Friday's Peninsula Breakfast Briefing
By Derek Davis
19th Feb 2021 | Local News
Friday Flower Facts:
Lesser celandineWe have two flowers with the name celandine, the greater and lesser, though they are neither closely related nor strikingly similar in appearance – save the yellow of their flowers. Wordsworth's inspiration was the earlier-flowering lesser celandine, whose heart-shaped leaves are among the first greens to slip between the tired pastels of late winter.
He wrote thus: '"There is a flower that shall be mine, 'T is the little Celandine."In the late Middle Ages it was suggested a plant could be used to treat the body part it resembled. The tubers of lesser celandine were considered to resemble haemorrhoids and the plant was applied accordingly, becoming popularly known as pilewort.
Today's Peninsula sunrise: 07:00
Today's Peninsula sunset: 17:17
Peninsula tide times:
04:06 3.56m
09:56 0.82m16:34 3.39m
22:11 1.08mAll good on the Strand
Weather:
Dry and bright but turning windy and cloudy with perhaps a few spot of drizzle but mainly dry and rather mild. Maximum temperature 11c, low of 7c.
Orwell Bridge:
Open
Joke of the day:
I was going to catalogue my dried flowers, but I realised I have more pressing problems to deal with.
Holbrook and Shotley surgeries and dispensaries.
Holbrook: 328263
Phone lines open between 08.00-18.30, the door is manned for prescription collection in Holbrook from 08.00-13.00 and 14.00-17.00 - Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 08.00-12.30 on a Thursday and 08.00-13.00 and 14.00 - 18.00 on a Friday. Shotley: 787435Shotley door is closed but manned between 08.00-13.00 and 14.00-18.00 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and 08.00-12.30 on a Friday.
Any queries please can patients phone to speak to reception in first instance.
Good neighbours schemes are supporting patients to get prescription if they can't attend the surgery.
Call 111 for emergency medical matters.
Citizens Advice Bureau phone advice for patients at Shotley, Holbrook and East Bergholt surgeries
- 00 - 15.00
Tuesdays: 07384429361
Wednesday: 07586741250Thursday: 07379202164
Babergh's Home But Not Alone helpline: Freephone 0800 876 6926
Live travel updates: Road and rail Bus services:
Post Office Openings:
Shotley:
Monday to Saturday 09.00 – 13.00Sunday: Closed
Holbrook:
Mon: 9:00 - 18:00 Closed for lunch 12:30-13:30Tue: Closed
Wed: 10:00-14:00Thu: Closed
Fri 9:00-17:30 Closed for lunch 12:30-13:30Sat 10:00-12:30
Sun: Closed Chelmondiston:Mon - Fri: 08-00-17.30
Sat: 08.00 -17.00Sun: Closed
Brantham (village hall): ClosedToday's food shop openings:
Premier Stores Shotley:Monday - Saturday
08:00 - 19:00Sunday:
- 00 -14.00
Premier Stores Wherstead:
- 00 – 19.00
Monday - Saturday:
08:00 - 17:00Sunday:
08:00 - 13:00 Woody's Butchers: -Tuesday - Friday:
09:00 - 17:30 (closed for lunch 13.00-13.45)Saturday:
09:00 - 16:00Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed Stutton Community Shop:Monday - Friday: 09.00 - 15,00
Saturday: 09.00 - 12noon.Sunday: 09.00 - 11.00
Chelmondiston:
Mon - Fri: 08-00-17.30Sat: 08.00 - 17.00
Sun: Closed Brantham (village hall): ClosedToday's food shop openings:
Premier Stores Shotley:Monday - Saturday
08:00 - 19:00Sunday:
- 00 -14.00
Premier Stores Wherstead:
- 00 – 19.00
Monday - Saturday:
08:00 - 17:00Sunday:
08:00 - 13:00 Woody's Butchers: -Tuesday - Friday:
09:00 - 17:30 (closed for lunch 13.00-13.45)Saturday:
09:00 - 16:00Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed Stutton Community Shop:Monday - Friday: 09.00 - 15,00
Saturday: 09.00 - 12noon.Sunday: 09.00 - 11.00
Hollingsworth's:
Monday - Friday: 8:00 - 17:30Saturday: 8:00 - 17:00
Sunday: closed Holbrook Co-op:- 00 -23.00
Brantham Co-op:
- 00 – 23.00
- 30 – 17.30
Please wear a cloth face covering, respect social distancing rules and treat shop staff with respect.
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