All in the Village Hall unless otherwise stated.

October 2026

Sunday 4^th                 Harvest Service & Communion at St Andrew’s Church 10am

Tuesday 6^th               Wildlife Amble Meet 9am Village Hall

Saturday 10^th            Crafternoon 2-4pm

Tuesday 13^th             Hilltop Women’s Group Talk by Reg Siger 7.45pm

Wednesday 14^th       Village Lunch 12 for 12.30 Advance Bookings Please

Thursday 15^th           Mobile Library Van @ 2 stops 9.50 & 10.10am

Saturday 17^th            Pub Night with Pig Racing

Wednesday 21^st        Wildlife Amble meet 9am Village Hall

Wednesday 21^st        Wickham Skeith Dance group Ceilidh 7pm

Saturday 24^th           Candlelit Music with Mark Little 7pm St Andrew’s Church

Wednesday 28^th       Sarah Doig – ‘The Real Basil Brown’          7.45 pm

~ V I L L A G E   H A L L   C O M M I T T E E   N E W S ~

Music on the Green

Recently we held our popular Music on the Green event. It was a lovely sunny afternoon filled with good music, great company with friends and family and a wonderful BBQ and Bar. Huge thanks to Steve McKie who did so much to make the afternoon the success it was. We are also grateful to all of you who helped in any way from erecting tents, cooking burgers, manning the bar, and of course to all our talented musicians who did such a good job entertaining us with a wide variety of music and song.

With money made from the BBQ and bar, and including the donations you so kindly gave, the event raised around £550 which will help is maintaining our Village Hall.

Saturday 17^th October 2026 – Pub night with more Pig Racing!!

A night at our ‘pub in the hall’ with the fun and games of pig racing. If you missed this event last time, I’m sure you will have heard what fun it was. Come and cheer on your chosen fluffy pig as it bravely waddles to the finish line. If racing pigs are not your thing, come and enjoy a game of table football or darts. Or just come to enjoy a pint and a chat with friends old and new.

Saturday 28^th November – Village Quiz Night

One of the best nights of the year in the village hall is our popular Quiz night. There will varied rounds of questions and a cold platter of food in the interval plus the bar will be open. This is a ticketed event. Tickets will be available to buy in the November Newsletter.

Date for your diary – Village Christmas Party - Saturday 12^th December

An opportunity to celebrate Christmas with friends from the village. Seasonal food, fun and games and Christmas carols.

Range Master Cooker

We are selling the cooker from the village Hall kitchen see elsewhere in this newsletter for more information.

59 Club

 Recent winning numbers: Aug – 55; Sep – 36, 26, 45.

Pete Davidson    07951 020998         pjdavidson42@gmail.com

Fundraising for the Church Tower Roof

Music by Candlelight

At 7pm on Saturday 24^th October there will be live, easy-listening music in St Andrew’s Church provided by Mark Little. Entrance will be free with donations for interval refreshments. See next page for more details.

Christmas Pudding Stir-up advance notice

10am on 21^st November in the Village Hall will be the time to watch your Christmas pudding mixture being made. Father Christmas instructs six stirrers while also conducting the Gislingham Silver Band as they play Christmas Carols. Home-made refreshments will help things along. Advance orders welcome. Please bring your own bowl ready for the mixture.

Book sales/coffee mornings

The final sale for 2026 will be 7^th November starting at 10am at 1, Broadway. Loads of second-hand books and jigsaws and new cards plus home-made refreshments to eat in or take away.

Any queries to Margaret 01449 767121

Wickham Skeith Wildlife Group  

Autumn ambles will start at 9am from the Village Hall on Tuesday 6^th October and Wednesday 21^st October. All welcome. We usually walk at a gentle pace finishing about 10.30am.

Most people have seen our occasional visitor to the Grimmer -the Great White Egret. Now is the time to look out for birds moving on migration, whether the warblers departing our shores or the influx of winter arrivals like redwings and fieldfares. Forecast damp weather will encourage a few toadstools to appear too.

Check out our project page to find the up-to-date records of wildlife in photographs:  https://uk.inaturalist.org/projects/wickham-skeith-wildlife-2026?tab=species   . 

For more information and to join the Wildlife Group email or WhatsApp group, contact mole7@protonmail.com 

The Suffolk Mobile Library van

stops in the lay-by outside the chalet bungalows, from 9.50 to 10.05am. Then outside Haymead House in The Street from 10.10 to 10.25. 

 Next visits: 15^th October 2026 & 12^th November

If you haven’t got a library card, you can join for free using the online joining form. Your card will be posted to you. You can use your library card number, and the 4-digit pin issued with it, to reserve items from the online catalogue. This catalogue features millions of books, audiobooks, CDs, and DVDs. Once you’ve found a book you want to reserve, make sure you select your mobile library route – Ipswich Route 7 - from the pickup location drop-down box.

https://suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk/borrow/our-catalogue/

MacMillan Coffee Morning

A most successful coffee morning for The Macmillan Charity was held, by kind invitation, at the home of Simon and Rachel Pyke.

With wonderful contributions from friends, family, villagers and neighbours, the grand total amounted to £420.34.

A fantastic amount. 

Well done Simon and Rachel.

Thank you everyone.

Wickham Skeith Country Dance Club

It was good to be back dancing again after the rather hot summer we’ve had! We met on September 16^th with the usual members who came along and did really well, considering the break we’ve all had. Now we are looking forward to our Ceilidh on the 21^st October.  It’ll be a celebration of our 2 years as a dance club and what’s better than a party!  Everyone is welcome whether you’ve done it before, new to the village, just want to see what we do or fancy listening to some live folk music by a fantastic fiddler!  See the full-page advert for all the details. But basically, it’s FREE!  

Dates for your diary….

October 21st CEILIDH -see advert 

November 18th 7-10pm

December 16th Christmas Party! 

SEE YOU THERE!

Wickham Skeith Oil Syndicate

For anyone who may be interested, an explanation of how the syndicate works:

There will be five opportunities to place orders over the next 12 months.

On or before:

-  30 September

-  30 November

-  31 January

-  31 March

-  30 June

Before each of these dates there’ll be a reminder in the village newsletter and also an email reminder. If you’d like to be included in an order please advise:

- the quantity required (min 500 litres)

- and any special instructions - eg concerning delivery

Within a day or two of the above dates, a bulk order will be placed with the oil company which offers the best deal, which will usually be several pence per litre lower than the price available to customers who order individually. You’ll be advised the same day:
- the name of the company

- price

- expected delivery date

- the company's contact details in case you need to speak to them

Your address and phone numbers will be passed to the chosen company which will contact you directly regarding payment.

If you've any questions please email jerrybassett@icloud.com