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Issue 81 July 2012

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Church of the

Nazarene

Croxton Road Christian ChurchA praying, mainline church in the community

for the communitySunday Morning Worship 10.45 a.m.

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present

your requests to God.” Phil 4 v 6www.thetfordnazarene.co.uk

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Helping Hands P.T.A.

Car Boot Sale Norwich Road School

2nd Sunday of Every Month 8a.m. till 1p.m. until 14th October

Pitch Fees £5 advance booking or £6 on the day For bookings please contact: Eddie on: 07748 503 297

Every Friday 6 - 10pmSocial Club 8 - 10pmBook & Fair Trade ShopThetford Radio StationBISTRO

Serving tasty evening meals and snacks at very reasonable prices

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ALL AGE WORSHIPThetford Methodist Church, Tanner Street

THE FAMILY FRIENDLY CHURCHSunday 15th July at 10.30am

LED BY ACTION FOR CHILDREN SUPPORT GROUP

Worship Band • Puppets • Toys MatSpecial speaker about the work of Action for Children

Everyone is Welcome Lively worship for all the family - Coffee

Wellspring Summer EventsFriday 27 July 6-10pm

OLYMPIC SPECIAL NIGHT Great food and a Quiz

Friday 10 August 7.30pm

SUMMER CONCERTby Anglian Accents Barbershop Chorus

Songs old and new for every tasteTickets £5 each or 2 for £8

from The Leaping Hare King Street ThetfordRefreshments for sale during the interval

All proceeds going to the Roof Fund

Children’s Nearly New Sale

Saturday 14th July 11am – 1pmCloverfield Community Church, Thetford

To sell: £5 per table (Profits to self)Buyers: £1 entry fee (to Church and EACH)

For Seller details contact Lisa ASAP

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Coffee MorningCome and join in the fun

Entrance £1 to include coffee and homemade scones at19, Monksgate Thetford

Thursday 5th. July - 10.30 to 12 noonBring and Buy - Everyone welcome

Tel. 01842 761826 for further information Proceeds in aid of Action for Children

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Trip to Gt. YarmouthAbbey Tenants and Residents Association are running a tripto Great Yarmouth this year on the Wednesday 22nd August It will cost £4.00 per an Adult and £1.00 per a child under 16yrs old. A pack lunch will be supplied. We will be leavingThetford at 10am and returning at 6pm. Payment neededwhen booking. To book your place or ask for informationplease contact Pauline or Fiona at Riversdale on 01842 764647

or email [email protected].

Town Car Boot SaleThe Thetford Friends of St. Nicholas Care will be holdingseveral Car Boot Sales on the School Lane Car Park start at06.00 to 12.00. Dates are all Sundays and they are 29th July,6th August and 30th September. Charity stalls are free but £5to other stall holders. Facilities are a view of the 2 Rivers, theThet and Ouse plus teas, coffees, cakes and ice creams fiomthe Wendy Raphael kiosk.Toilets are at Cage Lane and five car parks adjacent.

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ANTIQUECOLLECTORS FAIRBRECKLAND LEISURE CENTRE

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DIAMOND JUBILEEDIAMOND JUBILEE

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Santon Downham Village hall

(on the green adjacent to hall and around hall)

8.00 am to 1.00pm. Cafe and toilets available inside hall.

Pitches £5 single £8 double.

granD Car BootSunday, 5th AugustSunday, 2nd September

We then finish the car boots until March 2013

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Norfolk Wildlife Trust is running the followingfree wildlife workshops and walks in andaround Thetford during July 2012:

Norfolk Wildlife TrustBreck Discovery Day

The Mystery of MeresTuesday 10 July, 10am – 2.30pm

Join us as we explore NWT East Wretham Heath anddiscover mysterious meres and the wildlife associated withthem.Start point: NWT East Wretham Heath, off the A1075

Thetford Road (TF 913887)Details: Free. Booking essential – 01603 598333

Approximate distance, 3 miles.

Norfolk Wildlife TrustAdult Wildlife Workshop

Beginner’s Guide to Wild FlowerIdentification

Thursday 12 July, 10am – 3pmThis workshop begins indoors showing you the basics towild flower identification. Then we go outside and put intopractice what we have learnt.

Location: BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PUDetails: Free. Booking essential – 01603 598333.

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Trust

Elles Beaus & BellesDog Grooming Room

Collection and DeliveryService Available

Mob: 07932 359832Tel: 01842 764006

3rd Thetford Brownies Come and join in the adventure! Enjoy crafts,

games and lots of fun activities on Friday evenings. Weekly subs £3

Call or text Karen-Emma White (Brown Owl)on 07884 431 391

Brownies Needed Places available for girls aged 7 – 10 years

Rainbows Brownies Guides Senior Section

Scotts OpticiansI would like to thank, if I may, all who have

been my clients at Scotts Opticians and

supported me over the last 32 years. I have

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I whole heartedly recommend the new

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Balloon Race (featured in April Issue) WinnerTo celebrate World Book Day Norwich Road Community PrimarySchool enjoyed dressing as their favourite book characters andreleasing their balloons.

A few balloons went as far as the Netherlands. The furthest balloonwas found in a field at Lange Betteweg by Fam. Buijsse. The labelon the balloon was written by Janna from our reception class atNorwich Road School.

Many thanks go to 'Oak Tree Wholesale at Mildenhall' who suppliedthe balloons and 'ScS Sofa & Carpet Specialist at Norwich,Cambridge & Ipswich' who supplied the gas.

Lee Osborne - Chair of the Helping Hands PTA

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The person recruited will be responsible for the servicing and general administration of suchmeetings of Thetford Town Council and its Committees as may be directed by the Town Clerk.They will be responsible for: 1. The preparation and distribution of Agendas, including liaising withthe relevant Committee Chairs to agree Agenda items. 2. Attending meetings and correctlyrecording decisions reached. 3. Producing, circulating and finalising minutes of meetings. 4.Preparing reports as required and maintaining the minute book. 5. Adequately publishing detailsof forthcoming meetings to the press and public. 6. Ensuring Standing Orders and FinancialRegulations are kept up to date, and amendments are incorporated as necessary and 7. Assistingin the production and revision of all Town Council policies and procedures as required, and tobring to the councils attention when a policy is due for revision

Closing date for all applications is strictly Monday 23rd July at 5.00pm. Shortlisted applicantswill need to be available for an interview that will be held on Monday 30th July 2012.

Please contact Thetford Town Council on 01842 754247 or visit King’s House, King Street,Thetford IP24 2AP to request an application pack including the detailed job description and personspecification. Alternatively, please email [email protected] to request theapplication pack electronically. Any CV’s can be attached to the application form – but must besubmitted in addition to the standard application form questions that must be answered.

Thetford Town Council seeks a new:

Committee Secretary14 hours per week, £13,874 pro rata (SCP 10)Entitlement to join Local Government Pension scheme


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On Monday 30th July, BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’Question Time records a programme with ThetfordGarden & Allotment Club.

Eric Robson and his panel of gardening experts will betackling the questions put to them by Thetford’sgardening enthusiasts. Joining him are panellists andgardening celebrities: Bob Flowerdew, Christine Walkdenand Anne Swithinbank.

Gardeners’ Question Time is a Radio 4 institution,attracting over 2 million listeners a week. Recorded in adifferent location each week, this long-standing radioprogramme has answered well over 30,000 questionssince its inception in 1947.

The panel members have been guests of a diverse rangeof gardening clubs and other organizations, including atelecommunications call centre and the London TransportMuseum.

The panel NEVER see the questions before the recording.Their encyclopaedic, seemingly effortless answers arecompletely spontaneous and reveal their huge experience

and depth of gardening knowledge! Being on the GQT

panel is not for the faint hearted! Doors open 5:30pm.


Thetford Garden and Allotment ClubThetford Garden and Allotment Club will be welcomingthe BBC panel [including our local gardener BobFlowerdew] to the Carnegie Rooms.

Radio 4 will be recording two programmes from our townon the same night. Tickets are only £2-50 and includerefreshments, as once the doors are closed at 6.20, therecording will start at 6.30pm and be continuous until8.30pm.

We look forward to welcoming you on Monday July 30th.

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Well, what a fantastic celebration for the Diamond Jubilee?! There’s no doubt about it, Thetford does itself proudwhen it shows what an incredible community we have here - we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and avery big thank you to Thetford Town Council for putting it all on. The street party will give us all happy memoriesfor years to come and wasn’t it fantastic to see so much local talent up on stage at Melford Common? Not tomention of course the completely awesome Gary Mullen and the Works as ‘One Night of Queen’ – a propertreat.

Our community heroes, Eden King and DavidOsborne were absolutely brilliant, together with ourMayor Terry Lamb and the beacon and fireworkshit just the right note – a great day had by all!

If you enjoyed ‘Madison’ on stage that day, then wehave something very special for you – we wantedto keep the celebrations going so on Saturday 21stJuly we are having a ‘Jubilympic Party’ andMadison will be live on stage at the Carnegie. So,if you were left wanting to hear more from this greatband or if you were unfortunate enough to missthem that day then now’s your chance – tickets onsale now at just £10 from Leaping Hare.

We are very much looking forward to this year’sThetford Festival 24th August – 9th September andwe have some very special events planned. We willhave our Comedy Club on Friday 7th Septemberand a very special ‘Buble’ evening with live musicfrom Gary Winter.

There will be lots to do and see so don’t foget tolook out for your special orange Festival brochureavailable free with next month’s About Thetford.


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Thetford (Breckland)Lions Club Fund Raising

Some of Thetford ( Breckland ) Lions Club members withOla who had her wheelchair adapted with funds raisedby the club for children within the Thetford Community.

Thetford ( Breckland ) Lions Club raised £124.39 at theirrecent bric-a-brac /tombola stall and would like to thankeveryone who contributed. The Lions Club meets at theBell Inn in Thetford on every Monday at 8pm (except onBank Holidays). Anyone intersted in what the Lions areabout are welcome to come along for a chat.

Lion John Wood PRO


Gardeners’ Question Time RecordingMonday 30th July 2012Carnegie Room, Cage Lane,Thetford IP24 2DSDoors 5.30pm. End 8.30pmHosted by Thetford Garden & Allotment Club

Tickets cost £2.50

To buy tickets please contact:

Rachel Woods Tel: 01842 762165Email:[email protected] Goldsmith Tel: 01842 754012Yvonne Rout Mob:07867 974 544

Gardeners’ Question Time is broadcast

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ThetfordWalking Festival The Ramblers are holding a WalkingFestival in Thetford from 21st July to5th August. There will be eight walksof varying length in and aroundThetford.

The walks are being organised byThe Bury St Edmunds Branch of TheRamblers. We have over 300members in our branch but only ahandful of these live in Thetford. Weare hoping that this festival willencourage more people in Thetfordto join us for a walk.

The walks are led by experiencedvolunteer leaders who are membersof Ramblers. All walks are FREE andthere is no need to book.

Walk 1 - Saturday 21st July: 10.30am, 8 miles, startingand finishing at the Honington Fox public house.

Walk 2 - Sunday 22nd July: 10.00am, 11miles, acircular walk starting at Thetford Warren Lodge.

Walk 3 - Tuesday 24th July: 10.30am, 5miles, a circularwalk starting at The Nuns Bridges car park, exploringsome of Thetford’s ancient lanes.

Walk 4 - Thursday 26th July: 6.00pm, 3miles, a circularwalk starting at The Nuns Bridges car park aroundNunnery Lakes and along the riverside.

Walk 5 - Sunday 29th July: 9.36am, (Thetford Station),10miles, Little Ouse Trail, walk from Brandon to Thetford.

Walk 6 - Tuesday 31st July: 10.30am, 6miles, a circularwalk starting at The Mill Inn Market Weston.

Walk 7 - Thursday 2nd August: 6.00pm, 3miles, acircular walk starting at The Nuns Bridges car park,following part of Thetford’s Saxon Boundary.

Walk 8 - Sunday 05th August: 2.00pm, 2miles, acircular walk starting and finishing at Thetford CastlePark. All age, pushchair friendly walk at a leisurely pace.

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Teens have designs onnew skatepark

Over 20 Thetford BMX riders and Skaters of mixed agesand experience spent time helping to design their idealBMX/Skate Park.

After a constructive question and answer session withyouth worker Paul Stancliffe and project manager SteveJames, the original Gravity design was shared with thegroup and they added their own design elements to it.

Gravity Engineering have been designing andengineering innovative skate parks for communitiesacross the UK for the last decade. But they’re alsopassionate skaters and riders with professionals on theteam who know what makes a cutting edge skate park.

The design team have already looked at the suggestionsfrom the teens and are hopeful that they can get closeto what they have suggested.

What is most impressive is the attitude of all whoattended. The skaters and BMXers are passionate aboutthis and are committed to ensuring it is a safe, enjoyable,well managed facility.

Steve James said; “We all want this to be a BMX/skatepark destination for Thetford people to come and enjoy,”

“That was our goal,” Paul Stancliffe said. “We wantedthe Thetford skate community to be a part of it. We don’twant to build a park, and they go there and say, ‘This isrubbish.’ We want them to go there and say, ‘Hey, welike this because we helped to design it.”

It is hoped that work will start on the skatepark nextmonth and it will open Summer 2012. You can follow theprogress of the skatepark build and leave your commentsand ideas at facebook.com/thetfordskatepark.

Deben was the venue for the second round of theSuffolk Summer League at the end of May.

Thetford Dolphins arrived as the fourth place team with43 events of either 50 or 100m distance in the day'stimetable. There are many congratulations to give for theefforts given on the day. Dan Collins continued his recordbreaking with new club records in the 13 and under agegroup: 100m Backstroke with a time of 1.14.11 and100m free in 1.05.18.

Almost half the Personal Best times on the day were fromthe 10 and under age group and for some it may havebeen their first time competing.

Elena Armes, Bradley Green and Katherine Mold faredparticularly well with 2 PB's each for the 10 and undergroup (Elena: 50m back 46.17 and 50m breast in 55.47,Bradley: 50m back 50.32 and 50m free in 40.79,Katherine: 50m free 43.46, 50m fly 55.71), GeorginaFree also for two in the 11 and under group (50m fly in39.99 and 50m back in 41.49) and James Trayton fortwo in the 13 and under group (100m fly 1.45.50 and100m breast 1.42.58).

Overall Thetford battled from fourth place to third; behindDeben A and Gt Yarmouth and now have their sights onRound 3 which will be at the end of June.

Well done to all!

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Kitten season is in full swing now. We are beinginundated with calls from people finding 1, 2, 3,or even 7 kittens in their gardens. We have 27kittens in care and 15 adults.

It puts a tremendous pressure on us and all becauseirresponsible people have moved and left theirunneutered cats behind or others who have just notbothered to get their cats neutered. We know people areselling kittens or even giving them away but pleaseremember that our kittens are blood tested, vaccinated,wormed, flead and micro chipped and we also providevouchers towards the cost of neutering.

The kittens from unknown sources could be incubatingall sorts of diseases and are invariably not vaccinated oreven wormed and could cost you a lot of money in vet’sbills or sadly die quite young.

Please remember we are all volunteers fostering in ourown homes and gardens and if we are full we cannotalways help straight away. If you know someone whosepoor cat is having one, two or three litters a year pleaseencourage them to contact us for help with neutering. Itreally isn’t fair to the mother cat to be used as a breedingmachine.

Little Jessie is only just over one year old and is veryplayful and fussful. She is looking for a home for lifewhere she can settle in and be loved and cared for.Jessie is neutered, micro chipped, blood tested, wormedand flead. Can you offer her that forever home?

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About SingingThetford Voices, the singing wing of Thetford MusicProject, has been flying this month: not only busy,but taking its wares around and about.

We enjoyed contributing to the ceremony on 16th Juneat which Thetford Garden Centre unveiled its extension,our programme of appropriate songs bringing roses,cherry trees, a cuckoo and even a hungry caterpillar (notThe Hungry Caterpillar) under the new roof. All these, andmore, were in evidence again the following Sunday whenthe group entertained informally al fresco in Bridge Streetduring the Thetford Open Gardens event.

The focus then switched from horticulture to sport whenJohn Weeks and Polina Sosnina embarked on a four-venue Olympic Workshop tour. Already enjoyed by pupilsof three Thetford Junior Schools in March, the Workshopvisited St Martin at Shouldham CE VA Primary, Diss CornHall, and Great Hockham and Norwich Road Schools.

Built around three original compositions, the Workshopgave participants the chance to celebrate the Torch Relay,the English back story to the modern Olympic games, andthe Olympic spirit, in songs variously performed and actedout. Incidentally, our closing number ‘The Spirit of theGames’ was arranged by established composer and

conductor James Weeks, whose professional vocalensemble EXAUDI is one of the contributors to thenational Olympic project ‘New Music 20x12’. And thesong itself has gone (very) mildly viral with scheduledperformances from Taplow Boys Choir, Willington Schoolin Wimbledon and our own Admirals Junior School.

Finally, a reminder that we are now taking bookings forour Thetford Festival Meeting Up (Thursday 30 August)and The Ups and the Downs, our two day summersinging workshop on 14th & 15th August.

While Meeting Up includes sessions for parents andtoddlers and budding Ukulele players, the general focusis on 6-16 year olds with songs specially chosen forchildren and young people. Our two-day event has oversix years proved attractive for families on staycation inand around Thetford while the timings of sessions (9.30- 3.45 on day one, and 1.30 - 7.45 with a closing concerton day two) could also work well for visiting grandchildrenwith days to fill in Breckland. Pick up a leaflet at theLibrary or Leaping Hare. Join us for a good holiday sing.

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Meanwhile, as well as preparing for the concert, TMP students have been busylearning their scales for a good cause! Thurs 14th June saw dozens ofinstrumentalists take part in a timed ‘Scaleathon’ to raise money for the MotorNeurone Disease Association.On the same day, an array of tempting, home-baked cakes were on sale to raisevitals funds for TMP. The results are being counted and we’ll let you know howmuch we raised in the next edition! (Winning Cake pictured right)

TMP is holding its’ annual, end-of-year concert on Thursday 12th July at our regular meet-up venue, QueenswayJunior School. The concert starts at 5pm prompt. Tickets are £3.50 per adult (children are welcome free of charge)and can be purchased from the TMP Front Desk or on the door. The evening will include a raffle and awards ceremony.If you would like to donate a prize for the raffle please contact Colin Armes on 01842 761758.

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Coronation Party, St. Nicholas Street, 1953.Do you recognise anyone?

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With millions of people marking the Queen’s DiamondJubilee over the long June bank holiday, it was only rightthat we gathered as a town and community to enjoy thecelebrations together. Thetford Town Council organiseda free event with a fun-packed schedule in order to markHer Royal Majesty’s 60 years of reign.

The day began with a Civic Parade in the morning,leading to a special service at St Cuthberts Church,attended by visitors from Thetford’s twin towns inHolland, Germany, France and Poland. Mid-morning theMarket Place hosted a street party with pre-bookedtables. A 50s DJ set the scene and stilt walkers dancedwith everyone, whilst Ellie from Fantasy Faces paintedfaces till her arms ached! Magician Mark Jeffries addedto the entertainment and the great atmosphere. We werealso very lucky to be treated to a little music from NorfolkBrass, courtesy of Thetford Festival & ConcertCommittee, who then led everyone to Melford Commonfor an all-day concert.

Crowds flocked to the Common for a day of live music, afun-fair and refreshments. The stage showcasedperformances from local talent including Madison, G IJoe, Spring, .1 Normal, Franko Fraize, DJ Haward Feeland Straight From The Horse’s Mouth. The concert was

hosted by Adrian Askew Entertainments and the superbheadline act was Gary Mullen & The Works with OneNight of Queen.

Corinne Fulford, one of four main organisers of the event,said, “Today was organised by Thetford Town Council forthe Diamond Jubilee in order to bring the town residentstogether for the day. It couldn’t have happened withoutthe support and endless work of many volunteers, TownCouncil staff and local companies and agencies that havehelped to make it such a success”.Flags were wavingand ice-creams were being handed out to the familiesand residents. It was delightful to see everyone beingpatriotic and proud of their Queen. Of course, thesunshine added to the buzzing atmosphere. “I’m sorelieved about the weather, having been so behindbecause of yesterday’s rain”, said Corinne. “It could havereally affected the attendance but the sun is shining andeveryone is happy”.

When the concert came to a close at 9:45pm, everyonegathered on Castle Park to see the lighting of the officialDiamond Jubilee Beacon on top of Castle Hill and amarvellous firework display. One might even say theday’s events were “fit for a Queen”!

Nicola Clarke


A Diamond Day for Thetford Residents Photograph courtesy of Studio Five

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Our CommunityHeroes

Thetford voted for 12 year old EdenKing and local historian DavidOsborne to be our CommunityHeroes and together with our Mayor,Cllr Terry Lamb, they had the greathonour of lighting the officialDiamond Jubilee Beacon. TheBeacon signalled the beginning ofthe fireworks and a fitting finale to agreat day of memorable celebration.

Thetford Fire Service did an amazingjob organising the Beacon lighting –it was perfect! Larry Gray arrangedfor John Lingwood of FireworksWorld Ltd t/a Fireworks International,to give us the indredible fireworks(they are also behind Thetford’sNovember fireworks too) BUT howmany other people and businessesto thank for the day? So many infact that a full list is being compiledand will appear on Thetford TownCouncil’s website soon, along withmany fantastic images of the day.

The official bone china DiamondJubilee Mugs are still for sale at just£4.95. There are two designs, thefun Blue Peter design and a moretraditional version. The children’sBlue Peter design will be deliveredfree of charge to all our primaryschool age children over the nextfew weeks.

There is much still to celebrate intown in 2012, an OlympicExtravanganza on Melford Commonwill take place on Thursday 5th July,presented by our Thetford schoolsand there will also be a Jubilympicparty on 21st July with ‘Madison’ inthe Carnegie.

Pictures courtesy of:Studio FiveGary Maynard - The StudioRodney TregaleNicola ClarkeMarje Vickery

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Two Jubilees at one time! Spijkenisse, a town with about75,000 inhabitants is the twinning town of Thetford (GB)and Hürth (Germany).

A long time ago we got the invitation to visit Thetfordbetween 1st and 5th June 2012 because of bothcelebrations.

With a delegation of 11 persons (include our Mayor Mrs.Salet) we were the guests of your town. Also there wereguests from Hurth (Germany), Les Ulis (France) andSkawina (Poland).

It was a wonderful time. Although the weather wasn’t sogood (only on the Monday the sun was shining), it wasvery nice to be there. We slept in houses of our hostsand they brought us everywhere. Invitations from theTown Council, Church and Twinning were there. Wevisited concerts and the firework display, we had a lot todo !

Also we spent the evenings together in King’s House,Riversdale and The United Reformed Church. It wasgreat to be at the party on the market place on Monday;there was music, people danced in the street and therewas a very great lunch together.

On Tuesday we went home full of impressions and goodfeelings.

I would like to thank the people of Thetford for theirhospitality, especially the Mayor, the Town Councils andlast but not least the members of the twinning.

Thank you we were there.Peter van Aken, Spijkenisse The Netherlands


Jubilee Queen Elizabeth II and 50 years of Friendship Thetford (GB) and Spijkenisse (NL)

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Queensway Infants and Nursery School and QueenswayCommunity Junior School celebrated the DiamondJubilee together with a special morning of activities anda picnic party.

Children at Queensway Community Junior School haddesigned four gardens during a fantastic grounds weekbeginning the 18th June, including a wildlife area. Somechildren were hosted by Thetford Garden Centre in theirkind donation of plants to the school.

Queensway Community Junior School now has a greatre-developed amphitheatre, a dedicated bird hide andareas of different habitats within the wildlife area torepresent such things as a conifer forest and a hazelcoppice. The children helped build a willow shelter withlocal artist Maggie Campbell, a greatly improved resourceto benefit all of our children.

The climax of a morning’s celebration activities being theopening of the Jubilee Wildlife area by two long-servingand esteemed governors, Elsie Coleman, Chair ofgovernors and Pat Balaam, a premises governor.

Children had made union jack kites and costumes fromrecycled materials as the Junior school children havebeen focusing on ecological issues during the term.

So there we have it! A right royal ecological celebration– fit for a queen who has served our beloved country for60 years!


Jubilee Celebrations at Queensway Schools

Laburnum Grove celebrated the Queens DiamondJubilee by holding their own street party.

The festivities included music entertainment by MusicalMemories, staff and tenants dressed up in 1950’sfashion, dancing, tombola, raffle, cake stall and plenty offlag waving to mark the special day.

One of the main highlights of the day was traditionallunch of Fish and Chips wrapped in newspaper, followedlater on with Afternoon High Tea.

The Laburnum Grove Queen for the day was MrsMadeline Perry accompanied by Mr Denis Thompson.They were given the responsibility of cutting theCelebration Cake.

I would like tothank all of ourwonderful staff,tenants and theirfamilies for theirsupport, very hardwork and theirfree time to makethis event such asuccess.

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Flying high with 1109 ATC’s Youth Day SuccessOn Sunday 3rd June the 1109 Thetford Squadron of theAir Cadets held their third annual family fun day atKilverstone Park, and once again the event was buzzingwith excitement. Various local charities and organisationswere there to support the fundraising, with stalls from theEast Anglian Air Ambulance, the Model Flying Club andWretham Plant Centre.

The day began with an opening parade followed bynumerous shows in the main arena, such as the veryenergetic Zumba session by Zumba Lou Lou. Meanwhile,the Bands stage hosted back-to-back performances toshowcase local talent, including Charley, Sancho Blanco,and Straight From The Horse’s Mouth.

Norwich Road School Samba Band played during the day,Thetford Rugby Club provided the tug of war, and as withprevious years Zoo-Tastic, the mobile petting zoo thatallows visitors to hold various animals, was a very popularattraction. Pizza, sweets and other refreshments wereavailable alongside the fun activities.

Unfortunately the rain didn’t hold back, causing somechanges to the acts in the main arena and, sadly, the fun-fair and bouncy castle also had to pack up early, but thebad weather didn’t dampen the spirit of the visitors andthe fun and games continued throughout the afternoon.

In previous years 1109 have raised around £2,000 fromthe event, with over 1,500 visitors, and are hoping to putthis year’s money towards electronic equipment includingmuch-needed laptops for the Cadets.

Michaela Sears, who helped organise the event said, “I’mreally happy with the whole day, including the turnout,considering the weather conditions and the other eventstaking place this Jubilee weekend. I hope to see everyoneagain next year on the 26th May, when we’ll be makingthe day even bigger and better”.

Nicola Clarke

Flying high with 1109 ATC’s Youth Day Success

Wretham Plant Centre were among those supporting the event Local talent .1 Normal performing on the Bands stage

Mark, the magician and balloon modeller, Michaela Sears, theevent organiser, and Candice Sears, member of the 1109 Cadets.

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Hi Gardeners! We are now in July, but everything hasbeen so slow this year and our produce is taking its timeto ripen. The ground did not warm up until late in the year,which delayed everything.

We should look out for pests now, as Asparagus beetlesare having a field day at the moment, as well as the lilybeetle, and you should check for black fly on the broadbeans, and green fly on the roses. Net your cabbages frompigeons, and check for white butterfly eggs on the backof cabbage leaves, that alone will keep you busy.

July is the height of the summer, days are long andtemperatures should be high, but we can only pray.

This month we should be able to harvest onions, shallots,peas a little at a time, broccoli and beetroot a root at atime, plus the first of the new potatoes and French beans.Carrots and pointed cabbages, tomatoes and cucumbersand peppers should be ready to eat.

Keep planting lettuce, radish, turnips and of course keepweeding, weather permitting as they will continue to growmuch faster than the produce.

Some fruits will be ripening about now too, including blackand red currants, gooseberries, strawberries, andblackberries.

Did you know there are some flowers we can eat too, forexample Calendula, or pot marigold, borage, chives,nasturtium, courgette flowers, and lavender. These are buta few that you could perhaps put in your salad, or evenmake your drink look pretty too.

A few tips for you to do this month. Pinch out the tops outof runner beans, as they have no idea when to stop, sowhen they get to the top of your canes, pinch out the top.

On your tomato plants, keep taking out the side shoots,

so that they do not go too bushy. You will then get moreflowers which produce the tomatoes. Feed the plants witheither Tomorite or, as I do, liquid seaweed.

If like me, you are being plagued with slugs and snails,think about using slug pellets. I do not like to use pellets,but am having to this year as they are eating everything Ihave planted.

Now, I hope you all have been purchasing water butts tobeat this hose pipe ban? I have installed 2 extra butts inmy garden for that very purpose. They are not veryglamourous, but serve a purpose, and with ourchangeable weather they have not been empty yet.

Don't forget allotmenteers, that this is Judging month, sokeep those plots up to scratch and anyone who locksthem up, remember if you want them to be judged thenmake sure they are unlocked on the day.

Well that is all for this month, so happy gardening!

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Hello Boys and Girls, July is usually a very hot monthand you will all be thinking about your summerholidays, but when you go away don't forget about yourplants. If you have a family friend who are at homewhile you are away ask them to keep watering yourplants, a good thing the hose pipe ban is now over soit makes it easier for them to keep your plants watered.

This month the sun will come out at last, and hopefullythe soil will at last warm up and all the flowers thatshould be bursting into bloom giving us all somethingto smile about. I now want to go back to June, the timeof our Summer show, Roses and Sweetpeas, it was afun day and four of our young exhibitors won prizes fortheir scarecrow heads, Leonard Harper and VinnieSquires came joint first, and Maddy Harper and PoppyHarper came joint second.

In this picture you cansee Leonard and Vinniecollecting their prizes.Leonard then went on towin our numbers boardthe prize donated byThetford Garden Centre.He walked away with£25 worth of vouchers Ihope he spends themwisely.

At the other end of the scale a lovely man who growssweetpeas, and has been doing so for many years wenthome with two cups, as he has done for as long as Ican remember. Jim Calver is 97 next birthday, I hope

I am still going to shows if I reach that age, it showsthat gardening and being outside in the fresh air isgood for you no matter what the weather.

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A new touring exhibition for Norfolk will feature the work of 90 Thetford school children. At thebeginning of the year schools were invited to join in a project to explore the county’s links withNorth America. Over 150 children from 10 Norfolk schools joined children from the local USAFschools to create this unique exhibition. The exhibition covers a diverse range of subjects fromPochahontas, Abraham Lincoln to Jimmy Stewart.

The children aged between six and eleven worked with staff from the Norfolk Museum and Archaeology Service,Norfolk Record Office and Norfolk Library Service, lead by Learning Officer Melissa Hawker based at the AncientHouse Museum of Thetford Life. “This was a challenging project requiring the children to have excellent group workand historical enquiry skills as well as an ability to write concise informative text. Even the youngest child exceededmy expectations and rose to the challenge. The project shows just how much children are capable of when they areengaged in their local history.”

The children worked with a professional graphic designer to display their research and ideas on the ‘pop up’ panels.Accompanying the panels, books of the children’s research and activities will be on display.

Children from Norwich Road School concentrated on local hero and writer Thomas Paine, working in partnershipwith Feltwell Elementary School. They looked into his life and the legacy that he left behind.

Speaking about the experience on their school website,children from Feltwell Elementary said “Melissa and ourteachers were very keen to mix the two schools together,so we played a game to mix us up. However, we werequite cunning and, to their bewilderment, after the gamewe were nearly all together with our own school. Wedidn't foil the adults for long as they soon put us intogroups which contained a mixture of pupils from bothschools. We were then given some things to discuss inour groups about rights and privileges.” “We were shownhow people in the C18th would have made quills to writewith. Of course, this is how Thomas Paine would have

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Thetford Grammar School joined in with QueenswayJunior School and Liberty Intermediate School fromRAF Lakenheath. They looked at WW2 and the friendlyInvasion – GIs.

The exhibition arrives at Thetford Library on July 1st,staying for 1 week and finally returns to ThetfordLibrary on October 26th until November 9th. Anaccompanying booklet featuring events all over thecounty will be available from the museum at thebeginning of July.

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£5,000 to Grow the Game Local people in Thetford will be putting on their bootsfollowing a £5,000 Grow The Game Grant, from theFootball Foundation, the country's largest sports charity.

The grant will allow Thetford Bulldogs Fc to achieve theirnext level of the charter mark, and become adevelopment football club; we will be taking children fromthe age of 4-7 in our training school and create our U8'seach season.

We are also hoping to start a girls U16's team, all ourcoaches at Bulldogs are FA Level1 and CRB checked. Allour volunteer coaches give up a lot of time. And we willalso be sending 2 of our coaches on their Fa Level2.

The core objective of the football foundation's grow thegame's programme is to increase participation andenable more people to play our national game throughsupporting the development of grassroots clubs. Theprogramme is delivered in partnership with all of the 46county FA's and funded by the FA and government.

So far grow the game has awarded 894 separate grantsworth £4,354,926 to grassroots football clubs. Analysisof the monitoring and evaluation so far predicts that thiswill result in the creation of 3,716 brand new footballteams competing in FA-affiliated leagues, 70,489 newplayers participating each week and 14,111 newqualifications or courses being completed.

The key strength of Grow the Game is that itsparticipation increases are sustainable rather thattransient. It's grants create a solid infrastructure of teamsand newly-trained coaches in which new people can startplaying sport, rather than simply providing temporaryactivity sessions, which are then vulnerable to drops inparticipation once the programme ends.

The Football Foundation is the country's largest sportscharity, launched in 2000 and funded by the premierleague, the FA, and the government (via Sport England).Since then it has awarded around 8,000 grants worthmore than £420m towards improving grassroots sport,which it has used to attract additional partnership fundingof over £520m.

Kirsty Turner Club Secretary said that all at ThetfordBulldog's will be so pleased that we have achieved this

funding, as we all have worked so hard to get this extrafunding, this will help grow our club and achieve whatwe are aiming for, this will also help us to get to our nextlevel of the charter mark. A massive Thank you to all atFootball Foundation and Grass Roots for giving us thisfunding.

Paul Thorogood, Chief Executive of the FootballFoundation, said."I congratulate Thetford Bulldogs FC forreceiving this grow the game grant, which will increasesport participation and support football development inthe region. I would like to take this opportunity to thankthe Norfolk County FA for their help in making thishappen. The new teams and players generated by Growthe Game scheme, since its launch three years ago willgo a long way towards helping the FA to achieve itsgrowth target of 150,000 new participants by 2013. It isalso helping government Sport England get more peopleengaging in regular sport.

"The Football Foundation is committed-with fundingprovided by the premier league, the FA and government-to improve grassroots community sporting provision andmake this legacy vision to reality."

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Hot on the heels of the Jubilee celebrations, itsThetford Festival time and Thetford Tourism &Heritage Partnership are pulling together a greatprogramme of events for this year, which promisesto be the best yet!

‘Something for Everyone!’ is the message this year witheverything from the Hungry Caterpillar for our little onesto ‘Buble Unplugged’ to ‘A Big Day Out in Thetford’,which will provide a fantastic Anglo Sikh day for us inKing’s House Gardens, including a Gatka demonstration(swords included!) and Bangra dance workshops.

There will also be an appearance by Shadwell’s camels,that have just arrived with some of our Thetford schoolsto decorate especially for the Festival week. So lot’s tosee and do – look out for the familiar orange Festivalprogramme, which will be delivered FREE with nextmonth’s About Thetford. We did of course announce thedates last year so you should have them in your diariesalready but here’s a reminder: Friday 24th August –Sunday 9th September.


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Calling all Ipswich Town Supporters The Jack Pilling Art Gallery has been given a signed andframed Ipswich Town football shirt. It was donated byJames Payne, Operations Manager of T.N.T for Pam andDon Goveia to raise as much money as possible for St.Nicholas Hospice Care, we cannot thank James enoughfor his generosity and kindness.

The shirt is on show at the Jack Pilling Art Gallery andanyone who wishes to make a bid for the item may doso. It will be on view for the month of July and the highestamount offered at the end of July will receive the shirt.Bidders may telephone or call in at the Gallery at anytime and increase their bid. The highest amount offeredon Saturday 30th July will receive the shirt.

This is the second football shirt that we have had donatedfor St. Nicholas Hospice Care, the last one being fromTottenham Hotspur and was donated by Roy andMargaret King of Thetford which raised a great deal ofmoney .

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The Bishops CE VA Primary School held its open dayon 1st June to celebrate the £3.2 million PrimaryCapital Programme refurbishment.

Head Clare Cook said parents, children, staff, governorsand the local community had all contributed their ideason what they wanted from the new school buildings.

“We wanted this to be a school that children and adultswere proud of. A school of high standards and highaspirations.

“We’re showing a sustained growth and now parents aresaying they want to send their children here. I think it’sraised spirits - we’re proud of our school and what’sgoing on here.”

There is an amazing new circular entrance, wide, lightand airy corridors and fantastic ICT facilities. The layoutof the school has been improved to provide 11classrooms together with individual learning areasoutside every room for teachers and groups of childrento work together, away from the rest of the class.

There is also a new outside play area for the youngestchildren and plans are under way to transform land usedto house an old teaching block, demolished as part ofthe refurbishment project, into community gardens orallotments.

Norfolk MEP Richard Howitt said he was “honoured” tocut the ribbon at the school’s open day event.

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Thetford Community AlcoholAction Group

Police in Thetford are working closely with partnersto launch a project that aims to raise alcoholawareness.

The project will initially focus on street drinkers in thetown and providing work place alcohol awarenesssessions.

The Thetford Community Alcohol Action Group, part ofThetford Healthy Town, launched the scheme last month.

The scheme draws together Norfolk Constabulary, NHSNorfolk, Norcas, Mathews Project & KeystoneDevelopment Trust/Meta.

Police Officers, specialist alcohol workers andtranslator/advisors from Keystone will engage withpeople drinking in the streets, advising them of thepotential impact on others as well as providing healthinformation.

Chief Inspector Paul Durham said: "Team work is alwaysthe best approach. Norfolk Constabulary recognise thatalone we cannot tackle all the issues. I am delighted thatwe can actively support this project.

"Local officers work hard to engage positively withindividuals street drinking, giving words of advice andtaking further action if necessary. This partnershipapproach will help us to develop more long-term,sustainable solutions to the issue.”

Neil Stott, Chief Executive of Keystone Development Trustsaid: “This is an important project and a fantasticdemonstration of local agencies working quickly andeffectively to tackle an issue which concerns localpeople. We aim to build a relationship with peopledrinking in the streets, understand their situation andprovide appropriate support services if required. We willalso ensure they understand that sometimes having agood time in public does impact on others.”

Local employers will be invited to join with a projectaimed at increasing alcohol awareness in the workplace.Free sessions will be delivered by Norcas in associationwith NHS Norfolk Health Trainers.

The next public meeting of the Safer Thetford ActionGroup will be on Thursday 12th July at the Guildhall,Marketplace, from 7pm. At this meeting, residents willhave the chance to help influence local policing prioritiesas well as chat to officers and partner agencies face-to-face and hear what’s being done to keep your communitysafe. Anyone unable to attend the meeting can contacttheir SNT on 101.

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Thetford Foodbank Thetford Foodbank held a Super 2-Day SupermarketCollection at Sainsburys, on 8th and 9th June.

Thetford Foodbank was launched in December 2011 asa Thetford Christians Together Community Project. Thepeople of Thetford have been amazing in their supportand have donated a total of nearly 4 tonnes of non-perishable, tinned and longlife food.

Thetford Foodbank is one of over 200 Trussell TrustFoodbanks in the country, supplying emergency food tothose in need. Ali James, Thetford Foodbank Managersaid that delayed benefits, job losses and low income aresome of the reasons people need this service. A coupleof large bills in a month, or an illness affecting work cancause major problems for a family”.

“Since opening at Liberty Christian Family Centre atKelvin Place, we have received referrals for, and supplied3 days worth of emergency food to 221 people (155adults/72 children) in crisis. That’s a total of 2.9 tonnesof food from the community, for the community. Anemergency food supply for 3 days for a small familyweighs approximately 28kg.

Working along side our local Salvation Army, we can alsohelp with food aid to the homeless and rough sleepersvia John Room House”.

People are referred by third party agencies (socialservices, sure start, CAB, housing support, Job CentrePlus, Age concern, SNAP and many others).

All the food is donated, but we must keep our store wellstocked so we can respond quickly to help those in need.

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Children of all ages and reading abilities can take part attheir local library by reading 6 books collecting bronze,silver and gold stickers – as well as their very own medal.

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July at Thetford Library!

Story Lab – The Summer Reading Challenge2012 - starts July 20th!

Step into Story Lab, and you’re off on an imaginativeadventure that knows no bounds. The brainchild of Prof.Cortex, the Story Lab’s on board computer, Story Lab isa five-sided hi-tech HQ that attracts stories from all overthe world and sends them spinning throughout the city-and beyond! Here you can read, collect, share, create,transmit and broadcast stories.

Like all Summer Reading Challenges, Story Lab will bedivided into three stages, and as children read librarybooks over the summer, they will collect stickers to helpthe Story Lab kids complete each stage. They can alsocollect Mungler cards! On completion,children willreceive a medal and a certificate!

Programme of Events FREE child tickets for our children’s events will beavailable from Thetford Libray from Thursday 5th July. Allchildren must be accompanied by an adult at events.

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Towards the end of August there will be two furtheractivity sessions for children: Arts & Crafts with the RSPBand The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activity Session.

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