The Fair Green Green Fair: Coronation Bank Holiday Monday!

Find the event here on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1204697430071725

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The Circus is coming to Fair Green this June!

Roll up! Roll up! Russell’s International Circus is coming to Fair Green from 14-18 June 2023. Expect mesmerising aerial displays, jaw-dropping stunts, world-class comedy and much, much more.

Tickets are available here. Performances (which last 2 hours, including an interval of approximately 15 minutes) will be as follows:

  • Wednesday 14th June, 6pm
  • Thursday 15th June, 6pm
  • Friday 16th June, 6pm
  • Saturday 17th June, 3pm and 6pm
  • Sunday 18th June, 2pm
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Christmas raffle raises £1403 for our defibrillator!

The fantastic Christmas raffle, organised by Tracey Taylor, has raised an incredible £1403!

This will go towards:

  • Costs associated with moving the defibrillator from its current location (the Bowls Club) into the telephone box
  • Refurbishing and restoring the telephone box
  • Training sessions on how to use the defibrillator

Please read the lovely report in the Diss Express here.

Well done Tracey for organising an absolutely superb bit of fundraising for this extremely worthy cause!

Members of the Fair Green Neighbourhood Association, with Tracey Taylor and family, stood next the the post box where the defibrillator is to be installed. Photograph by Mecha Morton.

Thank you to everyone who donated, bought tickets and supported this wonderful initiative!

Thank you also to The Cock Inn for hosting the raffle prize draw!

FINALLY: Congratulations to all the lucky prizewinners!

Many thanks to our local business for generously supporting this raffle! These were: Park Flowers by Emily Rose, Fair Green Fish Bar, The Angel Cafe and Monarch Water (who donated a very generous £250).

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Doors around Fair Green: can you find them all?

As you walk around Fair Green, can you spot all these doors? A fun game for all the family!

Thank you to Madeline Lees for putting this challenge together.

Good luck!

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Walking for Health with Becky Whatley

Roydon Fen Nature Reserve | Suffolk Wildlife Trust
Roydon Fen – beautiful walking awaits you, just moments from Fair Green. We are surrounded by lovely walking routes.

Walking for Health is a nationwide initiative which encourages people to take gentle exercise.

Our local walks happen on Thursdays, always departing 10:30am from the start point (see below).

Our local walk leader: Becky Whatley, 01379 642 249

These walks are FREE, all welcome, and walkers are responsible for their own safety. The walks set off at exactly 10:30, and are intended to encourage fitness and good social contact.

Becky’s planned walks:

2020

  • December 24th, Meet at Thelnetham Windmill, along the river to Hinderclay Fen, back via road and Reeves Meadow. 3 1/2 or 4 miles.
  • December 31st, Meet at Pavilion in the park, up the Lows, back via the Palgrave footpaths, plus extension. 3 or 3 1/2 miles.

2021

  • January 7th, Meet at Burston Strike School, south paths, and then north paths. 3 1/2 miles.
  • January 14th, Meet at Pavilion in the park, up to Brewers Green, Swamp Lane, back by Snow Street, 3 1/2 miles.
  • January 21st, Meet at Billingford layby, up the hill and back via the church. 3 1/2 miles.
  • January 28th, Meet at Pavilion in the park, up to Walcot Green, on to bridleway, back through Westbrook Farm and Shelfanger Rd. 3 1/2 miles.
  • February 4th, Meet at Hoxne Village Hall, up to church, along Mill lane, across and down to wood, and back by the Eye/Hoxne Rd. 4 miles.
  • February 11th, Meet at Pavilion in the park, To Roydon Fen, up to Brewers Green via Manor road, Quaker Wood. 4 miles.
  • February 18th, Meet at Broomscot Common recreation ground, walk through Smallworth, Garboldisham, and back via Scarfe’s. 3 1/2 miles.

Leaflets can be picked up from the Health Centre and Tescos, or check the website for the latest details.

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Worldwide Christmas Eve Jingle: 6pm, Christmas Eve!

On Christmas Eve at 6pm on Fair Green we are asking everyone to come outside and ring a bell for 2 mins to spread Christmas spirit and to help Santa fly that sleigh… It will create a wave of bells across the world!

After a tough year it would be an amazing memory for the kids and communities. End 2020 with a bit of magic, hope and togetherness!

With the added option of set Carols to sing after! Download below!

For a free window poster, click here!

Join the Jingle on Facebook

#christmasevejingle #christmasevejingle2020 #worldwidejingle2020 #worldwidejingle

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Business page updated!

Our Businesses page has recently had an update, with several exciting local businesses added.

  • Listings are free!
  • We’re looking for businesses ON Fair Green (and neighbouring roads)
  • And businesses RUN BY people FROM Fair Green (and neighbouring roads)

If you know a business or service which could be added – big or small, old or new – please email cockgreencottage@gmail.com with details.

This will give us all a chance to support one another – as well as revealing the amazing array of talent around Fair Green!

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Socially distanced celebrations for VE Day 2020!

Friday 8 May 2020 was no ordinary VE Day, despite it being the 75th anniversary, with the whole country in lockdown. But, on Fair Green, we still managed to have some fun.

Bunting had begun to go up around Fair Green, Riverside and Denmark Street, as well as along Tottington Lane, Denmark Lane and Sandstone Avenue earlier in the week, when became clear lots of us would be taking part. Friday itself started with our bonus flypast from the Red Arrows at 10am, which a few people managed to see (you had to be quick!). On Friday morning, the Angel Cafe were open, preparing cream teas and more for collection. At 11am, the whole country observed a moving two minute silence.

Andy Rackham kindly brought his large speaker and microphone to the middle of the Green, which meant we were able to broadcast the Last Post at 2:55pm (played from a YouTube video). We are very grateful to him, and to the Mayor of Diss, Sonia Browne, who joined us (complete with her mayoral chain) to propose our toast to the heroes of World War Two through a microphone. Our picnics then began, accompanied by 1940s tunes played through Andy’s speaker throughout the afternoon, bringing a distinctly festive atmosphere to our tea parties. Some glamourous and/or 1940s-inspired dressing up certainly added to the sense of occasion!

Everyone kept an appropriate social distance, and despite this, our tea was extremely convivial and went on until at least 7pm, thanks to the music and the wonderfully warm weather! In the evening, H.M. The Queen gave her VE Day commemorative address to the nation, saying:

Today it may seem hard that we cannot mark this special anniversary as we would wish.  Instead we remember from our homes and our doorsteps. But our streets are not empty; they are filled with the love and the care that we have for each other. 

H.M. The Queen, 8 May 2020

This was definitely the case on Fair Green. It was almost like she’d been there!

So many people put fantastic effort into their bunting, window displays and other decorations: Fair Green looked a picture. A particular mention must go to the Hines family in Denmark Lane, whose display was so good, it made The Diss Express!

Congratulations to everyone who took part to make sure that the 75th anniversary of VE Day, and the sacrifice of so many, was honoured and not forgotten – despite the challenges of coronavirus.

Many thanks to Tracey Taylor for her beautiful photo collages of the day.

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FAIR GREEN CORONAVIRUS PAGES

We have a growing list of pages here with help and resources during the lockdown:

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75th anniversary of VE Day: 8th May 2020

We hope that you’ll join us in toasting and celebrating the heroes of WW2 on Friday 8th May!
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