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Issue No. 158 incorporating The Wayland News, Attleborough & District News and The Wymondham News June 2010

School‟s out at
Attleborough High Charlotte Mehegan, Paige Wilson,
Joanne Painter and Anna Frankilin,
all Year 11 students at Attleborough
High School celebrating their last
day at school in style!
This Year the school was an array of
colour and excitement as every
student donned fancy dress costume to
attend their final lessons. Although
many of the Year 11 students will be
returning in September for their
Advanced Level courses in the Sixth
Form, this marked their final day of
compulsory school education; they
made sure it was a day they would
remember for ever
More pictures on Page 4

Town‟s
toilets
vandalised
again
The toilets at Watton have once
again suffered the unwelcome
attention of vandals intent on
causing damage.
Clerk to the Council, Jacqui Seal, said
“This is just the latest in a series of
incidents which are costing quite large
sums of tax payers money to put right.”
Officers from Watton Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) are
appealing for information about the
incident which occurred sometime
between 8am and 4pm on Tuesday 18
May. Anyone with information in is
asked to contact Watton SNT on
Picture Submitted 0845 456 4567 or email
sntwatton@norfolk.pnn.police.uk

The Players are

in their
Summer Shorts
The Wayland Players will be putting on their “Summer
Shorts” with 3 One-Act Comedies on Friday 25th and
Saturday 26th June at 7.45pm in the Queen‟s Hall, Watton
„Chinamen‟ by Michael Frayn features a dinner party where
the guests must not be allowed to meet!
In „Albert‟ by Richard Harris an Italian, a Finn and an
Englishman, none of whom speak a word of the other‟s
languages, attempt to hold a 3 way conversation and
finally „Last Tango‟ by David Tristram exposes the
hilarious attempts of a local amateur drama society to
finally put bums on seats with the promise of a
sizzling sex-comedy!!
Tickets, priced at £6.50 are available from Adcock & Sons,
32-34 High Street, Watton, telephone 01953 881248
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 2 News

Councillor resigns in anger Birthday parachute

Saham Toney Parish Councillor, Gary
Pickering, angrily walked out at the
end of the last meeting of the parish
over remarks made about me and to me
in and outside meetings and the way I
was treated generally.”
council on Monday 10th May, saying “I am not happy with the way council
that “I have had enough and I will be business is conducted. I wanted to do
resigning before the next meeting.” my bit for the parish and its residents
His departure came, he said, because but I feel my opinion is not valued in
he felt his opinion relating to the council.”
condition of trees on the small triangle
Mr Pickering said he had been
of land in front of St George‟s Church,
approached to join the council by
Saham Toney, was dismissed out of another member and, despite his initial
hand by the Chair, Councillor Barbara reluctance and acting in good faith; he
Harrold, despite him having some had put himself forward for the post.
knowledge on the subject. But he now felt, having observed the
Mr Pickering, who was only co-opted way the council has conducted
to the council in October, said later “I
business, that he was “used” in an
am resigning because of the attempt to block other individuals
disagreements I have had with Barbara being appointed.
Mr Pickering also feels that he
had been misled over
Stephen Roberts comments made in the recent
“You and Yours” programme
(Auctioneer) Ltd. on BBC Radio 4, in a piece
Watton Salerooms, 10 Breckland Business about the new affordable
Park, Norwich Road, Watton, IP25 6UP
homes. Mr Pickering maintains
Situation Vacant that he was told the council had
received a number of letters
Part Time Auction Porter needed for and emails of complaint about
busy auction salerooms. the remarks made in the
Regular weekly hours (min 16hrs) programme although this was
plus sickness & holiday cover.
Must be available on Tuesdays (auction
day) and willing to work Bank Holidays & A traditional English summer
occasional Saturdays.
Your personal qualities are more fete for all the family to enjoy
important to us than your age or
experience. If you have accurate clerical You are warmly invited to come
& basic numeracy skills, are flexible, along to the Stow Bedon &
reliable, a good communicator, able to Breckles village fete on Saturday
lift with assistance and can demonstrate 19th June between 2 and 5pm. We
an understanding of the needs of a are very fortunate that we are able
small business, we would like to hear to hold the fete, as last year, in the
from you. lovely grounds of Stow Bedon
Hall, Lower Stow Bedon – tombola, bric-a-brac, plants, cakes,
Hours and rates of pay to be discussed situated off the B1111, 5 miles
at interview. south of Watton (it will be well
For further information see website signposted on the day).
We are delighted to announce that
www.thesalerooms.co.uk
RAZZ and AUNTIE PEARL, the
official NORWICH CITY
Please apply in writing, stating the name
MATCH DAY CLOWNS will be
address and telephone number or email
back with us again this year, to
of two referees (Deadline 12 noon
amuse and entertain one and all.
Monday 14th June) to:
In addition to the clowns, there will
Stephen Roberts, Managing Director at
be lots to entertain you throughout
the above address or by email to
the afternoon, from listening to a
enquiries@thesalerooms.co.uk
jazz band, browsing through the
denied by the Chair, Mrs Harrold who,
speaking at the meeting, said only one
email of complaint had been received
jump for Big C
and this had been read at a meeting, as
was required, and duly minuted.
Speaking later Mrs Harold said “I was
surprised and disappointed at Gary‟s
remarks as this was at a time after the
parish meeting had closed and we
could discuss parish matters.”
“Over the last few months Gary has
contributed valuable information on
different parts of the village and has
been an immense help in solving
problems.”
Mrs Harold continued “But there will
always be disagreements and
discussion, something I hoped he
would appreciate and understand. I
hope he will reconsider his decision as
I will be sorry to lose him”
Mr Pickering said “My health
problems are being made much worse
by the stress all this is putting on me. I
feel I am never going to make a
difference in the present Council and
I regret very much that I shall not be
able to serve the residents of Saham
Toney any longer.”
book stall, taking your chances in
the Crossbar Challenge, having
your face painted, admiring the
vintage cars on display, or simply
enjoying afternoon tea and
homemade cake! Other stalls
include crafts and produce, bottles,
lucky dip and ice cream.
A variety of traditional games will Picture Submitted
be available for you to try your
hand. The village stocks will also Most people who reach the age of 60 for the Big C appeal. She will
be available! The children from are looking forward to a gentle dedicate this to the memory of Jim
Caston primary school will be retirement. Not our Frances – she is Scrymgeour whom she describes as a
providing some entertainment. planning something really special to „wonderful friend and well-loved
Admission Free! Organized in aid celebrate her big day. local figure‟. Jim died from cancer
of Stow Bedon and Breckles Frances Packham is an enthusiastic recently and is much missed in the
Churches and other local charities. volunteer for the Surge, the Visitor community.
We look forward to seeing you Centre at the Dragonfly Gallery and Frances can be seen at Wayland House
there! on reception at the Wayland and around the town in her special fund-
Partnership and leads a busy life with raising gear, hoping to arouse interest and
her greyhound Pidge, as a sponsorship for her project.
member of the Watton There are few of us who have not
Society Committee, the been touched by this dreadful disease
Twinning Committee and and if anyone would like to help
with her numerous friends. Frances beat her target of £2000, we
On June 27th Frances will have sponsorship forms at reception
be undertaking a tandem at Wayland House or catch Frances
parachute jump at Beccles at Wayland House on Wednesday
Airfield, Ellough in Suffolk afternoons in the Dragonfly Gallery
to raise her target of £2,000 or Thursday afternoons in Reception.

Coffee and Chat at

Attleborough
Coffee and Chat at St Mary‟s
Church Hall in Attleborough,
has been run by a team of
volunteers for several years. It
was started originally to provide
a regular venue for people to
come and meet for coffee,
especially for anyone of their
own to meet friends and perhaps
make new ones.
Any profit we make goes to a
chosen charity, which changes
every six months. We also invite
any other charity to come along
and run their own money raising
stalls – tombola, raffle or selling
cakes, plants, bric-a-brac etc.
alongside the coffee morning.
This has proved very popular
and there are a variety of stalls
on many Saturdays throughout
the year.
A wide “welcome” to anyone
who hasn‟t yet been along.
Come and have a coffee, tea or
maybe a scone and most
importantly a chat. We are open
from 10am to 11.30am on
Saturdays and the Church Hall is
situated behind St Mary‟s
Church on Church Street.
News
Changes in
the Norfolk
Countryside
A beautiful summer evening and the
prospect of the beautiful game on
TV on Saturday 22 May didn‟t
deter members and guests of
Attleborough Heritage Group from
attending another superb
presentation by Rosemary and Peter
Salt. Their illustrated talk, entitled
“Changes in the Norfolk
Countryside” was a well co-
ordinated and evocative journey by
photograph and postcard images
showing life in the Norfolk
countryside before WW1, when
there was little in the way of
electricity, no telephones or running
water and, if you didn‟t have a well,
you could pay for river water by the
bucketful from the man with the
water cart. Rosemary observed that
she trusted the water would be
boiled before it was used.
Communities were self-sufficient.
Public transport was a rarity and,
until the 1850s, many people would
be born, live and die without
leaving their village and environs
Rosemary and Peter concentrated
their illustrations on South and Mid-
Norfolk with, of especial interest to
Attleborough, the iconic image of
turkeys walking along Station Road
to catch the train to London to be
sold as Christmas fare and the
picture from 1908 of Attleborough
School Fete showing boys taking
part in a production of a
Midsummer Night‟s Dream. We
saw images of great sides of beef
hanging outside a butcher‟s shop in
Wymondham (with the thought that
in the absence of any Health &
Safety inspectors customers were
advised to treat their meat in
vinegar before consuming!), town
markets, cattle markets and
travelling fairs, people at work
(which was most of the time) and
people at play
Again, Rosemary‟s rattling good
commentary to Peter‟s slides took
us at a terrific pace through all
aspects of life in Norfolk not too
long ago.
Methodist
Flower
Festival 2010
Watton Methodist Church invites
you to their annual Flower Festival
on Friday the 11th (10am to 4pm)
Saturday the 12th (9.30am to 4pm)
and Sunday 13th June (10.30am to
4pm). This year's theme is "Read all
about it"!
Light refreshments and lunches will
be available on Friday and Saturday
and Cream teas on Sunday
afternoon.
On FRIDAY evening, 11th June at
7.30 p.m. there will be a Concert
given by the Windmill Handbell
Ringers, who are based at
Toftwood, Dereham. Tickets
costing £5 are available at the
church or from Adcocks, 31 High
Street, Watton. This should be a fun
evening with some, optional,
audience participation. Hope to see
you there? Quiz sheets, price 50p
each are also available at the
church.
There‟s no „Welcome‟ doormat
in the “No Cold Calling” Zone
Residents in the Langmere Road, Ringmere
Road and Wayland Avenue area have
established Watton‟s first No Cold Calling
Zone which aims to discourage rogue
traders who, for example, tell householders
work needs doing and then charge
exorbitant prices or who try to trick their
way into houses for other purposes.
Langmere Road residents Ross McGraph
and Barbara Anderson and have worked
hard to establish the zone which now
affords a degree of protection for
householders from rouge traders and
nuisance callers.
Mrs Anderson said “After Ross approached
me we contacted Norfolk County Council‟s
Trading Standards who guided us through
the whole process.
“It isn‟t an easy thing to do,” she continued
“but we had a great deal of support and
Anyone for
Ping
Pong?
Did you know Boris Johnson is
celebrating the run up to the
Olympic Games this year with Ping
London! This will involve 100 table
tennis tables being placed outside
around the capital for anyone to
play on at any time with bats which
will ask “Please put me back”
Watton has had its own outside
table tennis table at the Sports
Centre since last year. It is free for
anyone to play on and bats are
available from the Sports Centre
reception desk. So Ping Watton will
be in fashion! If you feel like
joining in why not go along and
have a go
The Watton Table Tennis Club will
also welcome you at one of their
weekly sessions. Wednesday
evenings are for youngsters from
6.30 - 7.30 and adults from 7.30 -
9.0. Thursday afternoons between
2.0 and 4.00 are for the over 50‟s
with no upper age limit! You can
play Table Tennis well into your
eighties and it is great exercise
Interested? Ring David Miller on 01953
880027 or Brenda Davis on
01953881972 if you would like to know
more or just turn up and give it a go
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 3
information given to us by Trading
Standards.” Lusher Coach Excursions 2010
Launching the zone, Watton‟s Mayor, Sunday 13th June Cotswolds Tour £22.00
Margaret Holmes, said “This new zone,
Saturday 31st July Cromer End of the Pier Show £23.50
which is Watton‟s first, is a wonderful
Matinee performance
initiative and comes very much from the
community.” Mon 30th August Skegness £13.00
“We hope others will follow the example Friday 26th November – Monday 29th November
set by this area and set their own scheme Eastbourne Turkey and Tinsel Weekend
up.” 3 nights half board at New Wilmington Hotel Eastbourne. Including visits to
Conrad Meehan, Senior Trading Standards Brighton also ‘Yesterdays World’ & Battle Abbey. £230 + Insurance
Officer, Norfolk County Council said Single room supplement £30 Full itineraries available on request
“There have been a number of incidents in Thursford Christmas 2010
the area where people have been making Thur 9th December 2pm performance raised seating £38.00
unsolicited visits wanting to sell products Fri 17th December 7pm performance raised seating £38.00
such as solar panels to the occupants.” Thurs 23rd December 7pm performance raised seating £38.00
“We are delighted to see this zone set up
and we know it will help improve Our 2010 Excursion List – is now available
residents‟ lives and help them feel safe in To get your copy – please call us on 01760 440589
their own homes” or e-mail: excursions@lusher2000.fsnet.co.uk
Heritage
Cyder
Evening in
Attleborough
By popular demand after last
year‟s very successful sell-out
event, Attleborough Heritage
Group is holding another Cyder
Evening as part of
Attleborough Festival weekend.
the
As so many people were
disappointed not to obtain tickets
last year we are moving to a larger
venue. The event will be at The
Connaught Hall, Attleborough on
Saturday 18 September from 7pm
for 7.30 pm and will begin with an
illustrated talk, followed by
refreshments and the opportunity
to get together to see cyder
making techniques and other
displays. The main organisers for
the evening are Jenny Amos &
Roy Woods of the Attleborough
Heritage Group Committee and
they will ensure there will be
plenty of chances to reminisce
about the past when Attleborough
was a major national cyder-
producing town.
Tickets and further information
are available from the Heritage
Centre, Attleborough. Tel 01953
455877 or 455553.
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 4
Year 11 Leavers Celebrate at
Attleborough High School
Continued from front page . . .
The students were involved in a range of celebrations to
mark their last days at the school; throughout the final
week they showed great maturity and good nature in the
way they presented themselves. Many students had
purchased special leaving hoodies, which they had worked
with Headteacher‟s PA Mrs Kim Evans to design and
wore these during the last week
On their final day, the Year 11 students enjoyed an
entertaining „Dress up Day‟. The range of costumes that the
students donned for this occasion were remarkable and
showed great originality: from a team of characters from
„Pleasantville‟ and Wizard of Oz, through to „Beetlejuice‟,
jolly green giant, and „Five Lions‟ and Gladiator
After attending four final revision lessons in their costumes,
the afternoon began with a nostalgic assembly where Head
of Citizenship Mr Brad Young reminisced about amusing
incidents and anecdotes from the Year 11 students‟ five
years at the school. The winners of the fancy dress
competition were then announced, with five commended
students in both the male and female category, with Alicia
Picture Submitted Picture Submitted Lacey taking the top spot for her American country attire
and Robbie Emerson taking the prize for his impeccable „Dr
Who‟, complete with his usually blond hair dyed brown for
the occasion. Both these students were awarded free tickets
to the school‟s forthcoming and eagerly awaited „Prom‟
which is taking place later in the summer
The students then took part in a barbecue which was
greatly enjoyed by all; this year the unexpected sunshine
added to the pleasure of the occasion. Many staff signed
their leaving books and commented on how much they
would miss the year group
Headteacher Mr Neil McShane commented: “The Year 11
Leaving Day was exceedingly good natured and
enjoyable. This is a superb year group and they presented
themselves so well during the day; we are very proud of
them. We aim to give them a send-off that acknowledges
the excellent relationships between our staff and students
and their hard work and commitment.”
Picture Submitted
News
Wayland
Agricultural
Society Young
Achiever of the
Year 2010
Have you a relative, friend or someone
that you know who could be eligible for
the above award? The award is open to
anyone in the local area and we welcome
nominations from relatives or friends of
individuals who they consider to be
worthy of the achievement
The award is designed to recognise
outstanding dedication and contribution
to agriculture, horticulture, wildlife or
any other rural related sector or industry.
All entrants must be under 21 years of
age and will be required to demonstrate
and share their commitment and
involvement to their related subject. This
should include their achievements and
their aspirations. Applicants will be
required to show passion and enthusiasm
as well as a sound knowledge of their
category
The award is sponsored by Weco
Engineering of Watton
All nominations must be made in writing
to: Attn: Mrs Bridget Hall, Wayland
Agricultural Society, Broom Hall,
Richmond Road, Saham Toney,
Thetford, Norfolk IP25 7HJ
Picture Submitted
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News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 5

Geoff Raises Thousands for Two day HOLME HALE CAR BOOT SALE
East Anglian Air Ambulance patchwork Sunday 13th June
exhibition at 8am Sellers Buyers 9am
Contacts: 01760 440525 - 01760 441607
New Buckenham 5 per Car. £8 Vans.
You are invited to join Impatiens and Seedlings
Patchwork Group for their first Exhibition for
many years at New Buckenham Village Hall
New Buckenham, Norfolk NR16 2BA Friday
4th June 1pm – 5pm and on Saturday 5th June
10am – 4pm. The traders will be: Just Threads,
Albrights of Diss (Fabric) The Home Workshop
(Books) Sewing World. Free admission and
light Refreshments will be available all day.

Music and
Drumming at
Hardingham Fete
Hardingham Fete will be held on Sunday the 27th
June from 1.30 – 4pm. Parking and Admission are
Free! The Main Attractions this year are the
Wymondham Youth Music Society Saxophone
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will be there (raffle, tombola, cakes, books,
After 3 hours, 57 minutes and 27 on for a while. The support from the crafts, gifts, bric-a-brac) along with a variety of
seconds, local pharmacist Geoff Ray crowds was amazing and watching challenging (and some downright silly) games.
crossed the finishing line of the 2010 the sheer number of charity runners You can break some china on the Aunt Sally
Virgin London Marathon was quite humbling. stall to relieve your stress levels, or just sit and
Having trained solidly for months, “I would like to thank everyone who chat with friends over a cuppa and home-made
his hard work and effort have has supported me and helped me to cake. The BBQ will be running throughout the
certainly paid off with a very smash my fundraising target in aid of fete, so you can start with a sausage and burger
respectable time. And the East the Air Ambulance.” for lunch and work your way round the stalls to
Anglian Air Ambulance will benefit Geoff had said “Never Again” after afternoon tea! All proceeds from the fete are
from his efforts as Geoff is likely to his 2006 London Marathon. So what split between the village hall and the church.
raise at least £4,000 thanks to the about 2011? Will he run again? Everyone is welcome and the church will be
support from friends and customers Watch this space! open all day for those wishing to visit. We are
of Total Health Pharmacy The East Anglian Air Ambulance grateful for all the support we receive from
The Mid Norfolk Times caught up receives no national lottery or friends beyond the village. Come to Ovington
with Geoff moments after the finish government funding and you can still village hall (Church Road) on Saturday 12
for his initial comments once he had make donations for Geoff‟s June, from 1pm (car parking is available at the
got his breath back marathon result at Total Health back of the hall)
Said Geoff “This has been an Pharmacy, 14 Gregor Shanks Way,
incredible experience.” Watton (opposite the Watton
“My body hurts everywhere and I
don‟t want to put my trainers back
Medical Practice‟ or by visiting
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Textile
Collection and
Watton Evening WI Fete at
With no official speaker this month our meeting was very much a social Rocklands
gathering. After the short general business part of the meeting we debated the The Rockland School PTA is holding a textile
Resolution which is being put to the WI members at the National AGM in collection on Wednesday June 16th. We need
June and as expected we voted unanimously to back this, urging the your unwanted clothes, fabrics, towels or bed
Government on the mandatory labelling of meat, fish and poultry with true linen please. These can be brought to the
country of origin school car park on the Wednesday morning.
Ruth then demonstrated her lace crochet - it really is amazing the beautiful Alternatively, if you live in the village please
results obtained with just a few variations to stitches. We had samples of leave items in a plastic bag outside your house,
various other crafts on show and also available for members to have a go was we will arrange a morning collection in the
cross stitch and button jewellery. For those who enjoy quizzes there was a village
„Train Station‟ quiz on offer as well Our annual School Fete is going to be held on
Home-made cake instead of biscuits was served with our tea and coffee. To Friday 9th July at Rocklands Village Hall. This
round off an extremely enjoyable evening Pat read us a poem entitled „A is always an occasion of great fun, with many
Little of What You Fancy‟ making us all look to our waistline and think of the stalls, face painting, BBQ, bar and games on
cake we had just eaten! offer. We look forward to seeing you there
You are all invited to our Coffee Morning on 5th June (10am-12noon) at 14 The second Cake Bake Sale on Friday 21st
Kingfisher Way, there will be a raffle, bring and buy table, cake stall etc. We May proved very popular. Thanks to all
look forward to meeting some of you there parents who donated such delicious fare, all
Come and visit our stall at Watton Carnival on Sunday 13th June when the cakes sold quickly and the money is being used
Wild West will take over our High Street - we all hope for a fine day by the PTA to fund further playground
To contact us ring Pat on 01953 882275 or Barbara 01953 882595 equipment
News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 6
for although a limited amount of public well-run outdoor pool

Robert (Bob) Nunn funding had been available, the bulk of

the money was raised by organising
local fund-raising events, and the actual
that was popular with
swimmers
across the County.
from

The funeral took place on the 18th May at
St Mary‟s Church, Watton, of Bob Nunn,
a man who with his wife of 64 years,
Mabel, put so much into town life, yet
neither sought nor received recognition for
what they did for so many.
A personal tribute to Bob was read by
Chris Edwards, a lifelong friend and much
of that tribute is reproduced here along
with words from Janet Lundie on behalf of
the Queens Hall
Bob was born 8th November 1920 and
was educated in Downham Market at
the High School, obviously to a very
high standard. He left school and
started work for Tyrell and Byford the
seed merchants in Downham from
1937 until he volunteered for War
Service in 1940.
During those dark years, Bob spent
much of his time abroad, a highly
trained and specialised trouble-shooter
of hydraulic equipment used in the
aircraft of the time. Bob often
recounted many exciting and
interesting adventures; chief of which
was his lucky ability to be just behind
the shooting as he sought to make
contact with the unit that he had lost
touch with earlier in his travels. He
avoided the fall of Singapore and ended
the war in Kuala Lumpa
Upon arriving back in the UK, at his
old employers, he was told that he was
not expected to ever be seen again and
that his job had been give to someone
else although there was a vacancy in
the Watton branch of Tyrell and
Byford. Thus he found himself moving
to the town for which he was to do so
much
It was here that Bob met Mabel and
they were married in 1948. Greg, their
only son, was adopted in 1957 and their
family was complete and happy. Bob
had a successful lifelong career with
Tyrell and Byford retiring in 1985.
Bob pursued many hobbies and was an
aero modeller, who enjoyed flying
large scale model planes and later
sailing his pride and joy - a large radio
controlled model submarine which was
developed over many years at Loch
Neaton. He was a Silver Surfer who
plunged headlong into computer
technology and became quite an elderly
Geek. This was his enthusiasm for
anything new and his desire to
understand how it all worked
Bob has been actively involved with
the Queens Hall all his life. From its
beginning in 1952 when a group of
townspeople were looking for a suitable
way to celebrate a new young Queen
and the 'New Elizabethan' era by
creating a large venue for dances and
stage performances; until recently,
when he and his wife Mabel had visited
the hall again to admire the new
Queens Hall flag which they had
generously funded.
He had served on the Committee from
the very early days, and although he
had finally retired as Secretary in 2002,
Bob had continued to serve as an
Honorary Trustee and to support the
hall in many ways. He was justly proud
of his part in the remarkable teamwork
which had resulted in a redundant RAF
hangar being transformed into the
excellent facility we still enjoy today. It
was very much a hands-on operation,
building work was carried out by local
people in their spare time. Bob later
wrote his own memories of the 4-year
project, and obviously remembered that
period of hard work and commitment
with great pleasure
In 1957 the assistance of the Queens
Hall committee was sought in
conjunction with the provision of
improved swimming at Loch Neaton.
Bob again joined forces with his friend
Richard Durrant – another of our
town‟s unrecognised heroes who also
played a leading role in the Queens
Hall construction.
What was achieved during this period
was the building of one of the finest and
most modern designs of outdoor cold
water Lidos in Eastern England, a main
33.3 yard long 6 lane main pool and
diving pit with boards with a smaller
learner pool and a 6 yard square
paddling pool complete with all new
changing rooms Cash desk canteen and
locker room. This pool was to have clean
filtered chlorinated water for the first
time. In the planning stages Bob and
Richard had a vision not seen yet in
swimming pool design and to use Bob‟s
own words “I soon realised that the old
up and down type swimming pool was
out of date and what was needed was a
complex with water of all depths for
paddling, learning, swimming and
diving”. This whole complex was built
within the concrete confines of “The
American Pool”. It is worth noting that
this method of construction was to be
seen again in the 80‟s
These were the halcyon days of outdoor
swimming in Watton when we had a
Clubs sprang up,
children were taught
to swim, Lifesaving
instruction was given
and a generation of
children spent their
summer holidays
having fun. An early
morning swimming
club was set up and
had many stalwart
members some
swimming 8 months
of the year. The
Christmas Day swim
was another favourite
although one for the
stout hearted and fit.
This pool existed
from 1963 until its Bob and Mabel Nunn
closure in 1981, when a
new committee was formed with a relationship with, independent of any
view to yet another modernisation formal structures and based entirely
Funds were raised in the normal small upon shared interests.
Town manner with sponsorship of The key to many young people‟s
individual bricks, coffee mornings, friendship with both Bob and Mabel,
sponsored walks, Discos and generous was an enjoyment of the summers spent
help from Watton Town Council and in an enchanted environment that
Breckland Council. Both Dick Durrant allowed them all to explore the
and Bob were again on hand to advise blossoming of our own independence
and encourage with Bob again joining in that all too brief period between
the committee in its later years and also Child and Adulthood.
taking up the job of plant engineer. The As Chris put it: “My own experiences,
pool eventually succumbed to the lack as a child enjoying the pool with my
of funds and ever increasing and Father, to a teenager still excited to be
overburdening regulation. rushing to the Loch after School, and
Bob created an atmosphere of beyond that to swimming with my own
enthusiasm and involvement for young infant Son on a beautiful June
people at the pool and he was one of morning . . . that excitement never left
the first adults beyond families and me. Nor did it ever leave Bob.”
school that many were able to form a
News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 7

U3A Visits SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEAS

Hosted by St. Mary’s Church in June
BBMF Sun 20th June Watton Christian Community Centre 2.30pm until
4pm All welcome—please come along and bring family and friends
Forty seven members of Watton University of the
Third Age (U3A) recently enjoyed a visit to The
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitors Centre at
RAF Coningsby and were given a guided tour of Norfolk Wildlife Trust
the Flight Hanger. A beautiful sunny day allowed To ask a question about the Norfolk’s Wildlife please call the Norfolk
members to see a Spitfire and the RAFs latest Wildlife Information Service. Wildline 01603 598333 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri.
fighter aircraft the Typhoon practicing their display E-mail wild@norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk
routine. On the return journey a visit was made to Website http://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/naturalconnections
Springfield Gardens and Outlet Centre at Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467
Spalding where the Ladies had a chance to Thursday 10 June. 6.30 - 8pm. An evening guided walk at Thompson
indulge in a little Retail Therapy. Common by NWT Breckland Field officer Darrell Stevens. Venue - Park at
The next trip is on Wednesday 30th June with a the Great Eastern Pingo Trail car park off A1075, Stow Bedon. Cost £2.00
tour of North Norfolk featuring a trip on the members and non-members for NWT funds.
North Norfolk Railway, Cromer, and on to a
cream tea at Bircham Windmill. A few seats are
still available to members with a waiting list for Coffee at the Queens Hall
visitors. Phone Ron on 01953 889951.
The Computer Studies and Computer Basic 9.30am to 11.30am
Groups are now active and any members wishing Farmers Market Day-
to join should contact our Group Coordinator
Rita on 01953 882668 Saturday 5th June
The Garden Visits Group is visiting West
Barsham Hall on Sunday 6th June. Meet at the
Queens Hall car park at 1.30pm. Members should
contact Susan on 01953881373.
The next meeting is on Thursday 24th June. Tina
Chamberlain (Norfolk‟s own Pam Ayres) will
entertain with Norfolk Poems and Anecdotes
The Membership Secretary can be contacted on
01953 885358. For further information on the
National U3A go to www.u3a.org

Summer Tools for Watton Country

Dance
The Watton Pantomime Group are
organising a Summer Dance on
Saturday the 3rd July at the Sports
Centre Gallery Bar ,Watton.
Featuring live band 'Mid Life Crisis'
the doors open at 7.30pm until
Midnight.
Tickets are available from Amy's in
the High Street. Tickets are also
available on the door. There will be
a raffle and a licensed bar. Please
come along and join us it is sure to
be a great night
Thursday
Club
Presentation
Watton Thursday Club were
delighted to be presented with a
cheque for £702-05 by the
retiring Mayor of Watton – Cllr
Margaret Holmes at her Civic
Reception held at the Sports
Centre on 14th May.
Margaret has instigated a
number of innovative events to
raise funds for charity during
her term of office - even co-
ordinating a hilarious evening
with the “Cleaving Heavages”
from her wheelchair following
an operation.
The Thursday Club Committee
are thrilled to have been chosen
as a beneficiary and are
indebted to Margaret for her
hard work and enthusiasm in
raising funds for us
Our group provides a monthly
social club for adults with
learning disabilities, and
enables our members to take
part in a varied programme of
events including bowling,
karaoke, an annual outing and a
Job
Searching
Your Job Search - Thoughts
from a Career Coach
When you were working you had
professional methods and tools for
completing your tasks to a standard
and a timescale. Which of these
have you used in your Job Hunting?
Remember the organisation, time
management, project management
and other disciplines you used at
work - have you used them in
finding new work? Let‟s start with
just one - setting SMART Goals
Do you have weekly and daily
objectives - goals which are
Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Realistic and Timely? Try setting
some and see if your activity level
increases. The more active you are
the closer you are to your next job
David Bridge is a Career Coach
with Mayfair Coaching Practice
www.mayfaircp.com 01379 650045
Wells Cole
Cinema Club
The Wells Cole Community Centre
needs a new heating system and all
profits raised from the cinema go to
the hall. Let‟s get a new heating
system in sooner rather than later. If
you are really serious about a new
heating system then support the
events that are helping to raise the
much needed funds.
Saturday 26th June - A Single Man -
A story that centres on an English
professor who, after the sudden
death of his partner tries to go about
his typical day in Los Angeles.
Certificate 12A Drama, BAFTA
Best Actor – Colin Firth
Wells Cole Community Centre
7.30pm film starts. Bar, tea and
coffee with Raffle and free parking.
Tickets £4 from Saham PO or 01953
883394 Or on the door. All welcome
Market
welcomes
customers old
and new
It's hard to realize that this month sees the longest
day: we've had such a cold May that many things
in the plant and produce section have arrived
much later than usual. However the tables are now
beginning to overflow with bedding and vegetable
plants, shrubs and pot plants and fresh vegetables.
Do come and see what a lovely selection we have!
Our cooks provide a delicious selection of cakes
and pastries (both sweet and savoury), jams and
chutneys. We have local honey and fresh eggs on
offer too. Our crafters can provide you with cloth
bags, etched glass, turned wood pens, dishes,
picture frames and even bobbins for lace makers,
toys (with the regulation CE mark so you can buy
in safety for toddlers), knitted and crocheted items
and a wide range of greetings cards for all
occasions, and beautiful inexpensive jewellery for
all tastes. All our producers are willing to accept
orders for special items: please ask at the
appropriate stall. You can find us every
Wednesday morning from 8.30am to 11.30am in
the Watton Christian Community Centre
If you want a coffee and chat with friends before
or after shopping with us you do not even have to
leave the building as the ladies of the Methodist
Church serve such refreshments in the rear hall
until 12 noon
Watton & Wayland
Visitor Centre
Our appeal for more volunteers to staff the Visitor
Centre has borne fruit, we now have 3 new ladies
on the books each doing a half day a week, and
the occasional Saturday morning The centre is
open 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday and 10am to
1pm on Saturdays; and carries a wide range of
leaflets about attractions and activities in Norfolk
and further afield. There is an ever-increasing
range of craftware, preserves, giftware, greetings
cards, and artworks; a great place for gift ideas.
Do drop in and see us.
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 8
In your garden with Lotta Potts
June is the first real summer
month. Gardens and patio plants
are still a fresh green but they
are getting more and more
colourful every day. Although
there are many jobs to do in the
garden, take your time, sit back
and enjoy the warm sun and all
the new colours and fragrances
in the garden. That bit of advice
is something I picked up during
research for this column. The
outstanding bit for me is that it
assumes we have all kept up
with jobs during the early part
of the year. With all that snow?
Most people are still finding out
what survived and what didn‟t
and I hope you haven‟t been too
quick to discard plants that
looked dead but it‟s possible the
roots survived
One plant that seems to have
thrived is the dandelion. They‟re
everywhere! If you have lots of
them keep hoeing them off. The
roots head for Australia, making
it difficult to remove them
completely from a full border.
However, if you can do nothing
else, take off the flowers and
buds so minimising spread. If
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Established in Watton for four generations
you can also get at the leaves,
removing all growth above
ground, this will prevent light
getting in and eventually they‟ll
give up. These methods apply to
all weeds but especially to the
perennials like dandelion and
dock. A good tip given to me by
my father was that you pull a
weed every time you go down
the garden. It works, as if there‟s
no time to complete a job at
least there‟s the feeling of
achievement
Pruning is another job which
seems to crop up all year round
and there seems to be an air of
mystery about it. For instance,
wisteria. Oh dear; probably the
most talked-about pruning topic
ever. The received wisdom is to
prune the flowering „whippy‟
shoots back to six leaves in
August then hard pruning is to
be done in February. Then you
come across this “branches that
are growing in the wrong place
or have become too long can be
removed throughout
growing season (April -
the
September)”. I have come to the
conclusion that the other
received wisdom that pruning flowering
shrubs immediately after flowering will
do no harm and should ensure that the
plant flowers the following year is simple
and should work. Pruning should always
be done on an overcast day.
June is the perfect month for pruning
evergreens and conifers. You can do this
until August but young shoots will
develop better if you do it now. Again, I
have been told that conifers like
Leylandii should only be pruned in
October or April. This advice was given
on a scientific basis to do with the
hormones in the tree.
Remove old branches from Hydrangeas
For an extended or second flowering, and
a bushier plant, cut away any overblown
flowers or even part of the plant itself.
Another bit of advice, a bit late now, that
relates to this is the „Chelsea chop‟, so
named as it‟s normally carried out by
those with sufficient faith and courage
during Chelsea Flower Show week at the
end of May. The idea is the same, take
perennials back to about a foot and they
will then grow stronger and bushier. I
look at mine every year and can‟t face it!
The poor things have gone through the
winter, grown in spring until there‟s a
display and you chop their heads off.
Back to the main item, pruning:
1. All plants exist to reproduce and will
also strive to repair the 'damage‟ we
cause by pruning
2. Damaged, diseased and dead branches
are bad for the health of the plant and
should always be removed
3. Pruning causes a plant or shrub to lose
some of its food, so the roots should be
provided with extra nutrition to
compensate for this
4. The sap in plants, shrubs and trees
rises from the roots to the tips of the
twigs or stalks. As a result the buds near
the ends of the pruned twigs and stalks
will be the first to develop after pruning
5. If a branch is cut just beyond a side
branch or bud, the sap will be led
towards that side branch or bud and will
cause a reaction
6. Pruning delays flowering if it‟s done at
the wrong time
7. Young shoots have more vitality than
older shoots, which are often dormant.
Every plant/shrub channels its energy
primarily into the young shoots
8. Cutting off new young shoots may
cause fewer flowers and fruits to
develop, but they will be of a better
quality and/or will be bigger
9. A bush will be healthier if the middle
of the plant gets more light. This
provides more energy for the production
of buds and/or fruit
10. Horizontal branches produce more
flowers and fruit than vertical branches.
This applies most definitely to climbing
roses
11. Deadheading is part of pruning, as is
cutting flowers for the vase
Plants that have already flowered can be
divided and transplanted
Place plant supports between tall
growing perennials before they grow too
big
Leave spring-flowering
undisturbed until the foliage has died
bulbs
back. Don't remove any foliage until it
has turned brown. This is messy but the
bulbs need the leaves to make food from
sunlight. You can help with a bit of
general fertiliser and/or mulch. You can
either remove the dead leaves or put
plants nearby to disguise the messy bits.
This isn‟t possible with naturalised bulbs
as the grass shouldn‟t be mown until the
foliage has died back, usually about six
weeks after the flowers are gone
Spring bulbs can be taken up, dried and
stored. Shake off excess soil and place
them somewhere dry and dark
Roses are in full flower by now. Check
for pests or diseases regularly. Aphids
can be dealt with by ladybirds or
proprietary spray. There are also
proprietary sprays for fungal diseases
such as blackspot
In warm, dry spells water once or twice a
week to give a good soaking. This is
much more effective than 15 minutes
every day as the water will penetrate
further into dry ground. A good test is to
water for as long as you think necessary
then push a stick or your finger into the
ground to see exactly how far (or not) the
water went. It‟s surprising - try it
If you haven't sown any seeds yet but
you do want to have some cheerful
annuals in the garden this summer, the
beginning of June is your last chance.
Sow directly into the garden anything
that says ‟hardy annual‟ on the packet.
Try to sow in rows within designated
patches so you can identify what
seedlings should be there and what to
remove. If this seems like hard work just
scatter the seeds around and hope they
beat the weeds to it. Herbs like Dill,
Fennel or Aniseed in the border are
definitely worth a try
June is also a good month for sowing bi-
annuals like Forget-me-nots, Snapdragon
and Campanulas. Although usually sold
as annuals, these plants often re-seed
themselves, so you will find them again
in your garden next summer! A friend of
mine always digs out all the forget-me-
nots, which leaves just enough for next
year. These are plants, like nigella, that
you need to be sure you like as once you
have them you always will
The start of June is a good time to start
arranging your hanging baskets or to add
some summer-flowering plants to them.
Consider some less obvious
combinations like cascade rose 'The
Fairy', Ivy or hanging Begonias, together
with some additional summer blooms.
Use good potting compost in your
hanging baskets mixed with some tub
plant fertilizer. There are special
composts on the market that have slow
release fertiliser already in them and
some also have water retaining gel. If
your compost doesn‟t have these, it‟s
worth adding them separately. Another
tip is to put a small saucer in the bottom
of the basket to help retain moisture. It‟s
amazing how often hanging baskets need
watering in dry spells
Give Strawberries (potted ones too) a
soluble potassium rich fertilizer once a
week
The first Strawberries should be
ready depending on the variety.
When you pick them, don't just pull
the fruit but always nip the stalk, so
you pick the berry and the plug.
That way, fruits stay fresh for longer
and the plants are less likely to get a
fungal infection. Fruits of Prunus
types like Almond, Cherry, Peach
and Plum can still be thinned to
ensure a rich crop later on. If you
want large apples, you need to thin
out the tree from mid-June. Remove
the excess fruit, beginning with the
misshapen apples. Eating apples
should be spaced about 10-15 cm
apart with one fruit per leaf rosette.
You may not need to thin too much
as most fruits shed excess during the
„June drop‟. Don‟t be alarmed if you
are a first-time fruit grower as this is
a natural process and saves you
work!
Check apple trees for mildew (white
powdery shoots) weekly. By removing
affected branches straight away you will
prevent the spread of this fungal disease
Gardening
As soon as the apple has flowered there
are predators lurking. The Apple sawfly
and Plum sawfly lay their eggs in the
flower hearts. The grubs then develop
rapidly and munch away at the inside of
the fruit. While the apple will grow on as
normal it will be wormy. Take action as
soon as you spot the flies
Check all berry plants for caterpillars,
preferably on a daily bases. They can
devour an entire bush in a matter of days
There is still time to sow Pumpkins and
Gourds. Let the seeds soak in lukewarm
water for a while before you sow them to
make them germinate faster
But don't forget that these plants take up
a lot of space. If you grow them along
canes in the border or against a sunny
fence or pergola, they will take up much
less space and you can still enjoy the
lovely home-grown, ornamental fruits for
months
Just take a quick look back at the first
paragraph - enjoy it and in the immortal
words of Corporal Jones, don‟t panic!
Attleborough
& District
Horticultural
Society
The June meeting will take the form of
the annual Rose and Sweet Pea Show
and will be held on June 23rd at Peter
Beales Roses, London Road,
Attleborough, commencing at 7.30pm.
This is an Open Show and exhibitors can
obtain full details from the Show
Secretary, John Don, on 01953 454848.
Admission is free and the evening is
invariably a colourful and enjoyable
occasion
At the April meeting Peter Chinnery
gave an interesting and informative
hands-on talk on “Hanging Baskets”, and
it was a pleasure to see so many
members and guests present. We were
taken through the pros and cons of all the
different sorts of hanging baskets, plant
pots and containers, the different planting
mediums, products for retaining
moisture, suitable fertilisers and not least
the huge variety of plants that can
flourish in hanging baskets, ranging from
traditional favourites through to mini-
shrubs, tomatoes and strawberries! One
crucial factor for success that constantly
cropped up was the necessity to balance
adequate moisture levels with effective
drainage
In a rather sparse table competition
winners were: vase of three flowers Ron
Brewer, three tulips Shirley Penfold, any
vegetable Ron Brewer and arrangement
of spring flowers Shirley Penfold.
Bradenham
& District
Horticultural
Society
Our June meeting will be held on 17th at
7.30pm in the Village Hall. The speaker
will be Mr J Paine whose subject is
„Right Plant/Right Place‟. There will also
be a raffle, refreshments and Geoff‟s
Topical Tips
Everybody is welcome to our meetings
and we look forward to seeing you.
Further information from Marianne
Kilmartin, Publicity Officer 01362
820744
Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 9

Tomato – Tomayto
Gardening in Navasota, Texas with Helen Quinn
The post-freeze resurrection continues!
Two Duranta trees and a Clerodendron in a
big pot have finally started sprouting new
shoots from the roots. The Duranta, also
known as Brazilian Sky Flower, has sprays
of beautiful blue-purple flowers all summer
and in the autumn puts on bright orange
berries, sometimes at the same time as the
flowers. This particular Clerodendron is a
vigorous climber with deep red flowers
tinged with purple. Both are semi-tropical
but usually don‟t die back in winter here.
As the weather heats up, along come the
bugs! Mosquitoes haven‟t been bad yet this
year, mostly because we haven‟t had any
measurable rain in two months. All the
dirty water from the fishpond was used to
water the fig tree in the hope of having a
decent crop of fruit this year. In a good year
this tree, variety “Texas Everbearing”,
produces multiple crops of small, sweet,
green-gold-purple fruit as delicious straight
off the tree as in jams and pies. Every year
there is fierce competition with the birds
and squirrels for the fruit – usually they win
the most battles. The bush green beans have
been disappointing this year and the
Breckland Flower Great Hockham Gardening Club
and Garden Club On Wednesday, 12th MAY, it was our village green, share lifts wherever
aubergines and cucumbers are struggling. Spanish Moss is an
Everything else is coming along just fine, epiphyte, living on
although slower than usual. Roses have nutrients from the air,
passed their first flush and need to be and doesn‟t harm the
trimmed in readiness for their second tree. It certainly
bloom. Multi-coloured Cannas and makes a dramatic
Hemerocallis, and Achillea, white and rose, statement.
are rioting in the flower beds, and the Tennyson has gone!
naturalized Easter Lilies are about ready to At the beginning of
break bud. The new favourite Picasso the pond-cleaning
Petunia is huge, with large magenta flowers session, while starting
edged with chartreuse. Another favourite is to remove leaves and
Spigelia, with its cheerful red and yellow debris, a heavy weight
flowers. This is the time of year when became caught on the
nurseries sell many plants for next to tines of the old garden
nothing, or give them away rather than rake. It wasn‟t a rock -
relegate them to the compost heap. They it was Tennyson
forget to water, order too many, or Turtle! Who was
misjudge the customers‟ needs, and with a more surprised?
little tender loving care, sometimes these Fortunately there was
sorry-looking plants can be nursed back to a large tub of de- Picture Submitted
life and become fine specimens! chlorinated water cv
Right is a photo of azaleas under a Live
Oak tree in Savannah, Georgia. Notice the
handy, intended for the fish, where
Tennyson grudgingly waited until she could James Ball CARPETS
Spanish Moss hanging from the branches? be transported to her new foster home. Now
This also grows in Texas but is much more the water is sparkly clean again it will be SHOWROOM: 49 High Street, Watton
spectacular in Georgia and South Carolina. easier to detect squatters!
01953
883288 

outing first OUTSIDE VISIT to the JAPANESE

GARDEN at the OLD BAKERY, Caston
Breckland Flower and Garden Club are
running a trip to Hemmingford Abbots,
Cambs Flower Festival weekend on
Saturday 26th June. This is a biennial event
which includes flower festival in church,
20+ Open Gardens (some offering
refreshments) music recitals in church,
Morris dancing, history exhibition, crafts -
weaving, lace making, etc - vintage cars,
bicycles and tractors and more. For details
of costs and travel arrangements please
contact Christine 01953 454528 or 07926
084564
June 10th – Demonstration: "One Day" Mr
Lee Berrill. Competition: Special Occasion
Arrangement. Renee Hambley Trophy
awarded for Best Use of Colour
July 8th Summer Garden Lunch. 12 for
12:30 at the home of Mrs Joy Tunmore.
Roseville, Carleton-Rode. Plant Stall,
Tombola & Garden Quiz. Competition: A
Buttonhole (to be worn) Rosemary Leeder
Trophy awarded for most imaginative
possible.. we will leave at 6.45pm
prompt. Please remember to offer a
We were all amazed to find this „exotic
jewel‟ right in the middle of a Norfolk
village. Our last speaker, Derek Archer
joined us to explain the plants as he is
responsible for all the „green‟ planting
there and told us it is one of the largest
Japanese gardens in the country and it
certainly was well worth seeing.
Fabulous rocks and Bonsai trees as well
as a beautiful waterfall, and stream
leading to a pond and tea-house. A good
turnout of 32 members attended
Our hosts Kevin and Teresa Pell were
thanked by our Chairman, Matt Dobbin
and presented with a bouquet of flowers
Afterwards refreshments were very
kindly served at the home of Annie and
Brian Brooker and the cakes were
delicious! Annie was given a bouquet of
roses
It was a very enjoyable evening despite
needing to wrap up in our thermals on a
very unseasonably cold May meeting!
WEDNESDAY 9th JUNE : Our next
meeting will be at THE OLD
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HORN FAIR on SUNDAY, MAY 30th
Too early for me to report on this event, I & Vinyl Supplied and Fitted
will do so in the JULY edition. However
I should say a big thank you to all those
who helped out in any way
I asked you to watch this space for
results of the Telegraph‟s „Most Lively
Village Green‟ competition. Well we got
to the final 4 and have won a year‟s
membership to the „Open Spaces
Society‟ and £50 worth of garden
vouchers and that was it! We will use the
money towards filling the flower boxes
at the entrances to the village
FLOWER SHOW : SUNDAY 22nd
AUGUST 2010
Keep this as a definite event in your
diaries! A traditional village flower show
with fantastic quality exhibits. We look
forward to your entries and support
The SCHEDULE and ENTRY FORM
will be available from me at Overton
House, Harling Rd. from 9th June, and
will be on the website then, as are some

Ovington RECTORY, Brandon Parva, NR9 4DL,

Gardening
Club
The June meeting will be on 'How to
keep fit in the garden' by Freya Trott.
This meeting will be held in Ovington
Village Hall at 7.45pm on Wednesday 2
June and all are welcome. Further details
can be obtained from Ed on 01953
885848 or Carol on 01760 440719
hosted by Mr & Mrs S. Guest
Situated 9 miles west of Norwich on the
B1108. This beautiful 4acre garden has
lots for us to see. It is a mature
predominantly shrub garden with
walkways and pergolas covered in
climbers leading to a large lawn
surrounded by boldly planted borders.
There is an area of woodland and a pond
as well as a walled garden. So hope lots
of you will come along, ring me of you
would like further instruction on how to
get there. Or come with us from the
„Tips for showing‟. We also hope to have
a club meeting in August to explain the
details to those who wish to enter and
want to know more
For more information look us up on our
website:
www.greathockhamgardeningclub.org.uk
Or ring me on the number below
We are a very active, friendly club,
always keen to increase our membership
and now is a great time to join
If anyone would like a lift to meetings
please give me a call
Jane Dalton (Secretary) 01953 498694

How about entering the

Horticultural Section of the Wayland Show?
Alison and Stewart would like as many entries as can be mustered for the Wayland Show on Sunday 1st August at Watton. The
section has something for everyone; whether you are a flower arranger, a plant grower or have an allotment full of lovely vegetables.
And don't forget children can enter too. Entry forms can be obtained from Alison at The Village Florist, Grandmas Patch and
Wayland House or from our sponsors, Rudlings, all in Watton. Also there will be a name the scarecrow competition running in The
Village Florist during July with a hamper for the winner. You can also make your own scarecrow and enter it at the show on the day,
this section is free and sponsored by The Village Florist. Prizes are a cup for the year and money for both the child and adult winners.
Go on have a go! the scarecrow can be made from anything you like, it‟s all good fun!!!
Pre show tickets can be bought from The Village Florist during the month of July and Alison and Stewart are looking forward to
seeing you all at The Wayland Show for a great family day out.
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Jackie‟s bucking the trend
Bees & Honey
with the WI in
Attleborough
Betty Stacey, our President, welcomed
members & guests to our April Meeting.
Jerusalem was sung and apologies for absence
were given. The branch business was read &
arrangements for the Spring Fayre on May
22nd were discussed.
The evening‟s speaker was John Everett on
“Bees & Honey.” Unfortunately, because the
numbers are on the decline we must encou rage
them into our gardens by providing suitable
vegetation.
There are three castes of honey bees, the
queens which lay the eggs, the drones or males
which mate with the queens & the female
workers which feed the larvae. We were given
lots of information re bee keeping & were
shown a modern hive built in layers. Samples
of honeycomb were passed round & members
were able to purchase honey & beeswax. I
presume that a lot of polishing was done this
week!! We were fascinated by the life of the
honey bees & hadn‟t realised how complicated
their lives are!
Carol Smith gave the vote of thanks.
Watton Pantomime Group’s
Annual Fundraiser
Dancing to Midlife Crisis
Watton Sports
Centre
Saturday 3rd July
7.30pm ‘till late
Tickets only £5
Jackie Cuffe has lived in Saham for most
of her life and always dreamt of
following in her father‟s footsteps and
owning her own business. With a flair
for fashion, it was inevitable she would
find that dream fulfilled in owning her
own boutique. But it hasn‟t been easy.
A few years ago she started on the path
by opening a “by appointment” evening
wear boutique in Saham. And after
developing a clientele and slowly
developing her reputation an opportunity
came along to open a shop in town and
of course, Jackie jumped at the chance.
The new shop, which Jackie describes as
a bit like the Tardis, being much bigger
on the inside than it looks on the outside,
has given her a chance to branch out a bit
and increase the range of products she
sells. As a result you can finally go to a
shop in Watton and select form a range
of daywear accessories, shoes, luxury
greetings cards and wrap and a range of
beautiful gifts.
Jackie still offers a personal service and
can still offer appointments for evening
Boo and Hissing
in the Dark
Following on from last year‟s
hilariously funny production of Dad‟s
Army, which played to sell out
audiences every night last year, the
Boo & Hiss Theatre Company of
Watton have now started rehearsing
their next production . . . Laughter in
the Dark, a comedy by Victor Lucas.
At the recent AGM, the Company
elected Fleur Ravell-Lake as
Chairman, with Adrian Spencer -
Vice Chairman, Anne Brown –
Secretary and Stacy Wilkinson –
Treasurer.
Conscious that the last production,
Dad‟s Army, set the comedy bar
very high indeed, the company spent
a long time discussing the merits of
many different plays and eventually
settled on Laughter in the Dark.
Alan Abel was appointed as the
show‟s Producer and in a bold
move, the Company appointed
Julian Horn as first time Director.
Duplicate Bridge in
convivial company
Saham Toney Bridge Club has been
running for 14 years and is well
established in the county bridge
circles.
We have over 40 members who
meet on a Thursday evening at
Broom Hall Hotel and Country
Club, Saham Toney and play
duplicate bridge. We are a very
friendly but competitive club and
our members vary a great deal in
ability. Anyone is welcome to
come and join us and if you are not
familiar with duplicate play, there
are many willing members to help
you along.
We have 3 trophies which we play
for annually – winners for 2010:
Derrick Savage Trophy – Alan &
Pat Fosbrook; John Cleverly Cup –
John & Sylvia Hackshall;
Rawnsley Individual Cup – Gaye
Davidson
As well as playing bridge, we have
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gowns if required at the boutique or for
parties of ladies who want a different
sort of night out!!
“It is a dream come true for me” said
Jackie “but I hope the boutique will also
bring some new trade in to town.
“It isn‟t easy in these recessionary times
to get a business off the ground but I
hope that my success will be an
inspiration to others to have a go”.
She continued “I would like to say a
really big thank you to all my family and
friends for supporting me especially to
my hubby Rob and my dad for working
all the hours under the sun to get the
boutique ready for opening.”
Jackie is running regular promotions for
readers of the Mid Norfolk Times and
this month call in have a look around,
mention the Mid Norfolk Times and you
can buy 3 Bath Bombs for £5 during the
month of June.
The boutique at 16A High Street Watton
(near Mullengers Estate Agents) is open
from 9am – 4pm Wednesdays and
9.30am – 5pm Thursdays to Saturdays.
We are not going to give away too
much of the plot except to say that
the play is set over Christmas Eve
and Christmas Day at the snowed
in Creeching Cheney mansion,
where an oddly assorted group of
characters are assembled for the
reading of the will!
So, to coin a phrase, the stage is
set, rehearsals are well underway
and should you pass by our
rehearsal rooms and hear peals of
laughter coming from inside, do
not be surprised for this is a very,
very funny play indeed.
Laughter in the Dark will be presented
on the evenings of Thursday 23rd,
Friday 24th and Saturday 25th
September at the Queens Hall. We will
let you know when the tickets, which
will be available from Mullengers are
released, we anticipate they will sell
out very quickly so book the date in
your diaries now.
3 social occasions during the year.
Our annual Christmas Party in
December is for members only but
our other 2 events are for spouses
and partners. A BBQ is held in the
summer in one of the members‟
gardens and an annual dinner is
held in March.
These events are greatly enjoyed by
all, it being especially nice to mix
with husbands and wives and talk
instead of playing bridge.
We would like to see anyone living
in the area who plays bridge, has a
small amount of knowledge of
bridge or who would be interested
in learning to play the game. If you
come in any of these categories and
would like to know more about the
club, please get in touch with
Elaine Aberdeen on 01953 882005
or e-mail
elaineaberdeen@fsmail.net
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Westfield‟s Winning World
Cup recipe published
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Watton Westfield Infant and Nursery
School have had their winning World
Cup recipe for a healthy, energy packed
fruit smoothie published in the „Let‟s
Get Cooking Special World Cup 2010
Recipe Book.‟
Sing Along, Chinese Club, Gardening . . .
all at Rocklands School
Rocklands school held a Sing-Along
early one morning in April to which
parents, staff and governors were all
invited. Warm-ups to exercise the
diaphragm were followed by the singing
of some amusing songs and a good time
was had by all. Thanks to Mrs Reall for
organising this event. All money raised
goes towards enabling pupils to receive
an energy busters grant
The school clubs are still proving very
popular. At present we offer art,
gymnastics, drama, choir and chess. We
are very lucky that one of our parents
very generously runs a Chinese Club at
school in which the pupils learn to speak,
write and sing in Cantonese. Film Club
continues on alternate Wednesdays and
children have the chance to write
reviews, and choose films to be shown in
the future; the parents and staff are
grateful to the great efforts of our school
secretary, Sarah Good, who runs this
club
We have some keen gardeners at
Rocklands School who would like to say
a big thank you to Mr Steggles of
Snowdrop Gardening Services who very
generously donated a wheelbarrow. Our
potatoes are growing very well. We have
Charity stalls in aid of
Ugandan orphans
Cakes, Coffees, Bric-a-Brac, Books, Raffle, Tombola
At St Mary's Church Hall, Attleborough
on Saturday 5th June
10 - 11.30 am admission free
This is a great honour and in the picture
above you can see some of the school‟s
„Let‟s get Cooking Team‟ celebrating
their achievement.
The winning recipe is a fruit smoothie
made with coconut, milk and bananas;
signed up to the Potatoes
Councils „Grow It‟ campaign and
pupils are learning how potatoes
grow and how they fit into a
balanced diet
Reception pupils enjoyed a fun
morning together with their
partnership school peers at Great
Ellingham and the children from
our local Pre –school in early
May. The children worked
together all morning discussing
pets and undertaking a range of
related activities. They shared
lunch in the playground before
returning to Rocklands
Well done to Class Three who
have managed to get some of
their work published in Tiny
Treasures East of England. The
pupils were challenged to write a
mini-saga; an exciting story of
less than 50 words - a true test of
skills of authorship
Congratulations are also due to three
pupils who took part in the 2010 Chess
Challenge in Norwich on the 1st May
2010
For further information about school
activities, student projects and the
CASTON VILLAGE FETE
Caston Village Fete will be held at Greenwich Villa, Griston Road, Caston
Saturday, 5th June 2pm
Parking near Caston School
Stalls, games, competitions, Books, bric-a-brac, cakes, plants, BBQ, Raffle
& Tombolas, Watton Silver Band. All Proceeds to Caston Church
Everyone welcome to join us for our traditional village fete!
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Rare opportunity for
a Mere Walk
Not normally open to the
public . . . you can take this
There will be an exhibition of
pictures and articles about the
opportunity to have Sunday Gulleries by Robena Brown in
lunch and a walk round the Village Hall and a chance to
Scoulton Mere – by kind buy a keepsake postcard or
permission of The Woodrising bookmark etc. The barbeque
Estate. Starting at Scoulton lunch, with dessert, will be from
Village Hall from 12.30pm on 12.30pm starting to eat at about
Sunday, 13 June 2010. 1pm followed by the walk
It is a uniquely historic site – round the Mere. (Wear stoutish
not only have Neolithic tools shoes and dress for the weather
been found there, but it was the please!) Tickets are £5 each.
site of the famous Scoulton Available from Margaret
Gulleries where thousands of Marham on 01953 483758 and Gill
Black Headed Gulls once nested Hunt on 01953 850659. Ring now to
– eggs were collected and sent book your tickets. All proceeds for
to Harrods in London (within the upkeep of Holy Trinity Scoulton
living memory) – it seems too and St Nicholas, Woodrising.
many were taken and the Gulls Organised by Scoulton and
stopped coming! Woodrising PCC.
some of the ingredients coming from
Africa, the home of World Cup 2010.
The recipe book is being sent out to all
the participating „Let‟s get Cooking‟
schools in the country which means that
the Westfield recipe may be tried by
4,000 clubs countrywide.
Freshl y Cooked Especiall y For You
Now In Our 6th
Successful Year
T he Best Traditional Fish & Chips
The Right „Plaice‟
to get the best!
THE WATTON PLAICE
9 Middle Street, Watton
Frying on Tuesday to Saturday
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from 11.30am to 1.45pm
opportunity to keep up to date with and 4.30pm to 8.00pm
events, visit our website: http://
Closed Sunday and Monday
www.rocklands.norfolk.sch.uk Visit the
“Gone fishing!”
Parent page for school term dates, and
the calendar for information and school Don’t forget our Thursday Lunchtime Delivery
events throughout the year. Service for the Housebound and Elderly only.
There is no charge for delivery - you pay only the
normal take-away prices.
Plaice your order before
11am on a Thursday
WET FISH available from 9am daily
Telephone 01953 882 401
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Cinema Club
Wells Cole Community Centre,
Saham Toney
Saturday June 26th A Single Man
12A BAFTA BEST ACTOR – COLIN FIRTH
Entrance £4.00, fully licensed bar,
wheel chair access, free parking, raffle in
interval. Free draw ticket to win the film of
the night. For more information please ring
01953 883394 or purchase a ticket from
Saham Post Office.
The WCCC needs a new heating
system and all profit from the evening
goes towards this project.
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Miss Rachel Ward, Miss Alesha
Claire Rudling, Miss Sally Dolton,
Jake O‟Farrell, Aidan Rayner, Bradley
Wayland
Marie
Atkins, Kieran Pitcher, Megan Wright,
Harry Barton, Jeremy Everett, Gary,
Louise, and Amber Moulton, Lisa
Chamber of
Codling
Rolfe, Rosie Clark,
Alison Clark, Paul Toombs, Liz
Tomlin, Bobby Hughes, Rory
Commerce
Chamber Directories The Chamber
The funeral service for Claire McTaggart, George Smy, Lucy & Directories have been delivered
Marie Codling took place on 9th Jimmy Cutting, Jimmy & Miriam
Johnson, Sara Delaney, Ian & Maxine
throughout Wayland. They have
April at St Martin‟s Church, been produced and delivered earlier
Robertson, Megan & Ellen Kennedy,
Thompson followed by interment this year than in previous years and
Beryl & Trevor Kennedy, Rosie &
in the Churchyard. The service Brandie Smithson, Diane & David the directories are being very well
was conducted by Rev Bob Eagling-Smith, Liam Eagling-Smith, received. The Directories provide
Nichols. Generous donations, to Mr & Mrs K Eagling, Wendy Linge, details of our members and contact
date, totalling £1160 have been Bethan Linge, Marie McKay, Lauren details of local interests such as
received in her memory which will Symonds, Lucy Vallerie, Mica clubs, activities, libraries, schools,
be equally divided between Burgess, Jordan Zachariades, Margaret
Wood, Shirley Edwards, Janet Mead,
etc. The aim is to ensure the
Redwings Horse Sanctuary and Directory is a Wayland One-stop
Valerie Wenham, Helen Kemp,
East Anglian Air Ambulance Directory that can be kept by the
Domini Newby, Sian & Leigh Newby,

Attention All Claire Marie Codling was born on

the 21st of September, 1995 at the
old Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
from both Primary and High
School
Michael Rose Head Teacher of
Wayland Community High School,
Rebecca, Martha and Bethany Watts,
telephone
forthcoming year.
throughout

This year the Directories have

the

She lived all her life in Thompson
Gardeners! with her parents Bev and Gina,
older sister Anna and twin brother
Improve your soil, keep weeds Alastair
Claire attended the Watton Little
down and keep moisture in with Acorns Playgroup, Thompson
Sterilized Mushroom Teddy and Tumble Teds and
Thompson Primary School
Compost At Primary School she played for
the netball team and belonged to
The ideal mulch and the Gymnastics After School Club
soil improver and took part in gymnastics galas,
she also played in the Norfolk
Only £1.50 per Bag Netball Team
In 2007 she attended Wayland
Delivered free (min 5 bags) Community High School. Claire
was a Year 9 student, hardworking
Watton area and very happy. For two years
running she received the Girls
01953 881969 Sports Personality Prize and
played for the school Netball,
Hockey, Football and Rounders
teams. In 2008 she performed a
solo routine at the gymnastics gala
and in November, 2009 she played
netball for the Breckland Team in
the Norfolk S.S.P. Games
Claire was a member of the
Watton Hockey Club and had just
joined Stardance Company
learning Street Dance
Claire was a proud owner of pet
Rabbit Floppy and a great animal
lover, especially horses. In July,
2006 Claire with friends at
Thompson Primary School raised
funds for The Brooke, an equine
charity and again in 2007 with her
sister Anna at Wayland High's
Summer Fayre. She currently
sponsored a horse, Darcy, at
ROGER TURNER Redwings Horse Sanctuary
Claire was very fashionable,
07759 948 830
artistic and enjoyed drawing. Her
01953 881 382 hobbies were walking, reading,
swimming and going on the bus to
Norwich with her friends shopping
IAN WILTON
and had just recently become very
interested in photography
At the end of February with
GENERAL BUILDER
Wayland High School Claire
travelled abroad for the first time
to the Belgium War Graves; a trip
For all your building needs.... she enjoyed immensely
Claire had started her Bronze
NEW BUILD, EXTENSIONS
Duke of Edinburgh Award and for
GARAGES, RENOVATIONS her Service Section was helping at
Thompson Primary School's
ALTERATIONS, ROOFING
Wednesday After School Club.
FASCIAS, GUTTERING
Sadly she never had a chance to
PLASTERING, DECORATING take part in the walking and
camping
CERAMIC TILING, PATIOS Claire was a wonderful, loving
FENCING daughter and sister. She lived life
to the full, always smiling, a
No job too small
constant chatterbox, an awful joke
Local friendly service teller. She was caring, kind and
growing into a lovely young
Call Ian for a free estimate woman. She will be greatly missed
07917 284098/01953 483192 by all her family and her friends
Family mourners: Bev & Gina
Codling, Anna Codling, Alastair
Codling, Peter & Sheila Harwood,
Dave Parlour, Carol Codling, Debbie
& Richard Codling, Jenny and Peter
Lord (Lisa Lord), Lisa & Vince
Harwood (Jazmin), Harris & Sam
Harwood, David & Julie Wilkins,
Charlotte & Lewis Wilkins, Lisa
Harwood, Grant & Ruth Harwood
(Daisy, Ruby, Ada & Albert
Harwood), Nigel & Michelle
Harwood, Jade & Harry Harwood, Eric
Kellingray (Daryl and Carol
Kellingray), Mrs Janet Langley,
Rachel Barnard (Anne Bell), Peter
Codling, Mr & Mrs Ronald Stebbings
(Leslie Stebbings), Mrs Nicola Blake
(Mr & Mrs R Harwood), Wayne
Stebbings, Kati Harwood (Morgan
Harwood), Eirlys Johnson (Nick, boys
& Mr & Mrs John Harwood), Rebecca
Codling, Victoria Codling & David
Sayer (Darci-Rose), Terry, Gemma &
Taylor Cassidy (Roman & Indie)
Stanley, Paula, Darren & Tina Mason,
Mr K Kellingray, Deborah Hardy
(Kevin Hardy)
Other Mourners: Matthew Orchard,
Joanne Griffiths, Paul McCann,
Christina Ward, Richard McDowell,
George McDowell, Lorraine, Emily
and Jack Creed, Elliot Faulkner,
Wendy Lee, Victoria Sercomb, Karen
Freeman, Patricia Bealing,
Ali and Jackie Carter, Mr & Mrs
Richard Leighton, Chipperfield
Family,
Missy Boyd, Catherine Turley
(Melissa & Jordon), Rebecca Simpson,
Michael, Paula and William Corrie
(Lisa & Anna Harrison), Daniel and
Michelle Jessop, Amy Scutt, Chloe
Everitt, Megan Robb, Claire Scutt,
Gina Ayres, Tom Barber, Anne Wynne
-Davies, Ben Wynne-Davies, Sarah
Hare, Claire Hare, James Roe, Andy
Moulton (Peddars Way Housing
Association), Dilys Leggett, Joshua
Argent, Heidi Froude, Maxine
Ackerman, Caroline and Sarah Hogan,
Alice Stone,
Mrs Pauline Hardy (Linda & Gilda),
Mr & Mrs B. Manning (Ian & Nicci),
Mollie & John Spalding (Mandy,
Suzanne & Family), Sally Kendall
(Rob, Zoe and Matthew),
Nesta Hartley, George and Flora
Hartley-Webb, Betty Norris, Amy
Blake (family),
Sue and Scott Abel, Miss Jessica
Blake, Miss Megan Blake, Gail Dyer
(Watton Hockey Club), Miss Catherine
Garner (Henry Garner), Marlene
Secker (Vicki Mitchell), Shirley
Beesley (Sharon Tilford), Miss Hannah
Chapman, Miss Rosie Chapman, Jane
Chapman, Ashley Churchyard, Callum
Saker, Miss Megan Beeston,
Miss Kayleigh Turley, Miss Laura
Howlett, Rebecca Howlett, Amanda
Byrne,
Mr & Mrs Simon Long and Alex
Long, Allison & Zoe Rolph (Mark &
Josh),Alice Schollar, Mrs P Hardy (Mr
W Hardy), Miss Charlotte Healy, Miss
Lily Healy, Miss Alice MacLoughlin,
Lydia Wilson, Nicola & Chris Babey,
Rebecca & Collette Wilkinson, Alan &
Angela Ketteringham (Ian & David
Ketteringham), Harry & Barbara
Hicks, Margaret Holmes Mayor of
Watton, Lillian Ruffles, Barry Cocks,
Lauren & Paul Weight, Jo Weight
Head Teacher of Thompson Primary
School,
Connor Williams, Liam Voutt, Jack
Hort, Max Harding, Daniel Woolley,
Louise & Jamie Gregory, Chris &
Allison Turner, Janet Walmsley,
Alison Banham, Linda May,
Marion & Elizabeth Adcock, Luke
Blackmoor, Kieron Stebbings, Connor
Mulcahy,
Julia Preston (David), Nicholas &
Savrine Fournier, Kelly McCullogh,
Tom Halliwell, Jo Skeats, Gareth
Welham, Lorraine Campbell, Sequoia
Mallett, Tom Fensom, Jane Cross,
Rebecca Grayling, Sian Eagle, Elisha
Stewart, Matt Cross & Natalie Leggett,
Sue Faulkner, Sheila & Daniel Lake,
Mike Webster, Rafarla Louren, Jane,
Sally & Laura Eastwood, Trefor & Pat
Parry, Ashley Wilson, Lavinia & Zoe
Burton, Lizzie Blackmoor, Dee
Hughes, Terry & Helen Mulcahy,
Sonia Churchyard, David & Zoe
Bouchard, Sam Head,
Show your
homecraft
skills at the
Show
If you enjoy cookery or
needlecraft why not put your skills
on display by entering our Home
Section Competitions.
Quilters- Get stitching today! Your
homemade quilt/blankets will be
entered into the quilt competition
and all quilts will be donated to
the children's charity Project
Linus*.
www.projectlinusuk.org.uk
This year's cookery category
entries are for a jar of strawberry
jam, chocolate sandwich cake,
fruit scones, and shortbread
biscuits.
Craft entries are for any Christmas
themed patchwork item, hand
crafted toy, handmade card and
any other handmade item.
*Please note that the Project Linus
Quilts are a separate charity
category from the rest of the craft
categories at the Wayland Show.
All items entered in the standard
craft categories are returned to the
owners. Those wishing to enter
the Project Linus Charity category
should be aware that their quilts
will be donated to that charity.
For recipes and all Home Section
entry forms please visit
www.waylandshow.com
proved to be so popular that as a
result it was agreed at the
Committee meeting held on the 21st
April 2010 to increase the amount
produced next year.
We would also like the thank
Bethany Vangeson for the front
cover; a scene from „Babes in the
Wood‟.
Moving It was agreed at the
Committee meeting to move the
venue of our meeting. In order to
remain business savvy the Chamber
will now hold their meetings at
Clayland House.
Business Breakfast Meeting The
Chamber held their first Business
Breakfast Forum on the 26th April
2010 at Watton Sports Centre. The
Forum was well attended with
nearly 60 delegates from a variety of
Wayland Business. Smith and
Pinching were the Sponsors and a
speaker at this event. Wendy Carr of
Home Hall Bed and Breakfast also
spoke about her organic Bed and
Breakfast and Richard Wills of
Breckland Council spoke about a
forthcoming Pride in Breckland
event to be held in Wayland on the
24th July 2010; details to be
released very soon.
Styella were the first winners of the
business card draw and received a
very nice bottle of wine. It was
fabulous to see so many Wayland
Businesses networking over a bacon
roll. The next event on the 26th July
2010.
Website The Chamber has agreed to
revamp and are currently contacting
local companies with a view of
instructing one to take on the task of
providing a professional looking
website; with a Members‟ Directory
and a list of forthcoming events.
Other Committee meeting news
The Committee welcomed and
agreed new members T.S Associates
(Intafit) and Bowles and Walker
Ltd.
It was agreed to support the Watton
Carnival by being a sponsor. The
Chamber further agreed that it
would like to continue to support the
local artistic talent we have at
Wayland Community High School
and we would invite a pupil to
provide artwork for next year‟s
Directory.
For all Enquiries Please contact the
Secretary at secretary@wayland-
chamber.org.uk
Post for the Chamber can now be
sent to Heather Nunn, Womack
House, Swaffham Road, Ashill IP25
7DB or handed in at Salena Dawson
& Co, 20 Thetford Road Watton to
be forwarded to the Chamber.
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Multi-sport
for all in
Attleborough
A scheme that will increase sporting
opportunities for children with disabilities
moved forward on Saturday 16th May,
when children attended a multi-sport
session held at Attleborough Junior School
This was the first of four taster sessions
delivered by Premier Sport where
youngsters will be coached in a wide range
of activities including football, basketball,
tag rugby and dodge ball. Earlier this year,
children from Chapel Road School in
Attleborough and Fred Nicholson School
in Dereham were given coaching to
prepare them for the Norfolk Youth
Games. The four multi-sport sessions will
provide follow-up coaching for these
children and enable other youngsters with
disabilities to try out different sporting
activities
The remaining classes, organised and
funded by Breckland Council in
partnership with Parkwood Leisure, Active
Norfolk and the Extended Schools Service,
will be held at Attleborough Sports Hall on
12th and 19th June. All sessions cost £1
and run from 10am – 11.30am. Booking is
essential and an appropriate adult must
accompany each child
Breckland Council Executive Member for
Communities and Place Shaping, Adrian
Stasiak, explained the Council‟s long-term
goal;
“We want to ensure that children with
disabilities have the same opportunity as
other youngsters in the district to
participate in sporting activities. This
September, the Council will establish a
disability sports club in Attleborough open
The beautiful game
By Edith Pleasance
Watching football is not my favourite
television programme, although I do
appreciate the quality of a well-scored
goal so generally watch the „Highlights‟
Where I lived in London was within
walking distance of Chelsea Football
ground and I frequently accompanied my
boy-friend to a Saturday afternoon game.
Then my family moved south to
Croydon so the week-end match to
attend became Crystal Palace
From what I recall it was a different
game then. The centre-forward scored
goals, the crowd cheered and we didn‟t
SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEAS
Hosted by St. Mary’s Church in June
Sun 20th June Watton Christian Community Centre
2.30pm until 4pm All welcome
Breckland Country
Music Festival
Watton Road Shipdham
Thurs 10th to
Sun 13th June
Full Details from Mike Rix
01953 889 890
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Oliver Nunn and Ola Szyszka race around an obstacle course
to youngsters throughout the Breckland
district
During the multi-sport sessions officers
will be consulting with the children and
their parents to find out which activities
best suit the children‟s interests and
abilities, and the council will use this
information to help determine which
activities to offer at the new club and
which of the two locations is most
suitable”
see the other players climbing all over
the lucky lad nor, indeed, the knee-
scraping slide across the ground, arms
outstretched, indicating „What a clever
bloke I am to achieve just that for which
I am paid a fortune.‟
There was probably just as much
excitement among the watching crowd as
we stamped and swayed along the
terraces, usually ending up several yards
from our original entrance
One frightening instance I recall
occurred when we were coming out of
Chelsea‟s ground after a significant
match. Shuffling along in the mass
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Available for Hire
Wells Cole Community Centre
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At the History of our area . . .
At the crossroads of Connaught Road,
Surrogate Street, Thieves Lane and
Station Road in the town of
Attleborough is a unique Peace
memorial. It was erected in 1856 after
the end of the first major foreign war
for Britain since 1815.
The four faces display the major
battles of the two-year conflict in
which Britain & France joined with
Turkey – and Sardinia! – to thwart the
Tsarist Russian expansion into
Turkish territories in the Balkans and
the Eastern Mediterranean. These
four encounters mean little today and
many younger people in Mid Norfolk
could not be expected to know even
the locations.
After Russia‟s bullying of the
enfeebled Turkish Empire with its
constant expansion into central Asia
and across the Black Sea, war was
The Crimean Memorial at Attleborough -
Four Faces of Conflict
Story and Pictures from Attleborough Heritage Group
01953 455877 or e-mail attleboroughheritage@tiscali.co.uk
declared in March 1854. Britain &
France, who both wanted to keep
Russia out of the Mediterranean, had
the strategic plan to take the
important Russian naval base of
Sebastopol in Southern Crimea on the
Black Sea as it was key to operations
in the eastern Balkans and controlling
the Bosphoros. Lack of planning by
Britain and poor co-operation
between the Allies made hard work of
the lead up to the invasion of the
Crimea but the landing was finally
achieved at Calamida Bay in
September. This is about 35 miles
north of Sebastopol on the west coast.
Face One - Alma [facing Thieves
Lane]
Moving south from 19th September
1854, the Allies encountered some
resistance on the river Bulgaocek but
after a British artillery victory, the
Russians withdrew to their main
positions south of the river Alma.
Although the river was shallow and
easily forded, the defenders were on
the stony ridges above the southern
banks. With the Fleet bombarding
from the river mouth, the French and
British forces advanced across the
river on a five-mile front. The French
were on the right or western flank and
the British on the centre and left or
eastern position. Despite tactical
errors, the British army showed better
discipline and use of artillery and the
Allies won the day. The French
success was not exploited and the
British were unable to make capital
from the Russian withdrawal. Over
3,500 Allied troops were killed or
wounded and the Russian defenders
lost more than 5,000. The first full
scale battle between European armies
since Waterloo is commemorated in
the simple name ALMA on the
northern weather-beaten face of the
memorial.
Face Two – Balaklava [facing
Connaught Road]
After Alma, the 60,000 Allied troops
continued south towards the
formidable citadel and port of
Sebastopol. Concerned about the
strength of the defences at
Sebastopol, it was agreed, after some
wrangling, to skirt around the port
and position the attack from the
south.
On 26th September 1854, the British
entered the fishing port of Balaklava
about 10 miles south east of
Sebastopol on the south coast.
The siege and artillery bombardment
of Sebastopol was slowly and
painfully put in place. During this
heavy attack by about 1,100 Allied
guns – including Royal Navy
warships – Prince Menshekov, the
Russian commander, had assembled a
force to cut the supply route [the
Waronzow Road] and to threaten
Balaklava.
The Allies [French on the left, British
on the right and some Turkish forces
manning the redoubts on the
Causeway Heights in the centre] were
drawn up to defend the town against
the 25,000 Russian infantry, 34
Squadrons of cavalry and 78 guns.
The Russians pushed through the
Turks but even with the speed and
impetus of their advance they were
checked by the 93rd Highlanders
[“The Thin Red Streak”] until the
charge of the heavy brigade of British
cavalry broke the Russians who
retreated back on the Causeway
Heights. Then followed the incident
best remembered about Balaklava –
the charge of the Light Brigade. This
disaster and muddle is often
considered splendid and heroic but
was a catastrophe with 113 of the 673
troopers dying. It did not contribute to
the outcome of the battle. The
subsequent continued occupation of
the Causeway Heights by the
Russians inhibited supply routes and
contributed to the infamous horrors
endured in the winter of 1854/55
before Sebastopol. The partial victory
of Balaklava is the second memorial
face.
Face Three – Inkermann [facing
Surrogate Street]
Inkermann is sometimes referred to as
“The Soldiers‟ Battle” because of the
isolated nature of the skirmishes.
As the ineptitude of the British
Commissariat was revealed with the
onset of winter, the Russians
recognised the weaknesses in the
British defences on the approaches to
Balaklava and built up their forces
accordingly. By the close of October
the Russian forces numbered about
120,000. The French had 40,000 and
the British no more than 25,000.
Inkermann Ridge rises on the
southern side of the Chernaya river
with a number of gullies running
north to the river. The Russian plan
was to pin down the French while
attacking and defeating the British.
This they expected would also delay
the French plans to attack strong
points at Sebastopol. The battle
became a series of spontaneous
encounters, some in thick mist with
the commanders unable to see the
overall picture. The British fought
hard but struggled to hold their
positions. Lord Raglan, the British
commander, eventually swallowed
his pride and asked for French
support. General Bouquet, his French
opposite number, had anticipated and
was waiting to give such help. With
this enthusiastic support, the battle
turned. British Guards with French
Zouaves and Algerians drove the
Russians off. Although a
third major victory, the large
depletion of hardened and
experienced British officers
and men was revealed in a
lowering of the general spirit
of the army.
Face Four – Sebastopol
[facing Station Road]
Histories of the Crimean war
emphasise correctly the
miserable, debilitating and
lethal conditions for the
ordinary British soldiers
besieging Sebastopol in 1855
and the government‟s
inability to supply and
service this army which was
poorly equipped, starving
and even dying through
disease and lack of
management in London.
Despite reinforcements for
the Allies from German,
Swiss and Polish mercenaries
- and 15,000 Sardinians, the
Looking Back
defences at Sebastopol were
formidable. With its smaller
proportion of the Allied forces,
Britain‟s role in the continuing siege
became modest. In April 1855 a
second great bombardment was
commenced with 165,000 rounds
fired into the town and 90,000 rounds
fired out in return at the besiegers.
Through the next two months the
attacks continued with mixed
messages being given about policy
from the Allied governments and with
grand initiatives floundering in
disagreement within the leaders and
generals. A counter-attack in August
by General Gorchakov was defeated
by French and Sardinian troops –
with some assistance from British
cavalry and artillery. This convinced
the defenders that it was now a
mistake to continue the defence of the
town.
On 8th September the citadel fell and
the redoubt at Malokov was overrun
although the British failed to clear the
Redan redoubt. During the following
few days the Russians abandoned
Sebastopol.
Thus the battle for Sebastopol and the
Crimean war petered out. Although
some skirmishes continued, an
armistice was arranged in February
1856 through the Austrians and a
peace treaty was signed on 30th
March 1856 in Paris. Allied gains in
Crimea were returned to Russia, The
Black Sea was declared neutral and
Turkey regained Kars. This welcome
peace is commemorated in the unique
Attleborough monument and the 4
faces bearing the names of 4 key
victories – but at what cost or
ultimate gain!
Jackie Swain, a committee member of
the Attleborough Heritage Group, can
claim a more personal link to this
obelisk as her great, great
grandfather, James McIntosh, was a
16-year-old drummer in the 93rd
Sutherland Highlanders at Balaklava
in September 1854. This highland
regiment was the famous “Thin Red
Streak” of William Russell‟s dispatch
for the Times.
James McIntosh (pictured below)
retired as a Pipe Major in 1870 and
returned to Montrose in Scotland.
Looking Back
Watton‟s Washingtons
Story and pictures Chris Howlett
Anyone who has more than the merest
association with the village of Watton
will be aware of the defunct,
redeveloped and now vanished RAF
Watton previously located immediately
east of the village. The fact that the
station played a significant part during
the dark days of WWII with its resident
squadrons of Bristol Blenheims taking
the war to the enemy with
unimaginable losses during 1940 (100
Blenheims were lost by Nos 21 and 82
squadrons while flying from RAF
Watton between 1939 and 1942) and
its later use as the 3rd Strategic Air
Depot, repairing all of the US 8th Air
Force‟s B-24 Liberator aircraft may
also be well known.
What is perhaps less well known is the
post war use of RAF Watton by the
secretive Central Signals Establishment
and No 192 Squadron flying a mixture
of Boeing B-29 Superfortress and
English Electric Canberra aircraft in the
cat and mouse games that epitomised
the early cold war electronic
intelligence gathering activities of the
NATO countries.
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress (one of
Watton‟s aircraft pictured above),
officially known as the Washington in
RAF service was, for its day, a very
advanced aircraft and, despite being
designed in 1940, was still by far the
most advance aircraft in RAF service
when 87 of the type were received on
loan during the 1950s
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was
developed in the US as a response to
the then US Army Air Corps‟ (US
AAC) requirement for a „hemispherical
defence aircraft‟. The plane was
required to have the range to attack
enemy forces far from the shores of the
US homeland and hence keep any
future conflict away from the US
population. To do this the plane had to
be able to fly fast and at high altitude
for long periods. It was not thought that
aircrew would be able to operate or
even survive these conditions for the
lengths of time needed and
consequently they were given
pressurised crew compartments. To
allow the plane to drop its bomb load
while the crew remained pressurised
the B-29 was equipped with three
pressurised crew compartments, one in
front of the large bomb bay, one behind
the bomb bay and third, small,
compartment at the rear for the tail
gunner
In the end the hemispherical defence
concept was not needed as none of the
belligerents in WWII had any realistic
means of attacking the US. However,
the B-29 found its niche in the Pacific
war against Japan where its great range
and carrying capacity were used with
devastating effect against Japan and
culminated in the dropping of the two
atomic bombs, the first on Hiroshima
on 14 August 1945 and the second on
Nagasaki two days later which
effectively, and quickly, brought the
carnage of WWII to an end
After the end of WWII the B-29 was
used by the newly formed US Air
Force (during WWII the „air force‟ was
part of the US Army and known as the
US Army Air Force but became an
independent organisation during 1947)
as its prime strategic bombing and
reconnaissance aircraft. Also, as
relations with the Soviet Union
deteriorated during the late 1940s, the
RAF realised the it‟s current bomber
aircraft (Lancaster‟s and Lincolns of
WWII vintage) were inadequate to
seriously challenge the new potential
adversary and keenly sought a more
capable bomber to bridge the gap until
the new all jet „V‟ bombers, then in
development, could be brought into
production. The Boeing B-29
Superfortress fitted the bill and, after
lengthy negotiations concluded in
1949, the first of 87 Superfortresses
arrived in Britain for use by the RAF
on 21 March 1950. Most were to be
standard bomber versions and equipped
8 RAF squadrons with 4 squadrons
based at RAF Marham in Norfolk and
4 squadrons based at RAF Coningsby
in nearby Lincolnshire. Although the B
-29 was officially known as the
Washington B Mk1 in RAF service
most crew members referred to it as the
Superfort, B-29 or the „tube‟ on
account of its long cylindrical fuselage!
During the first half of 1952 three B-
29s were delivered to the Central
Signals Establishment (CSE) for
conversion into Electronic Intelligence
(ELINT) platforms. The conversion
was substantial requiring the removal
of all gun turrets and fire control
systems apart from the tail turret; the
fairing over of the various turret
locations and sighting blisters and
relocating the radar navigator from the
rear crew compartment to the forward
one. These changes freed up a great
deal of room in the rear crew
compartment which allowed this space
to be fitted with stations for six „Special
Operators‟ as those who monitored and
controlled the sensitive electronic
eavesdropping equipment were known.
The electronic equipment was all
American in design and manufacture
and comprised two VHF
communication intercept stations using
AN/ARR-5 equipment, two metric
radar intercept and D/F (Direction
Finding) stations using AN/APR-4
equipment and finally two centimetric
(X and S-band) radar intercept and D/F
stations using ARI 18021, AN/APR-9
and AN/APA-11 equipment. Wire
recorders were also carried to record
the intercepted signals for analysis by
experts on the ground
Work on the first of the three
Washingtons, WZ966, started in May
1952 and was completed by late
September with the work being
signed off in October. Following this,
the conversion of the other two
(WZ967 and WZ968) began. Using
the experience gained from the first
conversion, these two progressed
much faster and both were ready in
December when they, and their
crews, became „A‟ Flight of 192
Squadron
The Washington represented a step
change in the capability of 192
Squadron, carrying three times the
number of Special Operators that
could be carried in the Lincoln
aircraft that the Washingtons
replaced. In the manpower starved
RAF this was a particular problem
and obtaining and training sufficient
of these skilled operators became the
squadron‟s primary task during the
first half of 1953. To help train the
crews 192 squadron obtained a
fourth, unmodified, Washington
(WW346) in April. This allowed
aircrew to maintain their
proficiencies without using one of the
modified special Washingtons and
would also be used as a support
aircraft when the ELINT
Washingtons deployed overseas
With the crews trained the squadron
preformed its first operational
mission in August 1953. Code named
Operation REASON the mission
required the Washingtons to trail the
new Soviet cruiser Sverdlov and
monitor any transmissions while the
ship was returning home after a visit
to the UK. This proved to be a highly
successful operation with the
Washingtons detecting an X-band
fire control radar when the ship was
north of the Shetlands, the first time
such equipment had been identified
on a Soviet warship
Following this success 192 took part
in the NATO naval exercise Mariner
with one of its aircraft flying long
range missions to locate the enemy
„Blue‟ force by detecting AEW
(Airborne Early Warning), radar and
both VHF and UHF radio
communications. The first truly
operational sorties were undertaken
in October 1953 when two of the
units Washingtons plus WW346
acting as a support plane deployed to
Nicosia from where the ELINT
Washingtons carried out two flights,
probably over the Black Sea
The ELINT Washingtons now settled
into an operational routine whereby
they regularly flew on three different
mission profiles. The least
controversial were routine border
patrols whereby a Washington would
fly along the border between East and
West Germany about 15 miles inside
West Germany and monitor any
transmissions they could. These
missions were flown approximately 4
times each month. Moving up the
controversy scale were deployments
to track any Soviet naval vessels that
ventured into the Atlantic. Finally,
and most controversially, were long
range flights along the borders of
Soviet Russia. Although the
Washingtons were careful to remain
in International, or at least disputed,
airspace these were more likely to
generate an aggressive response from
the Soviet forces. Because of this
these sorties were always flown at
night on days with no moon.
Missions were flown over the Black
Sea from Cyprus, the Caspian Sea
from Iraq and the Baltic Sea from
Watton or Germany. Later flights
were made from Norway to the
Barents Sea
When flying the reconnaissance
flights the ELINT aircraft needed the
Soviets to use their radars and radios
otherwise there would be nothing to
intercept and record. Unfortunately,
if the Soviets suspected an ELINT
eavesdropper was in the area they
tended to shut them down and so
shield them from the electronic ears
flying beyond their borders. To
counter this, the border flights were
normally made in conjunction with
one of 192 Squadrons Canberra
aircraft. The Washington would stand
off (about 70 miles from Soviet
airspace) while the Canberra would
make aggressive feints towards the
land. This was designed to encourage
the Soviet radar operators to fire up
their radars which could then be
detected and analysed by the
Washington crew. The Canberra
would typically approach to within
30 miles of Soviet territory. On one
such mission captained by Flt Lt
Geoffrey Wellum (the author of the
acclaimed Battle of Britain book „By
Dawns First Light) made the first
intercept of Soviet Airborne
Interceptor (AI) radar signals –
previously unknown to western
intelligence. Despite this being quite
a coup, the discovery also
necessitated a rapid withdrawal of the
Washington!!
In addition to the standard
monitoring of Soviet air space and
participation in various exercises,
during 1956 a single Washington was
dispatched to Cyprus where it spent
several months building up a
comprehensive picture of the
Egyptian air defence radar network in
support of the ultimately ill-fated
Operation Musketeer, the invasion of
the Suez Canal zone
This pattern of work continued until
1957 when serviceability problems
forced the type to be withdrawn.
Although roomy, comfortable and
with an impressive range, the
Washington was never an easy
aircraft to maintain. Until 1954 this
was not too much of a problem as the
RAF operated 8 squadrons of bomber
Washingtons and had high grade
maintenance facilities at RAF
Coningsby and RAF Marham.
Pictured above: The large model Washington hanging from the ceiling of
the Queens Hall. Below: You can almost smell the beer!!
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15
However, in 1954 the RAF phased
out the bomber Washingtons
(replacing them with Canberras) and
maintenance moved to RAF Watton.
Although maintenance personnel
moved to the withdrawal of the main
bases made servicing much more
tricky and the situation gradually got
worse as time went on. By 1957
seldom did the squadron manage a
flight without some form of
mechanical defect appearing in the
aircraft and so it was decided that
they were to be withdrawn from
operations during December 1957.
The aircraft languished at RAF
Watton until, on 3 February 1958, the
standard Washington departed RAF
Watton for RAF Aldergrove in
Northern Ireland on its last flight.
Three days later the three ELINT
aircraft followed suit and after
beating up the RAF Watton departed
for RAF Aldergrove and extinction,
the airframes being stripped of their
sensitive ELINT gear before being
dismantled.
Following the departure of the last
three Washingtons 192 Squadron
threw a party in the Queens Hall with
a gigantic model Washington and an
impressive word sheet for a song, to
be sung to the tune of „Old Uncle
Tom Cobbly and All‟, hanging
around the walls. Thus ended the
RAF‟s association with the
Washington, although it was not
quite the end of service for the
airframes. The four dismantled
airframes were shipped to
Shoeburyness in Essex where they
were accepted on 25 August 1958
and used in various explosive tests at
the resident Proof and Experimental
Establishment. The P&EE Issues and
Receipts ledger records B-29 parts
being issued to and received back
from various test establishments for
many years, the last entry not being
made until 16 August 1970! Whether
these were from Watton Washingtons
is not recorded and at least five other
Washington plus six USAF B-29s
were also consigned to the P&EE at
Shoeburyness
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Hidden Gems - St. Mary‟s,

Houghton on the Hill
Norfolk has an infinite number of the 17th century, accelerated by
historical buildings, which include changes in agricultural policy which
Castles, Earthworks, and Cathedrals, saw the population dwindle to just a
down to the smallest Village Church all hand full of people by the early part of
of which contain within their confines a the twentieth century, the Church was
fascinating record of our past then left to decay and had reached the
One such gem is literally on our stage by 1993 where the only option
doorstep and it is quite possible that left open to the diocese was the sad one
some of you may already have visited of demolishing it
and marvelled at its magnificent wall But along came Bob Davey, who
paintings and been saw the historical value and
entranced by the potential for restoration under the
remarkable story of blanket of ivy and brambles that
one man‟s dream to covered the entire structure
see this truly ancient For a great part of the earlier site The Church is now internationally place to sit and contemplate, perhaps
monument to Christian clearance, in itself a mammoth task, famous and has the patronage of the reflect on the not always such quite
worship return to its Bob and his wife worked in splendid Royal Family in that members periods in this Church‟s past
former glory isolation to bring this apparent wreck occasionally make unannounced visits We can wholly recommend a visit to St
St Mary‟s Church of back to looking vaguely more like a to the Church Mary‟s, once visited certainly not
Houghton on the Hill Church. Funding became available and Bob Davey was awarded the MBE for forgotten, and we can guarantee you
has stood in practically essential structural repairs, and a new his restoration work in 2008. will return again.
its original form since roof, were put in place to prevent The Church is open throughout the year The Church is fairly well off the beaten
the 8th century, with further decay every afternoon twixt 2pm & 4pm, with track but can be found by taking the
traces of architectural It was during this period that the now either Bob or other volunteer guides on road signposted Houghton off the
significance that famous and unique wall paintings were hand to explain the fascinating history B1077 Ashill to South Pickenham road.
indicate possible discovered, this resulted in an interest of the Church and the long since About a half mile along this road a sign
Roman influence if not in the Church being taken by English vanished village. Also available on the pointing to St Mary‟s Church is plainly
actual structures from Heritage, who were able to fund deeper first Sunday in the month cream teas visible. A good, well drained, track
that period investigations into the origins of not are partaken in the Church Yard which leads to the Church where there are
The village of only the paintings but of the Church has itself been transformed into a adequate parking and turning areas
Houghton was in fabric and historical significance garden with yearlong displays of Do come along, a warm welcome
decline from Around thereof. colour, forming a tranquil, peaceful awaits.

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to celebrate we will be having a B-
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permitting. We will also have a
picture gallery of dogs past and
present.
On 5th June 1960 Miss Pat Gordon
at the request of local dog owners
started training dogs in her back
garden. It was at first thought that
Free Quotations & the classes would only be for the
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time for the evenings get shorter
01953 881243 the training group persuaded Pat to
continue and they moved indoors at
the old Lincoln Hall, moving with
it to its present site
Pat who has been training dogs for
most of her life was head trainer
for the Norfolk Alsatian
Association in Norwich. At this
time there were few training
classes and these were usually for
the Pedigree dogs.
Pats classes in Hingham accepted
all breeds and mixes and soon had
members coming from all over
Norfolk, and a few from Suffolk.
This is a tradition still carried on
today. Although now most
members live locally, and there are
many more training groups around,
many of our members do return
with their puppies to where
they started. One of the
present ladies was in the
original group that started in
Pat's garden.
The club is held every
Thursday starting at 6.30pm
for the beginners and
continues until 10.00pm. We start
with the beginners then, when we
have them, a ring craft section, and
finally the dog club members. The
Hingham club was the first club in
Norfolk to teach ring craft and has
trained 17 champions from a Pug
to Saint Bernard, and one year
had three dogs in the Best of
Breed finals at Crufts. Pat was
herself a keen exhibitor and had a
lot of success with her German
Shepherds winning many times in
beauty and obedience classes.
Many young handlers have
started out by handling Pats well
trained dogs at the club. Several
members have been coming to the
club for a number of years, some
to train their dogs for shows and
others for the fun and social
evening. We have several
members who are regular winners
and competitors at shows around
East Anglia. As well as training
our dogs we are proud to be given
the opportunity to show off our
dogs and give displays at local
fetes, we may not all be up to
Crufts standard but we do enjoy
ourselves and I hope the
spectators enjoy our efforts.
As well as her training classes Pat
Gordon has also been a judge for
breed classes in Open shows and
Obedience up to test B. Pat has
spent most of her life around
horses and dogs, she has awards
for her work from the Norfolk
Alsatian Association, 55 years
and from Our Dogs, 50 years
working with dogs.
As a young lady living in India
Pat Gordon was whipper in for a
pack of jackal hunting hounds
and still has fond memories of
her horses and many dogs over a
very active lifetime.
Pictured below: Pat with some of
the younger members of her
“students” at the first course of
classes

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Houchen Pomeroy, 40 High Street,
Watton
True to David Cameron‟s election
promise, the Home Information
Pack was suspended with effect
from 21 May 2010. However, all
homes marketed for sale must still
have a current Energy Performance
Certificate (EPC) which previously
formed part of the HIP
This means that homes can now be
placed on the market immediately,
provided an EPC has been
commissioned – in other words, an
assessor has been instructed to carry
A residential EPC is valid for 10
years. However, if you have work
done on your property which
significantly enhances the energy
efficiency – for example a new
boiler or loft insulation – you may
wish to have a further assessment
done to reflect the increased
efficiency
GHP use an appointed energy
assessor who will assess your home
for £60.00 (inc. VAT) for a standard
2 – 4 bedroomed home in this area
and Certificates are usually issued
within one day of the assessment.
The cost of an EPC for larger
properties is negotiable, depending
upon the size
It is important to note that at this
stage HIPs have been “suspended”
pending Government legislation for
permanent abolition
did very little to enhance the
Conveyancing process. With the
slowdown in the property market,
some properties remained on the
market for many months causing the
date-sensitive components of the
Pack to become redundant, as a
consequence of which buyers had to
purchase up-to-date searches in any
event, thereby saving them nothing.
We felt that HIPs contributed
nothing towards persuading a buyer
to make a purchase as such a
decision was more likely to be based
on the accommodation available,
proximity to schools, etc., rather
than paperwork contained in a HIP.
In fact, on only two occasions were
we asked to make a HIP available to
prospective buyers who were both
of the opinion that it was a waste of
money!
full set of
contract
Flower Festival
documents is
Saturday & Sunday
made available
as soon as
possible once buyers have been
10th & 11th July
found, there are almost inevitably
delays caused by enquiries raised or
10am to 5pm
waiting for a mortgage offer, etc –
the problem being made worse the
longer the chain becomes
“Moving is a stressful matter,” says
Adrian “but we hope that we can
help you through it by being
available when you call and dealing
with the transaction as quickly and
efficiently as we can. Being in the
High Street, we are easily accessible
for you to pop in for a chat if you
have any queries or you can
telephone me on 01953 882864.”

FINE BOOKS
Hello from Emily at Attleborough Library J.C. BOOKS BOUGHT AND
SOLD

I have recently been appointed as the new
Community Librarian for Attleborough.
Based at the library, I will be out and about
in the community talking people about
reading and the Library Service and
welcoming the community into the library
to take part in events and activities tailored
to the community‟s needs and interests. We
have a wide range of activities coming up
including CV and Interview Skills
coaching, Astronomy, Elizabeth I, Meet a
Magistrate and much more. I will also be
going out and visiting local schools to
promote the Summer Reading Challenge
which this year is themed "Space Hop"
My first few weeks have flown past. I have
met some fantastic people and have been
made to feel really welcome. I have also
been reminded that the library does a lot
more than you think: We can help you get
online with free internet access and taster
sessions to get you surfing, our
Council@YourLibrary point gives free
access to local services, regular Baby
Bounce and Rhyme, Story-time and DS
game sessions keep the children busy and
our wide range of extra events mean there
& Applestore Gallery
is always something happening for you.
We visit schools and groups in the area and
Telephone/Fax 01953 883488
invite you in to visit us 55 High Street, Watton
Below is just a taste of what's happening For quality out of print books, Fine Bindings and
this month: Collectable Editions. New Books including local and
Tuesday 1st June 10-11:30 a.m. Bring the children’s classics.
children along for some free football Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor,
themed fun with our World Cup Crafts exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his
Saturday 5th 2:15-3:30pm Bring your DS complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton
console and try the games before you
and Wymondham.
borrow them
Monday 7th 10a.m. - 1p.m. Come and join
our coffee morning, relax and listen to a
book to celebrate Make a Noise in
Libraries fortnight
Tuesday 15th 7p.m. As part of Crime
Week, Author Jim Kelly will be talking
about his latest book and the life of a crime
writer
Saturday 26th 2:15-3:30 Story and Craft
for younger children
Pop in for more details on these or any
other Library events or call: 01953 452 319
You can also find us on Facebook
See you soon - Emily Picture Submitted

„Eggciting‟ Fundraising and Happy Camping at Wayland Scout Group

We have had a busy but successful time at
Wayland Scout Group. At the beginning of
May, Cubs and Scouts joined Rory Watson
of Swanton Road Farm, Swanton Morley,
on his stall in Watton‟s Farmer‟s Market
Rory kindly and bravely volunteered to let
the Cubs and Scouts pack his eggs for
customers to help raise funds towards their
summer camp. Throughout the morning he
was joined by a series of Cubs and Scouts
who managed successfully pack the eggs
without any breakages! The total raised
was £67, which will go towards the 4 day
activity camp in August. A big thank you
to Rory and all his customers.
We have just returned from our first camp,
15 cubs and Scouts had a brilliant weekend
at the District camp site at Two Mile
Bottom in Thetford. Despite the rain on
one day we still managed to take part in a
number of events. The Scouts went
abseiling, canoeing and climbing as well as including cooking on an open fire. were delighted to accept the invitation from
learning how to use axes and saws. The whole experience was improved by the Margaret Holmes, Mayor of Watton, to
The Cubs had a trip to Grimes Graves and new camping equipment partly purchased represent the Group at her Reception. We
a picnic plus took part in rifle shooting. by the generous donation from the had a very enjoyable evening and it was a
They also made a wonderful shelter big Wayland Show Committee. pleasure to be able to thank Mrs Holmes
enough for all of them to sit in using only We have again welcomed some new and her Councillors in person for their
the natural materials found lying in the members and hope they enjoy their donation to the Group earlier this year
forest. Spending the whole weekend Scouting with us at Wayland. It is If you are aged between 8 and 14 and
completely out of doors was a wonderful wonderful to see our Cubs and Scouts would like more information about our
experience for all concerned, teamwork having fun, learning new skills and making Group please email
and camaraderie came to the fore plus the friends. waylandscouts@gmail.com or telephone
joys of experiencing the great outdoors, Cub Leaders, Theresa Cutts and Jo Ashford Paul Cutts on 01953 884243
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18
THE Letter
WESTEND from
WAITERS Australia
By Chris O’Connor
When I first arrived in Australia over
The firm favourites from
40 years ago I worked as a radio
Watton’s ‘The Good Old Days’ presenter in a mining town called
are now available to entertain. Kalgoorlie (right). Kalgoorlie, some
A gentlemen's group 596km from Perth in the heart of the
singing humorous songs. western wheat belt and goldfields of
To discuss contact south-western WA, is one of
Australia's greatest gold mining
Ken Davis on 01953 881792 towns. In those days though it was
famous for two things. First was the
gold and secondly were the only
legalised brothels in Australia at the
time. Both making a fortune.
The gold mine in those days bears
no reflection to the operation of
today. In those days the traditional
mining heads dotted the skyline and
men would begin each shift carried
in cages two or three kilometres
underground. It was rich then but
now it is the richest in Australia and
this has all come about because of
the „Super Pit‟.
The Super Pit produces up to
850,000 ounces of gold every year
and its operation far outweighs any
other mining centre in Australia.
The Super Pit is the biggest gold
open pit mine in the country. This
renowned landmark is currently 3.5
km long, 1.5 km wide and 360
metres deep and will eventually
stretch to 3.9 km long, 1.6 km wide
and reach a depth exceeding 500m.
It‟s a long way from June 1893
when Irishman Paddy Hannan first
BROOM HALL discovered 100 ounces of alluvial
Country Hotel
Saham Toney
Your Local Three Star Hotel
A Slow Race for Life
By Sue Hart
„What have you let yourself in for?‟
said a friend and that‟s just what I
thought as I stepped out of the car
in a field adjacent to the Norfolk
Wednesdays Steak Night Show Ground on 2nd May to be
Sirloin or Rump with chips £10.00 nearly swept off my feet in the
strong,icy, wind.
Fridays Pie & Mash Night I‟m not going to write a medical
Pastry Pie & Mash with Dessert £9.95 history but those who know me
New Ivy Room for Bar Meals appreciate that walking has been a
problem for me for years and
Monday to Saturday 6.30 – 8.30 running an impossibility. This is not
Tuesday to Saturday 12.00 – 2.00 just down to aging although I don‟t
01953 882125 suppose it‟s helped. Two days
before my 19th birthday I fell off a
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horse resulting in a broken leg
followed by another spontaneous
break some months later when I
HARMONY was supposedly „better‟, leading to
the first operation of many to
reinforce my right leg with metal.
Over the next 50 years
QUILTING reconstruction has continued
together with periods of no mobility
whatsoever. Thus I have a fixed
ankle (reduced pain but did not
A Professional Machine increase mobility), replacement hip
and last year they started on my
Quilting Service „good „ leg, now protesting at
carrying me all this time, with a
!!! You do the patchwork !!! partial knee replacement. I was
I do the quilting registered as disabled in 1993 and
now literally have not a leg to stand
For Quilting on.
What was I doing about to
Wadding & Backing Prices participate in Cancer UK‟s Race for
www.harmonyquilting.co.uk Life? Last year whilst recovering
from the knee op my daughter,
Tel: 01953 882484 Caroline Hogan, who has run the
London Marathon in and does
gold. Soon after Paddy Hannan
found his pot of gold a large
underground ore body called the
Golden Mile was discovered. Since
then some 1,550 tons of gold have
been mined from the Golden Mile
and when you consider that gold in
currently over $1000 an ounce
that‟s a lot of money. At the time it
was the richest square mile on
Earth. The Golden Mile became the
heart of Western Australia‟s
Eastern Goldfields and led to the
establishment of the city of
Kalgoorlie and its sister city of
Boulder. Over 3,000 km of mine
shafts were built during this time
and 50 million ounces of gold
extracted. But unlike many other
towns born of the 19th century rush
for gold, Kalgoorlie is still a gold
town, sitting atop the richest
goldfield in the world.
The Super Pit may be huge but it
has a problem.... it is also eating the
booming city it is helping sustain
and literally shaking its residents to
their foundations.
With gold prices hitting record
modern-day highs, its North
American owners plan to make the
Super Pit even bigger, unlocking
billions of dollars' worth of extra
gold and extending the mine's life
through to 2017. The expansion
would make the mine 4km long,
1.6km wide and 600m deep, enough
to fit two Eiffel Towers on top of
each other.
The only problem is the pit can be
extended only in one direction to
follow the gold-bearing ore - west
towards the city and within 200m of
the homes of disaffected residents,
who say they have had to put up
with noise, dust and pollution for
too long.
several lesser runs annually, did this
with her own daughter, Sarah. „You
could do it Mum, it‟s only 5K, there
are loads like you and you can do it
in your own time‟. It seemed like a
good idea, I couldn‟t walk at all at
the time but that was a mere detail.
Once I‟d recovered I would start
walking. My „training‟ programme
was hampered by weather, I‟ve not
walked when
it‟s slippery
for 50years
and I thought
the ice would
never go from
the pavement
outside my
house. I began
toddling round
the village,
and by the 2nd
May 2010, the
appointed
date, knew I
was alright for
something just
over 1 mile,
not the 3 to
which 5K converts. I was issued
with a number to be pinned on the
front and a label for the back in case
I wanted to write names of people I
might be „running‟ for who have
succumbed to Cancer. At 70 if I
wrote the names of everyone I have
known who had gone down that
path I would need a sandwich
board, if not two and anyway as far
as I was concerned this was money
for research for the future, for my
Locals say Denver-based Newmont
Mining and Toronto-based Barrick
Gold - the joint owners of the
project, who manage the mine
through their company Kalgoorlie
Consolidated Gold Mines - have
put profits ahead of people's
livelihoods. It's become the ultimate
story of two immovable forces -
city versus mine - at a time when
the mining industry is going
gangbusters.
While guidelines in Western
Australia mean that big open-cut
mines must have a buffer zone of at
least 1500m, the Super Pit could
now encroach within 200m of some
homes. In Kalgoorlie-Boulder, the
locals have warned authorities that
the expansion could mean their
death or the death of their family
members.
Even retirees at the local church
have turned activists against the
children, grand-children and great-
grandchildren and those
everyone else. I have had generous
sponsorship, some
of
from
comparative strangers.
I was accompanied by my husband,
despite all the pink to show this was
for females nobody challenged him
as my „carer‟; my daughter, one of
four events she was doing that
weekend, and my 14 year old
granddaughter who ran ahead. I was
pushing the wheelchair we‟d
brought „in case‟. It was very useful
for carrying belongings and I do
recommend one as a „walker‟.
There was no way I could keep up
with the warm up but I waved my
arms and did a few foot movements
to prove I could and off we went.
In a very short time the runners and
joggers were over the horizon then
all the other walkers although I
could see a lady limping some
distance ahead. I began a
conversation with a St John‟s
News
Super Pit, claiming daily blasts
damaged historic All Hallow
Church. "We had to put a metal bar
across the width of the sanctuary,"
said volunteer Kevin Bartle.
Residents of the Aboriginal
community of Ninga Mia, on the
outskirts of the town, say they will
not shift even though they are
slowly being surrounded by the
mine's waste dumps and the 24-
hour hum of the dump trucks that
use them.
KCGM spent $268 million with
local businesses last year and is the
city's biggest employer. However, it
has a poor track record when it
comes to keeping pollutants at a
minimum and is the nation's biggest
single emitter of mercury.
None of the upset locals are against
the mine. To be anti-mining in
Kalgoorlie-Boulder is liable to get
you run out of town.
ambulance volunteer who I soon
realised was the „tail ender‟ but I‟d
got personal care should I need it.
My daughter always says I‟m
alright as along as my tongue and
brain are engaged, except she‟s not
usually as polite as that. Abby, my
companion did the trick, she‟s
studying Literature and Philosophy
at UEA, just the ticket, we engaged
in conversation as we walked. I
noticed that all the Marshalls and
other First Aiders were joining us
and walking behind. If you‟re going
to come last or lose
in a contest I‟m a
great believer in
doing it properly,
no just missing for
me, and I achieved
it. We arrived at
the finishing line to
cheers, clapping,
cameras, the lot, I
suspect
enthusiasm
the
had
something to do
with the fact that
everyone
now go home.
could
I‟d always said I‟d
be finishing as they
put up the
marquees for the Norfolk Show but
I did it in I hour and 32 minutes. To
emphasise how far behind I was we
had tried to remember in which of
the several fields we‟d parked and
the exact position of our car
amongst the hundreds, not a
problem, when we reached the
parking area our car stood in
splendid isolation.
Pictured: Chris Hart, Sue Hart,
Caroline Hogan, Sarah Hogan
News
Brownie
Promise Night
At a recent meeting of 1st Saham Toney
Brownies Yazzi, one of the Young Leaders
asked if she could make her Promise as a Young
Leader at the Brownie meeting that fell on her
birthday. Vicky, our other Young Leader, said
that she also would like to make her Young
Leader‟s Promise
During this meeting the Brownies enjoyed a whole
host of parachute games. Inspired by these, Vicky
and Yazzi requested that they make their Promise
under the Parachute. So all the members of Unit
„mushroomed‟ the Parachute, took a step forwards
and sat inside on the edge of the parachute to form
an „igloo‟ and one Brownie stood in the middle
forming a pole. Joanne Oxborough (District
Commissioner) heard Yazzi and Vicky each make
her Promise as a Young Leader and afterwards
everyone enjoyed a piece of Birthday cake
We provide a unique girl only space at 1st Saham
Brownies have room for more Brownies so if you
have a daughter aged between 7 and 10 years who
might like to give Brownies a try, please ring
Bryony Horn on 01953 889167 for more details
Problems at work?
Advice from CAB
Problems at work are a continuing issue
on which the Citizens‟ Advice Bureau
gets lots of clients. As employers seek to
reduce their workforce, or reduce the
hours of their employees, some do not
follow the proper rules and practices of
responsible employers. Equally, some
employees can get into trouble at work
and they too need the protection of
employment law and good working
practices. This article is the first of two
and looks at a common problem at work
where an employee wants to raise
something with their employer. The
second article will deal with the issues
facing an employee subject to
disciplinary action or dismissal
Anyone with specific issues on
employment should, of course, contact
their local Citizens‟ Advice Bureau for
advice tailored to their particular
circumstances. Currently the Bureau is
able to offer advice from a specialised
Employment Adviser
One of the key documents that you need
in dealing with most employment issues
is your contract of employment. This will
set out all the terms and conditions of
your employment and will also provide
links to various documents held by your
employer. It is a requirement that your
employer must provide you with a
contract within two months of starting
your employment
Raising a grievance – this is where you
have a problem at work which needs to
be addressed
A grievance is a term for problems,
concerns or complaints that you want to
raise with your employer. They could
cover issues about your job, your terms
and conditions, your contractual or
statutory rights or the way you are being
treated at work. It could also cover issues
of training or health and safety
Raising a grievance does not mean that it
is an adversarial process with your
employer. You could ask for an informal
meeting with your immediate manager
so that you can set out your concerns.
Make sure that you have all the
information you need and present it in a
constructive way. You may also be able
to suggest to your manager ways in
which the problem could be resolved
It may be that the problem is one which
involves your immediate manager and in
that case you will need to consider who
else in the organisation is in a position of
Pictured left to right: Back Row: Grace, Samantha, Izzy, Chelsea,
Lexi (standing), Eve. Front: Yasmine, Joanne, Vicky, Catherine
authority and able to help. If your
organisation is large enough they will
probably have someone from Human
Resources who you can approach for
help. If you are a member of a union you
could also raise the matter with your
representative and seek their help in
raising it with management
Remember – always keep a note of what
happens and when
If the matter cannot be resolved through
this informal route it will be necessary to
raise the matter using your employer‟s
formal procedures for grievances. These
will usually be found in the company‟s
handbook or the Human Resources or
Personnel manual. It will almost
certainly involve a letter to the employer
setting out the grievance and what you
have done so far to try to resolve the
matter. Your letter should be measured,
factual and include suggestions for how
the matter could be resolved. Make sure
the letter is signed and dated and keep a
copy
Your employer should then arrange a
meeting to discuss the grievance at a
convenient time and place so that you are
able to prepare yourself. You have a
statutory right to be accompanied by a
colleague or a Trade Union
representative. You should be allowed to
present your case and, again, make
suggestions for how the matter could be
resolved. Your employer should write to
you after the meeting setting out what
they have decided
If you are not satisfied then you have a
right of appeal. This continues the formal
process with your reply in writing and
setting out why you do not agree with
your employer‟s decision. There should
follow another meeting to discuss the
appeal and, wherever possible, this
should be with a more senior manager.
After this meeting you should get a final
decision from your employer. In most
cases the matter will be resolved by this
time but, if not, seek help either from
your Trade Union or come along to one
of the Citizens‟ Advice Bureaux
Back-up information is provided in an
excellent booklet Problems at Work
which was produced by Citizens‟ Advice
and the TUC, supported by Government
and ACAS. It is available from Bureau
offices and contains useful web
references and telephone contact
numbers
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19
Rocklands
Midsummer
Shindig
Celebrate Midsummer at the Midsummer
Shindig in Rocklands Manor Meadow on
Saturday 19th June, 6.30 p.m. The gates
open at 5 p.m. for you to choose your
picnic site in the meadow and to wander
around the gardens before the music starts
if you wish. The Village Singers are thirty
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Saham Toney
village fete
Saham Toney Village Fete will be held on
July 10th at the Wells Cole Community
Centre, Bell Lane, Saham Toney starting at 1
pm. Among the attractions to date will be a
25 foot high Rabbit Slide, Jousting, Watton
Silver Band, Tractor Display, Birds of Prey
and Dancing Displays. For the children there
is a Bouncy Castle, Face Painting, Candy
Floss and games. In the Hall will be a number
of Craft Stalls selling handmade cards, bags,
cakes, etc. and demonstrations of country
crafts such as rake making. Refreshments will
include Burgers, Ice Cream, The Wl Cafe and
a Licensed Bar. An Exhibition of Horticulture
and Handicrafts will be held in the Grand
Marquee. Don't forget the auction of produce.
Watch this space for more spectacular
attractions. Put the date in your diaries, this
Fete will be too good to miss.
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News
ST MARY’S CHURCH, WATTON
Making the most of Watton Relief in
HOBBIES EXHIBITION
at the your Savings Need Charity
QUEEN’S HALL WATTON When you have taken the time and some might even prosper. A simple As I understand that there were The majority of these have, once
Sunday 13th June effort to set money aside, you want to way to increase the diversity of your very few members of the public at again, involved assistance
be sure those savings are working as portfolio is to invest in a collective the last Town Meeting I give towards heating and seasonal
10am to 4.30pm hard as they can for you. This guide investment, such as a unit trust or below my report of the activities costs for the elderly at Christmas.
Admission Adults £2.00 lays out some of the main points you OEIC. In this way, your investment is of this Charity in the last The Trustees have also been able
might want to consider when planning spread across a range of companies, year .There were a few items of to assist The Bereavement Team
Children under 12 –50p what to do with those savings – and thus the risk is lessened interest and the Trustees do wish at the Norfolk & Norwich
Family Ticket £5.00 some general rules you might want to Invest Regularly Probably the best it to be known that assistance can University Hospital with a
Refreshments will be available follow to keep them on track to meet way to benefit from the swings and be sought at any time of the year donation of £250 to help with
your goals roundabouts of the stock market Report to the Annual Town their excellent work in helping
10- 3.30pm and Lunches Build a Firm Base The general rule of without even thinking about it is to Meeting April 22nd, 2010 the relieve stress and hardship at
between 12 noon and 2.00pm thumb is that before you do anything invest regularly. If you do this as Mr Oliver Adcock has continued difficult times
else, you should build up an amount opposed to making a single or as Chairman of the Trustees for The Trustees are still keen to
equal to between three and six months‟ occasional lump sum investment, you the period March 2009 to date. encourage applications from all
Massage Treatments salary and place it in a deposit account. benefit from what is called „pound/cost Mr John Bowyer, a long-standing sections of the community.
This should be easily accessible so that averaging‟ i.e. buying shares at a range Trustee and ex-Mayor of the town Applicants need not be elderly to
Swedish Massage and you can get hold of what you need, of different prices as the market moves died at the end of last year and the be in need and worthy of
should an emergency arise up or down over time. A monthly Trustees were well represented at assistance
Hot Stone Massage There are two benefits to having an savings plan is a particularly efficient his Funeral Service held at the It is perhaps appropriate at this
Appointments available at amount set aside in this way. Firstly, way to do this because it disciplines Crematorium in Norwich. Our time to mention the clauses in the
you can feel assured that, should the your budgeting and after a while, the present Mayor, Mrs Margaret Trust Deed which receive most
worst happen – for example you need money will disappear from your Holmes has been welcomed as a attention. The Trustees shall
BROOM HALL to undertake significant repairs to your account without you even noticing
house or car or you lose your job – When prices are high you will buy
new Council appointed Trustee apply the clear income of the
Charity Investments including Charity in relieving, either
Country Hotel there is a fund readily available to help fewer shares or units, but when prices
you financially whilst you deal with are low, you get more for your money.
Deposit and Current Accounts are
in the region of £30,000 and
generally or individually, persons
resident in the town of Watton
Saham Toney other issues Your average buying price is therefore income, including rent from the who are in conditions of need,
Your Local Three Star Hotel Second, this frees you up to make the likely to be lower in volatile markets Golf Club for the land at Saham hardship or distress by making
right decisions about any additional and will benefit overall when markets Road Watton, is around £3,000 grants of money or providing or
savings. If you invest in the stock rise again. This is another way of p.a. The collapse of the Stock paying for items, services or
market, for example, the value of that mitigating risk within your portfolio. Market resulted in a reduction in facilities calculated to reduce the
investment can go down as well as up. You can stop worrying about when is the value of investments of need, hardship or distress of such
It is therefore no place for money the right time to invest – and when is around £5,000 in the previous persons. Institutions or
which you might need to use in an the wrong time – and you can continue year but there has been a gradual organisations which provide or
emergency. Building funds on deposit the good savings habits you created recovery although interest undertake in return to provide
Telephone: 01953 882125 means that you can begin to consider whilst building your deposit account received on the Deposit Account items, services or facilities for
www.broomhallhotel.co.uk longer term investments without the cushion is now much lower. The Trustees such persons may also benefit
worry that you might have to take the Look to the long-term We consider were most grateful to receive a Applications should be directed
money out of the market at the wrong investing in equities because over the donation of £500 from a lady who through the Clerk to the Trustees
DY-FIT FOR LIFE time. (But more of that later …) long-term, they have traditionally
Whilst interest rates are currently low, outperformed all asset classes.
was helped a few years ago on the
death of her husband and is now
At present the Council Nominated
Trustees are Mr Oliver Adcock,
EXERCISE TO MUSIC CLASSES
Watton Sports Centre, Dereham Road. careful study of the best buy lists and However, by long term we mean at on a much better financial Mr John Brannan Mrs Lorraine
All the sessions are designed to promote stamina, interest surveys can help you maximize least five years and preferably longer. footing. She wrote “I hope you McCarthy and Mrs Margaret
strength and flexibility whilst taking into account the rate that you earn on this money. The downside to equities is that short- can continue to help strangers and Holmes. The two co-opted
the fitness level and ability of participants. You can also spread your money term, stock market investments is a those who struggle when life Trustees are Mr Roy Rudling and
General Aerobics Mondays 7pm between a number of accounts – some volatile business and you need to be treats them badly.” Mr Peter Sharman. The Reverend
An hour long, as energetic as you wish!** on immediate access; some on 30 days prepared to see the value of your The Trustees continue to meet on Geoff Garrett is an Ex-Officio
Nifty Fifties Fridays 11am notice; perhaps some even on 90 days investments fall from time to time. The a regular basis to discuss the Trustee
A challenging workout for notice. Spreading your money between trick is to remember why you invested assets and income of the Trust Derek I Smith. Clerk to the
"recycled teenagers"** institutions also increases the guarantee and look through any short-term issues and to consider applications for Trustees, 39, Dereham Road,
Gentle Option Fridays 10am coverage you receive from the towards your longer term goals grants. There have been 37 grants Watton, Thetford, Norfolk. IP25
40 minutes duration, no floorwork. Problems such as Financial Services Compensation However, there is one final rule which to individuals agreed in the last 6ER. Telephone: 01953 884044
arthritis and joint replacement are taken into account. Scheme (FSCS). Currently the FSCS overrides all of these… twelve months totalling £2,000. Email:Derek@frenzymail.co.uk
** Please bring a mat for floorwork will pay compensation up to 100% of Don’t push your luck Markets are
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Friday 4th June inclusive cushion, if you are adverse to the idea outset, you also have to plan for the
For further details, please contact of exposing your entire portfolio to the final goal. Therefore, as that date
Diane Cuthbert
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whims of the stock market you can gets closer, you might consider
build a further cushion into your consolidating some of the gains
investment by spreading money across you have made so that you can
and Stuffers
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Classes held during term-time different asset classes. There are not actually carry out your plans. After The group continues to meet on meeting
just equities but also all, you do not wish the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of On 14th June we are planning an
property, gilts and If you would like further to see all your hard
The Hare & corporate bonds to information please contact Smith earned savings cut
each month apart from August
in the Watton Christian
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Community Centre in the High
Street between 7 and 9 p.m. We
reputedly one of the oldest
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to 1806, we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms, one of your other does not constitute advice before you need to workshops which are open to quilter Lucy Boston and the
10 of which have been converted from choices might be access the money in non-members who will have to setting for her children‟s books
the old Coach House Stables doing better and can compensate for your portfolio pay an annual £10 joining fee in about The Children of Green
some of that loss. Even if they all have Better, therefore, to consider moving addition to any other expenses Knowe. It has a lovely garden at
‘Noted for Good Food’ a bad day, they will not all do equally money out of the stock market, bit by for insurance purposes its best in June so we hope for
badly bit At our 27th April meeting we fine weather. For details of this
Extensive Bar & Restaurant Menu Buy low, sell high This is a basic tenet Similarly, during the life of your
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would be many more Warren Buffets usual for a person to move from
Sunday Lunch around. Generally speaking, it would equities and property into fixed
also be an all-day session on the contacted us with offers of
Discounts for large bookings always negotiable
Linus Quilts having recently materials for the Linus Quilts
be unwise to adopt this as an interest and cash, but it is handed over those already made and Heart Cushions. These are
Children Always Welcome investment strategy imperative that you take at our open evening in March. much appreciated and you will
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On 22nd June there will be a know that they are used for good
demonstration of a variety of causes
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News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 21

Spike meets
the Brownies
On Thursday 13th May 2nd Watton (RAF) Brownies welcomed
Michelle and Spike from Breckland Council. They learnt how
they can help make the environment a better place not just for
humans but also for the animals and how to recycle unwanted
materials. The Brownies answered questions, met Spike the
hedgehog and made rag bags. All courteously of Breckland
Council, a big thank you to Michelle and Spike for offering a
very worthwhile and enjoyable evening
Should you wish to invite Michelle and Spike along to visit your
group, please feel free to contact her on 01362 695333
As a Brownie pack we meet every Thursday evening, in term
time at from 6.15pm - 7.45pm, at the Blenheim Centre, Tedder
Close, Watton. If you are interested in helping or have a daughter
who would like to attend please contact Margaret on 01953
882992

Watton Town Council

Dia de Portugal
Portuguese: Este mês `e muito importante
para a comunidade Portuguesa
Durante o verão, no mês de junho, temos
as festividades dedicadas aos três Santos
conhecidos como Santos Populares que
ocorrem por todo o País.
Celebramos tambem no dia 10/Junho o Dia de Camões
Tina Cruz
e ao longo deste mês St. Antonio, St. João e por ultimo St. Pedro
Em Londres o dia de Portugal é comemorado este ano a 13 junho no Common
Park de Streatham. A entrada é sempre grátis
Este ano espero tambem que venha a ser comomerado a 26/Junho em Watton
no antigo edificio do G.P. Espero que possam comparecer e divertir-se.
tina.wattonfamilysupport@live.co.uk
Polish: Ten miesiąc jest bardzo ważne, w portugalskiej
społeczności.
W okresie letnim, w miesiącu czerwcu, uroczystości
poświęconej trzech świętych znanych jako Santos Populares
odbywać się w całej Portugalii.
Również świętować 10/Junho, Dzień Camões i przez cały ten miesiąc St
Antonio, St.João , St. Pedro wreszcie
W Londynie obchodzony jest Dzień Portugalii w tym roku 13 czerwca w
Streatham Common Park. Numer jest zawsze bezpłatne.
I również w tym roku czekać, że święci mogą być comemorated na 26/June w
Watton w starym budynku GP Mam nadzieję, że można przyszedł i miłego
dnia. email tina.wattonfamilysupport@live.co.uk
English June is very important for the Portuguese community. During the
summer, in the month of June, festivities dedicated to three saints known as
Santos Populares take place all over Portugal
We also celebrate the 10th June, Portugal Day, and throughout this month the
St. Antonio, St. João and finally St. Peter
In London Portugal day is celebrated this year on the 13 June in Streatham
Common Park. Entry is always free
This year the Saints can be commemorated on the 26 th June in Watton at the
Surge. I hope that you can come and have a nice day.
Email tina.wattonfamilysupport@live.co.uk
Watton
Councillor’s Surgeries
Half term Come and talk to a Councillor and make your
views known in a comfortable and relaxed
family fun
Discover what Saxon life was like and make
atmosphere at The Surge, behind the Co-Op
Farmers Market Day
an Anglo-Saxon clay thumb pot to take home.
This free family event is at Watton library on
Saturday 5th June
Thursday 3rd June 2.00 - 3.00 pm. No need to
book but children must be accompanied by an from 10am to 12 Noon
adult.
Book of the Month
Alan Bennett – The Uncommon Reader
The Uncommon Reader is none other than
HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into
reading when her corgis stray into a mobile
library parked at Buckingham Palace. She
reads widely ( JR Ackerley, Jean Genet, Ivy
Compton Burnett and the classics) and
św. intelligently.
Her reading naturally changes her world
view and her relationship with people like
the oleaginous prime minister and his
repellent advisers. She comes to question
the prescribed order of the world and loses
patience with much that she has to do. In
short, her reading is subversive.
The consequence is, of course, surprising,
mildly shocking and very funny. This is a
quick read title, ideal if you don't have much
time to read. Another classic Bennett story.
This book or any other can be reserved for a
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small fee if not on the shelf and can be Saturday 5th June Johnny Marks Showboat Adult £28
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library of your choice. Sun 13th June Somerleyton Hall 9.30am & 3pm Return Adult £17.50 Child £11.50
Thursday 17th June Fakenham 9.30am & 1.30pm Return Adult & Child £5
Sun 20th June Dads Army Day at Bressingham 10am & 4pm Return Adult £15 Child £12
Thursday 24th June Woodbridge 9.30am & 4pm Return Adult £10 Child £7
Sun 27th June Fairhaven & North Walsham 9.30am & 3pm Return Adult £13 Child £10
Saturday 3rd July Wisbech Rose Fair 9am &. 4pm Return Adult £10 Child £6
Tuesday 6th July Kings Lynn 9.30am & 3pm Return Adult & Child £5

Ballroom Saturday 10th July Bedfordshire Show 9am & 5pm Return Adult £18.50 Child £12
Saturday 17th July Bury St Edmunds 9.30am & 3pm Return Adult & Child £5
Saturday 17th July Country Company Showboat Adult £28
Weds 28th July Sandringham Flower Show (Travel Only) 9am & 4pm Return
Dancing Adult £6 Child £5
Saturday 31st July Canterbury 8am & 4pm Return Adult £17.50 Child £12.50
Saturday 14th August 50's & 60's Evening with Cardy & Coke Adult £28

Association Sunday 15th August Indians at Hunstanton Adult £24

Saturday 28th/Monday 30th August BBQ Cruise Evening Adult £24
Saturday 4th December Daniel O Donnell Christmas Show at Brentwood £TBA
Queen’s Hall, Watton Wednesday 8th December Thursford Evening Show Adult & Child £37.50
8 to 11.00 Admission £3.50
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SUPPORT YOUR The Ovington
LOCAL SHOPS Crower
And get your copy of the Mornin‟ ter orl on yer, rum ole
weather. Blarst but thar ent lotter
Mid-Norfolk Times larfs when yer chilblearns start
cummin back agin, an frorst fang
at these businesses howler ennthing yew hent
cuvvered up.
Horry he say “Thas tha wust
Rocklands frorst we‟re hed fer many a year,
n we‟ll sune be inta Joon.”
Post Office & Stores I say ter him, I say “Hev thet got
yer taters then Horry?” “Well yis”
The Street, Rocklands he say “ Thet ent dun tha old
01953 483 217 runners a lotta gud eether”
Car Tax, Lottery, Fresh Milk Silly ole fule, he orta know by
now thet ent wath a puttin them in
yit. But yew carnt tell him
Great Ellingham northin.
Thet ole electun ware a rum ole
dew, orl tha time them
Village Stores & P.O. polatishuns ware a mearkin up
Long St, Gt Ellingham thar minds hew ware gooin to
dew wot, dint yew notise tha ole
01953 452 155 country ware a runnin itself!
Post Office, Fresh Bread & Milk Daily We hed thort weed git n MP inna
tha willage, cos boy Timmy he
put up, heez a gud ole boy, n I
Quick Stop reckon heed a git us hoom rool.
But he dint git enuff voots.
Church Street, Attleborough Cor weer hed sum wittles inta us
leartly, tha mawthers hev bin
01953 458 036 wakkin on thar cearterin „n weer
Italian Wines 2 for £5 Wide range hed a cupple o gud nites alonga
of Polish Foods available tha gals in tha ole willage horl.
Fust orf we hadda quiz n suppa
nite, tha quiz ware a rite soola,
Old Buckenham Stores Horry sed he knowed orl tha
The Green, Old Buckenham ansers but cooden meark hed nor
tail o tha questuns. His mind ware
01953 860219 on tha grub, an we warnt
If you purchase goods from the shop costing over disappointed, dint tha gals dew us
£40 (excluding the post office, cigarettes, lottery prowd, we wus hooly stuffed,
and Paypoint) in one transaction then you will be then Horry won a bottle inna tha
entitled to claim a bottle of Italian wine (worth £5)
Artists for
Lovells Post Office
& Stores
Climate Change
Market Place, New Buckenham
01953 860 351
Attleborough High School
Village Stores students have been involved in
a wonderful project that used
artistic approaches to develop
Market Street, East Harling
solutions to climate change
01953 718115 issues. Thirty students in years
7, 8 and 9 took part in a three
A wide range of products in stock day project called Artists for
Anne and Kevin Ledgard Climate Change on the
Attleborough High School
grounds. Hot on the heels of the
Londis Banham school‟s first ever Environment
Day - where all students were
01953 887320 off timetable exploring
sustainability and environment
Your Local Village issues - the students on the
Supermarket
Artists for Climate Change
project illustrated how capable
they are at devising positive
responses to the challenges of
Londis climate change. Organised by
Norfolk County Council Arts
and Environment, two visiting
News Extra artists spent the three days in
the art department and on the
school grounds asking questions
High Street, Attleborough,
such as „who cares?‟, „why
(Opposite Sainsburys) bother?‟ and „why do we need
equality?‟
01953 453 257 As a result of the project the
students made sculptures out of
Newspapers & magazines card, a 20 foot diameter
Wide range of confectionery, tobacconist Mongolian yurt out of live
Wide range of Wines, Beers and Spirits willow and planted trees around
News
Katie‟s Marathon effort
raffle n we wus a selebreartin til
arter midnite. Tha mawthers trew
us owt inta tha rood, no sensa
hoomer thas fer sure. Cor blast
we hed sum skullearks tha next
mawnin.
Cuppla weeks learta we hed wot
tha gals corled “A yuorpeen nite”
thas as maerbe, but thet grub
looked sammus we hed afore,
nomatta thet went down a treat.
Tha gals dew well, cos we hent
gotta cooka inna the horl, n tha
grub orl hatta cum up tha rood in
Horry‟s weelbarra, dunt needa
lotta sterin thas fer sure.
Thar ware summa tha ole airforce
boys alonga us, n tha shew how
ter meark bittsa pearper inta air
planes. Cor dint we hev a larf,
speshully wen ole missus W hed
wun stick inna har ear. Weered a
gorn on orl nite a hullin tha bitsa
pearpa arownd, but tha mawthas
crearzed abowt tha mess we wus
a mearkin, n afore yew no it we
wus owt inna tha rood agin.
Boy Jonno hed fownd a bottle
thet noo won wantid soo we hed
to mearke sure thet warnt
wearsted, notha skulleark inna tha
mawnin.
Tha ole blook frum tha fish n no
chips shop downa rood, thas a
wonda ho dunt git tha ole gals
alonga his plearce wunna wun
nite to shew him tha way tew a
mans hart.
Well thas gitten on fer gooin up
wooden hill, so Ile say fare yew On April 25th 2010, Katie Adcock massive carnival.”
well, n dew yew keep a troshin. joined thousands of others at the start Despite being in pain from a recurring
line to race in The Virgin London knee strain and incredibly sore toes
Marathon. Katie decided to run for after about mile 17, she was full of
Beating Bowel Cancer charity after her determination and going to finish no
friend‟s husband Nathan Bray died of matter what. „The feeling as I crossed
the disease just five days after their
wedding day.
the line was unbelievable. The
adrenaline rush, the utter exhaustion
“The Marathon was something I had and muscle fatigue combined with
always wanted to do” said Katie “After sheer pride and self-belief at
Nathan died, it really put life into completing such an emotional journey
perspective and gave me a real reason made every blister and black toenail
to get out there and make it happen.”
Katie trained for about 5 months for
worthwhile! I would recommend
anyone to do it, whatever age, size or
the school. Many students the event, running 2 to 3 times a level of fitness. “
week, gradually increasing her miles Katie has raised just under £3000 for
commented on an increased
awareness of nature and trees, as the date grew closer. „It was hard Beating Bowel Cancer charity. „I
the challenge of reducing their work but a real achievement to be would like to say a massive thank
able to push yourself further and you to everyone who has sponsored
carbon footprint and how
unequal resource distribution is.
Due to student demand the yurt
further in training and feel fitter after
each session.‟
me; all the local businesses who
generously donated prizes for my
has stayed up and is starting to Katie described completing the 26.2 fundraising night, Carl Luxton,
send out shoots; it is now a mile course as the best moment of her Loucaine and Alex Jones who played
permanent living structure next life to date. on the night, and all who supported
to the school garden; its daily “The first half I had a smile on my face me in my incredible journey, you
growth being a focus of interest
amongst students.
the whole time, the crowd were so
supportive and really carried you
have all been so generous and I am
sure we have all done Nathan
Joel Rodker, Geography through, it was like being part of a proud.”
teacher, who helped coordinate
the Artists for Climate Change
project at the school remarked
that “The students worked
Prayer of the Heart Activities
brilliantly together across the
age groups. While they began at Watton Methodist Church
the project quite timidly they
loved being outside and making
something practical and it
Comprising Christian Meditation and welcome Anne who will be telling us
Bi Monthly Worship. For those more about Christian Meditation,
helped them to see how
daunting, global issues can be
tackled in a creative and
seeking reflective prayer, mid-week
worship with a more reflective and
Father John Main and the WCCM
Mon 21st June 7.45pm Meditation in
contemporary feel, and those who the vestry followed by tea and coffee
positive way at a local level. enjoy exploring their faith by reading Mon 28th June 7.45pm Simple
Having the input of professional spiritual books old and new Meditation - no tea/coffee
artists Maggie Campbell and Monday June 7th 7.30pm in the Next Monday Evening Worship -
Mark Haywood and art teachers Vestry Anne McDonnell District will now be 26th July
Hayley Goddard and Heidi Organiser for the World Community We would like to welcome new folk
Hickey was a unique and for Christian Meditation will be to all our meetings
valuable opportunity.” visiting the Group. We are pleased to
News
Watton
Rotary
Roundup
At their meeting on 6th May the
Watton Rotary Club had a rather
special evening: our speaker was the
Mayor of Watton, Margaret Holmes,
who gave us a most interesting
insight into her year as Mayor and
Chairman of the Town Council,
reflecting also on the work of the
Council and her perceptions of the
town. What made it more special was
that she, accompanied by her
consort, husband David Beekan,
witnessed the induction of a new
member, David Branson. Well,
actually, David Branson is an old
member! He originally joined the
Club in 1989 when he was living in
Caston and working for a heating
and ventilation manufacturer.
However, within 18 months, the job
took him away and he changed from
the engineering side to sales and
marketing in the heating and
ventilation industry and was based in
Dubai for many years. On retiring
into a consultancy role, he returned
to UK and, back in our area, and
with his wife, Jill, settled in Saham
Toney
On 13th May, Rotarian Paul
Weatherill introduced his son, Joe,
an aircraft handler in the Royal
Navy, to give us an illustrated talk
about his experiences with a 12-man
expedition to the Cordillera Blanca
area of Peru, part of the world‟s
largest tropical mountain chain,
where they climbed 3 of the higher
climbed (see Rotary Roundup, June
2008, Wayland News). Part of the
sponsorship monies raised went to
Packed programme at WI
Well it has been a very busy few
weeks for Ashill WI starting with our
speaker in March who was “Mauther
Maggie” from Radio Norfolk who
gave us an insight to how she started
work with the radio and how things
have changed. She has a lovely sense
of humour and her Norfolk accent.
We had a lovely evening. We also
celebrated the 90th birthday of
founder member, Mrs Kath Ringer.
She was presented with a WI mug,
flowers and a signed card, also a
lovely birthday cake made by Molly
Spaulding was enjoyed, naughty but
nice!
On 23 March three members went to
the spring council meeting in
Norwich and the president received a
certificate to celebrate 50 years of
the Ashill WI. It has been framed
and now hangs up in the Community
Centre. On 6 April Mauther Maggie,
her husband and a few of us met at
the Community Centre to walk to
Houghton Church where Bob Davey
Thank You
Lesley, Peter and Les would like to
thank everyone for their kindness and
support during the long illness and
subsequent death of Lesley‟s mother,
Kate Chapman. Thank you for the
many letters, cards and flowers
received and for the wonderful
congregation at her funeral service.
Many thanks also for the donations to
the ShelterBox Trust
On June 23rd there is a Charity Golf
Day in aid of the East Anglian Air
Ambulance at Richmond Park Golf
Club for which, we understand,
green fees have been waived. It is an
annual event that the Littleport
Rotary Club organises and take to
selected locations around the region.
We are pleased our local course has
been chosen this year, and we are
supporting the event. Littleport RC
will be pleased to hear from any
local businesses or individuals
interested in sponsoring any element
of the day. Golfers, too, are invited
to apply to take part. Please contact
Colin Every on 01353 778403 or via
email: colin.every@btconnect.com.
Martin Anscombe
Pic: l to r David Branson with
President Richard Akister, the
Mayor and her consort
MBE gave us a brief talk on the
history of the Church before going to
Houghton Barns for refreshments,
only to find Bob had locked the
Church with the few hardy souls who
had climbed the tower, so they were
in need of a cuppa. It was recorded
and was on the programme on 11
April. On the same evening we held
a bingo night which raised £177 for
the Community Centre. On
Thursday, 8 April a group of us went
to the George Hotel in Swaffham for
a cheese and wine evening as a thank
you for us as we delivered and
collected the Christmas appeal
envelopes for the Community
Hospital raising over £500. On 16
April we held a coffee morning and
raised £100 for “Haiti”.
Our speaker for April was Mr David
White who gave an interesting talk
with some stunning photography of
Lakenheath Fen.
So being a WI member in Ashill is
never dull!
the Memorial Account which
amounted to £809 : this has been split
between the Shipdham Manor
Residents‟ Amenities Fund and PETA
(People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals) Finally thank you to Rev.
Barbara Winner for her tremendous
support throughout and for leading the
service, to Breckland Funeral Services
for their efficiency and care and to the
Mid Norfolk Times for publishing the
tribute to Kate.
The Inner Wheel
Club of Watton
Our club has now been in
existence for 29 years and this
month we celebrated with a
Birthday Supper at the Queen's
Hall, where President Helen
entertained her guests. She is
pictured cutting the cake with
President Richard Akister of the
Rotary Club of Watton and
District, and also present was
District Chairman Judy
Hardcastle and her husband, as
well as visitors from other Inner
Wheel clubs and our own
members and husbands. Our
speaker was Robert Smith, the
Harbour Master at Wells and his
stories of his varied activities
were very entertaining. You
would be surprised what a
Harbour Master gets up to! This
was followed by a delicious
buffet prepared by members and
a very pleasant evening was
enjoyed by everyone
Also this month, nine of our
members went to our Overseas
Rally which, this year, was in the
form of a lunch at Barnham
Village Hall, provided by the
Inner Wheel Club of Thetford,
and the money raised was going
to the Mercy Ships charity.
Our speaker told us of the
medical volunteers who operate
on the ship, removing tumours,
mending cleft palates and
removing cataracts - all relatively
simple operations that the
population cannot afford to have
done and how their lives are
Diabetes
UK
Jason Houghton, Osteopath, was
our speaker in May and as usual he
was very warmly received by our
members. He was as informative
as ever and answered member's
questions as accurately as he could.
One of our longstanding members,
John, was used as a "model" for
Jason and for once John had to do
as he was asked!! (The one and
only time!) It will be Rod's turn
next and Peter's at a later date!
Our next meeting will be on June
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Ashill Food & Wine
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01760 440932
Fresh bread and milk, news and grocery.
Alcohol. Paypoint
Wayside Farm Shop
Stow Bedon
Fresh Seasonal Vegetables
Home Produced Pork
01953 483 375
Craft Fair
Saturday 19th June
10am to 4pm
Oddfellows Hall
transformed after surgery. The
ship is currently moored off
Sheringham
Sierra Leone, one of the poorest
countries in the world. Non-
Supporting the
medical volunteers are also Lifeboat
needed for maintenance work
and she had spent a couple weeks
on a ship several years ago which YOU ARE INVITED TO A
had inspired her to encourage
others to do the same
Photographic Exhibition
of
Our Strawberry Tea will be held
on 17th June at 30, Thetford African Wildlife & Culture
Road, the pink house opposite
Tesco - just £2.50 for by David Jessup
strawberries and cream, cake and at Woods Restaurant,
tea and there will be plenty of Richmond Park Golf Club, Watton on
stalls to spend your money on, Saturday 5th June 10 - 4pm
while you admire Brenda's lovely
garden in the hot sunshine, which
Sunday 6th June 10 - 3pm
we have ordered in specially for Entrance by donation only
that day! This year all profits will All proceeds will go to helping improve the
be sent to Unicef. Please support life of Zulu families in Africa
us if you can.
14th and our speaker will be Julian
Horn, who will be talking RAF
Watton. The meeting will start at
10.15am and is at the Pentecostal
Church, Watton. (We thank them
form the use of their facilities) The
cost per person is 1.50 and tea and
coffee is available. All welcome
Please phone Helen, 01953
884713, for details about the
meetings or if you have any
questions about the group
We will have a stand at the Watton
Carnival, with information about
the group and the people who run
and attend it. Please look out for us
on June 13th and come and say
hello. You are assured of a warm
welcome
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24
WATTON BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP JUNE
Wednesday 2nd June 2.00pm Meeting at Watton CCC
Monday 21st June 12.30pm for 1.00pm Lunch at Griston
Wagon & Horses
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Our young people have done us proud
Three members of the Wayland Youth
Council, Lisa Clayton, Sally Eastwood
and Holly Creed have been
representing the United Kingdom at
the European Teenager‟s Summit
which was held in Timisoara, Romania
The European Teenager‟s summit
brought together representatives from
seven European countries, Romania,
Italy, England, Turkey, Germany,
Poland, and Bulgaria. All the
participants spent six days working on
a programme which provided a
framework for intercultural dialogue at
a European level
During the summit they worked on
issues around participation, anti-
discrimination, racism, education and
free time activities. They all attended
workshops on lobbying and advocacy,
project management, campaigning,
attitude and authenticity
Towards the end of the summit
elections were held to select a
president, the winning candidate
Letter to
the Editor
Sir, Imagine the following message:
'The Derby will be run at Epsom on
June 4th. Find out the runners when
you get there'.
Improbable ? Then equate this to the
General Election. At the end of March
Mr. Brown informed us that the
Election would take place on May 6th,
but between those dates I (and
presumably all my fellow villagers)
received no indication as to (a) how
many candidates were contesting our
constituency (b) their names or (c)
which party they represented.
This meant that in order to record my
vote I had to make a considered
decision during the time between
receiving my ballot paper and reaching
the polling booth, in other words,
about three seconds.
What a farce!
Yours sincerely Ken Knowles, Ashill.
was our very own Lisa Clayton,
Chairperson to the Wayland Youth
Council and a United Kingdom
representative, Lisa obtained 52% of
the votes and went on to form a
coalition with Filip the Polish
representative and runner up with
38%
One of the roles of being president
included writing up a summary
paper for the “Youth in Action”
programme Action 1.3. Youth
Democracy Projects as well as
presenting the summits findings to
the Mayor of Timisoara, and
representatives of the European
Parliament at Timisoara City Hall
The European Teenager‟s Summit
members want to promote
opportunities for children and young
people to take an active role in shaping
their communities, Lisa said “we
deserve the right to be involved in the
decision making processes that affect
us, our participation is vital in the
SSAFA 125 Onwards
and Upwards
SSAFA 125 is well and truly on its way.
If you need an update, SSAFA (Soldier‟s
Sailor‟s Airman‟s Families Association)
is the oldest of all the Military charities
and is celebrating its first 125 years of
helping Servicemen, ex Servicemen and
their Families.
The Friends of SSAFA Norfolk has been
formed to help on the Fund Raising and
Awareness front. Although SSAFA
Norfolk always needs Caseworkers,
there are some people who are just so
good at Fund Raising with lots of energy
and lots of ideas. One such couple are
Ken and Shirley Piper who I am sure
will be known to many of you and who
are most welcome. There are several
others in the „wings‟ and I am sure you
will meet them at the various events in
Breckland this summer. Thanks go to
Eric and to Angie who both have made
News
furtherance of improving services and
responding to our needs more
successfully‟”
The Wayland Youth Council are
thrilled at being given the opportunity
of working at a European level, where
they have been able to learn grow and
develop their skills, they have been
able to explore and gain an
understanding of other cultures and
have worked well as a team with their
European counterparts, forming many
new alliances and friends
As young people, European citizens of
today tomorrow and the future, we
declare our readiness to take on our
share of responsibility and ask you, our
Leaders of today to sit up and listen to
its children and young people. We left
England determined to represent the
young people of the UK with both
vigour and pride and feel we have
achieved this; we are proud of
ourselves and hope you, our
community, are proud of us too.
generous offers of tent and gazebo for us
to use and we certainly will!
Events where you can find us in the area
Watton Carnival 13 June; Weeting
Steam Rally 17/18 July; The Wayland
Agricultural Show 1st August
But we will be out and about County-
wide and when you see our distinctive
flag come and talk to us! Look out also
for the double page spread in the EDP on
22 June put together by Clive and Mel
Richardson
We still need Volunteer Case Workers in
Thetford and Downham Market so if you
have a mind to or you know someone
who would be good at that sort of thing
then just ring 01 603 403322
The Friends of SSAFA Norfolk is open
to anyone so if you have a talent for
organising Pig Races or Quiz nights -
Tel: 01 603 403322
Church Times Mid-Norfolk Times Page 25
WATTON CHURCHES TOGETHER Breckles, Caston, Great Hockham, Griston,
Merton, Stow Bedon, Thompson
PUZZLE CORNER
Service Calendar for June 2010 Worship Calendar: June 2010 £10 PRIZE CROSSWORD
St. Mary’s Church, Watton TH
SUNDAY 6 JUNE Would you like to win a £10 Voucher to spend? Simply complete
1st, 3rd & 4th Wednesday at 9.30am Holy Communion 10:20 am Sunday Club Griston the crossword on the right and drop it in to The Wayland News bin
2nd Wednesday Morning Worship (ages 4-11, „Manorcourt‟ Day Centre, Manor Rd.) at (or post it to) Adcocks, 32 High Street, Watton, Norfolk. IP25
Church Office opens Tues, Wed & Thurs 9am-1pm 10:30 am United Holy Communion Griston 6AE before the paper deadline. All correct entries will be put into a
Tel: 01953 881252 margaret@churchadm.freeserve.co.uk (Festival of Church‟s patrons: Sts Peter and Paul) draw and the winner will receive a £10 Adcocks voucher to spend.
www.stmaryswatton.org Sunday 13th June In the event of any dispute the decision of the Editor will be final.
Sun 6th 8.00am Holy Communion 9:00 am Matins (BCP) Merton The clues are a mix of cryptic, and easy with one or two anagrams
10.00am Holy Communion 10:30 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon thrown in just to make it more interesting!
12 noon Holy Baptism (Festival of Church‟s patron: St. Botolph) The correct solution will be published in the next issue.
Sun 13th 8.00am Holy Communion 3:00 pm Evensong (BCP) St. Martin‟s, Thompson
11.00am Carnival Service in the High Street
Sun 20th 8.00am Holy Communion Sunday 20th June
10.00am Holy Communion 9:00 am Matins (BCP) Gt. Hockham
Sun 27th 8.00am Holy Communion 10:30 am United Holy Communion Thompson
10.00am All Age Worship Sunday 27th June
12 noon Holy Baptism 9:00 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton
6.30pm Praise and Worship with Shine 10:30 am United Holy Communion Breckles
Watton Methodist Church Sunday 4th July
Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and 10:30 am United Holy Communion Caston
prayer between 10.00am & 12.00noon
It’s your quiet place. At 10.30 there is a half-hour Midweek For all our parishes…
Service in the Large Vestry led by the Minister or a Church ‘The WAY’ Youth Group (ages 11+)
Member. www.wattonmethodist.btik.com Sundays of 6th and 20th June, 7-8:00 pm, Rectory
Sun 6th 10.45am Mr Stephen Lynn
Pram Services: Wednesdays, 10:15 am
6.30pm Mr Richard Hompstead Caston School Hall (2nd June at Chase Farm, Caston)
Sun 13th 11.00am Carnival Service in the High Street
For parents or carers with children aged 0-5.
6.30pm Revd B Winner Flower Festival
Sun 20th 10.45am Miss Jacky Woor Enquiries: The Revd. Bob Nichols: Tel.: (01953) 483222
6.30pm Mr Andrew King Holy Communion
Sun 27th 10.45am Mrs Janet Roebuck
3.00pm Service at Shipdham Methodist Church
Roman Catholic Community Across Down
Each Sat 5.30pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church 7 A Halo can be a greeting in some 1 Sounds like the fish was supposed
Pentecostal Church, Dereham Road, Watton parts (5) to be put there (9)
There is a Noah's Ark Sunday and King's Kids for children 8 Step counter (9) 2 A lightweight fabric woven with
10 Shrimp often eaten with chips (6) white threads across a coloured
during the Sunday morning services 11 Sheets etc. (3,5) warp (8)
Sun 6th 10.30am Alpha Course and Barbecue 12 Incarcerate (8) 3 A new form of surfing?! (7)
Sun 13th 10.30am Family Service 13 Extra-terrestrial version of us (4) 4 gold rush (4,4)
6.00pm Alpha Course 15 Never ceasing (7) 5 Dash for riches? (6)
Sun 20th 10.30am The Authentic marks of the Holy Spirit 17 Dreadful (7) 6 Mediterranean sailing ship (5)
6.00pm Alpha Course 20 Elegant baby chicken? (4) 9 Partiality (4)
Sun 27th 10.30am The Authentic Marks of Christianity 22 Put up too much wallpaper while 14 An abundant supply (9)
6.00pm Alpha Course leaning over the edge! (8) 16 Could be where the head joins the
25 Evil that cod had an alibi (8) body (8)
St. Nicholas’ Church, Ashill 26 Steel beam (6) 18 Hop dries to a ball like shape (8)
Tuesdays at 10.00am Said Holy Communion 27 Appointed but not yet installed in 19 Cricketer who wouldn't play! (7)
Sun 6th 9.30am Lay Led Morning Worship office (9) 21 Crossbreed (6)
Sun 13th 9.30am Morning Worship 28 Its a ixpum! (3-2) 23 The limit of a surface (4)
24 Fermented apple juice (5)
Sun 20th 9.30am All Age Worship and Holy Baptism
Sun 27th 9.30am Holy Communion
St. George’s Church, Saham Toney Scribble Pad
Sun 13th 11.00am Morning Worship
Sun 20th 11.00am All Age Worship
Sun 27th 11.00am Holy Communion
S.S. Peter & Paul’s Church, Carbrooke
Sun 13th 10.30am All Age Worship
Sun 20th 10.30am Holy Communion
12.15pm Holy Baptism All Saints Church, Threxton
Sun 27th 10.30am Methodist Service
Sunday 6th June 10am
St John the Evangelist Church, Ovington
Thursdays at 8.00am Said Holy Communion

Poet‟s Place
Sun 6th 10.30am Benefice Service of Holy Communion
Sun 13th 9.00am Holy Communion
Sun 27th 9.30am Lay Led All Age Worship LAST MONTH’S PUZZLE
Ed: It is some years since the Poet‟s Place was last open and I am The winner of the £10 prize last month was: Mr Downs of Watton

Photographs & delighted to say that Edith Pleasance‟s poetic submission last
month has prompted readers to submit their own work.
So I am delighted to declare Poet‟s Place open once more to all

Fabric Textile
readers to submit their own work for publication. All
contributions are welcome, and will be printed unedited for
reader‟s enjoyment

Workshop by
Our first entry is from Mrs Jean Brown of Saham Toney.

THE FLICKS
Linda Turner The films that one often enjoys were made yesterday
To laugh and cry what fun we had when they came our way
The Wayland Partnership is delighted that Linda Turner will be
Do you recall sitting in the back seat of the flicks
leading the first workshop of the year upstairs in the Acorn
Then sometimes, only sometimes would you steal a kiss
Room. Linda‟s stunning and unusual art textiles inspired visitors
Then through the interlude, an organ of many colours
in our summer exhibition last year leading to her solo show
Which played such lovely tunes you felt a million dollars
which begins on June 5th and to this unusual workshop.
Sometimes a three penny ice cream
Places on this day-long workshop cost just £25.00 and are
Then with your love sat again to watch the silver screen
limited to fourteen, coffee & soft drinks will be provided Please
Does one wonder what happened to all this pleasure
bring a packed lunch. The event takes place on Saturday June
Television came along and ruined it forever
12th 10am – 4pm at the Wayland House, High St, Watton.
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 26 News

Happy Circle News

Our meeting on 4 May was attended by 27 members. We were given
a very informative talk by Penny Newton about the work of the
BREAK charity. None of us were aware of how much help they
Focus on speeding
provide to groups of both young and older people with various
problems. A donation was made to the charity.
A card made by one of our members was signed by all present for
our President who was in hospital. She is now home and making a
good recovery.
We held our usual raffle while enjoying a welcome cup of tea and a
biscuit! We look forward to seeing Julian Horn at our next meeting on
1st June when he will be talking about the early history of RAF Watton

CAR BOOT & CRAFTS

Sat 19th June 9.00am
St Mary’s Church Car Park, Watton
Contact 01953 882936
Car Boots £4.00 No Need to book

Above: Here to save lives some of Norfolk’s safety Camera Partnership Team.
Left: Community Speedwatch at work in Saham

those concerns on the community‟s points on their licence; although if pursued

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Responding to feedback from residents
at the Bill Barrow, Cops and Coffee
mornings and other community
intelligence, one of the current policing
priorities set for the Watton Safer
Neighbourhood Team (SNT) was to
address speeding both in Watton and the
surrounding villages.
Watton SNT co-ordinated a 3 day
Community Speedwatch campaign over
the 5th, 6th and 7th May, when present, and
active, in the area were The Norfolk Safety
Camera Partnership Team, the SNT and
Community Speedwatch; all working
together to try and cover as many of the
locations where complaints of speeding
have been made. The aim was to attend
each location on at least two occasions
during the campaign.
Commenting about the reasons behind the
exercise, Sgt Lance Ogbourne of the
Watton SNT said “We are not trying to
catch drivers out. There is no doubt that
speed kills and we want to educate drivers
rather than prosecute them.
“Residents feel there is a problem with
speeding in our area and we are addressing
VAT Returns
Queens Hall
Table-Top
Sales
As part of their on-going fund raising for
the hall Coffee Morning Team will again
be holding Table-top Sales this summer.
On the mornings of Saturday July 3rd and
Saturday 4th September there will be an
opportunity hire a table and make some
money, buy a bargain and save some
money – or even both! All stalls will be
inside the hall this year and will cost £6 for
a table. Phone John Garratt (01953
885698) to book. Although the hall
management hopes to cover running
expenses with hiring income, we still rely
on other funding to cover maintenance and
improvements, the regular extra income
generated by the Coffee Mornings
continues to be essential, so come along
behalf.”
There are Speedwatch teams in many of
Wayland‟s villages and all took part in the
3 day campaign. A typical example is the
Saham Toney Speedwatch which is run by
nine volunteers who are trained and
supported by Norfolk Police, and all al of
whom want to help improve quality of life
for the local community and reduce traffic
noise and pollution in Saham Toney.
Motorists who exceed the speed limit on
rural roads are often unaware of the impact
their actions have on the community, other
road users or of the dangers they are
exposing themselves to.
Community Speedwatch enables
volunteers to work within communities to
raise awareness of the dangers of speeding
and to help manage the problem locally by
reminding all drivers to watch their speed
and keep to the speed limit. It also enables
local people to take an active role in
making their community safer.
Drivers identified as travelling at excessive
speed by the teams are stopped by regular
police officers and politely reminded of
their responsibilities as drivers. This is
followed up with a letter and although no
further action is taken, the incident is
logged and if caught again in the same
place then the location will be targeted by
the road policing unit in that area and if the
same offender is then caught again, they
may well receive a £60 fine and 3 penalty
and try our home-made cakes and scones
next Farmers Market Day!
Little Acorns Strawberry
Here we are nearly half way through
another year. We are very busy at the
moment, having welcomed many new
children, who have all settled in well.
Watton Carnival is fast approaching and
we are hoping to have our usual
“Tombola” staff if we can collect enough
prizes, which is what we are doing now.
This year we are also going to try a “Lucky
Dip”. This is all being held in the High
Street on Sunday, 13 June so why not
come along and join in the fun.
We run from the front hall at the Youth &
Community Centre in Harvey Street and
are open from 8.45am to 11.45am Monday
to Friday, term time only. Our contact
details are 01953 881778 during opening
hours or on our mobile 07843 772712
through the courts for any reason, for
example dangerously excessive speed or
poor driving, penalties are often much
higher
Sgt Ogbourne added “The other outcome
of the exercise is accurate data on traffic
speeds which allows us to identify whether
the problem is speeding or simply
perceived speeding by residents.
“If there is a problem we can use that data
to help design schemes to improve the
safety for all road users and if there isn‟t
we can report that back to councils and
residents and set minds at rest”.
Over the 3 days the Safety Camera team
identified in excess of 50 people travelling
above the speed limit, all of whom will
receive letters warning them of their
actions and a number of them will also
receive fixed penalty notices.
Community Speedwatch data indicates that
in just six hours in April, the Saham Toney
Speedwatch team identified 22 drivers
travelling over the limit on Richmond
Road, and the highest recorded speed in
2009 was on the Ovington road which was
a vehicle travelling at 77mph.
“Speed kills” said Sgt Ogbourne, “police
officers daily attend accidents where
innocent people are injured, maimed and
killed. We are not out to catch speeding
drivers; we are trying to save lives.”
anytime or alternatively call Angie on
01953 883233 or Dawn on 01953 881382
cream teas at
Merton Hall
From 2 – 5pm on Sunday 27th June, by
kind invitation of the Honourable Robert
and Mrs Jo de Grey there is a rare
opportunity to enjoy local strawberries
and tea served in the tranquil grounds of
Merton Hall. This summer event is
taking place in Merton to support the
maintenance and upkeep of St. Peter‟s
church, one of the oldest and most
beautiful churches in Norfolk. A
marquee will be available in case of
inclement weather. Everyone is welcome
to share this occasion.
Sports News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 27

Watton United FC Full Time Round Up ‘Quilt

Watton United‟s Saturday teams‟ 2009-10 ended their
Inspirations’
season earlier this month with the first teams losing Art Textile Exhibition by Linda Turner
games in May to Dersingham (1-4), St Andrews (1-4),
Mattishall (2-8) and the Reserves losing at Long June 5th – June 12th
Stratton (0-1). Both teams finished second from bottom Dragonfly Gallery, Wayland House
of the league after a difficult season, and unfortunately High St. Watton
this resulted in relegation for the first team from
Opening Times 10 - 4 Weekdays,
Anglian Combination Premier Division
On a brighter note, the Veterans First team (over 35‟s) Saturday 10 – 1pm
were runners up in the Sunday Suffolk and Norfolk Preview Evening
Veterans league, winning games in May against Friday 4 June 7 - 8.30pm
th

Rocklands (3-0) and NALGO (6-2). Next season they Free tickets available
are playing in the newly formed Norfolk FA Veterans Contact Susan Hollingworth
League every second and fourth Sunday of the month –
starting in September 2010
The clubs presentation night takes place on Saturday
01953 880205
29th May at Watton Sports Centre Galler Bar - Tickets
Cost £6 and include entry to downstairs hall where
local band Kenny and the motives are performing Summer Dance
tickets - Tickets available from Watton Sports Centre Featuring

Kenny and the

01953 881281 - email info@wattonunitedfc.co.uk
Photos : The pictures attached are taken from a more
successful era in Watton‟s history , when the First team

Motives
(top) were Anglian Combination Premier Division
Champions in 1985-86, and the Reserve Team were
Anglian Combination Reserve Division 1 champions.
The photos were taken at the presentation of the Saturday 19th June
trophies to the teams Picture Submitted
Next Season: The committee are proposing a number at Ashill Community Centre
of changes in the close season, together with Raffle ~ No bar bring own drinks
appointing some new behind the scene roles to assist £7 entrance
with running the club. The AGM is taking place at (Advance ticket only, no tickets on the door)
Watton Sports Centre on Thursday 3rd June 2010 8PM TO 12 MIDNIGHT
(7.00pm) and if you are interested in joining the club All proceeds to Ashill Community Centre
next year as a player, or committee member they Tickets available from Sylvia,
would welcome your attendance at this meeting 3 Dunnetts Close, Ashill 01760 440812
Events: In the meantime, the club are organising two or Mark on 01760 440577
new events in the close season delivery can be arranged
Watton United‟s 4th Annual Golf Day, is taking place
at Richmond Park Golf Club on Friday 25th June.
Tickets cost £35 per person (teams of 4), and include
18 holes of golf (Stableford rules), Breakfast, BBQ and
prize giving event afterwards
If anyone is interested in playing, please contact Kev
Bloomfield on (07747) 878340 or email
golf@wattonunitedfc.co.uk
Also, to coincide with the 2010 World Cup in June,
they are commencing pre-season Training on
Wednesday 16th June, starting at 7pm at Watton Sports
Centre on grass. The first 4 sessions in June will
consists of some small sided games based on the World
Cup knock out format. Anyone is welcome to attend
and the cost is free so just turn up!!! Send an email to
info@wattonunitedfc.co.uk for more details Picture Submitted

Richmond Park Golf Club Catch Up

Ladies Section Seniors
April Stableford winners were
div 1 Margaret Broadbent (36),
div 2 Anne Long (41) div 3
Cherry Lawn (25) The
combination cup was played for
on April 26Th the winners were
Dilys Gibbs and Carol Marshall
(68) with second place going to
Ann Achilles and Cherry Lawn
(68.5) So far in the friendly
matches we won against
Dereham but unfortunately lost
against Sprowston, Our teams
fought bravely in very close
matches in both the Garrick cup
and the Gilleson cup but
unfortunately lost to Sheringham
and Sprowston respectively.
Lesley Matthews and Julie Ellis
represented us in the Daily mail
foursomes and Julie Ellis
represented the club in the
L.G.U. medal and although
played well it was not good
enough on the respective days.
The season is now in 'full swing'.
Inter Club Match results as
follows: Versus The Norfolk -
lost 2 1/2 - 3 1/2, versus
Bawburgh - lost 1-5, versus
Weston Pa4rk away lost 1-5 and
the return match at home was
won 4-2
The Spring Cup, a major event in
the Seniors calendar, was won by
Tony Bonner (38 points) for the
second year running. Roger
Lubbock was second and Rod
Murphy was third The April
medal was won by John Crowdy
with a net 70 playing off a
handicap of 1.
Recent April Stableford
competition winners were Roy
Dolman, Rod Whyatt, David
Flack, Alan Dunn, Reg Knowles,
Ed Durham and Mike Hosier
A Charity event was also held in
aid of SSAFA and over 200 was
raised. The format was a
Stableford played in two age
groups, 55-69 years and over 70
years. The winners were David
Wakeford and Phil Barrall.
During the competition a hole in
one was scored by Gerry Knox at
the par 3 6th hole. Drinks all
round!!
Richmond
Park Juniors
A team of Juniors from
Richmond Park Golf Club played
in the second round of the K K
Smith Trophy at Dereham -
Sunday 16th May. They all gave
a very good account of
themselves being the first inter-
club competition for three of the
team losing by 9 holes to an
experienced and talented
Dereham team.
We would once again like to
thank both Total Health
Pharmacy and Wayland Garage
for their sponsorship of our
Junior team. Well Done -
Richmond Park Juniors
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We have a team of members
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Mid-Norfolk Times Page 28
The batting begins:
Breckland‟s first cricket festival
Picture Submitted
Children from Years 5 & 6, Beetley Primary School with Norfolk Cricket Board coach Aaron Watson
Youngsters from primary schools in
Beetley and Bradenham have started
the batting as the first schools to
receive coaching in Breckland‟s first
ever Cricket Festival.
Youngsters from Beetley, East
Harling, Mattishall, Necton, Old
Buckenham, Shipdham, Thetford and
Watton primary school participating,
the Festival will run until 20th July
when the schools are set to compete
for a prize trophy in Old Buckenham.
During the Festival, Years 5 & 6
children at each of the participating
Breckland schools will benefit from
eight hours of high quality tuition
from qualified Norfolk Cricket Board
coaches, delivered in two-hour
sessions. The lessons will be attended
by teachers who can then go on to
Would you like to join the
Rockland‟s Under 11s
Back row (left to right): Charlie Matthews, Marc Riley, Eliot Clarke,
William Langford, Luke Hutchinson Front row: Joseph Thompson, Matty
Noonan, Hannah Billman, Louis Fraser
The Rockland U11‟s are looking for some new players to join their small but
ever improving team. All players are given a chance to play and the team
welcome both boys and girls.
Manager Rob Matthews and assistant coach Mick Moralee are CRB checked
and both are qualified coaches.
For more information please contact Rob or Amanda on 01953 454378.
support the children in developing
their skills.
The Cricket Festival project has been
organised and funded by Breckland
Council, in partnership with Norfolk
Cricket Board and the School Sports
Partnership. In order to provide the
children with a developmental route,
should they wish to continue
improving their cricket skills after the
Festival, Breckland has helped forge
links between each school and their
local cricket club.
Theresa Hewett, Breckland Council
Executive Member for Communities
and Benefits, explained why the
Council is trialling this new initiative;
“We have offered a variety of sporting
activities for children during the
holidays for a number of years, and
Weds, June 16th. Barbara Miller - The
Norwich Shoe Trade.
Weds July 21st. David Yaxley - Sheringham
Hall and Park
No Meeting in August
Society and a programme to December
Picture Submitted
are now trying out new ways of
developing an active and on-going
interest in sport amongst youngsters in
the district. Thanks to the newly
forged links between the schools and
their local cricket clubs the youngsters
won‟t be stumped for further
opportunities once the festival ends,
and can continue to develop and
improve their skills at their local club
If it proves to be a success, Breckland
hopes to repeat the Festival next year.
If you are head or sports teacher in a
Breckland primary school head, and
would be interested in participating in
the 2011 Cricket Festival, please call
the Breckland Sports Development
Officer, Stefan Clifford on 01362
656870
THE WATTON SOCIETY
Programme – June & July
7.45 p.m. at the Watton Christian
Community Centre
For more information on the Watton
2010 telephone
Judy Kerr 01953 882613 or email
johnkerr36@yahoo.com.
Sports News
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EVENTS DIARY
ACC = Ashill Community Centre, Hale Road, Ashill; Watton CCC = Watton
Christian Community Centre; Wells CCC = Wells Cole Community Centre,
Saham, AHG = Attleborough Heritage Group, AGC Ashill Garden Club,
ADHS = Attleborough & District Horticultural Society, BDHS = Bradenham &
District Horticultural Society, BFGC = Breckland Flower & Garden Club,
EHGC East Harling Gardening Club, GHGC Gt. Hockham Gardening Club
OGC = Ovington Garden Club,
June
Sat 5th Caston Village Fete 2pm at Greenwich Villa See ad
Sat 5th Charity stalls for Ugandan Orphans St Mary‟s
Attleborough 10am to 11.30am See ad
Thurs10th 7.45pm NWT Evening Guided Walk Thompson See ad
Fri 11th }Watton Methodist Church Flower Festival { See
Sun 13th } Hobbies Exhibition at Queens Hall {
Sun 13th } Wild West Watton Carnival Day { Ads
Thurs 17th Strawberry Teas, Watton See Inner Wheel article
Sat 19th St Mary‟s Watton Car Boot see ad
Sat 19th Stow Bedon & Breckles Fete 2pm to 5pm
Stow Bedon Hall, Lower Stow Bedon.
Sat 19th Gt Ellingham Primary School Summer Fete See ad
Sat 19th 6.30pm Rockland Shindig in Rockland Manor Meadow
Sat 26th Carbrooke Village Fete 1pm See article.
Sun 27th AGC Annual Flower Show See article.
Sun 27th “Medieval Attleborough” Walk 2.30 AHG
July
Thurs 8th NWT Visit to Wayland Community High School‟s
Eco Bugs Environmental Site
Sat 10th } St Botolph‟s Church, Stow Bedon
Sun 11th } Flower Festival - 10am to 5pm
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