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Hugh Mungus, the life-size articulated

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walked again in his ancestors footprints on West Runton beach on
Sunday 30th August.
Hundreds of children and adults looked on
wide-eyed as Suzie Lay (on right) who came
up with the idea, put Hugh together with her
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From The Editor

told that they dont

think that they
I have an idea lets not burn effigies should pay anyof Guy Faulks in November lets
thing for either
move with the times and burn
ad! The amount
effigies of BT.
was only about
I have spent over six hours on the the price of a
good bottle
phone to various people in India
of wine!
working for BT with insufficient
training to help me with all those
frustrating torments of temperam- Local churches have to find funds
for the upkeep these expensive
ental broadband email services
buildings and some have come
supplied by BT and I am sure
up with great ideas.
I am not alone.
Training is one thing good manners Here at Saint Michaels Church, in
& correct business practise another, Sidestrand there is an Exhibition by
just here a local business booked an Sidestrand Archive Group on the
advertisement in our magazine, no 19th & 20th September.
copy arrived but the copy date did See Pages 22 & 23 for full details
therefore we presumed we were
of this and many other events in
to use the same as before (never
September & October
presume or assume it makes an
Enjoy Your Crab Tales
ass out of you and me) is a great
saying and so true.
Liz King
We wrong in our assumption, we
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the next issue which was accepted.
tel: 01263 834 965
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K Hardware, Church Street, CROMER
Dear Editor,

I wonder if there is one of your kind readers

who could help me.
My husband lost his signature ring on the beach
just outside Mundesley and I wondered if anyone has a metal detector that we could borrow
or hire to scan the area.
As we think it was lost in an area where the sea
does not reach we feel we have a good chance
of finding it.
Thank you
Gill Williams.Telephone: 07837 562 305

Dear Editor,

I would like to thank everyone who has taken

part in supporting our E. Anglian Air Ambulance
Football Competition by making predictions
for the 2015-2016 season.

Last season 1,080 people took part and this

season 1,250 have taken part.

As you will see your form has now been filed

away until the end of this season (2015-2016).
I would like to thank you once again for your
fantastic support. May I also thank Bullens
Joinery and Carter Concrete of Cromer for
sponsoring this competition over the last
8 years.
Prize Money for this year totals 625 with
the amount raised for EAAA being 625
plus donations of 70. We need you
today you may need us tomorrow.
Jamie Edghill (Volunteer Fund Raiser
For North Norfolk)

Letters continued on Page 4

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Letters Continued From Page 3

Dear Editor,

This year I have put my name down on the

waiting list for a beach hut at Mundesley,
and was advised it may take approx 5 years
to be offered a hut.
On many frequent walks on the beach at various
times, I have noticed a maximum of five huts
open and occupied, that being a warm and
sunny Bank holiday Saturday afternoon.
It seems a shame that they are not used more.
Michael Parke

Dear Editor,

The Anniversary Aylsham Food Festival will

take place from Thurs1st to Sun 4th October.
There will be something for everyone and new
this year is a drop-in Senior Citizens Lunch in
the Parish Church on Weds 30th September.
On Thurs 1st & Fri 2nd Oct, the Church will
be full of primary school children from the
Aylsham Cluster taking a dip into the art of
cooking in a series of one-hour workshops.
On the Friday evening at Aylsham High School,
students will present the 5 course Gala Dinner,
cooked and served by the students themselves.
The 3rd October is Showcase Saturday.
Events will take place up to 2pm, including the
Farmers Market with produce all grown within
30-miles. Drop-in Family Cooking Workshops
will be held in the Parish Church all morning.
The Town Hall will host six top Norfolk Chefs
who will demonstrate their skills, starting at 9am
and in one-hour slots, the scheduled chefs are
Derrol Waller; Mark Sayers, head chef at The
Saracens Head; Daniel Smith, Chef patron at
The Swan, Ingham & Vanessa Scott, owner of
Strattons Hotel, Swaffham with food writer &
broadcaster Mary Kemp; Charlie Hodson, Exec.
Chef at The Great Hospital, Norwich.

There will also be demos of apple pressing, sugar

craft & chocolate making while Gordon Blur the
Juggling Chef will be performing in the Market
Place & Sheila Ann Taylor will be face painting
in the Parish Church.
The Festival will finish on Sunday 4th October
with its traditional Big Slow Breakfast where
up to 120 guests will be able to enjoy a Full
English, cooked and served by members of
Slow Food Aylsham and of course, using
locally sourced ingredients.

Ten years ago, Aylsham Food Festival had just

one event, the Big Slow Breakfast. It has now
grown to go be spread over four days which
this year spills over into a fifth.
It has seen several other similar Norfolk events
emerge during those years but it continues to stand
by its essentially non-commercial principles of
promoting local food & providing an enjoyable
experience for the local community & beyond.
You can keep up to date with Aylsham Food
Festival at www.slowfoodaylsham.org.uk
via Facebook & Twitter: @aylshamfoodfest
Roger Willis
Chairman, Slow Food Aylsham

Dear Editor,

Lisa & Andy May, owners of The Sheringham

Trawler Fish and Chip Restaurants have agreed
to sponsor Englands Home Nations Championship
winning Ladies Sea Angling Team for 2016,
ahead of next years Championships that are
to be staged along the North Norfolk coast.

Fishing for Victory L-R : Kay Brown, Heather

Lindfield, Nicky Frewin, Wendy Metcalfe,
Rachel Jarman, Becky Adams
After their gold medal win at this years event,
held in Ireland in July, the team are already
preparing to defend their title next year.
This years venues were Cheekpoint & Ballyhack,
fishing on the Barrow estuary. Two 4 hr. long
matches, saw catches of mostly eels & flounders.
Fishing is based on a catch & release system
so that all fish are returned to the sea alive.
The Home Championships is a 2-day contest
between England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland.
Andy and Lisa May owners of The Sheringham
Trawler said:With next years event being staged
in Nth Norfolk & two of the team living in Holt
it seemed the natural thing for us to do.
We are both proud to be sponsoring the Ladies
Team, as a Fish & Chip Shop we have a natural
connection to the sea so when we heard of this
opportunity we said yes straight away
Team Manager Kay Brown & her sister Wendy
Metcalfe are both delighted with the sponsorship
from The Sheringham Trawler Kay said:
We normally cover all expenses ourselves and
this can be very costly. The team is selected from
all over England & this will help towards their
travelling expenses and accommodation.
This means that the ladies can concentrate on
preparing for the matches & defending our title.
We would like to thank Andy and Lisa for their
support it means a great deal to us and we will
do our best to bring home the medals in 2016
and if we do we will certainly be celebrating
with Fish & Chips at the Sheringham Trawler.
Bruce Stratton

Dear Liz,

Following the awful storms of last years Winter

and the devastation it caused in Cromer and along
the various promenades the major task faced by
the County and other Councils to restore damage
to the Pier, to various buildings and the barriers
along the sea wall ready for the influx of visitors
this Summer was an onerous task.
It has to be said that, in general, a very good job
has been done and it is still ongoing with large
concrete blocks being put in place to add to the
sea defences.
However along the promenade between the boat
ramp and the beach huts at Overstrand there are
at least 3 sections of the old discarded barrier,
one of them particularly large, lying on the
beach below.
Apart from detracting from the excellence of the
clean up along Cromers beach these extremely
large lumps of rusting debris, which people still
working in the area dont notice or choose to
ignore, are extremely dangerous to the young
children who in their excitement clamber about
all over the place and could so easily seriously
injure themselves on these chunks of rusting
steel left behind by the contractors.
I am sure that if, heaven forbid, there was such
an accident and a child, or older person for that
matter, was badly injured they would be seeking
serious monetary compensation from the Council
responsible but financial compensation never
makes up for the spoilt holiday and the distress
and trauma that can been caused by someone
elses thoughtlessness.
It is my intention to send a copy of this letter to
the NNDC, and the County Council if necessary,
in the hope that they will instruct somebody on
their staff to make a point of patrolling the beach
in this area and arrange removal of these
offensive and dangerous steel lumps.
Once again, love your magazine for the
interesting articles and comments from
your many readers.
All the best, keep up the good work
and many thanks.
Michael Webb
Sidestrand

Alicia
This is a photo of Alicia who won the sweets in
the North Repps School afternoon a couple of
months ago and I reported it incorrectly!

In this photograph she is at Dandilions near

Erpingham where she has made a hobby horse!

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Continued From Front Page

Watching was Margaret Hems, pictured Right,
who along with her husband Harold back in
December 1990, spotted a large bone at the
base of the cliff at West Runton.
It turned out to be a mammoths pelvic bone and
85% of the animals bones were found after a full
excavation took place. Most are now stored at
Gressenhall Museum and Norwich Museum.
The afternoons events included very popular
entertainment for the children with Karen
Cranes Mammoth Puppets (Below).
If anyone missed this unique event or would
like to see Hugh Mungus again, he will be at
Gressenhall Museum on 13th September.
More recent history will be represented at a
Cromer History Day on Sat. 24th October

at Cromer Community Hall in from 10am - 4pm.

The event will be hosted by the Friends of
Cromer Museum.
Many thanks to Paul Damen for sending us
these photographs.

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The first entry out of the hat wins !

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Congratulations to Lucie Durrant, aged 10, from

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Friday 9th October Aldborough Shop A Young Family...

7.30pm: Cromer Community Hall
The Friends of Cromer Museum welcomes the
medieval specialist Dr John Alban to talk about
Agincourt at their October meeting.

Six hundred years ago this month a small English

army faced the French in a field near the settlement
of Agincourt. There number were stacked heavily
against the English army. Amongst the English
knights was Norfolk man Sir Thomas Erpingham.
John Alban is the retired head of the Norfolk
Record Office and his talk offers a fascinating
background to the event and the story of the
battle itself.
We probably all recall Shakespeares stirring words
when picturing the battle, and know of the deeds
of the archers whose skills gave the English such
advantage over the heavily-armoured French
knights but what are the truths lying behind
these stories, and what led up to such a
climactic confrontation.
John Alban will draw on at least 7 cotemporary
accounts of the battle. His ability to read and
interpret the medieval English & French first
hand gives us a unique opportunity to
understand the events.
These talks arranged by the Friends of Cromer
Museum are open for all to attend, 3.00 for
non-members and 2.50 for members of the
Friends. You can join at the meeting!
Picture Above: An early fifteenth century
miniature picturing the battle of Agincourt.

Lemon Curd & Real Ale

They are so kind in Norfolk,
Where we have our caravan,
I chat on Sheringham market,
With Kim, selling pickles and jam.
She makes lemon curd , which I cant eat,
Cows milk is no good for me,
She found I am ok with goats milk,
Made some specially for my tea.

The first batch was great, I reordered,

Pick up on the way, Carol too,
Then guess what, poor Kim got the shingles,
Now what were they to do?
Undaunted, Mary Ann, friend in the business,
Made lemon curd, left it for me,
First thing, with Danny on Real Ale,
I dont drink, but we laughed, you see.
Thanks to Brenda Weston, East Runton
caravanner, for this poem

The village of Aldborough has a population of

over 600 people, many of them elderly, who are
unable to reach other shops & services because
they have no car.
Aldborough has seen the closure of a butchers
shop & one of its pubs. It still has a Post Office
and a doctors surgery as well as a school.
But the Spar shop in Aldborough is closing on
26th September this year leaving the village,
designated a service village in NNDCs
structure plan, without a shop.
Peter Davison, 66, with the help of his daughterin-law Margaret Adams, 42, is stepping into the
breach by making interim alterations to the Post
Office to offer a basic service from 29th Sept.
He said: I would hate to see the village without
a shop. Many residents depend upon it for their
basic needs. I was looking forward to retiring
but I do feel that something should be done.
I will start off providing simple needs such as
bread, milk, eggs, tea, coffee and newspapers.
I hope we can source much of our food locally,
so we will be a local shop in every sense of the
word. I will be talking to some local farmers
to see whether we can take their meat, local
bakers & other food suppliers. We will try to
keep convenient hours from 8.30am - 6pm.
Mr Davisons family have lived & traded in the
village for the last 100 years. His grandfather
was a cobbler and bootmaker in 1914 and the
family has had the Post Office for 53 years.
Peter Davison has been postmaster since 1994
and is now assisted by his daughter-in-law
Margaret. Other members of his family and
grandchildren live in the village and attend
Aldborough school.
Futher info from Peter Davison: 01263 768 198
(Post Office hours) or Margaret Adams:
Post Office as above or 01263 768 765

....moved into a house next door to an empty

plot. One day, a gang of building workers
turned up to start building on the plot.
The young familys 5-yr-old daughter naturally
took an interest in all the activity going on next
door and started talking with the workers.
She hung around and eventually the builders, all
with hearts of gold, more or less adopted the little
girl as a sort of project mascot. They chatted with
her, let her sit with them while they had tea and
lunch breaks, and gave her little jobs to do here
and there to make her feel important.
They even gave the child her very own hard hat
and gloves, which thrilled her immensely.
At the end of the first week, the smiling builders
presented her with a pay envelope - containing
2 in 10p coins. The little girl took her pay
home to her mother who suggested that they
take the money to the bank the next day to
open a savings account.
At the bank, the female cashier was tickled pink
listening to the little girl telling her about her
work on the building site and the fact she
had a pay packet.
You must have worked very hard to earn
all this, said the cashier.
The little girl proudly replied: Yes, I worked
every day with Steve & Wayne & Mike.
Were building a big house.

My goodness gracious, and will you be working

on the house again next week? said the cashier
The child thought for a moment.
Then she said seriously:
I think so. Provided those w***kers at
Jewsons deliver the f***ing bricks
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Coronation Hall, Mundesley has launched its

website: www.coronationhallmundesley.co.uk
Although the site is still under development,
it can already be used to access details of the
facilities available and the clubs and societies
who regularly meet at the hall, with details of
how new members can join.
The Calendar shows what is happening at the
hall on any day of the week, over the coming
months. Hire charges can be found on the site,
which do vary depending on facilities used.
Those who want to make a booking or wish to
find out more details about facilities provided
can e-mail the Hall Secretary using the
contact us form on the website.
Alternatively, a phone number is provided to
contact the hall caretaker, who will be pleased
to answer any questions. The site is one of a
number of new initiatives to reach out to the
local community, not only to publicise what
is on offer, but to find out what else users
would like from the Coronation Hall.
If you have any comments about the Hall, or
wish to comment specifically on the website,
please e-mail the Hall Secretary on:
hallsecretary@outlook.com

Bacton Yard Sale

Bacton Yard sale on Sunday 30th Aug was

unlucky with an overcast morning but by
10am the clouds were blowing away and
the sun was trying to shine.
The Bacton streets were filled with potential
customers and many miles were walked in

search of bargains of which there were many.

Bacton being a rather stretched village we had
to drive in between sections of sales but it was
worth while and refreshments at Sugar and
Spice were as delicious as usual.
Liz King

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Green Build 2015

A cold dry Sunday morning, dry being the
appropriate word in light of all the rain
weve had recently, found the team at
the Greenbuild day at Felbrigg Hall.
We arrived to a fast-filling car park with some
numbers of people already walking the site though
we arrived at the exact time of opening.

The ladies are: on the blue weave, Jenny Rose;

on the spinning wheel, Sharon Fisher and on
the pegs Lesley Rose.
Also outstanding was the colourful material
woven by the Worstead ladies, standing next
to the samples made the team feel that theyd
fallen into a rainbow.

Thinking Wisp is a small company who are

interested in providing internet broadband
in rural communities.

Jane Wisson, above, who welcomed us in, is a

fan of the Crab Tales and manages the Tourist
Information Centre in Cromer. As you can see
shed had her face painted by a lady on the site.
The morning was a complete joy as always, with
many tents displaying local food and local crafts,
from tree carving to weaving by the ladies of the
Worstead Weavers, a charity with premises in
Dilham, which has about 40 members but
welcomes other interested parties.

Coffee & tea were readily available at the many

seating areas, taken advantage of by old legs.
A most interesting person to speak to was Steve
Nunn who was promoting the Thinking Wisp
company, who are expert at supplying wireless
internet broadband for rural ares.

WHERE CAN I GET MY CRAB TALES?

ALBY Service Station, Alby Horse Shoes Inn

ALDBOROUGH Spar Shop AYLMERTON Service Station
AYLSHAM Aylsham Garden Centre, Budgens, Co-op,
BACTON Bacton Fish & Chip Shop.
BANNINGHAM The Crown Pub / Post Office
BEESTON REGIS Mini Market
BODHAM Post Office
COLBY, SUFFIELD & TUTTINGTON Churches
CROMER Budgens, Council Offices, Country Club, Library,
Rainbow, Crossways,Tourist Info Centre, Food Fare,
Icarus Hines, K Hardware, Mill Rd Post Office, Morrisons,
Mary Janes , N & P, Spar Cliff Rd, No 1 Fish & chip shop
White Horse + 1,000 delivered in Town Centre.
EAST RUNTON East Runton Cafe, East Runton Stores.
INGWORTH Church GIMINGHAM Heather Lee
GRESHAM @ John Stibbons, Langdale
ITTERINGHAM Village Shop/ Withers Gallery
KNAPTON Elephant Playbarn, Church Porch & MADRA
LITTLE BARNINGHAM Village Hall
MUNDESLEY Crayford & Abbs, Country Pickings, Mace,
Manor House, Tescos,Tourist Information Centre,
Village Flower Shop,The Library & Medical Centre.
NORTH WALSHAM Sainsburys, Waitrose
NORTHREPPS Foundry Arms, Northrepps Cottage
OVERSTRAND Post Office,Central Stores,
Overstrand Garden Centre
ROUGHTON Jet / Post Office & Groveland
SHERINGHAM CAS Travel, Crown Inn, Library, Poppy
Line Railway Station Whistlestops, Tyneside Club.

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SIDESTRAND Sidestrand Church

SOUTHREPPS Mace Shop, Vernon Arms
SUSTEAD from Mrs Jubb, Pear Tree Cottage
THORPE MARKET Church
TRIMINGHAM Woodlands Park & Church Porch
TRUNCH Corner Shop
WEST BECKHAM Wheatsheaf Public House
WEST RUNTON Spar P.O shop

Steve Nunn, above, in front of his display, he

is holding the only item a person needs to
purchase to make the system work
(thats what he said anyway).
There were many prospective customers even
though his site on the day was hidden away and
took some finding. He gave us many technical
details, all of which can be found in the site
below: communityactionorfolk.org.uk
In a technical talk, he stated that the only place
that couldnt get an internet signal was if you
had a giant oak outside your kitchen window.
We have a giant oak outside of our kitchen
window, but we enjoyed talking to him.

The roar of a tree-carving saw filled the air as we

watched huge chunks of wood being carved
miraculously into wondrous owls and suchlike,
displays that took away the breath.

YOUR NEXT
CRAB TALES
COMES OUT

SEPTEMBER
23rd

All in all an excellent way to spend a

Sunday morning even if we did have
to record the Archers!
Thanks to Dennis & Sal Snape for this article
and photographs.

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The Village Chippy

5 Beach Road, Mundesley
(Next to the Manor Hotel)

Open Every Day

(Except Sunday)

11.30am. to 2pm...ish

&

4.30pm. to 9.30pm....ish

Cooking Fish fresh to order,

Chicken, Ribs & Peas etc.
All at Good Prices
Tel: 01263 720 565

Email us: calaisaction@gmail.com

facebook.com/calaisaction

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The Ship Inn

21 Beach Road, Mundesley

Beautiful Seaview Restaurant

Fantastic, locally sourced, New Menu

Book Your
Christmas Party
Early

Thursday Evenings 'Curry & A Pint' 9.95

Quiz Night 1st Tuesday of each month.
Rooms Ready for Booking!
Competitive Rates Apply

Seaview Function Room available

for ALL occasions.

To book or for further information

phone us on:

01263 722 671

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or e-mail :

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What Can Or Should

Be Done?
On Friday September 11th at 7.30pm, I went
along to a meeting in Mundesley Church Rooms
to discuss what can be done to re-instate the
Trafalgar Slope access pathway.
Back to December 2013 due to storms the slope
which had been used for many years to access
the beach, was seriously damaged and closed
off by the North Norfolk District Council.

After a number of local meetings in Mundesley

the NNDC claimed that they are not to be held
responsible to meeting the cost for making the
repairs, which are estimated to be something
like 240 to 250k.

Considering that for a so many years the District

Council have been responsible for any repairs
on this site, they now claim otherwise.
I.E they are not prepared to repair this
important local facility.
During the meeting run by Harry Hicks & Bev
Reynolds, a number of questions were put from
the audience of well over a couple of hundred,
it was suggested by Norman Lamb MP that
we, as a community, could set up a fund in
the village of say 10 each household to be
used to repair this loca asset.
When this proposal was put to the meeting it
appeared that everyone agreed with the idea.
What do you think should happen?
Let us know!
PK

Book Choice

so interesting to learn so much about the hardships that the Channel Islanders went through
during the war. It is funny, moving and quite
unlike anything I have read for a long time.

The Guernsey Literary & Potato

Peel Pie Society

More About Mary Ann Shaffer

By Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

Mary Ann Shaffers first and only novel opens
in London in 1946, and could scarcely, it seems,
be more English. Yet its author was an American,
a bibliophile from West Virginia.
She is at home with the idiom of her characters
and the epistolary form of her novel and it is sad
to think that this is her sole published work.
Encouraged to write by members of her book
club so, in her late sixties, took the plunge.
Having visited Guernsey in 1976, Shaffer became
fascinated by the wartime occupation of the
Channel Islands, and during the course of her
research - woven unobtrusively into the the
book - she heard tales of terrible cruelty
and great courage.

The Story

January 1946: London is emerging from the

shadow of the 2nd World War, & writer Juliet
Ashton is looking for her next book subject.
Who could imagine that she would find it in
a letter from a man shes never met, a native
of Guernsey, who has come across her name
written inside a book by Charles Lamb.
As Juliet and her new correspondent exchange
letters, Juliet is drawn into the world of this man
& his friends - and what a wonderfully eccentric
world it is. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel
Pie Society - born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi
when its members were discovered breaking the
curfew by the Germans occupying their island
- boasts a charming, funny, deeply human cast
of characters, from pig farmers to phrenologists,
literature lovers all.
Juliet begins a remarkable correspondence with

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the societys members, learning about their island,

their taste in books, and the impact the German
occupation has had on their lives. Captivated by
their stories, she sets sail for Guernsey, and
what she finds will change her forever.
Deprivation was such that the German soldiers
would risk execution by stealing food from the
islanders, who themselves subsisted mainly on
turnip soup and fried their parboiled potatoes
by scorching them on an iron.
I found this book quite delightful and although
at times it brought tears to my eyes, it was also

Mary Ann Shaffer had planned to write the

biography of Kathleen Scott, wife of the
polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott.
While researching the subject, she traveled to
England, but was discouraged to find that the
subjects personal papers were nearly unusable.
While dealing with this frustration, she decided
to spend some of her planned stay in England
by visiting Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
However, as soon as she arrived, the airport was
shut down due to heavy fog. She spent her visit
in the airport bookstore, reading several histories
of the German occupation of those islands
during World War II.
It was twenty years before Shaffer began a novel
dealing with Guernsey. She had abandoned her
plan to write the Scott biography, and said:
All I wanted was to write a book that someone
would like enough to publish.
In 2006 after her manuscript had been accepted
for publication, the books editor requested some
changes that required substantial rewriting, but
around that time Shaffers health had deteriorated
dramatically (she died on 16 February 2008).
She asked the daughter of her sister Cynthia,
Annie Barrows, who by that time was a wellestablished author of childrens literature, to
finish the editing and rewriting.
Barrows did so, and thereby became a listed
co-author on the work.
Written with warmth and humor as a series of
letters, this novel is a celebration of the written
word in all its guises, and of finding connection
in the most surprising ways.

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On Saturday 5th
September
North Norfolk Cats Feline Trust held an open
day at their base in Upper Sheringham.

There were gazebos full of bric a brace, others

of antiques, Tom-bola, raffle, plants, and cat
paraphernalia all at really reasonable prices.

Pictured Above: Julie with her 1st raffle prize a

scrummy iced cake with a charming cat with its
toy iced on top. She was going to share it with
friends who had a birthday on the following day.
Over sixty visitors came to enjoy the displays
and had conducted tours of the cattery.

The Winner of the fruit basket was Ann Dack.

She gave it to Mrs Rees much to her delight.

Above Mrs Ann Dack and one of the many

fortunate cats who live at South Hollow.
Many expressed interest in offering forever
homes to some of the residents which means
Jenny and Mrs Rees will be very busy
interviewing prospective owners.
Over 800 was raised towards maintaining the
sanctuary, but they are still counting!
Mrs Rees and the trustees thanks all those who
came to the Open Day and all the others who
support this very necessary sanctuary.

When Our.......

..............lawn mower broke and wouldnt run,

my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it
fixed. But, somehow I always had something
else to take care of first, the shed, the boat or
making beer.........Always something more
important to me.
Finally she thought of a clever way to make her
point. When I arrived home one day, I found
her sitting in the tall grass, busily snipping
away with a tiny pair of sewing scissors.
I watched silently for a short time and then I
went into the house. I was gone only a minute,
and when I came out again ....I handed her a
toothbrush.
I said: When you finish cutting the grass, you
might as well sweep the driveway.
The doctors say I will walk again,
but I will always have a limp.
Thanks to David Thorne for this.
If you are reading this, so
too are your future clients

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Indoor Car Boot Sales

NNDC will host fortnightly Indoor Car Boot Sales

at The Community Sports Centre in Cromer.
Starting on Sunday 4th October until Sunday 20th March 2016.
Open to public from 12.30pm. Setting from 11.30am.
The car boot sale will run fortnightly from Sunday 4 October until
Sunday 20 March 2016.
To book a pitch on the day costs 5 but they cannot be guaranteed.
Pre-booked pitches cost 6. Refreshments will be available.
For Info or to book contact the sports centre on 01263 5156 696
or email: cromersportscentre@north-norfolk.gov.uk

Junior Talent Competition

If you were not there then you

missed a fantastic mornings
entertainment at the Pavilion
Theatre, on the Pier for the
annual Cromer Carnival
Junior Talent Competition.
The audience were treated to a
spectacle of spellbinding magic,
singing, dancing, hula-hooping &
a full group ensemble spectacular
amongst many others.
All ably compered by carnival
stalwart Pat West, a fantastic
time was had by all.

Redecoration to Restoration
07980 528 027
01263 510 978

hg.sons.bs@googlemail.com
5 million commercial & public liability
Dylan Wilson (aged 13) pictured
above was voted overall winner
by the esteemed judging panel
for his hilarious stand-up comedy,
and even pulled another routine
out of the bag as his victory
turn.. Dylan is certainly
one to watch out for.

Paston College Awards

Kevin Grieve welcomed over 200

students and parents to a packed St
Nicholas Church, Nth Walsham on
Thursday 10th September.
He told the audience:It had been a
brilliant year for the College with
the students achieving some of our
best ever A level & BTEC results.
Kevin thanked the teaching, support
staff, students and parents for their
hard work over the last two years
and was particularly pleased with a
98% A level pass rate & a 100%
pass rate on BTEC courses.
Over 250 students are going to
University after A level & BTEC
courses & a record 6 students gaining
places to Oxford & Cambridge.
Guest speaker Mark Bruhin founder
& Managing Director of Beacon East
had been instrumental in organising
the Futures event. Mark spoke to
students about their career paths
and making the right choices.

HG & Sons

He gave tips to students on meeting

the challenges of the work places,
particularly with the pace of
changing technology.
He then presented the certificates &
prizes to all the students including
over 90 Norfolk County Scholars.
These students had achieved ABB
grades or better at A level & distinctions on their BTEC courses.
Special prizes included the Ivan
Palfry Cup to Yasmin Mantell by
Ted Gadsden for the Rotary Club
and the Kristopher Harper prize
to Ciara Simpson for outstanding
academic achievement during
their first year of study.
The Paston Sportsperson of the
year was awarded to
Danni Garwood
Once again the Awards Evening
has been a brilliant success
said Kevin Grieve.

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waste removal
loose shingle and sand delivery
full bathroom & kitchen installations
total renovations
ground work including digger
roof and gutter repairs
property maintenance & servicing
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Will Your Will

Work?

Written by Fiona Hewitt - Director and Head

of Private Client Services at Hayes + Storr
The recent case of Ilott v Mitson gave rise to
some sensationalist media coverage and comment
Where theres a Will the person who wrote
it may not get their way (the Guardian); and
Your Will can be ignored say Judges
(Daily Telegraph) are just two examples.
The facts of the case were briefly as follows:
Melita Jackson died in 2004, leaving her
estate of almost 500,000 to charities.
Her only daughter, Heather Ilott, a 50 year old
mother of 5, was disinherited. Mrs Ilott had
fallen out with her mother when she eloped
at the age of 17. At the time of her mothers
death she was living in a rented house, and
was reliant on state benefits.
Mrs Ilott made a claim against her mothers
estate, and was initially awarded 50,000.
She appealed against this in the High Court on
the grounds that it was too little, but the original
order was then overturned in favour of the charities.
When she appealed again, the Court of Appeal
decided that she should receive a payment from
the estate, and in the end she was awarded
around a third of the estate.
Despite the media fuss over this and other similar
recent cases, claims by disinherited children are
nothing new. Faced with such claims, the court
must take into account a number of factors, including the financial resources and needs of the
applicant & beneficiaries, the deceaseds obligations and responsibilities to both the applicant
& other beneficiaries, and any relevant disabilities.
The conduct of the parties can also be taken
into account.
Mrs Ilott and her family were in financial need.
Mrs Jackson had no particular connection to the
charities she chose to benefit, and the Judge
decided that she had acted out of spite rather
than because she wanted to support their work.
As for conduct, Mrs Ilott had made some attempts
at reconciliation with her mother which had been
rejected, and it was felt that the main cause of the
broken relationship was Mrs Jackson herself.
It remains to be seen how much influence this
case will have over future decisions, and all cases
of this sort depend on the individual facts.
Selbrigg Lodge
Thorpe Market
NR11 8UA

Relax in Air Conditioned Studio

Pedicure or Manicure

8 for Express, 15 Standard, 20 for full Luxury Spa

feeling (includes warmed paraffin wax, applied in-order to seal
in heat, softness & moisture) 10 extra for a CND Shellac
polish,14 days wear & no damage to natural nail!

However, the decision to award such a significant

sum to someone who was otherwise completely
disinherited has caused some unease for both
lawyers and their clients.
It is not uncommon to want to exclude certain
family members from benefitting from an estate.
If you decide to do this and you think it may
cause problems, it is advisable to take the
following steps:
1. Have a professionally drafted Will in place,
clearly and unambiguously setting out your
intentions.
2. Make sure you tell your legal advisor all the
facts and background so they can advise you
properly on the risks and safeguards.
3. Leave a letter of wishes with your Will, explaining not only why you wish to exclude someone
from the Will (or give them only a minimal gift),
but also why you particularly wish to pass your
estate to your chosen beneficiaries.
This article aims to supply general information, but
it is not intended to constitute advice. Every effort is
made to ensure that the law referred to is correct at
the date of publication and to avoid any statement
which may mislead. However no duty of care is
assumed to any person and no liability is accepted
for any omission or inaccuracy. Always seek our
specific advice.

If you require advice on this matter please

telephone our private client department
on 01263 825 959.
For advice on any other legal matter please
telephone our Sheringham office
on 01263 825 959 or email law@hayes-storr.com

From Petes Pen

Waxing

Eyebrow tidy 6. Upper lip, lower lip & chin 12

Legs-half 12 Full leg & bikini 25
Many more beauty treatments are available,
bespoke packages can be created.
Vouchers available for Birthdays, Christmas
or special occasions.

Examples

Indian head massage & Hopi ear treatment,

including a facial lymphatic drainage massage 35.
Luxury Spa manicure & Spa Pedicure
including paraffin wax for 35.
CND Shellac polish including express manicure 20
(free removal when having re-application)

Standard Manicure 15 - Luxury manicure 20

(10 extra for CND Shellac polish finish).
Phone Liz on 07718 092 189
to discuss your requirements or
email: Liz@selbrigg.co.uk

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ENSLIN
DENTAL SURGERY

20 High Street
Cromer
Norfolk NR27 9HG

17 - 19 West Street, Cromer.

With our additional provisions for the Community,

we are able to take on more new clients.
This includes new NHS customers of any age.
We welcome all enquiries
Contact the Reception on

01263 515 229

Medical Negligence

Richard Barr experienced clinical negligence solicitor

based in North Norfolk. Free preliminary consultation without
obligation (at your own home if you wish) Cases may be
taken on no win no fee
For more information and a fact sheet contact me on:

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Scott-Moncrieff & Associates Ltd.

The Boy Who Loves Junk Mail,

The Mailman & Facebook
Twelve-year-old Mathew Flores
is a bit different from the rest
of us. He loves junk mail.
Until recently, advertisements
were the only reading materials
available to the boy.
Flores loves reading so much that
he approached his mailman in a
Salt Lake City suburb to ask if
he could have any junk mail.
The strange question prompted the
mailman, Ron Lynch, to ask why.
Lynch detailed Flores response
in a heartbreaking Facebook
post afterwards.
Today while delivering mail to
his apartment complex, I saw him
reading ads, and then he asked
me if I had any extra mail he
could read, Lynch wrote.
He told me his wish is to have
books to read. I told him the
library had many, but he said
they do not have a car, and
couldnt afford the bus.

Lynch then asked his Facebook

friends if they could spare some
books for Flores:
Most kids his age want electronics!
Its great to see his desire, and you
should have seen him beam when
I said I could help!
Hes counting on me, so I am
counting on you! he concluded
Lynch thought the Facebook post
might bring in 50 to 60 books, he
told local news outlet KSL.
But his request went viral.

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Fish & Chips
in Cromer

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People from around the world,

including the U.K., Australia
and India, have sent books,
Lynch said.
He told The Huffington Post that
hundreds of books have now been
delivered to the boys door so far,
with hundreds more likely on
their way, and hes amazed
at the generosity.
Posted on Facebook by Ron Lynch
on Tuesday, July 28th, 2015

For The Lovely People Of Mundesley

PLEASE REMEMBER
to recycle your Bottles in the bottle bank on the shoppers carpark.
The monies from which goes straight back into the village
via Mundesley Youth & Community.
The recycle money from bottles placed in your Green bin as promoted by
NNDC goes to the District Council and NOT the village.

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For Regular or Special Events in the Crab Tales PLEASE e-mail CONCISE copy to : lis.keddell@sky.com or
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Please Note: To avoid any mistakes we will NOT take any details or corrections over the phone.

Aylsham

Bridge Club 7pm Fri 7.15pm t: 761 308

Broadland Junior Chess 8.30am term-time Sat.
t: 735 740
Country Market each Friday 8.50-noon
Cricket Club indoor Sun 3-5pm t: 510 102
Evening WI 7.30pm 1st Thurs Town Hall.
Extend Over 60s Exercise Fridays Jubilee
Family Centre t: 01692 407 851
Farmers Market 9am-1pm 1st & 3rd Sat.
F.I.T. group 2nd & 4th Weds t: 731 177
Flower Club 2nd Wed 7.30pm Town Hall
Fitness Yoga/Pilates Tues & Thurs
Friendship Hall t: 01692 538 569
Gym Club Fri 5pm. High School t: 576 609
Inspired Gardeners group. 2nd Thurs 10.30
- noon. Methodist Church Hall. t:733 535.
Lammas KC Lodge ROAB Tues 8.15pm
Sutton School Of Dance, Mill Row.
Meditation Classes Thurs 12.30 -1.30pm
Friends Meeting House, Peggs Yard
Monday Stall Parish Church 8.30-noon
N. N. Mental Health Users & Carers Forum
2nd Weds Jubilee Centre 1- 3.30pm.
RBL (Womens) 1st Mon Salvation Army Hall
N.N. Speakers Club 7pm alt.Wed High School
t: 01692 402 662
Scalextric Club Presto Park Weds 7.15pm.
t: 01603 754 319
Quaker Meetings Sun 10.30am Peggs Yard
Yoga Tues 7.30pm Peggs Yard. t: 732 426

Overstrand

Acorns Parent & Toddler Group 1.30 -3pm

Thurs (term-time) Belfry School. t: 579 275.
Gardening Club 2.30pm 1st Tues Parish
Hall t: 576 437
Carpet Bowls 2.30pm Thurs. Parish Hall
t: 833 369
Railway Quilters & Craft Group 2nd & 4th
Tues.10-12 Parish Hall t: 576 986
Strand Club 2nd Wed (except Aug) 2.30pm
The Pavilion t: 579 433
W.I. 3rd Wed 7.30pm Parish Hall t: 834 242

Mundesley

Badminton Tues & Fri am: Coronation Hall.

Tel: 722 835
Bowls Pavilion Bingo: Sun 7.30pm, Whist
Drive: Tues, Wed & Fri 1.45pm t: 721 815
Cafe Church 1st Weds 10.30am Church Rooms.
Carpet Bowls Mon 1.30pm Coronation Hall
t: 720 344
Come & Meet Club 3rd Weds 11am. Royal
Hotel, Coffee Bar t:720 558.
Community Choir Tues 7.30pm Methodist
Church t: 722 022
Craft Club 10am - 12pm 1st & 3rd Mon
Coronation Hall. t 720 549
Creative Writing Group 1st Fri 2.15-4.15pm
Library t:720 702
Knit & Natter Tues 4-5pm Library t:720 702
Library Mon & Sat:10-1pm,Tues 2-5.30pm
Fri 10-1pm & 2-6.30pm. t: 720 702
Luncheon Club for over 60s & disabled.
Cromer
Mon &Thurs 12-2pm Free Church t :721 984
Age Concern Fri 10am The Cottage.
MADRA t: 07734 689 978
Aqua Therapy Classes Mon 11am-12pm
Methodist Church Sun worship 10.30am
Wed 7pm Country Club t: 07885 501 914
RBL 4th Weds Haig Club. t: 722 238
Air Training Corps 7pm Mon & Thurs,
RBL Womens 3rd Weds 1.45pm Coronation
High School t: 515 452
Hall t:721 021
Baptist Church 1st & 3rd Sat Coffee
Rhythm Club 8pm lst Mon. October - April
morning t: 576 524
The Ship t: 721 604
Bridge (Duplicate) Mon 7pm t: 822 778
Scrabble Club Fri 2pm Church Rooms.
C.A.B. Appointments: t : 01692 405 847
t: 720 663 or 720 107
Christian Fellowship Sun 10.30am former Table Tennis Club Thurs 7pm Coronation Hall.
Gospel Hall t: 838 180
t: 722 930 or 07828 175 493
Cromer Orchestra meets 7-9pm The Belfry Village Cinema 7.30pm Coronation Hall 2nd
Arts Centre. Overstrand. t: 511 600
Tues Info: www.mundesley.org/film
Diabetes UK 4thThurs 7.30pm Methodist
W.I. 2nd Mon 7pm Church Rooms t: 720 744
Church Hall. t: 01692 405 492
Elderberries Badminton 3-5pm Mon & Fri North Walsham
AgeUK 4th Thurs 10 - noon Drop in for info
Cromer sports hall. t: 761 142
Elderberries Short Mat Bowls 3-5pm Mon & advice. Library t: 01692 402 482
Animal Magic Dog Club t: Kathy 720 730
& Fri Cromer sports hall. t: 511 246
1st Suffield Park Guides 7pm.Weds. info: Beginners Tai Chi & Qigong. Tuesdays
www.girlguiding.org.uk/get_involved.aspx St. Benets Hall. Qigong 6.30pm. Tai Chi
Flower Club 7.20pm 3rd Mon Junior School. 7.30pm. t: 01603 466 120
Bipolar Self Help Group 3rd Thurs 2pm
t: 513 408
Folk Dance Club 7.30pm Tues Community Saddlers Shop t: 0854 434 9872
Charity Bingo Weds 8pm Community Centre.
Hall t: 578 224
t: 01692 407 214
Garden Society 7.30pm 2nd Weds
Chess Club 7.30 Mon. Orchard Garden Pub.
Community Hall t: 514 399
Hockey Club Mon under16 6.30pm Adults All abilities. t: 01692 404 649
Extend Over 60s Exercise Mon. Methodist
7.15pm Sports Centre t: 01692 404 440
Church Hall t: 01692 407 851
Korean Martial Arts t: 07765 282 981
Judo Tues from 7pm. Millfield Primary School.
Lip reading classes Weds 1.30-3.30pm.
t: Hazel: 579 345
Methodist Church Rooms t: 0344 800 8020
Lions Club 7.30pm 1st Mon. Community
N & N Assoc.for Blind 9.30-1pm Tues
Centre. t: 01692 400 702
Merchants Place.
N.N. Mencap Society Thurs 1pm Merchants N.N. Speakers Club 7pm alt. Weds. High
School t: Gillian :01692 650 250
Place. t: 578 116
Parkinsons Disease Society 10.30am 2nd Parkinson Support Group 2nd Tues 10:30am
Sacred Heart Church Hall. t:01692 406 486
Wed of month St. John Hall, Bond St.
R.E.M.E. 2pm. 1st Wed Halsey Hse t: 512 450 Quaker Meetings Sun 10.30am Meeting
House, Mundesley Rd. near Swafield.
RBL 2pm 1st Wed. The Cottage t:510 146
RAFA 7.30pm First Tues. Bluebell Inn
RBL Womens Section 2.30pm 1st Thurs
Sing for Joy Singing Group Thurs 10am. Reading 4 U 3rd Wed 9.45am St.Johns Hall
t: 768 164
Community Centre. t: 570 117
Short & Sweet book group 1-2pm Tues
St John Ambulance Adults Tues 7.30pm
Cadets Tues 5.45pm St John Hall, Bond St. every 3 weeks in Library. t: 01692 402 482
Tabletop/Craft Sale Sat 10am-4pm Parish Spiritualist Centre Sun: 6.30-8pm
St Johns Ambulance Hall.
Hall. t: 649 441
The Wheel of Light 1st Thurs 7.30pm
Taekwondo Sports Centre. t: 711 824
Tai Chi For Health Wed 2-3pm Community Orchard Gardens Pub. t: 721 484
Victory Explorers Weds evenings
Centre t: 823 007
14 - 18 yrs t: 01692 406415
Tennis Club Sun, Weds & Fri t:513 741
Walsham Writers Group :
The One Oclock Club over 60s.1-2pm
www.walshamwritersgroup.com
Thurs. Barkers Herne.
Weavers Morris Dancers Wed 7.45pm
W.I. 2nd Thurs 2 pm, Garden St.
St Nicholas Room t: 01692 404 447

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Sheringham

Elsewhere

1st Suffield Park Guides Weds evenings

www.girlguiding.org.uk/get_involved.aspx
Acol Bridge Club Tues 2pm. All abilities.
Weybourne Village Hall. t:515 588
Badminton Thurs. Gresham Village Hall
t: 07917 596 797
Beachcombers Dining Club 1st Mon 7pm:
The Feathers Hotel, Holt. t: Hazel 838 566
Cash Bingo Tues 8pm Aldborough
community centre.
Cantamus Choir 7.30pm Thurs. Southrepps
Church. t: 07785 782 498.
Crazee Kidz Club 7pm 2nd & 4th Fri. term time.
Roughton Village Hall 7-16yrs. t:768 138
Cromer & Sheringham Brass Band 7.45pm
Thurs Upper Sheringham Village Hall t:733 638
Cromer Air Rifle Club 9am -noon Sundays
Near Sheringham. t: 570 223
Extend exercise for over 60s Mon 2.30pm
Northrepps Village Hall t:768 159
Farmers Market 1st Sun 9.30am - 12.30pm
Aldborough Community Hall t: 768 766
Fit Together Health Walks t: 07766 259 999
Fit Together Tea Dance Tues 2-4pm Briston
Copeman Centre - 2 Info: 07766 259 999
Greenfingers Gardening Club 7.30pm 1st
Thurs Jubilee Hall, Banningham t: 761 620
Gym Club Thurs 5-8pm Northrepps Village
Hall t: 576 609
Knapton Ladies Club 3rd Mon 7.30pm
Knapton Village Hall t:720 908.
1st Tues Womens Own Knapton Methodist
Church t: 721 439
MS Group Mon 10-2pm Southrepps Village
Hall t: 823 392
Nordic Walking Tues & Thurs 11am
t: 07825 773 368
Norfolk Dixieland Jazz Band 1.30pm 1st Sun
Goat Inn,Skeyton.Free. t: 01692 538 600.
Norfolk Submariners 1st Wed 12noon Kings
Head, Horsham St Faith t: 511 758
N.N. Minni House Club 2nd Thurs 2-4pm
(except Aug) Bodham Village Hall t: 826 970.
N. Walsham Cage Bird Club 8pm 3rd Tues
Felmingham Village Hall. t: 01692 404 750
Northrepps Pre-School Mon-Fri Term-time
The Runtons
t:579 396
Bingo Sun & Wed 7.30pm Bernies Social
Northrepps R.B.L. 1st Mon. 2nd.Mon. BHs.
Club East Runton
7.30pm. Northrepps Cottage t: 579 633.
NN Amateur Radio Group 7- 9.30pm 2nd
Nth Norfolk Model Engineering Club
Thurs East Runton village hall t: 519 485
1st Fri 7.30pm High Kelling Social Centre
N.N. Chess Club Fri 7.30pm. W. Runton
Prize Bingo 7.30pm 1st & 3rd Fri
Social Club t: 823 814
Gimingham Village Hall
Pilates Classes All ages, abilities, male /
Roughton & District WI. 2nd weds of month.
female. Mon.10am E. Runton Community
7.30pm Roughton Village Hall t: 768 106.
Hall t: 588 935 or Mob. 07900 733 832
Roughton Under 5s Playgroup t:07553 456 083
Philatelic Society 2nd Mon 7.30pm
Rubys Prize Bingo. 1st Sat of month
West Runton Church Hall.
7.30pm. Lower Southrepps Social Club
Cromer & Sheringham Probus Club
Seniors Swimming Mon & Weds am., Fri pm.
12.30pm 1st Tues, Links Hotel t:824 306
Greshams Swimming Pool, Holt. t: 711 123
Rotary Club Weds 6pm except 5th Weds
Suffield Park Bowls Club. Whist Drives
Dormy House W.Runton, t: 578 194
Tues 2.15pm. Fri twice monthly 7.30pm.
Sequence Dancing Mon 7.30-10pm
Traditional Catholic Latin Mass 4th. Sun
E. Runton Village Hall.t:01692 403 071
5.30pm Mission Rooms Horsham St. Faiths
West Runton Scouts info : 712 288
(opp. Parish Church) t: 01603 788 873
W.I. 2.15pm 2nd Wed. W. Runton Church Hall Trunch Bumbles Pre-school t: 720 931
Trunch Friends 2nd Tues 2pm Trunch
Village Hall t:721 570
Trimingham
Trunch Methodist Church 1st Sat 10am - noon.
All at Pilgrim Shelter. Free Parking
Coffee Morning. Stalls Cakes t: 720 145
Whist Mon & Thurs 1 for1.15pm deal 1.50 Weybourne Folk Club 3rd Sun 3-6pm
incl. Raffle & Refreshments. t: Liz 834 965
Maltings Hotel, Weybourne.t:588 781
Whist Drive: 7.30pm 3rd Friday
Yoga Mon 7.30pm t: Linda 834 349
Antingham Village Hall
Slimming Club Tues 1.45pm t: Val 579 797 Woodlands Pre-School Mon am,
Tues - Fri 9am-3pm t: 834 148

Beetle Drive 3rd Tues.7.30pm St.Josephs Church

Bridge The Morley. Duplicates Thurs 7pm
Beginners Fri 2pm t: 822 087
Bounce & Rhyme under 5s & parents/carers.
Tues 10.15-10.45am : Library. t: 822 874
CAB. YESU,Thurs 10-2pm t: 01692 402 570
Chess. All ages & abilities. 7.30 Fri.
Morley Club. t: 576 575.
Christian Spiritualist Church Tues 7.30pm
Oddfellows Hall t 513 067
English Country Dancing Mons 7.30pm
Methodist Church Hall t: 01692 404 447
Evening W.I. 2nd Mon. Community Centre
t: 649 227 or 07905 292 897
Gingerbread Fri pm. Friends Meeting House
t: 0785 9364 702
Harry Upcher Lodge ROAB Mon 8.15pm
Tyneside Club.
Hearing Aid Clinic 10-12pm 1st Mon.
Age Concern.
Ladies Fellowship 7.30pm 2nd Tues
Salvation Army.
Lip reading classes Thurs 1.30 - 3.30pm
Health Centre t: 0344 800 8002
MS meetings 7-9pm 1st & 3rd Wed. Robin
Hood Pub, t: 823 392
Old Shannocks 2.15pm last Wed of month
Community Rooms.
Quaker Meetings Sun 10.30am Cremer St.
RAFA. 11am 3rd Tues of month. t: 519 684
Saturday Super Sale First Sat 9-11am.
Salvation Army Hall.
Sheringham & Cromer Lions Club 2nd &
4th Tues.The Morley Club. t: 821 276
Sheringham Lace Makers. Mon 1- 4pm,
St Andrews Church Hall. t: 822 075.
Sheringham Singers Ladies Choir Tues 2-4pm
Lighthouse Community Church t: 768 126
Sheringham Voyager 2pm 1st & 3rd Thurs
Community Centre t: 01692 500 550
Sheringham Youth Choir 11-18yrs.Weds
7pm (term time) Baptist Church
The Fellowship Choir 10-11.30am Mon
St. Andrews Church. t:761 482

Mundesley Museum
Open 11.30am - 1pm & 2.30 - 4pm

Every Day except Saturday until 30th September

Further Information from 01263 720 603

or clerk@mundesley-pc.gov.uk

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WEDS 23rd SEPTEMBER

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Special Events
SEPTEMBER

Thurs 17th, 24th Sept & 1st Oct

2- 5pm: North Walsham Library
Learn how to use your Tablet ~ Three consecutive
weeks of learning about how to use and get the
most from your tablet. Free. Booking essential
on: 01692 402 482
Friday 18th September
from noon: Church Rooms, Mundesley
Soup & Pudding Lunch ~ Come & enjoy freshly
made soup & puddings. Raffle. 4 all money
goes to All Saints Church funds
Friday 18th - Monday 21st &
Fri 25th - Mon 28th September
10am - 4pm: 14 Meadow Drive Mundesley
NR11 8LN

Shirleys Charity Painting Exhibition

To be held in Shirleys Shed
20% of all sales will be divided between Breast
Cancer Care & The Lymphoedema Support
Network. Car Parks in Village.
Info: 01263 726 986
Saturday 19th September
10.30am - 1pm: Aylsham Heritage Centre
Pop in & Plant ~ Event for children. Pop in, Pick up
a Pot and plant up a bulb. You can decorate it too!
Make a perfect present for grandparents, aunties &
uncles. Just 1 a pot All the materials provided by
Woodgate Nursery.
10.30am - noon: Cromer Library
Record Breakers ~ If youve managed to complete
our reading challenge, come along to receive your
medal & certificate from Councillor Hilary Cox
7.30pm: St Botolphs Church, Trunch.
Concert ~ Last Night Of The Proms. Norfolk Winds.
David Morgan (Piano) & Flautist, Anna Hopkins, with
friends playing oboe, clarinet & bassoon. Admission
by programme at door, 10 (8 concs) info:
http://www.trunchconcerts.co.uk
Sat 19th & Sun 20th September
11am - 5pm : St Michaels Church, Sidestrand
Sidestrand Archive Group Exhibition ~ Display on
the history of houses in the Sidestrand area & how
to research your own house history. Also a new
map showing the erosion of the coastline showing
local landmarks and artefacts from the Templewood
Archive [Sidestrand and Northrepps] displayed for
the first time. Refreshments. Admission free
Sunday 20th September
1 - 5pm: field east off the A140, Ingworth
Ingworth TROSH ~ threshing bagging and baling
wheat as it used to be done plus Fun Dog Show
& Tractor Pulling. Admission 5 Children under
12 years free. Fun for all the family.
Monday 21st September
10:30am: Royal Hotel Car Pk, Mundesley.
Fit Together Walk ~ Mundesley. Arrive 20 mins
early if new. Info: 07766 259 999.

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From 10.30am: Sacred Heart Church Hall, N.Walsham
National Pensioners Convention ~ All welcome to
form a regular North Walsham Pensioners Group.
11.15 am - Locality Speaker - Graham Jones.
12.15 pm - Buffet Lunch & Raffle. Info:
Chris Brooks t: 01502 56 3208
Thursday 24th September
11am: Priory Maze Car Pk. NR26 8SF.
Fit Together Walk ~ Beeston Common. Arrive 20
mins early if new. Info: 07766 259 999.

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Friday 25th September

10am - noon : Southrepps Church
Macmillan Coffee Morning ~ Mandy & Hazel will
have the usual stalls, cakes, raffle, tombola, bric-abrac & refreshments. All most welcome
10:30am: St Peters Church, Sheringham, NR26 8QS.
Fit Together Walk ~ Sheringham to Beeston Bump
for Macmillan. 10am to register, 3 donation or 5 to
include Veg Soup & roll or tea/coffee at church after
the walk. Info: 07766 259 999
10:30am: Nth Walsham Library, NR28 9DE
Fit Together Walk ~ North Walsham Memorial Park
Introductory walk. Book on 07766 259 999
by 3pm Thurs 24th Sept.
Fri 25th - Sun 27th September
10am - 5pm : Cromer Community Centre
Cromer & District Art Society ~ Autumn Art
Exhibition. Admission Free. Info: 576 747
Fri 25th - Monday 28th September
St. James Church Southrepps
Flower Festival ~ theme Rural Norfolk. Church
open on 25th: 10am - noon for Macmillan Coffee
Morning then to 4pm. Other days 11am - 4.30pm.
Refreshments & light lunches from 12noon - 2pm.
Saturday 26th September
10.30am - 2.30pm: Bacton village Hall
Macmillan Getogether Morning ~ Raffle , Tombola,
Cake. Competition, Nearly New Clothes,Accessories
& Craft Stalls. Enjoy Tea & Cakes Vintage Style, plus
Bacon Rolls & Soup.Further info: 01692 651 390.
No Entry Fee, donations welcome.
Wednesday 30th September
10am -12pm: Merchants Place, Cromer
Keeping Abreast Group ~ Coffee and Chat Drop in
Session. Find out more about Breast Reconstruction.
after Breast Cancer. Volunteers offer support, info.&
chat about reconstruction in a relaxed atmosphere.
10:30am: Pretty Corner Woods Car Pk. Sheringham
Fit Together Walk ~ Pretty Corner Woods.
Arrive 20 mins early if new. Info: 07766 259 999
2-4pm: Cromer Library
Draw Out Your Creative Side ~ Drawing workshop
with Kirsty. Learn new skills. Have fun in a relaxed,
friendly atmosphere. All materials & refreshments
supplied. We will be creating a charcoal portrait so
please bring a photo (head shot) of yourself, family
member etc. Info: 07918 520 204. To book contact
Cromer Library on 512 850.
Wednesday 30th September
4.30 - 7pm Mundesley Medical Centre
Open Evening ~ Meet our five GP partners & staff.
Learn about our services, equipment & info about
our dispensary, medication etc. Health & social care
organisations present. Learn how to register & use
our online services & text messaging service. You
do not have to be a patient at the practice to attend.
All are welcome.

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Friday 25th September
11am - 4pm
Once Again we are holding a
MacMillan Coffee Morning
Saturday 26th September 8pm
Grand Auction for the Neo-Natal
Intensive Care Unit, Norwich

More Events on Page 22

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Special Events
OCTOBER

Thursday 1st October

10:30am : lay-by opp. Woodlands, Trimingham
Fit Together Walk ~ Trimingham Cliff & Countryside.
Arrive 20 mins early if new. Info: 07766 259 999
1pm : Knapton Church lay-by
Fit Together Walk ~ Knapton Station Book on
07766 259 999 by 3pm on Weds 30th Sept.
Friday 2nd October
10:30am: Ship Inn, 23 Beach Rd, Mundesley
Fit Together Walk ~ Mundesley to Paston. Arrive
20 mins early if new. Info: 07766 259 999
Saturday 3rd October
10am - 4pm:Aylsham Market Place
Aylsham Food & Drink Festival ~The Joy of Food.
Food demos by a number of local well-known chefs.
The event aims to increase peoples knowledge of
foods available to eat, teach ways of incorporating
them into everyday foods, and increase confidence
about budgeting, planning and preparing meals.
1pm: from Old Bus Station Cromer, calling at
Nth Lodge Gate & The Surgery
The Cromer Society ~ Excursion to the Maddermarket Theatre Norwich Matinee The Deep Blue
Sea by Terence Rattigan.
Monday 5th October
10:30am: Alby Craft Centre car park
Fit Together Walk ~ Alby. Arrive 20 mins early if
new. Info: 07766 259 999
Wednesday 7th October
10:30am: The Village Inn car park
Fit Together Walk ~ West Runton Amble. Arrive 20
mins early if new. Info: 07766 259 999
10:30am: Esplanade, Sheringham
Fit Together Walk ~ Sheringham Prom Introductory.
Book on 07766 259 999 by 3pm Tues 6th Oct.

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Wednesday 7th October Continued

7pm :Suffield Park Bowls Club
The Cromer Society ~ Recorded Music Section:
Invitation to the Dance presented by Trish Loth
Friday 9th October
7.30pm: Antigham Village Hall
Quiz Night ~ Fish & chip supper included. 7 each
Raffle to be included.
Saturday, 10th October
9.30am - noon: Quaker Meeting House, N. Walsham
Sale ~ Books, Cakes, Crafts & Plants. Ample free
parking. Light Refreshments. A chance to visit the
18th century Meeting House, & to find out more
about Quakers, as part of National Quaker Week
10am : The Gold Park Pavilion, Mundesley
Circular Sponsored Dog Walk ~ around Mundesley
approx 4-5miles info pack available from Mundesley
Tourist Information Office. All proceeds to Mundesley
Coastwatch. 5 to register, contact: 01263 479 644.
10am - noon: Langham Village Hall
Autumn Sale ~ Books, Bric a Brac, Tombola,
Coffee & cake. Proceeds for Langham Church
General Fund
10am - 1pm : Alby Craft Centre
Produce Market ~ Local produce with fish and seafood, preserves & chutneys, goat meat & veg, beers,
wine & fruit, Green Farm Lamb, Scrumptious Cakes
& the delights of the Alby Tea Room. Also a blacksmith & charity stall. The market will continue every
2nd Sunday. Info: 07580 612 890
10am - 4pm : N. Walsham Community Centre
Arts, Crafts & Photography Exhibition ~ We are
seeking Artists & photographers to exhibit: crafters
/ sculptors etc. Application form from the office on
01692 403 594 (9am -1pm) or call in or email the
chairman: jeabol@aol.com
2 - 4pm: Trimingham Pilgrim Centre
Jumble, Book & Cake Sale ~ 1000 + Books at 20p
Free Parking. Info: 834 965

Monday 12th October

10:30am: Weavers Way Car Park, Ingworth
Fit Together Walk ~ Blickling Lake. Arrive 20 mins
early if new. Info: 07766 259 999
Wednesday 14th October
10:30am: NNDC Car park, Runton Rd, Cromer.
Fit Together Walk ~ Cromer/East Runton. Arrive 20
mins early if new. Info: 07766 259 999
Thursday 15th October
10:30am: Victory Sports Centre Car park
Fit Together Walk ~ North Walsham Water Tower.
Arrive 20 mins early if new. Info: 07766 259 999
7pm: Suffield Park Bowls Club
The Cromer Society ~ Illustrated Talk: In the Footsteps of our Fathers presented by Beverley Cooper.
Saturday 17th October
7pm: St. Marys Church Happisburgh
Mundesley Community Choir ~ with music from
West Side Story Porgy & Bess and Les Miserables.
Free admission & refreshments. Donations to Happisburgh Church and Mundesley First Responders.
Wednesday 21st October
10.30am: The Cottage, Louden Rd, Cromer
The Cromer Society ~ Extended Lecture Course
Antarctica Revisited presented by Stephen
Scott-Fawcett.

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2ND PRIZE 15 : MR R. FRASER
3RD PRIZE 10 : MR A. WICKS
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5TH PRIZE 5 : MR P. BRIGGS
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Dreamstone Productions
Celebrates 20th Birthday

Dreamstone was formed when a company of

professional actors found themselves without a
theatre. When a friend asked for a different type
of entertainment Murder Mysteries were initiated.
The then Director of the Company had a series of
health problems & was going to fold the company
but because it was a going concern and such fun
for the actors Jo & John Berry took it over in 2013.
Since then theyve performed 46 Murder Mysteries
in Hotels, Golf Cubs, Halls & on Nth. Norfolk
Railway (Murder on the Poppyline Express!)
The Railway Murder Mysteries came about when
Jo was on a training course at Weybourne with
the then Entertainments Manager. When Jo
suggested Murder Mysteries on the train the
company was contacted & the rest is history!
These Murder Mysteries are extremely popular
with 6 on the Nth Norfolk Railway this year all
fully booked! On 20th November, this year we are
performing a special Murder Mystery Dying
for an Oscar at the Assembly House in Norwich
in aid of MIND.
We have about 100 actors, mainly professional
to call on and all enjoy the challenge of character
building & improvisation on the hoof.
For each event the venue states which era they
would like the M.M. set in.
We performed a Victorian one at the Manor
Hotel in Mundesley based on historical facts.
St Trinians M.M.s are very popular as are the
Bond themed and WW2.
John leads the small team of technicians and we
can call on several photographers. The actors are
given a copy of the script which is basically the
outline of the story & their Character. We then
have a pre-meet about 10 days before the event
to sort out the Murderer, the victims, costumes
etc. and how the story will be acted.

The cast of the Murder Mystery at Blickling Hall

It is then up to the actors to build their character
so we meet at the venue about 2 hours before
meeting the guests. The guests are given a pack
with the names of the Characters, a bit about the
storyline and an accusation sheet to fill in and
hand to the person they think guilty at the end.

Paul Reynolds as the Headmistress

of St Trinians!

The winner is the person who has guessed correctly

with the correct motives & will receive a bottle
of wine & certificate. For the MIND Charity M.M.
the prize is Tea for Two at the Assembly House!
The actors are paid for each performance which
entails visiting each table where guests are seated
as the guests are asked to act detective and
question the characters.

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