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Regarding the working party sessions, Tim says, “No group working party sessions are
planned for the time being, due to the need for social distancing but members will be
working on the site individually. Using email and sharing outcomes we can work through
what needs to be done whilst still preserving some sense of working together for a com-
mon purpose. Are there any residents who have not previously been involved, with time
on their hands, who would like to join us?” Please call Tim Baldwin on 520 813.
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Mallard News
This parish magazine is
published every month for the
‘Histry Bits’.... The Backhus Boy
Back in the days before the First World War, every farmhouse
residents of Great and Little
Massingham with the support ofof any size in Massingham would have a backhus (back-house
the Great Massingham Parish
Council, the Parochial Churchor kitchen) boy. He would be a young lad aged aged twelve or
Council and Massingham so, straight out of the village school, who, unlike the other
Village Hall Trustees. male farmworkers, was directly answerable to the farmer’s
www.greatmassingham.net
e-mail: wife. His wages were £4 a year, and he lived in the big farm-
mallard.editor@btinternet.com house. His duties were many and various.
Editorial Committee He rose at six-thirty in the morning, and his first job was to
Editor: Bev. Randall. give the milking pails to the cowman. These were kept indoors
6 Abbeyfields for the sake of cleanliness and the cowman would come to the
Great Massingham
01485 520 899 back door to fetch them. He next made up and lit the fire under
Treasurer: David Baines the copper boiler so there was plenty of hot water for the maids
01485 520 966 to carry upstairs for the family to wash. Then came shoe pol-
Website : Contact the ishing – both for the farmer’s family and any guests who might
Editor - Details above. be staying. These had to be taken upstairs by the maids before
Deadline for the ‘they’ rose. His next job was to grind coffee for the cook, and
next issue clean and sharpen all the knives, giving him just time to feed
th the backyard chickens before breakfast. This usually consisted
17 April of herrings and salt pork. The herrings were smoked or
In this issue bloatered, and enough were bought to last a week. They were
strung up in a line across the back kitchen.
• Biodiversity Project After breakfast came family prayers in the drawing room. Then
• ‘Histry’ Bits it was time to go outside to get the vegetables for dinner – po-
• The Mallard tatoes, cabbages, roots, anything that was in season. Dinner
was eaten about one-thirty, after the family had finished theirs.
• The School
In the afternoon the backhus boy fed the chickens again and
• Community Cars did a variety of jobs around the kitchen, such as chopping kin-
• Village Hall Latest dling and calling
• Event Cancellations in the cows for
• Parish Council milking. A Backus Boy
• Mobile Library His last task was
• Surgery News to take the letters
• Thank You NHS to the post office
• Norfolk ‘n’ Good by six-thirty, after
• Farewell Jake which, if there
• Toadwatch were no evening
• Snowdrops jobs, he could stay
• Coronavirus Guide in the village to
• From Rev’d Jane visit his home and
• Spring Clean play with his
• Creative Arts friends. But what-
ever he did, he had
• Services/Prayer
to be back at the
• Church News farm before nine
• Church Services o’clock, and in
• Historical Society bed soon after.
• VJ Day 50th David Miller
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Mallard News Village Hall
THE VILLAGE HALL IS CLOSED DUE Individual Clubs, Societies and Events
TO CORONAVIRUS GUIDANCE Further Details of closure as follows:-
All regular events listed below are, FILM NIGHT - Cancelled until
therefore, on hold, for the time being. further notice.
VILLAGE HALL REGULAR EVENTS
Keep Fit Wed. 1.45 to 2.45pm Craft - As above
Bingo Fridays at 7.30pm &
Auction Sundays Chat
Coronation Club (4th Wed.) 2pm - 4pm QUIZ NIGHTS - As above
Baby &Toddler Thurs. 10am - 11.30am
W/Norfolk Radio Sundays 7pm -10pm West Norfolk Folk
Craft & Chat (1st& 3rd Mon) 2 - 4.30pm LIVE SHOWS - As above
Trefoil Guild 2nd Thursday, each month
Film Night 3rd Thursday, each month HISTORICAL - As above. Also see
Quiz Nights 4th Thursday, each month SOCIETY page 16.
Bowls - Short Mat Wednesdays 7pm - 9.30 COMMUNITY - April and May
Historical Society 2nd Monday 7.30pm LUNCHES are cancelled.
Youth Club Tuesdays 6.45- 9.15pm The Mallard will keep you updated about
Yoga With a Chair Tuesdays 10am - 11am any changes to the above each month.
Social Club membership fees are now due. Celebrations for VE Day in May
Please see insert delivered with this April It is very likely that these celebrations
Mallard. Please check in the Mallard, on will be severely restricted due to the
Facebook or by notices put up in the Village current situation. The Social Club hopes
Store for when social events will resume. that VJ Day in August will be an oppor-
We will all be following Government ad- tunity to celebrate. See page 16. Happier
vice. See you all again soon! times ahead! Let’s hope it will be soon.
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Mallard News
Parish Council - March Meeting Norfolk County Council
Seven Councillors attended the March Parish MOBILE
Council meeting plus our County Councillor S.
Dark & Borough Councillor J. Moriarty. LIBRARIES
Further discussion took place regarding Coronavirus Update
undertaking a Neighbourhood Plan. It Considering the current advice from the
was noted that there had been some posi- Government, we have taken the decision to
tive interest from parishioners following suspend the mobile service for the foreseea-
articles in The Mallard. The Parish ble future.
Council was given a presentation by We will continue to offer
Councillor J. Cole on digital mapping e-media services
We are arranging an online weekly bounce
software, Parish Online, which could & rhyme (videoed without an audience )
greatly assist in producing a Neighbour- plus a daily story time will be available
hood Plan as well as other aspects of day online for our younger customers.
to day tasks. For Mobile Library customers with books
The War Memorial will be undergoing a on loan, we will automatically renew them
clean in the next few weeks. Quotations until further notice. You can also use local
were sought from three local companies libraries, if open.
specialising in cleaning and restoring
architectural stonemasonry, and AJ Res- GREAT MASSINGHAM SURGERY
toration was awarded the contract. Coronavirus (COVID-19)
After a recent surge in the number of Changes to our Service in order to
mole hills in the village centre several reduce your chances of catching
moles have now been trapped around the COVID-19 and reduce pressure on the
Post Office pond and they continue to be practice during this busy time.
trapped around Scotsman’s. Given that To minimise risk while continuing to
the ground may be uneven around the ensure people get the care and advice
ponds, do be careful when out walking. needed, appointments will be carried out
After obtaining consent from the over the phone unless there is a clinical
BCKLWN, work will soon be undertak- need for you to come into the practice.
en to clean up new growth around the We are not closed but
tree stumps around Scotman’s. working differently.
The next Parish Council meeting is Please be patient when ringing the
scheduled for the 20th April. At the time surgery as the phone lines are much
of going to press it is not clear about busier than usual.
what the arrangements will be. Please do not order your prescriptions
THANK YOU unless they are due and
The Mallard, on behalf of all living in please allow a minimum of
Great & Little Massingham, wishes to 2 working days before collecting.
thank all who work in the Health Ser- Prescriptions ordered online over the
vice in our area and the huge contribu- weekend will not be ready until
tion they are making to fight this crisis. Wednesday for collection.
At the same time, many thanks to those The staff are working extremely hard in
in our school and the part they are play- order to provide a safe service to our
ing in supporting our Health Service patients. Please be patient and
workers & the care of their children. understanding during this difficult time.
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Message to All Parishioners From Rev’d Jane
Easter
He lived
We know more about Jesus’ life than we know about most other ancient historical fig-
ures. That’s remarkable when we think about the modesty of his humble upbringing and
the humility of his death. Whatever anyone thinks about the truth or accuracy of the
events of Jesus’ life as described in the Gospel stories in the Bible (and there are many
different views) one thing nobody can dispute: Jesus had an overwhelming impact on
those around him.
He died
Every year at Easter we ‘celebrate’ Jesus’ death on the cross. Why do we do that? Why
honour such a horrific event? Well, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was in fact the great-
est act of love ever known! The ‘gates of heaven’ are flung wide for all who choose to
follow. But more than that, for Christians, the cross is a sign of the self-giving life we
are called to live. The cross is a symbol of all Jesus was, of who he was, of what he did
and said, teaching and showing us how to live our lives together in community and in
love. It’s a sacrificial life, calling for hearts willing to forgive and hands willing to
serve. The cross calls for us to love our neighbour as ourselves, to do unto others, in all
circumstances, as we would have them do unto us, to strive every day to be the best that
we can be!
He Rose from the dead
It’s not easy to live that kind of life – the life we all know we really should live. But God
then sent us power to equip us for the task. Jesus died so that he could return to His
Heavenly Father. He died to rise again so that we can know his spirit alive and living in
our hearts. He died and rose ultimately so that he could send his spirit. So that we can
access his power – power that gives us the strength, determination and will to follow in
his ways. And, of course, in the end, to know we will be welcomed, when our time
comes, into his embrace in heaven.
So what?
So what now? That’s up to us – all of us! Who can tell what humanity is capable of if we
all follow this man who died showing us how to live? What tremendous love, peace and
harmony, both with nature and with one another, can be achieved on earth if everyone
embraces the Easter story as truth and embraces the message it holds for us all. One of
my favourite bits in the Bible is St Pauls prayer (Ephesians 3.14-21) where Paul prays
for his readers that:
‘...you may be strengthened in your inner being with power…that Christ
may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and
grounded in love…that you may have the power to comprehend,…what is
the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of
Christ that surpasses knowledge….Now to him who by the power at work
within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or
imagine to him be glory - to all generations, forever and ever. Amen’.
Happy Easter. Love Rev’d Jane
Annual Village Spring Clean, 28th March The Grimston Creative Arts
Sadly, this event will not be taking place Exhibition 2020, 28th April - 4th May
this year due to the current restrictions. This has been postponed until later this
Please continue to keep our village tidy. year. Date to be confirmed.
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Church News Services
ALL CHURCH SERVICES ARE NOW SUSPENDED
FOR THE TIME BEING
In light of the Government guidance concerning non-essential contact,
the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have issued advice that
public worship is suspended until further notice.
Churches will be open, where possible, but with no public worship services tak-
ing place. Prayers will be said by clergy and ministers on behalf of everyone and
do please contact our vicars to have anyone remembered in prayer.
Further updates will follow as we learn more. Please visit our
Website: www.ggmbenfice.uk for up to date information.
A Prayer for you all to join in from Rev’d Jane….
These are anxious times we are living through and as I write this, the situation changes
daily.
This is a crisis which affects us all and will involve us all in making sure we keep the
most vulnerable in our communities safe.
Whatever happens over the coming weeks, and indeed maybe months, I want to assure
you that we will endeavour to keep as many of our churches open during the daytime as
possible as quiet places for contemplation and prayer.
Below is a prayer issued by the Bishops of Norfolk which you may like to make you
own.
God of compassion,
have mercy upon this nation and our world in this time of fear and confusion:
we bring before you those who are suffering and who tend to their needs;
may those in isolation know your comfort and company
and may neighbours show your love in works of care, kindness and prayer;
we pray for the National Health Service and all engaged in scientific research
and we pray too for those upon whose shoulders
the yoke of leadership rests,
that in their conversation and communication
your still small voice may be heard;
we ask this in the power of the Holy Spirit,
through the One who stretched out his hands to bless and to heal
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
I encourage those who feel that they can do so to make this their daily prayer each morn-
ing, throughout the days of this crisis. Rev’d Jane
CHURCH NEWS……
• Orders for Easter Lilies are still being taken. (see poster left)
• Plans for the ‘Back To The Forties’ Saturday in May are
still ongoing even though it is probably unlikely to go ahead if
the current health advice is still in place. (See next issue)
• Wednesday Teas - The teas that have been held by invitation
of Mary at her home, during the winter months, have now
been suspended. We thank Mary and Judith for all they have
done. No teas at the Church until further notice.
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Useful Numbers
Organisation Contact Phone No.
Allotment Association Gill Goold 0750 824 2223
Biodiversity Project Tim Baldwin 520 813
Borough Council James (Jim) Moriarty 07879 492400
Bell Ringing Dale Gagen 520 024
Bowls Club Martin Matthews 520 707
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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