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Issue No. 156 incorporating The Wayland News, Attleborough & District News and The Wymondham News
Stainer’s Crucifixion
at St Mary’s,
Attleborough
A speci al St. Mar y‘ s parish
performance of Stainer‘s Crucifixion
will take place on Palm Sunday, March
28th at 6.30 p.m. Given by St. Mary‘s
Church Choir and guests.
Many people came to share in our
choir‘s magnificent Advent
Procession, which made a thoughtful
start to the approaching Christmas
season. It was promised then that the
choir would make another significant
contribution to the spiritual and
musical life of our church, and here it
is – Stainer‘s ―Meditation on the
Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer‖
– or to give it its usual title ―The
Crucifixion‖.
This great work was originally written
for Marylebone Parish Church choir
from where it became a favourite over
the entire English Speaking world.
Thousands of performances would be
given throughout the country in every
sort of church, usually in Holy Week.
Some of the hymns, written within the
work, became widely used in churches,
indeed we sing them still at St. Mary‘s
including the beautiful ―All for Jesus‖.
However, during the second half of the
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Watton Round Table and
41 Club - the final cheque
20th Century the work became less and
less sung, dismissed by some experts
as being too popular and no more than
worthless Victorian tosh. But in recent
times there has been an amazing
revival of interest with many
competent church choirs making it the
centrepiece of their Lent work. Now,
here in St. Mary‘s, we have the chance
to judge for ourselves what a moving
and deeply spiritual work this is. It
will not only please you musically, but
it will enable you to enter fully into its
significance as you join in with the
hymns dispersed throughout the piece.
We have secured the help of two
soloists and some members of another
church choir are hoping to join us. If
you have enjoyed singing then this
would make a fine Lenten offering for
yourself.
We want everyone who wants to hear
good music, support our fine choir and
understand what Jesus did for us on
Good Friday to come and listen and Noel Abel presents a cheque for £367 to Amy Mower and Geoff Garrett of Project Rainbow
bring friends and neighbours with you.
I know that you will find it a moving The presentation of a cheque for present the cheque as he is the only so much for our young people in
approach to understanding more £367 marked the final act for what surviving founder member of Watton Watton and I understand that they
clearly the meaning of the Cross. was Watton Round Table and 41 Round Table – which was formed in need as much support as they can get
Club. Whilst Watton Round Table 1954. - and we are very pleased to help‖.
was disbanded some 10 years ago, Mr Abel said ―This cheque marks The cheque was received by Claire
the tradition has been kept alive by the end of an era. Over the years Mower, one of the youngest
ex Round Tablers in 41 Club (you Watton Round Table raised tens of members of Project Rainbow, and
had to leave Round Table on thousands of pounds for local the project Chairman, Rev. Geoff
reaching 40 years). However, with charities and organised events such Garrett who commented that the
dwindling numbers 41 Club has also as the Carnival and Senior Citizen‘s baton had been passed on together
disbanded and the members voted to Christmas Parties.‖ with the cheque and he looked
donate the remainder of their funds ―As we bow out it seemed forward using the money to help
to the Rainbow Project in Watton. appropriate to pass what funds we continue building Project Rainbow
Noel Abel, aged 80, was nominated had to the youth of the town, to our for the betterment of the community.
by his fellow 41 Club members to future. The Rainbow Project is doing
Katie’s running to beat bowel cancer
Watton girl, Katie Adcock is running the London Marathon in memory of a very brave man. Nathan Bray was
diagnosed with Bowel Cancer in March 2009. Just months later, he discovered his cancer was terminal and sadly died
aged 32, just 5 days after his wedding to Katie‘s best friend,
Aneliese McCain. On April 25th 2009, which would have been
Nathan‘s 33rd Birthday, Katie will be running the 26.2 miles in his
honour and raising money for the Beating Bowel Cancer campaign.
If anyone would be kind enough to sponsor Katie a form is available
in Adcocks in the High Street in Watton or you can donate on line at
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/katieAdcock
Pictured below - Katie (left) at Nathan and Aneliese‘s wedding.
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Christopher Horn
It is with great sorrow that we have to
say that we have lost one of our much
cherished and respected brothers, Chris
Horn. Born during the last war in
Beachamwell, Chris lived his early
years at Swaffham until the family
moved to Watton in 1952, when his
father, Wilf Horn, took up a teaching
post here. Associations with Swaffham
continued as Chris Attended Hamonds
Grammar School travelling daily on
the train.
In 1961 he joined the RAF, attending
No 1 Radio School at Locking, in
Somerset. Chris married a Somerset
girl, Veronica and after a long career in
the RAF he then worked for British
Aerospace developing guided missile
technology after the Falklands war.
After attending university where he
earned a degree, Chris morphed his
career into Health and Safety in which
he became a specialist trainer. Just
recently while working in Kazakhstan,
he suffered a ruptured appendix which
sadly led to his death on March 6th
2010 aged 65years.
Chris and Vron had two children, Sven
who recently emigrated to Australia
with his wife Sarah and who are
expecting their first son in a few
weeks, and Martin who, following in
Chris‘s footsteps is also a specialist in
An AWSOME project
Young people in and around Watton
are being encouraged to engage with
police and the wider community by
becoming involved in Project
AWESOME, which aims reduce crime
and disorder by developing a sense of
pride in their surroundings while at the
same time participating in positive
activities over the coming months.
Working in partnership with Watton
Town Council, the Youth Focus
Group, Wayland Youth Council,
Project Rainbow and the Wayland
Partnership, the project ―Activities
With Engagement Summer Of Mega
Events‖ is to engage with young
people who don‘t normally relate well
to authority and to encourage them to
the RAF and is married to Kate.
From the tributes we have received and
heard he made an impact on many
people‘s lives – world-wide! He died
in the knowledge that he would soon
be having his first Grandson. We know
that he was very proud of his two sons,
their wives and would have been proud
of his future grandson. He will leave a
great hole in the family but especially
in the life of his very dear and loving
wife. His funeral will take place in
Weston Super Mare on Monday 29th
March at 2pm Donations will be taken
for the Weston S M Lifeboat which is a
RNLI boat and can be sent to Elms
Funeral Directors, 50 Baker St, Weston
Super-Mare, Avon. BS23 3AQ
From Robin, Adrian, Julian,
Nicholas and Bryony Horn.
take on tasks they wouldn‘t normally
do such as litter picking etc with the
reward of positive activities by
bringing facilities such as a climbing
wall, mobile skatepark and archery to
the area for day long events.
Sergeant Lance Ogbourne of Watton
Safer Neighbourhood Team said ―We
hope the young people will get a great
deal from this summer‘s activities. It is
a real opportunity for them to
participate in fun and exciting activities
by putting something back into the
community themselves.‖
Dates for the forthcoming events and
activities will be advertised locally
nearer the time in order for young
people to attend and enjoy.
Making the most of your savings
When you have taken all the time and
effort to set money aside, you want to
be sure those savings are working as
hard as they can for you. This guide
lays out some of the main points you
might want to consider when planning
what to do with those savings – and
some general rules you might want to
follow to keep then on track to meet
your goals.
Build a firm base The general rule of
thumb is that before you do anything
else, you should build up an amount
equal to between three and six months‘
salary and place it in a deposit account.
This should be easily accessible so that
you can get hold of what you need,
should an emergency arise.
There are two benefits to having an
amount set aside in this way. First, you
can feel assured that, should the worst
happen – for example you need to
undertake significant repairs to your
house or car or you lose your job –
there is a fund readily available to help
you financially whilst you deal with
other issues.
Second, this frees you up to make the
right decisions about any additional
savings. If you invest in the stock
market, for example, the value of that
investment can go down as well as up.
It is therefore no place for money
which you might need to use in an
emergency. Building funds on deposit
means you can then begin to consider
longer term investments without the
worry that you might have to take
money out of the market at the wrong
time. (But more of that later……)
Whilst interest rates are currently low,
careful study of the best buy lists and
interest rate surveys can help you
maximise the rate you earn on this
money. You can also spread your
money between a number of accounts –
some on immediate access; some on 30
days notice, some perhaps even on 90
days notice. Spreading your money
between institutions also increases the
guarantee coverage you receive from
the Financial Services Compensation
Scheme (FSCS). Currently, the FSCS
will pay compensation up to 100% of
£50,000 per institution.
Diversify As with your deposit account
cushion, if you are averse to the idea of
exposing your entire portfolio to the
whims of the stock market you can
build a further cushion into your
investment by spreading money across
different asset classes. There are not
just equities but also property, gilts and
corporate bonds to choose from.
In this way, when equities are suffering,
one of your other choices might be
doing better and can compensate for
some of that loss. Even if they all have
a bad day, they will not all do equally
badly.
Buy low, sell high
This is a basic tenet of investing but,
sadly, is a lot more difficult than it
looks. Calling the top or bottom of
markets has proved impossible to do
with any consistency, even for experts
– if it were easy, there would be many
more Warren Buffets around. Generally
speaking, it would be unwise to adopt
this as an investment strategy.
Diversification is the key to a
successful portfolio. Even in a
recession, not all companies suffer,
some might even prosper. A simple
way to increase the diversity of your
portfolio is to invest in a collective
investment, such as a unit trust or an
OEIC. In this way, your investment is
spread across a range of companies,
thus the risk is lessened.
Invest Regularly Probably the best
way to benefit from the swings and
roundabouts of the stock market
without even thinking about it is to
invest regularly. If you do this, as
opposed to making a single or
occasional lump sum investment, you
benefit from what is called ‗pound/cost
averaging‘ i.e. buying shares at a range
of different prices as the market moves
up or down over time. A monthly
savings plan is a particularly efficient
way to do this because it disciplines
your budgeting and after a while, the
money will disappear from your
account without you even noticing.
When prices are high you will buy
fewer shares or units, but when prices
are low, you get more for your money.
Your average buying price is therefore
likely to be lower in volatile markets
and will benefit overall when markets
rise again. This is another
way of mitigating risk within
your portfolio. You can stop
worrying about when is the
right time to invest – and
when is the wrong time – and
Ovington Village
Hall Annual Quiz
Are you one of the many people
who shout answers at the TV
screen during quiz shows? Do you
think you could compete with the
Eggheads? Then do something
about it: form your own quiz team
and come along to Ovington
Village Hall for the Annual Quiz
on Saturday, 24th April at 7.30pm.
We can promise you an evening of
Coffee at the Queens Hall
9.30am to 11.30am
Farmers Market Day-
Saturday April 3rd
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you can continue the good savings
habits you created whilst building your
deposit account cushion.
Look to the long-term We consider
investing in equities because over the
long-term, they have traditionally
outperformed all other asset classes.
However, by long term we mean at
least five years and preferably longer.
The downside to equities is that short-
term, stock market investments is a
volatile business and you need to be
prepared to see the value of your
investment fall from time to time. The
trick is to remember why you invested
and look through any short-term issues
towards your longer term goals.
However, there is one final rule which
overrides all of these…
Don’t push your luck Markets are
constantly changing so, just as long as
you prepare your portfolio at the outset,
you also have to plan for the final goal.
Therefore, as that date gets closer, you
might consider consolidating some of
the gains you made so that you can
actually carry out your plans. After all,
you do not want to see all your hard
earned savings cut in half by a market
downturn in the final six months before
you need to access the money in your
portfolio.
Better, therefore, to consider moving
money out of the stock market, bit by
bit.
Similarly, during the life of your
investment, watch out for market peaks.
Depending on your goals, you will
likely have to consider this
repositioning several years before you
actually want the money. It is usual for
a person to move from equities and
property into fixed interest and cash,
but it is imperative that you take
professional advice on this, as this
period represents the culmination of
many years‘ savings.
If you would like help and support with
any investment decision, from starting
your deposit account through to
consolidating your long held pension
plan, please do not hesitate to give
Smith & Pinching a call on 01953
885904. Their advice can help you
make the most of your money, plan for
the future and free your time, allowing
you to get on with making plans.
Please note: the value of any
investment can go down as well as up
and you may not get back the amount
you originally invested.
teasing the grey matter, of
rummaging in the lost recesses of
your memory while raising money
for the Village Hall. All this
entertainment, with a cold buffet
supper thrown in, for only £6 per
person - how do we do it? Call
Christine on 01953 885848 to find
out and book in your team of 4
people. Hurry as space is limited.
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Community
Safety Taxi
hailed as
success
The Community Safety Taxi
initiative that caused so much
interest some months ago has been
hailed a success by Norfolk Police.
The scheme, which was set up in
response to increasing anti social
behaviour resulting from late night
drinkers returning home on Friday
and Saturday nights, transports
drinkers direct from the town centre
to estate entrances in Watton and
Carbrooke.
Since its introduction there has been
a significant reduction in instances
of petty vandalism and rowdy
behaviour on the route home along
the Norwich Road corridor, which
has freed police resources for
deployment elsewhere.
Speaking about the scheme Sgt.
Ogbourne said ―Although it
attracted a lot of criticism for Police
and Watton Town Council, who
provided the first round of funding,
the scheme has been a great
success. With the ever increasing
pressure on resources these days,
the success of the Community
Safety Taxi has been a great help in
reducing crime and disorder.‖
―We do need more funding but
since the scheme only costs £27 per
weekend, it is such good value that
I‘m hoping that local businesses
will support it; it‘s a service in the
community for the community.‖
If you would like to help support this
positive initiative, Sgt Ogbourne can
be contacted by email to:
sntwatton@norfolk.pnn.police.uk or
by phone on 0845 456 4567
An
Inspector
Calls
The Birlings are enjoying a family
dinner party to celebrate the
engagement of Sheila and Gerald
when the door bell rings. It is an
inspector who announces that he is
investigating the suicide earlier that
day of a young woman. At first the
family deny any involvement but all
is not quite what it seems!
The Wayland Players will be presenting
J.B Priestley‘s classic thriller from 15th-
17th April starting at 7.45pm in the
Queen‘s Hall, Watton. Tickets, priced at
£6.50 are available from Adcocks, 32-
34 High Street, Watton Tel 01953
881248. Website:
www.waylandplayers.org.uk
50ish? thinking of getting fit?
Can't face the gym or jogging, can't
swim and don't think bowls is quite
for you? Why not come and have a
go at Table Tennis? I bet you
played when you were young - it's
not such a hard game to pick up
again. Watton has an excellent
Club at the Sports Centre, lots of
tables so you won't have to hang
Making the news at Attleborough High
Attleborough High students
spent an exciting day creating the
news when a class of Year 8
students spent a day
experiencing what it was like to
be a reporter and produced
written articles and filmed
reports on school events.
On 11 March Attleborough High
School was involved with the
BBC School News Report
national project. The aim of this
BAFTA nominated project -
which won the Royal Television
Society (RTS) award for
Innovation in Education 2008
and was shortlisted for the
Innovation in Journalism award
2007 - is to interest young
people in news of all sorts, and
the world around them, by giving
them the chance to make their
own news.
The Attleborough High Students
enjoyed the experience of
creating news and the challenge
of writing reports to a tight
deadline. Class 8A1 worked with
their English teacher, Mrs
Graham, and Miss Lane to write
news articles about school issues.
They produced a range of articles
which could then be accessed by
students all around the world. On
the day the students filmed their
reports using the school‘s new
around waiting to have a go. Lots
of bats and balls so until you know
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green screen staging 14. They
then went live to the nation with
their video broadcasts at 14.00
on the day. They received superb
technical support from Garry
Baisden, the school‘s ICT
Network Manager and last
minute troubleshooting from
three Sixth Formers, Brett
Knights, Joshua Buck and
Richard Perkins in the last tense
hour of preparing their work for
the final deadline.
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commented: ―This was a Sunday 28th March Lunch at The Stag, Attleborough £25.00
wonderful experience for the Monday 5th April Mini Mystery Tour £9.50
students; it gives them a taste of
the pressures and excitement in
Sunday 25th April
Sunday 16th May
Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough
includes train ride with steam locomotive
Colchester and Beth Chatto Gardens
£23.50
producing the news..
―It was such a positive including admission to gardens £17.50
experience and all the students Monday 31st May Suffolk Coastal Tour £12.00
are eager to get involved in the Our 2010 Excursion List – is now available
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or e-mail: excursions@lusher2000.fsnet.co.uk
already planning how to involve
more members of the school in
the BBC News Report in the
future.‖
To view some of the
Attleborough High students
work, click on the BBC logo on
the top left corner Attleborough
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Bradenham & District
Horticultural Society
We held our March meeting on three stakes and string but Mr Wade
Thursday, 18th in the Village Hall.
makes his own from wire mesh
Our speaker was Mr Barry Wade, fashioned into a ring at about 3ft high
Chairman of the Norfolk Growers and diameter. The plants are so
Group of the Delphinium society, vigorous that fully grown they hide
who had come all the way from these completely.
Caister-on-Sea to talk about He addressed the issue raised of
delphiniums. The delphinium is plants flowering one year then
queen of the herbaceous border, disappearing. Mulch is the answer.
probably because of its majestic These perennials are shallow-rooted
height, as most grow to 4-6 feet.so whilst they need lots of water in
Obviously they need supports. Thethe growing season they are
most common is the old method of vulnerable to cold and water logging
in the winter. Mr Wade
uses well-rotted horse
manure autumn and spring
and his plants survived
even the harsh winter we
just experienced. Other
problems were solved.
Delphiniums are not fussy
about the soil type. Many
originate from Asia where
they grow on mountainous
dusty soil but hybridising
has meant they will
happily take to clay.
Delphiniums attract slugs.
Wrong. If you have a slug
problem you have a slug
problem. Simple as that.
The little critters don‘t
come from miles around
for the delphiniums. All
gardeners have their own
methods of dealing with
them and let‘s face it
Picture: Wikipedia Creative Commons we‘ve all wondered where
our lovingly-tended seedlings went
overnight. Having dealt with soil,
aspect came next and it came as no
surprise that they enjoy full sun. They
do not do well under trees. In a
garden setting they do best with a
backdrop - wall, fence, evergreen
hedge but they also do well in open
ground provided they have been
properly staked against their main
enemy, wind. Delphiniums also need
feeding as all herbaceous plants do
and there seemed to be no magic
secret about it.
These plants are easily raised from
seed and it is recommended that you
buy plants or seeds from well-
established growers, the most famous
is Blackmore and Langdon. There is a
specialist nursery called Larkspur at
Spalding, o wn ed b y As hle y
Ramsbottom who was head of the
propagation department at Wisley. He
should know a thing or two about
raising plants! This brought us to
propagation which is done in spring
by removing the soil from the sides of
the plant and removing a cutting
section with a sharp knife. Division is
possible but may check the plants as
they are not keen on being moved.
However, once the plants reach 4-5
years it is likely the centres will be
rotted, so this is a good time to take
the cuttings and discard the middle
bit.
This brought us to showing. The
Norfolk Show is the Delphinium
Grower‘s annual Show and this year
they are also hosting the East Anglian
Championship. This should be well
worth a visit. For showing the stems
Mr Wade fills the hollow stems with
water and plugs them with cotton
wool. The flowers are then wrapped
in tissue paper or cotton wool or
bubble wrap and packed in cardboard
tubes - he uses tubes that held
fluorescent lamps. A bit of recycling
there as well.
Unfortunately due to a broken
projector we were unable to see his
collection of slides but there was a
display of poster-size photographs of
perfect delphiniums. This display was
a real inspiration, as was the fact that
they are not at all difficult to grow.
I‘m sure members will be getting
started soon.
The meeting continued with the
usual raffle and the results of the
mini-show which was an 8‖ pot of
mini-narcissus. This was won by
Ralph Kinsley with Geoff Twelftree
second, Michael Simmons third and
Vic Cossins Highly Commended. A
special mention should go to a new
member, Peter Hicks, who had
interpreted the brief as one bulb.
His display off that one bulb was
truly impressive with several
perfect blooms, all the same height
and all fully out. We ended with
Geoff's Tips for April and these
were mainly to bear in mind how
late everything is after the winter so
included jobs that would normally
be done in March: pruning roses
and starting the lawn off. Geoff
does give us lots of pointers for the
following month but to take
advantage please come to one of
our meetings where you will be
given a real Bradenham welcome.
There will be no meeting in the
Village Hall in April, but please do
come along to our Spring Show on
Saturday 10th, also in the Village
Hall, when the doors open at 3.30pm
for viewing the exhibits and teas.
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Ashill Senior
Youth Club
The club is open every Wednesday
night and is open to youngsters at
any high school. We meet 7.30pm -
9.30pm at Ashill community centre.
The club offers a safe environment
for the young people to meet their
friends, to join in activities or just sit
around for a chat. Please remember
we are closed Wednesdays 31st
March, 7th and 14th April and we
reopen on 21st April.
Over the last month two months the
members have enjoyed making
pizzas, pancakes, darts tournament,
gory make over night and a trip to
strikes bowling alley.
In April we are going to the cinema,
filming round the village for a
horror film we are making. We are
looking for extra's of all ages to join
in the fun. Filming will be taking
place from Monday 12th April.
Ashill Junior
Youth Club
We meet twice a month on a Friday
and are open to 8 years old until end
of year 7 at any high school from 7 -
9pm at Ashill Community Centre.
Dates for March to May are as
follows: April 9th club night with
disco, April 23rd spring clean, May
7th sports competition, May 21st,
June 4th sponsored walk, June 18th
For more information on both of
clubs or if you can offer any help or
have any ideas on how we can
improve the clubs for the future
Please contact mark on 01760
440577.
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Westfield Science Week
Pupils at Watton Westfield Infant and
Nursery School have been enjoying
National Science Week. Classes have
been making telephones, magnetic
pictures, doing magic painting, looking
for the signs of Spring and measuring
Education
Sunday at
Watton
Methodist
Church
(Editor‘s note: this item was
inadvertently missed last month)
January 31st was a very special day
in the life of Watton Methodist
church because it was Education
Sunday, the day when members
traditionally remember and celebrate
the work of the schools in our town.
Representatives from Westfield
Nursery and Infant School and
Watton Junior School took part in the
service demonstrating
enthusiastically some of the things
they have been learning and doing in
school in recent weeks. A large group
of children from Westfield Nursery
and Infant School explained about the
Solar System and sang songs which
Working home alone - how about breakfast together?
Th e Wayl and Chamber o f
Commerce is aware that there are
many more businesses within our
district, than those visible on
Watton High Street and within our
Business Parks. We are keen to
assist each and every one of them
regardless of how big or small they
are.
With this is mind, we are setting up
quarterly Breakfast Forums with the
aim of giving individuals the
opportunity to build business
the flight of paper aeroplanes.
Everyone has had a most enjoyable and
informative week which culminated in
a ‗Show and Tell‘ Assembly.
In the photograph above you can see
some of the children learning about
fitted with their theme. Watton Junior
School Choir contributed two lovely
songs from their repertoire. Again
this year the service was enhanced by
photographs from the two schools
projected onto large screens enabling
the congregation to appreciate
something of what it means to go to
school in the 21st century. Worship
songs were chosen by some of the
relationships and to listen to short
talks by guest speakers, who may
be able to offer solutions or ideas to
move your own business forward.
The first Breakfast Forum, kindly
sponsored by Smith & Pinching is
on Monday 26th April at Watton
Sports Centre from 7.30am until
8.45am to ensure that you should be
back in your office for the start of a
working day. Attendance for the
first delegate from a Chamber
Member Business is free, additional
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Wayland
Short
Mat
Bowls
Come and join us at the
Youth and Community
Centre in Harvey St. Watton.
We are a small friendly bowls
club that welcomes
experienced or new bowlers.
We play Wednesday morning
9.30 - 12.30 in the rear hall,
with a break half time for
refreshments. Why not come
and give it a try. For more
information you can ring
Betty on 01953 883600
Watton Town Council
Councillor’s Surgeries
Come and talk to a Councillor and make your views
known in a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere at The
Surge, behind the Co-Op
food and scientific changes as they
made a vegetable pasta bake. Local
Farmers Market Day Saturday 3rd April
chef and parent governor Dan George
was able to teach the children how to
from 10am to 12 Noon
prepare an easy but delicious healthy
meal.
THE COUNTDOWN
TO DIGITAL
SWITCHOVER
IS ON!
children and included ‗He‘s got the
whole world in His hands‘ and ‗Live
Live Live‘ This very lively service
was led by Rev. Barbara Winner and
her new friend, Poppy, a puppet who
wanted to learn to sing! It was well-
attended and greatly enjoyed by
many of the children‘s parents and
friends as well as by the older
members of the congregation.
call in and we’ll be
delegates from that business the
charge is £3.00. Non Chamber
members £5.00 per delegate. happy to explain what
Bacon butties or Danish pastries
along with tea, coffee or juice will
be served. Free Business Card
Draw.
you may need
For more information or to request
an invitation/reply slip, please
contact the Wayland Chamber of
32 - 34 High Street, Watton
Commerce at: secretary@wayland-
chamber.org.uk Tel: 01953 881248
email: sales@adcockselectrical.co.uk
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 6 News

Breckland
Harmony in Queen Mary 2 visits Adelaide
concert at
Ovington
On Saturday, 17 April at 7pm, St
John‘s Church, Ovington, will be
resounding to a concert of music
with an international flavour
performed by Breckland Harmony
and instrumentalist friends.
Breckland Harmony, under the
direction of Julia Grover and
accompanied by Mr John Richens,
will be performing songs from around
the world, including some old
favourites. Tickets cost only £5 each
and include refreshments after the
concert. All proceeds go to the church,
which like so many beautiful old
buildings, is in great need of much
refurbishment work. Ring Christine
on 885848 for details and tickets.

East Harling Bowls Club

You are warmly invited to our

COFFEE AND
BRIC A BRAC The early morning sun shines on the Queen Mary 2 as she enters Adelaide harbour. Picture by Maurice Berry © 2010 M.Berry

MORNING
(with cake stall, etc) on
Saturday 24 April
from 10 am to 12 noon
at the Bowls Club, Church Road,
East Harling (opposite the church)
Something different in our Letter
from Australia this month.
The arrival of the Queen Mary 2 in to
the main harbour of South Australia,
saw thousands of Adelaidians line the
coast between North Haven and
Outer Harbour to witness the arrival
of one of the biggest passenger ships
ever to visit there.
The ship, which joined the Cunard
fleet in December 2003 and was
formally named by Queen Elizabeth
on 4th January 2004, has 19 decks
and a gross tonnage of approximately
150,000 tons. She is 345 metres long
with a beam of 41 metres and carries
around 3,000 passengers.
Adelaide sightseers were treated to a
splendid vision as the sun rose over
the Adelaide Hills to cast its glow on
the QM2 as she glided through the
breakwater of the Harbour.
It is estimated that visitors to
Adelaide injected somewhere in the
vicinity of 500,000 Australian Dollars
in to the local economy as a result of
the vessel‘s short stay.
Local media had a field day,
conducting interviews with everyone
from the Captain to the ship‘s guests
as well as filming the opulence of the
ship.
It is anticipated the QM2 will make a
further 2 trips to South Australia over
the next 12 months
News
Wretham joins in 'Breckland Clean up' blitz
Wretham residents joined the
Breckland-wide Blitz clean-up that is
part of Breckland Council's Pride in
Breckland initiative designed to set
new standards in safety and
cleanliness across the whole District.
The council has already made major
strides in tackling environmental anti-
social behaviour – such as littering, fly
posting and graffiti – but is committed
to continuing to reduce this, because
of the major impact it has on people‘s
quality of life.
The ‗Breckland Blitz‘ was launched
on 1 March when Breckland Council
staff gave up their lunch hour to tackle
everything from chewing gum on
pavements to clearing litter from grass
verges.
In mid-March 11 strong volunteers
from Wretham managed to collect 47
sacks of litter, a motorcycle seat, a
chemical sprayer and a few empty
DVD cases from a 10 mile stretch of
the A1075.
East Wretham parish clerk Julian Gibson,
who helped to organise the event said; ―If
only we had a few more volunteers. We
would really love to be able to extend the
range down to the A11. I know this is
outside our parish, but we regard the
A1075 as "our street". Perhaps next year
we'll top the 20 volunteer mark and get
more covered!‖
More litter picks have been organised over
the next five weeks, together with pond
clean ups, graffiti removals and the
additions of new litter bins. Environmental
Services staff and Spike the Hedgehog
will also be giving 'litter talks' to pupils at
Free lessons at East Harling Bowls Club
East Harling Bowls Club is offering a
series of FREE INFORMAL LESSONS
on our outside bowling green to anyone
(of any age) interested in this popular
national sport, which is easy to learn,
friendly and sociable.
The first lesson will begin at 5.00 pm on
Saturday 24th April. Bowls will be
provided, but please wear soft, flat soled
shoes.
Ring Pauline on 01953 717275, or
Arthur on 01953 717482 to reserve a
place, or just turn up at the clubhouse in
Church Road, East Harling (opposite the
D Day Is Here For
Marathon Runner
Only a few weeks to go for Marathon runner
Geoff Ray as he prepares for The 2010
Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 25th
April. Whilst the rest of us are probably
tucking into chocolate eggs at Easter, local
pharmacist Geoff Ray is pounding the
pavements in preparation for the marathon.
After 4 previous marathons and having
vowed never to run the London Marathon
again, Geoff is steadily working towards his
goal of raising £2,000 in aid of the East
NORTHUMBRIAN
CLOG DANCER
I am trying to contact a Northumbrian
Clog Dancer. She is a local teacher
who has been teaching youngsters to
dance around the Maypole but she is
also a dancer in her own right.
If you are that dancer or you know
who she is please get in touch.
Tel 01 953 8854090
Primary Schools in the district, urging
them to bin their rubbish rather than
dumping it on the streets
The Campaign to Protect Rural England
Director James Frost said; "CPRE is
pleased to see Breckland Council taking
the initiative on litter and fly tipping
through its Pride in Breckland scheme.
Our local countryside needs all the help it
can get and springtime is a good time of
year to clear litter hidden in hedgerows,
roadsides, lay-bys, parks and gardens. If
everyone does something then we'll
achieve a lot - the Breckland Blitz is the
perfect way to get started."
Cllr Theresa Hewett, Executive member
church) on 24th April at 5.00 pm.
The Breckland winter indoor league
draws to a close at the end of March and,
after a much improved season, our
thoughts now turn towards a summer of
playing outdoors. It is hoped that the
weather will be kind in order for us to
complete a full schedule of games in
both the Norfolk County EBA and Ashill
mixed triples leagues as well as several
local friendly matches and our usual
Saturday evening club nights.
We have steadily increased our
membership over the year, but are still
Anglian Air Ambulance. The charity
provides a vital emergency service to our
rural area 365 days a year and receives no
government or lottery funding.
Training has gone well and so far Geoff has
had no injuries, just the usual sore muscles.
Says Geoff ―I have to keep reminding myself
that I just need to finish and that it isn‘t a
race! I‘ve put a lot of miles into my legs so
hopefully they will be strong enough to carry
me all the way. I‘m looking forward to
standing at the start with all the other
thousands of runners and hope that I can take
in some of the views of London on the way
round. Finishing in front of Buckingham
Palace will be amazing!‖
There is still time to support Geoff and help
him to reach his target. Sponsorship or
donations can be made at Total Health
Pharmacy, 14 Gregor Shanks Way, Watton
(opposite the Watton Medical Practice‘or by
visiting www.justgiving.com and entering
Geoff Ray
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 7
Spring Art Exhibition (Mixed Media)
April 10th - 17th The Dragonfly Gallery, Wayland House, Watton
Opening times: Weekdays 10.00 - 4.00pm,
Saturday 10.00 - 1.00pm
Spring Art Exhibition, 12 talented artists. Mediums to include,
watercolour, pastel, graphite pencil, oil, photography and acrylic.
New seasons gifts to purchase also available. Free admission.
Contact Susan Hollingworth 01953 880205
FINE BOOKS
J.C. BOOKS BOUGHT AND
SOLD
& Applestore Gallery
Telephone/Fax 01953 883488
55 High Street, Watton
For quality out of print books, Fine Bindings and
Collectable Editions. New Books including local and
children’s classics.
Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor,
exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his
complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton
and Wymondham.
for communities who is spearheading the
initiative, says, "Pride in Breckland is all
about making our communities safer,
cleaner places to live.
"We want to create an environment where
it's socially unacceptable to drop litter,
spray graffiti on walls or vandalise public
facilities. However, if the Breckland Blitz
is going to work, we need the support of
everyone who lives and works in the
district.‖
If you would like to get involved in the
Breckland Blitz please contact Richard
Wills, Pride in Breckland coordinator on
01362 656870.
looking to welcome new members who
wish to join a friendly and sociable club
(based behind the car park opposite
Harling Church). If you would like
further information, then please contact
either Pauline (01953 717275) or Arthur
(01953 717482), we look forward to
meeting you.
Dates for your Diary: Saturday 24th
April from 10.00 to 12.00 Bowls Club
Coffee and Bric a Brac morning
Saturday 24th April at 5.30 pm Bowls
Club first outdoor meeting for 2010
Book of the
Month from
your Library
Horatio Clare, A Single Swallow:
Following an Epic Journey from South
Africa to South Wales (non-fiction)
Clare has been described as a modern
day Laurie Lee with his wonderful
account of the migration of a swallow
and the countries it passes over on its
long journey. It leaves you completely
in awe of how this little bird can fly so
far. The next time you see a swallow
arrive in the spring imagine its journey
and you will be amazed.
A journey of 6,000 miles across two
continents and 14 countries is nothing
to swallows: they do it twice a year.
But for a writer and birdwatcher, this
is the expedition of a lifetime.
By trains, cars, buses, motorbikes,
trucks, canoes, planes, one camel and
three ships, Horatio Clare follows the
journey of the migrating birds.
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 8 Advertising
News
South Africa again with a touch of Breckland Flower
Mozambique and Swaziland and Garden Club
By David and Carolyn Jessup
Snakes galore!! Snakes are not
everyone‘s cup of tea but it has always
been my desire to get a closer look at
some of these creatures in the wild. Of
course they can be extremely dangerous
and many of these reptiles in Africa are
to be avoided. For the casual visitor it
can be a problem as they are not easily
identified, hence it is better to be safe
than sorry. There are 130 species of
snakes in southern Africa, 34 are
venomous and 14 others have been
known to have caused human deaths. I
believe that unless they are cornered or
surprised there will be no problem, as
they will just slither away and out of
sight quickly; more frightened of you
than you are of them.
In our previous six visits to Africa we
have never really had a good view of
snakes, only occasionally seeing one
dash away, twisting and turning into the
undergrowth. This time it was quite
different. The best sighting was an
African Rock Python which was lazing
across the road in Kruger National Park
in the blazing sun. It was massive, about
four and a half metres long and almost
touching one edge of the road with its
head and the other side with its rear. The
Rock Python is the largest snake in
Africa and although it is not venomous it
is, nevertheless, still very dangerous.
They catch their prey by wrapping
themselves around the body of the
unfortunate animal and squeezing it ever
tighter so that it eventually cannot
breathe. One of our acquaintances in
South Africa has actually witnessed a
Rock Python swallowing an Impala - it
must have been an awesome sight. We
saw quite a few other much smaller
snakes (dead and alive) although some of
them were still well over a meter in
length. We were not able to make any
positive identification although some of
them were almost certainly venomous
and perhaps highly dangerous.
Sometimes snakes basking on the road in
the sun would dart unexpectedly under
our car and one such reptile had a very
lucky escape. The car went right over the
snake but it obviously escaped death as I
could not see a dead body in the rear
view mirrors. At the first opportunity to
stop I checked under the car bonnet, as
snakes have been known to attach
themselves to a moving vehicle and then
make their way inside through the
smallest of holes and into the car. Not a
prospect to look forward to!!
On one same day we saw two different
snakes with just their head sticking out of
the thatch inside two different viewing
hides. Every time we stopped at one of
these hides after these experiences, we
made a thorough visual check to make
sure there was no danger. The most
terrifying moment was when Fifo (our 10
year old Zulu friend) and I were leaving
the swimming pool. Fifo was walking in
front and just going down the last of a
few steps when she screamed out in an
extremely frightening manner. She had
trodden on a snake which I just managed
to see scuttle away and into the
undergrowth. We will never know what
it was but imagine it was not venomous
as it would otherwise surely have turned
on her. A very, very lucky escape and a
good lesson learnt - ALWAYS LOOK
WHERE YOU ARE WALKING.
Snakes apart our overall wildlife viewing
was not quite as good as the previous
trip, although we still had some amazing
experiences in Kruger National Park. We
again got our money‘s worth from our
―Wild Card‖ (annual membership), as we
went into the Park 53 times. Most
people‘s favourite is the Elephant and we
certainly saw our fair share of these
magnificent creatures. On our early visits
to Kruger we learnt a little about how to
respect these giants - you don‘t perhaps
realise just how big they are until you are
sitting in a vehicle a few feet away. They
can, of course, be extremely dangerous
so there are times, like when they are in
musth or have young, that you must take
extra care.
We have enjoyed many ―cabarets‖ from
Elephants, usually family groups but
occasionally individuals. They will find a
patch of muddy water and spend ages
lying, rolling and spraying themselves -
the mud helps to keep them cool and to
keep the ticks away. An agitated
Elephant can be frightening and we had
an experience of one such animal. We
came unexpectedly upon a small family
group in the bush at the edge of a dirt
road. I didn‘t notice that there were also
babies and as I drove past the mother,
she shook her head vigorously from side
to side in protest and made the loudest
Elephant ―screams‖ that you could
imagine. Head down and foot down, we
escaped unscathed, but with a much
quicker pulse rate.
On at least three separate occasions we
were approached by massive Elephants
walking in the road. Its certainly not safe
to drive past an Elephant in the road,
especially if they are facing you. We
normally sit, reverse, sit and reverse until
they move into the bush, but this can
sometimes be 30 minutes or more. The
alternative option recommended by some
Safari Guides is to pull up on the side of
the road, switch off the engine and wait
for the Elephant to walk past. That‘s ok,
but what happens if they take a sudden
dislike to the vehicle and/or the
passengers ????
We had already been waiting for ages on
a narrow dirt road for a large Elephant to
stop eating and move off. It was very
reluctant to amble away and I didn‘t
want to chance driving past. The road
was so narrow, it was difficult to turn.
Another larger vehicle appeared behind
us, he was impatient and after a few
minutes, drove past. The Elephant
showed its obvious displeasure so we
still didn‘t take any chances. We
reversed well back, did a 10-point turn
and went the longest (and safest) way
round. We are still here to tell the
story !!!
Most Park visitors are desperate to see a
Cheetah. We also have never been lucky
enough to get good views of them in past
years, but this was our lucky
trip. We saw a few pairs of
these elegant, slick and very
fast ―cats‖ but usually lying
under the shadow of a tree,
and never really close
enough to photograph. Our
best sighting was a mother
and her two babies walking
together in an open area - a
good view but not that
close.
Leopards were most
reluctant to show
themselves, getting only
fleeting and, usually distant
sightings. Lions were also
not playing the game,
except that we came across
a male and female lying on a quiet dirt
road and with no other vehicles around.
Plenty of time to watch their antics and
to take some decent ―shots‖. After some
time we also noticed another male lying
in the long grass nearby. Lions, of course
spend up to 18 hours a day resting and
sleeping. We had driven past two males
lying about 100 meters from the road,
but in the open. We were alerted to their
presence by two Park Rangers on foot, so
we turned back to look at these
wonderful creatures. When we were
leaving the Park 9 hours later these Lions
were still lying in the same place.
Giraffes are also quite fascinating and it
seems you either see all or nothing. On
one day alone we counted 58 sightings of
Giraffes, other days very few. The bulls
fight by swinging their heads at each
other, fascinating action that we have
witnessed on a few occasions. They are
the tallest living animal and it is difficult
to imaging a Giraffe being taken down
by Lions, but the sight of 2 or 3 carcasses
in Kruger shows that it happens quite
often.
Another magnificent sight is a large herd
of Buffalo which we saw on at least 4
occasions. We followed a trail of fresh
Buffalo dung on a tar road for about
three kilometres and luckily this led to a
large herd lying under the shade of the
bush. On 3 separate drives we picked out
a small herd of quite shy Sable - a very
attractive antelope varying in colour
from mid to dark brown, but with white
markings. We had our first ever sighting
of (Common) Reedbuck and were also
lucky to see some quite rare and shy
Black Rhinoceros.
There are also many attractive and
colourful birds and its quite amazing just
how close you can get to some by
driving up quietly and with extra care.
One of our favourites is the Saddle-billed
Stork, a large and very tall bird, with
mainly black and white plumage, a
mainly red bill with a black band across
and a yellow ―saddle‖ at the top. In the
past we have been lucky to watch one of
these amazing birds catch and swallow a
large frog, and less than 2 meters from
the car. They are very much endangered
in South Africa with a population of
around only 100 birds.
Another endangered bird is the Southern
Ground Hornbill and although they can
fly, are more usually seen foraging on
the ground for food, which can be small
animals up to squirrel or hare size, and
reptiles such as lizards, snakes and
tortoises They are turkey sized and
mainly black with red face and neck.
They have a very strong bill and we saw
one trying to prize the meat from a
Leopard Tortoise shell. (Pictured)
Picture Supplied
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 9
The Annual General Meeting was held in March when Pat Wells
was re-elected chairman and eleven members voted onto the
committee plus one co-opted member. The chairman thanked
everyone for all their help during a busy twelve months including
two charity events which raised a total of £2500! Our out-going
president Marion Beasley thanked the committee for all their hard
work and passed the president's badge to Joyce Woodward.
Winners trophies for the year were presented to Margaret Smith
(New Hands) and Ursula Jackson (Old Hands) and the President's
cup for most points gained during the year went to Margaret Smith.
After the AGM Christine Hewson gave a demonstration using spring
flowers - daffs, tulips and hyacinths - light, fresh designs suitable for
any home. During tea members took part in a light-hearted quiz.
The March competition winners were Janet Skidmore - new hands
and Ursula Jackson - old hands.
April's meeting will be held on Thursday 8th at 2p.m. Old
Buckenham Village Hall when 'The Flower Girls' will be
demonstrating. The competition will be for a modern arrangement
using three flowers and foliage.
Visitors are always welcome. Further details from Pat 01953 457305
or Sally 01953 788712
Norfolk Wildlife Trust
To ask a question about the Norfolk’s Wildlife please call the Norfolk
Wildlife Information Service. Wildline 01603 598333 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri.
E-mail wild@norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk
Website http://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/naturalconnections
Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467
Tuesday, 20 April 7.45pm. Local Group Annual Review followed by a talk
from NWT Education Manager David North followed by refreshments and
raffle. Venue: Watton Christian Community Centre, High Street, Watton.
Cost £1.50 members and £2 non-members for NWT funds.
SALEC TRAVEL LTD
Thursday 15th April Fakenham 9.30am & 1.30pm Return Adult & Child £5
Saturday 17th April Oxford 8am & 4pm Return Adult £20 Child £15
Sunday 18th April Dominic Kirwin at Hunstanton Adult £27
Saturday 24th April Aylsham & Train to Wroxham 9.30am & 4pm Return
Adult £15 Child £12
Mon 3rd May Shepreth Wildlife Park 9am & 4pm Rtn Adult £20 Child £12
Sat. 15th May Bury St Edmunds 9.30am & 3pm Return Adult & Child £5
Sunday 23rd May Houghton Hall & Bircham Windmill 9.30am & 4pm Return
Adult £19 Child £11
Sunday 25th April Kensington Palace 8.30am Adult £27 Child £20
Saturday 29th May Southwold & Dunwich for Fish & Chips 9.30am & 4pm
Return Adult £20 Child £15
Sunday 30th May Southend Airshow 8am & Return After Last Display
Adult £15 Child £12
Saturday 5th June Johnny Marks Showboat Adult £28
Saturday 17th July Country Company Showboat Adult £28
Saturday 14th August 50's & 60's Evening with Cardy & Coke Adult £28
Saturday 28th/Monday 30th August BBQ Cruise Evening Adult £24
Holidays 2010 (Please ring for Itineraries)
16 – 19 April Country and Western Break
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Mid-Norfolk Times Page 10
Tomato – Tomayto
Ladies Fashion Show
At Great Hockham Village Hall
Gardening in Navasota, Texas with Helen Quinn
Monday 10th May @ 7.30pm
The annual Houston Livestock Show and
Outfits by She Fashions, Attleborough Rodeo took place in March. The
Admission £4.00 festivities were preceded by a grand
parade of floats, clowns and horses, and I
Free Refreshments & Nibbles, Raffle. In aid of Great
sure wish I had access to all the horses‘
Hockham Yoga Group Tickets from ―leftovers‖ for my garden! I watched
the parade on television and didn‘t see
June on 01953 498343
anyone out there with a shovel!
Speaking of soil enrichment, I have
discovered a new bagged compost of
SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEAS 100% natural cotton burrs, which is
Hosted by St. Mary’s Church in April touted to be great for growing. Cotton
Sun 18th Watton Christian Community Centre 2.30pm until 4pm burrs are the outside husks of the cotton
All welcome—please come along and bring family and friends boll, and are supposed to contain all the
nutrients that the cotton plant was fed
whilst growing. I grew a few cotton
WATTON BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP APRIL plants in the flower bed one year, and
harvested several bolls – hardly enough
Weds 7th 2pm Meeting at Watton CCC
to make anything other than an
Mon 19th 12.30pm for 1pm Lunch at Griston Wagon & Horses
interesting flower arrangement! Cotton
is actually a very interesting and useful
plant, related to the mallows, hibiscus
WAYLAND CMA and hollyhocks, and was one of the main
reasons communities developed back in
Tel 01953 889890 for details the 1800‘s. The rich river-bottom
April 24th Longshot blacklands attracted the cotton growers,
“The Best In Country Music” 8 ‘til late the settlements grew, and along came the
railroads to carry the cotton bales to the
major cities. Cotton is still grown around
Navasota, but many farmers have turned
to the more lucrative grain sorghum
crops. Over-planting of cotton resulted
in the land being infested with a soil
borne fungal disease called Cotton Root
Rot, which unfortunately also affects
many of my favourites, such as apples,
grapes and roses.
Tree pollen is really heavy now, especially
from Junipers and Oaks, and my fish pond
has a film on it. As soon as the water
warms up I‘ll have to catch the fish and put
them in a holding tank while I clean out the
The Historic Parish Churches of Norfolk
Has Your PC Slipped a Here Lyeth
Disc? Netted a virus? the Body of Christ*
Burraway, who depar-
Mouse trapped and ted this life y* 18 day
wont work now? of October, Anno Domini
1730.
For all manner of computer Aged 59 years.
And their Lyes
repairs and support Alice, who by hir Life
Was my Sister,
Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885
my Mistress,
“Silver Surfer” support a speciality! My Mother and my Wife.
Dyed Feb y* 12 1729
EDWARDS OF WATTON Aged 76 years
The extraordinary epitaph on the
WATTON’S SPECIALIST NEWSAGENT memorial to Christopher Burraway in the
church of St. Mary, Martham, has
aroused great interest in all who have
seen it, leaving them wondering how his
wife Alice could also have been his
sister, mistress and mother.
The origins of Christopher Burraway are
"Pick & Mix Sweets" now
shrouded in mystery. He is said by some
to be the result of an incestuous union
between an unnamed man and his
available in store daughter, was sent away to be brought up
and years later happened to return to his
We are also pleased to offer News Deliveries native village.
7 days a week in the following areas Griston, From the information on his tombstone,
Northacre, Caston, Stow Bedon, Breccles, Great Christopher Burraway was born in 1671.
On 21 October of that year another
Hockham, East Wretham, Larling, Snetterton, earlier Christopher Burraway married
Shropham and Mount Pleasant Mary Jane of Potter Heigham. It just may
be that this particular Christopher had
50 High Street, Watton. Tel: 881234 been married before and was the father
Established in Watton for four generations of young Christopher but I have been
pond. Maybe once all the ―stuff‖ in the
bottom has gone, Tennyson Turtle will
leave to annoy someone else. Speaking of
Tennyson, it seems he must not be a boy-
turtle after all. I have recently spotted two
little baby turtles scurrying around in the
murky water, and have created a big
division among my friends and neighbours.
―Let them stay, they are so cute‖, ―surely
you wouldn‘t make a family homeless‖, ―if
you take them down to the creek they will
come back (like I am going to lead a parade
of turtles down the street to the creek like
the Pied Piper!) and so on!!
How I love spring, despite the back-leg-
arm-everything aches after overdoing it
the first time the sun shines, the itchy
eyes and sneezing. The spring flowers
unable to find any documentary evidence
to prove this speculation though it may
be significant that they both have the
same name. Alternatively, young
Christopher may have been the result of
al illicit relationship between the older
Burraway and an unknown lady two
years before his marriage to Mary Jane.
There appears to be no documentary
evidence for either assumption and
arduous searches by a good friend, an
expert in family history, have so far
proved fruitless and young Christopher
disappears from the scene for some 30
years.
Christopher Burraway senior died in
1673 and Mary Jane, who was still only
21, married Gregory Johnson in 1674.
When Mary Johnson died, Gregory,
Christopher Burraway's putative step-
father married Alice Ryall, a widow with
a young son and when he died in 1700,
she married in 1702 the young
Christopher Burraway, who had now
turned up in Martham. He was aged 30;
Alice was 49, old enough to be his
mother.
For 20 years, Christopher and Alice lived
at the Hall and like his step-father before
him Christopher filled the posts of
Churchwarden and Overseer of the Poor.
In 1729 the thrice married Alice
Burraway died at the age of 76 and is
buried near her second husband, Gregory
Johnson, in the south aisle of the church.
Christopher died in October 1730 aged
59. He too is buried beside his wife.
In trying to make some sense of the
inscription it could be that Christopher
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make it all worthwhile. The bush beans
are up, and the tomatoes, jalapeno and
sweet bell peppers, cucumbers and
aubergines are out of the dining room
and hardening off on the porch where it
is sheltered. An interesting way to plant
tomatoes in this climate, where water is
an issue in summer, is setting them on a
slant, or in such a manner as to
encourage root growth out of the stem.
A good way of doing this is to lay the pot
on its side a few days before planting out,
and the tomato in its wisdom will turn up
at a right angle towards the sun. Then
you take it out of the pot, lay the root ball
horizontally in the hole, with the shoot
pointing up – stronger roots = better
crop! Another thing they are doing now
with tomatoes is grafting heirlooms on to
hybrids to try to regain the big juicy
flavourful tomatoes of old, with the
benefit of hybrid disease resistance. It is
a delicate operation!
Pictured: White Iris and gaillardia - early
spring flowers in my garden.
called his wife 'my mother' since she was
his step-father's widow. If he managed
the farm for her after his step-father's
death he might well call her 'my
mistress', but I cannot see any family
connection whereby he might call her
'my sister'.
Interesting as Christopher's epitaph
undoubtedly is, there is more to Martham's
church than one memorial. It is a large
church with a substantial early
perpendicular (c1350) tower and a
correspondingly very tall tower arch. As
with many, if not most, Norfolk parish
churches, architectural details change over
the centuries but the most striking feature
of this church is the chancel which is a
complete rebuild in Victorian Gothic (1855
-61) with a riot of carving everywhere –
roof, chancel arch and especially the tomb
of the Rev. Jonathon Dawson of Rollesby
Hall, as a memorial to her husband by the
vicar's daughter. The architect of this work
had previously carried out restoration work
in the nave, principally to the hammer
beam roof with its 22 angels. Good 15th C
stained glass of red, yellow and blue in the
east windows of the aisles and 15th C
seven sacrament font. A fine painted chest
may be 14th C.
St. Bilda, mother of St. Walstan of
Bawburgh and patron saint of farm
workers is said to be buried here.
This fine church rising above the flat
solitude of the Broadland marshes is
often called the Cathedral of the Fleggs,
the name given to this part of the county,
a title it fully deserves.
By Frank Wilder
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Old Buckenham looking back
A successful Archive Evening was
held on Saturday 13 March at the
village hall in Old Buckenham. The
local rector David Hill was the
compere for the event. There were
two main attractions for the evening
which resulted in nearly a hundred
people turning up. The East Anglian
Film Archive was there to show a
specially selected program of local
films ranging from an early 1926
commercial for Coleman‘s starch to
the 1970s when someone in Old
Buckenham was featured making
sculptures from scrap iron.
Morecombe and Wise were seen
wise-cracking in a TV interview
promoting their summer show, a
wartime special showed how a hard-
working Norfolk farmer was using
all the ‗latest‘ techniques to provide
the country with corn and other
crops while another newsreel item
recorded customers in Old
Buckenham‘s ―Sun‖ pub in
Ragmere Road on their last evening
before it closed down.
Many people and local organisations
had also brought along memorabilia
for others to see. They were mainly
photographs showing how Old
Buckenham used to be – collections
of local postcards, the log books of
Old Buckenham Women‘s Institute,
reports of village shows pictures of
the children‘s playground and some
of the official parish records of
births and deaths. Further support
showing local people and places
was provided by the Attleborough
Heritage Group and material from
the New Buckenham archive.
There was also a short prize-giving
when the winners in the recent
Recycling
competition for the best photos of the
village‘s specially-designed cloth
shopping bags in use were presented
by the editor of the village newsletter.
centres to
With the help of a large raffle and
some tasty refreshments this was a
become
Calling all budding part-time
Thespians . . .
Age Concern Norfolk to benefit from
charity performance of The Boy Friend
Local charity Age Concern Norfolk
is once again joining forces with
theatrical organiser Pip Jenkinson
to host a fundraising matinee
performance of Sandy Wilson‘s
―The Boy Friend‖ on Saturday 9
October 2010 at the Maddermarket
Theatre, Norwich.
The musical romance is set in the
1920s at Madame Dubonnet‘s
fashionable finishing school on the
sun-kissed French Riviera, where
young ladies are schooled in the
finer arts of ―marrying well‖.
Here Polly Browne, a millionaire‘s
daughter, tries to escape the stern
influence of her father and find true
love encouraged by Madame
Dubonnet – but when Polly falls for
the Tony the delivery boy, and so
pretends to be a mere working girl
herself, matters become rather
complicated!
Pip is looking for young amateur
most enjoyable and educational
evening that has raised useful funds
of around £400 to be shared
between the upkeep of the village
hall and All Saints Church. Story
and picture from
http://oldbuckenham.blogspot.com
actors and actresses who can sing
and dance to audition for the
production, which will run for a
week commencing Monday 4
October 2010. Each performance
will benefit a different local
charity. Auditions will be held on
Sunday 11 April 2010 between
5pm and 9pm and participants will
be required to perform a set
audition piece.
For further information and to
request audition pieces please
contact Pip Jenkinson on 01603
4 3 6 5 1 0 o r e m a i l
pip@jenky.plus.com.
If you are holding a fundraising
event and would like to help
support older people in need across
Norfolk, please contact Gemma
Pendleton on 01603 785251 or
email
emma.pendleton@acnorfolk.org.uk
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 11
Watton SNT delighted
at Bill Barrow
success
Watton Safer Neighbourhood Team are delighted with the response to
their ―Bill Barrow‖ initiative which has seen hundreds of members of
the public talking to team representatives at their stall on the Farmers
Market in Watton High Street.
Sergeant Lance Ogbourne of Watton SNT said ―The scheme has been a
huge success and information received has led to arrests.‖
―It is a superb example of partnership working between the police and
the community together with the Wayland Partnership and Watton
Town Council.‖
Information and feedback received at the stall is used both to solve
crime directly and to help shape the policing priorities for the SNT. The
Bill Barrow has been highlighted to the rest of the country as an
example of good policing practice.
―We aim to give the public an accessible means of engaging with local
officers to say what particular concerns they have and also to pass on,
confidentially of course, any information they may about crimes being
committed in their area‖ said Sgt Ogbourne.
―We want to work with the community, addressing crime and disorder
at all levels by this novel means of community engagement.‖
Picture courtesy Old Buckenham Blog
Starting on 20 th April the recycling centres at
Snetterton and Wymondham will be closed
on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
although the sites will open normal hours
from Fridays to Mondays inclusive.
All other recycling centres will remain open
seven days a week, closing only on Christmas
Day, Boxing Day and New Year‘s Day.
Normal opening hours are: October to March
from 8am to 4pm and April to September
from 8am to 6pm.
Recycling centres are for the recycling and
disposal of household waste, not trade waste.
As well as recycling a wide range of
materials, Re-use Shelters now operate at
Caister, Hempton, Ketteringham, King‘s
Lynn and Mayton Wood. These allow visitors
to buy reusable items for a small charge.
Proceeds from sales are split between the
Council, the site contractor and local
charities.
Further information can be found at
www.norfolk.gov.uk/recyclingcentres.
Proposals for a new £1m Dereham Recycling
Centre are at the planning application stage
and subject to planning consent, the centre
should open later in 2010/11.
The plans are part of the Council's strategy to
increase the efficiency of its network of
recycling centres and modernise it by
opening more best practice sites, as at King's
Lynn, which offer a wider range of recycling
facilities to a larger number of people.
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 12
Summer Classes Teens’ chance to
Two new 6 week classes are planned for after Easter at Wayland
House. Computer classes for beginners will run on Monday
afternoons from 1.30 - 3.30 from April 12th - May 24th Cost £5 per
session £10 deposit required.
Creative Writing: classes will run on Friday mornings 10 - 12 from
April 16th - May 21st.
Anyone interested in either of these classes should contact Wayland
House 01953 880202
THE WESTEND
WAITERS
The firm favourites from Watton’s ‘The Good
Old Days’ are now available to entertain.
A gentlemen's group singing humorous songs.
To discuss contact Ken Davis on 01953 881792
60’s Disco
Saturday 10th April
7.30pm till Midnight
The Old Hall Leisure Centre, Ashill Tickets - £5.50 pp
From Marcia , Colin , Maureen 01760 440604 or 440134
Peter The Old Hall Leisure Centre, 01760 440448.
Proceeds to St Nicholas’ Church, Ashill
HJC Ltd Motor Engineers
Servicing & MOT preparation to all makes of
modern cars & light commercials
Tyres, Exhausts, & Batteries supplied and fitted
Courtesy cars available
Ask for Steve at: 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd
Industrial Estate Watton
Tel: 01953 889924
Petrified of Your Computer?
You don’t need to be!
Ring Lesley Horn
For 1 to 1 beginner’s support in your own home
Friendly, patient and knowledgeable help with using your
computer to find things on the Internet, email your family &
friends, “Listen Again” on the BBC® iPlayer® and do your
shopping without leaving your home
01953 881 885
question politicians
Future voters in Breckland can get a unique
first opportunity to question the main
candidates at a hustings event on 21 April
at the Breckland Council offices weeks
prior to the announcement of the next
General Election.
Prospective Parliamentary Candidates from
the major parties have been invited to
attend and as a result George Freeman, the
Conservative party‘s candidate, Elizabeth
Hughes the Labour party‘s candidate and
Tim Birt, the Green Party‘s candidate, will
be on the panel for the Question Time-style
debate.
The constituency is currently held by the
Conservatives after a majority of 7,560
over Labour at the last election in 2005.
Elizabeth Hughes, currently a local
councillor in Hounslow, west London, was
the Labour parliamentary candidate for the
Conservative North Essex seat in 2005 and
was beaten by an 11,000 majority by the
incumbent Bernard Jenkin. Currently living
in Hounslow with her husband, Elizabeth
said she would move to Norfolk if she was
elected.
For the 2010 general election she will be up
against the Conservative's prospective
parliamentary candidate Cambridgeshire-
based George Freeman in the Mid Norfolk
seat, which is a new seat after boundary
changes has resulted in a new ninth
SSAFA FH helps
AS you know this is the year SSAFA
Forces Help celebrates its 125th year of
helping Servicemen and their families.
You have probably already donated when
we were at the Coop In February and only
a few days later our Chairman, Stuart
Fidler, attended the Service of Celebration
at Westminster Abbey. Perhaps you would
like to read his account of the day.
― . . . The band music was played by the
Band of the Grenadier Guards and you
can‘t get any better than that.
It was particularly touching to hear the
testimonies from Zoe Charlton, a young
caseworker from Lancashire Branch and
Major Simon Shirley, Royal Irish
Regiment. Zoe‘s father was killed in a
civilian accident when she was young
and SSAFA helped her with her
education, supplying such needs as lap
top. SSAFA was there to help her and
her mother during every stage of her
growing up and on completion of her
education she decided to help SSAFA by
becoming a caseworker. I understand
she intends to join the armed forces and
will continue to support SSAFA in
whatever way she can.
Major Shirley was on active service in
Afghanistan when he was blown up by a
roadside bomb; he suffered severe
injuries and had to have dozens of
Events at Watton Library
Go Wild in Watton library - Go wild in
half term at Watton library with our
free family fun morning. Monday 12th
April 2pm - 3pm. There will be
wildlife stories and crafts to make.
There's no need to book but children
must be accompanied by an adult.
Watton Audio Book Club - Do you
have sight problems? Are you no
longer able to enjoy reading? Why not
come along to a new group at Watton
constituency. The newly created Broadland
constituency will mean that people will be
able to elect nine MPs for Norfolk when
they go to the polls.
This general election is the first time the
Green party has stood in all the county's
constituencies, Timothy Birt, a town
councillor in Dereham, is stepping up to
contest the Mid Norfolk seat. He is a 44-
year-old electronics engineer and has
developed a fast electric sports car for the
Ecotricity company.
Caroline Cox, Breckland Council‘s Youth
Engagement Officer, who is organising the
event, said: ―This is the young people of
Breckland‘s opportunity to question local
candidates about the issues that really
matter. It‘s important to give our young
people a chance to question the candidates
face to face and it‘s a great opportunity for
them to learn more about political
campaigns‖
The hustings event takes place on
Wednesday 21 April at 4:30pm at the
Anglia Room, Elizabeth House, Breckland
Council, Dereham.
After the hustings event the attendees will
be invited to stay on for the Breckland
Youth Council meeting where they will get
an insight into how young people have their
say in the running of their local area.
operations to get him back on his feet. It
was difficult to see from where I was
how badly injured he was but physically
he looked fairly healthy. What was
apparent was the psychological effect on
him when he started to talk about one of
his men who was less fortunate with his
injuries. Major Shirley had to choke
back the tears and I think we all had a
lump in our throats at that stage. Major
Shirley was full of praise for the support
that SSAFA gave to him and his family
during his time in hospital and during the
recovery phases. In all, the two
testimonies showed how appreciated and
vital the services of SSAFA Forces Help
are . . . ‖
SSAFA Forces can help in many, many
ways. If you have served for only one
day on full pay then you and your family
are entitled to approach SSAFA FH for
assistance – and many do. The money
raised at the recent collection in Watton
will stay in Norfolk to help Norfolk cases
> 500 last year.
If you would like to talk to us about your
case or you would like to be volunteer
then please ring the number below. We
have several fund raising events this
summer, come and see us or ring in to
help! Tel 01603 403322
library and re-discover the joy of
books! The group, supported by The
Norfolk and Norwich Association for
the Blind, will be meeting in the library
between 2:00pm and 3:30pm on the 1st
Wednesday of the month for friendly
chat and discussion on a wide variety
of audio books. Please call Mark or
Simon on: 01603 629558 or email them
at marksmith@nnab.co.uk for further
details.
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Bradenham &
District
Horticultural
Society
Barnsdale
Gardens Visit
We have now finalised the details and the
charge for non-members is £19.50 per head.
This includes the coach and entry to the
gardens. The coach will leave Bradenham
Village Hall at 8.30am on Thursday 8th July
and will return to arrive early evening. We
have space available and would be pleased
if you could join us.
Please contact: Belinda Ashman Events
Organiser 01362 821442 or Marianne
Kilmartin Publicity Officer 01362 820744
Ola a todos
Desta vez trago-vos uma informacao que
podera ser util para os seus filhos.
Sabia que todas as Segundas-feiras e
Quintas-feiras esta aberto um centro para
jovens dos 11 aos 16 anos.
As portas abrem das 7 ate as 9 horas da
noite e so pagas £1 para entrares .
Temos a disposicao deles Sala de Arte ,
Maquinas de desporto , Sala com Consola
para jogarem, Sala com Instrumentos
Musicais, Mesa de Snoker e outras.
Eles que venham divertir-se e tragam
amigos ou familiares com eles. Aproveita
este espaco para passares um bom
bocado.
Quero tambem desejar uma Feliz Pascoa a
todos e nao esquecer de dar as Amendoas
e/ou o "Folar da Pascoa " aos nossos
pequeninos .
Polish: Cześć
wszystkim
Tym razem przynoszą informacje, które
mogą być przydatne dla ich dzieci.
Czy wiesz, że wszystkie poniedziałki i
czwartki jest otwarte Centrum Młodzieży
do 11 do 16 lat.
Drzwi otwarte od 7 do godziny 9 i po
prostu zapłacił £ 1, na wjazd.
Mamy do ich dyspozycji pokój Art, pokój
sportowy, pokój WII, pokój muzyczny z
instrumentami, pokój Snooker i inne.
Zapraszamy do zabawy i doprowadzić
przyjaciół lub krewnych z tobą.
Korzystanie z tej okazji przekazać
odpowiednim czasie..
Chciałbym także, Wesołych Świąt dla
wszystkich i nie zapomnij podać Sweet
orzechów i / lub "Pisanka
Cake" (Portugalski Tradycja) do naszego
maluczkich.
English: Hello
to everyone
This time I bring you an information that
may be useful for their children.
Did you know that all Mondays and
Thursdays is open a Youth Centre for 11
to 16 years.
Doors open from 7pm until 9 pm and you
just paid £1 to enter.
We have available to them Art room,
Sport room, WII room, Music room with
instruments, Snooker room and others.
Come to have fun and bring friends or
relatives with you. Use this opportunity to
pass a good time.
I also wish a Happy Easter to all and do
not forget to give the Sweet Nuts and / or
―Egg Easter Cake― (Portuguese Tradition)
to our little ones.
News
Carbrooke Sequence Dance Club
The Sequence Dance Club has been
meeting at the village hall in Carbrooke
since 1982. The number of members
increased steadily until the late nineties
after which there has been a slow decline
in membership. The dances are the same
tempos as used in ballroom dancing but
all the dancers are dancing a set sequence
of steps at the same time. The first
A Day in the Life of a Community Librarian
When you think of a librarian you may
have wonderful childhood memories of
a helpful and happy librarian, or
perhaps you came across the 'shushhh!
Lady' who frowned at your choice of
books? Being a librarian today is very
different and attracts people from a
variety of backgrounds. I joined
Norfolk Library and Information
Service as a library manager, having
previously worked in banking and retail
management. My previous knowledge
of libraries was as a customer but I am
an avid reader and really wanted to
make a difference to the service we
offered.
Norfolk was at the forefront of opening
up librarian posts to a wider range of
people, not just qualified librarians.
The role of librarian had changed and
my time as a library manager prepared
me when I applied to be a community
librarian. I had wonderful support from
librarian colleagues and training which
helped me to complete my qualification
with the Chartered Institute of Library
and Information Professionals.
I cover two libraries, Watton and
Downham Market and all the areas in
between and out to the Cambridgeshire
and Suffolk borders. I visit community
groups, schools, Children's Centres, day
care centres, young offenders, nursing
homes and anyone else who wants to
discover what the library service has to
offer.
We also have lots of groups who visit
the library as well as talks, events and
learning opportunities. I read stories,
lead reminiscence sessions, teach
computing, make crafts, train staff and
develop promotions as well as a whole
host of other things. We have activities
in the school holidays and talks and
events for adults in the library as well.
A lot of my time is spent evaluating
what we do and writing reports to
sequence of a named dance is danced by
the dance leaders. The club‘s leaders are
Michael and Peggy Rowe who are
professional qualified dance instructors.
We use specially recorded compact discs
that are at the correct tempo and played
on a quality Hi Fi system that is pleasant
to listen to. The club meets every
Thursday at 7.30 pm at the Village Hall,
demonstrate the difference we make.
We also do a lot of consultation with
different groups and work with partner
organisations and other county council
departments to deliver the best service
we can.
Libraries are now much more vibrant
places as well as still offering quiet
areas for study where possible. The
days of the shush lady are gone and you
can even bring your lunchtime
sandwich in to eat as we have lots of
seating where you can spend time
reading a book, magazine or
newspaper. If you haven't visited your
local library or mobile library for a
while, why not come in and see the
changes for yourself? Our friendly
staff are always on hand to help and if
you have a community group who
would like a visit please get in touch.
Details of all our services can be found
on our website at . . .
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 13
Grandmas Patch sends
balaclavas to Afghanistan
For some months we have been collecting Balaclavas for soldiers in
Iraq and Afghanistan. Many ladies have come in for a free pattern
and the obligatory khaki green wool (Sold at a special rate of £1.25
per 100g) and to date we have collected and distributed over 500.
The first batch went to Swanton Morley, the second Territorial Army
and the third batch are bound for Bodney Camp (organised by
Mayor Margaret Holmes). Today we came into the shop and
received a letter of thanks from Private D Jacobs who is serving in
Kabul, fantastic to think with everything going on around him he
took time out to thank all the ladies – his letter follows:
Dear Knitters, I am writing to you in regard to the parcels of hats,
balaclavas and scarves you have sent us. It's always a pleasure to
receive parcels but when it is something hand made, it adds a
special something!
Yours parcels actually caused quite a stir, with many of the platoon
almost fighting amongst themselves! It was quite funny and a good
lift and distraction to life out here.
So may I say many thanks again for your parcels, thoughts and
support. Many thanks and kind regards.
Darren Jacobs PTE. Kabul, Afghanistan
We thought this was a story well worth sharing and to say thanks to
all those who have knitted items to date. They are very much
appreciated. We are still collecting, balaclavas, scarves, gloves or
pull on hats and all will be given a very good home, please call in for
details.
Picture Supplied
Church Street. Carbrooke.The first 30
minutes is tuition which is included in the
admission charge of £1.50. New
members are very welcome and would
help to ensure the long term future of this
friendly club. For more details please
phone Brian Wells 01603 412809 or
email wellsb@lineone.net
Picture Supplied
www.library.norfolk.gov.uk or contact
Watton Library on: 01953 881671
When I'm not in work I enjoy lots of
other activities apart from reading. I'm
currently in my second year of a part time
degree in ecology and countryside
management and spend a lot of time
outdoors watching wildlife and walking.
My partner David and I are walking our
way across Norfolk this year, doing a
section of Peddar's Way and the Norfolk
Coast Path every month. When not on
two feet I enjoy being on two wheels on
my Triumph Thunderbird, having been a
biker since I was old enough to ride. I'm
also a keen organic gardener and like to
have a go at most things from basket
making to snowboarding!
I hope this has given you an insight in
to being a librarian today and look
forward to seeing you in the library.
Jayne Winterbone (Community
Librarian)
 Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 Looking Back

DY-FIT FOR LIFE

EXERCISE TO MUSIC CLASSES
Watton Sports Centre, Dereham Road.
All the sessions are designed to promote stamina,
Probably the best customers
and fish & chips in Norfolk . . .
strength and flexibility whilst taking into account
the fitness level and ability of participants.

General Aerobics Mondays 7pm

An hour long, as energetic as you wish!**

Nifty Fifties Fridays 11am
A challenging workout for
"recycled teenagers"**
Gentle Option Fridays 10am
40 minutes duration, no floorwork. Problems such as
arthritis and joint replacement are taken into account.
** Please bring a mat for floorwork
Easter Holiday Dates
Please note there will be no classes between
Thursday 1st and Monday 19th April inclusive
For further details, please contact
Diane Cuthbert
01953 850275
RSA/YMCA Qualified Teacher
It‘s official! The Fishermans itself in its fundraising efforts for As you know our UK fishermen personally for your splendid gift. I
Mission have suggested that the the UK's Fishermen. risk their lives on a daily basis to can assure you it will be used
Watton Plaice not only have the Thank you for organising a feed our nation. As I write this directly where it is needed most.
best customers but also the best Christmas raffle for the Mission letter the families of nine UK To give our fishermen, their
fish and chips in Norfolk. and for supplying the prizes. I can fishermen lost at sea over the past families and communities the
Writing to thank Paul and Steve definitely see a connection here three months are facing up to a pastoral, practical and spiritual
for their donation to the work of between the great amount of very difficult New Year. It has help they so desperately need.
the Mission, Andy Malcolm, money raised and the prizes on been one of the toughest winters Andy Malcolm.
Fishermen's Mission Regional offer. Your customers will in recent memory for our Paul and Steve would like to pass
Organiser East Anglia said: obviously go to great lengths to fishermen and their families. Our on the thanks to their customers for
On behalf of the Fisherman's try and win a £10 voucher for mission men are caring closely for all the support they have given in
Mission I would like to thank you your fish and chips. This not only these devastated families as they helping to raise this fantastic sum
very much for your brilliant proves you have the most try to come to terms with their for those who work daily in some
donation of £269.70. Once again
The Watton Plaice has surpassed
generous customers but also the
best fish and chips in Norfolk!
loss.
So once again, let me thank you
very dangerous conditions to being
us our favourite national dish.

Rocklands School news

School numbers are on
the increase and we are
delighted to welcome a
further two pupils to
the school.
All pupils have started
a health and fitness
scheme; The Golden
Mile. Children are
given their o wn
progress card to record
the number of laps of
Bales Browne Accountancy the playground they
walk, speed walk or jog
Services Limited during the school
Accounts preparation for Sole traders, breaks. One lap of the
Limited Companies and Partnerships playground equals a
Personal, Limited Company, and Partnership Tax Returns twentieth of a mile, and
Book-keeping PAYE VAT Returns therefore 20 laps is a
mile. Parents are
encouraged to sponsor
Karen Bales ACCA MAAT Bsc (Hons) the children. The
Telephone 01953 884019 money raised is going
towards the £150 that
118 Norwich Road, Watton, Thetford, Norfolk. IP25 6DU pupils need to raise to
enable the school to
Email: balesbrowneaccountancy@yahoo.co.uk benefit from a sizeable
energy grant. you have any of these please contact Theatre Royal. All these trips would
World Book Day was celebrated in the the school. It is so important to not be possible without the support of
Freshl y Cooked Especiall y For You

Now In Our 6th school on 4th March. All pupils were

encouraged to dress as a favourite
character from a story (see picture
encourage pupils to practice every day,
but not cause them to lose enthusiasm,
even ten minutes a day can result in
our enthusiastic and hardworking
Parent-Teacher Association. We are
very grateful for their invaluable

Successful Year above), and bring in well-loved books improvement. contribution to our school.
T he Best Traditional Fish & Chips

to exchange. All parents, pupils and
staff were invited in extra early (8am)
The Right ‘Plaice’ for a breakfast; tea, toast and cereal
were served with a selection of books
to get the best! and newspapers, all had a nutritious
and enlightening meal.
THE WATTON PLAICE
On Wednesday 24th February in the
afternoon, the school was alive with the
9 Middle Street, Watton sound of singing as all took part in
‗Sing Up, helping kids find their
Frying on Tuesday to Saturday voices‘. All three classes learnt new
songs at the beginning of the afternoon,
from 11.30am to 1.45pm which were later performed with great
and 4.30pm to 8.00pm gusto. Class 1 performed African call
Closed Sunday and Monday and response songs, Class 2 sang a
“Gone fishing!” beautiful unaccompanied song called
Little Bird (see our website http://
Don’t forget our Thursday Lunchtime Delivery www.rocklands.norfolk.sch.uk), and
Service for the Housebound and Elderly only. Class 3 sang a number of rather loud
There is no charge for delivery - you pay only the songs, including 'Rowdy Round'.
normal take-away prices. Everyone enjoyed it immensely.
Plaice your order before Many thanks to those who have offered
11am on a Thursday instruments to the school. We are now
the proud owners of an electric organ.
WET FISH available from 9am daily We are still looking for smaller
instruments such as percussion
Telephone 01953 882 401 instruments, a clarinet and a flute. If
Mini sagas: Class 3 are entering a
Young Writers competition. They had
to write adventure stories using just
fifty words. You can read a selection
of their work on our school website.
The school has signed up to the Potato
Council‘s ‗Grow It‘ campaign and has
recently received their potato growing
kit. As a result of this Class 1 may
well have been featured on the
gardening show on the 19th March on
Radio Norfolk.
The school is very much looking
forward to the forthcoming events:
Class 1 is visiting the East Anglian
Transport Museum which relates to all
the work they have been doing on
vehicles and their history; Class 2 has
been studying JR Tolkien‘s The Hobbit
in school and are off to see the stage
show of the Hobbit at the Norwich
Theatre Royal and Class 2 and 3 will
also be taking part in a Gandalf
Storytelling workshop. The final event
planned so far, is a school visit to the
dress rehearsal of Sleeping Beauty by
the English Youth Ballet at Norwich
A very successful cake sale was held
on Friday 12th March, particularly as a
bunch of very hungry students returned
from their weekly swim and were able
to feast on delicious (pretty healthy)
homemade cakes. We hope to make
this a regular event, and all are
welcome to buy or donate. Keep an
eye out for notices at the school and
shop.
On the penultimate day of this term the
PTA is hosting an Easter Crafts
afternoon followed by Easter Bingo,
with the opportunity to practise maths
and win chocolate eggs. School
finishes on Thursday the 1st of April
for a well deserved rest for all pupils,
staff and parents. Have a very restful
and chocolate-filled break.
For further information about school
activities, student projects and the
opportunity to keep up to date with
events, visit our website:
www.rocklands.norfolk.sch.uk Visit
the Parent page for school term dates,
and the calendar for information and
school events throughout the year.
Looking Back Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

At the History of our area . . .

I thought you would like to see some more of the pictures taken by Ruth Dwornik, and
scanned from the negatives she has recently given me. There are virtually no
Attleborough related items except for the two pictures here (left and above).
They are marked as ―Attleborough Children‘s Pantomime‖ and I have identified the date
as the 2nd November 1950. So what was the pantomime and where was it?
There some lovely shots of Hingham, which for me is a town that seems to retain its
dignity, and continues to look pretty much as it did despite continuous development.
The picture below is of course the Market Place and below left is Bond Street.

Left is an
unusual picture
taken I imagine
from the tower of
St Nicholas’s
Church. The
area depicted
above is on the
right hand side of
the Market
Square.
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 Looking Back

The Rendezvous Fire 1st May 1973

Pictures that will, I am sure, bring a tear to the eye of many an old Watton Rocker! The aftermath of
the fire at the Rendezvous Café in Watton High Street. The Rendezvous was the ‗headquarters‘ of the
local motorbikers and I think I am probably right in saying was viewed in fear by many Vespa riding
Mods and the parents of ‗nice‘ children!
In the today‘s context, the place was fairly innocuous of course. How times have changed.
Looking Back Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

Watton Youth Club Dance 1968 - 1969

If you are between fifty five and sixty something (as I

am!) there should be some familiar faces here - but if
like me, the memory is not as good as it was then you
may have trouble remembering the names.
Although I can name a few - for example right is
Adrian Horn, Jan Goodwin and Julian Horn, the rest
have slipped into the dim and distant corners of my
mind. So if you name them please get in touch and I‘ll
do my best to record them for the future.
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

Prayer of the Heart

Activities at
Watton Rotary roundup
March was another interesting month for over £65 to go into our general charity events. There was a good turnout and
Watton Methodist Watton Rotary. We had two excellent
speakers, one on the subject of motor
fund. On 8th March, Richard Akister was
interviewed on Radio Wayland and gave
club funds benefited by a profit of £480,
a figure enhanced due to an excellent
neurone disease, the other a farmer from a rundown on the club‘s fundraising draw and the auction of some old jazz
Church the west of the county where he
specialises in the production of ‗essential
activities during his extended year as
President. The club has a regular
and big-band vinyl LP records. DixieMix
has been going for just over a year and
oils‘. He grows, distils and trades in both monthly slot on Radio Wayland – at are steadily building a reputation for the
Comprising Christian Vestry Spiritual Journey Book the oils and the by-products, such as 5.20pm (approx) on the first Monday excellence of their showcase
Meditation and Bi Monthly Club—more dates later. Two scented water. Who would guess a local each month. performances throughout the county. We
Worship. For those seeking special dates for the future: farmer buys from South Africa to sell to On 12th March we welcomed back, for are very fortunate to have a substantial
reflective prayer, mid week Monday 17th May ‗Walking China?! the third time, Simon Nelson‘s following of jazz lovers locally, and
worship with a more reflective the Labyrinth‘ with Rev Mary On 3rd March we had our first bric-a- DixieMix; it was 5th in our twice-a-year thankful for their support for our twice-
and contemporary feel, and Cousins brac market stall of the year and raised series of ―Jazz at the Queens Hall‖ yearly jazz concerts.
those who enjoy exploring Monday 7th June Anne
their faith by reading spiritual McDonnell of the World
books old and new. Christian Community for Christian

Treetots Playgroup
child/children and meet the staff and
Meditation 7.45pm in the Meditation will be with us to committee members. Refreshments will
Vestry on Tuesday 6th and speak briefly about WCCM and be available. If you are unable to come
Monday 19th April. Next John Main. We would like to on this date, please telephone 07743
Monday Evening Worship welcome new folk to all our I would like to begin with a great big have taken part in an Easter bonnet 097618 to arrange an appointment or just
28th June 7.30pm in the meetings. thank you to all the parents/carers and parade, wearing hats that they made pop in, you will be very welcome.
children who supported our Valentines themselves. We are open between 9.15am and

Need small home improvements? Disco during the half term holiday. A
special thank you to Hannah for
providing the music.
We will also have chosen a winner for
the colouring competition. Hopefully,
during the Easter holidays the children
2.45pm Monday to Friday, term time
only. We can be found at the Blenheim
Centre, Tedder Close, Watton on the

Keith Huish I also wish to thank the Great Eastern

Lodge for their excellent donation. New
toys and equipment have been purchased
Skilled & Experienced Carpenter or ordered with this money, so thanks
from the staff and the children.
Congratulations to Carley (Deputy
Doors, windows, locks . . . no job too small. Supervisor) for completing her NVQ
Free no obligation estimate. level 3, well done!
By the time that you read this our
playgroup children will have enjoyed the
K R H Carpentry Services end of term Easter Egg Hunt and will
01953 (Watton) 882484 – Mobile 07746 114285
will be able to enjoy some warm weather
before returning to playgroup on 20th
April.
We currently have a few spaces in our
morning and afternoon sessions. If you
have a child/children between the ages of
2 and 5 years old we would love to meet
you. To enable parents and carers to
view our setting we are holding an Open
Day on Monday, 19th April from 11am
to 1pm. Just come along, bring your
Royal Air Force (RAF) residential
housing estate.
Looking forward to seeing some new
faces and hoping you will join our
playgroup.
Treetots is a long established, Ofsted
registered (No. EY37946) pre-school,
with more than 20 years service to
Watton families. We are committee run
and a registered charity (No. 1090725).
Thank you for reading this.

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Sanctuary offers a confidential low-cost counselling service with
professionally trained counsellors, who work on a short-term or long-term
basis. Call us on 01953 880922 to arrange an appointment.
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For a FREE no obligation quotation On 3rd July last year, 65 year old Beryl
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Robson immediately raised the alarm and
went to her assistance. On recovery by
the poolside, Holly and Paul commenced
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and
Duty Manager Pasquale Guida contacted
the emergency services who arrived five
minutes later. Thanks to their specialised
lifeguard training, all three members of
staff were able to treat Beryl until the
paramedics arrived.
Trevor Holden praised the professional
response of the three lifeguards, which
helped prevent a potential tragedy;
―Holly, Paul and Pasquale remained
calm and focussed and followed the
Centre‘s Operating and Emergency
Action Plan procedures in an exemplary
manner. Thanks to their leadership that
day, Mrs Hunt made a full recovery‖.
Mrs Hunt said: ―These certificates are
very well deserved and I‘m delighted to
see that their efforts that day have been
recognised‘
News
Centenary Thinking Day
Service at Carbrooke Church
Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Senior Section
and Guiders from the Watton District
Guiding Units travelled to Carbrooke to share
their Centenary Thinking Day Service on a
The last straw
By Edith Pleasance
Thank goodness the long Winter seems to
have loosened its grip, although I‘m sure
many readers will recall snow falling after
Easter. This year Easter is on the early
side! The icy weather and perilous roads
reminded me of a friend‘s experience
during similar conditions one year.
―I really don‘t want to go to pictures this
evening‖ Joan pleaded ―there‘s been a bad
weather warning and it‘s a fair way to
drive.‖ However, Tom, was used to having
his own way so reluctantly Joan was
persuaded but she was not happy during
the journey nor, indeed, while watching the
film. She always seemed to give way and
was getting just a bit fed up with Tom‘s
selfishness.
Finally the evening‘s show ended and they,
together with the sparse audience, made
their way out to the car park. Just as she
feared, the forecast had proved correct and
all the cars were covered in a couple of
inches of snow. Tom fumbled with his
Hackers, Tackers
and Stuffers
Members took part in the Heritage Day at
the Queen‘s Hall on 26th February
exhibiting and answering questions
about quilts and old photographs etc
printed on fabric, the latter produced at a
Wayland Heritage workshop.
On 24th February there was a
demonstration of making a folded fabric
coaster. On 8th March fifteen members
had a most enjoyable and informative
day at an appliqué workshop led by the
internationally renowned tutor and author
very cold and snowy Sunday in February
2010. Fun was had by everyone who
attended, playing games and decorating cakes
after a lovely Church service. Thanks to
keys. ―Oh blast!‖ he exclaimed, ―now I‘ve
dropped the damned thing.‖ Bending down
he scraped around in the snow while Joan
became colder and shivered as she watched
the other drivers slither their way through
the exit.
―Haven‘t you got a torch?‖ she exclaimed
as the car park light went out.
―Yes, of course I have but . . . it‘s in the
car.‖
The weather took on blizzard proportions
as they realised that by now no-one was
around to help. The key could not be
located and the only course left was to
walk the two miles home.
An hour and a half later, exhausted, sodden
and thoroughly fed up, Joan turned on Tom
and gasped, ―That‘s it – we‘re finished.
You just wouldn‘t listen when I told you I
did not want to go out this evening. Here‘s
your ring – the engagement‘s off.‖
My friend eventually married a much nicer
fellow and as far as I know they are still
together. Edith Pleasance © 14.03.10
Shirley Bloomfield.
On 27th April there will be a
demonstration of various techniques for
making borders to finish quilts.
We continue to meet at the Christian
community Centre in Watton High Street
on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday in each
month, apart from August, from 7 to 9
p.m. For further details look at our Blog
on: http://htsqgroup.blogsptot.com or
ring Sue on 01362 822536 or Jane on
01953 884215.
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19
Watton & District
Royal British Legion
Annual Dinner
The Watton & District Royal from the past and the members
British Legion held its annual and guests look forward to a third
dinner at The Hare & Barrel chapter.
Hotel on Saturday 6 March 2010. Thanks once again go to the
Guests included Mr and Mrs Landlady Mary and all her staff
Hubbard who so caringly look for the superb meal and service,
after the War Graves in St Mary‘s also to Mr Alan Chilvers and Mr
Churchyard, Mr and Mrs Richard and Mrs Knight for organising the
Sample and the Branch Chaplain attendance of the Branch
Rev Geoff Garrett. Standard and the superb raffle.
After the meal an illustrated and And last but not least to the one
informative talk on old Watton and only Mr Ron Wheeler for his
was given by Mr Julian Horn who excellent organisational skills yet
was accompanied by his wife. again for a most enjoyable
This was the second part of Mr evening.
Horn‘s talk on Watton & District
Jayne Eastwood and Becky Hood for
organising the event and thanks to the adults
and girls for turning up on such a miserable
winter‘s day.
Letters to
the Editor
Thanks from a serving
soldier in Afghanistan
My name is Duncan Chalklin, I am a
serving Lance Cpl in the Household
Cavalry Regiment C Sqn, 3 Troop on a six
month tour of Afghanistan. I would just
like to say three big thank you‘s. Number
one goes to Chris Edwards, the newsagent,
for sending out the News of the World and
Sun newspapers to me so I can keep up to
date with the page 3 LOL.
Number two goes out to the Watton
Methodist Church for praying for me and
my mates and number three goes out to
everyone who has supported me and sent
me parcels out here.
Thanks once again to you all. Wishing
you all a Happy New Year.
Thanks from Sylvia
On Marie Curie Daffodil Day collection
on Saturday March 6th in Watton, raised
£672.85 A collection from the Saham
Samsen Club raised £16.58 making a
total of £689.43. Many thanks to all our
collectors and to everyone that
contributed. Sylvia Frazer
Ovington
Gardening Club
The garden visit to a spring garden has
been postponed due to the adverse
weather which has delayed the onset of
spring.
The April meeting will be held in the
Village Hall on Wednesday 7 April at
7.45pm when we shall be informed about
‗Setting up a Wormery‘ by Jan Hunt.
Visitors are welcome (at the cost of £1)
and if you require any further
information, contact Ed on 01953
885848 or Carole on 01760 440719.
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

SUPPORT YOUR Were you

ATTLEBOROUGH
Watton Westfield Infant And at Watton
AREA LOCAL SHOPS Nursery School Say Thank Secondary
And get your copy of the
Mid-Norfolk Times You To Barclays Modern ’67
at these businesses to ’69?
Did you go to Watton Secondary
Rocklands Modern School? Were you in the 4th
year in ‘67, ‘68 or ‘69? Yes? Well,
Post Office & Stores Dave, Dougall, and Julian would like
to hear from you.
The Street, Rocklands Recognising the approach a
01953 483 217 ‗significant‘ birthday, and while
Car Tax, Lottery, Fresh Milk reminiscing about the happiest days in
our lives, (well that‘s what they told
us they would be!), it became clear
Great Ellingham that we each knew what had happened
to some of our school friends but even
Village Stores & P.O. after pooling all we knew, it was
lamentably little.
Long St, Gt Ellingham So we would like to make contact
with you again – initially to build a
01953 452 155 shared database of old schoolmates
Post Office, Fresh Bread & Milk Daily and with a view organising a reunion
in the not too distant future. Then we
can all marvel at how incredibly old
Quick Stop everyone else has become while
maintaining the belief that we still
Church Street, Attleborough look as young as we used to!
So Coral, Karen, Beany, Hoppy and
01953 458 036 all the others . . . where are you now?
Italian Wines 2 for £5 Wide range Get in touch again and let‘s find out
of Polish Foods available how life worked out for us all. Email
us on: julian@midnorfolktimes.com

Old Buckenham Stores

The Green, Old Buckenham
01953 860219
Picture Supplied

The photo above shows the Watton
If you purchase goods from the shop costing over
£40 (excluding the post office, cigarettes, lottery
and Paypoint) in one transaction then you will be
Westfield School Council who
would like to say a big ‗Thank you‘
to Barclays Bank for the very
entitled to claim a bottle of Italian wine (worth £5) generous £750 of matched funding
that has been given to ‗The School
Friends‘.
Lovells Post Office The school is most grateful to Mrs
Tamsin Dye, who is a committed
& Stores employee from Barclays Corporate
in Norwich. Tamsin, who is also the
Market Place, New Buckenham mother of a Year Two pupil, took
time out from her day job recently to
01953 860 351 get involved in the school‘s
fundraising activities to support ‗The
Friends of Watton Westfield Infant
Village Stores
Market Street, East Harling
Memories at
01953 860219
& Nursery School‘. In total Tamsin
Dye helped to raise an incredible
£819.04 at the School Christmas Fair
and Raffle.
Furthermore, the money raised will
be matched pound for pound, up to
£750, as part of the Barclays
Community Investment ‗Charity
Begins at Work‘ programme,
bringing the total to £1569.04.
Jeannie Marsh, community relations
officer for Barclays said, ―At
Barclays we strive to strengthen local
communities in which we live and
work by supporting a range of causes
from local schools to centres for
older people. This is a fantastic
example of Barclays‘ staff
fundraising with the local community
to achieve something which we hope
will make a real and lasting
difference.‖
Roxanne Atkinson Chairwoman of
Friends of Westfield Infant and
Nursery School said: ―Thanks to
Tamsin and Barclays, the funding
will now be able to provide
additional play equipment to add to
that already bought through previous
Friends fundraising activities.‖
Roxanne is in the picture above with
the School Council.
Watton
Would you
share your
hobby?
St Mary‘s Church, Watton, invite
you to share your hobby with us and
others by exhibiting at our Annual
Hobbies Exhibition at the Queen‘s
Hall, Watton. This will be held on
Sunday 13th June as part of Watton
Carnival Celebrations.
We welcome all enthusiastic people
with an interesting hobby. For
further details and application form
please phone or visit St Mary‘s
Church Office, Church Road,
Watton (01953 881252). Tues, Wed,
Thurs 9.00am – 1.00pm. We look
forward to hearing from you.

A wide range of products in stock University

Wayland
Clare and Kevin Ledgard

Londis Banham
the RSPCA of the Happy
01953 887320 Third Age Circle
Your Local Village (U3A) It was nice to welcome Gill Buckley
and her husband Frank to our March
Supermarket The Annual General Meeting of the
Watton &District U3A was held on
meeting her talk gave us all a surprise
ABOUT life and made us realise what
Thursday 25th March. A full report a small world it is.

Londis will be published in the next issue of

The Mid Norfolk Times.
The visit to the BBMF at RAF
We were also able to welcome our
Mayor Margaret Holmes, and it gave
us great pleasure to present her with a

News Extra Conningsby returning via Springfield

Gardens is on Friday 23rd April. The
coach will depart the Queens Hall car
cheque for Project Rainbow Our next
meeting will be held on April 6th, at
2.pm at the Watton Christian
High Street, Attleborough, park at 8.30 am. Community Centre. High Street,
(Opposite Sainsburys) The speaker at the meeting on when our speaker will be Yvonne
Thursday 22nd April will be Yvonne Harrold who will talk to us about her
01953 453 257 Keep an eye on the RSPCA shop window in Watton after Easter as they
Harold ―Little Cressingham School in
Victorian Times. The Membership
life as a 'Jenny Lind Junior'.
For our May meeting our speaker will
will be displaying a changing selection of pictures from Mrs Dwornik.
Newspapers & magazines They are all unidentified (as is the above) and if you see yourself there
Secretary can be contacted on 01953 be Penny who will give us a talk
Wide range of confectionery, tobacconist 881109. For further information on about 'Break' the children's charity.
you can obtain it a copy in exchange for a donation. the National U3A go to www.u3a.org Hope to see you all there.
Wide range of Wines, Beers and Spirits
News
‘Writing is Exciting’ author Will HARMONY
Hadcroft tells Wayland pupils QUILTING
Wayland High School recently
played host to author Will
Hadcroft and experienced
firsthand how he believes writing
really can make a positive
difference. Pupils also discovered
how an author goes about writing
a book from the initial idea right
through to getting a book
published
Will Hadcroft spent the day at the
school talking to different Year
groups about his great passion for
writing, explaining how something as
simple as writing a letter had enabled
him to win a competition, get a Blue
Peter badge and also appear on
television, as well as publish two
novels and his autobiography.
Will wrote his first ‗book‘ aged 10 in
an exercise book, after discovering
how much his friends enjoyed reading
his stories became determined to
become an author and now enjoys
being able to get children interested in
reading and writing for pleasure by
visiting schools throughout the
country.
He explained to the pupils how he
developed the ideas for his children‘s
novels Anne Droyd and Century
Lodge and Anne Droyd and the
House of Shadows. They all received
an insight into the processes involved
in writing a novel and the excitement
of seeing your own work in print.
Watton &
Wayland
Visitor
Centre
At the Annual General Meeting of
the Wayland Tourism Association,
which took place on Tuesday 9th
March, Simon Rowling (Broom
Hall Hotel) and Dave Green
(Visitor Centre Staff Volunteer)
were confirmed as chairman and
vice-chairman respectively, and
Martin Anscombe continues as
Administrator.
The Visitor Centre will open for
the summer season on Good
Friday 2nd April and continue, for
mornings only (9am-1pm), during
Easter Week until Friday 9th April
when our normal opening hours
will pertain: 10am to 4pm Monday
to Friday, and to 1pm Saturdays.
The first exhibition of the year in
the renamed Dragonfly Gallery
will be the Spring Art Exhibition
from 10th - 17th April.
So far, our plea for volunteers to
help staff the Visitor Centre cum
Dragonfly Gallery has not borne
fruit. Surely there must be several
souls who would like something
different to do for as little as half a
day a week? No experience
necessary but common sense and
an enquiring mind will be useful!
C o n t a c t M a r t i n An s c o mb e ,
Administrator on 01953 884224.
‗To me, writing is something that can
really make a difference‘, commented
Will, ‗I am always thrilled to be given
the opportunity to inspire young
people to have a go themselves. I
hope today‘s visit will encourage the
GREAT HOCKHAM GARDENING CLUB
Snowdrop walk to Walsingham
Abbey: We re-arranged this for
Sunday 28th February and yet again
the weather was so dreadful, freezing
cold and blowing a gale that we left it
up to the members to decide and no-
one dared venture out! We hope for
better next year.
ON WEDNESDAY 10th MARCH
our programmed speaker, Nick
Bailey, let us down at late notice and
so our snow-thwarted speaker from
February managed to make the
journey this month and got us out of
a hole. Anne Etheridge told us of her
job at Blooms of Bressingham and
how she had always had a ‗Passion
for Plants‘. She showed us lots of
New Book Wayland Agricultural
Club Society Young Achiever
in Watton Library
The Six Book Club is an informal
and friendly new reading group for
adults starting at Watton Library on
Wednesday 5th May 6pm - 7pm.
It will be held the first Wednesday of
the month and initially run for 6
months. We will be reading popular
fiction and sharing our thoughts on
these books and others we've
enjoyed. It's open to everyone so
why not come along for a cuppa and
a chat to see what it's all about? It's
free and there's no obligation to
come again, though we hope you do!
Please contact Watton Library on:
01953 881671 for further
information.
students to believe they too can
achieve something by writing‘
The pupils were also treated to an
exclusive reading from Will‘s latest
novel The Blueprint, which he
finished writing last month and
plants that are favourites in her own
garden and brought along lots of well
-priced plants to sell.
The flower competition was won by
David Peachey, 2nd was Shona Levy
and 3rd Patsy Peachey. 28 members
attended.
On Wednesday, 14th APRIL,
DEREK ARCHER will talk to us
about his ORCHID collection and
how we can grow these beautiful
plants. Held at the village hall, doors
open at 7.45pm and we get started by
8pm.
There are refreshments, a raffle and a
fun flower competition.
Free to members, £2.50 guests.
For more information look us up on
of the Year 2010
Nominations are invited for the
Wayland Agricultural Society
Young Achiever of the Year
2010.
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.
All entrants will be required to
demonstrate and share their
commitment and involvement to
their related subject. This should
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By the end of the day many pupils
were keen to borrow the signed
copies of Anne Droyd from the
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our website which you can see at:
www.greathockhamgardeningclub.or
g.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.
Please Note: It is not long until the
HORN FAIR on SUNDAY, MAY
30th. Members are asked to grow
extra plants to sell on our plant stall
and to volunteer their services for
help to me as soon as possible. We
will need cakes for the cake stall too.
Thank you. Jane Dalton (Secretary)
01953 498694
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
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 Advertising
News
Wayland Scout Group
The Cubs and Scouts have both had a
busy month. We have taken up the
Shelter Box Challenge which helps
highlight the great work of Shelter
Box. They have set 10 months of
challenges to celebrate their 10th
anniversary. We hope to complete
these challenges over the coming
months.
The Group has been lucky enough to
receive two marvellous donations.
Watton Council very kindly donated us
£500 which will be used to buy new
flags for both the Cubs and Scout
Sections,the rest of the money was put
towards our Group neckers.
The Wayland Show also kindly
donated £275 which will be used
towards new camping equipment. We
would all like to thank Watton Council
and the Wayland Show for these
The
Surge
Needs
you . . .
Since celebrating its ‗first
birthday‘ in December the Surge
young people‘s centre is going
from strength to strength. Over
sixty young people are regularly
attending the Surge on a Monday
and Thursday evening. The new
Wednesday evening session for
younger members is growing in
numbers too. At the other end of
the age scale the SATS (Seniors
At The Surge) group is well
attended every Wednesday
morning.
As the numbers of young people grow
our loyal band of volunteers are
becoming more stretched as sixty
energetic teenagers ‗take a little
managing‘. Therefore if you‘re equally
energetic, charismatic and patient and
can relate to and engage with our young
people we‘d like to talk to you about
becoming a volunteer. If you would like
more information please call Marion on
01953 881248 or Gina on
01953 883920
donations. It is wonderful to receive
such support.
Our new neckers finally arrived and we
have been able to present all the Cubs
and Scouts with them. All invested
members re took their Promise as the
neckers were presented to remind us all
of the values and ethics of Scouting.
We also invested new Cubs and Scouts
into our Group. We hope they enjoy
their time in Scouting with us. Photo
shows the Cubs with their new
neckers.
As the lighter evenings and the spring
approach we hope to get outside more
and start preparing for our forthcoming
camps. If you are interested in your
child joining Cubs or Scouts, please
contact Paul Cutts on 01953 884243 or
email waylandscouts@googlemail.com
New Centre Opens in Watton
Wednesday 10 th March saw
the opening of the Colin
Mackenzie Centre in
Watton. Colin‘s widow,
Jan, was moved to open the
centre after his death in
January 2010. Jan feels
very strongly that had the
r i gh t fa c i l i t i e s b e e n
available, Colin might have
been able to cope with his
life much better and he
would still be with her
today.
So, to help prevent further
similar tragedies, Jan has
set up a trust and opened a
centre at 13b High Street
Watton (access besides Browns
Estate Agents) to offer a range
of activities including training
for both personal & professional
development and community
based activities. The centre is
open 9am to 6pm Monday to
Saturday.
Support will also be offered to
people needing advice in their
lives. There will also be
educational training for anyone
with concerns ranging from
anger management to a lack of
self confidence, these and a
variety of courses will be run in
future.
The centre will be running
Young Rider Club
needs helping hand
to get on the road
Organisers of the Wayland
Young Riders Club are looking
for a bike dealership or someone
connected with the motorcycle
trade to help get the club on right
road.
'Wayland Young Riders' - the
new bike club, has been set up by
Watton Safer Neighbourhood
Team (SNT) and The Wayland
Partnership to educate young
motorcyclists about safe riding
and bike maintenance. The group
is aimed at youngsters between
the ages of 16-25, who live in the
Wayland area.
Watton PCSO Joe Jermy said:
"We are encouraging young bike
enthusiasts to get involved in this
exciting new project in the town.
We hope that the project will
Your Job Search
Thoughts from a Career Coach
I ask people to record exactly what
they do and how long they spend
each day on their job search. It's
remarkable how each day looks
much the same as the previous -
newspaper, internet job pages,
send a few copies of your CV in
the post . . .
I then ask - 'did you make any
progress?'; the answer is usually
'no'. 'So, do you plan to do the
same tomorrow? Do you expect a
different result?'
If you want a different result, do
courses by approved trainers
from Barnabas Training
International, an organization
affiliated to the Association of
Christian Counsellors (ACC).
These courses will give people
who are interested in becoming
professional Christian
counsellors a qualification.
P o s i t i ve I mp a c t Tr a i n i ng
Services will be running courses
from the building and all trainers
have a Teacher‘s qualification.
There is an age limit on the
training services of 18+,
however, the centre will run
courses in drug and alcohol
awareness and self esteem etc -
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Caston Village Hall
The Street, Caston. NR17 1DD
The Village Hall is available for short
and long term hiring.
Hire it for an hour or two to practice
dancing, play table tennis
improve their bike security (equipment supplied), darts or
measures as well as educating
motorcyclists about road safety."
carpet bowls (equipment available)
Jan Godfrey from The Wayland or maybe for your children’s party.
Partnership said: "This is another Very Reasonable Rates
example of The Wayland
Partnership and the SNT working
Contact Stephanie on
together for Wayland and is a 01953 488 495
follow up to the young people's or email steadfast2@btinternet.com
project to raise awareness of bike
safety with ITV Fixers."
Partner agencies also need
volunteers with specialist skills
and knowledge of motorbikes to
help out at the Wayland Young
Riders Club. If you are able to
assist and provide some of your
spare time to support the project
contact Watton SNT on 0845 456
4567 or e-mail
sntwatton@norfolk.pnn.police.uk
something different. Get out and
meet people, volunteer for part
time charity jobs, attend the job
fairs which are advertised locally.
It's remarkable how much time
you really have for extra activities,
and every person you meet could
be a connection to a real
opportunity. BROOM HALL
David Bridge is a Career Coach
with Mayfair Coaching Practice
www.mayfaircp.com
Country Hotel
Telephone 01379 650045 Saham Toney
Your Local Three Star Hotel
Wednesdays Steak Night
Sirloin or Rump with chips £10.00
Fridays Pie & Mash Night
Pastry Pie & Mash with Dessert £9.95
New Ivy Room for Bar Meals
Monday to Saturday 6.30 – 8.30
Tuesday to Saturday 12.00 – 2.00
01953 882125
www.broomhallhotel.co.uk
COUGHTREY BDK Ltd.
Unit 2, Coughtrey Industrial Estate
Church Road, Griston. IP25 6QB
Fitted Kitchens
training for people over the ages
of 14 on specific days with Bathrooms
parental permission.
Getting the centre open has Internal Doors
needed the help of dozens of
people and a wide range of
b u s in e s s e s . Al t h ou gh too
numerous to mention here, Jan
would like to say a big thank you
to everyone who has helped get
the Colin Mackenzie Centre
open.
Pictured from Left to right
are: Misty Wood, Katelyn,
Mike Callagam, Jan holding Free Quotations &
Holly, Steve Moser, Steve Scott Full Planning Service
and the Rev Geoff Garret
01953 881243
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World Day of Prayer on Friday 5th
African country twice the size of the UK,
but where hardship exists in the form of
God‘, which in spite of their difficulties
is the message coming from the women
Notice is hereby given that the March, with a Service which was held at
St. Mary‘s Church, Watton. This year
malaria, poverty, malnutrition, child
trafficking and problems in delivering
of Cameroon. Mrs Angela Pye, our
speaker, ably related that theme to our
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING the annual service had been prepared by education. The theme of the service was lives here in Watton and district.
Christian women from Cameroon, an ‗Let Everything That Has Breath Praise Margaret Cator WWDP Committee
Is to be held at The Youth and Community Centre,
Harvey Street, Watton on
Thursday 22 April 2010 at 7pm
All parishioners are invited to attend and the business as
set out below will be transacted:
The W.I. in the 21st Century
1. Apologies for Absence Mrs Jean McLean was our speaker in Recently I was asked if there was an age members also take advantage of various
2. To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Meeting held March when she took us on a mini tour of limit for joining the W.I. as it was thought events and activities organised by the WI
on Thursday 24th April 2009 the inside of St. Mary‘s Church and gave you had to be 45 or over. Ladies, that is Federation. For example, in May the
3. To receive the Chairman‘s report of the work of the Council us an outline of its history. I expect you all NOT the case! There is actually no age Federation is having a Garden Party in the
4. To receive the Council‘s Accounts know that St Mary‘s is almost unique in limit, either upper or lower. If the thought garden of the Bishop of Norwich, there will
5. To receive reports from the County Councillor for Watton that it is wider than it is long and it has had that you have to be getting on a bit in years be the usual WI marquee at the Norfolk
Councillor John Rogers many additions and alterations in its long has been stopping you coming along to Show and in October there is an organised
6. To receive reports from District Councillors for Watton history and is due to have more in the near find out more about the WI you can cast trip to Cardiff, not to mention the darts,
Councillor Claire Bowes, Councillor Keith Gilbert and future. After an absolutely absorbing talk that aside with confidence. There have in scrabble and bowls tournaments that will
Councillor David Myers we then enjoyed social time when Carol fact been quite a few new WIs formed be taking place around the County.
7. Questions and Comments from members of the Public and guest, Angela, were joint winners of around the country recently by ladies Any organisation has to have young, new
8. To receive reports and accounts from representatives from the f our little competition and correctly mostly in their twenties. members in order to move forward and
following local Organisations identified the most objects in the sealed Subscription for 2010 is £29.50 which keep up to date with the changes in our
a Meals on Wheels and Wayland Luncheon Club bags. covers attendance at all meetings and ever evolving society. New members are
b Watton Sports Centre On 8th April we will be back in our usual includes a cup of tea or coffee. Any lady always welcome – just come along to a
c Queens Hall Management Committee meeting place - 7.30 pm in Watton can come along as a guest up to three times meeting (7.30pm any 2nd Thursday of the
d Citizens Advice Bureau Christian Community Centre when Linda in any one year and this costs just £2 per month) or ring Pat on 01953 882275 or
e Twinning Association Kerr will tell us about the Redwings Horse meeting. We always plan to have a wide Barbara on 01953 882595
f Watton Society and Watton Festival Sanctuary. variety of speakers throughout the year and
g Community Car Scheme
h Loch Neaton Trustees
i Wayland Partnership Development Trust
j Youth Council
St Peter And St Paul C.E V.C School Carbrooke
k Watton relief in Need Well what a busy month it has been Millennium Green will have raised some New to the school is a Stay and Play run
9. To consider any resolution of which written notice has been again. By the time you read this we will money. by Watton Sure Start Children‘s Centre.
given be on our Easter holidays. This will be a When we return from Easter we will be This is on Thursday Mornings 10am till
well deserved rest for us all especially doing a Bags2School collection. 11.15am starting from 22nd April.
NOTE: Any written resolutions for consideration under item 9 at our teachers. Our year 5 and 6 have had Anybody with unwanted clothes, soft A big THANK YOU to Rix Petroleum
the meeting must be duly handed in to the Town Clerk at the Town their Holt Residential weekend which toys, blankets or bedding can put them in and Carbrooke Consortium. They have
Council Office, Wayland Hall by noon on the day of the meeting 22 everyone thoroughly enjoyed. Year 2 a plastic bag and leave them at school on given us a lovely cheque for £321.66
April 2010 will have been to the Sea Life Centre in Wednesday 28th April before 3.30. This If you would like to know more about
Great Yarmouth. Our parents will have raises money for the school and all the our school please go to our website
Signed: Jacqui Seal Town Clerk, on behalf of Town Mayor and all seen our teachers for parent things get sorted and goes to poorer http://www.schooltest.2upltd.co.uk/
Chairman of Watton Town Council consultations. Sports Relief on the countries for distribution. news.html
Church Times Mid-Norfolk Times Page 25
WATTON CHURCHES TOGETHER Breckles, Caston, Great Hockham, Griston,
ST. MARY’S CHURCH
Service Calendar for April 2010 Merton, Stow Bedon, Thompson

St. Mary’s Church, Watton

Worship Calendar: April 2010 ATTLEBOROUGH
1st, 3rd & 4th Wednesday at 9.30am Holy Communion Maundy Thursday - 1st April with ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH BESTHORPE
2nd Wednesday Morning Worship Church Office opens Tues, Wed 7:00 pm Commemoration of Institution of the Lord‘s
& Thurs 9am-1pm Tel: 01953 881252 Supper (Holy Communion) Gt. Hockham HOLY WEEK & EASTER SERVICES
margaret@churchadm.freeserve.co.uk www.stmaryswatton.org
Sun 28th March PALM SUNDAY
Thurs 1st 7.00pm Five Parish Bring & Share Supper Good Friday - 2nd April 8a.m. Holy Communion
including Holy Communion & Vigil 12 - 3 pm Stations of the Cross: Seven Churches Pilgrimage:
10a.m. Sung Eucharist for the joint-benefice
Fri 2nd 10.30am Good Friday Silent Procession from 12 Noon Thompson, 12:20 Merton, 12:40 Griston, 1pm Bring your with distribution of Palms
St Mary‘s Church for packed lunch to the Rectory; 1.45pm Caston; 2.05pm Stow Bedon; 6.30p.m. 'The Crucifixion' by John Stainer, sung by
11.00am Service at the Methodist Church 2.25pm Breckles; 2.45pm Great Hockham the Mary's Choir and guests, with Nicholas
Sun 4th 8.00am Holy Communion 2 - 3 pm Hour of Meditation Gt. Hockham Jackson (Tenor) and Samuel Eglington (Bass)
10.00am Easter Holy Communion Holy Saturday - 3rd April Mon 29th 7.30p.m. Holy Communion with address
Sun 11th 8.00am Holy Communion 8.00pm Service of light on the Eve of Easter Breckles 10p.m. Compline
10.00am Holy Communion Tues 30th 7.30p.m. Holy Communion with address
th
Sun 18th 8.00am Holy Communion Easter Sunday - 4 April 10p.m. Compline
10.00am Holy Communion 9:00 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton Wed. 31st 7.30p.m. Holy Communion with address
Sun 25th 8.00am Holy Communion 10:30 am United Holy Communion Caston 10p.m. Compline
10.00am All Age Worship & Holy Baptism Sunday 11th April 1st April MAUNDY THURSDAY
6.30pm Praise and Worship with Shine 9:00 am Matins (BCP) Merton 10a.m. Holy Communion
10:30 am United Holy Communion Caston 7p.m. Maundy Thursday Supper in the Church Hall
Watton Methodist Church 8p.m. Sung Eucharist with the stripping of
Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and prayer Sunday 18th April altars and Watch until Compline at midnight
between 10am & 12 Noon It’s your quiet place. 10:20 am Sunday Club Gt. Hockham Fri 2nd GOOD FRIDAY
At 10.30 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large Vestry (ages 4-11, church room) 8a.m. Matins and Litany
led by the Minister or a Church Member. 10:30 am United Holy Communion Gt. Hockham 10a.m. Children‘s activities and worship
www.wattonmethodist.btik.com
th 11.30a.m. Act of Witness at Queen‘s Square
Fri 2nd 10.30am Good Friday Silent Procession Sunday 25 April
2p.m. The Last Hour
from St Mary‘s Church for 9:00 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton
10p.m. Compline
11.00am Service at Methodist Church 10:20 am Sunday Club Griston
Sat 3rd EASTER EVE
Sun 4th 8.30am Rev Daphne Lloyd Holy Communion (ages 4-11, ‗Manorcourt‘ Day Centre, Manor Rd.)
8 p.m. Vigil & renewal of baptismal vows
10.45am Rev Daphne Lloyd 10:30 am United Holy Communion Griston
Sun 4th EASTER DAY
Easter Holy Communion
Sunday 2nd May 8a.m. Holy Communion (1662)
6.30pm Mr Brian Lawrence 10a.m. Sung Parish Eucharist with Easter Egg
10:30 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon
Sun 11th 10.45am Section Service at Watton Mr B Lawrence
Hunt for children following the service
6.30pm Mr Alan Warby 11.30 a.m. Holy Communion at All Saints‘ Besthorpe
Sun 18th 10.45am Bright Hour Anniversary For all our parishes… 6.30 p.m. Choral Evensong
6.30pm Bright Hour Anniversary ‘The WAY’ Youth Group (ages 11+)
Sun 25th 10.45am Mrs Sonia Mann Sunday, 18th April, 7-8:00 pm, Rectory
6.30pm Mrs Janet Roebuck
Pram Services: Wednesdays, 10:15 am All Saints Church, Threxton
Roman Catholic Community (no service on 7th April)
Each Sat 5.30pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church 14th April at Chase Farm, Caston;
Easter Service
Thur 1st 9.30am Morning Prayer & Confession, Swaffham 21st and 28th April at Caston School Hall
7.30pm Eve Mass of the Lord‘s Supper, Swaffham For parents or carers with children aged 0 - 5
Sunday 4th April at 10am
Fri 2nd 9.30am Good Friday Morning Prayer, Swaffham
10.00am Children‘s Station of the Cross, Swaffham Enquiries: The Revd. Bob Nichols: Tel.: (01953) 483222;
Celebration of the Lord‘s Passion, Swaffham

Thought
3.00pm Email: revbobnichols@gmail.com
Sat 3rd 10.00am Morning Prayer followed by
Video Show, Swaffham
No Saturday Evening Mass at Watton
8.30pm Easter Vigil, Swaffham
Sun 4th Easter Day

for the
8.30am Mass at Swaffham
10.30am Mass at Swaffham
Pentecostal Church, Dereham Road, Watton
There is a Noah's Ark Sunday and King's Kids for children during
the Sunday morning services

Month
Fri 2nd 11.00am Good Friday Communion
Sun 4th 10.30am Easter Day Celebration ―The Evidence of
Easter ―The Evidence of the Bible‖
Sun 11th 10.30am ― The Evidence of Easter
―The Evidence of the Witnesses‖
Sun 18th 10.30am Alpha introduction - By the Rev. Barbara Winner,
Is there more to life than this?
Sun 25th 10.30am ―The Evidence of Easter -
Watton Methodist Church
―The Evidence of Modern History‖ We were fortunate to have tickets to see the performance of
Le Miserable at Norwich recently. I knew some of the songs
St. Nicholas’ Church, Ashill but not the story. It begins with a prologue which shows us
Fri 2nd 2.00pm Good Friday Meditation how Jean Valjean who has served a long and cruel sentence
Sun 4th 9.30am Easter Holy Communion for stealing some bread to feed his starving family is released
Sun 11th 9.30am Lay Led Morning Worship on parole. He tries to make his way in the community but
Sun 18th 9.30am All Age Worship because of his status is rejected and condemned as an out
Sun 25th 9.30am Holy Communion cast.
St. George’s Church, Saham Toney He is however welcomed into the home of the Bishop who
Fri 2nd 10.00am Procession of Witness leaves the offers him food and a bed for the night. In his desperation
Wells CCC to St George‘s Church for steals some of the Church silver. He is promptly
10.30am Good Friday Meditation arrested and when the officials ask the Bishop if
Sat 3rd 8.00pm Group Service of Light - Preacher Jean Valjean has stolen the silver he says instead
The Ven John Ashe, Archdeacon of Lynn that it was a gift. The Bishop promptly goes and
Sun 4th 11.00am Easter Holy Communion finds two silver candlesticks which he gives to
Sun 11th 10.30am Benefice Service of Holy Communion Valjean as well.
Sun 18th 11.00am All Age Worship From this one gift of forgiveness and love comes
Sun 25th 11.00am Holy Communion a story of reformation and redemption which
S.S. Peter & Paul’s Church, Carbrooke influences many lives.
Fri 2nd 2.00pm Good Friday Meditation On Good Friday you can see Churches Together
Sun 4th 10.30am Easter Holy Communion in Watton walking silently together behind a
Sun 18th 10.30am Holy Communion cross. As we walk we remember and think about
Sun 25th 10.30am Methodist Service another gift of forgiveness and love – the gift of
one life for all people – the gift of Jesus Christ on
St John the Evangelist Church, Ovington the cross for our redemption.
Thursdays at 8.00am Said Holy Communion Why not join us? Why not come and hear more at
Sun 4th 9.00am Easter Holy Communion a church near you this Good Friday and Easter
Sun 18th 12.30pm Holy Baptism Day? It‘s a story which could become your story
Sun 25th 9.30am Lay Led All Age Worship
too.
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 26
Ashill Village Yard
Sale & Car Boot Sale In your garden with Lotta Potts
Sunday 25th April Spring is here! The Met Office
9am till 1pm says the first day of Spring is 1st
March. I prefer the equinox on
Car boots in the hall £6 per 21st but let‘s not split hairs. After
the winter we just had it‘s to be
table in the community hoped that most of the catching
centre. Yard sale £5 To book up was done in March so the soil
is warming up nicely and in
your yard sale or car boot theory we have sunshine and
showers, perfect growing weather.
please ring Mark The traditional test for the soil is
on 01760 440577 to see if you can sit comfortably
on it without protection. It‘s
advisable not to drop your kecks
in public! The hand will do just as
well, or buy a soil thermometer to
be accurate. Some of these also
give the ph.
The clocks have gone forward so
we have longer evenings to spend
in our garden as well.
Unfortunately in Britain, we have
weather not a climate and April
can go from being positively
summer hot to snow. If I
remember rightly last April was
very warm indeed. Usually Easter
falls in April and you may be
surprised to know that there is
more chance of snow at Easter
than Christmas. Oh no! Please
not. Easter is traditionally time to
plant potatoes. This may have
started when workers had most
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traditionally only start gardening
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at Easter when the garden centres
really stock up.
The Hare & The rule for successful gardening
in April is not to be in too much
Barrel Hotel of a rush to plant out tender
young plants. This is the one most
Originally an old manor house dating back gardeners break, even the most
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10 of which have been converted from succumb to the ritual Easter visit
the old Coach House Stables to the garden centre and buy those
‘Noted for Good Food’ attractive trays of bedding plants,
put them out and go to get some
Extensive Bar & Restaurant Menu more when they get frosted.
bookings advisable at all times We‘ve all done it. So, it's
important to keep the horticultural
A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden
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Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard frost and to watch the weather
forecasts.
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will cause the soil temperature to
rise by a couple of degrees and
helps to avoid shocks to your
plants when they leave the
greenhouse or cold frame. This
could be a temporary shelter for
those bedding plants (still in their
trays), avoiding the otherwise
inevitable.
If you bring things on in a
greenhouse or even on a
windowsill, don't make the
mistake of planting out directly,
even into a cloche covered patch.
Plants need a little time to get
used to the great outdoors and
need to use 'hardening off' for
this. It‘s pretty self-explanatory
and is really not complicated, you
move them from a windowsill or
heated area of a greenhouse to a
cooler part of the greenhouse for
a few days and then move them
into a cold frame. Leave the cold
frame shut for the first couple of
days, unless the weather is
wonderful and sunny, which
would over-heat them. After this,
open the vent in the day for a few
days and finally leave the vent
open overnight. It will still give
them some protection but it's not
as exposed as outdoors. If you
don‘t have a cold frame or
greenhouse it gets a little more
labour-intensive. Take the plants
grown on the windowsill outside
to a sheltered spot on sunny days
and bring them in again at night
to somewhere cool. Keep doing
this until they‘ve been out for a
few days according to the weather
then put a bit of protection over
them at night until they can be
left to their own devices. Then
plant them out.
If a cold snap develops whilst
you are hardening off, you can
insulate your cold frame to keep
them warm. In an emergency
newspapers laid several sheets
thick and weighed down to stop
them blowing away will do the
job but a length of folded fleece is
easier and more effective. By the
end of a week or so, your plants
will be ready to brave the world
and better equipped to cope if it
snows.
Having covered your plants
against the weather, do remember
now is the time when gardener's
worst enemy is coming back to
drive us mad. These evil
creatures can make a row
o f t e nd e r s e e d li n g
disappear overnight or
reduce a plant to a
skeleton in hours. The
slug, of course.
I'm sure slugs must serve
some purpose in the
greater scheme of things,
but to the gardener they
are just the enemy. In the
old days we just scattered
metaldehyde slug pellets
and killed them that way
but there have been
concerns about the
potential effects on pets
and wildlife with those.
Now we more
environmentally friendly
methods of dealing with
slugs and the good news
is that these are actually
more effective in many cases.
If you grow potatoes, you may
have had the experience of
digging up a wonderful crop only
to find holes occupied by horrible
little slugs munching away. The
best cure is to use nematodes slug
killer from the start. This
biological control is comprised of
thousands of tiny worms that
cause no problem at all to
anything except our enemy. They
are, however, a little delicate as
regards to temperature and
moisture. Because they get under
the surface, they get all the slugs
unlike pellets. You can still use
pellets in a lot of situations but if
you have pets be very cautious
and only use the advanced
ferramol based pellets. They're
more rain resistant as well so
b etter value for mon ey.
Incidentally, only ever scatter
slug pellets very thinly. Piles are
ineffective and wasteful. If they
all disappear overnight, then
scatter thinly again and smile. It
means the slugs have eaten the
first lot and crawled away to die.
Another way to defeat the little
blighters is to grow plants on until
they are more robust than is usual
for planting out. Slugs are,
surprisingly, fairly fussy eaters
and will go for very young tender
stems and leaves. Not being a
biologist I don‘t know if this is
due to lack of ability to chew
anything a bit stronger than baby
growth or choice but it does work.
If you‘ve read the instructions for
nematodes and given up and are
disinclined to go chemical the
only other way is physical
removal. Some recommend the
torch and squish method after
dark. This is unpleasant in more
ways than one. Others
recommend scissors. Ugh! My
personal favourite is the pub. I
make one or more for the slugs.
Empty margarine or cream
cartons with a small amount of
beer or milk in the bottom will
attract slugs. How you dispose of
them is up to you. At least they
die happy and don‘t survive long
enough for the hangover.
There are lots of safe and
environmentally sound solutions
to pests and problems now, thank
goodness. Some older gardening
books read like chemical warfare
manuals.
Sweet peas can be sown outside
this month. Plant out autumn-
sown sweet peas that have been
raised in pots, and prepare your
wigwam supports for them to
climb, using a light twine to tie
the plants in. You can sow other
hardy annual seeds for display
and cutting.
Plant summer-flowering bulbs, if
not done already. Prepare the soil
first, to ensure that drainage is
sufficient to prevent the bulbs
rotting. You can still plant
herbaceous perennials such as
Geranium, Astrantia and Oriental
poppies. Check that the plants you
buy have strong, green shoots and
plant them into well-prepared
soil. If you are crafty, pick the pot
that shows several separate small
clumps, knock the whole thing
out of the pot and divide it.
News
Sometimes you can get as many
as four for the price of one. The
little ones will need to be potted
up for a while before planting out
but will very soon get away for
planting out. The same way
existing perennials that are
showing new shoots from the
crown can be can be propagated
via basal stem cuttings. Shoots 8-
10cm (3-4in) high are cut from
the parent plant with a sharp
knife. Sometimes a piece of root
can be taken with the cutting
(which speeds establishment), but
stems can be cut without root, and
then dipped in hormone rooting
powder before striking into
growing medium. An easier
method to increase stock while
rejuvenating old plants is to
divide clumps of herbaceous
perennials - those that have
become too large for their allotted
space, flowering poorly or have
lost their shape. Bamboos and
clumps of bulbs or rhizomes can
be divided in the same way. Just
make sure that the transplanted
divisions have roots, shoots, and
are given adequate water to settle
into their new positions. At the
same time as dividing perennials,
make sure weeds are removed, so
doing two jobs at once.
Prune penstemons and other
slightly tender plants such as
lavender. Make the cuts just
above fresh, new shoots.
Apply a general-purpose fertiliser
to borders and beds. Take care not
to damage emerging shoots, or to
burn them with fertiliser.
Put supports in place for
perennials before they get too
large. Criss-crossing strings from
hidden or decorative posts work
well, allowing stems to grow up
in the gaps between strings. There
are also many supports available
either from garden centres or mail
order.
Remove faded daffodil and tulip
flowers, nipping off the heads and
seed pod at the same time.
Deadhead pansies, primulas and
other spring bedding plants.
Pansies will carry on into the
spring and even to early summer,
if attended to frequently.
Check whether containers need
watering. Even at this time of
year, they can dry out.
Pots and tubs benefit from
topping up with fresh compost.
Old compost can be removed and
replaced with new to a depth of
5cm (2in) if there is not much
room for topping up.
Pot on plants showing signs of
being pot-bound. You can tip out
the root balls of unhappy looking
containerised specimens, to see if
they are indeed pot-bound or if
they are suffering from some
other problem such as vine
weevil.
One final bit of advice, if you
didn‘t do a lot of gardening in the
winter (as if that was possible!)
do take care of that precious bit of
equipment - your back. Little and
often is the way to do it. Try to
ignore all the other pressing
overdue jobs until tomorrow or
you‘ll be looking at it through the
window while your poor old back
recovers.
News
Hockham History Group
Hockham has now formed a History
Group to help with its own village
history research for the Wayland
heritage Project. A healthy 21 people
attended the first meeting and members
of the group have now gone away to
think about the particular field of
research that might interest them and
also help work towards achieving
Citizens’ Advice Gateway Diabetes UK
Assessment - A Change
To The Way We Operate
We are introducing a new system called
‗Gateway‘ assessment, which is designed
to improve the service we are able to
offer our clients. This is particularly
important at a time when more and more
people are seeking advice. It is designed
to make our service more efficient and
should enable us to deal with most of the
enquiries more quickly and effectively.
Introduction of this change in our service
is a requirement of Citizens‘ Advice and
must be implemented by October 2010.
We do, however, have the option to adapt
and refine the system to best suit the
circumstances at each of our offices.
What does it mean for our clients?
Gateway assessment means that all
clients will get a short focussed interview
– the gateway assessment – to find out the
problem and how best to deal with it.
This will take about 10 minutes and there
will be a number of possible outcomes
from this first contact:
You could be given information to take
away to help you to help yourself to
resolve your problem
You could be asked to get further
information to help us give the best
advice possible for your problem
You could be given an appointment for
specialist advice – with a Debt or Welfare
Benefits adviser for example
You could be given contact details for
another agency – perhaps one of the
Benefits Helplines or the Housing Advice
Section of the Local Authority
If none of the outcomes listed above are
appropriate or helpful for the issue on
which you want advice, we will ask you
to wait to see one of our generalist
something that will last into the future.
The work of constructing an all new
village website has been happening for
sometime and anyone interested can see it
at www.greathockham.org
In the meantime the above 1904
photograph of Hockham village centre,
has been submitted to the editor to
hopefully gain some interest from
advisers for an interview. You will be
given a number and will be called when
an adviser is available. The adviser will
be made aware of the basic details of your
problem and will be able to quickly focus
on how this could be resolved. If you are
unable to wait you will be offered the
opportunity for a telephone advice
contact and you will be asked to say what
time would be suitable.
Will it be a better service?
That is our aim - experience at other
Bureaux has shown that as many as half
of those waiting for advice can be
provided with the information they need
through the gateway assessment, without
the need for what can often be a lengthy
wait for advice.
We shall always try to offer you the best
service we can with the resources at our
disposal. With that in mind we shall be
considering carefully how best this
service would operate in each of our
offices. There are different layouts and
resources in each of our locations and we
shall be working out what will work best
in each.
When will it start?
We shall be training our advisers over the
next few months and plan to start the
gateway assessment system in September.
We shall initially run it for a four week
trial and assessment period. We shall
make a continuous evaluation of the
service during this time and we may call
on you to give your opinion in that
process. We shall then fully introduce the
service but we shall remain open to learn
from experience and adapt and improve
the service accordingly.
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 27
PUZZLE CORNER
£10 PRIZE CROSSWORD
Would you like to win a £10 Adcocks Voucher to spend? Simply
complete the crossword on the right and drop it in to The Wayland
News bin at (or post it to) Adcocks, 32 High Street, Watton,
Norfolk. IP25 6AE before the paper deadline. All correct entries
will be put into a draw and the winner will receive a £10 Adcocks
voucher to spend. In the event of any dispute the decision of the
Editor will be final. The clues are a mix of cryptic, and easy with
one or two anagrams thrown in just to make it more interesting!
The correct solution will be published in the next issue.
outside Hockham, so if anyone has any
information, photographs, or interesting
stories, or would like to come along to
the next meeting, please either contact
the group via the website contact page,
by phone to Chris Garrod on 01953 Across Down
498447 or to Sue White the Wayland 7 Search for food (6) 1 The Indic language of the
Heritage officer on 01953 880216 8 One had an accident face to Gypsies (6)
face (4-2) 2 Tear down to the ground (4)
9 able to bundle hay (4) 3 Green-eyed (7)
10 A vessel to save others (8) 4 The wheat needs sorting from
30 members attended our March
11 Is excited (5,2)
13 Boost for your footwear (5)
this (5)
5 Ill will (3,5)
15 Aromatic resin that is burned 6 Element number 27 (6)
meeting where we welcomed PCSO
Rachael Tussington from the Watton
Safer Neighbourhood Team, and PC
as incense (5)
17 Progress against the tide (7)
12 Use ape or hen to listen to the
radio (8)
20 soft woollen fabric from goat 14 Even art gave long service (7)
Chris Newberry. Although they could
not stay long because of their work
hair (8)
21 Wogan's duvet measurement
16 Annual (6)
18 Diamond shaped knitting
commitments, they were able to talk system (4) pattern (6)
about the WSNT, what they had 22 Two-dimensional - not one 19 Oyster's jewel (5)
achieved, what they were achieving and who smooths wood! (6) 21 Journey as in Star - (4)
what they would like to achieve in the 23 Long time ago (3-3)
future. It was an informative meeting.
Scribble Pad
At our April meeting, we will be
welcoming Mike Wabe who will be
speaking to us about "Life & Death in a
Victorian Gaol". This should be very
interesting and if Mike is looking for a
couple of people to demonstrate
anything on, I shall have great pleasure
in recommending John and Rod!! The
meeting is on 12th April, 10.15am at the
Pentecostal Church, Old Dereham Road,
Watton, whom we thank for the use of
their facilities.
If you have any questions about this
meeting or the group itself, please phone
LAST MONTH’S PUZZLE
Helen 01953 884713 and leave a The winner of the £10 prize last month was Mr & Mrs
message and I will get back to you as Muskett of Carbrooke
soon as I can.
Inner Wheel
Club of
Watton
The March meeting held at the home of
member Val Semlyen a business
meeting, where the future trip to Kew
Gardens was discussed and a date set for
June. A speaker had been arranged but
was unable to attend, so a quiz was
arranged at short notice. Arrangements
for the Strawberry Tea were discussed
the date for this being 17th June 2010, at
the home of member Brenda Davis, we
look forward to seeing you there.
Stella Leonard- Club Correspondent.
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 28 Advertising
News
Government
announce changes to
bus pass scheme
Recent Government changes to the
state pension age will have a direct
impact on local residents' eligibility
for free bus passes.
From 6 April 2010, the government
is gradually changing the eligibility
to apply for a free English National
Bus Pass. This is in line with their
changes to the state pension age for
women, increasing from 60 to 65.
The rise will be staged over the next
ten years. Eligibility for bus passes
will rise by two months each month.
This means that residents, who turn
60, on or after 6 April 2010, will no
longer be eligible for the scheme on
their 60th birthday. Details on when
they will now qualify are shown
below:
If you were born before 6 April 1950
you now qualify on your 60th
Birthday
If you were born between 6 April
1950 – 5 May 1950 you now qualify
on 6 May 2010
If you were born between 6 May
1950 – 5 June 1950 you now qualify
on 6 July 2010
If you were born between 6 June
1950 – 5 July 1950 you now qualify
on 6 September 2010
If you were born between 6 July
1950 – 5 August 1950 you now
qualify on 6 November 2010
If you were born between 6 August
1950 – 5 September you now qualify
on 1950 6 January 2011
From the Wayland
Chamber of
Commerce… Happy Easter to
At the Annual General Meeting of the
Wayland Chamber of Commerce the
outgoing Chairman, Richard Crabtree,
talked about the changes and
difficulties experienced by Wayland
businesses over the last two years and
the Chamber‘s continued commitment
to work for local people in business.
Salena Dawson was elected
Chairman for the forthcoming year
a nd J anin a Din gwa ll Vi c e -
Chairman. Committee members
elected were Richard Crabtree,
John Paul McCarthy, Krissy
Marwood-Cross, Adrian Goldring,
Norman Wilson, Wendy Carr, Sam
North, Wayne North and Tania
Petkova. Additional co-opted
Committee members were Lifetime
Honorary Member Martin
Anscombe, and Iain Cockburn. It
was agreed that Churches Together
and Wayland Community High
School should also be offered
Honorary membership for the year.
The Annual Accounts for 2009
were presented and adopted.
Following fifteen years of the
annual membership subscription
remaining at £25 it was agreed to
raise it to £27 for 2011. This would
help with the work the Chamber is
currently doing to raise its profile
If you were born between 6
September 1950 – 5 October you
now qualify on 1950 6 March 2011
If you were born between 6 October
1950 – 5 November you now qualify
on 1950 6 May 2011
If you were born between 6
November 1950 – 6 December you
now qualify on 1950 6 July 2011
If you were born between 6
December 1950 – 5 January 1951
you now qualify on 6 September
2011
Councillor Lady Kay Fisher,
Portfolio Holder for Environmental
Well being and Customer Contact,
says: "The government have decided
that this would be the fairest method,
rather than introduce a one-off rise
which would leave those currently
close to retirement age facing a full
five-year delay."
"However, the changes will have an
impact on those residents in the
district who are approaching their
sixtieth birthday and were expecting
to qualify for a bus pass. Current
holders over 60 years old, and other
qualifying residents, will not be
affected by these changes. Current
pass holders will be eligible for a
renewal pass when their pass
expires."
Should you requ ir e furt her
information please contact Breckland
Council on 01362 656870.
and develop a new website; as well
as other initiatives for people in
business in Wayland, such as the
new quarterly Business Breakfast
Forum.
A t t h e C o m mi t t e e me e ti n g
following the AGM new members
were agreed and welcomed: M&J
Carpet Cleaning, Bailiwick IT
Services, Des Hartnell Electrical
Services and Stohn Ltd. (natural
stone products) and Norfolk
Country HIP (handmade gifts and
decorations).
The 2010/11 Wayland Chamber of
Commerce Information, Trade and
Services Directory (28th issue) is
now being compiled and
publication is anticipated around
Easter. The Directory will be
delivered free to all homes and
businesses in the Wayland area
over the period. If you can‘t wait…
updated local information and
me mb er s ar e all onlin e at
www.wayland-chamber.org.uk
All enquiries please contact the
Secretary, secretary@wayland-
chamber.org.uk, 07979 264047 or
01760 440837 or write to Wayland
Chamber of Commerce, Wayland
House, High Street, Watton, IP25
6AR.
The Ovington
Crower
Dear Sah
Thort I orta let yu know
Ovington hev got a lot ter be
thankful for, cos we hent quite
bin flooded out like sum o‘ them
por folk. Mind yu thet ware a
cloose run thing, cos arter thet
snew an thet rearn we wos hevin
sum wet a runnin down tha ole
dykes, thas ware thar‘s a dyke
left o corse.
They keep a fillin on em in ter
days, thas wot ole Horry say,
―Tha ole boys din‘t dig orl tha
ole dykes fer suffin ter du of a
Satdy mornin, thare wos a parpus
onnit,‖ he say
―Yu hev gotta hev a drearn or tu
aside tha rood or fild, du else yar
gooin tu be orl of‘ a mash‖
I rekkon he‘s right, cos yu doon‘t
half see sum grate ole fleets inna
tha filds tha days.
Tha ole Cownsil are gonna arsk
ifen tha kin change tha nearm o
―Church Rood‖ tu ―River Rood‖
cos tha water wos a hossin down
it is like a young river.
Thas nowares else fer it ter goo
now the dykes ha bin filled in.
Cos thas orl rite for them as goo
up n down in thar mooters, but
ifen yu draw along steady yu
need yor hi lows on.
Horry he say ―We orta tearke
ower didles along a thar of a nite
time and dig em owt agin‖ I say
―Doont worrit Horry, thet‘l dry
up afore long‖
Torkin of tha ole Cownsil, I
reckon thar gittin worrit bowt
now, cos thas allus sum rum‘uns
all our customers
from the Country
Market Producers
As I write in the middle of
March it is hard to realize that
Easter is only three weeks
away. Hopefully we shall have
plants on sale throughout April,
although the extremely cold
winter and late, soggy spring
have meant that the plant and
produce stalls, normally well
stocked in March, have been
sadly lacking in goods for sale.
We have continued with just a
few late root vegetables and
potatoes and a few apples. We
look forward to presenting our
normally well laden stalls in
April.
Our cooks always produce
special delicacies for Easter
and our crafters are ever busy.
Beautifully made wooden toys,
a large selection of very
reasonably priced jewellery,
knitted goods, greetings cards
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 29
at this time o year, doont fare to
hare tha ole buds a singin arly
mornins. ‗N tha allus wont tha
cownsil tu du suffin abowt it,
which git tha owd boys on tha
cownsil a bit flummoxed, cos
thet ent easy tu arsk ter buds to
hold thar duller. Abowt as daft as
keepin tha ole cocks quiet I
reckon.
Now abowt them taters, ifen yu
ent got yor seed taters on a tray
under yor ma‘s bed by now then
yu orter do so. Leave em thar till
tha shoots git gooin, an tha
garden mowld warm up, then dig
a grate ole trench acrorse yor
garden, fill it full o muck, stick
yor taters in it a foot an a bit
apart, then hale em up, an keep a
halin em up as thar growin.
Tha allotments are a movin at
larst, sum good ole boys hev dug
a loke inta tha fild, and set it to
tha plow, (an dint he draw a
streart furrer too) and so it‘ll
sune be a sproutin wittles.
Tha Church yard hev bin full a
snowdrops ter year, an no end of
folk hev bin along tu tearke
piktures an hev bin wholly
stammed tu see tha little darlins.
I see tha cownsil hev set sum
more daffs along a tha rood sides
ter year; they‘ll sune be a shig –
Massage Treatments
shugging abowt. Jest hoop we
doont git em pinched like we did
larst year. Swedish Massage and
Well I‘m gooing to shack orf Hot Stone Massage
now, cos thars a pint o Bullard‘s
mild waitin fer me in tha pub.
Fare y‘ well tergether. Boy Sid.
Appointments available at
BROOM HALL
Country Hotel
Saham Toney
Your Local Three Star Hotel
Telephone: 01953 882125
www.broomhallhotel.co.uk
for all occasions, hand turned
wooden gift items and pens are
all included in the goods on
offer. Our fresh eggs come
from a local farm. All our
goods are produced within a ten
mile radius of Watton. All our
cooks have their kitchens
inspected by the local
environmental health authority
and all have up to date food
hygiene certificates.
We are open every Wednesday
morning from 8.30 a.m. to
11.30 a.m. in the Watton
Christian Community Centre.
Please come and see us and if
you want a cup of coffee after,
or before, doing your shopping
in the Country Market nothing
could be easier: the Methodist
ladies serve coffees in the
smaller rear hall until 12 noon.
Mid-Norfolk Times Page 30
Super junior hockey at Watton Sports Centre
Watton Junior Hockey Club hosted
their annual tournament at Watton
Sports Centre and clubs from around
the County converged on Watton for
the U11 and U13 Boys and Girls
Tournament.
It was a superb tournament for
Watton‘s U11 Girls who won their
To u r n a m e n t . H a vi n g ga i n e d
confidence and experience through
the season, but never any placings in
earlier Tournaments, the girls
‗worked some magic‘ for this
tournament.
The hockey was played in a very
positive manner, with great effort
and lots of enthusiasm to secure 4
wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Defensive
pairings were all solid, Poppy
Williams played well in every
game, capably supported by Megan
Taylor and Lorna Brett-Greenacre.
P o l l ya n n B a t t y m a d e s o m e
outstanding saves (not only for
Watton but also playing for
Dragons). There was good passing
through the midfield with Amy
Church and Haidee Anscombe
showing good control making
frequent runs up the wings. Having
played with their usual amount of
effort Chelsea Collinson, Tamika
Bustin, Taylor Cassidy and Jasmine
Vincent all claimed much sought
after goals leading to the deserved
first tournament win.
In their first game Watton played
Dereham which was an evenly
matched game with neither team in
full flow and ended in a 0-0 draw.
Game 2 saw Watton‘s first win with
great work by Tamika Bustin on the
Steven Gale showing some nifty footwork to the opposition
right who passed across goal for
Chelsea to score in a crowded D,
resulting in Watton 1 Norwich City
B, 0. Next Watton faced Magpies and
lost 1-0. The winning streak
continued in game four with a 1-0
win over Pelicans with an individual
goal from Tamika Bustin, running
into the D to shoot past the keeper.
Game five saw another Watton win,
beating Dragons (from Norwich) 1-0.
A great run down the right wing by
Haidee Anscombe and well timed
pass across goal was finished off by
an unmarked Taylor Cassidy who
scored a great goal. In their final
game Watton beat Norwich A 1-0
with the hard working Jasmine
Vincent scoring a well deserved goal
in a busy D.
In the U11 Girls Tournament Watton
were the winners, Dereham runners
up, Norwich City A third. Magpies
were fourth, Pelicans 5th, Dragons
6th and Norwich City B 7th.
Watton‘s U13 Girls played well and
finished their Tournament in third
place. They lost 1-0 to Dereham A,
drew 0-0 with Pelicans,and beat
Norwich City B 1-0 with Cerys
Adcock scoring. Watton beat
Magpies 1-0 with Chantelle
Samuels scoring, lost 2-0 to
Norwich City and won 1-0 against
Norwich City B with Ellen Fulham
scoring.
Dereham A‘ were the tournament
winners and Norwich City A‘ runners
up. Pelicans were 4th, Magpies 5th,
Norwich City B 6th and Dereham B
7th.
The U13 Girls squad was : Fran
Picture Supplied
Sport News
Picture Supplied
U11 Girls Winners Standing L to R: Jasmine Vincent, Poppy Williams, Taylor Cassidy, Lorna brett-Cassidy,
Takika Bustin, Amy Church, Haidee Anscombe. Front row: Chelsea Collinson, Polyann Batty, Megan Taylor.
Kirkpatrick, Lauren Fitzgerald,
Chantelle Samuels, Megan Colley,
Cerys Adcock, Ellen Fulham, Beth-
Anne Singer, Shelby Redfern, Ellie
Philpott.
FR: Natalie Smee (GK)
In the U11 Boys Tournament
Watton again played well and also
finished in third place. They got off
to a good start with a 1-0 win over
Dereham with Steven Gale scoring.
Game two saw another 1-0 win for
Watton over Norwich City with
Steven Gale scoring again. They
next drew 0-0 with Magpies then
lost 2-0 to Pelicans. Watton
finished their last game on a high
note with Thomas Barber and
Steven Gale both scoring for a 2-0
win over Dragons. Coach, Sean
Billington, was very pleased with
all the boys performance giving
them their best result of the season.
At the end of the tournament the
first three placing‘s were very close
With Pelicans winning on goal
difference and Magpies runners up,
both with 11 points. Watton were
third on 10 points ! Dereham were
4th, Norwich City 5th and Dragons
6th.
The U11 Boys squad was : Thomas
Hazell, Thomas Barber, Thomas
Picture Supplied
Redfern, Sam Holland, Callum
Haggart y, Micheal, Steven
Racing to defend for the Watton U11 girls are (back to front) Taylor
GaleSean McCarthy and Owen
Cassidy, Amy Church and Lorna Brett-Greenacre.
Hughson.
Watton‘s U13 boys joined forces
with the Dragons team from mates before. Dereham were the great success. It was also a great
Norwich to make a squad. Matthew Tournament winners, Magpies A‘ success for the development of the
Russell, Craig Ellis, Josh Holland, runners up, Magpies B‘ third, Club as two former junior members
Henry Garner and Jake Hargreaves Pelicans 4th, Watton 5th and Kim Ashby and Sean Billington
represented Watton. In their first Norwich City 6th. were now coaching two of the
game they drew 0-0 against Home James Taxis from Watton junior teams. In addition former
Magpies B, beat Norwich City 1-0, we r e th e Bo ys Tourn ame nt junior Liam Healy lead and co-
lost 2-0 to Magpies, lost 1-0 to sponsors. ordinated the umpiring. In addition
Dereham and lost 1-0 to Pelicans. It Thanks to the hard work of the Bea Hinchliffe, Amy Childerhouse
was a good joint team performance Junior Club Committee and the and Roxy Samuels assisted in
considering the boys have never great co-operation from the senior umpiring through most of the day.
hockey clubs the Tournament was a
played with their Dragons team
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Watton United roundup

First Team Match Reports
Saturday 6th March League
Watton United 0 Sheringham 2
A poor performance from Watton in
this home fixture, with Sheringham
moving above Watton in the table.
The opposition hit the bar twice in the
first half, and probably deserved to
lead at half time, and even with a
number players missign from their
ranks, still showed why they secured
the league title last season, with some
composed passing and movement off
the ball.
Watton rarely troubled Sheringhams
defence, but a solid performance from
Stu Chrystall and James Brown at
centre back limited Sheringham to
few clear cut chances.
Sheringhams opened the scoring with
a fine chip after a mistake by
Cruikshank, and secured a second in
the dying stages when their height
advantage finally paid off from a
corner, when Jordan nodded down for
Clarkson to finish from close range.
Watton must show improvement mid
week to high flying Brandon to avoid
losing further ground at the foot of
the table. Man of the Match: Stu
Chrystall.
Tuesday 9th March League -
Watton Utd 2 Brandon Town 4
After suffering the embarrassment of
a 8-0 thrashing in January to the
visitors, Watton‘s management team
of Harwood and Hunt urged the
greens to ensure they compete for 90
minutes in this fixture, and again
deployed sweeper to combat the
opposition goal threat of Waites
upfront.
As with Watton‘s early season form,
midweek games seem to suit the
home side, and in an much improved
performance, Watton came back to
lead 2-1 in the first half with a
penalty from Chris Bray and great
move finished off with a Kevin
Bloomfield header from a Mark
Woods cross.
A goal just before half time deflated
the Watton players, who showed
much more composure in the first
half on the ball, helped by the return
of Mike Callaghan to the side at left
back.
Watton had chances to take the lead
in the second half, but 20 minutes
Paul Woods stumbled on making a
pass to put Bloomfield in on goal,
Brandon broke away and slid in a 3rd.
Enforced changes with Watton tiring
saw Woods replaced by Fincham, and
Bray replaced Allibone, and
Callaghan by McCullouch. Further
Watton pressure was thwarted, and
they conceded a 4th in the dying
stages.
It was harsh on Watton, as the
opponents were not 2 goals better
than the hosts tonight, but as with
your luck when you fighting a
relegation battle, Brandon took all 3
points to move up to second in the
table.
Man of the Match: Mike Callaghan
Saturday 13th March League
Loddon United 1 Watton Utd 1
After the impressive but unlucky
performance midweek, Watton
travelled to Loddon at the weekend,
looking to secure 3 points. 20 months
ago, this fixture was between two
teams fighting it out at the top of
division 1 in a promotion battle, and
is the harsh reality of the demise grass
roots football, Watton only fielding 3
players who were present that day,
and Loddon 5 players from their title
winning side.
Watton always struggle on Loddon‘s
tight sloping pitch, and with a 5-2-3
formation deployed from the
management team , coped well with
Loddons direct counter attacking
approach in the opening 20 minutes.
In a first half of few chances, with
Chris Bray , Jimmy Walker and Kev
Bloomfield as the three strikers
Watton were always confident of
scoring.
On 70 minutes man of the match
Bloomfield finally broke the deadlock
at the second attempt, after a great
header from Ben Smart stuck the post
half way through the second half.
They held on until the 94th minute,
when a kick by the keeper deceived
the impressive Merv Brown, who was
drafted in at the last minute from
Reserve team duty, and the on
r u s h in g s t r i ke r sl o tt e d p a s t
Cruickshank.
Man of the Match: Kev Bloomfield
Reserve Team Match Reports
Saturday 13th March League
Watton United Reserves 0
Bungay Town Reserves 2
Watton‘s reserve team returned to
action this weekend at home to
Bungay, who were promoted to
Division 4 with Watton last year.
Without a fixture since the 13th
February, Watton looked sluggish
first half, and were undone by two
sloppy goals in the first 45 minutes.
Chances for striker Reeve could have
put Watton closer at half time.
Watton‘s management team
introduced two new signing this
weekend, and it was 16 year old
James Lawrence drafted in from the
under 18s who impressed in a better
second half performance. Its hoped
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it looks like Watton may get drawn into a
relegation battle unless they can put a
couple of wins together in the
forthcoming weeks.
Man of the Match: Chris Hayward
Tue 16th March League Watton
Utd Reserves 1 Thorpe Rovers 1
A midweek game for the reserves is a
rarity with only 15 teams in their
league, but since the bad weather call
offs in January gave them a fixture
backlog, Managers Wilkins and
Griffith were able to show some of
their emerging youngsters the benefits
of playing on Watton‘s award winning
surface under floodlights.
With a few call offs from the weekend
Richmond Park
Golf Club . . .
Seniors
Section
The weather slowly improved during
February and March so the Seniors were
able to play more golf and the February
Stableford competition winners were
Glyn Long, Keith Flitcroft, Ben Stone,
Rod Whyatt, George Travi and Ken
Cundy.
The first event of the season was held
over two days in March- the annual
Captain versus Vice Captain match. 44
players took part in a 'Ryder Cup'
format and the Captain's team emerged
triumphant again (third year running),
although only 4 points separated the
teams at the end. The first inter-club
matches take place later this month and
reports and results will follow during
the summer.
due to work commitments, Watton
lined up with a 4-4-2 formation,
deploying Mark Allibone and Luke
Jones as central strikers. After 20
minutes, with Watton controlling much
of the possession, a long ball caught
Sam Fincham napping, and Thorpes
strike pairing combined to slot past
keeper Bridges. Further pressure
almost put them 2-0 up, with Hayward
clearing off the line
Watton quickly changed to a 3-5-2
formation and went in 1-0 down having
rarely been troubled since the change,
and almost levelling through chances
from Jones, McCullouch, Allibone and
Lawrence, who was making his first
ladies were Dilys Gibbs, Mary
Wakeford, Anne Bell and Margaret
Lockwood.
Lesley Matthews and Julie Ellis won the
club's qualifying competition of the
Daily Mail Foursomes last August, and
were entered into the main draw . They
played their first knockout match at
Richmond Park against two ladies from
The Links Country park (West Runton),
and were successful, winning 4 and 2.
Congratulations to them - they now
await their next opponents.
Junior
Section
The next competition will be held on
Wednesday 14th April with 6 prizes to
be awarded. Open to all existing
members plus any newcomers wishing
to join.
start of the season.
In the second half Reeve was brought
on to trouble the Thorpe backline with
his pace, and his direct running
released Allibone 15 minutes in, who
levelled with an impressive left footed
strike in off the bar.
Further chances came and went, but
Watton‘s young side performed
admirably right to the final whistle,
and credit must go to the under 18
players of Brown , Lawrence , Fincham
and Jones, who tireless running and
assured passing epitomised Watton‘s
performance against a strong Thorpe
side who are likely to secure a mid
table finish.
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Watton Christian Community Centre; Wells CCC = Wells Cole
Community Centre, Saham
April
Thurs 1st Prize Bingo at Gt Ellingham Recreation Centre See Ad
Sat 10th 60‘s Disco The Old Hall Leisure Centre, Ashill See Ad
Sat 10th } Spring Art Exhibition at Wayland House
Sat 17th } Mixed Media 10-4pm Weekdays, 10 - 1pm Sat.
Sat 17th Car Boot & Crafts at St Mary‘s Church, Watton. See Ad.
Tues 20th 7.45pm - 9.30pm NWT Group review of the year and talk
by NWT Director Brenda Joyce. Watton CCC See ad.
Sat 24th East Harling Bowls Club Coffee & Bric a Brac See Ad
Sun 25th Ashill Yard and Car Boot Sale see ad.
May
Mon 10th Fashion Show by She Fashions, Gt Hockham. See Ad
Tues18th 7.45pm NWT Talk. The Breckland Reserves and
their Management. Watton CCC.
THE WATTON SOCIETY
Programme – March, April & May
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Weds, April 21st.Robert Maidstone - Woodland Wonderland
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Weds, June 16th. Barbara Miller - The Norwich Shoe Trade.
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Due to the continuing inclement
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The results were: Division 1 Anne Bell
Division 2 Liz Johnson Divison 3
Eileen Chard
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