Valentine’s Ball at the Southgate Community Centre

Valentine’s Ball at the Southgate Community Centre

Around 100 people danced the night away at Southgate’s first Valentine’s Ball, held in the Community centre’s Main Hall. Dancing was to the Marrakesh Swing Band with West Suffolk Hospital Charity and St Nicholas Hospice Care benefiting from fundraising  on the night. ...
Parents Play Project gains councillor support

Parents Play Project gains councillor support

A group of parents who decided to fund-raise for a new village playground, have celebrated its opening three months ahead of schedule. In May 2013 a group of parents in Barrow, started working towards raising the £50,000 for the new playground behind the village hall....
Dementia campaign receives £20,000 legacy donation

Dementia campaign receives £20,000 legacy donation

A campaign to further enhance the support and care offered to patients with dementia at West Suffolk Hospital has been left a generous legacy of £20,000. The donation was gifted to the Forget-Me-Not Dementia Campaign, run by West Suffolk Hospital Charity in...
19th Hole March 2015

19th Hole March 2015

Welcome to the 19th hole, a place for golf tips, reviews  and everything golf related. Welcome to the 19th hole, this month I am doing a first and reviewing the golf resort of Celtic Manor. This resort hosted the 2010 Ryder cup matches, the course used for these...
A Will For Wildlife by Woodland Ways

A Will For Wildlife by Woodland Ways

Eleanor Glanville was an early wildlife enthusiast, and in the 1690’s she discovered a previously unknown butterfly, subsequently named the Glanville Fritillary.  Her husband, Richard Ashfield, had estates in Suffolk, but it is unclear if Eleanor ever came to Bury St...