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The Grange Hotel
Barton Road, Thurston.
01359 231260

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Click here to join suffolk-northandwest-freecycle

Get free stuff! Get rid of unwanted stuff too!

Click to join suffolk-northandwest-freecycle

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The mobile Library Van
comes here fortnightly.
Fully wheelchair & pushchair accessible!

Click here for stops

next comes -
Sept. 21st.
Oct. 5th; 19th; Nov. 2nd; 16th; 30th; Dec. 14th.

Thurston community library
Open: Tues & Thurs:
10 -1pm and 3 - 7pm
Sat. & Sun, 10 - 3pm.

Age Concern
charity shop St John's St. Bury St Edmunds.

"An Aladdin's Cave!"

If you have good saleable items to donate & cannot get them to the shop, Their volunteer collector lives in Thurston and collects weekly.

Phone the shop to arrange collection.
01284 723273

National Cycle Network
Route 51

Local Sustrans volunteers rangers keep the cycleway clear on parts of route 51 which passes through our village.

Find out more about SUSTRANS

Find out more about cycling in Suffolk

Click below if you are interested in walking in Suffolk!www.walkinginsuffolk.co.uk

Health visitors hold regular monthly health clinics
@
New Green Centre
on the third Thursday of the month
between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. Thurston and on the 1^st Tuesday of the month from 5.00pm to 7pm

THURSTON PARISH COUNCIL
in the portakabin
at New Green Centre.
Thurston Parish Council
Parish Council Office
New Green Centre
New Green Avenue
Thurston
Suffolk
IP31 3TG
Parish Council office open on Tuesdays and Fridays
9:30 - 4:30p.m
PARISH CLERK:
Kathryn Savage
01359 232854
Parish Council meetings are on the first Wednesday of the month
Villagers are welcome as observers
Click here for the PC meeting dates 2010

Free Electric Blanket testing
on September 15th at Bury St. Edmunds Fire Station.
To book an appointment phone 01473 260588 or 260589

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Thurston urgently requires new
FIRST RESPONDERS

Community First Responders are volunteers who respond to emergency calls on behalf of East Anglian Ambulance Service in the community where you live.
You will undergo comprehensive first aid training and meet regularly with other members of the group for further training.
Can you help?
Further information: 01284 731802 or email your contact details to responderadmin@eastamb.nhs.uk

Don't let Thurston lose this vital service!

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Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal

We are short of collectors so desperately need volunteers. Can you help? A Couple of hours is all that is needed.
Contact John Barber on 01359 270372 or James Woolard on 01359 270878

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Potholes!

Potholes and road defects are more than just a nuisance; they’re a danger to cyclists and other road users. In the UK, there’s an average of one pothole for every 110 metres of road.

What can I do?

Local councils have a duty to ensure roads are maintained, but if they don’t know about a pothole, they can’t fill it in. So if you want to get it repaired, you have to report it.

Reporting potholes can make cycling safer for everyone. Report a pothole now.

www.fillthathole.org.uk

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Thurston Youth Drop In

NOW
@ Thurst (New Green centre)

From 7 - 9 p.m. on Thursdays to chat and chill out contact Darren - Youth Worker 07866 950423

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TRUSTED TRADERS SCHEME

Predominately the scheme is aimed to protect the public from rogue traders by giving them an online database of traders that have gone through checks by Trading Standards and received positive feedback from previous customers.
www.suffolk.gov.uk/trustedtrader

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VACANCY for a PARISH COUNCILLOR

There is currently a vacancy for a Parish Councillor.
If you would like to help your village in this way please contact the clerk - Kathryn Savage, at the above address for further details of how to go about becoming a parish councillor.

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Suffolk Constabulary Supports The Launch Of
New Youth Boxing Programme
For further information, or to express interest in attending a course, please email Carl Errington using the following link
Email: CommunityBoxing@suffolk.pnn.police.uk

Great cakes and coffee.
Complimentary Wi-Fi for customers.
Thurston's very own coffee bar!
THURST
@
New Green Centre
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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Bijou Cinema club
@
New Green Community Centre
1st & 3rd Monday in the month
(Membership is for the over 60s)
Big screen - great sound.
Details: call 01359 272511 twixt 6 - 8pm any evening

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Latest SCAM Warnings!

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All your Council services in one place!

https://www.csduk.com/csd/om

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Researching your family history?
check out this website of photographs of gravestones in various counties
www.gravestonephotos.com

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What's on in the Thurston Area

N.B.
Saturday
Changes to the local bus timetable from August 31st!

Adult Education courses in Thurston and surrounding area
for the Autumn term 2010.
BROCHURE now available.

SEPTEMBER

8th:Local Business, Complementary Health and Craft Fair
Woolpit Institute
in aid of
Local area cancer support group.
6:45 - 10 p.m.
Taster sessions etc.

10th: Suffolk Wildlife Trust talk by Michael Strand on creating the new centre at Bradfield Woods
7:30pm.
Cavendish Hall

12th: Classic & Sports cars FAMILY PICNIC
11:00 - 4:30
in aid of
ST Nicholas Hospice
@ Hall Farm,
Fornham St. Martin
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will be there!

13th: Garden Club meeting
(note change of speaker)
Graham Proctor
"Late Flowering Shrubs"
7:30 @ New Green Centre
£2 includes refreshments.
ALL welcome.

14th: Theatre Royal Bury
"The Two of Us"
Four comic masterpieces from the writer of "Noises Off"
New Green Centre
7:30p.m.
Tickets 01284 769505
www.theatreroyal.org

16th - 18th: Fun Fair on New Green

16th: Afternoon W.I.
Talk " Experience of a Corset Consultant!"
2pm @ New Green

24th: Charity concert
Rock, Soul all by young musicians.
New Green in aid of
Sue Ryder Homes
7:30 for 8 pm. Start
Licensed Bar

24th: Harvest Supper in the Cavendish Hall 7:45 pm.
See form in newsletter to book.

25th: Car Boot Sale
on
New Green 1-4pm
£6 per car on the day . NO traders

open for refreshments too!

OCTOBER

2nd & 3rd: Ploughs & Propellors.
1940s weekend at Rougham Airfield

5th: Conservative Association Coffee Morning
62 Genesta Drive

9th: Casino Evening @ New Green 7:30 pm.

11th: NATIONAL PERSONAL SAFETY DAY
organised by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, a UK charity devoted to providing practical support and personal safety guidance
www.suzylamplugh.org

15th: Music@thurst Acoustic Session at Thurst coffee shop @ New Green Centre

NOVEMBER

21st: Christmas Fayre @ New Green centre
Ats, Carfts & Gifts.
Exhibitors wanted.
Contact Lorrie @ the Centre.

27th: St Peter's Church Christmas Bazaar
Cavendish Hall
11a.m. - 3 p.m.
including a Blue & Yellow gift stall.
Can you donate to this?

30th: Conservative Association Coffee Morning
67 Genesta Drive

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County Councillor for Thurston

Problems or queries on county matters call our NEW county councillor!

County Cllr Penny Otton
Meadowside
High Street
Rattlesden
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP30 0RA

Telephone: 01449 737870
Mobile: 07801 587803
Email: penny.otton@councillors.suffolkcc.gov.uk

District Councillors for Thurston

For items or queries on District Council matters (e.g. planning) call Derrick Haley on 01359 234925 or derrick.haley@midsuffolk.gov.uk
or Rodney Scott on 01359 230251 or rodney.scott@midsuffolk.gov.uk

Recycling your unwanted clothes.

Did you know that giving your old clothes to a kerbside "charity" collector nets only £50 - £100 per tonne. If you take them directly to a charity shop they will rake in £500 - £800 per tonne.

DO THE RIGHT THING!