Useful Addresses and Numbers:

Suffolk County Council Representative is Mrs Susan Sida-Lockett, Poplar Farm, Dandy Corner, Cotton, Stowmarket IP14 4OX.. Phone 01449 781327.

Mid Suffolk District Council Representative is Mr Chris Glass, The Street, Hessett on 270736. Council Offices are in 131, High Street, Needham Market, Ipswich.

Member of Parliament: Mr David Ruffley, House Of Commons, London SW1 1AA.

Tostock Parish Council:

Chairman Mr Alan Bauly, Ticehurst Farm, Tostock. 270214.

Clerk Mrs Diane Plester, Wood Close, Norton Road, Tostock. 271652.

Police: Liason Officer is PC Mike Spencer on 01284 774341.

Elmswell Police Station on 240211.

Bury St Edmunds Police Station is on 01284 774222.

Neighbourhood Watch

Co-ordinator : Mr J Walker Wayside Norton Road Tostock 271609.

New Road : Col. P Dean - 270511.

Leys Road : The Green : Church Road :

Health and Welfare

The Health Centre is in Heath Road, Woolpit. Phone 240298 for appointments.

Dental Surgery is "Abbey Dental Practice" in Woolpit, phone Hospital :

West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds. Phone 01284 713000 - Accident and Emergency on 01284 713333.

Blackbourne Centre: A Day Centre for the frail elderly. Details from Mrs Joan Magnall on 230475.

Schools

Norton Primary School 5-9 years 01359 230520

Beyton Middle School 9 - 13 years 01359 270347

Thurston Community College 13 - 18 years 01359 230885

West Suffolk College Day & Evening classes 01284 701301

Pre-School

Norton Pre School is a Charity run from a Portacabin within the grounds of the Primary School. 1. Parent and toddler sessions, Tuesday mornings 9.30 - 11.30, Thursday afternoons 1.45 - 3.15 : cost is £1.50 per family. It continues through the school holidays - just come along. 2. Formal Pre school sessions on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings 8.45 - 11.30 3. "Rising Fours" session for children due to start school the following year, held on Tuesday afternoons in Spring and Summer terms, 12.00 - 2.45 pm. Fees are currently £4 per session and registration is necessary. Contact Mrs Elizabeth Dunn, "Bramblewick", Leys Road, Tostock on 270270.

Some village children attend Woolpit Primary School - contact the school for information. The Pyramid Play Bus visits on the first and third Friday of the month, in the rear car park of The Gardeners Arms, and operates as a mobile playgroup/ toddler session. Fees are according to the age of the child.

The Gardener's Arms, on the Green, serves lunches and evening meals. Contact Reg or Mary Ransome on 270460.

The Co-op and Dairycrest Daries deliver milk around the village on Mondays, Wednesdays , Fridays and Saturdays.

Refuse collection is on Wednesday mornings, before 8.30 a.m.

Norton has a Post Office/Shop and a Garage.

Woolpit has several shops, two Supermarkets, Bakery, hairdresser, Fish and Chip Shop and a Post Office. This Post Office offers a banking service and Addisons Supermarket has a cash Machine.

Flowers and plants can be bought from Mr R Turner and Sons at Beyton Nurseries.

Library There is a Library at Elmswell which is to be rebuilt on a new site. For up-to-date information, please contact Mrs Julie Harrison, the Library Manager, Apple Trees, Perkins Way, Tostock : phone 270247. Bury St Edmunds Library is in Sargeants Walk, off St Johns Street, Bury St Edmunds: phone 01284 352545.

Neighbourhood Watch  

Village Hall Management Committee