PARISH NEWSLETTER - HONINGTON & SAPISTON
MARCH 2026
PARISH COUNCIL
Thanks to Cllr Williams and Cllr Hards for installing the blind spot mirror to the A1088 crossroads. A number of potholes have been reported and marked ready for repair by Suffolk County Council.
The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place on Monday March 9th at 7pm in the Village Hall.
- everyone is welcome and encouraged to join us. The Agenda will be on the website after 4 March. www.honingtonandsapiston.com/next-meeting
LITTER PICK - SUNDAY 8 MARCH
Please join us for our annual litter pick. Meeting at 10.30am on Sunday 8th March at Honington Green or outside Stable Cottage Sapiston. It’s no more than an hour - All welcome, and equipment will be provided.
VILLAGE HALL
Hi all, as per last newsletter by the time you read this our new boiler should have been fitted - a much-needed investment to ensure the longevity of the hall. We could not have done this without the hard work from Linda Howe getting the grant to enable this to happen, and Len Newman (Chairman) for negotiating this process.
In March you will see some scaffolding at the hall for the instillation of solar panels.
Community Lunch will be on Thursday 12th and will be serving Chicken Casserole, Steak and Ale Pie, followed by Fruit Crumble £8.00 to book your menu choices please drop me an email [email protected] or call 01359 789195 on or before Friday 6th March raffle, play your cards right.
Community Supper will be on Friday 20th this month due to a wedding happening over the weekend of 27-29th on the menu will be Roast Gammon, Lasagne and Vegetarian Lasagne followed by various puddings £10 - to book your choices please drop me an email [email protected] or 01359 789195 Raffle Quiz, Play your cards right.
One for the Diary Friday 29th May Race Night with Supper. Professional race company are coming to host a race night in aid of village hall funds - all welcome.
CHURCH NEWS
Congratulations to Angela West, Jani Maguire and Albert & Molly Lambert who were the winners in the February Monthly Money Draw.
Cream Tea is postponed to later in the year.
On 3rd March (first Tuesday) we revert back to having a Coffee Morning in the Hall starting at 10.30am and look forward to seeing you there.
We will be decorating Honington Church with Lilies for Easter at the beginning of April. If you would like to donate £5 each stem in memory of a loved one please contact Christine 07879 063480 as soon as possible so that she is able to place an order with the florist.
Thank you for continuing to put your used printer ink cartridges in the box, in the porch.
It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Frances Ferneyhough our lay reader who has helped with the services on the first Sunday of every month for many years. May you rest in peace Frances.
CONGRATULATIONS, 72 YEARS!
Molly & Albert Lambert will be celebrating their 72nd Wedding Anniversary on Friday 20th March.
They have lived in Sapiston for 68 years - they had 4 children, 2 girls & 2 boys, but sadly lost one of their sons in 1979. They have 5 Grandchildren & 8 great grandchildren.
Albert worked for Euston Farm Estate, and Molly stayed home to raise the family.
Albert was on the village hall committee and organised dances, whist drives etc. at the village hall, and until recently was an active member of the village bowls team.
Molly, again until recently, was an active member of the WI and was in plays that they used to perform.
They still attend the village events when possible, coffee mornings, community lunches and suppers etc.
And its their daughter, Val Lampart’s birthday on the 21st March.
SPRING SHOW & PLANT SALE - 17 MAY
If you are interested in a stall at the Spring Show & Plant Sale on Sunday 17 May 11:00 to 14:00 please book now, plenty of room on the field but the Hall is now FULL! Please put the date in your diary. Contact me on [email protected] to book your outside stall,
Thank you, Harriet.
MARK JACKLIN - HOME TRIUMPHANT
Last minute reminder that there is a get together in the Fox on Saturday 28 February from 7:00pm to celebrate Marks amazing achievement
- everyone is welcome … and you can bring a plate of nibbles to go on the bar if you like!
IXWORTH SURGERY VOLUNTEER TRANSPORT SCHEME
Ixworth Surgery are one of a very few surgeries in the County who offer transport to the Surgery for those who are unable to access public transport or drive themselves. If you feel you can give some time to complete these journeys (from 1 to any number you choose to do) in return for 45p per mile please contact Ray 01842 898414 for a chat to learn more.
BLACKBOURNE TREE GROUP
Tree Group will resume for the first meeting of the year in April - please put the date in your diary - Saturday 4 April 9:00am meeting at the sewage works - we meet for 1 hour for general maintenance of the tree area near the river in Honington - come and join us. Giles
COMMUNITY SUPPER - 20 MARCH
Community Suppers are great events - held on the last Friday of the month from February to October - its very casual, £10 a head for a delicious meal and great entertainment including a quiz set by the previous months winner. There is a full bar and you can sit with/where you like or meet new neighbours! Anyone can come - give it a go, it may surprise you! See VILLAGE HALL news for full details.
CAMERA CLUB
The February meeting was an evening of great imagination and creativity with our two tasks of "Shooting into the Sun" and "Windows".
Both challenging tasks, however we saw some excellent images in both groups with some photographs more than worthy of being framed and sold.
Our March 17th meeting in the village hall from 6.45 for a 7 pm start, features images of "Four Legged Friends" and "Symmetry". If you are at all interested, pop along for a chat and see what we do, you'll be made very welcome.
Contact [email protected] for more information.
You can see a selection of images on the Village Hall website at ww.hsvh.org.uk/camera-club
NEWS FROM EUSTON FARM
Hello from all at the Estate.
Farming has got off to a slow start due to the constant wet weather. Still, we must adapt and change to fight these conditions as time waits for no man! The drilling date for sugar beet is still in our sights so we must try and be ready for mid-March.
Autumn sown crops have enjoyed the generally mild winter and the wet weather has been ok with them but of course they have a limit.
Irrigation maintenance has been busy since Christmas repairing broken taps and replacing a 100-metre length of pipe that is 325mm in diameter which forms our main pressure pipe from the Reservoir.
We have been tree planting for the past week or so replacing the 500 odd spruce trees that got infected by the IPs Beetle last summer.
I had a break for 2 months over Christmas, so I'd like to thank the team at Euston for taking the helm while I made a recovery from hospital. See you all in a month or so. Matthew
THE FOX INN
Sunday 1 March - Walk to the Pub day …
Cocktail Masterclass on Thursday 5 March
Free cocktail on arrival, make 3 cocktails, games & challenges, prizes, bar snacks included - book now, limited spaces.
Wednesday 11 March Pool Tournament, starts at 7pm
Quiz Night on Thursday 19 March - start at 7pm fun game, prizes, drink.
HONINGTON & SAPISTON W.I.
February saw us welcome the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) for a demonstration and refresher on providing the very important skill of CPR and basic first aid.
Members were walked through how to look out for cardiac arrest and how to calmly use a defibrillator and perform CPR if needed. We learnt that a single helicopter trip for the EAAA is around £4250, with an average of 5 call outs a day! They rely heavily on donations from the public to continue running and saving lives.
After the demonstration, each member then performed CPR on a Resusci Annie (at the expense of our knees!) and also had the chance to use a model defibrillator. We are now up-to-date with our first aid skills and hope to never need to use them!
If you fancy coming along to one of our meetings, please email [email protected], we have a range of speakers each year and would love to see you.
MOBILE LIBRARY
The mobile library is scheduled to visit on Thursday 12th March. It will be at Rymer Court, Honington 11:45 to 12:00 and the Drift, Sapiston 15:00 to 15:25.
Do you use the mobile library? All the details of how and when are on the website, https://www.honingtonandsapiston.com/mobile-library.html
WEBSITES & NEWSLETTER
There are new sections on the websites ….
www.honingtonandsapiston.com - Ariel photos of H&S - you’ll find them on the HOME page.
www.hsvh.org.uk - Details of EVENTS and how to book tickets
Newsletter - Please send in details to be included by the 20th of the month. Thank you, Harriet [email protected]
MARCH 2026
PARISH COUNCIL
Thanks to Cllr Williams and Cllr Hards for installing the blind spot mirror to the A1088 crossroads. A number of potholes have been reported and marked ready for repair by Suffolk County Council.
The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place on Monday March 9th at 7pm in the Village Hall.
- everyone is welcome and encouraged to join us. The Agenda will be on the website after 4 March. www.honingtonandsapiston.com/next-meeting
LITTER PICK - SUNDAY 8 MARCH
Please join us for our annual litter pick. Meeting at 10.30am on Sunday 8th March at Honington Green or outside Stable Cottage Sapiston. It’s no more than an hour - All welcome, and equipment will be provided.
VILLAGE HALL
Hi all, as per last newsletter by the time you read this our new boiler should have been fitted - a much-needed investment to ensure the longevity of the hall. We could not have done this without the hard work from Linda Howe getting the grant to enable this to happen, and Len Newman (Chairman) for negotiating this process.
In March you will see some scaffolding at the hall for the instillation of solar panels.
Community Lunch will be on Thursday 12th and will be serving Chicken Casserole, Steak and Ale Pie, followed by Fruit Crumble £8.00 to book your menu choices please drop me an email [email protected] or call 01359 789195 on or before Friday 6th March raffle, play your cards right.
Community Supper will be on Friday 20th this month due to a wedding happening over the weekend of 27-29th on the menu will be Roast Gammon, Lasagne and Vegetarian Lasagne followed by various puddings £10 - to book your choices please drop me an email [email protected] or 01359 789195 Raffle Quiz, Play your cards right.
One for the Diary Friday 29th May Race Night with Supper. Professional race company are coming to host a race night in aid of village hall funds - all welcome.
CHURCH NEWS
Congratulations to Angela West, Jani Maguire and Albert & Molly Lambert who were the winners in the February Monthly Money Draw.
Cream Tea is postponed to later in the year.
On 3rd March (first Tuesday) we revert back to having a Coffee Morning in the Hall starting at 10.30am and look forward to seeing you there.
We will be decorating Honington Church with Lilies for Easter at the beginning of April. If you would like to donate £5 each stem in memory of a loved one please contact Christine 07879 063480 as soon as possible so that she is able to place an order with the florist.
Thank you for continuing to put your used printer ink cartridges in the box, in the porch.
It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Frances Ferneyhough our lay reader who has helped with the services on the first Sunday of every month for many years. May you rest in peace Frances.
CONGRATULATIONS, 72 YEARS!
Molly & Albert Lambert will be celebrating their 72nd Wedding Anniversary on Friday 20th March.
They have lived in Sapiston for 68 years - they had 4 children, 2 girls & 2 boys, but sadly lost one of their sons in 1979. They have 5 Grandchildren & 8 great grandchildren.
Albert worked for Euston Farm Estate, and Molly stayed home to raise the family.
Albert was on the village hall committee and organised dances, whist drives etc. at the village hall, and until recently was an active member of the village bowls team.
Molly, again until recently, was an active member of the WI and was in plays that they used to perform.
They still attend the village events when possible, coffee mornings, community lunches and suppers etc.
And its their daughter, Val Lampart’s birthday on the 21st March.
SPRING SHOW & PLANT SALE - 17 MAY
If you are interested in a stall at the Spring Show & Plant Sale on Sunday 17 May 11:00 to 14:00 please book now, plenty of room on the field but the Hall is now FULL! Please put the date in your diary. Contact me on [email protected] to book your outside stall,
Thank you, Harriet.
MARK JACKLIN - HOME TRIUMPHANT
Last minute reminder that there is a get together in the Fox on Saturday 28 February from 7:00pm to celebrate Marks amazing achievement
- everyone is welcome … and you can bring a plate of nibbles to go on the bar if you like!
IXWORTH SURGERY VOLUNTEER TRANSPORT SCHEME
Ixworth Surgery are one of a very few surgeries in the County who offer transport to the Surgery for those who are unable to access public transport or drive themselves. If you feel you can give some time to complete these journeys (from 1 to any number you choose to do) in return for 45p per mile please contact Ray 01842 898414 for a chat to learn more.
BLACKBOURNE TREE GROUP
Tree Group will resume for the first meeting of the year in April - please put the date in your diary - Saturday 4 April 9:00am meeting at the sewage works - we meet for 1 hour for general maintenance of the tree area near the river in Honington - come and join us. Giles
COMMUNITY SUPPER - 20 MARCH
Community Suppers are great events - held on the last Friday of the month from February to October - its very casual, £10 a head for a delicious meal and great entertainment including a quiz set by the previous months winner. There is a full bar and you can sit with/where you like or meet new neighbours! Anyone can come - give it a go, it may surprise you! See VILLAGE HALL news for full details.
CAMERA CLUB
The February meeting was an evening of great imagination and creativity with our two tasks of "Shooting into the Sun" and "Windows".
Both challenging tasks, however we saw some excellent images in both groups with some photographs more than worthy of being framed and sold.
Our March 17th meeting in the village hall from 6.45 for a 7 pm start, features images of "Four Legged Friends" and "Symmetry". If you are at all interested, pop along for a chat and see what we do, you'll be made very welcome.
Contact [email protected] for more information.
You can see a selection of images on the Village Hall website at ww.hsvh.org.uk/camera-club
NEWS FROM EUSTON FARM
Hello from all at the Estate.
Farming has got off to a slow start due to the constant wet weather. Still, we must adapt and change to fight these conditions as time waits for no man! The drilling date for sugar beet is still in our sights so we must try and be ready for mid-March.
Autumn sown crops have enjoyed the generally mild winter and the wet weather has been ok with them but of course they have a limit.
Irrigation maintenance has been busy since Christmas repairing broken taps and replacing a 100-metre length of pipe that is 325mm in diameter which forms our main pressure pipe from the Reservoir.
We have been tree planting for the past week or so replacing the 500 odd spruce trees that got infected by the IPs Beetle last summer.
I had a break for 2 months over Christmas, so I'd like to thank the team at Euston for taking the helm while I made a recovery from hospital. See you all in a month or so. Matthew
THE FOX INN
Sunday 1 March - Walk to the Pub day …
Cocktail Masterclass on Thursday 5 March
Free cocktail on arrival, make 3 cocktails, games & challenges, prizes, bar snacks included - book now, limited spaces.
Wednesday 11 March Pool Tournament, starts at 7pm
Quiz Night on Thursday 19 March - start at 7pm fun game, prizes, drink.
HONINGTON & SAPISTON W.I.
February saw us welcome the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) for a demonstration and refresher on providing the very important skill of CPR and basic first aid.
Members were walked through how to look out for cardiac arrest and how to calmly use a defibrillator and perform CPR if needed. We learnt that a single helicopter trip for the EAAA is around £4250, with an average of 5 call outs a day! They rely heavily on donations from the public to continue running and saving lives.
After the demonstration, each member then performed CPR on a Resusci Annie (at the expense of our knees!) and also had the chance to use a model defibrillator. We are now up-to-date with our first aid skills and hope to never need to use them!
If you fancy coming along to one of our meetings, please email [email protected], we have a range of speakers each year and would love to see you.
MOBILE LIBRARY
The mobile library is scheduled to visit on Thursday 12th March. It will be at Rymer Court, Honington 11:45 to 12:00 and the Drift, Sapiston 15:00 to 15:25.
Do you use the mobile library? All the details of how and when are on the website, https://www.honingtonandsapiston.com/mobile-library.html
WEBSITES & NEWSLETTER
There are new sections on the websites ….
www.honingtonandsapiston.com - Ariel photos of H&S - you’ll find them on the HOME page.
www.hsvh.org.uk - Details of EVENTS and how to book tickets
Newsletter - Please send in details to be included by the 20th of the month. Thank you, Harriet [email protected]
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