Southgate Ward news
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. ...
garden confidential
PAULS PLANT OF THE MONTH: Flowering Quince Quince is a useful addition to the garden for early spring colour when its bright orange / red flowers stud the bare thorny stems for weeks. I have never tried it but oncwers mature into quinces you can make a delicious...
Spring is coming!
Everyone feels more positive in the Spring, no more gloomy cold mornings, getting the car de-iced before the school run or work, no more waking up to darkness, coming home to darkness. It’s the best season, and it gets you motivated, to get on with everything you have...
tune in – turn off
BY ANDREW SOUTHWOOD I might get rid of our television. Okay, so that won’t actually happen, but its use is decreasing at rate inversely proportional to the number of new channels that appear. This decline is clearly ed by many factors, including hectic family life,...
Affording That Dream Home Salary rich but deposit poor?
The new Stamp Duty Land Tax regime introduced by the Chancellor are just one of many reasons why now is the perfect time to enter the property market and start climbing that all important property ladder. An impressive 98% of people are now better off under the new...
Make the Most of Your Small Bathroom
Smaller bathrooms can seem poky and difficult to manage unless you learn a few tricks to maximise your space and to ensure that you have enough space to store all of your bathing necessities. You Can Have Both If your bathroom is so small that you can’t easily include...
Bury St Edmunds Youth Forum | A voice for young people from our town and community
Last year, a group of young people, councillors, council s gathered to discuss plans for a new youth forum in Bury St Edmunds. The first meeting was on Wednesday 3rd September and now, six meetings later, the future of the Bury St Edmunds Youth Forum looks promising....
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....
The Handmade Wardrobe
In recent years, people have become more interested in the origins of their products. Just as fair trade food products are increasingly popular, and people have come to appreciate local produce and carefully sourced ingredients, we are taking an interest in the...
Mum’s the word…
Treat your mum to a fancy lunch this year at one of our many choices of restaurants and pubs in Bury, make sure you book your table now! Mother’s Day – Sunday March 15th. PEA PORRIDGE 28-29 Cannon Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 1JR T: 01284 700200 ...