The Mallard

Issue 338 Christmas Edition December 2019

Best wishes for Christmas to our readers.

There’s lots happening in December for you all to
enjoy with the Christmas Tree Lights ceremony,
Christmas Bazaars, raffles and more.
Read all about it inside.
Three inserts are also included from -
the Dabbling Duck, the Church and the School.
Be sure not to miss them!
Happy Christmas to you all!

Community Lunches Get off to a Very Tasty Start

O n the 5th November, forty people came to our first Community Lunch at the
village hall. Very tasty it was too! After the meal, Edna Sillis confirmed
this when she said, “It was lovely to get out, meet up with friends and we all
thought the meal was delicious.”
Brilliantly organised by Village Hall Trustees, Sandy Francis The next
and Max Pratt with help from Jill Whitmore and ably assisted, lunch
on the day, by Brian and Baz, this will be first of many.
will be on
January 14th,
12:30 for 1pm
start.
See page 8
for the details
and pictures
of the ‘Team’

A great use of the

refurbished hall.
Well done!
Arthur Allen

SOMETHING NOT
TO MISS IN
JANUARY
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Mallard News
This parish magazine is
published every month for the
residents of Great and Little
Massingham with the support ofand family for the lovely surprise party they
the Great Massingham Parish
Council, the Parochial Churchgave me for my 90th birthday.
Council and Massingham
Village Hall Trustees.
www.greatmassingham.net
e-mail:
mallard.editor@btinternet.com cake which we all enjoyed at BINGO.
Editorial Committee
Editor: Bev. Randall.
6 Abbeyfields
Great Massingham
01485 520 899
Treasurer: David Baines
01485 520 966
Website : Contact the
Editor - Details above.
Deadline for the
next issue
18th
December
In this issue
• Christmas 2019
• Community Lunch
• Many thanks
• Church appeal
• Wednesday Teas
• Norfolk Creative Arts
• ‘Histry’ Bits
• Village Hall Events
• West Norfolk Folk
• Craft & Chat
• Keep Fit
• Coronation Club
• Christmas Draw
• Mobile Library
• Childcare Request
• Gert & Daisy
• Next Lunch Details
• Christmas Lights
• Historical Society
• School Fayre
• School 100 Club
• Ducklings
• Neighbourhood Plan
• Rev’d Judith
• Church News
• Church Services
• Village Stores News
• Samaritan’s Child
• Missing Cat
• Dates for your Diary
Many Thanks…..
I would like to say a big thank you to Keith, Pat
And, thank you everyone for the lovely flowers,
presents and cards and thank you to all who came.
Also, a big thank you to Rodney, Debbie and Susie for my
And another big thank you to Glenda and Geordie for my tea
party and the lovely afternoon. Thank you all, Edna Sillis.
Congratulations Edna from us all!
Church Appeal - A Very Serious Situation in Church
An inspection of our electrics as required in our Quinquennial
inspection revealed serious faults and a very real fire risk. The
wiring in church was of the type with cotton covering rubber.
This is all in metal ducting and in several places the wiring was
shorting. Faced with the choice of closing the church until we
had enough funds we have used all of our fabric funds to have
the worst parts repaired. So far, it has cost almost eight thou-
sand pounds to renew our circuits and new heating to replace
dangerous parts. We still need three thousand five hundred
pounds.
We have £40,000 which has been raised for our kitchen and
toilet, which is restricted funds for that project.
I am very grateful to the donations already received but we are
desperate for some extra funds either donated or loaned.
The Church is the oldest and most significant building in the
village. The church is open every day and I would be willing to
explain what we have done and what is left to complete.
Stephen Hudson, Churchwarden
Wednesday Afternoon Teas at St Mary’s are relocating for
the cold winter months. Mary and Judith have kindly volun-
teered to hold tea, on Wednesdays, in the cosy sitting room at
3 Abbeyfields, during the winter, from 2pm.
Thank you to our volunteers who host the afternoons, our cake
makers and all who help with the washing up! Margaret B.
Norfolk Creative Arts, Grimston, Christmas Pop up Shop
4th - 16th December (closed 10th) 10am to 4pm each day.
Showcasing 19 local artists and makers with daily
demonstrations/ talks & a special
‘Meet the Maker Evening’, 5th December, 6.30pm to 9pm.
For that evening you get a special 10% discount off individual
purchases over £30. Mulled wine & mince pies. All Welcome.
Please visit the website www.norfolkcreativearts.co.uk for
more details or contact Hans on 01485 240 420
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‘Histry Bits’.... The Best Fun Ever
I was reminiscing with my brother Paul and my cousin John in the Duck, recently, and
they both agreed with me that we’d had an incredible childhood. Once school was out
the three of us had total freedom to patrol more than six hundred mud-splashed rain-
soaked, sun-drenched acres, and as long as we didn’t do any serious damage nobody
asked any questions about what we got up to.
It was beyond brilliant - but it wasn’t the best. Because nothing - absolutely nothing -
could match the day in early December when the Mr. Palmer’s threshing tackle lum-
bered to a halt outside the farm gates. Sadly, we three boys were too young to remember
the huge traction engines with their spinning flywheels and hissing steam. By the time
we came on the scene they had all been scrapped or sent to museums to be replaced by
the Field Marshall, a squat, green and distinctly unglamorous diesel tractor known as a
Pop-Pop, after the loud farting noises it
made. Coupled behind it was a wooden grain A Field
elevator and the threshing drum, a rectangu- Marshall
lar box-like structure, festooned with chutes Tractor
and hoppers. Speeding along on our bikes, nick-named
we followed the rumbling procession to the Pop - Pop
corner of the field where the barley stack
was due to be threshed and, gripping our
rabbiting sticks, we waited impatiently as the
machinery was set up. After what seemed an
eternity, the Pop-Pop let out a particularly
loud fart and its drive wheel spun into motion, powering the elevator which hoisted the
sheaves of barley up to the men on the drum, where their bindings were cut and they
were fed into the machine.
As the day wore on, the barley stack shrank until it was a fraction of its original size.
After what seemed an eternity, the Pop-Pop driver raised his arm and the machinery
ground to a halt. Only a few feet of un-threshed barley remained where the original stack
had stood. With the unfamiliar silence ringing in our ears, we watched as two of the farm
hands unwound a large bundle of chicken wire and used it to encircle the stack. While
they were doing it, a dozen or so people arrived from the village to join us. Several of
them had dogs - Jack Russells or similar small terriers - straining at their leashes. Grip-
ping our rabbiting sticks and with our hearts pounding, we joined them as they spread
out around the perimeter of the wire fence. When everybody was in position, the men on
the stack gave a loud shout and plunged their pitchforks into the straw at their feet,
throwing it high into the air.
It was the signal for utter pandemonium to break loose. Rats, more rats than we boys had
ever seen before, exploded from the stack and, desperate to escape, hurled themselves at
the wire fence. Unable to break through, they swung back. But the men with their pitch-
forks were waiting for them, forcing them into a corner. Now it was the dogs’ turn. Un-
leashed by their owners, and seemingly unconcerned with their own safety, they flung
themselves at the seething mass of rodents, crippling them with a single bite to the neck,
before throwing their writhing, twitching corpses aside and racing for more victims.
Some of the rats fought back, sinking their teeth the dogs’ muzzles, but there was no
escape and they were flung free. In less than fifteen minutes the battle was over.
And what about us boys? I’d like to boast that we killed dozens of rats with our trusty
sticks. But the truth is, we didn’t. As the demented animals raced towards us, we lost
our nerve and scrambled back over the wire fence, just in time. But it was good country
fun - the very best! David Miller
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Mallard News Village Hall
VILLAGE HALL REGULAR EVENTS
Keep Fit Wed. 1.30 to 2.30pm
Bingo Fridays at 7.30pm
Auction Sundays
Coronation Club (4th Wed.) 2pm - 4pm
Baby &Toddler Thurs. 10am - 11.30am
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
Quiz Nights 4th Thursday, each month
Bowls - Short Mat Wednesdays 7pm - 9.30
Historical Society 2nd Monday 7.30pm
Youth Club Tuesdays 6.45- 9.15pm
Yoga With a Chair Call 07786 030 984
West Norfolk Radio’s Live Show
Village Hall Bar 7-10pm, FREE entry.
www.westnorfolkradio.co.uk
22 Dec Amy Studt, Jeremy Harmer & Josh.
Craft and Chat
Village Hall Bar, 2pm - 4.30pm
£1.50 includes refreshments.
Mondays 2nd & 16th December and
January 6th & 20th 2020.
Keep Fit is Back !
Join Kevin Cross and the
‘Keep Fitters’ on Wednesdays
from 1.30 to 2.30pm, at the Village Hall
A good way of keeping in shape.
Why not give it a try and join them?
Coronation Club Thanks
The Coronation Club would like to thank
everyone who has helped us, once again,
to have a very successful year.
We have had some fun meetings and a
couple of meals out plus a Christmas party
and lunch.
Special thanks to the Village Hall for let-
ting us have the meetings in the bar and to
Vic for all his help throughout the year.
We’re looking forward to doing it all again
next year starting on the last Wednesday
in February. Jill and Liz
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Mallard News
Gert & Daisy.... .... Well, thas nearly here!
Hope yew’ve dun awl your shopping. We hint med a start yit. Bin far tew busy.
We started playing the handbells agin down the chuch. There wus a few new faces that
dun really well fer their fust toime. We’re hoping ter play a proper tune by Christmas.
We are hoping to dew a quiz fer the Firemen in December– we will dew anything fer the
firemen! Hope yew ken come along and support them. Keep your eyes open fer a notice
in the shop.
We hev ter congratulate Edna Sillis on her 90 th birthday larst month. She is such a luvly
lady who don’t look no different ter how she did when she ran the Swan pub with her
husband Bo. Her family organised a surprise tea party fer her. Gert and Bert were lucky
enuf ter be invited. It wus a really luvly afternoon and there wus several of Gert’s old
school friends there so she wus able to hev a catch up and a trip down memory lane.
Happy Birthday, Edna!
Sid hev bin on his annual holiday away from Daisy – don’t know who enjoyed it most!
He went with Malcolm and half of Massingham ter Weston-super-mare. Apparently,
they awl hed a gud toime but can’t remember some of it – wonder why?
We were very sorry to hear that Wendy Longhurst lost her long, brave battle with cancer
– she was far too young to go. Our thoughts are with her husband and all her family at
this very sad time.
We were very sad to hear that dear Dr Welbourne has also died at the age of 95. He was
the doctor when we had our children and when they were growing up so we both have a
great fondness for him. Our thoughts are with his wife, Barbara and all their family at
this sad time.
We would like to say the Church Christmas Fair was very good but unfortunately, as we
write this on the 18th and it doesn’t happen until the 30th, we can’t! We reckon that’ll be
very gud though and if we ken remember we will report on it next toime!
We wud loike ter say ‘well done’ ter Sandy and Max who organised the fust community
lunch. It wus a great success – roll on the next one. We hev spoken ter a lot of people
who went and they awl sed what an enjoyable toime they hed – luvly food and great
company. A great idea ter bring people tergether. Gert’s mum sat with people who are
members of Slimming World and a Fat Club and she wus amazed at how many desserts
they cud eat on these diets! Gert and her mum are thinking of joining a similar club.
We hev hed so much rain this month but we are very lucky compared with those poor
people who hev bin flooded in other parts of the country. The pits are full but hold-
ing it awl at the moment thank goodness.
Don’t forget ter let us know if yew hev any gossip yewd loike us ter share! Don’t
forget ter keep an eye on any elderly neighbours and help them when yew ken.
Christmas especially can be a lonely time if you’re on your own.
Dew yew keep atroshing. Gert and Daisy.
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Menu Community Lunch

Chicken & Ham Cobbler or Massingham Village Hall
Vegetable Cobbler both served Tuesday January 14th
with potatoes and veg. Arrive 12.30 , eat at 1pm.
Trifle or Sticky Toffee Pudding
Come & meet friends
with Custard or Cheeseboard for a chat.
Tea & Coffee The bar will be open.
£7.50
If you would like to book a lunch : -
• Pick up an order form from the shop or the social club, that will be available
from Friday January 3rd.
• Circle the food that you would like, put your name on the sheet plus a contact
telephone number and hand it in at the shop, or the social club, no later than
Friday January 10th.
(Please let us know of any special dietary needs,
e.g. dairy intolerance, nut allergy or gluten free)
Please Note: If you pre-ordered on
November 6th there is no need to fill in
another form.
Also, now that we have run our first
lunch, we realise that we need to
charge £7.50. This price will be set for
six months. Also note the slight change
in eating time as the yoga group some-
times meet on Tues. morning, and we
need enough time to set up.
Meet the ‘Team’ right:
From left to right: Brian Francis, Max
and Baz Pratt and Sandy Francis.
Well Done Team!

THE XMAS LIGHTS SWITCH ON!

The annual switch on of our Christmas lights
on the Green will take place on Saturday 14th
December at 6pm.
The Dabbling Duck will be providing mince
pies and there will Christmas Carols to add to
the festive feel. These will take place in the
barn at the rear of the pub, providing a perfect
setting for this special village occasion.
A mystery guest will perform the big switch
on! Andrew Bickerton
Supported by Great Massingham Parish Council

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Great Massingham Historical Society

Calendars 2020
The Next Historical Society meeting
NOW ON SALE is on Monday 9th December
‘Massingham at 7.30pm at the Village Hall.
Past and Many apologies that Ant was unable
Present’ to give his talk last month due to a
Price: £6 each fall. Now recovered,
(£5 to members) Ant Robinson
Contact will now be giving his talk entitled
Peter James ‘The Shrunken Village of Rougham’
521 706 at our December meeting.
Also available form An interesting topic. Please join us.
the Villages Stores. Free to members & £2 to guests
Ideal for Christmas.

School November Draw Winners Remembrance Day

1st prize – Janice Frost
2nd prize – B Lawson
3rd prize – Phyllis Raspberry
Please see flyer enclosed about renewing
your membership for the 2020 year of
draws. Your support is much appreciated.
Observed by the Pre-school
On 11th November Ducklings Preschool
observed two minutes silence, at 11am
and laid a poppy wreath at the memorial
at St Mary's Church.

School
Christmas Fayre
Wednesday December 11th
From 3pm to 5pm
in the
School Hall
Cake stall,
Refreshments - mince pies,
sausage rolls.
Raffle, Tombola, Face-painting.
Fun games for children.
Visit Father Christmas.
Come along and Join us.
Remembrance Day was also observed at
assemblies at both of our
Federation Primary Schools,
Great Massingham and Harpley.

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 Great Massingham Parish Council
The Future of our Village
Are you concerned about your village, and would you like to have more of a
say in how it may develop over the next ten years or more? Do you feel that nobody
stands a chance to influence things with decisions made outside the village and local
views not taken into account? That money talks, and that rules seem to be changing to
allow more and more development?
In 2011, new legislation was passed to allow communities to work with Borough Coun-
cils to control the development of their locality, a process formally known as a
‘Neighbourhood Plan’. Six local Parish Councils have already completed the process.
Great Massingham Parish Council has consulted with other Parish Councils and Kings
Lynn Borough Council to understand more thoroughly what is required.
It has to be driven by the Parish Council but consultation must occur with all Parishion-
ers and organisations associated with the village with the final stage of the process being
a referendum in the village, before the Neighbourhood Plan is adopted.
With a Plan Without a Plan
The Village has more control over its future. All major decisions are taken elsewhere.
Required improvements to the village can be Improvements only come after develop-
included from the planning stage. ment, if at all.
Money from developers has to be given to the Decisions made at Borough & County lev-
village. How it is spent is decided here. el, and not necessarily on local priorities.
Planning issues, including the types & mix of Each planning application considered in
homes etc. decided in advance by the village, isolation rather than as part of an overall
& future development has to fit in with that. plan and decided in Kings Lynn.
Parishioners have a chance to develop an All changes are piecemeal with no forward
ordered view of Great Massingham’s future, planning often driven by short term consid-
and involve everyone in the process. erations, sometimes by landowners.
The views of the residents take priority and The future of the village decided by people
are legally enforceable. or organisations that may not live here.
The plan looks at the whole village. Areas of the village may get left behind.
We can consider other matters eg. parking, Issues only considered after pressure from
commercial needs, sustainability etc. interested parties. Even then - no guarantees.
Although the Parish Council drives the process, most Neighbourhood Plans are put to-
gether by teams of Parishioners and Parish Councillors. The process can take up to two
years, so a level of commitment is necessary. If you are interested in getting involved, the
Parish Council would be very interested to hear from you. For reference, completed
Neighbourhood Plans can be viewed on the Borough Council website. If you have any of
the following skills then you could be helpful to a Neighbourhood Planning team:-
• Communication and listening
• IT data analysis, and project management.
• Previous local government or planning experience
• Knowledge or participation of local organisations, clubs or businesses.
Contact either Parish Clerk, Parish Council Chair (numbers on page 15) or
Parish Councillors Jon Cole (07990 705 113) and Peter James (521 706).
The Parish Council’s decision of whether to go ahead with a Neighbourhood Plan will
be influenced by the level of interest from the Parish. It would like to hear your views.
Details of an open meeting for the future will be published in the next Mallard.
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Message from Reverend Judith
StirTup A wills
O the LL P ofARISHIONERS
your faithful people...
For the first time in years, my husband suggested that we do some Christmas
baking, make a fruit cake and perhaps a plum pudding or two. After all, next
week it’s Stir up Sunday!
Traditionally, Stir Up Sunday is the last Sunday before Advent (a penitential season) and
like Shrove Tuesday before Lent it was customary to use up rich ingredients beforehand.
Also, the special prayer for that Sunday began with the words: “Stir up we beseech thee
O Lord, the wills of Thy faithful people..”. Of course, folk made up their own version:
Stir up, we beseech thee the pudding in the pot...and keep it hot! Tradition has it that
making Christmas fare on Stir Up Sunday brings good luck – and it gives the food time
to mature and develop flavour all ready for Christmas.
At this time of the year we have a Children’s Workshop at Harpley Church: Birthday
cakes for Jesus! We stir up all the ingredients, bake them (not in church!) and later at a
second workshop we ice the cakes creatively in time for Christmas. We all have a lot of
fun doing this, children and adults alike.
It’s good to think of safe and predictable things in the run-up to Christmas 2019 – carol
services, present-buying, decorating the tree - to counterbalance the uncertainty in our
United Kingdom at this time. As we still experience the political contortions of Brexit
and approach a December General Election for the first time since 1923, even if we look
beyond our shores to the wider world, all we see is unrest and division. There is no
peace, no goodwill. We are challenged on all sides, particularly in the way we abuse our
planet and its resources. Members of my own wider family have been active in the cli-
mate change protests in London, fervently believing that we all have a stake in the quali-
ty of life of future generations – and we must do something positive now, before it’s too
late.
The annual reassertion of our Christian faith at Christmas through the birth of Je-
sus, the Christ-child, comes at an important time. Every year this Christian festi-
val, this celebration of love, vulnerability and sheer humanity, reminds us that in
all this earthly turmoil we are not alone. God loves us so much that he sent his Son
to be with us to experience our human predicament in all its gritty reality - even to
death on a cross. The story of our redemption begins at Christmas.
Never have we needed more the message of the angels: Peace on earth, goodwill to
all people. As Charles Dickens’ Tiny Tim observed: “God bless us, every one!”
Happy Christmas to you all, Reverend Judith.
FROM THE REGISTERS HAPPIER RECENT EVENTS FROM THE
Recent Funerals at Great Massingham REGISTERS….
11th September Baptism at St Mary’s
Eric Gooch 17th November
30th September Robert Kenneth Lloyd Taylor
Edna Jean Fryett Weddings at St Mary’s
16th October 28th September
Jacqueline Yeend Hannah Nicole Waring and
Also, Dr Welbourne, at Luke James Ridley
Mintlyn, on 21st November. 1st November
Doctor, at the ‘Limes’ before Claire Marie Moogan and
the surgery opened in 1981.
David John Scott Lowe.
Our thoughts are with all their
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 Date Time December Services Location
1st December 8.30 am Holy Communion Ashwicken
Advent Sunday 8.30 am Holy Communion Roydon
9.30 am Morning Prayer Little Massingham
9.30 am Family Service Harpley
10.30 am Morning Praise Gayton
10.30 am Holy Communion Grimston
11.00 am Holy Communion Great Massingham
4th December 9.00 am Holy Communion Harpley
7th December 3.00 pm Carols in the Stable Pott Row
8th December 9.30 am Morning Prayer Little Massingham
nd
2 Sunday/ 10.30 am Group Holy Communion Grimston
13th December 3.00 pm Carol Service Little Massingham
7.00 pm Carol Service Ashwicken
15th December 8.30 am Holy Communion East Walton
3rd Sunday/Advent 9.30 am Holy Communion Little Massingham
10.30 am Holy Communion Grimston
11.00 am Family Service Great Massingham
11.15 am Sung Holy Communion Harpley
3.00 pm Carol Service Gayton
6.00 pm Carol Service Roydon
17th December 7.00 pm Carol Service Grimston
th
18 December 9.00 am Holy Communion Grimston
7.00 pm Carol Service East Walton
20th December 6.00 pm Carol Service Congham
7.00 pm Carol Service East Walton
nd
22
th
December 8.30 am Holy Communion Roydon
4 Sunday/Advent 9.30 am Morning Prayer Little Massingham
10.30 am Holy Communion Gayton
6.00 pm Carol Service Great Massingham
23rd December 6.30 pm Carol Service Harpley
24th December 4.00 pm Family Worship Gayton
4.30 pm Christingle Great Massingham
11.30 pm Midnight Communion Grimston
11.30 pm Midnight Communion Great Massingham
25th December 8.30 am Holy Communion Congham
10.30 am Family Holy Communion Gayton
11.15 am Family Worship Harpley
29th December 9.30 am Morning Prayer Little Massingham
10.30 am Group Holy Communion Great Massingham
2nd January 2020 9.00 am Holy Communion Harpley
5th January 2020 8.30 am Holy Communion Ashwicken
8.30 am Holy Communion Roydon
9.30 am Morning Prayer Little Massingham
10.00 am Family Service Harpley
10.30 am Morning Praise Gayton
10.30 am Holy Communion Grimston
11.00 am Holy Communion Great Massingham
6.00 pm Evensong Congham
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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
Dabbling Duck Pub Mark Dobby 520 827
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)& Sarah Harvey (Clerk) 520 369 & 01328 823391
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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 Anyone for Tea?
The Village Stores & Deli has a Plan.
Plans are progressing with the Tea Room
and, whilst up to this point progress has
been challenging, we are hopeful of
launching on or around Christmas/ January time.
The tea room now has a name and identity which we
will reveal in due course and thanks go out to several
of our customers, including Ant Robinson for your
historical detective work as an inspiration!
We will keep everyone up to date in - store and online through our website
www.massinghamstores.co.uk and our facebook and instagram channels.
As recently mentioned in one of our social media posts, we are trying very hard to launch
with as many eco-credentials as we can and, at this stage, they include: a water re-fill
station, compostable, recyclable, biodegradable takeaway coffee cups, electric car charg-
ing points and a generous cycle rack for the keen cyclists out there. Also, we will work
extremely hard at keeping our plastic usage to an absolute minimum with a target of zero
if it’s possible. Also coming soon, in-store, tea room gift vouchers which could make an
ideal gift for somebody this Christmas. Mark & Kerry
STILL MISSING
GINGER SHORTHAIR
CAT - VERY FRIENDLY

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Operation Christmas Child. Neutered & Microchipped
We have had over sixty boxes donated! It is PLEASE
Any information, call
a wonderful feeling to be part of such a VIVIEN on 07704 645 923
generous community. Thank you. Yvonne 46, STATION ROAD

Dates for your Diary – December

Date Event Time Place
2,16 Dec Craft & Chat 2 - 4.30pm Village Hall Bar

9 Dec Historical Society 7.30 pm Village Hall

11 Dec School Christmas Fayre 3 to 5pm Village School

14 Dec Christmas Lights Ceremony 6pm Dabbling Duck

17 Dec Mobile Library From 12.35 pm As timetabled

22 Dec West Norfolk Folk 7 - 10 pm Village Hall Bar

14 Jan Community Lunch (Book by Jan 10th) 12.30 for 1pm Village Hall

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