, Town Mayor Will Breare-Hall officially openedEpping Bowls Club's new Ladies Changing Room. Grants fromEpping Town Council and Grange Farm Trust made it possibleto replace the old, rotting Changing Rooms. The plaque on thewall notes this.

Members of the club dismantled the old building and insulatedand finished the new one. They have re-cycled the good woodto make an additional storage shed for club equipment. Need-less to say, the ladies are delighted with their new changingroom and are arranging a lunch for those who did all the work!

TOWNMAYORPRESENTSCHEQUETOSTCLAREHOSPICE A cheque for 1,482 has been presented by outgoing Eppingmayor Will Breare-Hall to St Clare Hospice. The money, fromFund for 2013-14, was presented to the Hospices communityfundraiser James Barber at the Annual Town Council meeting.

Mr Breare-Hall said: "St Clare Hospice does so much good workin the town and district.

We are all well aware of the work that the hospice does and Iwas delighted to be able to present the cheque to the charity."Outgoing Epping mayor Will Breare-Hall presents the

cheque to St Clare Hospice community fundraiserJames Barber

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DEREKWHITBREADAWARDEDEPPINGTOWNSPERSONOFTHEYEAR2014

AT Aprils Mayors Reception, DerekWhitbread was awarded the Townsper-son of the Year Award for his longservice to the Town as a retained fire-fighter based at Epping Fire Station.

Mr Whitbread joined the Fire Service in1975, attaining the rank of Sub Officerin 2000, a post he has held ever since.

He is currently one of the longest serv-ing officers in the whole County andthe announcement of the award byTown Mayor Will Breare-Hall wasgreeted with enthusiasm by the assem-bled audience representing EppingsCommunity Organisations.

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ABOUTOURCOVERART

The Cover for this months editionof Talk About Epping is by Dutchartist Rob Ijbema.

Rob works in acrylic paint on paper andhis vibrant images capture the speed andexcitement of his subjects brilliantly. Heis perhaps best known for his paintings ofracing cars and motor racing, but has pro-duced a whole series of work coveringthe Tour de France Stage by Stage overseveral years. Our cover picture showsMark Cavendish powering to a sprint fin-ish in 2011. We may be fortunate enoughto see something similar on July 7th.Many thanks to Rob for allowing us to usehis work on our cover. To see more of hiswork or to order prints please visit hiswebsite:

http://www.paintingletour.blogspot.com/

EPPING Cricket Clubare preparing to em-bark on their 149thseason with a newmanagement teamand a colts revivalexpected to improvetheir chances of on-field success thissummer.The Lower Bury Laneclub, which wasfounded in 1865, hastraditionally sufferedfrom being the poorrelation of otherricher clubs in thearea.However, few clubscan boast the pictur-esque scenery andrural feel of its loca-tion despite beingtucked away at theback of Epping HighStreet on CoppedHall land.The clubs rich tradi-tions, friendly familyatmosphere and at-tention to bringingon young talent areamong the reasonswhy hundreds ofcricketers and theirfamilies have beenattracted to it overthe years.The club has consis-tently backed itsyouth policy withmany colts going on

to play for the firstteam.In recent years theclub has investedheavily in its colts setup with a number ofqualified coachespassing on theircricketing skills andlove of the game tolocal youngsters.For the 2014 seasonthe club has ap-pointed a new chair-man Dhiru Gadhvi tofollow up on theamazing work of hispredecessor JohnBrades whosefundraising exploitsenabled the club torenovate its periodchanging roomsbuilding and revampits groundwork

equipment.Alongside him areclub stalwart JohnSangar as secretary,Pete Simpson astreasurer andgrounds managerDan Sly, who hasdramatically im-proved the playing

facilities in recentyears.Taking over as Satur-day first team captainis Rakesh Bagga withManni Bawa captain-ing the 2nds andGraham Preston the3rds.The club is always onthe look out for newplayers young andold to fill its threeSaturday teams play-ing in the ShepherdNeame Essex Leagueand its series of en-thusiastic colts sides.For those who prefersocial cricket, Eppingprovide one of thefew sides in the areanow regularly turningout on Sundays.The clubs first gameof the season was afriendly at Hockerillon Saturday April 19with the first teamtaking on high-flyingWoodford Wells inthe Essex LeagueCup at Lower BuryLane a week later.The the clubs threeSaturday league sidesbegan their cam-paigns on May 10.The sides who play atLower Bury Laneground are also likelyto enjoy the clubslegendary teas whichare constantly votedamong the best inEssex.

Anyone who is inter-ested in playing forEpping (adult orcolts) or comingalong to the club towatch the cricket orattend social activi-ties should check theclubs website fordetails

www.eppingcc.hitscricket.co.uk

Epping CC practising at Lynceley Grange in the 1860s

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seven companies au-thorised to make mili-tary uniforms in thecountry. This musthave been a very lu-crative business atthe height of theBritish Empire.There was even aregiment nicknamedBuckmasters LightInfantry (officially the3rd West India Regi-ment) named so be-cause the companydistributed uniformsto Officers without of-ficial approval. He ismore well known per-haps for funding theconstruction of thenew (i.e. present

The photographabove was taken tomark the opening ofthe new Pavilion atEpping Cricket Clubin 1896. The Pavil-ion is still standing,albeit with somemodification and re-mains in use to thisday. The picture itselfis almost a whoswho of Victorian Ep-ping. ReverendBuckmaster, whopaid for its construc-tion, was a verywealthy man, comingfrom a family thathad made its fortunein Mayfair as tailorsand was one of only

day) St JohnsChurch, though hedid not live to see itscompletion. Dr Hur-ford in the front rowwas not just EppingsGP (and the MedicalOfficer of the UnionWorkhouse), he wasalso the first Chair-man of Epping UrbanDistrict Council from1896-1901. He mayhave been present inhis official capacityas Chairman of theCouncil but he wasinvolved with theCricket Club as arti-cles in the WestEssex Gazette fromthe period mention

him as Vice Chair-man of the Club. Tohis left, AE Piperwas also Chairmenof the Urban DistrictCouncil in 1920.Continuing along thefront row we find ASworder the auction-eer, whose businesscontinues to this day.There is still a Cablebuilding firm based inEpping at Bell Com-mon. It is not knownwhether the ACable pictured be-tween his brothers inthis photograph, wasthe AJ Cable whoserved as an ar-tilleryman in the First

World War and waskilled in action on theWestern Front in Au-gust 1918 (commem-orated on EppingWar Memorial) orwas the AJCablewho was three timesChairman of the Ep-ping Urban District,in 1919, 1923 andthen from 1939-1943. This Cablewas the Chairman atthe time HM S/MSickle was adoptedby Epping and wouldhave recieved theAdmiralty Plaque thatthe Town Council isthe custodian of tothis day.

Back: Allshorn, F Cable, A Cable, W Cable, Rev Buckmaster, Rivington, Banfield, MAcAndrews, Capt. MannFront: E Hine, A Sworder, Tavener, W Windus, A E Piper, Cable, Dr Hurford, E Butcher

Opening of Pavilion May 7th 1896, given by Rev Buckmaster, built by theCable Brothers

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IVYCHIMNEYSPLAYAREACONSULTATION

After a well attendedpublic consultationmeeting in May withadult residents and acomprehensive con-sultation of the chil-dren of Ivy ChimneysSchool by the year 5students, we are nowcollating all the feed-back received to pre-pare a scheme forconsideration byCouncil in June.

The Town Councilwould like to thankeverybody who hasengaged with the ex-ercise, particularlythe students, whoreally took the bullby the horns and ex-amined in detail whatcould be deliveredwithin the budget

available and came tothe exercise with atotally different per-spective. We alsolearned from thechildren who theusers of our playarea are and the sortof facilities we needto provide to makethe park a more at-tractive place to visitfor both the childrenand the parents.

The children werealso asked to designsigns to be displayedin the play area. TheTown Mayor, WillBreare-Hall, havingjudged the designs,visited the school toaward certificates tothe children whoproduced the best 3

designs.

The winning designby Holly Smith will bemade into a sign thatwill be displayed towelcome people intothe refurbished parkwhen the improve-ments are complete.

The main themesfrom the consultationthat will be presentedto Council were:- Children would likesome more dynamicplay equipment, likea zip wire and spin-ners- More hard surfac-ing within the playarea to improve theusability of the playarea in wintermonths- More benches foradults and some pic-nic tables for use byfamilies- Access to theschool from the playarea to allowingress/egress intothe school from theRecreation Ground toavoid dangerous nar-row footways- Removal of oldequipment and pro-vision of fewer,higher quality pieces.

The Epping Societyheld a successfulAnnual GeneralMeeting in EppingHall on 3 March at-tended by over 40members to elect anew committee andto hear Tony O'-Connor from Ep-ping Forest DistrictMuseum talk about

Picture: Former Town Mayor Will Breare-Hall with thewinners of the sign competition

Winning poster design by Holly Smith

Design by runner-up Izzy Goodland

Design by runner-up Daniel Logan

developments there.Adam Long, thenewly elected ViceChairman, demon-strated our onlinephotograph archive.All members and thepublic generally areinvited to uploadphotographs (orother suitablegraphic material) sothat an archive canbe accumulated foruse by anyone withan interest in thetown and surround-ing areas. This fea-ture improves on ourprevious website butincludes additional

features and is muchmore user-friendly.The Society is cur-rently preparingphysical photographsfrom its archive sothat they are profes-sionally mounted andannotated. The col-lection will be offeredto the Epping ForestMuseum. On 1 Maywe visited St JohnsSchool to see the fin-ished building. MikeRigelsford SocietyTreasurer and untilrecently Chairman ofGovernors) and AndySmith (Project Man-ager for the build)

gave us a detaileddescription of thedesign considera-tions and showedhow spaces are used.The Society contin-ues to exhibit at localopen days, most re-cently at Copped Hallwhere we werepleased to discusscurrent threats andopportunities in thedistrict with mem-bers and non-mem-bers alike. Welearned from visitorsfrom other townsthat the risks frominappropriate devel-opment to our com-

munity are similar tothose faced else-where. We will ex-hibit at the EppingTown Show on Sun-day 6 July and EppingFestival on Saturday29 July. Our nextOpen Meeting formembers and non-members will be atEpping Hall on Mon-day 29 September at7.30 pm when theLocal Plan will be themain topic. We hopeby then EFDC pre-ferred developmentoptions will be avail-able.

Epping Society

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There can surely benobody who is stillunaware that the Tourde France is comingto Essex on July 7th.The County and Dis-trict Councils haveprovided leaflets andnewsletters to everyhome detailing theroute, the timings, thedisruption, the ex-pected crowds. Not tobe outdone, we havelooked at all the infor-mation available andpicked out the infor-mation that relatesspecifically to Eppingto try and give resi-dents a clearer ideaof what it will be likehere in the Town.

Race Information

- The race will enterthe Town from NorthWeald, passing downthe Plain, Palmers Hilland the High Streetand leaving the Townvia the HIgh Rd enroute to London.- The expected arrivaltime of the race itselfin Epping is around2.30 -2.45pm-The caravan will ar-rive up to an hourearlier with sponsorsfloats and entertain-ment.- Several hundredsupport vehicles willfollow behind the cy-clists themselves.- There is a mini-sprint stage which willhave its finish lineoutside Barclays/Costa.

Road Closures

There will be massivedisruption on the dayof the race on theroad network. The

Le Tour deFrancein Epping

route through Eppingwill be closed from 9.00am to vehicular traffic.It will not re-open untilaround 5 pm. It will bepossible to cross theHIgh Street on foot atthe existing pedestriancrossings until shortlybefore the caravan ar-rives. Palmers Hill willnot have barriers be-side the Town Greensso pedestrians will beable to cross therefreely until just beforethe caravan arrives.Other roads in theTown will be open, withbarriers only at thejunctions themselves.There will be marshalsat all the junctions.

Toilet Facilities

There will be around 20portable toilets pro-vided in the Town, alarge block near the ex-isting toilets in the Cot-tis Lane Car Park and asmaller block on the

other side of the HighStreet near GroveLane.

First Aid

St Johns Ambulancewill be providing firstaid support in the Town.There will be two med-ical treatment facilitiesprovided, one on theforecourt of the Duke ofWellington and one onthe access road behindthe High Street outsidethe EFDCdepot (oppo-site Station Rd). Ambu-lances will be stationedin St Johns Rd andClarkes Lane.

Disabilty ViewingAreas

Two areas have beenarranged specifically fordisabled residents toview the race, outsidethe Fire Station and onGrove Lane. Space islimited and residentsshould contact Peter

Charman at the Dis-trict Council to bookplaces. He can becontacted at PChar-man@epping-forestdc.gov.uk

Parking

Additional Car Park-ing will be availableon the day at Shaftes-bury Farm, LindseyStreet, Thornwood Rdand St Johns School

Crowds

The organisers haveanticipated that thereare likely to be up to20,000 people in Ep-ping to watch therace, with as many as6,000 of these ex-pected in the marketarea alone. Theevent is massive soplease plan aheadand arrive in plenty oftime to avoid disap-pointment.

CONTINENTALMARKETSATURDAYJULY12th

The Town Councilis pleased to an-nounce that on theSaturday after theTour de France, wewill continue theSummers Frenchtheme by hosting aContinental Marketin the HIgh Street.

The market isbeing hosted inpartnership withSavoir-Faire Mar-kets, and will be agreat chance tosample and enjoyspecialist deli-catessan food likehandmade sweets,italian meats,olives, cheese andmany more.

For more informa-tion about theevent, please checkthe event organ-isers website. http://www.themarket-people.com/

When did you firstfind out about theSickle?In 2005 the Epping For-est District Museum,based in WalthamAbbey, had an exhibi-tion called Keep Smil-ing Through. Thedisplays were part of anationwide scheme tocommemorate 60 yearsfrom the end of theSecond World War.There was an informa-tion panel about the

Sickle and we also de-cided to recreate asmall section of a sub-marine as an interac-tive display.

Why did your interestcontinue with theSickle?At the time we did nothave a photo of theboat so I started to lookon the internet. Thiswas not successful so Ilooked at the informa-tion panel and asidefrom technical facts Iknew the name of herCommanding Officerand the shipyard whereshe was built.

What happened next?Well, I discovered thatthe Commanding Offi-cer was related to EricDrummond, the 16th

Earl of Perth. On the offchance that the familymay have photos or in-formation I wrote a let-ter to the 17th Earl atthe family estate inScotland. In the mean-time I discovered thatdocuments from Cam-mell Laird shipyardfrom WW2 had beentransferred to the WirralArchives in Liverpool. Ispoke to Ernie Riffler atthe archive and he toldme that every vesselbuilt by the yard wouldhave at least two pho-tos taken (port andstarboard) and therewere two images of theSickle in the archive.Job done, I thought.

Did you hear from theEarl of Perth?Yes, after a short time apackage arrived for mefrom Viscount Strathal-lan (the Earls son).The package containeda folder of transcribedletters from JamesRalph Drummond (theSickles C.O.) to hismother and other rela-tives. He had followedhis father into the RoyalNavy a few years be-fore the start of WW2and he wrote of his ex-periences from all of histime at sea.

Was there any partic-ular story that inter-ested you?There was one thatmade me think that itcould possibly lead tosomething else maybeeven an exhibition. In

June 1943, Drummondhad fired two torpedosat a target, they missedand exploded at thebase of the cliffs belowthe Monte CarloCasino. The Casinowas damaged. Drum-mond earned the title ofThe man that brokethe Bank at MonteCarlo by his superiorOfficers. It even madethe front pages of sev-eral national wartimenewspapers.

Once you decided toproduce an exhibitionabout the Sickle, whatwhere your nextsteps?The Sickle was lostwith all hands on 18June 1944. There were50 men onboard andeach man, their familiesand all the other peopleassociated with theSickle had a story totell. At this stage Ithought it would begood to have a few sto-ries to tell but as theproject grew so did theamount of stories.

How were Epping andHarlow involved inthe Sickles story?During WW2 the areawas not the same as itis today, Harlow was

not a large town as it isnow in fact Epping wasmuch the larger of thetwo. Together withother surroundingtowns and villages theyformed the Epping andHarlow District. Thepeople of the districtwere encouraged bythe Government to sup-port the war effort bycommunally donatingtime and or resources.

What was warshipweek?In 1942 the Govern-ment decided to con-centrate their effortsthat year toward theRoyal Navy. Communi-ties across the countrywere encouraged toraise money to buyGovernment WarBonds.Each type of vesselwas given a monetarytarget for example asubmarine was175,000. The Eppingand Harlow district de-cided to set theirfundraising target at120,000, which wasthe equivalent to acorvette.

What kind of thingsdid the people do toraise funds?There were boxing

matches, whist drives,childrens party, collec-tions, personal andbusiness contributions.Even the districts chil-dren helped tofundraise with events atschool for exampleNorth Weald Schoolhad an essay andhandwriting competitionfor the pupils. It was acommunity effort.Epping and Harlow Dis-trict did so well at fundraising that theypassed the original tar-get set for a corvetteand instead opted tosupport a submarine.By the end of WarshipWeek even that targetwas passed. The finaltotal raised being176,389 13s(shillings)4d(pence).

Did the community ef-fort stop then?No, once the Admiraltytold the District thatsubmarine P224 Sicklewas their adopted ves-sel the people sent let-ters and parcels to thecrew. If any of the olderresidents of the arearead this and happen tohave a letter from amember of the crew Iwould love to see it or ifanyone remembers tak-ing part in warship

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Andy Hall, Exhibitions Officer for the Epping Forest District Museum, tells us what inspired him to re-search and develop an exhibition about the Sickle, what fascinating stories have emerged about the peo-ple associated with the boat and explains why Wednesday 18 June 2014 is a very important day.

HM S/MSickle - Epping and Harlows WW2 Submarine

TALK ABOUT EPPING 9week I would like tohear from you.

Did you do all the re-search yourself?What became the On-ward and Upward ex-hibition about theSickle was very much ateam effort. The staff ofthe Museum assisted toproduce the displaysbut it could never havehappened without otherindividuals and organi-sations. John Duffell,Local historian and sec-retary of the RoyalBritish Legion Eppingbranch assisted withboth the 2005 and

2008 exhibitions. Thestaff of the Royal NavySubmarine Museum inGosport were very sup-portive throughout theproject. They servevery good chips in theircaf so its well worth avisit if you are in thearea!

Were you successfulin finding other per-sonal stories?I would like to be ableto say that I have aface and a story toevery member of theSickles crew, but unfor-tunately that is not thecase and due to otherwork commitments Ihave never been ableto concentrate my ef-forts solely to this. Ihavent given up yet soone day maybe it couldhappen. I have foundsome stories from menwho served on theSickle at some pointbut were not on the lastfateful voyage. Most ofthem, I am afraid to sayare now dead, wereable to record their ex-periences after the warfor prosperity.

Do you ever regretstarting such a proj-ect?Certainly not. I amhappy to have had theopportunity to work onthis project. Its fantas-tic when you meet rela-tives of the crew, to seetheir photos and heartheir stories. Each newstory adds anotherpiece to the story. I ampassionate about theSickle and look forwardto any new scrap of in-formation or new photonever seen before.

Why is Wednesday 18June 2014 an impor-tant day?It is the 70th anniver-sary of the loss of theSickle. When I realisedthis at the end of lastyear I contacted theEpping Town Councilwith the idea to markthe anniversary insome way. The Counciltogether with EFD Mu-seum, British Legionand St Johns Churchhave been planning theday for some time now.Its a great opportunityfor the community tocome and see an exhi-bition at the Council Of-fices about the Sickleand the people associ-ated with her. There isto be a remembranceservice at the church inthe evening, weremany of the crews rel-atives are expected toattend. I already know that theson of one of the crewand his family bookedtheir seats severalmonths ago as they willbe travelling from Cali-fornia, USA.

What one thing pieceof advice have youlearned from this?When talking to anysubmariner NEVERrefer to a submarine asa ship! Submarines areboats. All other RoyalNavy vessels are ships.

Andy Hall

A Keepers Viewby Corporation of London Forest Keeper Brian Gillam

This has been the wettest winter in 250 years, so the Meteorologi-cal Office has said, but a close relative of mine said he had seenwetter winters when he was a boy! All I can say is he is lookingvery good for his age. The Forest has suffered through this windywet winter. We have more tree damage than we have ever had andwith the onset of spring, dare I say it, we may see a few older treesfall when they get into leaf. It has been a bountiful year for foodfor wildlife but not so good for keeping warm and dry. Many Rab-bits and Badgers have had their homes flooded and have had tomove into less protected accommodation but do not seem to havesuffered unduly.

All our wildlife is on the move this time of year looking for food ordry places to stay, Frogs and toads will soon migrate from thebreading ponds to their feeding ponds. Warm wet nights are theirpreferred time of travel. By early July we will see the Fallow Deerfauns about in the Forest and crossing the roads, so please dokeep an eye out for all our wildlife when driving rural or Forestroads.

On my patrols so far this year I have had Skylarks singing in mid-February, Sparrows nesting early March and Hares by the dozen.Our Buzzard population is steadily increasing and a Red Kite hasbeen seen passing through. Keep a keen eye out you never knowwhat you will see, but do let us know we want to see it too.

With the warmer weather a lot of us have been getting out into thegarden and cutting back the dead wood. Please dont put yourgarden waste on forest land as this can bring in disease whichcould devastate our Forest and is against the By-laws. We havebeen lucky so far and have not had any signs of Sudden OakDeath, or Ash Die Back both of which can be introduced by thedumping of garden waste. We have also seen a sudden increase inthe amounts of fly-tipping on the Forest if you see any one doingthis take down the details and let either the Keepers at the City ofLondon Epping Forest know or the Environmental protection teamat Epping Forest District Council.

Our new events leaflet is now out, filled with lots of fun activitiesto do in the Forest. The Forest floor is still very muddy in places,so stout boots are best, be prepared as the weather can catch youout, so stay dry. Do get out there and enjoy the Forest, its floraand fauna in all its early summer glory.

LANESWINSTGEORGESDAY AWARD...AGAIN!!tage dress shop beatoff competition fromArgus Lighting, Cooksand others to receivethe award to scoop theprestigious gong.

Manager Sally Kingand colleague SueOlateru are picturedwith Town Mayor WillBreare-Hall receivingthe certificate in frontof the winning shopdisplay .

Lanes Dress Agencyhave been awardedthe Best St Georges

Day shop window dis-play for the secondyear running. The vin-

10 Talk About EppingEpping ChurchChoirs AssociationSummer Concert

A mix of choral musicbyHaydn, Chilcott,Pachelbel, VaughanWilliams,Rutter, Rachmaninov,Bruckner and Mon-teverdi etcConducted by SimonWintersAccompanist - DavidWintersSaturday 12th July2014St John's Church, Ep-pingat 7.30 pmAdmission free, Pro-grammes 2.50Retiring collection

Epping Forest Band,Proms on the Green,Sunday 3rd Augustat 3pm

The band will onceagain be entertainingthe crowds outsidethe District Counciloffices, with a mixtureof Proms music andsummer brass bandmusic. Bring a deckchair and a flag! (inEpping Hall if wet)

Epping Hall

Monday, Epping Hall, Tai Chi , 10.30am12.30pmWednesday, NCT, Stretch & Breathe classes, 7-9pmEvery Wednesday, 4-6 pm & 7.30-9 pm: Karateclasses2nd Wednesday of month, 2 pm: Epping W.IAlternate Thursdays, 1.30 pm: New Horizons TeaDanceThursday 8-9pm Tae Kwon Do, Friday 9.30-10.30 am: Weight Watchers

Jack Silley Pavilion

MondayTerm time. Jo Jingles, 9.15-11.45amEvery Tuesday 6 pm: Dog Training Classes Tuesday. 1.30 4.30pm Voluntary action craftgroup. Tuesday, Pre School Dance classes, 12.45pm to2.45pmTuesday mornings Hartbeeps Music &SensoryclassesWednesdays 1pm -3pm Baby BalletThursdays, dog training. From 7pmSlimming World 5pm -9.30pm Friday 4.00m-6.30pm Childrens Dance ClassesSaturday (term time only) 9 am to 1.30 pm: Chil-drens Dance ClassesEvery Saturday and Monday at 1.30pm. Petanque(Boules) at Stonards Hill. Light exercise, fun andsociable. New players welcome. Call Peter Lumbon 01992 571744Sundays: Life Church 9.45 &2.45

Other Venues

Mondays 10-12 noon: Market day coffee at StJohns ChurchMonday.Yoga 6.-7.30pm, United ReformedChurch, Lindsey Street, Epping. Call Dorothy on01992 574623Mondays 7.45-9 pm : Epping Bell Ringers, StJohns Church. Contact Jane Walters 019927678733rd Monday of alternate months, Coopersale Hor-ticultural Society Speakers night (except Sept) at8pm, Coopersale Village Hall, Institute Road

West Essex Flower Club, 2nd Monday of themonth, meet in Thornwood Village Hall at 1.45.For details call 01992 577036Monday 10-12noon Essex Savers CreditUnion at Epping LibraryEvery Tuesday afternoon, 1pm, Thornwood VillageHall, Spiritual Healing. Epping SpiritualistChurch, call Rev. R. Toms 01992 576677

2nd Tuesday of month 2-4 pm: Epping StrokeClub, United Reformed Church Hall, LindseySt, Epping2nd Tuesday of month 7.30-9 pm: Autism &Aspergers Syndrome Awareness SupportGroup at HCVS, 3 Wych Elm, Hamstel Rd,Harlow (opp Princess Alexandra Hosp) Call01279 315830 or 07815 792113Every Tuesday, 7.30pm, Rotary Club of Ep-ping Forest, The Garnon Bushes, Coopersale.New members welcome, please call 020 85055881 to join us for a meeting2nd Wednesday of month, 8 p.m. - Art Appreciation Talks, Epping Art Society, PellyCourt, Hemnall Street, Epping4th Wednesday of month: Royal British Le-gion Womens Section, Pelly Court, HemnallStreet, details 01992 572677.Wednesdays 11am-3pm, Parkinson DiseaseSociety Harlow & District. David LivingstoneHouse, Potter Street. CM17 9AE. New mem-bers welcome call Corinne Hall on 07982094194Every Wednesday 6pm-7.30pm, Theydon Gar-non Beaver Scouts, The Scout Headquarters,Fluxs Lane, Epping, CM16 7PE. New memberswelcome, Contact Luke Worrall at www.they-dongarnonbeavers@yahoo.co.uk, Thursday(during term time), 1.30-3 pm: Parent & Tod-dler Group, Epping Methodist ChurchConversational French, United Reform Church,10am 12noon, Call Isabelle Walpole on 01992764025 or 07947 728849Every Thursday afternoon, 2-4pm, Pelly Court,Hemnalll Street, Evergreen Club. New mem-bers welcome contact June OBrien on 01992573385First Friday monthly - Practical Artistsevening - 7.30 - 10 p.m. - Methodist ChurchHallSaturday, 10-12 noon: Coffee mornings, Ep-ping Methodist Church HallEvery 3rd Sunday, 10-11 am: Copped HallGuided Tours.Monthly:Probus Club of Epping, at Lindsey St Com-munity Assoc, Frampton Rd, Epping Call PeterFrancis 01992 573188Monthly every 2nd Sunday, Conservation Day,Friends of Swaines Green. 10.30am theRecreation ground, Lower SwainesProActive meets at St Margarets Hospital,please phone 07747 374692 or seewww.proactive.me.uk for detailsEpping Railway Circle club layout operatesonce a month at Theydon Bois Village Hall, fordetails call 020 8508 1764 or see www.eppin-grailwaycircle.comIkebana Study Group (flower arranging)Thursdays 10am to 1pm in Epping, contactMartine Gracey 01992 571839 for details.

Whats On

Coopersale Horticul-tural Society Summer Show Saturday 9th AugustCoopersale VillageHall, Institute Road.

On the third Mondayof alternate months,except September at8pm will ne Cooper-sale Horticultural So-cietys Speakers night.The A.G.M will be heldon the 1st Decemberat Coopersale VillageHall.

Sunday 6th July 12pm -5pm Stonards Hill Recreation Ground

EPPING TOWN SHOWFUNFAIR * ARENA DISPLAYS * CRAFT STALLS * BEER TENT * SPORTS * ACTIVITIES

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We have enjoyedsome interestingspeakers recently atour Club. In April wewere treated to a per-formance from operasinger Olivia Barry.Olivia brought alonga variety of instru-ments for us to playand we enjoyed a fullhour of music ther-apy. Our short stayholiday on the Isle ofWight was very relax-ing. It gave us thechance to really getto know each otherand enjoy a spell ofwarm sunshine. InMay we were intro-duced to a YogaLaughter Workoutwith Jennifer John-son. This too was an-other good sessionwhich sent everybodyhome with hugesmiles on our facesand aching sides. InJune we shall be vis-ited by a representa-tive of theWhitechapel BellFoundry. We will findout more about itshistory and the serv-ices it provides tochurches to keep thebells ringing. In Au-gust we are planninga trip to Clactonwhere we will enjoy ameal and entertain-ment at a hotel onthe seafront. In Sep-tember our visitor willbe bringing alongbirds of prey and giv-ing a demonstration. We meet everyWednesday from 11am 3pm at our PotterStreet club in Harlow.Please contact ourSecretary Corinne Hall,emailCorinne.hall@sky.comor Doreen Pamphilon,Vice Chair 01992

Epping Festival Time to Dress Up!

The Epping Festival will take place in theHigh Street on Saturday 26th July and tochime with the Centenary Anniversary ofWW1 the theme will be Wartime Epping.There will be the usual music, market,exhibitions, raffle, food ,fun and surprisesbut this year therell be a costume compe-tition too! So come shopping in the HighStreet on Saturday 26th July dressed infinery from the era of WW1 or WW2 pay1. to enter which will all go to charity and be in with a chance of some veryworthwhile prizes! Its your town, socome along and make it a day to remem-ber as well as a time to remember thosewho gave everything to keep Britain safe.

PROBUS CLUB OFEPPING - CANADIANPACIFIC RAILWAY

Forty five members andguests were present atthe May meeting of theEpping Probus Clubheld at Lindsey StreetCommunity Associationin Frampton Road. ThePast President TonyGammage presided tointroduce speaker BobTheobald and his talkabout the CanadianPacific Railway (CPR).Bob explained thatprior to 1881, theemerging state ofCanada lacked a railsystem linking its twoseaboards. The inclu-sion of British Columbiamade this link a neces-sity. A consortium ofbusiness with govern-ment aid commencedconstruction from theeast. An existing line tothe Great Lakes wasextended across thetundra. Lakes werefilled in or the linerouted around them.Apart from the Cana-dian winter, other prob-lems encountered onthe vast and virtuallyunexplored centralplain were Indian tribeswho resented the intru-sion. In a successfulnegotiation with theBlackfoot Tribe its chiefreceived a lifetime freeCPR travel pass, whichhe then wore continu-ally. The centre of thecountry became devel-oped as the line pro-gressed west. Railcamps and depotssoon became town-ships and eventually

cities eg. Calgary andthe country wasopened up quickly.In the west the terrainon the eastern side ofthe Rockies was un-known with many haz-ards and the projectwas in physical and fi-nancial difficulties. Thelatter was resolvedwhen the transit oftroops along the exist-ing track to deal with aninsurrection proved theimportance of the CPRto the Government.Andrew Okodonk tookcontrol of the projectand recruited Chineselabourers (who subse-quently settled in theregion) and took theroute through the Rock-ies, at six miles a day,literally blasting a wayup 4 degree inclines .The two sections werejoined in 1886 and thusthe CPR brought themodern world to theoutback, created agreat commercial raillink of 3,000 milesacross the country, es-tablished towns andcities, brought downgovernments, enrichedmany and helped formthe mighty nation whichbecame the Dominionof Canada. The nextmeeting of the ProbusClub will be the LadiesSummer Luncheon onWednesday 18 June atthe LSCA when thespeaker will be EvaClark from the Holo-caust Trust. Retired orsemi retired men whoare interested in joiningEpping Probus shouldcontact Peter Francison 01992 573188.

LOCAL ORGANISATIONS

Owls and Pals Birds of PreyFire engines-Big trucksEpping Ongar Railway SupercarDonkey rides, Face paintingARENA DISPLAYS:Local dance schools,Epping Forest Band, Epping St Johns School, Brownies v Cubs races, karate and rugbyProduction of Ramayana by Epping PrimarySchool Courtesy of Epping Forest DistrictCouncil, Performance by Dhol Drummersand much more!!

Whats at the Town ShowFun Fair Vicki Michelle MBE, Actress from Allo Allo onthe Dream Factory stand from 1.30 to 2.30pmFree mountain bike sessions (helmets & bikesincluded.) 1.15-2.15, 2.30-3.30, 3.45-4.45.Courtesy of Go Further CyclingMobile Farm experience by Gemmas FarmCircus Skills WorkshopClassic Cars from Havering Classic Car ClubChurchs Hog Roast and BBQDozens of stalls by local organisations, craftsSports Zone try out sports with local clubsPA by Radio Forest

Your Town Councillors

Town MayorCllr Mrs B Scruton 01992 572333Deputy Town MayorCllr M Wright 07768 521084

Members - Hemnall Ward

Cllr K Avey 01992 572841Cllr Mrs J Hedges 01992 613153Cllr W Breare-Hall 01992 575843Cllr Mrs L Hughes eppinglynn@live.comCllr Mrs B Scruton 01992 572333Cllr J Whitehouse 01992 561875

Members - St Johns Ward

Cllr L Burrows 01992 572003Cllr A Church 01992 572235Cllr H Pegrum 01992 572173Cllr JA Smith 01992 577168Cllr M Wright 07768 521084Cllr N Avey nigel.avey@btinternet.com

Other Local Representatives

EFDC Cllr Chris Whitbread (01992 573557)chris.whitbread@btinternet.com EFDC Cllr A Church (01992 579916) EFDC Cllr Ken Avey (01992 572841) EFDC Cllr Will Breare-Hall (01992 575843)wsbh@hotmail.co.ukEFDC & ECC Cllr Jon Whitehouse (01992 561875) jon@jonwhitehouse.org.ukEFDC Cllr Janet Whitehouse (01992 812503) epping.libdem@btinternet.com

Mrs. Eleanor Laing MP (020 8508 6608)Eleanor.laing.mp@parliament.uk

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Invitations for the Mayor

If you are organising an event which you would like the Mayor or arepresentative of the Town Council to attend, please contact: Mrs.Doreen Kennedy.Tel: 01992 579444 or email:dkennedy@eppingtowncouncil.gov.uk

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