FIRST ANNIVERSARY AT WISSETT PLOUGH
On April 26th Debbie and Nick will have been with us for a whole year! SO it’s party time at the Plough. Well done for turning a dead pub into a lively one! Be there!

COMMUNITY COUNCIL WISSETT WHIST
There will be a Whist Drive on Saturday 26th April starting promptly at 7.30. £4 per person, pay on the door.
Raffle. Bar. Prizes. Refreshments.

SUFFOLK HEDGEROW SURVEY
Several people have come forward to help with the hedgerow survey and it should be well covered, thanks to Emma’s excellent organisation. All the volunteers, so far, have been accepted for the training day on May 17th. Any more helpers contact Emma Flaxman at Brook Hall, Wissett, 01986 780983/07766399721 or Email: emmaflaxman@hotmail.co.uk

WISSETT FISHING LAKES
We have it on good authority that the third lake will be excavated as soon as the weather is right. Last year June was a disaster, as you will remember, and the best laid plans were foiled by a very soggy summer. If all goes well the lakes should be up and running by next winter. So it’s time to look out your rods and tackle. Be ready!

COMMUNITY COUNCIL AGM - THURSDAY APRIL 17th 2008. 7.30
The whole village is invited to come to the Village Hall and have a say in social events, fund-raising and spending in the village. If you think you can offer help in any way, or just want to see what we do, you will be very welcome.

VILLAGE HALL AGM
Some time in April or just after, when the present Chairman returns from his world tour, there will be an AGM for and in the Village Hall. The date has not yet been decided but there will be posters up to tell you when, at least a week in advance, so please look out for them. All those people attending the AGM, over 18, and living in the village, are entitled to vote, so please come.

COMMUNITY COUNCIL TABLE TOP SALE at WISSETT VILLAGE HALL 10 till 4
MAY BANK HOLIDAY, Monday, May 26th
To reserve a table ring David Ball. 874599 Large table £10 Small table £5
Donations of bric a brac etc for the village stall ~ Phone Kathleen Witherby on 873339

Early warning of
22nd June - Community Council’s Lunch time Jazz at Ash Tree Barn with Red Beanz ‘n Rice.
6th July - Open Gardens.

Books Wanted!

At the table top sale on May Bank Holiday (26th) there will be a book stall raising funds for our own church. Any books you no longer need please take to Corner House at the bottom of Grays Lane. If you have so many books you can’t carry them and no car, phone David and Anne Andrews on 873121 and they will arrange for them to be picked up. Any unsold books will be donated to the Book Sale on September 20th at St James South Elmham.

YOGA
Friday Nights the night to get your body right !! In the Village Hall 7 - 8pm £2.50

BUSES IN WISSETT
Not everyone knows that we do actually have buses that stop in the village! There are three. They all stop at The Old Swan opposite the village sign if going towards Halesworth or on the other side of the road if going towards Rumburgh.

No 2 Metfield to Halesworth via Wissett. Wednesday only.
Wissett Swan: 9.37 Halesworth car park: 9.45
Halesworth: 11.20 Wissett Swan: 11.26

No. 532 Wissett to Beccles via Halesworth Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday only:
Wissett Swan: 9.54 Beccles:
10.37 Beccles: 1.55 Wissett Swan: 2.38

No. 532 Wissett to Lowestoft via Beccles Monday and Thursday only:
Wissett Swan: 9.54 Beccles: 10.37 Lowestoft:11.12
Lowestoft:1.20 Beccles: 1.55 Wissett Swan:2.38

No 610 Wissett to Lowestoft via Halesworth Wednesday and Friday only:
Wissett: 10.30 Halesworth: 10.38 Lowestoft:
11.30 Lowestoft: 1.30 Halesworth. 2.22 Wissett: 2.30

Full time tables are available from the Waveney District Offices or the Public Library. The one to ask for is the AREA 4 NORTH SUFFOLK TIMETABLE. Published by Suffolk County Council.

BEAUTY AND HOLISTIC THERAPIST
Gabi Ostwaldt, another talented Wissett resident, is offering home visits for Swedish Body Massage Reflexology - Aromatherapy - Beauty therapy Special introductory offers to Wissett residents Phone for a brochure and price list 0781 602 7707 or 873243

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VILLAGE HALL
Phone Louise Harris on 873966 to book the hall. It has seating for 45, and cups, plates, saucers and cutlery for up to 50 people. Hire is £3.50 per hour for the duration of the function. Heating is by £1 slot meter. Please always leave the hall as you found it, or even better if that’s possible!

BOOK BY LOCAL AUTHOR!
James Hayward, living with his wife, Pauline, at April Cottage, has produced a fascinating illustrated study of the Gypsies and their Language entitled GYPSY JIB: A ROMANY DICTIONARY. Who are the Gypsies? Where do they come from? How did their language evolve? Take a look at the website http://www.gypsy-jib.com for more details.

James has unlocked some of the secrets of this puzzling language, through a lifetime of research into his own Gypsy heritage. He shows how the Gypsies have survived centuries of persecution and hardship, finally recording the words and phrases still in use today by these proud people.
Gypsy Jib will be available after the second week of December, priced £14, from James at his second hand bookshop next to The Angel Hotel in Halesworth.