Blog Posts

  • Planning application – Townsend Nurseries Clare

    Tomorrow the planning application DC/21/2094 Townsend Nurseries, Snow Hill, Clare is in front of the Development Control Committee. So I am sat here reading all the papers for tomorrow because as a substitute of the committee I have been asked to sit on it. Interesting. Sometimes the views as a local elected member rub up… Read more

  • Clare Christmas Fair. Honoured to be opening it, Friday 25th Nov 5pm.

    Clare Christmas Fair. Honoured to be opening it, Friday 25th Nov 5pm.

    The Clare Christmas Fair is always a spectacle, full of stalls, fun and atmosphere. This year I have been asked to open this great event at 5pm this Friday in St Peter and St Paul’s church. Come and enjoy and do say hello. Read more

  • Help for families this Christmas as free programme is extended

    A free programme of holiday activities funded by the Government and coordinated by West Suffolk Council, is being extended this Christmas to other families in need. Park cooking, film making, football, craft making, pottery painting, roller skating, gardening, woodwork, singing, dancing, Nerf wars, tennis, gymnastics, archery, yoga, and more, all feature as part of the Holiday… Read more

  • Remembrance Sunday

    Remembrance Sunday

    A great day supporting communities remembering the fallen. It is fantastic to see so many getting involved. A big thank you to all the organisers who work so hard and to everyone who turn up. First up was Kedington. Always a good turnout for the parade to the church and this year was no different.… Read more

  • Armistice Day – A day to remember

    Armistice Day – A day to remember

    It was my honour to be asked to conduct the Armistice Day remembrance ceremony in Clare at 1100hrs today. Thank you to all of you who came along to share this special time and to give your support. Special thanks to Elaine Martin who organises everything and keeps me in order! What I said I… Read more

  • Selecting the Unknown Warrior – how this was carried out. Very moving.

    The idea of such a burial seems first to have come to a chaplain at the Front, the Reverend David Railton(1884-1955), when he noticed in 1916 in a back garden at Armentières, a grave with a rough cross on which were pencilled the words “An Unknown British Soldier”. In August 1920 he wrote to the… Read more