TALK ABOUT EPPINGTOWNMAGAZINE AUTUMN2014

IN THIS ISSUE: SUMMER EVENTS ROUNDUP * TOUR DE FRANCECOTTIS OF EPPING * CHRISTMAS EVENTS * HORTICULTIRAL SO-CIETY 75th ANNIVERSARY * A TRIBUTE TO KEN AVEY * LOCALORGS * EPPING IN 1914

TfL from the London Transport Museum collection

in the Horticulturalshow held in St. JohnsChurch and some ofthe achievements Ihave witnessed fromour young people.This year being thecentenary of the FirstWorld War has meantthat there has been aserious side to myyear and I have at-tended a number ofexhibitions and serv-ices in commemora-tion of the sacrificesand hardships ourpredecessors faced. Sadly, in June, KenAvey passed away. Hehad served the Townas a Councillor formany years and will beremembered for hispassion and commit-ment to Epping and itsresidents. I would liketo pay tribute to hiswork on their behalf.It is a privilege to haveserved on the Councilwith Ken. Havingknown him since Iwas17, I have lost a dearfriend and he will besadly missed by allwho knew him.As chair of the Coun-cil, one of my objec-tives is to promote theTown, our street Mar-ket and our HighStreet. The Councilhas to embracechange but at thesame time protect ourheritage and on thispoint I would like tosee more engagementfrom the public partic-ularly at Councilmeetings where thepublic can attend.I am now looking for-ward to future eventsleading up to Christ-mas as we begin toprepare for our hugelypopular ChristmasMarket and look for-ward to all new Christ-mas lights in the HIghStreet this year.

Barbara ScrutonTown Mayor

In the last edition, Isaid I was looking for-ward to the summer; Iam now reflecting on afantastic season ofevents and activities.The Town Show had arecord attendance at-tracting visitors fromoutlying villages andTowns. I am suremost of you will re-member the day theTour de France passedthrough our town.The bunting providedby the Town Councilhelped to create a car-nival atmospherewhich carried forwardinto the followingweek when we had avisiting French market.At the Epping Festivalwe were entertainedby several bandsthroughout the day.My duties have beenvery varied, rangingfrom the high profilepublic events to morepersonal ones. I hadthe privilege of beinginvited to celebrate a100th birthday with aresident at Bakers Vil-las organised by 4thEpping Brownies and Iattended an Operacalled You only LiveOnce written, com-posed and performedby year 5 at Cooper-sale and Theydon Gar-non Primary. Thechildren supported bya team of committedstaff put on a wonder-ful production.I have met so manyinteresting peoplefrom different walks oflife and I am amazedat the talent we havewithin our Town. Thiswas demonstrated bythe number of entries

About the Avey family.....Ken was one of a long line of Aveys who led interestinglives. Kens grandfather George Avey moved to NorthWeald to become the landlord of the Kings Head pub in1887 and later established a coal delivery business there.There is a George Avey Croft in the village, named eitherfor him or Kens uncle (also called George). Kens fatherFred was a professional footballer, scoring 28 goals in 62appearances for Fulham between 1928 and 1931 andlater running the coal business. Kens cousin Denis andhis Uncle George were in the same POW camp at thesame time during WW2, where Denis actually swappedplaces with a jewish prisoner for a night to see what con-ditions were like inside Auschwitz. He later wrote a bookon the subject, The Man who broke into Auschwitz.Kens son Nigel lives in Epping and is a serving TownCouncillor.

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The Mayors view A tribute to Cllr Ken Avey

Cllr Ken Avey passedaway on 25th June2014. Ken hadserved on EppingTown Council since2003 and is the onlyperson to haveserved as EppingTown Mayor twice, in2004 and 2011. Hiselection to serve onEpping Forest Dis-trict Council for afirst term in 2011was surprising, notbecause of his agebut because untilthen he had referredto the District Coun-cils offices as themausoleum and in-deed continued to

do so after he waselected! Ken wasknown for his forth-right and occasion-ally outspokenviews, often express-ing views in Councilmeetings that otherother membersdidnt want to hearbut always with thebest interests of theTown and its resi-dents at heart. How-ever, there was moreto Ken than his serv-ice on the Council.Ken lived in Eppingfor nearly 50 yearsbut lived in the areaall his life as theAveys were long es-

tablished in NorthWeald. During WW2,Ken was too youngto serve in the army,so he volunteered asa fireman at NorthWeald airfield whilststudying at theSouth West EssexTechnical School andlater an apprenticeengineer at theLNERs Stratford Lo-comotive Works.After his apprentice-ship, Ken worked atPantins in Eppingand had a successfulcareer in businesswhere he was a Di-rector of Pantins,British Matthews andthe CEO of Lam-brechts, providingemployment to manylocal people. He wasa keen golfer andformer captain ofTheydon Bois golfclub, though someof his contemporieshave conceded hisenthusiasm for thegame exceeded hisskill! Ken had a softside too, and was avery attentive grand-father to his grand-daughters Olivia andConstance. He was aone off and will bemissed by everyonewho knew him.

The Epping Town Council Tour de France Gallery

The images on this page are just a few of the many imagestaken by people around the town and shared on social mediaon July 7th. We have copied all those we could find and com-piled them into a gallery on our website.

Find the gallery at www.eppingtowncouncil.gov.uk or simplyscan the QR code on the back cover of the magazine.

Theres no doubt that the biggest eventof the year was the visit of the Tour deFrance to Epping on July 7th. Aftermonths of discussions and planning it allwent past in a flash but everyone agreesthat the atmosphere in Town that daywas electric and the feeling of commu-nity in the Town made it well worth allthe effort. From the Town Councils per-spective there were a number of issues,not least the fact that we had to cancelthe Monday market at the height of sum-mer - a decision that was inevitable butnot universally popular. The Town wasconsulted during the planning stages oneverything from where to put the toiletsto the road closures, however probablyour biggest contribution to the day wasthe bunting in the High Street. We pur-chased 500m of the Tour jersey buntingand enlisted the help of townsperson ofthe year Derek Whitbread and his col-leagues from Epping Fire Station whogave up an evening to dress the town.We think that the bunting looked greatand helped to create the atmosphere onwhat was an unforgettable day. We alsoenlisted the help of the Epping Arts Soci-ety to smarten up the former West EndFurniture shop window in preparation forthe day. The fly posting was removed,the windows cleaned and a pop-up exhi-bition installed.

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Le Tour deFrance

Intrepid volun-teers led byTownsperson ofthe year DerekWhitbread puttingup the buntingahead of the bigday

P op up art exhibtion in Former West End shop

Jean-MarcBideau powersto the line totake the Eppingmini-sprint stagewin

Picture courtesyof Melissa Page(@MelissaPage)

The peletonsweeps past StJohns and Sta-tion Road on itsway out of town to a fantastic re-ception from theEpping crowd...

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A look back at the Summers EventsThe long hot Summer of 2014 has seen the Town Council organise a number of events

June 18th - HM s/m Sickle Memorial

July 6th - Epping Town ShowPictures courtesy of Everything Epping Forest

In June the Town Council, in partnership with St Johns Church,Epping Forest District Museum and the British Legion , organ-ised events to mark the 70th anniversary of the loss of HM sub-marine Sickle, Epping and Harlows adopted warship. Anexhibition detailing the history of the vessel and its men was heldat Epping Hall and a memorial service held to mark the Anniver-sary, during which a bronze plaque cast with the names of thecrew and the crest of the vessel was dedicated in the memorialgarden of the Church. The service was attended by relatives ofthe crew who had travellled from as far as the USA to attend, theChairman of Harlow District Council, the Vice Chairman of Ep-ping Forest District Council and the Town Mayors of Epping,Loughton and Waltham Abbey. Wreaths were laid at the dedica-tion ceremony. The men of Sickle will now be honoured everyyear during the Towns Remembrance Day ceremonies. TownMayor Barbara Scruton said: I am glad we have been able tocreate a memorial for the men of the Sickle who served and diedtogether 70 years ago. There is no other place where they are allremembered together and I am glad the Town Council has beenable to bring it about. The plaque is in the memorial garden atthe Church and can be viewed at any time.

This years Town Show had a special atmosphere, takingplace as it did on the eve of the Tour de Frances visit tothe town. At first the weather looked as though it wouldlet us down but fortunately the heavens smiled on us andthe sun broke through and shone on a fantastic familyday out. It was a fitting send off for Julia Warner, theTown Council officer who put the day together as it washer last day before she left to take up a new role at StJohns school. The staff and members of the Town Coun-cil wish her all the best for the future. This years high-lights included the amazing Dhol drummers who kickedoff the Show, Roger Arnays circus skills workshops anda special guest appearance from actress Vicki Michellesupporting the Dream Factory charity. A special mentionmust go to the Epping Eppingen Associations crockeryshy, which thankfully produced no injuries from waywardballs and proved to be extremely popular, particularlywith younger visitors! Eppings rotarians raised over 440for their nominated charities whilst marshalling the carpark, a testament to the generosity of Epping residents.

Hot on the heels of the Town Show and the Tour deFrance, the High Street welcomed a continental marketon Saturday 12th July. Despite a few hitches, like thebread stall holder missing their ferry from France and notarriving, residents welcomed the opportunity to pick up aselection of authentic continental delicacies. First handaccounts say that the cheese and saucisson being of-fered on the day were particularly delicious! Town Mayor Barbara Scruton tried her hand at crepemaking with limited success, although it did taste verynice!

The Town Council is planning to run regular conti-nental markets throughout the year and discus-sions are already advanced to invite the Frenchmarket back to town and invite an italian specialistmarket as well.

July 12th - Continental Market

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was reported missingwhen the steam trawlerNelson was sunk on5th September. Thesecond was WilliamStevens, who waskilled in action the fol-lowing month servingwith the Royal Fusiliersduring the Battle of theAisne.

As more and more ofEppings young menjoined up the effect onthe town began to benoticed. At the timeEpping had a footballleague consisting of sixteams. By September1914 a total of 98 play-ers from these teamshad left to enlist intothe services. A meetingwas held to discuss thesituation, and the deci-sion was taken to sus-pend the league, andalso the Epping Hospi-tal Charity Shield com-petition, until furthernotice.

Even in those earlydays there was someconcern about the pos-sibility of a German airattack. At a meeting of

On 4th August 1914Britain declared war onGermany. Here in Ep-ping people prayed forpeace in all the townschurches and chapels.Men in uniform soonbecame a familiar sightas Eppings regular andterritorial soldiers wentto join their regiments.Within a few days ofwar being declared adetachment of the War-wickshire Regimentwas billeted at theThatched House Hotel.

The young men of Ep-ping were quick to vol-unteer their services.Many of them hadhardly left Epping be-fore, let alone travelledabroad. They saw it asa great adventure; theywould travel across toFrance, chase theHuns back across theRhine and be backhome in time for Christ-mas. Sadly, 113 ofthem didnt return at all.

Two of them lost theirlives in 1914. The firstwas 38 year-oldThomas Maynard, who

Epping Urban DistrictCouncil the ReverendThomas Llloyd sug-gested that the tops ofall Eppings streetlampsshould be blacked overto prevent the townfrom being seen byenemy aeroplanes.

A public meeting washeld in the Co-Opera-tive Hall (above what isnow Lathams) to formthe Epping Committee

for the Relief of BelgianRefugees. Many Bel-gians had been dis-placed by the fighting intheir country as theGerman Army ad-vanced. A committeewas appointed, and acollection raised

1.18.6. Three houseswere rented for therefugees, in St JohnsRoad, Bower Vale andThornwood. An appealwas placed in the WestEssex Gazette askingfor donations, subscrip-tions, loan of furniture,gifts and offers of hos-pitality. By the end ofthe month all threehouses were occupiedby Belgian families.

As the year drew to aclose, many children inEpping were faced withthe prospect of spend-ing Christmas withouttheir fathers. For someit would be severalyears before they coulddo so again.

Epping in 1914Local historian John Duel reects on the outbreak of World War One a century ago and the impact it had in Epping

Townspersonof the Year2015

The Town Councilwants you tonominate a per-son who hasmade a differenceto the life of thetown. This couldbe because of thecontribution theyhave made to alocal club or or-ganisation, workthey have donefor charity or fora longstandingcommitment theyhave made to theinterests of theTown and its peo-ple.

Nominationsshould be sub-mitted before theend of January2015. The win-ner will be scho-sen by Counciland be presentedtheir award at theMayor's Civic Re-ception in April2015.

Nominations canbe submitted byemail to info@ep-pingtowncoun-cil.gov.uk or bypost to our usualaddress. Nomi-nation Forms areavailable fordownload fromour website.

Neighbour-hood PlanningThe Town Councilhas had its appli-cation to be desig-nated as aNeighbourhhoodPlanning Area ap-proved by the Dis-trict Council.Check the Councilwebsite for moreinformation.

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Epping Society Photo Archive

At this years AGMthe Epping Societylaunched the Photoarchive for Epping, aplace to store all theprecious memorieswe have for futuregenerations in anelectronic medium sothat they never de-grade.We have receivedgenerous donationsfrom the history ofEpping going backover 100 years de-tailing the change inour town from onewith a livestock mar-ket and over 20 pubsto the modern townwe see today.In the modern age ofdigital photographywhere many photosnever leave the stor-

age of a mobilephone let alone getprinted we run therisk of losing arecord of what life inEpping in the 21stcentury is like for ourchildren and grand-children.The archive is run bythe Epping Societyfor the people of Ep-ping and is accessi-ble to all via ourwebsite at www.ep-pingsociety.org.ukand selecting gal-leries from the menubar.We are always happyto accept not justhistorical photos ofthe town but con-temporary ones asthese are most oftenposted on social

media sites such asfacebook but notshared with the widerEpping community.We have already seenan amazing responseto the call for photosand are currently inthe process of up-grading our websiteto its own privateserver to cope withthe sheer volume soplease bear with uswhile we finish theupgrade if yourphoto does not ap-pear instantly!The contributor re-tains the copyrightand all associatedrights. Whereverpossible, names ofcontributors will beincluded unless un-available or declined.Please share thephoto archive withyour friends andfamily and encouragethem to upload theirown photos.For instructions as tohow to upload a pic-ture please visittiny.cc/eppsocpo orfor help or to donatecollections of photosor to donate video oraudio material pleaseemail info@epping-society.org.uk.

The winners ofthe 2014 awardsfor the best al-lotments were MrH C Bacon(Meadow Rd) andMr P Hockley(Bury Lane). Thewinners will re-ceive a 20award at theMayors AtHome functionnext February.

Winston Churchill addresses townspeople from the Vic-toria buildings (M&S) in 1924

The Bell, c.1975

261 High St Epping, outside Pynes Drapery

Epping Fireworks Procession

The Town Councilcurrently has va-cant plots atMeadow Road al-lotments. If youare interested incultivating yourown produce andwould like to applyfor a plot, pricesare only 15 or20 for a year.Please contact GillRatcliff on 01992579444 for moreinformation

Allotment Awards

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ABOUTOURCOVERART

The Cover for this months editionof Talk About Epping is by WalterE.Spradbury

of trees has influ-enced all his work.He attributes it tothe fact thatSpradbery haslived since child-hood on thefringes of EppingForest. Spradberyactually lived inBuckhurst Hill formost of his life. In1944, Spradberydesigned his lastseries for LondonTransport TheProud City, forwhich he chosethe quotations. Artand Industry notedthat his workwould have al-ready been knownto all connois-seurs of goodcommercial art,through his char-acteristic postersfor the Southernand London NorthEastern Railways.Spradbery died onDecember 311969, and a me-morial exhibition ofhis work was heldat the William Mor-ris Gallery, Lon-don, in 1970.

Epping Forest Dis-trict Museum has acollection ofSpradbery posterart which is unfor-tunately not on dis-play at presentdue to the refur-bishment of theMuseum. To seemore of Sprad-berys work, visit

http://bit.ly/1DsInMV

Walter Spradberywas born in EastDulwich, Londonon March 28 1889.He studied atWalthamstow ArtSchool, and thenworked as an artteacher. He alsoworked as an artteacher, exhibitingat the Royal Acad-emy, a linocutartist, and a posterdesigner, mainlyfor London Trans-port. Spradberywas a lifelongpacifist, serving inthe Royal ArmyMedical Corps inthe First WorldWar, whilst an offi-cial war artist, andwas awarded theDistinguished Con-duct Medal forleading a stretcherparty under fire. In1929 Spradberymarried DorothyDOrsay. Sprad-berys life story ap-peared in Uphill(published by theStamford Hill Boysand Girls clubs) inlate 1943. The arti-cle linked hisposter work withthe work he did foryouth clubs. Thewriter describeshow his great love

Epping Festival

FESTIVALof

CHRISTMAS TREES5th-8th DECEMBER

ST JOHNS CHURCH60 Decorated Christmas Trees | Stalls

Childrens cribs | RefreshmentsLunches Cakes & Teas

Entrance 2.50 (kids free)

5th December 1pm - 9pm6th December 10am - 4.00pm7th December 11.30am -

4.00pm

The 26th July saw the EppingFestival, organised by the Ep-ping Town Centre partnershiptake over the High Street forthe day. The day saw asmrgsbord of events aroundthe town, from the Hartland Rdlake being opened to the publicfor the day for fishing, storiesfor children at the Epping book-shop, trips for the brave to thetop of St Johns tower, Militarydisplays on the green, a mar-ket, a fire station open day,music, dancing, an art exhibi-

tion by Epping Art Society, face paintingto vintage hairdressing. Of course, noEpping Event would be complete with-out Churchs famous barbecue and theFestival did not disappoint. This yearsevent had a vintage theme, recognisingthat the event was held almost 100years to the day that hostilities began inWorld War One.

Town Mayor BarbaraScruton &DeputyTown Mayor MikeWright enjoying thefestivities at the Ep-ping Festival on 26thJulyPictures:EverythingEpping Forest

In Palestine in 1916,two young army offi-cers from Epping (oneof them a Cottis Em-ployee) saw an agricul-tural implement in amillet field near Beer-sheba. When they ex-amined it they foundthe name plate Cottisand sons patent horsehoe, Epping, Essex.Famed from Epping toPalestine, the EppingFirm of William Cottisand Sons played adominant role in EppingLife from 1858 to 1969.Their coffee hulling ma-chines were used inAfrica and Central andSouthern America, theirhay sweeps were sentto Australia, NewZealand even Russia.Lamps were made forthe gold mines of S.Africa.In 1899 they listed thefollowing peopleamongst their patrons -Queen Victoria,thePrince of Wales, TheEmpress of Germany,The Emperor of Austria,the late Emperor ofFrance and the Viceroyof Egypt.The collections held bythe Epping Forest Dis-

trict Museum include awealth of materialwhich charts the fasci-nating story of this fam-ily who played such amajor role in the devel-opment of Epping at the end of the 19th andthrough the first half ofthe 20th centuries and

whose iron foundry,brickworks, and shopswere major features ofthe town and whosesteam horn was a valu-able time keeper for thetown!How many shopperstoday parking in realisethey are on the site ofArchimedean Iron-works and how manycommuters leavingtheir cars at the station

know they are on thesite of the Cottis Brick-works, which helped tobuild the town?Cottis and Sons wasfounded in 1858 byCrispus Cottis, the eld-est son of William (wholater joined his sons inthe venture). Agricul-tural machinery lay atthe heart of the Cottisbusiness, but it also ex-panded into architec-tural fittings, transportand householditems,even some of theironwork for the MenaiStraits Bridge in Wales.They also constructeda large revolving stair-case for Drury LaneTheatre, ornamentallampstands for the Lon-don Embankment andthe railings for Bucking-ham Palace.Cottis was also an in-ventor and producedmany patent inventionswhich had a significanteffect on the agricul-tural world. Most notable were im-provments to the haysweep and the expand-ing hoe. Crispus was very activein public life. He wasvice chairman of the

first Epping ParishCouncil (1895-96) and vice chairman of thenew Urban District in1896 and chairman in1902. He was also aTrustee of TheydonGarnon Charities andChairman of the EppingSanitary Steam Laun-dry Committee. Crispus later recalledabout Epping in the1850s - there was norailway, no gas, nopavement, no fountain,no trees, no decent cot-tages, no foundry orTown Hall. At least adozen shops in theHigh Street were unoc-cupied at this time.The company contin-ued to prosper in thefirst quarter of the 20thCentury under C J Cot-tis. C J followed his fa-ther in playing an activepart in both the affairsof the business and inpublic life. In 1899 Crispus joinedthe Loyal Suffolk Hus-sars and was the firstvoluneteer from Eppingto serve in South Africaduring the Boer War. On his return, accord-ing to the Essex Impe-rial Yeomanry

Magazine on the for-mation of the Essex Im-perial yeomanry in1901, Cottis took Ep-ping in hand and soonraised a troop whichhas been a credit to theregiment.After his fathers deathin 1917 he becameManaging Director ofthe firm. He was re-puted to have a fiercetemper, but was likedand respected by hisstaff. His fairness,sense of humour andthe way in which hedealt with his employ-ees showed in theirtremendous loyalty tothe firm. He died in1945 and a report inthe West EssexGazettte, was headedlast Tribute to every-bodys Friend. Changes from the1950s onwards led to adecline in the businessand the foundry closedin 1982 after a periodof being operated byother owners. The Cot-tis hardware storeclosed its doors in1977. However thelegacy the Cottis familycreated for Epping isstill all around us today.

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The Cottis Family ofEpping

by Anthony OConnor,Epping Forest DistrictMuseum

Crispus Cottis

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Theydon Oak wins Eppingin Bloom

in 1990.Epping mayor BarbaraScruton, who pre-sented the award and aframed certificate, said:The pub has had abeautiful, colourful dis-play of flowers andhanging baskets andwas worthy of recogni-tion yet again.Pub manager IainMoran said: Im ec-static. Ive worked re-ally hard on thedisplays. The pub hasalso been supportingthe Mayors Charity theDream Factory at its

The Theydon Oakpub has been pre-sented with EppingTown Councils Ep-ping in Bloom rosebowl after winningthe floral displaycompetition for thesecond time in threeyears.The CoopersaleStreet pub has nowwon the competition which is open toall commercialpremises in Epping for the eighth timesince the awardwas first presented

Epping Horticultural Society 75thAnniversaryby Victoria Robertson

A special 75th anniversary year for Epping Horticultural society! This year members have helped us celebrate in style. So farthis year we held a tulip completion in April and had a special day trip to Wisley in June. We held our annual horticulturalshow at St Johns church Epping on Saturday 23rd August which was a day full of flowers, fun and awards as a record num-ber of entrants and visitors came along to our special Dig for Victory show. On display was the very best community gardenvegetable produce, flowers and baking examples. The Epping Forest Bee Keeping Association added an extra section to theshow with many honey classes too, to the delight of visitors and exhibitors. St Johns was decorated with a WW2 theme andcommittee members dressed up to add an extra touch. There was a vintage style tea room too. There was a wonderful at-mosphere with plenty of smiles all around. The prize winners were:

Epping Rose Bowl (Rose Classes) Marcia Levan-Harris Fothergill Cup (Best Vase of Flowers and Foliage) Denise Beard Fred Bowles Trophy (Best Spray Chrysanths) Patricia Haslehurst Silver Bowl (Best Pot Plant) Marcia Levan-Harris Crowther Cup (Most Points in Pot Plants) Victoria Robertson Leisure Shield (Most Points in Flower Classes) Marcia Levan-Harris Gooday Cup (Best Collection of Four kinds of Veg) Patricia Haslehurst NVS Medal (Most Points in Veg Classes) Tony Carr Anniversary Shield (Most Points in Fruit and Veg Classes) Tony Carr Letitia Berry Salver (Most points in Bakery Classes) Heather Howland Cake Tier (Best Baked Entry) Heather Howland Preserves Cup (Best Preserve Entry) Vernon Read Best Childrens Garden Oscar and Lola Ruthven Most Points in the Childrens Classes Mathew Burgess

To keep up to date with our future events visit our website

www.eppinghorticultral.org.ukor follow us on twitter @EppingHS

recent Beer Festivalwhere it dedicated twoweekends to raisingfunds for the Hainaultcharity.The Dream Factory,which launched in2008, has alreadygranted almost 300wishes for those agedthree to 25 years andhave life threateningconditions or severedisabilities. Mr Moransaid Its great support-ing a local charity thatsdoing such greatthings.

Pictures on this page courtesy Everything Epping Forest

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Epping Hall

Monday, Tai Chi , 10.30am-12.30pmWednesday, NCT Stretch & Breathe classes,7.00pm-9.00pmWednesday term time, Junior Karate classes,4.00pm-6.00pmWednesday, Senior Karate classes, 7.30pm-9.00pm2nd Wednesday of month, Epping W.I, 2.00pmAlternate Thursdays, New Horizons Tea Dance,1.30 pmThursday, Tae Kwon Do, 8.00pm-9.00pmFriday, Weight Watchers, 9.30am-10.30amSunday, Life Church 10.30am and Kingdom LifeChurch 1.30pm

Jack Silley Pavilion

Monday term time, Jo Jingles, 9.45am-11.45amMonday term time Dance classes 3.45pm-6.00pmTuesday term time pre school dance classes1.00pm-3.00pmTuesday Voluntary Action craft group, 1.30pm4.15pm Tuesday Dog Training, from 6.00pm Wednesday WEA lecture (Autumn and Spring)10.00am-12 noon Wednesday Baby Ballet 1.30pm-4.15pmThursday Hartbeeps Music &Sensory classes,9.30am-12.15pmThursdays, Dog Training, from 7.00pm Friday term time, Childrens Dance Classes,4.00pm-6.45pmSaturday term time, Childrens Dance Classes,9.00 am to 1.30 pm

Every Saturday and Monday at 1.30pm. Petanque(Boules) at Stonards Hill. Light exercise, fun andsociable. New players welcome. Call Peter Lumbon 01992 571744

Other Venues

Mondays 10-12 noon: Market day coffee at StJohns ChurchMonday.Yoga 6.-7.30pm, United ReformedChurch, Lindsey Street, Epping. Call Dorothy on01992 574623Mondays 7.45-9 pm : Epping Bell Ringers, StJohns Church. Contact Jane Walters 019927678733rd Monday of alternate months, Coopersale Hor-ticultural Society Speakers night (except Sept) at8pm, Coopersale Village Hall, Institute Road

West Essex Flower Club, 2nd Monday of themonth, meet in Thornwood Village Hall at 1.45.For details call 01992 577036Monday 10-12noon Essex Savers Credit Unionat Epping LibraryEvery Tuesday afternoon, 1pm, Thornwood VillageHall, Spiritual Healing. Epping Spiritualist Church,call Rev. R. Toms 01992 5766772nd Tuesday of month 2-4 pm: Epping Stroke

Club, United Reformed Church Hall, LindseySt, Epping2nd Tuesday of month 7.30-9 pm: Autism & As-pergers Syndrome Awareness Support Groupat HCVS, 3 Wych Elm, Hamstel Rd, Harlow(opp Princess Alexandra Hosp) Call 01279315830 or 07815 792113Every Tuesday, 7.30pm, Rotary Club of EppingForest, The Garnon Bushes, Coopersale. Newmembers welcome, please call 020 8505 5881to join us for a meeting2nd Wednesday of month, 8 p.m. - Art Appreciation Talks, Epping Art Society, PellyCourt, Hemnall Street, Epping4th Wednesday of month: Royal British LegionWomens Section, Pelly Court, Hemnall Street,details 01992 572677.Wednesdays 11am-3pm, Parkinson DiseaseSociety Harlow & District. David LivingstoneHouse, Potter Street. CM17 9AE. New mem-bers welcome call Corinne Hall on 07982094194Every Wednesday 6pm-7.30pm, Theydon Gar-non Beaver Scouts, The Scout Headquarters,Fluxs Lane, Epping, CM16 7PE. New memberswelcome, Contact Luke Worrall at www.they-dongarnonbeavers@yahoo.co.uk, Thursday(during term time), 1.30-3 pm: Parent & ToddlerGroup, Epping Methodist ChurchConversational French, United Reform Church,10am 12noon, Call Isabelle Walpole on 01992764025 or 07947 728849Every Thursday afternoon, 2-4pm, Pelly Court,Hemnalll Street, Evergreen Club. New mem-bers welcome contact June OBrien on 01992573385First Friday monthly - Practical Artists evening- 7.30 - 10 p.m. - Methodist Church HallSaturday, 10-12 noon: Coffee mornings, Ep-ping Methodist Church HallEvery 3rd Sunday, 10-11 am: Copped HallGuided Tours.Monthly: Probus Club of Epping, at Lindsey St Commu-nity Assoc, Frampton Rd, Epping Call PeterFrancis 01992 573188Monthly every 2nd Sunday, Conservation Day,Friends of Swaines Green. 10.30am the Recre-ation ground, Lower SwainesProActive meets at St Margarets Hospital,please phone 07747 374692 or seewww.proactive.me.uk for detailsEpping Railway Circle club layout operatesonce a month at Theydon Bois Village Hall, fordetails call 020 8508 1764 or see www.eppin-grailwaycircle.comIkebana Study Group (flower arranging) Thurs-days 10am to 1pm in Epping, contact MartineGracey 01992 571839 for details.Every Tuesday 7pm-8.30pm, Theydon GarnonScouts, The Scout Headquarters, Fluxs Lane,Epping CM16 7PE. New members welcome,contact Jacqui Jefford at theydongarnon-scouts@yahoo.co.uk or 01992 679708

Whats On Epping ForestCitizens AdviceBureauYou may be aware thatour old building in Hem-nall Street, Epping wasdemolished last year.Plans are underway for anew building on the samesite which we hope tomove into in the Autumnof 2015. Details of thenew Epping Service willbe available nearer thetime.In the meantime we arestill providing our free ad-vice service to the peopleof Epping and the sur-rounding area.You can access the serv-ice in the following ways:

Call into our Loughtonor Waltham Abbeybranches (details below) Telephone 0844 2571909 Mondays 10.00 13.00, Wednesdays10.00 13.00 and 13.30 15.30 Write to us at Loughtonor Waltham Abbey (ad-dresses below) Visit our website atwww.efcab.org.uk Visit the Citizens Advicewebsite: www.ad-viceguide.org.uk

Our advice is free, confi-dential, impartial and in-dependentFollowing an initial inter-view by phone or atLoughton or WalthamAbbey an appointmentcan be arranged as ap-propriate

Need help with Benefits,Debt, Housing, Employ-ment problems or arange of other issues? In-terested in volunteering ?

Contact your Citizens Ad-vice Bureau:

Loughton opening hours:Monday to Friday 9.30 13.00St Marys Parish Centre,High Road, Loughton,IG10 1BB

Waltham Abbey openinghours: Tuesday andThursday 10.00 13.00Waltham Abbey TownHall (side entrance),Highbridge Street,Waltham Abbey, Essex,EN9 1DE

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CHRISTMASMARKET

12- 8pm 5th DECEMBER EPPING HIGH STREET

Market Stalls | High Street | 12-8PMSchool Choirs from 3.45PM

Santas Grotto at Fire Station from 4PM

FREE PARKING FROM 12 Nooncourtesy of Epping Forest District Council

Workers EducationAssociation

The Loughton & EppingBranch of the WEA hasplanned the followingcourses for Autumn2014 and Spring 2015.You can come to thefirst class of any courseto see whether youwant to join before pay-ing. All the coursesexcept Literature arefor 10 weeks and thefee is 70. The Litera-ture class will run for 23weeks at a fee of 150.If you are unemployedor on a low income itmay be possible to helpwith the fees. Formore details contactmrspdale@google-mail.com or Mrs. B.Bock on 020 85084919 or see thebrochures in Epping Li-brary.

Monday 15th January2015 1.30-3.30pmHistory of Art from

1600 to the PresentDay WEA Course cov-ering all aspects of art,looking at the artists,their lives, workingmethods and who orwhat influenced them.Tutor: John Parker.At Loughton BowlsClub, Eleven Acre Rise,Loughton.

Tuesday 6th January2015 10am-12noonLondon & The SlaveTrade WEA Courseexamining the relation-ship between Londonand the TriangularTrade and how explo-ration and trade expan-sionism during the lateTudor period affectedthe economic, politicaland social developmentof London. Tutor:Heather Pascall. AtLoughton Bowls Club,Eleven Acre Rise, Loughton.

Wednesday 7th Janu-ary 2015 10am-

12noon DecodingStonehenge WEACourse exploring thehidden meaning of theStonehenge and Ave-bury Monuments of4,500 years agothrough anthropology,archaeology and by de-coding European fairytales and myths.Tutor: Lionel Sims. AtLoughton Bowls Club,Eleven Acre Rise,Loughton.

Wednesday 7th Janu-ary 2015 10am-12noon NaturalHistory of a ChangingWorld WEA Course toconsider how variousorganisms cope withchanging weather pat-terns and significantmodifications to theirhabits and how theymight colonise freshhabitats in order to sur-vive. Tutor: TriciaMoxey . At Jack SilleyPavilion, Tidys Lane,Epping.

Probus Club

The Probus Club meetsmonthly at the LindseyStreet Community As-sociation for a lunch fol-lowed by an invitedspeaker. In recentmonths speakers havetalked to memebrs ontopics as diverse as theNational Jazz Archive,Wills and trusts, theHolocaust EducationalTrust and the history ofLloyds of London

Retired or semi retiredmen who are interestedin joining EppingProbus should contactthe Club SecretaryPeter Francis on 01992573188.

A Christmas Day In-vitation fromChurches Togetherin Epping

Churches Together inEpping and Districtwould like to invite any-one will be alone onChristmas Day (andwho is living in the Ep-ping area) to join us forlunch at the CatholicChurch Hall, ChurchHill, Epping. The lunchwill be a traditional fam-ily style Christmasmeal. Transport can beprovided and couplesin special circum-stances and carers withdependants are alsomost welcome. It is es-sential that a booking ismade and a confirma-tion is received by therecipients as spacesare limited. Please,contact Mary Morganon 01992 574719 orthe clergy from anyChurch in the Eppingarea.

Winter Salt Bag Partnership

During periods of extreme weather such as the heavysnow we have experienced in recent winters, commu-nities and individuals can do a lot to help themselvesand others. Self-help is actively promoted as it isabout communities coming together to help eachother on a voluntary basis to target their local needsand build their resilience.

Essex County Council operates the Salt Bag Partner-ship scheme which is designed to help local commu-nities support themselves during periods of heavysnow.

The Town Council is participating in the initiative forthe third year, and will be distributing a tonne of20kg bags of salt to residentsin late November/ earlyDecember when the salt is delivered. To register yourinterest in receiving a free salt bag this winter, pleasesend an email to info@eppingtowncouncil.gov.ukwith the subject line Salt Bag Scheme and includingyour name and address details in the body of themessage and we will contact you with details of whento come and collect your salt.

If you would be willing to help volunteer to clear snowfrom pavements in the event of extreme weather,please contact us at the same email address

Eagle eyed residents will have noticed that the signon the Town Green has been replaced. TownCouncillors decided to replace the sign at the otherend of town near Tower Rd as the post was rottingand the sign itself had deteriorated to the pointwhere refurbishment would not be possible. Localcraftsmen were commissioned to produce the sign,which looked so good that it was decided to putthe new sign on the Town Green and replace theTower Rd one with the original Town Green sign.

Invitations for the MayorIf you are organising an event which you would like theMayor or a representative of the Town Council to attend,please contact: Mrs. Doreen Kennedy.Tel: 01992 579444 oremail: dkennedy@eppingtowncouncil.gov.uk

EPPING TOWN COUNCILYour Town Councillors

Town MayorCllr Mrs B Scruton 01992 572333Deputy Town MayorCllr M Wright 07768 521084

Members - Hemnall Ward

Cllr GScruton Cllr Mrs J Hedges 01992 613153Cllr W Breare-Hall 01992 575843Cllr Mrs L Hughes eppinglynn@live.comCllr Mrs B Scruton 01992 572333Cllr J Whitehouse 01992 561875

Members - St Johns Ward

Cllr L Burrows 01992 572003Cllr A Church 01992 572235Cllr H Pegrum 01992 572173Cllr JA Smith 01992 577168Cllr M Wright 07768 521084Cllr N Avey nigel.avey@btinternet.com

Other Local Representatives

EFDC Cllr Chris Whitbread (01992 573557) chris.whit-bread@btinternet.com EFDC Cllr A Church (01992 579916) EFDC Cllr Kim Adams EFDC Cllr Will Breare-Hall (01992 575843)wsbh@hotmail.co.ukEFDC & ECC Cllr Jon Whitehouse (01992 561875) jon@jonwhitehotuse.org.ukEFDC Cllr Janet Whitehouse (01992 812503) epping.lib-dem@btinternet.com

Mrs. Eleanor Laing MP (020 8508 6608)Eleanor.laing.mp@parliament.uk

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