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----------------------------1 I V.b,u.,y 2002

Old Views or Dersingham

We are givi ng a new look to the front cover with an old photographof the Crossroads which you will all recognise. Thi s picture wastake n before the traffi c lights were insta lled. Th is is now of course avery busy crossi ng.

Wc hope 10 feature an interes t ing picture in every issue for a whi leand if you possess a favourite scene that you would like to appear onthe front cove r please send it or bring it along 10 the Parish Co uncilOffice. Pol ice Station, Manor Road, or drop it in to Teresa Southernat Plot 4a Mountbatten Road.

F.bnJory 2002

Time has f lown and we are in FebnJory again. 50 we must now lookforward to t he spri"9 when th e snowdrops will arrive. The traditionalMort will once aga in take place in Lynn and Valenti ne' s Day will come andgo. Don't forget t he cards and roses for your loved ones'

This year . as always , will see a number of village act ivit ies including theQueen ' s Golden Jubilee ce le bra tion for t he village on Monday 3 June.This being a Bank Holiday means that this spec ia l event will attract Q

huge crowd which will be ample reward for the t ime and effort beinginvested by our gr oup of hard-working volunteers . A fe w detai ls to whetyour appetite appear in this newsletter with more info r mation to f ollownext time. Meanwhile place this date in your diary .

Other dates to note ore: Open Day6 April. G:!ncert by t he Gamebirds atSf Nicho las on 19 Apr il. Also note t he listed dotes of the Parish Councilmeetings .

Copy fo r inclus ion in th e Apr il issue of Village Voice s hould reach me by20 March. All cont ributions ore welcomed a nd s hould be addnssed tot he Editor. c/o Parish Council Off iu. Police S tat ion. Manor Rood(tel;541465) or you con drop them in to me at Plot 4A Mount bot t en Rood.

reresa Southam . Editor

IS YOUR u n :lu~inlt - ur hn 11 10' 1- 11 11

Joy . Mellnin !: . Purpose . mreencn . t.eveCo nfide nce • . 'u lfilmenl . Securi ly . Peace

a nd )'ou hl'e no-one to ta lk 10 lboul t hne~

I am prepared to see you and listen 10 youWith nOlhing 10 Pl Ya nd in compk-le confidenuTo see if we can find a way ahead for you where you canreclaim what has been losl and move into a more confidentand posi tive future.

Dr Andrew Fielding24 Slalion Road, Dcrsingham. King 's Lynn, Norfolk

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P:uhh Council Nel\o5

:111 met'lin f{-' ofthe Pur-M, ('mlndl un' open I" the pllhlic. TJrt·fu// nrt-eringf begin <1t

7. 15 pm and are p ,...«d.·Jand term irw ft>J by u 15·minule .""u imr]i,r p<1ri~hiont'n ,,, raisew'y mam.,,'J_ TIrt· ",,.XI mt-eting ....i// tal.e place m, ,\ kJndav 15'" J-·ehruary. ul tbe J-'inlSd .....,. and tht·T1.-ujt"r on tlw last Monday ofroch mon th

Trm 'f"1 10School

The School Plan Travel Officer is arran ging a meeting with representatives of theParish Counci l and both village schools 10 discuss ways to make journeys eas ierand safe r.

Notice Board

A ncw village not ice board is under constructio n and will be located in thegrassed area opposite Budgen s. Th is will bea more prom inent location than thecurrent posit ion at the library.

East Anglia Air Ambulance

It was agreed to make an annua l grant of [ 100 to the Air Ambulance.

111(' P recept for l00l/J

The Precept figure has been set at £42.950. This represe nts a figure of £24.67per household for the year .

Ifjghway Matters

The issues rega rding the recent footway at Ce ntre Crescent have been conside redand the site inspected. Remedial work is to becarried out. The blocke d gullyon Stat ion Road will be inspect ed and dea lt with. Roadway trouble spots illDersingham have been visited by Nce representatives and noted. Flooding onhigh ways is a problem throughout the area and is being give n full attention. Theprogramme for 2()()J includes repair to six gullies in Manor Road , further workoutside the church hall entrance and the replacement cf kerbs in Woodside Close.A request is bei ng put forwa rd for Dod ds lI ill Road to be inc luded in the gritti ngprogra mme for I~ village as it is a ma in rou te for pedestrians and vehicles to StGeorge's School. A blocked gully on Fern Hill will be given attention

Parish Council M"(!lings 1001

Dates of meetings: 25 February. 25 March. 29 April. 20 May, 24 June . 29 July,30 September. 28 October. 25 November, 16 December. The First School w illbe used for the main meet ings and SI Cccifia's for any extra meetings. TheAnnua l Parish Meeting has been set for 13 May 2002 at St Ccc ilia's.

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Making Norfolk Safe

THE MOBILE POUCE OFFICE

The Police will be on duty in t heir mobile office t o meet th e

public, give advice and answer queries in Budgens Car Park from

9 .30 am unt il 12 noon on t he following dates:

Wedn esday 27 February

Monday 11 March

Thursday 28 March

Tuesday 16 April

Fellow-en dates will appear in th enext edition of Village Voice

THANK YOUI

Budgen5 Charity - MS

I would like to say a big thank you to Len Matthews of StCecilia's for contributing the Christmas Carol books, andto the Budgens Girls' Choir who turned out on a very coldnight to s ing f or the Budgens Charity.

JiII Daniel.

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Bi..d Table Wa rsby

John Smart

11 shone golden brown in the late afternoon sun. It was stra ight and true andjus t in the righ t place on the lawn and I said la Phyllis. 'They won ', beable10 resist if. The ne", bi rd table would transform ou r gard en into an avianparadise. I put some bread on so that they could have a late feed and we leftit at that.

They didn' t come. Not only did they stay away but they compoun ded theinsult by Ilying over the back fence to Mr 'always sweeping the back step"who lives behind. They turned their backs on us. I redoubled my efforts. Isa id to Phylhs, " shall put out a banquet fit for a king or atleast the birdequivalent!' I broke the bread into small pieces with plenty of crumbs forthe linle fellows and larger hi ts for the b igger birds. I set it on the bird tablewith al l the care of a head waiter at Cla ridges and I watched from an upperwindow. My heart fell. OlTthey went uvcr the fence to Mr ' whatsit's' .Tails up and d iving down to his invisible feeding trough! I gut the steps andbalanced them on our rocke ry. Look ing over the fence I cou ldn't believe myeyes.

Ta lk about rubb ish. A man with one eye could sec that Mr "Fhingy's ' birdtable was not plumb. It was. in fact. rickety! Covered in bits o f moss anddrop pings il contained the scrubbiest old bits o f bread and hard bacon rindanyone cou ld imagine. I cl imbed down before Mr ' So and So' could pokehis nose out and re-thought my approach. Working in the shed I put a fewlandin g ridges for the ir lin le claws 10grip and then J fash ioned some oddhits ufbarnboo with d ean rag 10 polish their beaks on.

As the weeks went hy I made that bird table into the Ritz o f back garden birdtables . If l coul d have done it I would have offered wee kend breaks to someof ou r rare r visih' rs. T wo for rnc price IIf one. Ditferent so ns o f bacon rind;whole meal. half meal; plain .... hitc bread! I was go ing out o f my mind andPhyJlis was locking worried. I felt drawn, sti ll the hirds refused my table,ignored my fare and new over to Mr ' mows Ihe lawn before e\eryune else 's"ricke ty racke ty, scruffy apology for a bird table.

Near exhaustion we sat in the garden gaz ing at the tenantless table. ' It's nogood Phyllis.' I said, ' they just won' t come. we shall havc to give up theidea ofavian bliss in o ur garden and scrap the bird table.' Phyllis didn 't sa)'anything, j ust gazed ove r the lawn with her green eyes and purredcontentedly .

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The GoldenJubileeJ une 2002

Exhibition ofPictures

As part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations we arc holding anexhibit ion ofpicturcs showi ng Dersingham over the past 50 years.

As we ll as raiding some local co llections. there must be lots of photosin ex istence of family, friend s. sce nes and buildings. Wc would liketo borrow and copy these to include in the d isp lay. Please don'tdismiss your photos as being of no interest to others - let us be thejudges of your treasures. That picture of Aun tie H ossie might have aninteresting building in the background that has now disappeared .

Wc also want to disp lay any paintings or draw ings you may have. Aswe ll as the content, the artis t may well be oflocal interest.

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Deeslngham Surgery Il ort i~ullu ral Socief)"

The approach of the festive season brought two social events to members. Thefirst, a Sausage and Mash dinner. was atte nded by 40 members who enjoyed ahearty meal. a musica l enterta inment laced with jo kes and humorous anecdotesand a general air ofconviviality which sent them on their way full o f good cheer.The second event was held at our Dec ember meeting when we had a tradit ionalChristmas buffe t. Attended by some 70 members. the evening co mmenced witha presentation of two cheques for £250 each to Or Brown. The first to be usedto r two oroscopes for the nurses at Dersingham surgery, the second fur thecommunity nurses to use for the needs of their Dersiug ham patients.

A splend id buffet . which was provided by members was enjoyed by all as wasthis opportunity to have a good old chinwag with fellow members Six brain­teasing quizz es prepared by Dorcen and Dcrck Asker rounded off the evening.However it was suddenly realised that our 10 o'clock deadline was almost uponus and the hall had to be cleared quick ly. A few words of encouragement fromour Cha irman and everybody fell to and. literally within minutes, St Cccilia's wasconverted from a scene of secular Yuletide festivity to onc of ecclesiast icalsanctity and serenity - a transformation scene worthy of any pantomime and afitting end to a most enjoyable evening .

Our socie ty's first meeting at our new venue of St Cccilia's Church was areso unding success. With over 70 members attending, our speaker Mrs RuthGooch of'Thom croft Clcmatis NUTSI.':T)I. received a warm welcome . Her talkconcentrated on the various "fami lies" o f this lovely genus and the manyinnovative ways they can be used in the garde n. Generally regarded as climberson trellis. pergola and obelisk. Mrs Gooch showed various slides demonstrati ngtheir other uses such as cl imbing through roses, trees and shrubs. scramblingthrough flower beds and ruck gardens and using the herbaceous variet ies asborder plants. In passing she particularly recommended the "vitic1c1 la" group asideal plants for the newcomer to clcrnatis cultivation.

The seco nd talk of her talk focused on her trips to Japan and Estonia where shecollected some new var ieties tor her nursery. Two ditTerent styles of garden ingwere demonstrated by slides. The Japanese, very simple, mostly containergrown and, unusually, sometimes used as houseplants : The Estonian. in openground, with severe winters using especia lly bred cultivars, but with magn ificentresults based solely on cow manure.

All in all a most info rmative even ing full of ideas for the keen and receptiveaudience.

David cio«(rei 543/8 2)

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Derstngh am Scout Gm up

The Dersingha m Scout Grou p is seeking volunteers. 18 years of age and over,who feci they have the inclina tion and whatever time they can spare to assist thesp lendid volunteer leaders the Group is fortuna te to have but who cannot heexpected to hea r all the responsibility on their own. Cubs meet 6.30 pm to R pmon Mondays: Beavers meet 6 pm to 7 pm on Wednesdays and Scouts meet 7 pmto 9 pm on Thursda ys. Enqu iries to Roy. te lephone 54043 4 or Terry , telephone540M3.

()t'rsin ~ham Se ntors' C lub

74 members attended their annual Christmas dinner at the Church lIall onla Dcccrn bcr. The committee and helpers prepared and se rved the traditionallure o f ma st turkey with a ll the trimmings and Christmas pudd ing ~ notfcrgcuing the wine. This was follow ed by the Nativ ity story with ca rols. a cupoftcu with a hot mince pie. distribution o f a Christma s card and grocery parceltoeach member. the afte rnoon end ing with a raffle when 60 prizes wen: won. Forpart o f the afternoon in his busy schedule. the Mayor Councillor, Gcorgc Pratt.fo und time to take part ill the festivities which all adde d 10 the enjoyment of theocca sion. summed up in the following verse from a member. Ivy Woolford .

Wc all arrived in o ur Sunday bestWearing qu ite se ns ibly our therm al vests.

And what did we sec but tabl es so gayDecorations and crackers gave qu ite a disp lay.

The n our d inners arrived and what a grand spreadI was so pleased that I came - it wasn' t cheese and dry bread

But turkey. etc. C hristmas pud and mince pie sAnd so many presents. what a real great surprise.

So thank you to everyone for a wonderful day!To have such a great time and NOT HING to pay.

God bless vou all for 2002.

Wel l done to a ll who he lped to make the occasio n so enjoyableand fo r the wonderful sup po rt from the me mbe rs . M anythanks ,

Terry Finbow

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Forthcoming Even ts

Please note the dat es for your d iarie s/cale ndars . Details will appear on posters ,ere. later .

/ 9 April 2002

The Gamebirds will have a complete evenin g to themselves alter their wo nderfulshowing at the summer garden concert. This will beat the church.

/ 6 May 2002

The Annual General Meeting will beat the Gamekeepers as usual.

/ HOctober 2002

Il ugh Lupton will bemaking a return visi t at thc Gamekeepers. This eve nt isentitled 'The Crack ac ross the Yea r' - 'Celti c Wondcr - Talcs, Legends, Mythsand Music'

The Goldcn J ubi lee

The Golden Jubi lee Committee have arrangements for Monda y 3rd June we ll inhand. Up-to-da te information is given below:

Morning Events

Nat ure Tra il, Sports , Childre n's party

Afternoon and Evening Events

Pigeon release. Fashion Show. Fancy Dress , Cream Tea s, Disco, Hog Roast.Band, Raffle

Fund Raising Events

The PlaYb'TOUp has raised £47 at their jumb le salc and they are organi sing a teddybear raffle - tickets at 50p each from Lynne Wheeler. There will be a sponsoredwheelba rrow r ush aro und the spo rts field. Form s will be ava ilab le in advancewith marshal s on the day - money to charity. £ 1 entry. Raffle tickets 10 be so ldon the day with cash prizes.

Marquee

T his has been booked and confirmed for the day.

Outside Events

Photographs in Community Centre. Falconry, Steam Engine in FarmYard.

Full detail s will appea r in the next issue of Village Voice.

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Time and Tide

Do you eve r get that sinking feeli ng?

Wel l yHU arc - al the rate of about a

millimetre a year! Thi s is beca use

J uring rbc las' ice age a bugc wc i!!hl

of ice pressed down un Scotland and

the nort h - with wry litt le over the

so uth Ill' the British Isles. This forced

the north down and the sou th up. The

balance is now~ing rcslOn:d with

the north ri..ing ant.! I~ suut h ..inking.

Brita in during 111<: ice age was lil t: a

rowing boat with Pavaroui in the

front and Gcn lIalliwe ll in the hlunt

end. VIl e arc now '11a lime

irmncdiutely after they fall ove rboa rd

and the boat is nol yet level in rhe

wa ter !

Doe.. thi.. mallet '! Well in fact it does

IU u.. bccuusc we live near the flat

East Angfia n coast - when:' a s light

sinking of the shore willlend to the

ride co ming closer to our sea

defences. Th is is made much worse

by glnhal warming that i~ likely 10

increase 'iC:a levels through the rmal

expansion and the melling of the ice

caps , Th e nel result is Ihat our

intert ida l zones - beach . shingle.

mudrlars and saltmarsh - arc hci ng

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squee zed up 10 the man-made sea

defence s. Wc arc in da nger not on ly

of flouds hUI al"-I of losing nnportant

wildl ife hahila t...

So, what can we do about this? Wc

can. of cou rse. all do nur hit to save

energy and reduce the effects of

globa l warmi ng. However. some

radical changes are al"-I likely to be

need...-..J to our -.cadefences. The mo..t

radica l - and aIJm,.,t c-ertainly Ihe Illllst

effec tive - is tn knoc k them down!

Thi s approach is being taken in the

opposite corner o f the Wash at

Frcis ton . near Bo-ron. where a new

RSPD reserve i-, bei ng created - p art

funded hy EU gm nls - o n land tha t

was until recently ordinary am ble

fields, A new sea wa ll ha.. bee n built

furt her inland. The material for this

was ex tracted loc ally enabling the

RSP B lu create a sal ine lagoon hab ita t

that attracted nesting avocers in the

fiN year, Tbe old sea wall will he

breached this summer allowing the

tide IH enter the forme r fannland that

will eve ntually revert 10 sah mursh by

natural prnce..se.., More than 140

species of bird s have so far bee n

recorded on the TC'\I,."""'(' and Ilwny

more ...... ill he an ractcd a.. the rese rve

develops.

Thi s is a w tn-......in situation. The

sah mars h w ill help defend the coast

because they arc very effec tive at

ah"ofhin~ ......ave energy, Th i.. means

thatthe sea defence s can he lower and

less expensive to con struct . In fact,

Frci ..ton Shore ... rbe fin-I coasta l

realignm ent project in the co untry to

fo rm part o f a sea defence scheme.

Sa hm;tr...h alsu aUract, hinh with

breeding rcd!>han" in till" ..ummcr alu l

wi ld fowl. includi ng wigcon. during

the w inter. Future vis itors III the

reserv e may he hscky enough ro o,ee

some impressive birds of prey such a...

hen harrier. merlin . sho rt-cured 0 w 1

and peregrine hunti ng e ver the new

san marsh. Allthis is expec ted 10

generate cunsidl."mhle tou rist revenue

- cycle ways arc in place and events

and Infornuuion leaneh have alreaJ y

bee n prod uced .

The lagoon ut the Freiston Shure

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reserve include... a numbe r uf low

islands. These are not o nly hcing used

by breedi ng avocets but are also

developing into a high tide wader

m ost that may one day rival ou r own

local wildlife spectacular at the

Sncttisham RSPB rc..er ..e.

The arable lanllthat is be ing rest ored

tu sah marsh at Frc i..ton did nu t have

much ..... ildlife or land o,(.'ape value . 11

wa.. also the last land clai m on the

Wa., h and was snltrnarsh until very

rece ntly. This is not always the case

in area.. such a-.. the north Nurfu l"

coast. Hl." TC SC;l de fencc-, often protec t

fresh wat er marshes. wct gru:..eland

and va luable and auncnve oo.ilding..

Imm the sea. Th ese are special pl;KCS

bvth scemcany and rllf wildlife. The

Prei sron mod el will nul su it every

situation. How ever, mort." M:heme'i

of this son are 1i"c1y in the future .

The Freision Shore RSI' B reserve can

be a(.'l.'Cs'il."t.I via the A52 Bost on to

Skcg ness wad -c tum right at Hal toft

End . Adm ission is free. b ents

leatl ers and "Whe re to Watch Birds of

the Bos ton Wa...h Ran ks ' are available

in the library.

A G.,-drn :'Iiolrbook - by Grn:rtisJr Fi"Krn

4 No vember. Mild weather means we an: still enjoying marigolds. linariaand feverfew. whose little white daisies, alongside pink nerines . brig hten upoddcorners o f the garden . All our vegetables . even lcnuccs . are flouri shin g.he staked the "ru !t.~ls sprouts. (pos.'iib1y to be labelled 'F.nglish' sprouts.I've heard. in so me supermark ets . Can you believe it!) Birds an: hungrier.a rob in and bluetits can be seen with the black birds and. of course. woodpigeon s - many more of thl: latter than in pre\'ious years .

5 November. A bea utiful waning moon la!ot night.

19 No vember. The bedgebog's last vis it this year? Nighl temperatures aredropping. Lots of chaffinchcs. star lings , dunnocks and sparrows abou t.Have sta rted hanging fat ba lls and nut basket s in earnest. keeping themrenewed and topped up. Onceyou start Ieedin g the birds it's important youkeep on doin g it. no shirking. espec ially in bad weather!

I December. A wet and dismal sta rt to the month. Prun ing the longestwands of a buddleia dav idii that a lways ends up tangled with the c1ematismontana rubens on the shed . If the long growths are 11:0 they will bringdown pan ofthc clcmatis and possib ly its suppo rting trelli s when the windsblow ...

5 December. A bea utiful late afternoon sky. the cloud coveri ng like rippledsand 011 ebb ride. changing as you watch huge birds' wings beating across thesky. A male goldfinch fed this morning on lavender and rnaIjoramseedbeads, which. aga inst gardening rules we don't prune ofT until spring.fie's a preuy bird, with his bright head anti blac k. and white zig-zags downrump and ta il.

8 December , Spe nt what seemed hours tying fleece over hoo ps to protectS..... iss chard. broad beans and autumn-sown onions from hirds. Woodpigeon s and sparrows shred the leaves , while sharp- billed blackbirds andstariings search for grubs and worms at the: RJOtS. up-earthing lhc poorplants.

14 December. Pheasants arc' in our gardens agai n. winre- is reallybeg inning. Tbe cock pheasant roosted at dusk in our birch. sw ayingprecariously as he stretch ed his wings and tail and preened his gOTg(.'OUSfeathers. Soon it will be C hristmas. Do peo ple eat phea sant at Christmas?Not this one. anyway. I hope ...

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Derslngh am Ftrst a nd T'un el')"Sc hool

Thank you 10 everyone who supported our Christmas eve nts. TheChristmas Fai r was the best eve r and the Frie nds of Sc hoo l raised£446 towards thei r proj ect for 2002. They are aimi ng 10 extend theclimbing equipment at the front of the school and need about £2000to be able to do this. so the proceeds from the Fair wa.s a great start.

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Classes arc now well sett led back into routines afterI • the Chris tmas break . and the chi ldren arc busy with

all sorts o f new projects. Our topic for the term inj several classes is 'Homes' and our ch ildren hope to-======- visit an Estate Age nts, a building site and look at

styles of hom es in the area as part of this proj ect. Other children willbe vis iting places of worship in the village as part o f their RE workand we will also be having speakers come into schoo l to support otheraspects of their curriculum work . Life is neve r dull at our First andNursery School - there is always much to do and enjoy!

Members of the Sc hoo l Wildlife Cl ub went to the NorfolkEnvironme nt Award presentation at Dcrcham recently and werepresented wit h their £250 winners' cheque. I am sure they will reallyenjoy spending it! The community co ntinues to give good support tothe Club for wh ich we are very grateful.

We held two Open Even ings ea rly in February whenvillage people were able 10 come and look round ou rvillage school and saw the displays of ch ildren'swork .

Finally. school is closed for half-term from II February 10

15 Februa ry.

Jockie Ausnnt teadteachcr

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The C hild We Never Seem To Lo seby /lIIKh Mullurlcey 00 January lOO}

Oh I sec!It wa s all for my own goodWas it?

So what if:She does deserve more respect;It was a clean shirt this morn ing;G lass is expensive;My father will be disappointed?

So what if:My name will be mud;I should have tried harder;They'll never trust me again ;I should have kno wn bette r'!

Oh grow upYou idiot!

So what if:Ca nute got his feet we t;Judas did get the money;Custer was brave;The Light Brigade were following orders?

So what if:The su n did set on the argume nt;The bullet was neve r bitten;The facts continue to stare;Th e mind is shut?

Don ' , ju st shoot the messengerShoot his wife and kids as well!

Please help me to have the streng th to pauseAnd think again ,

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Dersingh am Open Day

Every other yea r the Parish Cou nci l organises a village Open Day. Thi s is ashowcase for vi llage organisations and for the Council and enables everyone tofind ou t more about the many d ubs and voluntary organisat ions in DersinghemCouncil represe ntatives will be available all day to m..-ct the public.

The next Open Day will be:: held at St Cccihe's Catholic Church on Saturday6 April 2002 from 2 pm to 5 pm. Admission is free . Re freshments will beava ilable.

All thc village organisat ions. clubs and the schools will be invited to attend andparticipate in this Open Day. The re will be ample opportu nity for Dcrs inghamresidents to vicw exhibits and ask questions.

A special feature this year will bea mob ile exhibition showing how peo ple cansave mone y on their energy bills and help the en vironment throu gh variousenergy e fficiency measures.

Our Open Days in the past ha...-e proved "ery interesting and stimulating and it ishoped that as many residen ts as pos sib le will come alo ng and find ou t what thevillage has 10 o ffer.

The photograph below shows a scene from ou r last Open Day.

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All contributions f orVillage Voice e-ewelcomed . If youhave a poem orarticle to submit t kerecder-s of VillogeVoice ere mostoppreciati Vl!; . If youwant to see yourwork in pr int pleas esend it ems to TheEdito r , Village Voice ,at t he Par is h CouncilOffice. Manor Road.

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If It Should Be

by Margaret Alexander © 2002

If it should be that I grow wea kAnd pain should keep me from my sleep

Then you must do what must be doneFor this last battle can't be won.

You will be sad - I understandDon't let your grief then stay your hand.

For this day more than all the restYour love for me must stand the test.

We've had so many happy yearsWhat is to come can hold no fears.

You do not want me to suffer soThe time has com e, please let me go.

Take me where my needs they'll tendAnd please stay with me until the end.

Hold me firm and speak to meUntil my eyes no longer sec.

I know in time that you will seeThe kindness that you do for mc.

Although my tail its last has wavedFrom pain and sutTering I've been saved.

Please do not grieve it must be youWho has this painfu l thing to do.

We've been so close we two these yearsDon' t let your heart hold back its tears.

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Restorin g Hopeby Kalhy Jordan Cl 2001

The village sign was vanda lisedDeprived o r its carved head

Once standing proudly welcomingNow just a slump instea d!

Irs such a sad sign or our timesForlo rn and tom apa rt

BUI vandal s musl nol take awayThejoy with in our hearts.

So we must loo k 10 bette r timesIn two thousand and IwO

The glory orour sign restoredAnd hope returned anew!

This pOl.-m wa.~ inspired hy 'he haunting p ictlln' of (l lIr vandalised I' iIIage .fign inthe December issue ofViIlag(' Voice.

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