The Mallard

Issue 335 September 2019

Well! Well! Well!

New Sign Tells All
A joint venture between the Parish Council
and Great Massingham Historical Society,
to explain the history of our village well, has
come to fruition.
Some of you will have noticed the new sign
fixed at the well to explain its history. This
project was part of the Historical Society’s
wish to provide information for people about
our village history. The Society thanks the
Parish Council for its support with this project.
The inscription reads as follows:
‘You are standing in front of a Reproduction Well
which was built a year after the Queen’s Silver Jubilee 1978.
Originally, it was boarded in with a large circular handle which drew up a bucket of water.
History has it as deep as the Church tower is tall, 129ft, but it is actually 96 ft deep
with only 10ft of water in the bottom.
The Village is spring fed via the chalk aquifers below ground.’
Great Massingham Historical Society meets the first Monday
of the month, at 7.30pm, at the Village Hall. New members are
always welcome. At the next meeting, on the 9th September, a
talk will be given by Dr SE Gattusoon about St Mary’s Church,
Houghton-on-the-Hill, Swaffham, Norfolk. See page 9
THE SIGN Please come along. It should be very interesting.

Please Support Your Local Event

Great Massingham Village Hall 27th
27th September from 10am - 12 midday SEPTEMBER
Help make this year’s event as successful as
previous years. (£69,000 raised over 12 years!)

There will be home made cakes with coffee/tea, tombola, cake stall, bottle stall,
‘new and nearly new’ stall plus large raffle, auction and much more.
Any offer of prizes for raffle/tombola, new items or
items/promises to auction will be greatly appreciated.
Contact Chrissie Warnes 01485 520 173
No bric-a-brac this year please.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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This parish magazine is SHORT MAT/CARPET BOWLS
published every month for the
This season’s short mat/carpet bowls starts in early October
residents of Great and Little
Massingham with the support ofand runs to mid-April and is held at the Village Hall, Wednes-
the Great Massingham Parish
Council, the Parochial Church
day evenings, between 7pm and 9.30pm.
Council and Massingham We usually play one match per pair, per evening and some-
Village Hall Trustees. times two. Cost - £2 per game. Last season, we also ran practice
www.greatmassingham.net sessions on Monday afternoons, 2 to 4pm, which you are wel-
e-mail:
mallard.editor@btinternet.com come to take part in, if these are run again this year.
Editorial Committee If you are interested in joining us, please put your name on
Editor: Bev. Randall. the form on the Village Hall noticeboard
6 Abbeyfields (in the bar area) or just give me a ring on 01485 520476
Great Massingham
01485 520 899 If you are new to the game, you will be paired up with a more
Treasurer: David Baines experienced player who will be able to teach you how to play
01485 520 966 and explain the rules. The Village Hall owns a few spare bowls
Website : Contact the which newcomers may be able to use. Who knows - if you
Editor - Details above. enjoy it - you may wish to take part in the outside sessions
Deadline for the during the summer months.
next issue We would love to see some new faces so why not give it a
17th Sept. go? Looking forward to welcoming you. Bob Nash
In this issue Great Massingham 11th Annual Village Yard Sale
• Well Sign Explains Twenty-five households took part this year. Down a bit on last
year but maybe that’s because people are running out of items
to sell after all these years.
£134.50 was raised - a combination of pitch fees, gift aid and
• Village Hall Events map sales. Our vicar will be happy with this donation helping
• West Norfolk Folk to support our village Church funds.
• Quiz Night The weather was kind to us up until about 11.30 when it
• Craft & Chat rained for a while. Such a shame. The event was advertised
• Auction Food well with good numbers of people bargain hunting, some of
• Gert & Daisy whom appeared to be collectors from outside of the village.
• Grassroots Malawi A Great big thank you to everyone who supported this year’s
• Afternoon Tea
• Mobile Library event, even if you did not have a pitch. Wandering around,
• Biodiversity Open Day chatting and buying all contributed to make the morning
• Historical Society Talk worthwhile. A special thank you to both Ken, who went to
• Film Club many other places outside of our village to put up posters, and
• Derek Skipper Trophy also to Chrissie & co for tea/coffee and cakes! Thanks again
• Harvest Supper to you all. What would we do without you? Penny Perry
• Church Electrics
• Songs of Praise
• Samaritan’s Purse Macmillan Fund Raising This Year So far……..
• Rector’s Message Thank you to everyone who supported Chrissie’s stall at the
• Sponsor cycle Village Yard Sale. It was very successful. Thanks to you it
• Proms Concert raised an amazing £383 for this year’s Funds. This means that
• Church News £765 is the total, to date, raised from Car Boot Sales and the
• Church Services Yard Sale to boost our funds for this year’s Macmillan event.
• Dance Lesson
• Clothes Sale Weather permitting, we hope to hold a ‘Stall on The Green’
• Bumble Auditions on 7th September, 9am start. Look for notices around the
• Dates for your Diary village & on Facebook for confirmation. Please support.

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‘Histry Bits’.... Barn Story
Until recently every Norfolk farmyard of any size had a barn. These were often older,
and usually very much bigger than the rest of the farm buildings, and were originally
built to store and process grain after it was carted in from the fields after harvest. The
most notable feature of any Norfolk barn was, of course, its enormous west-facing door,
paired by a slightly smaller door on the opposite side of the building. These doors were
tall enough to fit a loaded wagon through, and positioned to catch the prevailing wind
during threshing. Despite inevitable problems with rodents, barns provided reasonably
safe, dry conditions until such time as the corn could be threshed, and sold on.
In the days before traction engines, most threshing took place inside the barn. The wag-
ons bringing in the sheaves from the fields were carefully unloaded onto the threshing
floor – the central area between the two big doors – and a horse, usually guided by a
small boy, was led backwards and forwards across the sheaves to loosen the grain with
its hooves. When it was judged that most of it had been trampled free of its husks, the
horse would be taken away for a well-earned rest, and flailing could begin.
This usually happened during the winter months when it was too cold and wet to work
outside on the land, but it could take place at any time, depending on demand for the
crop. Each man would be provided with a hinged stick known as a flail. Its top section
would be made from very tough wood such as holly or blackthorn; its bottom part from
ash. The bottom part had a swivel mounted on its top, joining the two halves. To use the
flail, the worker swung the bottom half over his shoulder and brought the top half down
across the straw, a bit like a tennis player serving a ball. A skilled man could hit a bun-
dle of sheaves just below the ears in an almost continuous movement, shaking lose even
the most reluctant grain. While the threshing was going on, the big double doors to the
barn would be thrown open to the wind, and with luck, the through-draught created
would be strong enough to blow the chaff and dust away, leaving the grain ready to be
riddled (sieved), and sacked up. David Miller

Threshing with flails

in a Norfolk barn circa 1846

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Mallard News Village Hall
VILLAGE HALL REGULAR EVENTS
Keep Fit September date TBC
Bingo Fridays at 7.30pm
Auction Sundays
Coronation Club (4th Wed.) 2pm - 4pm
W/Norfolk Radio Sundays 7pm -10pm
Craft & Chat (1st& 3rd Mon) 2 - 4.30pm
Trefoil Guild 2nd Thursday, each month
Film Night 3rd Thursday, each month
th
Quiz Nights 4 Thursday, each month
Bowls - Short Mat Back in October
nd
Historical Society 2 Monday 7.30pm
Youth Club Tuesdays 6.45- 9.15pm
Yoga With a Chair Tuesdays 10am - 11am along, join one of the regular teams or
West Norfolk Radio’s Live Show
Village Hall Bar 7-10pm, FREE entry.
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22 Sept. Essex duo, When Rivers
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Hi Fellow Quizzers & Quizmasters
Next Quiz Night - 26th September
Welcome to our new season!
If you haven't been lately, why not come
even form one of your own. As usual,
there will also be a raffle with varied priz-
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Last season was very successful with
good quizzes by four quizmasters and
£196 donated to the Village Hall as well
as prize money and raffle prizes.
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Gert & Daisy.... .... Well, here we are agin.
Well, we hev just abowt survived the school holidays!
Gert has had to go abroad with Bert to recover. Because Sid ownt fly, Daisy couldn’t go.
Sid is supposed ter be looking inter a River Cruise for him and Daisy. We hope he int
planning on the River Wensum!
Gert went ter Little Massingham House fer afternoon tea in aid of the Church. That wus
really luvly with loads of food and a never empty teapot. Well done Angie and Michelle
fer awl your hard work.
Ter finally put an end ter the Andrew Bickerton saga – we hev spoken ter him direct and
his story is that he actually invited the ladies ter see his hollyhocks but due ter their hear-
ing aids not working properly they misheard the word ‘hollyhocks’.
Speaking ter Denny Winner at the Craft Club he told us how interesting the Histerical,
sorry meant Historical, Society meeting wus – that wus a tawk by Gilly Gould about her
travels to various World War One monuments. Also, there wus a really gud film shown
at the film club. Gert hint bin there since Woman in Black was shown. She made Daisy
jump owt of her skin when she screamed at a scary bit and then, when she got hum and
Bert weren’t there, she hed to lock awl the doors and go straight ter bed cos she wus so
frightened!
Perhaps we need ter git owt more. Toime seems ter fly – when we are writing this there
are only 18 weeks ter Christmas! Once the children go back ter school and the nights
start drawing in, toime will go even farster.
Hev noticed that the geese hev started ter practice their flying so they ownt be long afore
they’re off. Will they be missed?
The Annual Bowls match took place in memory of Derek Skipper. Lovely ter see Lena
and the family at the Club. Was well supported by players from Massingham, Houghton
and Rougham. We well remember Derek, lovely man, and awl the work he did for the
Bowls Club.
Wedding Anniversaries on both sides this month – Marc and Zoie (Gert), Lucy and Tony
(Daisy). Oh yes, and Bert’s birthday (not allowed ter say how old he is now).
Dew yew keep atroshing. Gert and Daisy.
Another little joke from Keith Skipper – a proper ol’ Norfolk boy!
Charlie goes to see his doctor and says bluntly: “I keep a’thinkin’ I’m a bridge”.
The doctor replies: “My dear chap! What’s come over you?”
Charlie thinks for a minute and then recounts: “Well, so far this mornin’, six lorries, two
gret ole tractors, a milk float an’ Missus Crabtree on har sit-up-an-beg bike”.

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The Biodiversity Group event on 14th July had to compete with the Wimbledon men’s singles
final, The World Cup Cricket final & the British Grand Prix! Nevertheless, it was a very good
event and a good number of people attended. Mike Jackson & Peter James sent this report.
The Great Massingham Biodiversity Project
The Great Massingham Biodiversity project held an open afternoon at the site on the
Weasenham Road on Sunday 14th July. The aim of the afternoon was to raise residents’
awareness, both of the site and the efforts of the volunteers who both created and main-
tain it, as well as to encourage an interest in supporting wildlife.
The site aims to offer a variety of habitats and visitors were encouraged to walk around it
and explore the woodland with it’s bird boxes and feeders, the wild flower meadow
planted to support butterflies, hoverflies, bees and many other important pollinators, the
pit with its resident ducks and moorhen, as well as a boggy area with a variety of im-
portant food plants growing on it.
Local businesses as well as members contributed to the stalls which had plants for sale, a
raffle and the all important cakes and refreshments! With the aid of a microscope and a
pre - set moth trap, visitors were able to see close up some of the smaller moths and unu-
sual insects which are often hidden from view on the site. Volunteers were also on hand
to take people round the site pointing out many of the areas of interest.
Advice was given on creating wildlife havens in your own gardens as well as plants
which are both attractive to the eye and important to wildlife.
Feedback from visitors has been very positive. Whilst some were regular visitors to the
site, many did not realise that it existed, hence the main aim behind the day.
Funds raised from this event will go towards improving the habitats on and around the
site and, yes, due to popular demand, we may well repeat it next year with hopefully yet
more to show you!
Our next working Party at the Weasenham Road site is on the 14th September, at 10am.
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Historical Society Meeting
9th September, 7.30 pm,
FILM NIGHT
Great Massingham Village Hall Thursday September 19th
An illustrated talk by 7pm for 7.30pm, £4 per person
Dr S E Gattusoon about St Mary’s Church, Great Massingham Village Hall
Houghton-on-the-Hill, Swaffham, Norfolk.
The restoration of ‘Capernaum’
this Church, that Capernaum hits hard,
has an amazing but rewards viewers
history dating back with a smart, compas-
at least 1,000 years, sionate, and ultimately
is fascinating and stirring picture of lives
worth hearing about. in the balance.
Please come along. Award Winning
Members free. Guests £2 Drama
Derek Skipper Memorial Bowls Trophy
This year’s competition was held on 3rd August on Massingham Bowling Green. Thirty
bowls players from Massingham, Houghton and Rougham bowls clubs took part. In pre-
vious years, Massingham ‘A’ team has dominated so this year we chose to use a different
system where teams were mixed. All names were placed in a draw for ‘leads’, ‘middles’
and ‘skips’ for each team. For the preliminary round, games of six ends and a total of
five games were played. The top four teams then played off two semi -finals of eight
ends. The final was then over ten ends with the win-
ning team of Barry Hardingham, Winston Whittred
and Owen Churchman beating Bruce Riches, Tony
Williams and Robert Nash.
Thanks must go to all the people who prepared the
buffet which was very much enjoyed by all players
and spectators during the half time break, at 5pm.
Thanks also to the bar staff who served us drinks
throughout the day.
The weather was very kind to us. We were fortunate
because we had changed the day to a week later due
to commitments and, if we’d stuck to the original
date, it would have been rained off!
It was great to welcome Derek’s wife Leana and
family again with Leana finishing off the day by
presenting the trophy to Owen Churchman, Skip of
the winning bowls block. (See picture right)
St Mary’s Church Harvest Supper & Ceilidh Community Car Scheme
Saturday 28th September, at the Village Hall
6.30 for 7pm start DRIVERS URGENTLY
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St Mary the Virgin - Great Massingham Church– Appeal for Help.
We have had a problem in the cold weather with very inefficient heating in the Church
and have just completed a project with new overhead heaters and two mobile heaters. The
new heaters are much more efficient and should reduce our very large electric bill (over
£600 pounds so far this year). Our insurance so far this year is over £800.
We have had the electrical installation inspected recently as per regulations and the report
showed this to be unsatisfactory with several areas with faults. We have addressed sever-
al faults including a serious earthing fault, the requirement for new switching gear and
other wiring faults. So far we have paid out:-
£
Inspection and report 780.00
2x mobile heaters 3Kw 1017.00
Overhead heaters 2550.00
Various rewiring and repairs 1729.00
TOTAL 6076.00
This has severely depleted the fabric funds which we have been accumulating for any
repairs. The inspection has also thrown up more faults on our lighting circuit. There are
two faults on the south lighting circuit and organ. The wiring is fabric covered rubber
insulation, which is breaking down, in conduit and is a potential fire hazard. The lights
were installed in 1928 and the wiring, except for the newer chandeliers, is from that era.
The cost of rewiring this circuit is - £2475.00 + VAT
The north lighting circuit which will need replacing but is not show- £1395.00 + VAT
ing any faults will cost -
The chancel has two lights which need replacing as does the old £1920.00 + VAT
wiring. To replace the wiring and provide four new lights -
The work is high level, very urgent & needs scaffolding, which is included in the prices.
Any donations towards this project will be very gratefully received. Many thanks to the
Brun family for their generous donation which is very much appreciated.
Stephen Hudson, Churchwarden
A Service of Songs and Praise Samaritan’s Purse Operation
At St Mary’s Church Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal.
Sunday 29th September at11am, 11 - 18 November, 2019
led by Rev J Thomson. Please support this worthy cause in this
Everyone is welcome to a joyous service of difficult economic time. A small shoe-
music and praise. All your favourite hymns to box can have a big impact. Be a part of
celebrate Michaelmas. This is a community changing children's lives all over the
service with the congregation choosing the world. These shoes boxes are distributed
hymns/songs. (It would help if choices could all over the world to over 100 countries
be made to Rev. Julian or myself with a few by this charity. Please consider taking
days notice.) If you need a lift to church please part, by starting to collect items now to
call me and I will endeavour to get lifts from go in a shoebox. More next issue.
church members. The church will be warm For more information, visit:
with our new heating. A good time for us to lift samaritans-purse.org.uk/occ or contact
the roof (not literally please!) All welcome. Yvonne James:yvonne1inm@yahoo.co.uk
Stephen Hudson, Churchwarden 520 450 or 01485 521706
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Message from Reverend Jane
Seasons of life
Our summer season is drawing to an end; children are returning to school, the
holidays have been and gone and village summer fetes are but a happy memory.
That might make us feel a little flat but there’s always something to look forward to. I
know many families who start to look toward Christmas at this time of year! Before that,
though, there is of course autumn to enjoy - the season of ‘days of gentle mists and mel-
low fruitfulness’’.
Each of the seasons has its own beauty and wonder. It is part of the rhythm of nature. It
is part of the rhythm of life. As the book of Ecclesiastes in the bible reminds us, there is
a time for everything, ‘for everything there is a season, and a time for every matter un-
der heaven.’
A time to plant, a time to grow, a time to ripen, a time to reap and a time to rest the
earth.
In much the same way the seasons of our lives have a different emphasis, focus and
beauty.
In the springtime of our lives we are born and we grow to adulthood. It’s an exciting
time of discovery and learning.
Summer is full on - building and shaping our futures through relationships, careers, pos-
sibly growing a family. Usually this is the busiest time, when many live in the fast lane,
but it’s also a time to embrace and enjoy all that life has to offer.
In our autumn years we treasure days of gentle and mellow fruitfulness for now we are
ripening in knowledge and wisdom.
The wintertime of our lives has a specialness all of its own. It brings a quietness and
restful peacefulness. A time possibly to enjoy dangling future generations on our knees.
We are able to pull over from the fast lane and take life at a slower more enjoyable pace.
It’s a time to relax and savour life and all that it has brought us.
One season is not better than another; each season yields its own unique treasures. We
cannot skip ahead to experience the riches of another life season. Each season builds on
the one before it. Nor should we yearn for things past. God intends that we joyfully take
each season of life as it comes and accept the struggles and the joys of life in the
strength he provides.
When we savour every season, indeed every moment of our lives, when we find God in
all things and all things in God, we will grow with Him as he moulds us with potters
hands and nurtures us with the shepherds care, leading us, growing us into the people he
truly wants us to be. Life is a wonderful thing!
Yet there is even more because in life there is a fifth season. In the wintertime of our
lives we can still look forward with joyful anticipation. We look forward with hope for
the future holds for us a new spring – a new dawning – a new and eternal life in the
presence of Him who made all things and who loves all that He had made.
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not join us this year? For details: Saturday 21st September, £10
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Church Services September 2019
Date Time Service Location
1st September 8.30 am Holy Communion Ashwicken
8.30 am Holy Communion Roydon
10.00 am Family Service Harpley
10.30 am Holy Communion Grimston
10.30 am Morning Praise Gayton
11.00 am Holy Communion Great Massingham
6.00 pm Evensong Congham
4th September 9.00 am Holy Communion Harpley
th
8 September 10.30 am Group Holy Communion Great Massingham
4.00 pm The Gap Pott Row Methodist
15th September 8.30 am Holy Communion East Walton
9.30 am Holy Communion Little Massingham
10.30 am Holy Communion Gayton
10.30 am Morning Praise Grimston
11.00 am Family Service Great Massingham
11.15 am Sung Holy Communion Harpley
18th September 9.00 am Holy Communion Grimston
nd
22 September 8.30 am Holy Communion Congham
10.30 am Family Service Gayton
11.00 am Harvest Festival Great Massingham
3.00 pm Celtic Service Gayton Thorpe
29th September 8.00 am Holy Communion Congham
8.30 am Holy Communion Gayton
9.30 am Holy Communion Harpley
10.30 am Prayer & Praise Grimston
11.00 am Songs of Praise Great Massingham
1st,8th, 22nd, 29th 9.30 am Lay services Little Massingham
st
Benefice Prayer Meeting, 1 September at All Saints, Roydon.
For more news please visit our benefice website at www.ggmbenefice.uk

CHURCH NEWS Harvest Supper

Wednesday Teas at St Mary’s
Teas resume on Wednesday 4th September
from 3pm until 4.30pm. Please join us.
Harvest Festival
Our Harvest Festival service will be on
Sunday 22nd September. We shall be deco-
rating the church on the Saturday (21st
from around midday) anyone wanting or
willing to help with the decorating will be
most welcome as will be any flowers fruit
or veg you can spare.
Our Harvest Supper will be on Saturday 28th
September in the Village Hall and will be a
Ploughman’s style buffet with an assortment
of puddings. See advert on page 9.
If you are able to make a pudding
for us please contact:
Anna on 520196 or Margaret 520135.
Songs of Praise
This will be held on 29th September. Please
see our advert on page 10 and let us know
your favourite songs.
Anna Burpitt

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 Useful Numbers
Organisation Contact Phone No.
Allotment Association Gill Goold 0750 824 2223
Biodiversity Project Mike Jackson 520 056
Borough Council James (Jim) Moriarty 07879 492400
Bell Ringing Dale Gagen 520 024
Bowls Club Peter Wadham 520 796
Church Contacts Revd Judith Pollard 01485 601 251
Community Car Scheme Office 520 823
Coronation Club Jill Whitmore 520 609
County Council Stuart Graham Dark 07450 679 355
Doctors Massingham Surgery 520 521
The Film Night Arthur Allen 520 628
Fishing Warden Paul Smith and Ken Perry Sue Nash 07802 670 711
Guide Trefoil Guild Shirley Rae 520 259
Massingham Historical Society Peter James 521 706
Tennis and Multi-Sports Club Arthur Allen 520 628
Parish Council Mick Wingell (Chair) 520 369
Pre-School Pip Armitage 07807 185 746
Police Non-emergency 101
School Ann Beardall 520 362
Village Hall Hall & Bar & Vic Cross 520 588/520 387
Village Stores and Deli Mark and Kerry Eldridge 520 272

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 More Dance Sessions
Juliette has recovered from her injury &
we have booked her for two lessons,
this Autumn, in the Village Hall.
Monday September 23rd and
Monday October 28th
7pm to 8pm
Pay £5 on the night.
You can either come with your dance
partner, or on your own and
Juliette will then pair you up.
We look forward to seeing you all.
50/50 Sale
Thursday 3rd October
7pm to 9pm at
Massingham Village Hall
Free Entry. Bar open.
Cash only for purchases.
Have you got something a bit special
that you no longer wear such as
clothes, boots or bags?
Put it on a hanger, label & price it &
bring it to the village hall between 2 &
4pm on the 3rd (or give to Max Pratt, Mel
Whitmore or Sandy Francis in advance.)
If it sells, you get half the money and the
Village Hall gets the other half. If it
doesn’t sell, take it home on the night or
collect it Friday morning, October 4th, at
10am or we will donate it to charity.
Limited to 10 items each. If you want to do-
nate clothes to the sale we are happy to take
them. We have had some requests to sell men’s
clothes. We don’t have many men attend the
sale but we did sell a few shirts last year, so
it’s up to you…
No children’s clothes, please.

‘BUMBLE!’ Auditions
If you are aged 6 to 14 and want to take part in the production of ‘BUZZ!’, the play
version of my book “BUMBLE!”, whether acting, singing or dancing, come along to the
Great Massingham Village Hall on
Saturday 14th September between 2.30 and 5.30pm.
Everyone who turns up will be given a part to play.
If you cannot make the audition either-mail me on
andrewbick@btinternet.com or phone me on 01485 520307.
Andrew Bickerton
Dates for your Diary – September
Date Event Time Place
2,16,30 Sept Craft & Chat 2 to 4.30 pm Village Hall Bar
7 Sept Possible Pop up Stall for Macmillan 9 am Village Green
8,22 Sept West Norfolk Live 7 to 10 pm Village Hall Bar
9 Sept Historical Society Talk 7 for 7.30 pm Village Hall
14,28 Sept Grassroots Malawi Stalls 9 am Near the Well
14 Sept Bumble Auditions 2.30 - 5.30 pm Village Hall
19 Sept Film Night 7 for 7.30 pm Village Hall
23 Sept Dance Session 7 - 8 pm Village Hall
26 Sept Quiz Night 7 for 7.30 pm Village Hall Bar
27 Sept Macmillan Coffee Morning 10 to 12 Village Hall
28 Sept Harvest Supper 6.30 for 7.30 pm Village Hall
29 Sept Songs of Praise 11 am St Mary’s Church
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