No 163 incorporating The Wayland News Attleborough amp District News and The Wymondham News November 2010

Help Yourself

FREE Help Yourself

A natural winner

The winning picture of the 2010 Breckland Photography Competition - Gooderstone Water Gardens See page 3

From the Editor Many people in and

around Watton (and I have no doubt

Attleborough because they seem going

through the 01953 numbers) are

receiving phone calls from someone

usually an Indian lady who claims to

come from a computer support

organisation that has noticed recently

that your machine is infected with one

or more viruses

They will then ask you to visit their

―support site where they will clean up

your machine Once there they take

control of your machine and download

a fake virus scanner which then reports

multiple serious infections which can

only be cleaned up if you give them

your credit card details and pay them a

sum of money

This is a scam and under no

circumstances should you follow their

instructions If you receive such a phone

call tell them you are busy and ask if

you can have a number to ring them

back on and report the original call and

any number they give you to Consumer

Direct on 08454 04 05 06

If you have already been caught then do

ring your bank or credit card company

now and tell them exactly what has

happened You should also get your

preferred computer service person to

look at your machine and make sure it

is cleaned up before you use it again on

the Internet

Do not let this put you off using your

computer this is a confidence trick that

can catch even the most wary of people

Follow this advice from Consumer

Direct and watch out for these warning

signs

It sounds too good to be true Beware

of hype and extravagant promises If

it sounds too good to be true it

probably is

You are contacted out of the blue

You may get a phone call email or

letter from someone youve never

heard of

You have to make a quick decision

Scammers dont like to give you time

to think They will try to pressure you

into making a decision by saying

things like If you dont act now youll

miss out

You have to give away bank account

details Trustworthy firms will never

contact you to ask for this

information

If you see any of these signs in a

letter phone call text message or

email it could well be a scamFirst of

all dont reply Then bin it delete it or

hang up And if youre still unsure

you can call Consumer Direct for

advice on 08454 04 05 06

Don‟t be caught by these confidence tricksters

ldquoSongs from the Showsrdquo Cabaret evening ―Songs from the Shows takes place on

Friday November 12th and Sat

November 13th and the Connaught Hall in

Attleborough features song and dance

and starts at 8pm

Tickets costing pound7 are available from

the Connaught Hall Station Road

Attleborough 01953 452523 or from

Star Throwers 30 Melton Road

Wymondham 01953 423304 or Pete

Thatcher 07780 600945

The profits from one evening are going

to the Star Throwers and the other

evening to the Connaught Hall

refurbishment fund

Star Throwers are a drop in centre for

anyone caring or affected themselves

by cancer Dr Henry Mannings set the

centre up in 2009 and they offer free

care support and advice on any type of

cancer The centre is run entirely by

volunteers and is a non-profit

registered charity

Not letting off any fireworks Rain

forecast If you want your November

celebrations to go with a bang and a

sparkle of excitement then come to the

Connaught Hall Attleborough at 730

pm on Saturday 6th November where

the Attleborough Players will be

hosting a Fish amp Pop Quiz Musical

fireworks will POP in a range of a

Golden Oldie Rain of sixties music to

present day Jumping Jacks All you

have to do is light your Pop

knowledge stand well back listen to

six rounds of musical clips come up

with answers and win a prize In

addition Fish amp Chips or Bangers amp

Chips etc may be ordered when you

buy your ticket for pound7 from AW

Myhill amp Son Exchange Street

Attleborough Tel 01953 453107

The date for ticket availability will be

advised on application

Players‟ Fish amp Pop Quiz

Alec Firth is having an affair with

his assistant Liz and has organised

his domestic life so that they can go

to Spain without making his wife

Maggie suspicious What could

possibly go wrong Plenty as the rest

of the family arrive on the doorstep

in rapid succession

The Wayland Payers will present the

comedy Haywirelsquo by Eric Chappell

(Rising Damplsquo amp Natural Causeslsquo)

from 11th-13th November at 745pm

in The Queenlsquos Hall

Tickets priced at pound650 are available

from Adcocks in the High Street

telephone 01953 881248

The Wayland Players have gone bdquoHaywire‟

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 2 News

DY-FIT FOR LIFE EXERCISE TO MUSIC CLASSES

Watton Sports Centre Dereham Road

All the sessions are designed to promote

stamina strength and flexibility whilst

taking into account the fitness level and

ability of participants

General Aerobics Mondays 7pm An hour long as energetic as you wish

Nifty Fifties Fridays 11am A challenging workout for

recycled teenagers

Gentle Option Fridays 10am 40 minutes duration no floorwork Problems such as

arthritis and joint replacement are taken into account

Please bring a mat for floorwork

For further details please contact

Diane Cuthbert

01953 850275 RSAYMCA Qualified Teacher

Norwich will stage the biggest

Human Library event ever held in

the UK next month with visitors

able to borrow up to 100 books that

will challenge their preconceptions

and prejudices The difference

These bookslsquo are in fact people

The Human Library allows

members of the public to have open

and frank conversations with people

whom they might not have the

chance to meet in the wider world

and people who for whatever

reason may be stereotyped or suffer

discrimination or stigma By

allowing people to be curious and

ask questions that they would

perhaps otherwise be too

embarrassed to pose the events aim

to change perceptions and

encourage people not to judge a

booklsquo by its cover

Norfolk County Councillsquos Library

Service has been running the

Human Library in the county

together with community and third-

sector partners since October 2008

Norfolk has hosted more than 25

events in this time ndash more than any

other county in the UK ndash and a

partnership called Human Library

Norfolk has recently been

established to further develop the

project in the county

The concept was founded in

Denmark in 2000 and there are

Human Library projects in more

than 50 countries around the world

Norfolklsquos work has been praised by

the Human Librarylsquos Danish

founders and when a new Human

Library project was launched in

Thailand recently Norfolklsquos

approach was used as a model for

the organisers to follow

On Wednesday 3 November

Norfolk will see its most ambitious

Human Library to date staged at

The Forum in Norwich and there

are still places available for people

who would like to volunteer as

books

At Human Library events books sit

on the bookshelflsquo and wait to be

borrowed by visitors All books

choose a title for themselves that

will challenge a commonly held

characteristic or stereotype or will

encourage questions and once

borrowed a book and borrower sit

down and have a conversation

Books that have been borrowed at

previous Human Library events in

Norfolk include people with

disabilities or disfigurements or

people in minority social religious

or ethnic groups However anyone

who has experienced discrimination

or wants to share information about

themselves that will help promote

better understanding and

relationships in communities is

encouraged to put themselves

forward for the Human Library

James Carswell Cabinet Member

for Cultural Services at Norfolk

County Council said ―The Human

Library concept is absolutely

fascinating Being open-minded

and inquisitive enough to have your

preconceptions challenged is the

key thing and this is why the

Human Library is such a great idea

Itlsquos fantastic that Norfolk is leading

the way nationally and

internationally with this project and

I hope lots of people want to get

involved in the November event

whether as a book or a borrower

Tom Garrod county councillor for

Yarmouth North and Central has

been a book at a Human Library

event and is one of two Chairs of

the Human Library Norfolk Tom

was 19-years-old when he was

elected to the county council in

2009 making him Norfolklsquos

youngest ever county councillor

and he has cerebral palsy

He said ―I feel really strongly about

the Human Library and its potential

for good in the county It gives

people the chance to talk freely and

ask questions which they wouldnlsquot

feel able to in normal life for fear of

causing embarrassment or offence

Of course borrowers need to be

respectful to the books and the

organisers are there to support this

but my experience of being a book

was wholly positive and I came

away feeling really empowered

Ilsquom fairly certain the people who

borrowed me went away with a

better understanding of me my life

what drives me and what cerebral

palsy is but I also had a better

understanding of the people I met

―Everyone has prejudices itlsquos

natural to have them and unnatural

not to - most of the time people

have them without even realising

Itlsquos obvious perhaps but true that

conversation is a powerful thing

that can break down barriers build

relationships even avert wars All

the Human Library does is give lots

of different types of people the

opportunity and the licence to

come together and talk without fear

ndash itlsquos so simple but so effective and

we have big hopes and dreams for

what it can achieve in Norfolk

The event on Wednesday 3

November will coincide with a

seminar which will officially launch

the Human Library Norfolk

partnership The seminar will be

attended by Human Library

organisers and supporters from

various community and third-sector

organisations from Norfolk and

other areas of the UK One of the

Human Library founders Ronni

Abergel will also speak at the

seminar which will be held in The

Curve in The Forum A film about

the Human Library in Norfolk will

also be showing all week from

Monday 1 November in Fusion at

The Forum

The Human Library public event on

3 November will run from 11am to

7pm in The Forum and from 11am

ndash 5pm in the Millennium Library in

The Forum Members of the public

are welcome to drop in and borrow

books at any point between these

times

People wanting to find out more

about being a book at the event

need to get in touch no later than

Saturday 30 October by calling

Nick Little on 01603 774781 or

emailing

nicklittlenorfolkgovuk Because

of the sensitive nature of some of

the discussion topics at Human

Library events organisers will be

able to advise on what is expected

of books and help possible

volunteers decide whether they

want to take part

For more information about the

Human Library visit

wwwhumanlibraryorg

Could you be a book in the Human Library

Breckland Council are producing an

Area Action Plan to guide

development in Attleborough and

Snetterton Heath over the next 15

years and need the help of residents

and communities in and around the

town The Issues and Optionslsquo

consultation is a chance to have a say

early on in the process of producing

the Area Action Plan

The area around Attleborough and

Snetterton Heath is set to change over

the coming years with potential plans

for

at least 4000 new homes within the

Attleborough area by 2026 to the south

of the town

the necessary supporting infrastructure

1500 to 2000 net additional jobs in

Attleborough by 2021 and the release

some 10 hectares of land for

employment

a new road from the A11 to the B1077

Bunns Bank to help ease congestion

and 20 hectares of new employment

land at Snetterton Heath

The consultation on these plans will be

over 11 weeks and is due to start on

Monday 15 November and finish on

Friday 28 January 2011

There will be an interactive copy of the

draft Area Action Plan document on

the Breckland website

httpconsultbrecklandgovuk

with over 60 questions on a range of

topics and issues on the planned

growth A summary questionnaire will

also be on-line focussing on the main

questions on possible areas for

development Your comments can be

sent on-line

Breckland Council has also organised

a drop-in session for the rural parishes

around Attleborough at Old

Buckenham Village Hall on Saturday

20 November between 10am and

1230pm Officers will be on hand to

answer questions there will be display

material and summary questionnaires

will be available

Information courtesy

httpoldbuckenhamblogspotcom

Live near Attleborough Have your say

This small friendly group meets on the

3rd Tuesday of each month at 2 pm

There is no subscription you do not

even have to purchase books unless

you wish to as we have them provided

through the library service Meetings

are held in the home of any member

with sufficient chairs and tea cups as

discussing books does not take up

much space nor require special

equipment It does mean that we have

to restrict numbers and have been

known to have a waiting list

Each month we read a book for

discussion which can be lively at times

There is no compulsion on members to

finish books they are not enjoying just

to read enough of the text to be able to

make a reasoned comment not just

this is a load of rubbishlsquo During the

course of a year we cover a wide

variety of genres such as biographies

classics old and new modern fiction

historical novels and many more

Recent titles have included The Bolter

by Frances Osborne The Great Lover

by Jill Dawson and Alan Bennettlsquos The

Uncommon Reader The book for the

November meeting will be

Marshmallows for Breakfast by

Dorothy Koomson As well as the

prescribed book each member of the

group tells us what they have been

reading and consequently there is

much borrowing and lending and

passing on of unwanted copies

Our pre-Christmas gathering takes the

form of an anthologylsquo session where

those who wish d a passage of poetry

or prose of their own choice some with

a seasonal flavour Last year we even

managed mince pies and mulled apple

juice (plus a chocolate cake for a

veteran member with a birthday

although members were warned this

was a one off)

The only qualification for membership

is a genuine interest in reading of all

types in fact we all confess to it having

become an addiction If you think this

might interest you then ring Sue on

01362 822536 or email

shipbooksbtinternetcom

Shipdham and District Book Group

REPROGRAPHIC SERVICES

AT WAYLAND HOUSE The

Wayland Partnership has invested in

a high quality high speed A4A3

copierscannerprinter which is

capable of producing small to

medium (5 - 5000) runs We are now

offering a low cost service to

accredited community organisations

for the following

- Printing of leaflets flyers booklets

calendars village newsletters etc

- Photocopying of documents

(copyright assumed)

- Scanning and printingsaving of

documents etc

- Printing of photo images from flash

carddigital cameraUSB memory

stick

We can also design and publish all of

the above using a range of MS Office

products or we can use supplied art

work In addition we offer an A4

A3laminating service We are happy

to provide a no-obligation quotation

on request as each job is individually

priced Contact us on 01953 880204

mail to iainwaylandorguk or call

in to Wayland House in Watton High

Street if you want more information

or a quote

A WINNER Congratulations to our

virtual tenant Claire Martinsen of

Breckland Orchard who was recently

a runner-up in the EDP Food Awards

and then this week won the Best

New Business Award in the EDP

Business Awards Also to our partner

Wayland Community High School

and Mansells who won the Best

Industry Education Link

The Wayland Business Centre

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

Mike 01953 882799

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 3

BIOTITE LENS Crystal Therapy Spiritual Healing Crystal amp Pamper Parties

Workshops amp Crystals based in Watton

For more details and appointments contact

Pete on 01953 880003

Paul is the natural winner

Paul Giverin from Thetford has been

declared the overall winner of the 2010

Breckland Photography Competition

and winner of the Nature in Brecklandlsquo

category Paul who also triumphed in

the 2008 competition was awarded a

pound100 voucher for the Norfolk Camera

Centre in Dereham

Judges Simon Edwards Vicki Nunn and

Graham Corney all professional

photographers decided that Paullsquos

haunting picture which was captured

early one autumn morning at

Gooderstone Water Gardens was the

clear overall winner across all four

categories Jan Vlcek from Thetford

triumphed in the Creative Brecklandlsquo

category Ken Clegg from Watton was

named the winner in the Architecture in

Brecklandlsquo category and Rosa Furneaux

an 18 year old from Dereham was top in

the Active Brecklandlsquo category

Individual category winners each

received a Camera Centre voucher for

pound50

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities and

Benefits said he was impressed with the

standard of the submissions

―With so many talented entries this year

it was a difficult choice for the judges

Not everyone can be a winner but no-

onelsquos efforts will be wasted as all the

photographs will all form part of a

touring exhibition

Photography is something of a passion

for Paul and the Breckland competition

is an annual fixture on his calendar He

said

―I always look forward to a new

challenge for the Breckland competition

each year This photo was taken in the

morning when the sun had just broken

through I photograph at Gooderstone

Water Gardens quite often I even dashed

up there one Sunday last December after

a heavy snowfall ndash needless to say I was

the only person there

Left to right Breckland Photography Competition Judges Simon Edwards and Vicki Nunn with Paul Giverin

Old Buckenham November Market All Saints Church will be holding its traditional November Market in

Old Buckenham Church Rooms on Saturday 13 November from

11am to 2pm There will be the usual stalls - do come along and join

in for a light lunch of soup rolls and other goodies

Additionally a representative from the Energy Saving Trust will be

present with an information stall

Information courtesy httpoldbuckenhamblogspotcom

ldquoThe Best In Country Musicrdquo 730 bdquotil late

Diabetes UK Our booked speaker was unable to attend

the meeting in October so we had a

general chat about Diabetes how it

affects people differently tips that

members had found helpful and so on

and so forth This proved to be very

successful and interesting Even the

Watton Two John amp Rod were asking

intelligent questions - an unusual

occurrence

Our meeting on November 8th will be our

AGM followed by a light hearted quiz

All members welcome both past and

present If you have Diabetes or care for

someone who does you are most

welcome to join us at any of our

meetings

We meet at the Pentecostal Church

Watton at 1015am to whom we are

grateful for the use of their facilities

Refreshments are available and the cost

per person is pound150

For further information please phone

Helen 01953 884713 leave a message

and I will get back to you as soon as I

can

We will also have a stand at the

Christmas Market on November 28th so

please come and say hello and meet the

people who run the group We look

forward to seeing you

Festive Bazaar St Peter and St Paul CE VC School Carbrooke We are having a Festive Bazaar on

Saturday 20th November from 12 - 4pm

This will be held in and around the

school

There will be craft stalls games

refreshments and much more So come

along and grab some festive bargains and

reindeer food before the December rush

Anyone interested in helping or having a

stall please contact Vicky Earl at the

school or email darrennsamskycom

Caston Christmas Fayre Our annual Christmas Fayre this year will

be on Saturday 20th November in the

Village Hall starting at 2pm until around

330pm There will be raffles games and a

Tombola as well as Cakes Fancy Goods

Bric-a-brac a Christmas Goods stall - all

the traditional Christmas Fayre contents In

addition the HAMPER DRAW will take

place - a chance to win a wicker picnic

basket packed with many items for

Christmas Why not come along and have

a go at winning one of the super prizes and

enjoy your first mince pie of the season

Watch Out Watch Out Theres A Wolf About Rehearsals are under way for the

production of our pantomime Red Riding

Hood which will be shown in the Queens

Hall Watton February 2011 We have

some original cast members and some new

recruits Everyone is enjoying their role

and the laughter can be heard from

Thompson Village Hall on a Tuesday and

Thursday Evenings

It is our 25th year so we are getting ready

for a big celebration and do hope everyone

will come and support your local

pantomime group

If you have any spare time and would like to

join our jolly group then please call

Stephanie Easter - Chairman 01953 483752

Dereham Organ Concert David Thomas professional player and

demonstrator for Roland will be playing

a concert on Friday 12 Nov at The

Meeting Point St Withburga Lane

Dereham 7-10pm concert starts 715

and entrance fee is pound4 per person

including refreshment on the door

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 4 News

SALEC TRAVEL LTD Sat 6th November Bury St Edmunds 930am amp 3pm Return Adult amp Child pound5 Saturday 13th November Cambridge 9am amp 4pm Return Adult pound10 Child pound6 Tuesday 16th November Kings Lynn 930am amp 3pm Return Adult amp Child pound5

Saturday 20th November Westfield Shopping Centre 8am amp 5pm Return Adult pound19 Child pound12

Sunday 28th November Bury Christmas Market Adult pound10 Child pound5 Thursday 2nd December Fakenham Xmas Trees 930am amp 130pm Return

Adult amp Child pound5 Saturday 4th December Ipswich 9am amp 4pm Return Adult pound9 Child pound6

Sun 5th December Rochester Festival 8am amp 5pm Return Adult pound19 Child pound15 Wednesday 8th December Thursford Evening Show Adult amp Child pound3750

Saturday 11th December Christmas Seaside Special Show at Cromer Adult pound22 Sunday 12th December Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park Adult pound15 Child pound10 Sunday 19th December Christmas Lunch at The Burrage Gorleston Adult pound20

Monday 20th December Wisbech Christmas Market 9am amp 4pm Return Adult pound10 Child pound550

Wednesday 29th December Christmas Circus Times TBA Price TBA Saturday 8th January Lakeside Sales 8am amp 5pm Return Adult pound15 Child pound10

Saturday 22nd January Bury St Edmunds 930am amp 3pm Return Adult amp Child pound5 (PLEASE NOTE SOME OF THE DATES ABOVE HAVE BEEN CHANGED)

For more details please phone

01953 881159 PRIVATE COACH amp MINIBUS HIRE ALSO AVAILIBLE

Coffee at the Queens Hall and Table Top Sale Farmers Market Day-

Saturday 6th November 930 to 1130

Watton Evening WI Another very enjoyable evening this month

when member Anita Taylor showed us

some quick and easylsquo ways to make cake

decorations (mostly for our Christmas

cake) We were surprised at how simple it

seemed to be to turn a few coloured balls of

marzipan and icing sugar into delightful

little figures etc Then it was our turn ndash

Anita had all the ingredients ready for us to

have a go at copying her Father Christmas

for the friendly competition She judged

Lynnelsquos very good effort as the winner

Next month is our Annual Meeting which

we precede with a fish and chip supper

The business part of the meeting usually

only takes a short time and once thatlsquos

done and dusted the fun will begin hellip

Any lady who has ever thought she might

like to join the WI is welcome to come

along and join us at 730 pm in Watton

Christian Community Centre on Thursday

11th November to find out more

Therelsquos always lots of fun and laughter

when we get together Everyone has a jolly

good time whether we are being

entertained by a speaker or enjoying a

social evening with games and quizzes We

have a variety of speakers and activities

already lined up for 2011

Before that of course we will be going out

in December for our Christmas Dinner ndash

Lincolns Inn at Hingham a new venue for

us this year

Watton University of the Third Age (U3A) Member Brian Salmons is presenting a

Film evening on Friday 22nd October at

The Christian Community Centre

commencing at 7pm The films are all

made by Brian and have been shot

locally and worldwide some gaining

International Awards Each film is

approximately 15 minutes long

Refreshments will be available and

admission is free to members and guests

The Christmas Lunch will be at the

Richmond Park GC on Friday 10th

December at 1245pm Booking list is

now available Payment for this lunch is

due at the November meeting

Theatre trip to see Essence of Ireland at

the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmonds on

Tuesday 16th November is now full

Coach leaves Queens Hall car park at

6pm sharp

The next monthly meeting is on

Thursday 25th November at 2pm with

speaker Richard Wright with ―From Pigs

to Oil Lamps Members may note that

Richard usually has some very unusual

lamps for sale An ideal Christmas gift

The Watton U3A Membership Secretary

can be contacted on 01953 885358

For further information on the National

U3A go to wwwu3aorguk

Ashill Annual Craft Fayre We are holding our annual Craft Fayre in

Ashill community Centre on Sunday Nov

7th 10am to 330 pm come and support the

activities of Ashill Village Aid and maybe

find that extra special Christmas present

News from Rocklands School Early in the month the school held a

Community Day where parents and

governors all get together to do repairs

gardening maintenance and general

handyman tasks about the school We

extend a big thank you to all who

volunteered their services on the

community event The library and hall

have been re-decorated the conversation

houses re-roofed notice boards and a

drying rack were erected and some spring

cleaning too

A harvest festival was held at Rockland St

Peterlsquos Church and parents and carers

joined the children in a celebration of

autumn and the bounty it offers Once

again the singing was excellent as well as a

number of little plays and recitations put on

by each of the classes

The school opened its doors on Thursday

14th for Open Day and invited prospective

parents for a tour of the school and all its

facilities the PTA also provided some

delicious cake and coffee The previous

week the PTA and parents also provided a

scrumptious selection of cakes at our

regular Cake Sale a chance for all parents

to show off their culinary skills and help to

raise funds for our school

We have always been proud of our writing

in Rocklands We conducted a post-it

poll on attitudes to writing today in Class

3 where children were asked to rate their

enjoyment of writing on a scale of 0-10

When asked which part of the writing

process they enjoyed most the majority

agreed that it was the final draft where

all the ideas are sorted out and where

they are beginning to see something they

can be proud of One child preferred the

first stage because it is the point at

which the writers imagination is given

free rein

After many hours spent practising for the

Jump Rope Challenge in aid of the British

Heart Foundation Skipping Rope

Challenge and the appearance of some

surprisingly able skippers a very

successful charity fundraiser took place on

the 21st of October All sponsorship

monies will be sent to the above charity

Class 1 are busy looking at island life with

reference to the Katie Morag stories There

are some superb papier-macirccheacute models

being created and a very fun sticky time is

being had by all

Finally pupils enjoyed a welcome

break for half term and with all the

exciting annual festivals that take place

at that time

For further information about school

activities student projects and the

opportunity to keep up to date with

events visit our website http

wwwrocklandsnorfolkschuk Here

you can also listen to the children

talking about all the amazing fungi

they have found and researched Visit

the Parent page for school term dates

and the calendar for information and

school events throughout the year

Wymondham Helicopter Group Charity Event Friday 12th November 730pm at the

Corn Hall Diss Presents Roger Dean and

the Lazy Boys with a tribute to Johnny

Cash tickets pound16 pound15 with a pound1 off for

cons Tickets from the Corn Hall Box

Office wwwwymondhamhelicoptergroupbtckcouk

Village hall is floored Caston Village Hall has a brand new

tongued and grooved wooden floor with

newly fitted under-floor insulation to cut

heat loss and save on heating costs The

original floor had been in place since the

hall was built some 80 years ago but

having had various repairs over the years

the Hall Committee decided enough was

enough and so a new floor and floor

joists have been expertly put in place by

local Watton contractor Paul Lincoln

David Blincow newly appointed

Committee Chairman said ―Itlsquos our

intention to bring our village hall into the

21st century and while the building of a

new hall is out of reach for the

immediate future we have extensive

plans in hand for the refurbishment of

our present building We want to see far

greater use of the facilities that we have

and we will be adding to those facilities

as and when we can

The village hall is currently home to

Caston Camera Club (already the most

popular club in Norfolk) as well as

Caston WI and a number of other

facilities including upholstery classes

and a very popular Art Club The Village

Hall Committee have said they would

welcome hearing from anyone who has

an idea for any additional service club or

function that they would like to see held

at the village hall Contact can be made

through the booking secretary or by

feedback on the website

Asked if the improved facilities would

increase the hiring cost of the hall David

said ―There are currently no plans to

change the pricing probably the cheapest

in the area and which starts at pound400 per

hour for Caston residents and pound500 per

hour for others with a discount for

charities Anyone wishing to book the

hall for a private function can do so

either by calling the booking secretary on

01953 488 495 or by visiting our new

web site wwwcastonvillagehallcouk

where they will find both an on-line

diary showing when the hall is available

and an on-line booking form should they

wish to make a booking

Autumn Craft Fair The latest in the Wayland Partnershiplsquos

very successful Craft Fairs is being held

on Saturday 27th November Between

1000am ndash 200pm at the Queens Hall

Watton IP25 6DA Admission is free

We are delighted to offer you a

celebration of local crafts including

Christmas decorations bath products

greetings cards candles pyrography

jewellery wood turning animal portraits

silk flowers and much more

Our aim is to promote the handmade

work of talented individuals and provide

them with a venue where they can

exhibit and sell their work directly to the

public We also want to provide the

public with an opportunity to purchase

quality handmade crafts and allow them

to speak with the people who make them

We carefully select exhibitors to ensure

that the standards of crafts are kept high

and that there is a varied range of crafts

showcased at each event If you are

looking for something different and if

quality and affordability are important to

you you will find what you are looking

for at a Wayland Partnership craft fair

Refreshments will be available Contact

Susan Hollingworth 01953 880205 for

more information

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 5

Saham Heritage Craft Fair amp Annual Exhibition

Saturday 13th November 10am - 4pm Wells Cole Community Centre

Bell Lane Saham Toney Local Craft Products for sale

Local History Exhibition Refreshments served all day ~ free entry

Internet cafeacute opens in Watton

Watton isnlsquot exactly short of somewhere

to go for a bite to eat or something to

drink but Sandralsquos Cafe at 5A High

Street is most certainly a new asset to

the town

Some of you will remember Sandra

Barros following in her Dadlsquos and

Grandadlsquos footsteps in the restaurant

business from the Daily Fresh cafeacute in

Middle Street which Sandra ran very

successfully for 3 years until she was

regrettably forced to cease trading for

health reasons However Sandra saw

this as a temporary state of affairs

hoping larger premises would become

available where she would have scope

to extend not only the seating capacity

but also the kitchen and therefore the

range of dishes on offer

When the current premises became

available Sandra immediately applied for

planning permission for change of use

which was duly granted on the 21st of

September A miraculous transformation

then took place within a couple of weeks

with the entire family working around the

clock on the refurbishment sourcing as

many materials as possible from local

suppliers Their time was very well spent

as the cafeacute is light bright tastefully

decorated in coffee colours and very

welcoming whether you pop in for a

coffee or a full-blown lunch The chef

isnlsquot some mysterious person secreted

away in the kitchen since Sandra enjoys

waitressing and meeting her customers as

well as cooking ably assisted by her

mum-in-law Clotilde Since opening the

cafeacute has been well supported and has

kept them very busy Sandra is used to

hard work since at the same time as

running the Daily Fresh cafeacute in the day

time she was waitressing on the floating

bistro boat in Thetford

Sandra said she felt very honoured and

welcomed into the local community

when town Mayor Roy Ivory

conducted the opening ceremony at the

suggestion of former Daisy Fresh

customer Jacqui Seal the Town Clerk

on Tuesday 6th of October

Sandralsquos new extended menu has

something for everyone from

sandwiches and things on toastlsquo to jacket

potatoes and a range of main meals some

influenced by Sandralsquos Portuguese and

French heritage The home-made desserts

look especially tempting Having been

born in Portugal to Portuguese and

French parents Sandra spent several

years living and working in France

before moving to England 20 years ago

Everything on the menu is available to

take-away and always cooked to order

so deliciously fresh Sandra takes great

pride in not only the cooking but also the

presentation of her food and strives to

give her customers first class service

Many of her Daily Fresh customers have

said how thrilled they are that shelsquos

opened another cafeacute in the town

Sandra also offers an internet Cafeacute

facility in a separate area designed for the

purpose a first for Watton and available

during cafeacute opening hours Charges are

very reasonable at pound2 per hour or pound299

with a drink included Another indication

of Sandralsquos thoughtfulness is the

provision of a printer at a cost of 10-15p

per printed sheet

Opening hours are from 6am to 5pm

Monday to Friday and 8am to 5pm on

Saturdays The Cafeacute can be booked for

functions and Sandra also offers an

outside catering service

Sandra has asked us to extend a heartfelt

thanks to all her Daily Fresh customers

for their past and present support and for

all the gifts and good wishes Sandralsquos

hard work and care for her customers

should ensure the success she richly

deserves

Report by Rosalie Davis Gibb

Town Clerk Jacqui Seal Clotilde Sandra Cllr Wassell and Mayor Roy Ivory at the opening of Sandrarsquos Cafeacute

The next exhibition to be hosted at the

Dragonfly Gallery at Wayland House is

All Fired Uplsquo a collection of outstanding

ceramics by individual and groups of

potters from across Norfolk and beyond

There will be both functional and

decorative pieces in a wide variety of sizes

and styles ndash and made in a range of

methods with varying and unusual glazes

and colours

Prices range from just a few pounds to

pound100+ so this will be a good opportunity

for those looking for a Christmas gift for

someone special to find something unique

and beautiful The exhibition will be open

daily from October 30th to November 5th

(10 ndash 1 Saturdays and 10 ndash 4 weekdays)

The preview evening is on October 29th

from 700 ndash 830pm This is a free event

but call Susan on 01953 880205 to book a

place

Our final exhibition of the year will have a

seasonal flavour The Christmas Show -

always one of the most popular of the year

- takes place from the 4th ndash 11th

December

Although the Gift shop and Visitor Centre

are closed for the winter they are fully

open during exhibitions In addition to what

is available at the exhibition there is a wide

range of gifts and cards including

Christmas Cards available

All Fired Up What‟s on at the Dragonfly Gallery

Come and visit our Christmas Bazaar At Watton Christian Community Centre on

Saturday 20 November 2010 from 10 am to

130 pm Refreshments served from 10 am

with light lunches served from 12 noon

There will be a variety of stalls some of

which are Christmas decorations Cards

Books Bric-a-brac Homemade Cakes

Pantry (Preservatives etc) Toiletries Gifts of

all sorts as well as Guessing Competitions and

a Lucky Dip Something for all ages

We look forward to welcoming you on 20

November 2010 (Organised by Watton

Methodist Church High Street Watton)

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 6 Advertising

What a fantastic year we have all had

celebrating 100 years of Girlguiding The

celebrations started in September 2009 with a

fabulous day trip to Colchester Zoo where

members of the Watton District Guiding

enjoyed a fun and active day with the sun

shining brightly above We were able to feed the

Elephants and Giraffes and saw some animals

from all over the World 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies enjoyed being really close to some of

the animals through the windows fencing and

some of the Guides from 1st Saham Toney unit

made their promise while taking a train ride

around the zoo The day finished off with a

Division Camp Fire at Weeting where members

of the Watton amp District Trefoil Guild joined in

the fun

A small group of Guiders Brownies Guides

and Senior Section members attended a

Centenary Thanksgiving Service at Norwich

Cathedral on Saturday 20th February 2010

They travelled from Watton by bus and enjoyed

the service and singing very much Birthday

cards were shared between units and a way of

celebrating our 100th year in Guiding

Watton District Guiding celebrated their

Thinking Day with a church service at

Carbrooke Church and although the snow fell

spirits were high and afterwards we all enjoyed

some indoor games and decorated cupcakes

with icing and items in the centenary colours

Each unit made a cake decorated with the flags

of various countries around the world

The year has also been a time to participate in

the Centenary Challenge The 100 Adventure

Challenge encouraged all of us to complete

some different challenges and gain 100 points

during the year Some of the activities carried

out included Celebrating the Chinese New Year

a visit to the Wind turbine at Swaffham ndash

climbing the 308 steps a pamper session where

the Brownies from the 2nd Watton (RAF) unit

learnt how to perform a simple facial massage

Some of the 1st and 3rd Watton Brownies

recorded a radio jingle played parachute games

and had a meeting when the girls were in

charge

The Trefoil Guild took up their Centenary

Challenge to Make a Differencelsquo by raising

over pound130000 for Teenage Cancer Trust

Addenbrooks Appeal through the following

events An Open Evening with Susie Rice from

Teenage Cancer Trust held a Coffee Morning at

Ovington enjoyed Ploughmans Lunches at

Ashill invited many friends to join us at a

Pudding Evening in Watton plus donations

from 1st Watton Guides as a result of their

tombola staff at Watton Carnival Rotary and

Feltwell Trefoil Guild They have also been

joining in the fun by visiting the Crystal Maze in

London ndash all safely returned no one got lost and

they found the special plaques commemorating

guiding within the maze They have had many

other visits out held a Centenary Lunch at

Broom Hall Saham Toney and joined in a

County Trefoil Day at Patteson Lodge

Meanwhile the year has been passing on and

August brings a time to enjoy the open air with

the big Camping event ndash NORJAM 2010 This

was a fun packed adventure with dodgems and

bouncy castles for over 6000 Guides and Scouts

from all over the world 1st Saham Toney

Guides and Young Leaders joined in the fun

mixing with others units both locally and

around the world to celebrate the Guiding

Centenary with a massive cake decorated with

ducks The adventure went beyond imagination

with water sports quad bikes flying trapeze and

zorbing hellip Where else apart from the Norfolk

showground could you try all these activities

Before we know where we are it is September

2010 ndash a year on from the 1st event and

Saturday 18th September takes some 4000

members of Girlguiding Norfolk including

Watton District Rainbows Brownies Guides

Senior Section Leaders Helpers Volunteers

and Trefoil Guild members to an event ndash

Seaside Sparkle in Great Yarmouth It was a

truly magical celebration 1st Saham Toney

Guides described it as the mountain top moment

for Norfolk Guiding Everybody from the

Rainbows to the Trefoil Guild enjoyed a sun

kissed day There was so much to do from

glittering sand castles and sculptures being built

on the beach to travelling along the sea front on

the road train and open top bus Yesterdaylsquos

World Sealife Centre Merrivale Model Village

Hippodrome Circus Pleasure Beach Crazy

Golf Time and Tide Museum All Guiding

members were given reduced rates for our

special day and each Unit decided what

activities they would like to participate in The

finale was a specially constructed stage on the

beach with live bands playing and fireworks

The atmosphere was electrifying Everybody

was also provided with a girl guiding goodie bag

containing various items to use on the day and

keep as a memento - Wow it was certainly a

day to remember

A day like this cost us nearly pound5000 and we

have been helped in the funding of this by

grants donations and fundraising events Our

celebrations would not be complete without

giving our grateful thanks to the following

organisations-

Norfolk Community Foundation

Rotary Club of Watton and District

Wayland Agricultural Society CIC

They gave so generously and enabled the cost of

the day to be more affordable for everyone who

attended

Our Celebrations end as we all join together for

the Centenary Finale on Wednesday 20th

October 2010 (2010 - 2010 - 2010) at St Peter

and St Paul Church in Swaffham to renew our

Guiding Promise at 2010

What a fun packed year Watton District Guiding

have enjoyed

It truly has been Girls Having Funlsquo

Watton District Guiding consists of the following units-

Rainbows for girls aged 5 to 7 years 2nd Watton (RAF) Rainbows held on

Thursdays

Brownies for girls aged 7 to 10 years 1st Watton Brownies held on Thursdays

2nd Watton (RAF) Brownies held on

Thursdays

3rd Watton Brownies held on Wednesdays

1st Ashill Brownies held on Mondays

1st Saham Toney Brownies held on Mondays

Guides for girls from 10 to 14 years 1st Watton Guides held on Wednesdays

1st Saham Toney Guides held on Mondays

Senior section for girls from 14+ years held on

Wednesdays

Trefoil Guild held every 3rd Thursday in the

month

We provide a unique girl-only space

We promote equality and diversity

Welsquore relevant to todaylsquos girls

We give girls and young women a voice

and have done so for 100 years

If anyone would like further information

about Watton District Guiding please

contact Joanne Oxborough District

Commissioner on (01760) 441046

Watton District Guiding ndash bdquoGirls Having Fun‟

1st Saham Toney Guides enjoying some time on

the bouncy castle slide at Seaside Sparkle

1st Ashill Brownies enjoying the celebrations

1st Saham Toney Guides hit Great Yarmouth

ready for all the fun of Seaside Sparkle

The girls from 1st Saham Toney Guides with other

guides at NORJAM

1st Watton Brownies in the recording studio

Rainbows using their buckets for a different

purpose at Seaside Sparkle

Our District Commissioner Joanne Oxborough with

the Celebration Cake at Ashill Brownies

Posing for a group shot at their Thinking Day event

in Carbrooke Village hall

Feeding the elephants at Colchester zoo

Saham Toney Brownies and Guides join in the

Remembrance Service at Saham Toney Church

Above and below Enjoying the indoor games after

the Thinking Day service

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 7

Local business women raise funds for charity

A group of five local businesswomen

teamed up under the name of Dead Good

Designs held a Christmas shopping event

in Watton raising nearly pound800 in aid of

Great Ormond Street Hospital

The event held on 21st October was well

supported by around 100 visitors

throughout the day who all helped to raise

funds by buying raffle tickets and some of

the gorgeous gifts and jewellery produced

by the businesswomen Generous

donations for refreshments were also

given on the day

Raffle prizes worth around pound400 were

generously donated by local businesses

family and friends including a large gift

hamper contributed by the group and a

beautiful hand-made quilt donated by the

hostlsquos mother-in-law who also gave up

her day with family and friends to provide

teas coffees and delicious homemade

cakes to guests

The group of artisan business owners

joined forces recently to provide mutual

business support and share experiences

whilst also raising funds for charities and

worthy causes

This charity is particularly important to

Suzanne and husband Neil who hosted the

event ―Our daughter had successful open

-heart surgery there at the age of two so

raising money through the shopping event

was a perfect opportunity to give

something back

Following the success of this event the

group is keen to offer their services to help

others raise funds for charities at similar

shopping events or home parties They

welcome and encourage any invitations

The five women in the group are Angela

Jones of Artisans-UK Suzanne Lake of

Handmade from the Heart Penny Lindop

of Penny Lindop Designs Denise

Sheppard of More Than Just Words and

Jane Pennington of Stone-Me jewellery

For further information about other Dead

Good Designs events or to request the

grouplsquos support at a local charity event

please call 01953 881289 or email

goodiesdeadgooddesignscouk

Clockwise from top Suzanne Lake Angela Jones Jane Pennington and

Penny Lindop (Denise Sheppard missing)

Remembrance Events in Watton Remembrance Day ndash 11th

November There will be a short

Remembrance Day Parade on

Thursday 11 November 2010 at 1100

am to observe the Two Minute

Silence It is hoped that as many

Royal British Legion and RAFA

members will be present plus the

Standards The Two Minute Silence

will be held at the War Memorial at

the Thetford Road car park

Laying Of Poppy Crosses on War

Graves Saturday ndash 13th November A

short service will take place at St

Marylsquos Church Watton at 12 olsquoclock

to place the Poppy Crosses on the War

Graves in the Churchyard This

Parade is normally attended by

members of the public and 864

Squadron ATC and it has been

provisionally agreed that the Last Post

and Reveille will be sounded

Remembrance Sunday ndash 14th

November Watton and District

Branch of The Royal British Legion

invites all members of the various

organisations and the general public

from the town and surrounding district

to join in the Annual Remembrance

Sunday Service at the Town War

Memorial situated on the Thetford

Road car park on Sunday 14th

November 2010

The parade will assemble at 215 pm

for the Service at The War Memorial

at 230 pm when the names on the

Memorial will be read out and Poppy

Wreaths laid Afterwards there will be

a march of Standards Town Mayor

and Councillors members of Royal

British Legion RAFA Aircrew

Association and other organisations

present along Norwich Road to Saint

Marylsquos Church Watton provisionally

led by the Band of 864 Squadron

ATC for a Service of Remembrance

due to start at 300 pm

All members of the public are invited

to these moving services to remember

not only those who died in past

conflicts of First World War and

Second World War but those who

have died serving their country right

up to the present day This is not a

glorification of war but of

remembering the human cost of

preserving our way of life and our

sense of values

WAYLAND HAPPY CIRCLE Our October meeting turned out to

be rather different from our planned

speaker Due to unforseen

circumstances our Hearing Dogs for

the Deaf lady was unable to be with

us however Margaret Upton was

able to produce a very interesting

quiz and from that we had a general

discussion about various places and

people of historical interest etc

Many thanks for that Margaret

For our Christmas meeting on

Tuesday 7th December 2pm at the

WCCCentreit was decided that

we would KISS (keep it so simple)

this year just bring one Christmas

card per person NO PRESSY also

David Skipper will give us a talk on

the manufacture of apple juice and a

promise of a drink of mulled non-

alcoholic juice and a mince pie

afterwards

Hope to see you all there

The Trustees of this Charity will be

meeting on the 8th December to consider

applications from residents of Watton for

financial support this Christmas It is

hoped therefore that applicants will

contact the Clerk to the Trustees prior to

that date so that the Trustees can fulfil

their duties

The Charity is an amalgamation of

Charities set up many years ago to support

those in need The Trustees have a duty to

distribute the income of the Charity to

relieve either generally or individually

persons resident in the town of Watton

who are in conditions of need hardship or

distress by making grants of money or

providing or paying for items services or

facilities calculated to reduce the need

hardship or distress of such persons

Institutions or organisations which provide

or undertake in return to provide items

services or facilities for such persons may

also benefit

In the past few years grants have in the

main consisted of support for the elderly

to help with the extra costs of Christmas

andor heating costs However the

Trustees are most willing to consider

applications from other age groups

provided they are residents of Watton and

they are in conditions of need hardship or

distress

No preference is given to any section of

the community but there will be times

when applicants will be required to give

full personal financial details and provide

whatever information the Trustees require

before decisions can be made Any

information given will be treated in the

strictest confidence

Applications for assistance should be

addressed to-

Derek I Smith Clerk to the Trustees -

Watton Relief In Need Charity 39

Dereham Road Watton IP25 6ER Tel

01953 884044

Email derekfrenzymailcouk

Watton Relief In Need Charity

Wilfson remembers I remember when I was a young boy Mum used to give me 10 shillings and send me to

the International Stores on Watton High Street I would come home with cheese sugar

sweets bread cakes and often some biscuits

Cant do that now - too many security cameras

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 8 News

No passado dia 6 do corrente mecircs foi

inaugurado pelo Presidente da Vila de

Watton o Sr Roy Ivory um cafegrave

Portugues

SANDRAS Cafegrave de Sandra Barros

com uma vasta experiecircncia na aacuterea da

restauraccedilatildeo quer aqui em Inglaterrra

ou em Franccedila onde trabalhou tambem

varios anos nessa mesma area

Como natildeo poderia deixar de ser

Sandra agradece o apoio que tem

recebido de todos os clientes desde o

tempo em que tinha o Daily Cafegrave

O Cafegrave tem ao seu dispocircr toda a

diversidade de Bolos de Pastelaria e

Sobremesas refeiccedilotildees Inglesas e

Portuguesas e computador com

Internet num local reservado com

serviccedilo de Impressora

A especialidade da casa `e o Bacalhau

`a casa e Mexelhotildees c batata frita

Com menus especiais a Quarta-feira e

ao Saacutebado e com disponiblidade para

Festas de Aniversarios eou Catering

(por reserva) telef01953 883010

mόvel 07842158723

O cafegrave situa-se na High Street n 5A

com abertura das 6 da manhatilde άs 5 da

tarde

Se passar em Watton natildeo deixe de

visitar este sitio fantάstico

Cafeacute Portugues em Watton - Sandra‟s Cafeacute

Portugueses no St Johns Ambulance No passado Domingo mais duas

crianccedilas Portuguesas se juntaram

como membros do St Johns

Ambulance na Divisatildeo de Watton

Fazendo agora um total de 4 crianccedilas

Portuguesas 2 na qualificaccedilatildeo de

Badger e 2 como Cadete

`E um orgulho para a nossa

comunidade ver as nossas crianccedilas a

participar numa Organizaccedilatildeo

Inglesa e aprender desde cedo o

serviccedilo de voluntariado

Se pretende partecipar pode ligar

para o n 01953 883918 e falar com

Sra Rose Millard ou dirigir-se ao

local na rua St John Hall ndash Saham

Road (cruzamento em frente aacute

Junior School ) que esta aberto todas

as Quartas-feiras a partir das 6h da

tarde Boa Sorte

Aprendizagem na Casa Wayland O Inglecircs para Falantes de Outras

Liacutenguas As aulas (ESOL)

comecaram ha 5 semanas atraz e

estao a ser um sucesso Com 9

pessoas inscritas no inicio e que

neste momento ja estaacute completo

Qualquer pessoa interessada neste

curso deve entrar em contato com

Sra Jan na Wayland House-

Watton (01953 880202) pois

haveraacute uma nova seacuterie de 6 aulas a

partir do mes de Janeiro

Com a BBC estamos a tentar

garantir que todos tenham uma

oportunidade de entrar

Tem havido muito pouca aceitaccedilatildeo

para o Clait (Alfabetizaccedilatildeo em

Computaccedilatildeo e Tecnologia da

Informaccedilatildeo) Cursos que o ablitam

a um certificado e que seraacute

liderado pelo Poultec Centro de

Formaccedilatildeo

Estes cursos iratildeo comecar depois

do Natal por isso se vocecirc estiver

interessado entre em contato com

a Sra Jan o mais rapidamente

possiacutevel Os lugares em cada curso

satildeo limitados a cinco

Envie sua notiacutecia para Tina por e-mail para tinawattonfamilysupportlivecouk

Letter from Australia By Chris OrsquoConnor

As I mentioned in my last Letter

from Australia I have moved from

dusty South Australia to the

greener and much cooler climes of

the Victorian Alps a distance of

about one thousand kilometres and

it is distance that I want to talk

about this time around The town in

which I lived in South Australia

had a population of over 30000

Where I am now living has a

population of around 1800 ndash about

the same size at Watton just before

WW2 The nearest major town is

120 kilometres away and there is

just one small village in between

Recently a national newspaper

article suggested the local

supermarket was the most

expensive in the country and

having shopped there I can attest to

that

However it is one of the friendliest

places I have rested my head over

the years and the services

particularly medical for such a

small area are astonishing We

have an eight bedroom hospital

with a fully staffed emergency

department an aged care home

five doctors a Health and Home

Community service which must be

the envy of major hospitals around

the world All of this is free of

charge mind you However there is

always a catch and this one is a

whopper if you ignore the basic

rule ndash get ambulance cover

Ambulances are not free in

Australia no matter where you live

on this vast continent People who

are not pensioners (for whom

ambulance cover is free) need to

pay the ambulance service an

annual fee unless they want to get

slugged with a bill that would make

their mortgage look like a piggy

bank It is not horrendously

expensive to take out this cover

around $100 (pound50) for a single

person but if you get really ill and

the local hospital is unable to cope

(say in the case of a major road

accident) the bill to the nearest city

hospital which you will recall I

mentioned was 120 kilometres

away will slug you $1500(pound750)

And because this is the Alpine

region of Australia a helicopter is

often used to rescue people ndash I

havenlsquot dared ask what that would

cost

There is a saying in Australia

which is quite simply the tyranny

of distancelsquo and you realise it when

you live in small towns such as

this While all the major things you

need in life are available there are

the things like a broken window

where you hope the local glazier

has just the right glass you need

There is nowhere to buy a new car

you would be crazy to buy a

television locally quite simply

because it would cost you many

more dollars And then there is

getting to the nearest capital city

Melbourne is a five hour drive

away and that is on a three lane

highway Sydney is about the same

distance although anybody who

wants to go to Sydney needs rocks

in their head however and is there

always the however a friend of my

suffered a major heart attack and

needed triple by-pass surgery He

had to be flown to the specialists at

a Sydney hospital and his wife had

to put up in a nearby hotel while he

recovered They were fortunate in

that they had private health

insurance but if they had not it

would have cost them thousands

and of course they had to get

friends to look after their pets

water their garden ndash the list goes

on

Mind you there are massive

advantages to living in this area of

the world Apart from the fact it is

probably the most beautiful country

in Australia with snow capped

peaks in winter and wonderful

walking trails in summer the people

are friendly I have not yet met one

single person who did not welcome

me with enthusiasm It is the type

of place where you stop and talk

for half an hour to somebody in the

street and the bank tellers call you

by your Christian name when you

walk in

I mentioned earlier the wonderful

health service After arriving here I

needed an operation to repair a

ruptured Achilles tendon The

community went out of its way to

make sure I was ok People brought

food another person would keep

the fire in the lounge burning and

three times a week somebody came

in to clean and tidy up ndash all for

nothing There are not too many

places on earth where that happens

It is now Spring in this area of the

world and while the snow begins to

melt on the mountain tops the trees and

flowers come out in their glorious

colours the grass is green and like the

cows around here Ilsquom a very contented

man Quite frankly I think I have

found an earthly paradise

Talk to you again soon and please

write if there is anything you would

like to know or comment on the

article The email address is

oconozbigpondcom

The Wayland Agricultural

Society would like to say a big

thank you to all who supported

participated sponsored and

came along to the Show in

August It was a fantastic day

and over pound8000 was raised for

local charities

An even wider variety of

attractions than ever before and

the usual high standard of

livestock entries made it a

family day out to remember

Caston Camera Club were the

official Show photographers and

there are many superb photos on

their website available to

purchase should visitors wish to

do so

For local organisations wishing

to apply for funding from the

proceeds application forms can

be found on our website

wwwwaylandshowcom

Alternatively they should

contact the

secretarywaylandshowcom

The requirement is that

applicants should be a registered

charity and have local

connections with the Wayland

Area The funds will be

allocated and distributed early

next year

The Committee are now starting

to plan next yearlsquos show We are

a friendly and active committee

who wholeheartedly welcome

new volunteers and would

encourage anyone interested in

being involved to contact the

Secretary (as above) and come

along to our next meeting to find

out a bit more

Wayland Agricultural Society thanks For the last eight years many of us have

enjoyed our regular Coffee amp Cakes at

the Queens Hall Coffee Mornings held

on Farmers Market Day Thanks to a

small but dedicated group of volunteers

we have enjoyed memorable home

baked scones cakes and pastries and

the small pangs of guilt about our

waistlines have been more than

compensated for by the pleasure of

good company in pleasant

surroundings The Coffee Mornings

have also generated a regular addition

to Queens Hall income which is

becoming increasingly important at the

present time The Hall is not publicly

funded on a regular basis and relies on

hiring fees to pay for the day to day

expenses currently in excess of pound1000

per month so any additional income

has been much appreciated

Unfortunately for a variety of personal

reasons the current team are

reluctantly retiring at the end of this

year and unless someone else is

willing to take over this pleasant event

the December morning will be the last

Is there anyone out there willing to fill

the gap If you think you might be

interested talk to us at the next Coffee

Morning on November 6th or phone

01953 885698

Queens Hall Coffee Mornings

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 9

Young people who have made an

outstanding achievement in the community

were recognised on Friday evening at the

glittering Pride in Breckland Youth Awards

ceremony

Breckland Youth Council had been

inundated with nominations since the

inaugural Pride in Breckland Youth

Awards were started and Youth

Councillors had a very difficult job in

picking winners

The awards recognise and celebrate those

people aged 11-19 and their role in helping

make Breckland a special place

Amongst other well-known local people

presenting the awards were Elizabeth

Truss MP Kiss FMlsquos DJ Thomsta Adrian

Stasiak Deputy Leader of Breckland

Council and British record holder and IPC

World Number One Para-Olympian shot-

putter Danny Nobbs

The results of the awards were as follows

Young Arts Performer of the Year Winner

- Oliver Johnson Runners up - Oliver

Haylett amp Kyle Fenn

Young Green Person Group of the year

Winner - Aaron Bolton and the Eco Bugs

Project

Young Sports Person of the year

Winner - Pippa Horn Runners up -

Joe Ground and Declan Davis

Young Volunteer of the year

Winner - Sam Trayton Runner up

- Laura Allen Highly Commended

- Alistair Wright and Stuart Green

Young Carer of the year Winner -

Leslie Fincham Runner up -

Bethan Thomas

Young innovator of the year

Winner - Jordan Bailey Runner up

- Lewis Hanrahan

Young Group Project of the year

Winner ndash ACOSY Runner up -

The Right Direction

Outstanding Achievement of the

year Winner - Kelsy McTaggart

Runner up - Thomas King

Youth Worker of the year Winner

- Emma Fletcher Runner up -

Sally Palmer

Hosting the Event Adrian Stasiak Deputy

Leader of Breckland Council said ―This is

an opportunity to applaud and celebrate

some of the remarkable contributions that

Brecklandlsquos young people are making both

within their local communities and across

society We are all extremely proud of the

strong community spirit that the young

people of our district show and I applaud

Breckland Youth Council for organising

such an event

Young Achievers recognised in Pride in Breckland Awards

Pet lovers are being urged to comply

with EU quarantine regulations or face

being separated from their pet and

paying for the privilege

Norfolk County Councillsquos Trading

Standardslsquo team is urging the countylsquos

pet owners to make sure they know their

legal requirements when travelling

abroad or returning to the UK with their

pets The warning comes after Trading

Standards officers were called to deal

with a puppy that had been brought into

the UK illegally albeit unintentionally

by its owners

A Great Yarmouth vet contacted the

County Councils Trading Standards

team after becoming suspicious that the

Dachshund puppy had not received the

appropriate vaccinations to travel to the

UK

Within an hour of receiving the

telephone call Trading Standards

officers were on the scene The puppys

owners claim a vet in Lithuania issued

the four-month-old dog with a passport

and told them it was OK to bring it to

the UK However the puppy had not

been vaccinated against rabies or tested

for the disease after six months to see

if it was rabies-free as is the legal

requirement

The puppy has been placed in the care

of quarantine kennels at the expense of

its owners where it will remain for up

to six months to ensure it does not

have rabies

Pet owners and members of their

families who live outside the UK are

reminded they must comply with the

Department for Environment Food and

Rural Affairs Pet Travel Scheme

(PETS) to avoid putting their pet into

quarantine

To bring a dog cat or ferret into the

UK from an EU country without

having to place the animal into

quarantine owners must adhere to

certain rules under PETS These are

- The animal must be microchipped

- The animal must be vaccinated

against rabies

- After 6 months the animal must have

a blood test to ensure the vaccination

was effective

- Owners must obtain a passport for the

animal

- Before entering the UK owners must

ensure their animal is treated for ticks

and tapeworm not less than 24 hours

and not more than 48 hours before it is

checked in at the port airport

- The animal must travel with an

approved transport company on an

authorised route

Councillor Ann Steward Cabinet

Member for Sustainable Development

at Norfolk County Council with

special responsibility for Trading

Standards said ―We are a nation of

pet lovers and I completely understand

why people would want to travel with

their pets but we must be sensible and

play our part in ensuring the UK

remains rabies-free

―Importing any animal into the UK

without placing it into quarantine or

adhering to the Pet Travel Scheme is

an offence and pet owners found to be

flouting or ignorant of their legal

obligations face possible prosecution

huge quarantine bills and the prospect

of spending up to six months away

from their pets which can be very

distressing

Gemma Nicholls Trading Standards

Officer at Norfolk County Council

said Its never easy removing a pet

from its owner but the laws are in

place for one very simple reason - to

keep the UK free of this deadly

disease If you break the law you could

face prosecution as well as a hefty

quarantine bill so I urge anyone who

wants to bring a pet into the UK to

double check the rules and ask for

advice

To find out more about the Pets Travel

Scheme visit ww2defragovuk (yes

that is correct) or telephone its

helpline on 08459 33 55 77

Pet lovers urged to know the law and avoid big quarantine bills

Ovington Christmas Bazaar Make a note in your diary to visit

Ovington Village Hall on Saturday 4th

December between 12 and 3pm so you

dont miss the traditional Christmas

Bazaar The proceeds from this

annual event are split between

Ovington Church and Village Hall

and there will be ample opportunity

to support these two worthy causes

There will be a raffle tombola

hamper competition books and toys

games toy lucky dip cakes and guess

the weight of the cake If you are

looking for inspiration for the festive

season there is a Christmas crafts

stall gifts and a pound1 stall As is

traditional in Ovington refreshments

will feature prominently whether you

just want tea or coffee or something

more substantial Come for lunch -

we will have a choice of delicious

home-made soups and filled rolls

Bring your children as Father

Christmas will be paying a visit

Watton Silver Band Needs You Watton Silver Band was established

over 100 years ago to entertain the

community in and around Watton

fulfilling all sorts of engagements such

as church services garden fetes and

carnivals Today the band comprises

some 15 players who come together

simply because they enjoy playing

We are looking to recruit more

members We have a junior band who

feed into the main band once they have

achieved a reasonable standard

Instruments and tuition are provided

free of charge If you are interested in

playing for us then do not hesitate to

contact Chris Austin (band master)

01953885296

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 10 Gardening

On Thursday 16th September we

were delighted to welcome back

Graeme Simmonds for his second

visit This time his talk was entitled

Findings in the Soil 2 - Medieval

and Tudorlsquo When most of us think

of the Norman invasion of 1066 we

may have in mind Harold with his

eye full of arrowlsquo and following on

the Domesday Book some years

later We may also think of the

inconvenience of the survivors of

the ruling classes of having to speak

Norman French Most of them

probably already did What doesnlsquot

immediately spring to mind is the

regulation and oppression of the

English people For example ladieslsquo

hairdressing The only approved

style was long plaits wound round

the ears like modern earphones but

called ramshornlsquo Not a very

elegant name The nobility were

allowed to wear hoods as well

Surprisingly the only women who

wore their hair down were

prostitutes

This was Graemelsquos opening gambit

in what has become a history lesson

for what the ordinary peoplelsquos

living conditions were like Another

bit of oppression was that only 5

of the population - the rich men -

got an education This was

classical Latin astronomy

geography maths etc Women were

brought up to be household

managers As it was felt

inappropriate for women to have a

classical education their managerial

training included writing They

must have been able to read what

theylsquod written but that was all and

limited to household business

Womenlsquos main occupation was the

production of cloth spinning and

weaving wool both for their own

use and commercially This led to a

box of buckles of incredibly varied

sizes There were no buttons then

so clothes had to be held together

by clasps buckles and hooks The

majority were made of copper or

bronze with silver or gold for the

rich Most of the buckles in the box

were missing the central pin as

these were commonly made of iron

so rusted away during their stay in

the soil As these items were from

the 14th to 18th century there were

several styles and all handmade

normally by the local blacksmith

The cloth trade was very important

in East Anglia for export as well as

domestic consumption and was

regulated by officials the equivalent

of modern Customs amp Excise who

attached alnage seals to each bale

Without these seals the cloth could

not be bought or sold The seals

were made of lead - cue another

box Graemelsquos collection is from

one field near Reepham and come

from far and wide - including

Antwerp

Nuremberg Seville

as well as English

The seals are all

different in design

presumably to

indicate the

inspector

On to the coins and another box As

well as pennies and groats

international coins have been found

and we were handed a beautiful

Doge of Venice coin of the era of

Antonio Venisrio who was Doge

from 1382-1400 During this time

Venice controlled the

Mediterranean trade but the coin

was found at Acle This just goes to

show how important the import-

export trade was in Norfolk and

Suffolk Another startling coin was

the quarter noble coin dated 1350

from the reign of Edward III This

is very thin but wonderfully

preserved as it is made of pure 22

carat plus gold shining as if it were

made yesterday Someone important

(or their servant) lost a lot of money

the day they dropped it

The final box contained crop-

pickers tokens These were given to

labourers at the end of each day

instead of cash and was an early co-

op system These were made of lead

and are all local with more turning

up all the time Signature seals were

also in this box including a Papal

seal from Honorius II 1217-1224

and it makes you wonder how that

turned up in Norfolk

The last piece handed round was a

pendant depicting Saint Barbara

She is patron of artillerymen

military engineers armourers

gunsmiths miners masons anyone

involved with explosives anyone

afraid of lightning or sudden death

at work She is celebrated by

various military units involved with

armoury and explosives and gives

her name to Santa Barbara in

California Therelsquos lots more about

her on the good old internet The

pendant has her with a tower (she

was incarcerated in one by her

father to protect her from the

outside world and she rejected an

arranged marriage) Her father was

subsequently killed by lightning

when he executed her hence the

patronage of lightning and

explosives

Graeme gave us one final bit of

advice - if you find anything that

looks interesting donlsquot rush to wash

the soil off it Leave it on an indoor

windowsill to dry out then gently

remove the soil but donlsquot scrub it as

you may remove valuable evidence

of what it is

Thank you Graeme for another

fascinating evening and for bringing

the articles you showed us not

forgetting the biscuit tin in which

we were invited to get our hands

dirty and fish things out To sum it

up the first question I was asked at

the end of the talk was Whenlsquos he

coming back againlsquo and you canlsquot

say fairer than that so herelsquos to next

year

The mini-show - Any Single

Flowering Stem

1st Ralph Kinsley dahlia

2nd Judy Atkinson viola

3rd Eric Reeves red hot poker

HC Geoff Twelftree dahlia

Marianne Kilmartin

Publicity Officer 01362 820744

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society

Breckland Flower and Garden Club Octobers meeting was well attended

to watch Alison Cushings

demonstration Seasonal Her love of

roses showed through her designs as

she blended them with shamrock

chrysanthemums gerberas Chinese

lanterns veronica and sunflowers

Most of her arrangements were

modern although she closed the

afternoon with a traditional triangle on

a lovely raised container

The competition for Autumn in a

Copper Container - New Hands was

won by Janet Skidmore Old Hands

by Shirley Penfold who also won

the trophy for Best Exhibit

Table show for three stems of

autumn colour from the garden was

won by Shirley Penfolds Nerines

November meeting will take place

at Old Buckenham Village Hall on

Thursday 11th November at 2 pm

when Lisa Howard will demonstrate

Enchanted Christmas The

competition title - Enchantment and

the table show is for dried or

preserved plant materialDont

forget December 9th when there

will be a workshop and afternoon

tea (please bring a plate)

commencing 130pm More

details next meeting

Visitors are always welcome -

phone Sally 01953 788712 or Pat

01953 457305

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 11

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Norfolk Wildlife Trust

To ask a question about the Norfolkrsquos Wildlife please call the Norfolk Wildlife Information Service Wildline 01603 598333 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri E-mail wildnorfolkwildlifetrustorguk Website httpwwwnorfolkwildlifetrustorguknaturalconnections Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467 Tuesday 16 November 745pm-930pm Bats- Denizens of the

Night A illustrated presentation by Sam Philips Ecology Consultant

of the Norwich Bat Group Followed by refreshments and raffle

Venue Watton Christian Community Centre High Street Watton

Cost pound200 members and pound300 for non-members

Flaming Fall Not the colour of the

leaves which we donlsquot get until

December if the leaves colour at all but

Lycoris radiata - commonly known as

Spider Lily Hurricane Lily Naked Lady

and several other regional names These

are similar to the Nerine found in

English gardens and have a similar habit

(leaves in winter die

down and in autumn

the flower stalks shoot

up followed by leaves

again once the flower

has faded in mid-

November Lycoris

radiata has a flaming

red flower 16 cm

wide on a 50 cm stem

The bulbs multiply

very reliably and

despite having dug up

great clumps over the

years to give to friends

and sell at Farmers

Market you will see

from the photos that

there are still plenty

left (and even more

around the side of the

house) There are

some in a tub by my

door and I always pat

them on the head each

time I come and go

Cabbage and Collards

are coming along

nicely in the vegetable garden and the

Egyptian Walking Onions are

resprouting Multiplying onions are

doing well but I donlsquot know where the

leeks went As if to prove they could get

along without me for the three weeks I

was away on holiday the Viva Italia

tomatoes have produced loads of fruit

but they donlsquot seem to be in a hurry to

ripen I set a sprinkler to run on a timer

three times a week for an hour at a time

and while most things survived a few on

the outer edge where the water didnlsquot

reach look a bit sad Still it will rain

again here one day

Today I have been digging the baby fig

trees that I layered this time last year

They have nice roots now and have gone

into containers to continue their journey

into adulthood Beetroot lettuce and

carrots have been seeded and now Ilsquom

running out of sunny space I see more

lawn disappearing in the future Spring

flowering bulbs pansies and other cool

season bloomers are in the nurseries

now and pumpkins are everywhere

artistically arranged in peoplelsquos front

yards or carved into scary faces These

will disappear as we transition into

November having been transformed into

pumpkin pies and soups for

Thanksgiving feasts The hummingbirds

have suddenly left and their place at the

feeders has been taken by butterflies

sipping on the sweet nectar Tasks for

November include application of copper

spray to peach trees at time of leaf drop

and gather covers to protect plants if an

early freeze threatens

Tomato-Tomayto Gardening in Navasota Texas with Helen Quinn

Our first meeting at Holme Hale in The

Pavilion went very well Firstly we all

received a welcome and an introduction

from our new Chairman David Green He

told us a little about his past membership

of other garden clubs and urged

everyone to take part in activities at

meetings in order to make the club lively

and interesting and to join in on

arranged trips Also to let the committee

know of things they would like added as

an alternative to the usual events There

are usually cheap and well grown plants

on the monthly sales table and full

advantage should be taken of these If

anyone has plants to spare or items for

the raffle these would be gratefully

received

We received a warm welcome from Hall

Chairman Michael Buttolph and his

short introduction to the recent history of

the Pavilion was most interesting

making us feel at home right from the

start

We were joined by several new members

and were happy to see the return of

others who had been forced to leave us

for a while Good to see you all We

hope that once word gets around that we

shall see more people from Holme Hale

they can be sure of an entertaining

afternoon

Then at last a chance to hear Trevor

Harrison from South Creake Nurseries

talking about the plants that he had

brought with him in order to show just

how much colour it is still possible to

have in the garden at this time of year

The grasses were quite spectacular there

were many kinds of heleniums lots of

different colours in the montbretias the

dahlias the rudbeckias and many more

easy to grow border plants

The beautiful blue Caryopteris and the

many coloured asters made a real splash

of colour along with the gentians the

colchicums and the cyclamen

There was a break for tea and biscuits

during which time David showed how to

take fuchsia cuttings Success to be

compared next year Then it was back

to Trevor for more about the plants on

show the drawing of the raffle and a

chance to purchase plants from Trevor

On the 21st October gardening guru

Richard Hobbs came along to deliver

what turned out to be a most informative

and well-structured talk on Winter

colour in the garden This visit came at a

time when winter seems to be on the

doorstep and when colour is never more

welcome

Richard defines winter as the period

between Michaelmas and Candlemas

and suggested colour in the form of

many perennials shrubs and trees

Eucomis also known as the Pineapple

flower or Pineapple lily offers flowers

and interesting seed heads with Eucomis

Bicolour additionally offering variegated

foliage Nerines were recommended not

only for their white flowers but for their

colourful bark Cyclamen Cipriani will

grow in dense shade and seeds readily

while Buxus Necrophilia (box) provides

winter interest additionally Daphne has

glossy green leaves and has scented

flowers in January and February For the

rose lover Rosa Nitida has glossy

leaves red stems and red hips

Cornus with its colourful stems and

changing foliage is a popular addition to

the winter garden one should aim to

have light at its back in order to get the

full impact Strong shapes in garden help

to add winter interest and Richard asked

members not to forget that texture (seen

in coastal areas for example) is very

important

It is impossible to mention all the

sources of winter colour which Richard

touched upon though for interested

readers some of these included

Agapanthus Lonicera or honeysuckle

all kinds of Hellebores (of which the

Christmas rose is probably best known)

Asters and Michaelmas daisies Others

include Ilex and Juniper Heucheras

(which will provide yearly cuttings) and

a whole host of ferns ndash the list is too

long to mention them all Some

wonderfully descriptive names included

Aster lady in black with dark foliage

and the Blackberry Lily with its black

fruit and orangey-red flowers

Richard thoughtfully fetched sprigs

of some of these plants with him

which were passed round to the

members While speaking he

offered interesting morsels of

gardening lore including advice on

the Chelsea chop which involves

cutting back some shrubs to one foot

in height thus promoting a host of

smaller flowers later in the year

This is so called because it should

be done around Chelsea Flower

Show week

The session finished with a Raffle and

some words from our Chairman Next

month (18th November) members are

asked bring a single stem from the

garden which will be judged by Mr Keer

who will be speaking on the subject of

Begonias David also asked for

suggestions for gardens to visit in 2011

and reminded members to keep the 16th

December free for the Christmas party

Ovington Gardening Club Our October meeting was a fascinating talk on

Garden Insects by Robert Maidstone which

was delivered in his own light-humoured way

and was most informative The November

meeting will be on Wednesday 3rd at 745pm

in the village hall when Rory Hart will give a

talk on Conservation in the Garden For further

details contact Ed on 01953 885848 or Carol

on 01760 440719

Ashill amp Holme Hale Garden Club News

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 12

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Remember remember the fifth of

November etc etc I make no apology

for repeating last yearlsquos plea for

everyone private or public planning a

bonfire to celebrate Guy Fawkes to

move the whole thing a few hours

before lighting it This will prevent

roasting hedgehogs or any other

animals that think it a good place to

shelter or hibernate

Some people say November is the start

of the gardening year It comes as a

surprise to those of us who traditionally

leave the whole thing until Easter

However as long as the soil is

workable this is the best month for

planting bare-root shrubs The one that

springs to mind is the rose Inevitably if

ordered by mail these will arrive as a

few sticks in a polythene bag with

finger-ripping staples to close it inside a

paper bag The instructions will be

inside the polythene bag and wet

because the roots will have been

doused by the supplier Oh and theylsquoll

arrive on the day the monsoon starts

Still the instructions will cheerfully

inform you that if the weather is

inclement all you need to do is keep

the whole bag in a cool dark place with

the roots moist The trick is not to put

them where theylsquoll be forgotten Been

there done that Once the weather is

reasonable plant the shrub The late

Arthur Billett of Clacklsquos Farm and

Gardenerslsquo Question Time gave out the

succinct instruction ―If youlsquove paid

76d for a plant dig a 76d hole to put it

in This was repeated by my father and

also Geoffrey Smith Itlsquos a good way to

remember to dig the hole deep enough

and wide enough to accommodate the

roots and put the graft point of the rose

about 2 below the finished level Also

put a generous amount of compost or

well-rotted manure in the bottom Use a

stick across the top of the hole to

estimate the depth and backfill well

using a bit more compost mixed with

the soil removed from the planting

hole Donlsquot be afraid to use your boot

close to the plant to pack the soil in to

remove air pockets - you donlsquot want its

little feeding roots waving about under

there The soil should still be warm

enough to divide and move perennials

but I heard recently that as our

Breckland soil is very sandy in the

main it is able to allow frost to

penetrate deeper than heavier ones that

keep the cold at the surface so thatlsquos

something to be aware of

Despite the gloom there is plenty of

colour to be had at this time of year

Winter-flowering heathers will keep

going even in cold weather and they

donlsquot mind windy locations They can

be planted close together for colourful

ground cover and are very effective in

containers specially if they can have

company such as hardy cyclamen Both

plants come in a variety of pinks

mauves purples and white Viburnums

are good at this time of year as well -

good old Bodnantense Dawnlsquo is very

popular when the flowers appear from

November until March on bare

branches You can cut some for vases

when the scent will fill the room Donlsquot

ignore plants that berry - holly of

course varieties of viburnum can

produce berries in red or black

Skimmias are in full berry now and will

flower in spring but most are unisex so

it takes two of them Both can be

planted in the same hole or container

Some berried shrubs are evergreen

Other container or border plants at their

best are ornamental cabbages in green

and pink and pansies in all sorts of

colours The michaelmas daisies and

autumn crocuscolchicums may still be

in flower There are trees for winter

interest as well The acers grown for

bark will show up nicely now the

leaves are down and the winter-

flowering cherry Prunus x subhirtella

Autumnalislsquo bears its small double

flowers on bare branches This one is a

very pale off-white but there are pinker

ones such as Autumnalis Rosealsquo and

therelsquos even a weeping version That

should stop the traffic Most of the

plants mentioned will grow in

reasonably well-drained soil in sunny

positions But on the whole theylsquore

pretty easy going as regards conditions

While youlsquore planting your bare-root

deciduous shrubs or trees make sure

they are staked if necessary A good

supplier will provide good instructions

If necessary water but not if itlsquos

freezing It might be worth putting

some bulbs around while youlsquore at it as

now is the time for tulip and lily bulbs

(and any others you forgot earlier)

Keep the digging going when the

ground is not soggy or frosted and

mulch If the ground has been dug over

while harvesting veg or tidying borders

just add a nice layer of compost or well

-rotted or leaf mould and let the worms

do the work This is a good time to

evict any pests - snails under pots

rodents in sheds - all need to be dealt

with Pick your option regarding the

snails but remember the lady who won

the amateur scientist of the year prize

by establishing that snails need to be

more than 30 metres100 feet away to

prevent their coming back so donlsquot just

throw them over the fence into next

doorlsquos garden

Take photos when itlsquos reasonably

comfortable outdoors so you can

incorporate something for next winter

in your plans When the weatherlsquos

really bad and youlsquove done all the tasks

just settle down with a glass of

something nice and start the planning

process for next year

Donlsquot forget the weeds will still keep

growing whatever the weather

In your garden with Lotta Potts

On WEDNESDAY 13th OCTOBER

we had a fantastic speaker of

gardening distinction Lucy Redman

A superb plantswoman who told of her

beginnings in gardening at early school

age with her mother and at her great

school garden at Hadleigh High now

sadly derelict She is now so passionate

about children being able to garden

that she along with 75 children at her

old school are redesigning those very

gardens the work includes art amp craft

plus drama working and display areas

science work and a weather station

She hopes for it to be completed within

the next year

She was the youngest person to be

accepted at RHS Wisley and studied at

the English Gardening School where

she achieved her Diploma in Garden

design She has been a Gold medal

winner at both Chelsea and Hampton

Court and writes a regular column for

the East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk

magazine

She has now set up her own School

of Garden Design at her beautiful

home in Rushbrooke in the depths of

breath-taking Suffolk countryside

Her garden has been featured in the

English Garden Magazine and

Country Homes and Interiors amp

Homes and Gardens It is a rare mix

of finely selected country garden

plants and features with more stately

plantings and then huge arty

sculptures and willow features

subtle colours and bright colours to

match the rooms from which the

garden is viewed

She gave us plenty to think about

her talk was entertaining and

inspirational

25 members attended It was the first

meeting taken by our new Chairman

Ed Szczepanowski who welcomed

everyone to this new Club Year with

an excellent Programme of Events to

look forward to We wish him well

leading our Club

The Flower competition was judged by

Lucy and was won by Claudine

Garrod 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Sue

Thomas We also have a new

Vegetable competition at each indoor

meeting and this was won by Hazel

Dunn 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Jane

Dalton The quality of entries was very

high Well done everyone who took

part

Our next Club meeting is on

WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER at

745pm in the Village Hall and should

prove a real crowd puller as it a very

interesting one to everyone By

GRAEME SIMM entitled HISTORY

BENEATH YOUR FEETlsquo

You are asked to bring along an

artefact you have found in your

garden

We know from others who have

booked this speaker that the evening

will prove to be a fascinating one and

could contain revelations about finds in

this and other areas so come along and

take part Everyone welcome

Free to members pound250 visitors

Refreshments and raffle

Donlsquot forget to enter our Flower and

Vegetable competitions

At the November meeting we will be

taking bookings for our Annual Dinner

in January on Sunday 12th Jan 1pm at

the Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant

in Attleborough Cost to be notified

We are a very active friendly club

always keen to increase our

membership and now is a great time to

join

If anyone would like a lift to meetings

please give me a call Jane Dalton

(Secretary) 01953 498694

Great Hockham Gardening Club news

Attleborough amp District Horticultural Society The November meeting of the society takes place on

Wednesday 17th November commencing at 730pm The

venue as usual is Attleborough Junior School and guests are

most welcome to come along The talk in November will be

―Ornamental Plants Grown for Their Scent

Mike Flood gave a very interesting talk on ―Heavy Horses

at the September meeting He has spent a lifetime caring for

working with and breeding these horses whilst working

fulltime in the agricultural supply industry and his talk was

full of anecdotes about these gentle giants We also came

away knowing how to tell apart Shires Percherons

Clydesdales and the Suffolk Punch

The Table Competition suffered from a lack of entries

However the prize for 3 stems of flowers went to Sally

Westrup and John Darlow took the award for 3 eating apples

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society November - it can get a little flat in the middle - short

gloomy days fireworks over and the garden is miserable

Come and cheer it up with a talk on Design amp Garden

History by Judith Srigley from Easton College

Venue Bradenham Village Hall Date Thursday 18th

November Time 730pm

As this is the start of our year you could join us and then

come to our Christmas Party in December full details on

18th November Further information from Marianne

Kilmartin Publicity Officer 01362 820744

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 13

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At the recent 1940lsquos weekend in

Sheringham and Holt with the North

Norfolk Railway Wayland Scouts help

marshal the vintage cars at Holt Station

For the newest Scout it was an extra special

event as he was invested into Scouts from

the Cub Section on the foot plate of the

George Stephenson Steam Engine

Jackson Cutts was supported by his fellow

Scouts bearing the Grouplsquos flags as he took

his promise He was then treated to a short

ride along the track

Visitors to the event looked on including

some former Scouts

who were proud to

see that youngsters

were still enjoying

all that Scouting has

to offer

Akela Jo Ashford

commented it was

wonderful to have

somewhere different

for the investiture we

would like to thank the

crew for their help and

support It was an

exciting addition to a fun packed weekendlsquo

Apart for this activity both Sections have

been really busy during meetings the Cubs

recently placed host to Shelby and Mustang

tow Giant African Land Snails These

amazing creatures didnlsquot mind being the

centre of attention while the Cubs

discovered all about them The snails had

even recently laid some eggs which was an

added bonus for the Cubs to investigate

As the darker evenings arrive activities move

inside so the Scouts have been working on a

number of activities including mini pioneering

to create model gateways ndash ideas for next

yearlsquos camps

They have also been sharing their hobbies and

skills with some fantastic examples of Airfix

model building and Meccano

If you are interested in getting involved in

Scouting in Watton please contact Paul Cutts

01953 884243 or email

waylandscoutsgmailcom

Jackson steams his way into Scouting

Jackson Cutts on the footplate after his investiture

The speaker for September was Denise

Hammond-Webb on The Birth of Banham

Zoo John Goymer was an agricultural

labourer in the 18thC The Goymer family

who opened the zoo were small farmers in

1854 but in 1890 when farms became

mechanised amp workers left for London they

went to work in the local bakeries In 1909 the

family opened a bakery in Bury St Edmunds

The family delivered the

bread by horse amp cart

During WW1 there was

a great demand for bread

for the Army barracks amp hospitals The

business expanded so that during WW2

bakeries were opened in Thetford as well as

Bury In 1952 after sliced bread was

introduced the head of the family sold his

shops He bought a farm amp also opened a farm

shop which was very successful In 1956 they

bought parrots amp with pheasants opened the

collection to the public in 1968 When a

colony of monkeys arrived in 1971 it became

Banham Zoo amp Woolly Monkey Sanctuary

The Zoo has the finest collection of monkeys

in Europe but many visitors come to see the

endangered snow leopards Banham Zoo has

links with zoos all over the world We are

fortunate to live so near to the zoo

The winner of the competition for an animal

ornament was 1) June Clark 2) Brenda

Spencer Next monthslsquo speaker is Charlotte

Philcox amp the competition is a picture of

Autumn leaves

Attleborough WI

Town Council support for credit union In addition to the grant from the Breckland District Council

Participatory Budget scheme earlier this year to support our

marketing campaign by paying for advertisements in parish

magazines and this paper plus the printing of many

explanatory leaflets for distribution in the community Watton

Town Council very generously gave Wayland Community

Bank the local branch of Norfolk Credit Union a grant of

pound200 to help our work in the community and which has

enabled us to purchase some equipment for outside events

This includes a free-standing banner and a portable table top

display With these we hope to reach out further into Wayland

to let more people become aware of the support we can offer

through our credit union savings and loans schemes

There is a marked rise in the number of households

approaching the illegal loan sharks legal doorstep and

internet lenders for loans Many of these charge very high

interest rates which can be seen on the

lenderscomparedcouk web site

Credit unions however have their loan rates capped by

legislation at a maximum of 2 per month - 268 APR

and Norfolk Credit Union offers unsecured loans at

between 1 to 2 per month - 1268 to 268 APR We

currently have substantial funds available for all sorts of

small loans from domestic appliances to helping people

untangle their debts with the high interest lenders

Support for our campaign by local authorities is very much

appreciated and anyone wishing to have a chat with our

volunteers about savings current account or loans or about

joining us as a volunteer working for the local community

can contact us at Wayland House on 01953 883915 or view

our website wwwwaylandbankorg

There is also a loan calculator which can be viewed at our

Head Office web site wwwnorfolkcucouk

Water Water Everywhere by Edith Pleasance It was mid-morning of just another day at the office I

had taken down my usual load of dictation and was busy

dealing with it when the managerlsquos buzzer sounded

twice ndash the signal for me to report to his office along the

corridor with my notepad All sorts of reasons for the

summons came to mind Mr Reece was a man of habit

and did not like his usual morning programme disrupted

once he had dealt with the daily mail

I knew he had an appointment to see one of our branch

managers so guessed it to be just a progress report

Several days previously I had driven my boss (acting as

chauffeuse was one of my duties) to the most outlying

branch of our area where he would make a general

review of management etc while I mingled with

members of the staff and made a general nuisance of

myself This was a very effective way of discerning any

undercurrent there may be

On our way back to Area Office I remarked on a new

member of staff who because of the beautiful blond hair

caught back in a ponytaillsquo I took to be a female clerk I

walked around the back of the counter only to find it was

indeed a young man around seventeen I knew my boss

had a dislike of long-hair on male members of staff in

fact I once chided him on getting upset about it whilst he

never bothered that the mini-skirts of the young females

were getting shorter by the day Humphlsquo was his

response

Entering his office notebook in hand I was surprised to

see the pony-tailed young man accompanied by his

branch manager Without preamble Mr Reece started

dictating

―I John Smith state that I broke into the premises of my

employers on Friday evening last and turned full-on the

stopcock in the basement then went to both cloakrooms

on the ground floor and turned on all the washbasin taps

My actions resulted in the offices being flooded causing

extensive damage to the premises and its contents

―Right Edith I want that typed in triplicate

immediately Apart from the boy being automatically

dismissed I never knew the outcome of this unusual

case But I couldnlsquot help wondering why

Edith Pleasance copy 260910

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 News

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01953 881 885

Attleborough High School led by Head

of Languages Mrs Connie Wind Avery

celebrated European Day of Languages

in style A range of activities for students

focussed on different languages and

cultures Staff joined in the spirit of the

event by dressing up in national costume

and European styled clothes

Head of Languages at Attleborough High School Connie Wind Avery (4th from right) and fellow teachers (left to right) Frances Billin Head of RS Mrs

Linda Trounce Silke Schardt Caroline Graham Rowena Tyrer Kay Southgate and Laura Stowe

Attleborough High School Celebrate the European Day of Languages in style

West Norfolk Aviation Society Chairman Rod Rumsby welcomed

guest speaker Julian Horn to the

October meeting who gave an

account including a film of the

WW2 adventures of Bill McGrath

In 1940 aged 20 Bill McGrath

was posted to 82Sqdn at RAF

Watton as an ObserverNavigator

On 13th July 1940 82Sqdn

attacked (the German held)

Aalborg airfield in Denmark with

12 Bristol Blenheimlsquos they

encountered heavy flak and ME

109s and all but one of the

aircraft were destroyed Billlsquos

pilot bombed the airfield but the

aircraft was hit and ditched in

water 100m from the shore but

with rocks only a meter below the

surface As a result Bill suffered

severe eye arm and leg injuries

20 aircrew were killed amp buried at

Vadum cemetery 10 aircrew plus

Billlsquos crew became POWlsquos Bill

eventually escaped from a POW

camp and made his way across

Europe to Barcelona then returned

to UK via Gibraltar He received

the Military Medal and continued

his service as an Air Traffic

Controller A fascinating story of

bravery

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd

November 730pm at Methwold

Social Club Speaker Martin

McClelland Three Years at RAF

Kemble New members amp guests

welcomed For more Information

Tel 01842 879210

Free NHS Health Check at Total Health Pharmacy Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease diabetes or

kidney disease or suffering a stroke These conditions can

often be prevented even if you have a history of them in

your family but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight smoke take little

exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol

NHS Health Checks are being offered by Total Health

Pharmacy in Watton to assess a personlsquos risk of developing

stroke diabetes heart or kidney disease later in life

The Health check is free to people between the ages of 40

and 74 who are not already being treated for these

conditions An initial assessment will determine if you are

eligible for the free health check The health check will take

approximately 30 minutes during which various health

details will be recorded your blood pressure will be taken

as well as a simple blood test to check your cholesterol

The results of the check will determine a risk factor for the

likelihood of you developing the mentioned conditions later

in life and you will be given advice on how to lower your

risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Pharmacist Geoff Ray said ―NHS Health checks encourage

people to be aware of their potential risk factor to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting until it is too

late

The Health Check is available from Total Health Pharmacy

by calling 01953 881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14

Gregor Shanks Way Watton opposite the Watton Medical

Practice

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

FINE BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD

BOOKS JC amp Applestore Gallery

TelephoneFax 01953 883488 55 High Street Watton

For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

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We can help you if you

ring Julian 01953 881885

Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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Free Quotations amp

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Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

Written estimates always provided Memorials supplied

Personal supervision Pre-Paid Funeral Plans available

Arrangements may be discussed in the privacy of your own home

Tel (01760) 440269 (24 hrs) Established over 60 years

FUNERAL DIRECTORS SERVING WATTON amp DISTRICT

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All views expressed in the Mid-Norfolk Times are those of the contributors and

not the publishers While every care and effort has been taken to ensure accuracy

the publisher cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions

This issue of the Mid-Norfolk Times was published by Julian Horn 32 High Street Watton IP25 6AE

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EVENTS DIARY If you would like to see your event included in this section then

please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

CCC = Watton Christian Community Centre Wells CCC = Wells Cole Community Centre Saham

November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 2 News

DY-FIT FOR LIFE EXERCISE TO MUSIC CLASSES

Watton Sports Centre Dereham Road

All the sessions are designed to promote

stamina strength and flexibility whilst

taking into account the fitness level and

ability of participants

General Aerobics Mondays 7pm An hour long as energetic as you wish

Nifty Fifties Fridays 11am A challenging workout for

recycled teenagers

Gentle Option Fridays 10am 40 minutes duration no floorwork Problems such as

arthritis and joint replacement are taken into account

Please bring a mat for floorwork

For further details please contact

Diane Cuthbert

01953 850275 RSAYMCA Qualified Teacher

Norwich will stage the biggest

Human Library event ever held in

the UK next month with visitors

able to borrow up to 100 books that

will challenge their preconceptions

and prejudices The difference

These bookslsquo are in fact people

The Human Library allows

members of the public to have open

and frank conversations with people

whom they might not have the

chance to meet in the wider world

and people who for whatever

reason may be stereotyped or suffer

discrimination or stigma By

allowing people to be curious and

ask questions that they would

perhaps otherwise be too

embarrassed to pose the events aim

to change perceptions and

encourage people not to judge a

booklsquo by its cover

Norfolk County Councillsquos Library

Service has been running the

Human Library in the county

together with community and third-

sector partners since October 2008

Norfolk has hosted more than 25

events in this time ndash more than any

other county in the UK ndash and a

partnership called Human Library

Norfolk has recently been

established to further develop the

project in the county

The concept was founded in

Denmark in 2000 and there are

Human Library projects in more

than 50 countries around the world

Norfolklsquos work has been praised by

the Human Librarylsquos Danish

founders and when a new Human

Library project was launched in

Thailand recently Norfolklsquos

approach was used as a model for

the organisers to follow

On Wednesday 3 November

Norfolk will see its most ambitious

Human Library to date staged at

The Forum in Norwich and there

are still places available for people

who would like to volunteer as

books

At Human Library events books sit

on the bookshelflsquo and wait to be

borrowed by visitors All books

choose a title for themselves that

will challenge a commonly held

characteristic or stereotype or will

encourage questions and once

borrowed a book and borrower sit

down and have a conversation

Books that have been borrowed at

previous Human Library events in

Norfolk include people with

disabilities or disfigurements or

people in minority social religious

or ethnic groups However anyone

who has experienced discrimination

or wants to share information about

themselves that will help promote

better understanding and

relationships in communities is

encouraged to put themselves

forward for the Human Library

James Carswell Cabinet Member

for Cultural Services at Norfolk

County Council said ―The Human

Library concept is absolutely

fascinating Being open-minded

and inquisitive enough to have your

preconceptions challenged is the

key thing and this is why the

Human Library is such a great idea

Itlsquos fantastic that Norfolk is leading

the way nationally and

internationally with this project and

I hope lots of people want to get

involved in the November event

whether as a book or a borrower

Tom Garrod county councillor for

Yarmouth North and Central has

been a book at a Human Library

event and is one of two Chairs of

the Human Library Norfolk Tom

was 19-years-old when he was

elected to the county council in

2009 making him Norfolklsquos

youngest ever county councillor

and he has cerebral palsy

He said ―I feel really strongly about

the Human Library and its potential

for good in the county It gives

people the chance to talk freely and

ask questions which they wouldnlsquot

feel able to in normal life for fear of

causing embarrassment or offence

Of course borrowers need to be

respectful to the books and the

organisers are there to support this

but my experience of being a book

was wholly positive and I came

away feeling really empowered

Ilsquom fairly certain the people who

borrowed me went away with a

better understanding of me my life

what drives me and what cerebral

palsy is but I also had a better

understanding of the people I met

―Everyone has prejudices itlsquos

natural to have them and unnatural

not to - most of the time people

have them without even realising

Itlsquos obvious perhaps but true that

conversation is a powerful thing

that can break down barriers build

relationships even avert wars All

the Human Library does is give lots

of different types of people the

opportunity and the licence to

come together and talk without fear

ndash itlsquos so simple but so effective and

we have big hopes and dreams for

what it can achieve in Norfolk

The event on Wednesday 3

November will coincide with a

seminar which will officially launch

the Human Library Norfolk

partnership The seminar will be

attended by Human Library

organisers and supporters from

various community and third-sector

organisations from Norfolk and

other areas of the UK One of the

Human Library founders Ronni

Abergel will also speak at the

seminar which will be held in The

Curve in The Forum A film about

the Human Library in Norfolk will

also be showing all week from

Monday 1 November in Fusion at

The Forum

The Human Library public event on

3 November will run from 11am to

7pm in The Forum and from 11am

ndash 5pm in the Millennium Library in

The Forum Members of the public

are welcome to drop in and borrow

books at any point between these

times

People wanting to find out more

about being a book at the event

need to get in touch no later than

Saturday 30 October by calling

Nick Little on 01603 774781 or

emailing

nicklittlenorfolkgovuk Because

of the sensitive nature of some of

the discussion topics at Human

Library events organisers will be

able to advise on what is expected

of books and help possible

volunteers decide whether they

want to take part

For more information about the

Human Library visit

wwwhumanlibraryorg

Could you be a book in the Human Library

Breckland Council are producing an

Area Action Plan to guide

development in Attleborough and

Snetterton Heath over the next 15

years and need the help of residents

and communities in and around the

town The Issues and Optionslsquo

consultation is a chance to have a say

early on in the process of producing

the Area Action Plan

The area around Attleborough and

Snetterton Heath is set to change over

the coming years with potential plans

for

at least 4000 new homes within the

Attleborough area by 2026 to the south

of the town

the necessary supporting infrastructure

1500 to 2000 net additional jobs in

Attleborough by 2021 and the release

some 10 hectares of land for

employment

a new road from the A11 to the B1077

Bunns Bank to help ease congestion

and 20 hectares of new employment

land at Snetterton Heath

The consultation on these plans will be

over 11 weeks and is due to start on

Monday 15 November and finish on

Friday 28 January 2011

There will be an interactive copy of the

draft Area Action Plan document on

the Breckland website

httpconsultbrecklandgovuk

with over 60 questions on a range of

topics and issues on the planned

growth A summary questionnaire will

also be on-line focussing on the main

questions on possible areas for

development Your comments can be

sent on-line

Breckland Council has also organised

a drop-in session for the rural parishes

around Attleborough at Old

Buckenham Village Hall on Saturday

20 November between 10am and

1230pm Officers will be on hand to

answer questions there will be display

material and summary questionnaires

will be available

Information courtesy

httpoldbuckenhamblogspotcom

Live near Attleborough Have your say

This small friendly group meets on the

3rd Tuesday of each month at 2 pm

There is no subscription you do not

even have to purchase books unless

you wish to as we have them provided

through the library service Meetings

are held in the home of any member

with sufficient chairs and tea cups as

discussing books does not take up

much space nor require special

equipment It does mean that we have

to restrict numbers and have been

known to have a waiting list

Each month we read a book for

discussion which can be lively at times

There is no compulsion on members to

finish books they are not enjoying just

to read enough of the text to be able to

make a reasoned comment not just

this is a load of rubbishlsquo During the

course of a year we cover a wide

variety of genres such as biographies

classics old and new modern fiction

historical novels and many more

Recent titles have included The Bolter

by Frances Osborne The Great Lover

by Jill Dawson and Alan Bennettlsquos The

Uncommon Reader The book for the

November meeting will be

Marshmallows for Breakfast by

Dorothy Koomson As well as the

prescribed book each member of the

group tells us what they have been

reading and consequently there is

much borrowing and lending and

passing on of unwanted copies

Our pre-Christmas gathering takes the

form of an anthologylsquo session where

those who wish d a passage of poetry

or prose of their own choice some with

a seasonal flavour Last year we even

managed mince pies and mulled apple

juice (plus a chocolate cake for a

veteran member with a birthday

although members were warned this

was a one off)

The only qualification for membership

is a genuine interest in reading of all

types in fact we all confess to it having

become an addiction If you think this

might interest you then ring Sue on

01362 822536 or email

shipbooksbtinternetcom

Shipdham and District Book Group

REPROGRAPHIC SERVICES

AT WAYLAND HOUSE The

Wayland Partnership has invested in

a high quality high speed A4A3

copierscannerprinter which is

capable of producing small to

medium (5 - 5000) runs We are now

offering a low cost service to

accredited community organisations

for the following

- Printing of leaflets flyers booklets

calendars village newsletters etc

- Photocopying of documents

(copyright assumed)

- Scanning and printingsaving of

documents etc

- Printing of photo images from flash

carddigital cameraUSB memory

stick

We can also design and publish all of

the above using a range of MS Office

products or we can use supplied art

work In addition we offer an A4

A3laminating service We are happy

to provide a no-obligation quotation

on request as each job is individually

priced Contact us on 01953 880204

mail to iainwaylandorguk or call

in to Wayland House in Watton High

Street if you want more information

or a quote

A WINNER Congratulations to our

virtual tenant Claire Martinsen of

Breckland Orchard who was recently

a runner-up in the EDP Food Awards

and then this week won the Best

New Business Award in the EDP

Business Awards Also to our partner

Wayland Community High School

and Mansells who won the Best

Industry Education Link

The Wayland Business Centre

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

Mike 01953 882799

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 3

BIOTITE LENS Crystal Therapy Spiritual Healing Crystal amp Pamper Parties

Workshops amp Crystals based in Watton

For more details and appointments contact

Pete on 01953 880003

Paul is the natural winner

Paul Giverin from Thetford has been

declared the overall winner of the 2010

Breckland Photography Competition

and winner of the Nature in Brecklandlsquo

category Paul who also triumphed in

the 2008 competition was awarded a

pound100 voucher for the Norfolk Camera

Centre in Dereham

Judges Simon Edwards Vicki Nunn and

Graham Corney all professional

photographers decided that Paullsquos

haunting picture which was captured

early one autumn morning at

Gooderstone Water Gardens was the

clear overall winner across all four

categories Jan Vlcek from Thetford

triumphed in the Creative Brecklandlsquo

category Ken Clegg from Watton was

named the winner in the Architecture in

Brecklandlsquo category and Rosa Furneaux

an 18 year old from Dereham was top in

the Active Brecklandlsquo category

Individual category winners each

received a Camera Centre voucher for

pound50

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities and

Benefits said he was impressed with the

standard of the submissions

―With so many talented entries this year

it was a difficult choice for the judges

Not everyone can be a winner but no-

onelsquos efforts will be wasted as all the

photographs will all form part of a

touring exhibition

Photography is something of a passion

for Paul and the Breckland competition

is an annual fixture on his calendar He

said

―I always look forward to a new

challenge for the Breckland competition

each year This photo was taken in the

morning when the sun had just broken

through I photograph at Gooderstone

Water Gardens quite often I even dashed

up there one Sunday last December after

a heavy snowfall ndash needless to say I was

the only person there

Left to right Breckland Photography Competition Judges Simon Edwards and Vicki Nunn with Paul Giverin

Old Buckenham November Market All Saints Church will be holding its traditional November Market in

Old Buckenham Church Rooms on Saturday 13 November from

11am to 2pm There will be the usual stalls - do come along and join

in for a light lunch of soup rolls and other goodies

Additionally a representative from the Energy Saving Trust will be

present with an information stall

Information courtesy httpoldbuckenhamblogspotcom

ldquoThe Best In Country Musicrdquo 730 bdquotil late

Diabetes UK Our booked speaker was unable to attend

the meeting in October so we had a

general chat about Diabetes how it

affects people differently tips that

members had found helpful and so on

and so forth This proved to be very

successful and interesting Even the

Watton Two John amp Rod were asking

intelligent questions - an unusual

occurrence

Our meeting on November 8th will be our

AGM followed by a light hearted quiz

All members welcome both past and

present If you have Diabetes or care for

someone who does you are most

welcome to join us at any of our

meetings

We meet at the Pentecostal Church

Watton at 1015am to whom we are

grateful for the use of their facilities

Refreshments are available and the cost

per person is pound150

For further information please phone

Helen 01953 884713 leave a message

and I will get back to you as soon as I

can

We will also have a stand at the

Christmas Market on November 28th so

please come and say hello and meet the

people who run the group We look

forward to seeing you

Festive Bazaar St Peter and St Paul CE VC School Carbrooke We are having a Festive Bazaar on

Saturday 20th November from 12 - 4pm

This will be held in and around the

school

There will be craft stalls games

refreshments and much more So come

along and grab some festive bargains and

reindeer food before the December rush

Anyone interested in helping or having a

stall please contact Vicky Earl at the

school or email darrennsamskycom

Caston Christmas Fayre Our annual Christmas Fayre this year will

be on Saturday 20th November in the

Village Hall starting at 2pm until around

330pm There will be raffles games and a

Tombola as well as Cakes Fancy Goods

Bric-a-brac a Christmas Goods stall - all

the traditional Christmas Fayre contents In

addition the HAMPER DRAW will take

place - a chance to win a wicker picnic

basket packed with many items for

Christmas Why not come along and have

a go at winning one of the super prizes and

enjoy your first mince pie of the season

Watch Out Watch Out Theres A Wolf About Rehearsals are under way for the

production of our pantomime Red Riding

Hood which will be shown in the Queens

Hall Watton February 2011 We have

some original cast members and some new

recruits Everyone is enjoying their role

and the laughter can be heard from

Thompson Village Hall on a Tuesday and

Thursday Evenings

It is our 25th year so we are getting ready

for a big celebration and do hope everyone

will come and support your local

pantomime group

If you have any spare time and would like to

join our jolly group then please call

Stephanie Easter - Chairman 01953 483752

Dereham Organ Concert David Thomas professional player and

demonstrator for Roland will be playing

a concert on Friday 12 Nov at The

Meeting Point St Withburga Lane

Dereham 7-10pm concert starts 715

and entrance fee is pound4 per person

including refreshment on the door

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 4 News

SALEC TRAVEL LTD Sat 6th November Bury St Edmunds 930am amp 3pm Return Adult amp Child pound5 Saturday 13th November Cambridge 9am amp 4pm Return Adult pound10 Child pound6 Tuesday 16th November Kings Lynn 930am amp 3pm Return Adult amp Child pound5

Saturday 20th November Westfield Shopping Centre 8am amp 5pm Return Adult pound19 Child pound12

Sunday 28th November Bury Christmas Market Adult pound10 Child pound5 Thursday 2nd December Fakenham Xmas Trees 930am amp 130pm Return

Adult amp Child pound5 Saturday 4th December Ipswich 9am amp 4pm Return Adult pound9 Child pound6

Sun 5th December Rochester Festival 8am amp 5pm Return Adult pound19 Child pound15 Wednesday 8th December Thursford Evening Show Adult amp Child pound3750

Saturday 11th December Christmas Seaside Special Show at Cromer Adult pound22 Sunday 12th December Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park Adult pound15 Child pound10 Sunday 19th December Christmas Lunch at The Burrage Gorleston Adult pound20

Monday 20th December Wisbech Christmas Market 9am amp 4pm Return Adult pound10 Child pound550

Wednesday 29th December Christmas Circus Times TBA Price TBA Saturday 8th January Lakeside Sales 8am amp 5pm Return Adult pound15 Child pound10

Saturday 22nd January Bury St Edmunds 930am amp 3pm Return Adult amp Child pound5 (PLEASE NOTE SOME OF THE DATES ABOVE HAVE BEEN CHANGED)

For more details please phone

01953 881159 PRIVATE COACH amp MINIBUS HIRE ALSO AVAILIBLE

Coffee at the Queens Hall and Table Top Sale Farmers Market Day-

Saturday 6th November 930 to 1130

Watton Evening WI Another very enjoyable evening this month

when member Anita Taylor showed us

some quick and easylsquo ways to make cake

decorations (mostly for our Christmas

cake) We were surprised at how simple it

seemed to be to turn a few coloured balls of

marzipan and icing sugar into delightful

little figures etc Then it was our turn ndash

Anita had all the ingredients ready for us to

have a go at copying her Father Christmas

for the friendly competition She judged

Lynnelsquos very good effort as the winner

Next month is our Annual Meeting which

we precede with a fish and chip supper

The business part of the meeting usually

only takes a short time and once thatlsquos

done and dusted the fun will begin hellip

Any lady who has ever thought she might

like to join the WI is welcome to come

along and join us at 730 pm in Watton

Christian Community Centre on Thursday

11th November to find out more

Therelsquos always lots of fun and laughter

when we get together Everyone has a jolly

good time whether we are being

entertained by a speaker or enjoying a

social evening with games and quizzes We

have a variety of speakers and activities

already lined up for 2011

Before that of course we will be going out

in December for our Christmas Dinner ndash

Lincolns Inn at Hingham a new venue for

us this year

Watton University of the Third Age (U3A) Member Brian Salmons is presenting a

Film evening on Friday 22nd October at

The Christian Community Centre

commencing at 7pm The films are all

made by Brian and have been shot

locally and worldwide some gaining

International Awards Each film is

approximately 15 minutes long

Refreshments will be available and

admission is free to members and guests

The Christmas Lunch will be at the

Richmond Park GC on Friday 10th

December at 1245pm Booking list is

now available Payment for this lunch is

due at the November meeting

Theatre trip to see Essence of Ireland at

the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmonds on

Tuesday 16th November is now full

Coach leaves Queens Hall car park at

6pm sharp

The next monthly meeting is on

Thursday 25th November at 2pm with

speaker Richard Wright with ―From Pigs

to Oil Lamps Members may note that

Richard usually has some very unusual

lamps for sale An ideal Christmas gift

The Watton U3A Membership Secretary

can be contacted on 01953 885358

For further information on the National

U3A go to wwwu3aorguk

Ashill Annual Craft Fayre We are holding our annual Craft Fayre in

Ashill community Centre on Sunday Nov

7th 10am to 330 pm come and support the

activities of Ashill Village Aid and maybe

find that extra special Christmas present

News from Rocklands School Early in the month the school held a

Community Day where parents and

governors all get together to do repairs

gardening maintenance and general

handyman tasks about the school We

extend a big thank you to all who

volunteered their services on the

community event The library and hall

have been re-decorated the conversation

houses re-roofed notice boards and a

drying rack were erected and some spring

cleaning too

A harvest festival was held at Rockland St

Peterlsquos Church and parents and carers

joined the children in a celebration of

autumn and the bounty it offers Once

again the singing was excellent as well as a

number of little plays and recitations put on

by each of the classes

The school opened its doors on Thursday

14th for Open Day and invited prospective

parents for a tour of the school and all its

facilities the PTA also provided some

delicious cake and coffee The previous

week the PTA and parents also provided a

scrumptious selection of cakes at our

regular Cake Sale a chance for all parents

to show off their culinary skills and help to

raise funds for our school

We have always been proud of our writing

in Rocklands We conducted a post-it

poll on attitudes to writing today in Class

3 where children were asked to rate their

enjoyment of writing on a scale of 0-10

When asked which part of the writing

process they enjoyed most the majority

agreed that it was the final draft where

all the ideas are sorted out and where

they are beginning to see something they

can be proud of One child preferred the

first stage because it is the point at

which the writers imagination is given

free rein

After many hours spent practising for the

Jump Rope Challenge in aid of the British

Heart Foundation Skipping Rope

Challenge and the appearance of some

surprisingly able skippers a very

successful charity fundraiser took place on

the 21st of October All sponsorship

monies will be sent to the above charity

Class 1 are busy looking at island life with

reference to the Katie Morag stories There

are some superb papier-macirccheacute models

being created and a very fun sticky time is

being had by all

Finally pupils enjoyed a welcome

break for half term and with all the

exciting annual festivals that take place

at that time

For further information about school

activities student projects and the

opportunity to keep up to date with

events visit our website http

wwwrocklandsnorfolkschuk Here

you can also listen to the children

talking about all the amazing fungi

they have found and researched Visit

the Parent page for school term dates

and the calendar for information and

school events throughout the year

Wymondham Helicopter Group Charity Event Friday 12th November 730pm at the

Corn Hall Diss Presents Roger Dean and

the Lazy Boys with a tribute to Johnny

Cash tickets pound16 pound15 with a pound1 off for

cons Tickets from the Corn Hall Box

Office wwwwymondhamhelicoptergroupbtckcouk

Village hall is floored Caston Village Hall has a brand new

tongued and grooved wooden floor with

newly fitted under-floor insulation to cut

heat loss and save on heating costs The

original floor had been in place since the

hall was built some 80 years ago but

having had various repairs over the years

the Hall Committee decided enough was

enough and so a new floor and floor

joists have been expertly put in place by

local Watton contractor Paul Lincoln

David Blincow newly appointed

Committee Chairman said ―Itlsquos our

intention to bring our village hall into the

21st century and while the building of a

new hall is out of reach for the

immediate future we have extensive

plans in hand for the refurbishment of

our present building We want to see far

greater use of the facilities that we have

and we will be adding to those facilities

as and when we can

The village hall is currently home to

Caston Camera Club (already the most

popular club in Norfolk) as well as

Caston WI and a number of other

facilities including upholstery classes

and a very popular Art Club The Village

Hall Committee have said they would

welcome hearing from anyone who has

an idea for any additional service club or

function that they would like to see held

at the village hall Contact can be made

through the booking secretary or by

feedback on the website

Asked if the improved facilities would

increase the hiring cost of the hall David

said ―There are currently no plans to

change the pricing probably the cheapest

in the area and which starts at pound400 per

hour for Caston residents and pound500 per

hour for others with a discount for

charities Anyone wishing to book the

hall for a private function can do so

either by calling the booking secretary on

01953 488 495 or by visiting our new

web site wwwcastonvillagehallcouk

where they will find both an on-line

diary showing when the hall is available

and an on-line booking form should they

wish to make a booking

Autumn Craft Fair The latest in the Wayland Partnershiplsquos

very successful Craft Fairs is being held

on Saturday 27th November Between

1000am ndash 200pm at the Queens Hall

Watton IP25 6DA Admission is free

We are delighted to offer you a

celebration of local crafts including

Christmas decorations bath products

greetings cards candles pyrography

jewellery wood turning animal portraits

silk flowers and much more

Our aim is to promote the handmade

work of talented individuals and provide

them with a venue where they can

exhibit and sell their work directly to the

public We also want to provide the

public with an opportunity to purchase

quality handmade crafts and allow them

to speak with the people who make them

We carefully select exhibitors to ensure

that the standards of crafts are kept high

and that there is a varied range of crafts

showcased at each event If you are

looking for something different and if

quality and affordability are important to

you you will find what you are looking

for at a Wayland Partnership craft fair

Refreshments will be available Contact

Susan Hollingworth 01953 880205 for

more information

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 5

Saham Heritage Craft Fair amp Annual Exhibition

Saturday 13th November 10am - 4pm Wells Cole Community Centre

Bell Lane Saham Toney Local Craft Products for sale

Local History Exhibition Refreshments served all day ~ free entry

Internet cafeacute opens in Watton

Watton isnlsquot exactly short of somewhere

to go for a bite to eat or something to

drink but Sandralsquos Cafe at 5A High

Street is most certainly a new asset to

the town

Some of you will remember Sandra

Barros following in her Dadlsquos and

Grandadlsquos footsteps in the restaurant

business from the Daily Fresh cafeacute in

Middle Street which Sandra ran very

successfully for 3 years until she was

regrettably forced to cease trading for

health reasons However Sandra saw

this as a temporary state of affairs

hoping larger premises would become

available where she would have scope

to extend not only the seating capacity

but also the kitchen and therefore the

range of dishes on offer

When the current premises became

available Sandra immediately applied for

planning permission for change of use

which was duly granted on the 21st of

September A miraculous transformation

then took place within a couple of weeks

with the entire family working around the

clock on the refurbishment sourcing as

many materials as possible from local

suppliers Their time was very well spent

as the cafeacute is light bright tastefully

decorated in coffee colours and very

welcoming whether you pop in for a

coffee or a full-blown lunch The chef

isnlsquot some mysterious person secreted

away in the kitchen since Sandra enjoys

waitressing and meeting her customers as

well as cooking ably assisted by her

mum-in-law Clotilde Since opening the

cafeacute has been well supported and has

kept them very busy Sandra is used to

hard work since at the same time as

running the Daily Fresh cafeacute in the day

time she was waitressing on the floating

bistro boat in Thetford

Sandra said she felt very honoured and

welcomed into the local community

when town Mayor Roy Ivory

conducted the opening ceremony at the

suggestion of former Daisy Fresh

customer Jacqui Seal the Town Clerk

on Tuesday 6th of October

Sandralsquos new extended menu has

something for everyone from

sandwiches and things on toastlsquo to jacket

potatoes and a range of main meals some

influenced by Sandralsquos Portuguese and

French heritage The home-made desserts

look especially tempting Having been

born in Portugal to Portuguese and

French parents Sandra spent several

years living and working in France

before moving to England 20 years ago

Everything on the menu is available to

take-away and always cooked to order

so deliciously fresh Sandra takes great

pride in not only the cooking but also the

presentation of her food and strives to

give her customers first class service

Many of her Daily Fresh customers have

said how thrilled they are that shelsquos

opened another cafeacute in the town

Sandra also offers an internet Cafeacute

facility in a separate area designed for the

purpose a first for Watton and available

during cafeacute opening hours Charges are

very reasonable at pound2 per hour or pound299

with a drink included Another indication

of Sandralsquos thoughtfulness is the

provision of a printer at a cost of 10-15p

per printed sheet

Opening hours are from 6am to 5pm

Monday to Friday and 8am to 5pm on

Saturdays The Cafeacute can be booked for

functions and Sandra also offers an

outside catering service

Sandra has asked us to extend a heartfelt

thanks to all her Daily Fresh customers

for their past and present support and for

all the gifts and good wishes Sandralsquos

hard work and care for her customers

should ensure the success she richly

deserves

Report by Rosalie Davis Gibb

Town Clerk Jacqui Seal Clotilde Sandra Cllr Wassell and Mayor Roy Ivory at the opening of Sandrarsquos Cafeacute

The next exhibition to be hosted at the

Dragonfly Gallery at Wayland House is

All Fired Uplsquo a collection of outstanding

ceramics by individual and groups of

potters from across Norfolk and beyond

There will be both functional and

decorative pieces in a wide variety of sizes

and styles ndash and made in a range of

methods with varying and unusual glazes

and colours

Prices range from just a few pounds to

pound100+ so this will be a good opportunity

for those looking for a Christmas gift for

someone special to find something unique

and beautiful The exhibition will be open

daily from October 30th to November 5th

(10 ndash 1 Saturdays and 10 ndash 4 weekdays)

The preview evening is on October 29th

from 700 ndash 830pm This is a free event

but call Susan on 01953 880205 to book a

place

Our final exhibition of the year will have a

seasonal flavour The Christmas Show -

always one of the most popular of the year

- takes place from the 4th ndash 11th

December

Although the Gift shop and Visitor Centre

are closed for the winter they are fully

open during exhibitions In addition to what

is available at the exhibition there is a wide

range of gifts and cards including

Christmas Cards available

All Fired Up What‟s on at the Dragonfly Gallery

Come and visit our Christmas Bazaar At Watton Christian Community Centre on

Saturday 20 November 2010 from 10 am to

130 pm Refreshments served from 10 am

with light lunches served from 12 noon

There will be a variety of stalls some of

which are Christmas decorations Cards

Books Bric-a-brac Homemade Cakes

Pantry (Preservatives etc) Toiletries Gifts of

all sorts as well as Guessing Competitions and

a Lucky Dip Something for all ages

We look forward to welcoming you on 20

November 2010 (Organised by Watton

Methodist Church High Street Watton)

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 6 Advertising

What a fantastic year we have all had

celebrating 100 years of Girlguiding The

celebrations started in September 2009 with a

fabulous day trip to Colchester Zoo where

members of the Watton District Guiding

enjoyed a fun and active day with the sun

shining brightly above We were able to feed the

Elephants and Giraffes and saw some animals

from all over the World 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies enjoyed being really close to some of

the animals through the windows fencing and

some of the Guides from 1st Saham Toney unit

made their promise while taking a train ride

around the zoo The day finished off with a

Division Camp Fire at Weeting where members

of the Watton amp District Trefoil Guild joined in

the fun

A small group of Guiders Brownies Guides

and Senior Section members attended a

Centenary Thanksgiving Service at Norwich

Cathedral on Saturday 20th February 2010

They travelled from Watton by bus and enjoyed

the service and singing very much Birthday

cards were shared between units and a way of

celebrating our 100th year in Guiding

Watton District Guiding celebrated their

Thinking Day with a church service at

Carbrooke Church and although the snow fell

spirits were high and afterwards we all enjoyed

some indoor games and decorated cupcakes

with icing and items in the centenary colours

Each unit made a cake decorated with the flags

of various countries around the world

The year has also been a time to participate in

the Centenary Challenge The 100 Adventure

Challenge encouraged all of us to complete

some different challenges and gain 100 points

during the year Some of the activities carried

out included Celebrating the Chinese New Year

a visit to the Wind turbine at Swaffham ndash

climbing the 308 steps a pamper session where

the Brownies from the 2nd Watton (RAF) unit

learnt how to perform a simple facial massage

Some of the 1st and 3rd Watton Brownies

recorded a radio jingle played parachute games

and had a meeting when the girls were in

charge

The Trefoil Guild took up their Centenary

Challenge to Make a Differencelsquo by raising

over pound130000 for Teenage Cancer Trust

Addenbrooks Appeal through the following

events An Open Evening with Susie Rice from

Teenage Cancer Trust held a Coffee Morning at

Ovington enjoyed Ploughmans Lunches at

Ashill invited many friends to join us at a

Pudding Evening in Watton plus donations

from 1st Watton Guides as a result of their

tombola staff at Watton Carnival Rotary and

Feltwell Trefoil Guild They have also been

joining in the fun by visiting the Crystal Maze in

London ndash all safely returned no one got lost and

they found the special plaques commemorating

guiding within the maze They have had many

other visits out held a Centenary Lunch at

Broom Hall Saham Toney and joined in a

County Trefoil Day at Patteson Lodge

Meanwhile the year has been passing on and

August brings a time to enjoy the open air with

the big Camping event ndash NORJAM 2010 This

was a fun packed adventure with dodgems and

bouncy castles for over 6000 Guides and Scouts

from all over the world 1st Saham Toney

Guides and Young Leaders joined in the fun

mixing with others units both locally and

around the world to celebrate the Guiding

Centenary with a massive cake decorated with

ducks The adventure went beyond imagination

with water sports quad bikes flying trapeze and

zorbing hellip Where else apart from the Norfolk

showground could you try all these activities

Before we know where we are it is September

2010 ndash a year on from the 1st event and

Saturday 18th September takes some 4000

members of Girlguiding Norfolk including

Watton District Rainbows Brownies Guides

Senior Section Leaders Helpers Volunteers

and Trefoil Guild members to an event ndash

Seaside Sparkle in Great Yarmouth It was a

truly magical celebration 1st Saham Toney

Guides described it as the mountain top moment

for Norfolk Guiding Everybody from the

Rainbows to the Trefoil Guild enjoyed a sun

kissed day There was so much to do from

glittering sand castles and sculptures being built

on the beach to travelling along the sea front on

the road train and open top bus Yesterdaylsquos

World Sealife Centre Merrivale Model Village

Hippodrome Circus Pleasure Beach Crazy

Golf Time and Tide Museum All Guiding

members were given reduced rates for our

special day and each Unit decided what

activities they would like to participate in The

finale was a specially constructed stage on the

beach with live bands playing and fireworks

The atmosphere was electrifying Everybody

was also provided with a girl guiding goodie bag

containing various items to use on the day and

keep as a memento - Wow it was certainly a

day to remember

A day like this cost us nearly pound5000 and we

have been helped in the funding of this by

grants donations and fundraising events Our

celebrations would not be complete without

giving our grateful thanks to the following

organisations-

Norfolk Community Foundation

Rotary Club of Watton and District

Wayland Agricultural Society CIC

They gave so generously and enabled the cost of

the day to be more affordable for everyone who

attended

Our Celebrations end as we all join together for

the Centenary Finale on Wednesday 20th

October 2010 (2010 - 2010 - 2010) at St Peter

and St Paul Church in Swaffham to renew our

Guiding Promise at 2010

What a fun packed year Watton District Guiding

have enjoyed

It truly has been Girls Having Funlsquo

Watton District Guiding consists of the following units-

Rainbows for girls aged 5 to 7 years 2nd Watton (RAF) Rainbows held on

Thursdays

Brownies for girls aged 7 to 10 years 1st Watton Brownies held on Thursdays

2nd Watton (RAF) Brownies held on

Thursdays

3rd Watton Brownies held on Wednesdays

1st Ashill Brownies held on Mondays

1st Saham Toney Brownies held on Mondays

Guides for girls from 10 to 14 years 1st Watton Guides held on Wednesdays

1st Saham Toney Guides held on Mondays

Senior section for girls from 14+ years held on

Wednesdays

Trefoil Guild held every 3rd Thursday in the

month

We provide a unique girl-only space

We promote equality and diversity

Welsquore relevant to todaylsquos girls

We give girls and young women a voice

and have done so for 100 years

If anyone would like further information

about Watton District Guiding please

contact Joanne Oxborough District

Commissioner on (01760) 441046

Watton District Guiding ndash bdquoGirls Having Fun‟

1st Saham Toney Guides enjoying some time on

the bouncy castle slide at Seaside Sparkle

1st Ashill Brownies enjoying the celebrations

1st Saham Toney Guides hit Great Yarmouth

ready for all the fun of Seaside Sparkle

The girls from 1st Saham Toney Guides with other

guides at NORJAM

1st Watton Brownies in the recording studio

Rainbows using their buckets for a different

purpose at Seaside Sparkle

Our District Commissioner Joanne Oxborough with

the Celebration Cake at Ashill Brownies

Posing for a group shot at their Thinking Day event

in Carbrooke Village hall

Feeding the elephants at Colchester zoo

Saham Toney Brownies and Guides join in the

Remembrance Service at Saham Toney Church

Above and below Enjoying the indoor games after

the Thinking Day service

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 7

Local business women raise funds for charity

A group of five local businesswomen

teamed up under the name of Dead Good

Designs held a Christmas shopping event

in Watton raising nearly pound800 in aid of

Great Ormond Street Hospital

The event held on 21st October was well

supported by around 100 visitors

throughout the day who all helped to raise

funds by buying raffle tickets and some of

the gorgeous gifts and jewellery produced

by the businesswomen Generous

donations for refreshments were also

given on the day

Raffle prizes worth around pound400 were

generously donated by local businesses

family and friends including a large gift

hamper contributed by the group and a

beautiful hand-made quilt donated by the

hostlsquos mother-in-law who also gave up

her day with family and friends to provide

teas coffees and delicious homemade

cakes to guests

The group of artisan business owners

joined forces recently to provide mutual

business support and share experiences

whilst also raising funds for charities and

worthy causes

This charity is particularly important to

Suzanne and husband Neil who hosted the

event ―Our daughter had successful open

-heart surgery there at the age of two so

raising money through the shopping event

was a perfect opportunity to give

something back

Following the success of this event the

group is keen to offer their services to help

others raise funds for charities at similar

shopping events or home parties They

welcome and encourage any invitations

The five women in the group are Angela

Jones of Artisans-UK Suzanne Lake of

Handmade from the Heart Penny Lindop

of Penny Lindop Designs Denise

Sheppard of More Than Just Words and

Jane Pennington of Stone-Me jewellery

For further information about other Dead

Good Designs events or to request the

grouplsquos support at a local charity event

please call 01953 881289 or email

goodiesdeadgooddesignscouk

Clockwise from top Suzanne Lake Angela Jones Jane Pennington and

Penny Lindop (Denise Sheppard missing)

Remembrance Events in Watton Remembrance Day ndash 11th

November There will be a short

Remembrance Day Parade on

Thursday 11 November 2010 at 1100

am to observe the Two Minute

Silence It is hoped that as many

Royal British Legion and RAFA

members will be present plus the

Standards The Two Minute Silence

will be held at the War Memorial at

the Thetford Road car park

Laying Of Poppy Crosses on War

Graves Saturday ndash 13th November A

short service will take place at St

Marylsquos Church Watton at 12 olsquoclock

to place the Poppy Crosses on the War

Graves in the Churchyard This

Parade is normally attended by

members of the public and 864

Squadron ATC and it has been

provisionally agreed that the Last Post

and Reveille will be sounded

Remembrance Sunday ndash 14th

November Watton and District

Branch of The Royal British Legion

invites all members of the various

organisations and the general public

from the town and surrounding district

to join in the Annual Remembrance

Sunday Service at the Town War

Memorial situated on the Thetford

Road car park on Sunday 14th

November 2010

The parade will assemble at 215 pm

for the Service at The War Memorial

at 230 pm when the names on the

Memorial will be read out and Poppy

Wreaths laid Afterwards there will be

a march of Standards Town Mayor

and Councillors members of Royal

British Legion RAFA Aircrew

Association and other organisations

present along Norwich Road to Saint

Marylsquos Church Watton provisionally

led by the Band of 864 Squadron

ATC for a Service of Remembrance

due to start at 300 pm

All members of the public are invited

to these moving services to remember

not only those who died in past

conflicts of First World War and

Second World War but those who

have died serving their country right

up to the present day This is not a

glorification of war but of

remembering the human cost of

preserving our way of life and our

sense of values

WAYLAND HAPPY CIRCLE Our October meeting turned out to

be rather different from our planned

speaker Due to unforseen

circumstances our Hearing Dogs for

the Deaf lady was unable to be with

us however Margaret Upton was

able to produce a very interesting

quiz and from that we had a general

discussion about various places and

people of historical interest etc

Many thanks for that Margaret

For our Christmas meeting on

Tuesday 7th December 2pm at the

WCCCentreit was decided that

we would KISS (keep it so simple)

this year just bring one Christmas

card per person NO PRESSY also

David Skipper will give us a talk on

the manufacture of apple juice and a

promise of a drink of mulled non-

alcoholic juice and a mince pie

afterwards

Hope to see you all there

The Trustees of this Charity will be

meeting on the 8th December to consider

applications from residents of Watton for

financial support this Christmas It is

hoped therefore that applicants will

contact the Clerk to the Trustees prior to

that date so that the Trustees can fulfil

their duties

The Charity is an amalgamation of

Charities set up many years ago to support

those in need The Trustees have a duty to

distribute the income of the Charity to

relieve either generally or individually

persons resident in the town of Watton

who are in conditions of need hardship or

distress by making grants of money or

providing or paying for items services or

facilities calculated to reduce the need

hardship or distress of such persons

Institutions or organisations which provide

or undertake in return to provide items

services or facilities for such persons may

also benefit

In the past few years grants have in the

main consisted of support for the elderly

to help with the extra costs of Christmas

andor heating costs However the

Trustees are most willing to consider

applications from other age groups

provided they are residents of Watton and

they are in conditions of need hardship or

distress

No preference is given to any section of

the community but there will be times

when applicants will be required to give

full personal financial details and provide

whatever information the Trustees require

before decisions can be made Any

information given will be treated in the

strictest confidence

Applications for assistance should be

addressed to-

Derek I Smith Clerk to the Trustees -

Watton Relief In Need Charity 39

Dereham Road Watton IP25 6ER Tel

01953 884044

Email derekfrenzymailcouk

Watton Relief In Need Charity

Wilfson remembers I remember when I was a young boy Mum used to give me 10 shillings and send me to

the International Stores on Watton High Street I would come home with cheese sugar

sweets bread cakes and often some biscuits

Cant do that now - too many security cameras

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 8 News

No passado dia 6 do corrente mecircs foi

inaugurado pelo Presidente da Vila de

Watton o Sr Roy Ivory um cafegrave

Portugues

SANDRAS Cafegrave de Sandra Barros

com uma vasta experiecircncia na aacuterea da

restauraccedilatildeo quer aqui em Inglaterrra

ou em Franccedila onde trabalhou tambem

varios anos nessa mesma area

Como natildeo poderia deixar de ser

Sandra agradece o apoio que tem

recebido de todos os clientes desde o

tempo em que tinha o Daily Cafegrave

O Cafegrave tem ao seu dispocircr toda a

diversidade de Bolos de Pastelaria e

Sobremesas refeiccedilotildees Inglesas e

Portuguesas e computador com

Internet num local reservado com

serviccedilo de Impressora

A especialidade da casa `e o Bacalhau

`a casa e Mexelhotildees c batata frita

Com menus especiais a Quarta-feira e

ao Saacutebado e com disponiblidade para

Festas de Aniversarios eou Catering

(por reserva) telef01953 883010

mόvel 07842158723

O cafegrave situa-se na High Street n 5A

com abertura das 6 da manhatilde άs 5 da

tarde

Se passar em Watton natildeo deixe de

visitar este sitio fantάstico

Cafeacute Portugues em Watton - Sandra‟s Cafeacute

Portugueses no St Johns Ambulance No passado Domingo mais duas

crianccedilas Portuguesas se juntaram

como membros do St Johns

Ambulance na Divisatildeo de Watton

Fazendo agora um total de 4 crianccedilas

Portuguesas 2 na qualificaccedilatildeo de

Badger e 2 como Cadete

`E um orgulho para a nossa

comunidade ver as nossas crianccedilas a

participar numa Organizaccedilatildeo

Inglesa e aprender desde cedo o

serviccedilo de voluntariado

Se pretende partecipar pode ligar

para o n 01953 883918 e falar com

Sra Rose Millard ou dirigir-se ao

local na rua St John Hall ndash Saham

Road (cruzamento em frente aacute

Junior School ) que esta aberto todas

as Quartas-feiras a partir das 6h da

tarde Boa Sorte

Aprendizagem na Casa Wayland O Inglecircs para Falantes de Outras

Liacutenguas As aulas (ESOL)

comecaram ha 5 semanas atraz e

estao a ser um sucesso Com 9

pessoas inscritas no inicio e que

neste momento ja estaacute completo

Qualquer pessoa interessada neste

curso deve entrar em contato com

Sra Jan na Wayland House-

Watton (01953 880202) pois

haveraacute uma nova seacuterie de 6 aulas a

partir do mes de Janeiro

Com a BBC estamos a tentar

garantir que todos tenham uma

oportunidade de entrar

Tem havido muito pouca aceitaccedilatildeo

para o Clait (Alfabetizaccedilatildeo em

Computaccedilatildeo e Tecnologia da

Informaccedilatildeo) Cursos que o ablitam

a um certificado e que seraacute

liderado pelo Poultec Centro de

Formaccedilatildeo

Estes cursos iratildeo comecar depois

do Natal por isso se vocecirc estiver

interessado entre em contato com

a Sra Jan o mais rapidamente

possiacutevel Os lugares em cada curso

satildeo limitados a cinco

Envie sua notiacutecia para Tina por e-mail para tinawattonfamilysupportlivecouk

Letter from Australia By Chris OrsquoConnor

As I mentioned in my last Letter

from Australia I have moved from

dusty South Australia to the

greener and much cooler climes of

the Victorian Alps a distance of

about one thousand kilometres and

it is distance that I want to talk

about this time around The town in

which I lived in South Australia

had a population of over 30000

Where I am now living has a

population of around 1800 ndash about

the same size at Watton just before

WW2 The nearest major town is

120 kilometres away and there is

just one small village in between

Recently a national newspaper

article suggested the local

supermarket was the most

expensive in the country and

having shopped there I can attest to

that

However it is one of the friendliest

places I have rested my head over

the years and the services

particularly medical for such a

small area are astonishing We

have an eight bedroom hospital

with a fully staffed emergency

department an aged care home

five doctors a Health and Home

Community service which must be

the envy of major hospitals around

the world All of this is free of

charge mind you However there is

always a catch and this one is a

whopper if you ignore the basic

rule ndash get ambulance cover

Ambulances are not free in

Australia no matter where you live

on this vast continent People who

are not pensioners (for whom

ambulance cover is free) need to

pay the ambulance service an

annual fee unless they want to get

slugged with a bill that would make

their mortgage look like a piggy

bank It is not horrendously

expensive to take out this cover

around $100 (pound50) for a single

person but if you get really ill and

the local hospital is unable to cope

(say in the case of a major road

accident) the bill to the nearest city

hospital which you will recall I

mentioned was 120 kilometres

away will slug you $1500(pound750)

And because this is the Alpine

region of Australia a helicopter is

often used to rescue people ndash I

havenlsquot dared ask what that would

cost

There is a saying in Australia

which is quite simply the tyranny

of distancelsquo and you realise it when

you live in small towns such as

this While all the major things you

need in life are available there are

the things like a broken window

where you hope the local glazier

has just the right glass you need

There is nowhere to buy a new car

you would be crazy to buy a

television locally quite simply

because it would cost you many

more dollars And then there is

getting to the nearest capital city

Melbourne is a five hour drive

away and that is on a three lane

highway Sydney is about the same

distance although anybody who

wants to go to Sydney needs rocks

in their head however and is there

always the however a friend of my

suffered a major heart attack and

needed triple by-pass surgery He

had to be flown to the specialists at

a Sydney hospital and his wife had

to put up in a nearby hotel while he

recovered They were fortunate in

that they had private health

insurance but if they had not it

would have cost them thousands

and of course they had to get

friends to look after their pets

water their garden ndash the list goes

on

Mind you there are massive

advantages to living in this area of

the world Apart from the fact it is

probably the most beautiful country

in Australia with snow capped

peaks in winter and wonderful

walking trails in summer the people

are friendly I have not yet met one

single person who did not welcome

me with enthusiasm It is the type

of place where you stop and talk

for half an hour to somebody in the

street and the bank tellers call you

by your Christian name when you

walk in

I mentioned earlier the wonderful

health service After arriving here I

needed an operation to repair a

ruptured Achilles tendon The

community went out of its way to

make sure I was ok People brought

food another person would keep

the fire in the lounge burning and

three times a week somebody came

in to clean and tidy up ndash all for

nothing There are not too many

places on earth where that happens

It is now Spring in this area of the

world and while the snow begins to

melt on the mountain tops the trees and

flowers come out in their glorious

colours the grass is green and like the

cows around here Ilsquom a very contented

man Quite frankly I think I have

found an earthly paradise

Talk to you again soon and please

write if there is anything you would

like to know or comment on the

article The email address is

oconozbigpondcom

The Wayland Agricultural

Society would like to say a big

thank you to all who supported

participated sponsored and

came along to the Show in

August It was a fantastic day

and over pound8000 was raised for

local charities

An even wider variety of

attractions than ever before and

the usual high standard of

livestock entries made it a

family day out to remember

Caston Camera Club were the

official Show photographers and

there are many superb photos on

their website available to

purchase should visitors wish to

do so

For local organisations wishing

to apply for funding from the

proceeds application forms can

be found on our website

wwwwaylandshowcom

Alternatively they should

contact the

secretarywaylandshowcom

The requirement is that

applicants should be a registered

charity and have local

connections with the Wayland

Area The funds will be

allocated and distributed early

next year

The Committee are now starting

to plan next yearlsquos show We are

a friendly and active committee

who wholeheartedly welcome

new volunteers and would

encourage anyone interested in

being involved to contact the

Secretary (as above) and come

along to our next meeting to find

out a bit more

Wayland Agricultural Society thanks For the last eight years many of us have

enjoyed our regular Coffee amp Cakes at

the Queens Hall Coffee Mornings held

on Farmers Market Day Thanks to a

small but dedicated group of volunteers

we have enjoyed memorable home

baked scones cakes and pastries and

the small pangs of guilt about our

waistlines have been more than

compensated for by the pleasure of

good company in pleasant

surroundings The Coffee Mornings

have also generated a regular addition

to Queens Hall income which is

becoming increasingly important at the

present time The Hall is not publicly

funded on a regular basis and relies on

hiring fees to pay for the day to day

expenses currently in excess of pound1000

per month so any additional income

has been much appreciated

Unfortunately for a variety of personal

reasons the current team are

reluctantly retiring at the end of this

year and unless someone else is

willing to take over this pleasant event

the December morning will be the last

Is there anyone out there willing to fill

the gap If you think you might be

interested talk to us at the next Coffee

Morning on November 6th or phone

01953 885698

Queens Hall Coffee Mornings

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 9

Young people who have made an

outstanding achievement in the community

were recognised on Friday evening at the

glittering Pride in Breckland Youth Awards

ceremony

Breckland Youth Council had been

inundated with nominations since the

inaugural Pride in Breckland Youth

Awards were started and Youth

Councillors had a very difficult job in

picking winners

The awards recognise and celebrate those

people aged 11-19 and their role in helping

make Breckland a special place

Amongst other well-known local people

presenting the awards were Elizabeth

Truss MP Kiss FMlsquos DJ Thomsta Adrian

Stasiak Deputy Leader of Breckland

Council and British record holder and IPC

World Number One Para-Olympian shot-

putter Danny Nobbs

The results of the awards were as follows

Young Arts Performer of the Year Winner

- Oliver Johnson Runners up - Oliver

Haylett amp Kyle Fenn

Young Green Person Group of the year

Winner - Aaron Bolton and the Eco Bugs

Project

Young Sports Person of the year

Winner - Pippa Horn Runners up -

Joe Ground and Declan Davis

Young Volunteer of the year

Winner - Sam Trayton Runner up

- Laura Allen Highly Commended

- Alistair Wright and Stuart Green

Young Carer of the year Winner -

Leslie Fincham Runner up -

Bethan Thomas

Young innovator of the year

Winner - Jordan Bailey Runner up

- Lewis Hanrahan

Young Group Project of the year

Winner ndash ACOSY Runner up -

The Right Direction

Outstanding Achievement of the

year Winner - Kelsy McTaggart

Runner up - Thomas King

Youth Worker of the year Winner

- Emma Fletcher Runner up -

Sally Palmer

Hosting the Event Adrian Stasiak Deputy

Leader of Breckland Council said ―This is

an opportunity to applaud and celebrate

some of the remarkable contributions that

Brecklandlsquos young people are making both

within their local communities and across

society We are all extremely proud of the

strong community spirit that the young

people of our district show and I applaud

Breckland Youth Council for organising

such an event

Young Achievers recognised in Pride in Breckland Awards

Pet lovers are being urged to comply

with EU quarantine regulations or face

being separated from their pet and

paying for the privilege

Norfolk County Councillsquos Trading

Standardslsquo team is urging the countylsquos

pet owners to make sure they know their

legal requirements when travelling

abroad or returning to the UK with their

pets The warning comes after Trading

Standards officers were called to deal

with a puppy that had been brought into

the UK illegally albeit unintentionally

by its owners

A Great Yarmouth vet contacted the

County Councils Trading Standards

team after becoming suspicious that the

Dachshund puppy had not received the

appropriate vaccinations to travel to the

UK

Within an hour of receiving the

telephone call Trading Standards

officers were on the scene The puppys

owners claim a vet in Lithuania issued

the four-month-old dog with a passport

and told them it was OK to bring it to

the UK However the puppy had not

been vaccinated against rabies or tested

for the disease after six months to see

if it was rabies-free as is the legal

requirement

The puppy has been placed in the care

of quarantine kennels at the expense of

its owners where it will remain for up

to six months to ensure it does not

have rabies

Pet owners and members of their

families who live outside the UK are

reminded they must comply with the

Department for Environment Food and

Rural Affairs Pet Travel Scheme

(PETS) to avoid putting their pet into

quarantine

To bring a dog cat or ferret into the

UK from an EU country without

having to place the animal into

quarantine owners must adhere to

certain rules under PETS These are

- The animal must be microchipped

- The animal must be vaccinated

against rabies

- After 6 months the animal must have

a blood test to ensure the vaccination

was effective

- Owners must obtain a passport for the

animal

- Before entering the UK owners must

ensure their animal is treated for ticks

and tapeworm not less than 24 hours

and not more than 48 hours before it is

checked in at the port airport

- The animal must travel with an

approved transport company on an

authorised route

Councillor Ann Steward Cabinet

Member for Sustainable Development

at Norfolk County Council with

special responsibility for Trading

Standards said ―We are a nation of

pet lovers and I completely understand

why people would want to travel with

their pets but we must be sensible and

play our part in ensuring the UK

remains rabies-free

―Importing any animal into the UK

without placing it into quarantine or

adhering to the Pet Travel Scheme is

an offence and pet owners found to be

flouting or ignorant of their legal

obligations face possible prosecution

huge quarantine bills and the prospect

of spending up to six months away

from their pets which can be very

distressing

Gemma Nicholls Trading Standards

Officer at Norfolk County Council

said Its never easy removing a pet

from its owner but the laws are in

place for one very simple reason - to

keep the UK free of this deadly

disease If you break the law you could

face prosecution as well as a hefty

quarantine bill so I urge anyone who

wants to bring a pet into the UK to

double check the rules and ask for

advice

To find out more about the Pets Travel

Scheme visit ww2defragovuk (yes

that is correct) or telephone its

helpline on 08459 33 55 77

Pet lovers urged to know the law and avoid big quarantine bills

Ovington Christmas Bazaar Make a note in your diary to visit

Ovington Village Hall on Saturday 4th

December between 12 and 3pm so you

dont miss the traditional Christmas

Bazaar The proceeds from this

annual event are split between

Ovington Church and Village Hall

and there will be ample opportunity

to support these two worthy causes

There will be a raffle tombola

hamper competition books and toys

games toy lucky dip cakes and guess

the weight of the cake If you are

looking for inspiration for the festive

season there is a Christmas crafts

stall gifts and a pound1 stall As is

traditional in Ovington refreshments

will feature prominently whether you

just want tea or coffee or something

more substantial Come for lunch -

we will have a choice of delicious

home-made soups and filled rolls

Bring your children as Father

Christmas will be paying a visit

Watton Silver Band Needs You Watton Silver Band was established

over 100 years ago to entertain the

community in and around Watton

fulfilling all sorts of engagements such

as church services garden fetes and

carnivals Today the band comprises

some 15 players who come together

simply because they enjoy playing

We are looking to recruit more

members We have a junior band who

feed into the main band once they have

achieved a reasonable standard

Instruments and tuition are provided

free of charge If you are interested in

playing for us then do not hesitate to

contact Chris Austin (band master)

01953885296

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 10 Gardening

On Thursday 16th September we

were delighted to welcome back

Graeme Simmonds for his second

visit This time his talk was entitled

Findings in the Soil 2 - Medieval

and Tudorlsquo When most of us think

of the Norman invasion of 1066 we

may have in mind Harold with his

eye full of arrowlsquo and following on

the Domesday Book some years

later We may also think of the

inconvenience of the survivors of

the ruling classes of having to speak

Norman French Most of them

probably already did What doesnlsquot

immediately spring to mind is the

regulation and oppression of the

English people For example ladieslsquo

hairdressing The only approved

style was long plaits wound round

the ears like modern earphones but

called ramshornlsquo Not a very

elegant name The nobility were

allowed to wear hoods as well

Surprisingly the only women who

wore their hair down were

prostitutes

This was Graemelsquos opening gambit

in what has become a history lesson

for what the ordinary peoplelsquos

living conditions were like Another

bit of oppression was that only 5

of the population - the rich men -

got an education This was

classical Latin astronomy

geography maths etc Women were

brought up to be household

managers As it was felt

inappropriate for women to have a

classical education their managerial

training included writing They

must have been able to read what

theylsquod written but that was all and

limited to household business

Womenlsquos main occupation was the

production of cloth spinning and

weaving wool both for their own

use and commercially This led to a

box of buckles of incredibly varied

sizes There were no buttons then

so clothes had to be held together

by clasps buckles and hooks The

majority were made of copper or

bronze with silver or gold for the

rich Most of the buckles in the box

were missing the central pin as

these were commonly made of iron

so rusted away during their stay in

the soil As these items were from

the 14th to 18th century there were

several styles and all handmade

normally by the local blacksmith

The cloth trade was very important

in East Anglia for export as well as

domestic consumption and was

regulated by officials the equivalent

of modern Customs amp Excise who

attached alnage seals to each bale

Without these seals the cloth could

not be bought or sold The seals

were made of lead - cue another

box Graemelsquos collection is from

one field near Reepham and come

from far and wide - including

Antwerp

Nuremberg Seville

as well as English

The seals are all

different in design

presumably to

indicate the

inspector

On to the coins and another box As

well as pennies and groats

international coins have been found

and we were handed a beautiful

Doge of Venice coin of the era of

Antonio Venisrio who was Doge

from 1382-1400 During this time

Venice controlled the

Mediterranean trade but the coin

was found at Acle This just goes to

show how important the import-

export trade was in Norfolk and

Suffolk Another startling coin was

the quarter noble coin dated 1350

from the reign of Edward III This

is very thin but wonderfully

preserved as it is made of pure 22

carat plus gold shining as if it were

made yesterday Someone important

(or their servant) lost a lot of money

the day they dropped it

The final box contained crop-

pickers tokens These were given to

labourers at the end of each day

instead of cash and was an early co-

op system These were made of lead

and are all local with more turning

up all the time Signature seals were

also in this box including a Papal

seal from Honorius II 1217-1224

and it makes you wonder how that

turned up in Norfolk

The last piece handed round was a

pendant depicting Saint Barbara

She is patron of artillerymen

military engineers armourers

gunsmiths miners masons anyone

involved with explosives anyone

afraid of lightning or sudden death

at work She is celebrated by

various military units involved with

armoury and explosives and gives

her name to Santa Barbara in

California Therelsquos lots more about

her on the good old internet The

pendant has her with a tower (she

was incarcerated in one by her

father to protect her from the

outside world and she rejected an

arranged marriage) Her father was

subsequently killed by lightning

when he executed her hence the

patronage of lightning and

explosives

Graeme gave us one final bit of

advice - if you find anything that

looks interesting donlsquot rush to wash

the soil off it Leave it on an indoor

windowsill to dry out then gently

remove the soil but donlsquot scrub it as

you may remove valuable evidence

of what it is

Thank you Graeme for another

fascinating evening and for bringing

the articles you showed us not

forgetting the biscuit tin in which

we were invited to get our hands

dirty and fish things out To sum it

up the first question I was asked at

the end of the talk was Whenlsquos he

coming back againlsquo and you canlsquot

say fairer than that so herelsquos to next

year

The mini-show - Any Single

Flowering Stem

1st Ralph Kinsley dahlia

2nd Judy Atkinson viola

3rd Eric Reeves red hot poker

HC Geoff Twelftree dahlia

Marianne Kilmartin

Publicity Officer 01362 820744

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society

Breckland Flower and Garden Club Octobers meeting was well attended

to watch Alison Cushings

demonstration Seasonal Her love of

roses showed through her designs as

she blended them with shamrock

chrysanthemums gerberas Chinese

lanterns veronica and sunflowers

Most of her arrangements were

modern although she closed the

afternoon with a traditional triangle on

a lovely raised container

The competition for Autumn in a

Copper Container - New Hands was

won by Janet Skidmore Old Hands

by Shirley Penfold who also won

the trophy for Best Exhibit

Table show for three stems of

autumn colour from the garden was

won by Shirley Penfolds Nerines

November meeting will take place

at Old Buckenham Village Hall on

Thursday 11th November at 2 pm

when Lisa Howard will demonstrate

Enchanted Christmas The

competition title - Enchantment and

the table show is for dried or

preserved plant materialDont

forget December 9th when there

will be a workshop and afternoon

tea (please bring a plate)

commencing 130pm More

details next meeting

Visitors are always welcome -

phone Sally 01953 788712 or Pat

01953 457305

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Norfolk Wildlife Trust

To ask a question about the Norfolkrsquos Wildlife please call the Norfolk Wildlife Information Service Wildline 01603 598333 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri E-mail wildnorfolkwildlifetrustorguk Website httpwwwnorfolkwildlifetrustorguknaturalconnections Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467 Tuesday 16 November 745pm-930pm Bats- Denizens of the

Night A illustrated presentation by Sam Philips Ecology Consultant

of the Norwich Bat Group Followed by refreshments and raffle

Venue Watton Christian Community Centre High Street Watton

Cost pound200 members and pound300 for non-members

Flaming Fall Not the colour of the

leaves which we donlsquot get until

December if the leaves colour at all but

Lycoris radiata - commonly known as

Spider Lily Hurricane Lily Naked Lady

and several other regional names These

are similar to the Nerine found in

English gardens and have a similar habit

(leaves in winter die

down and in autumn

the flower stalks shoot

up followed by leaves

again once the flower

has faded in mid-

November Lycoris

radiata has a flaming

red flower 16 cm

wide on a 50 cm stem

The bulbs multiply

very reliably and

despite having dug up

great clumps over the

years to give to friends

and sell at Farmers

Market you will see

from the photos that

there are still plenty

left (and even more

around the side of the

house) There are

some in a tub by my

door and I always pat

them on the head each

time I come and go

Cabbage and Collards

are coming along

nicely in the vegetable garden and the

Egyptian Walking Onions are

resprouting Multiplying onions are

doing well but I donlsquot know where the

leeks went As if to prove they could get

along without me for the three weeks I

was away on holiday the Viva Italia

tomatoes have produced loads of fruit

but they donlsquot seem to be in a hurry to

ripen I set a sprinkler to run on a timer

three times a week for an hour at a time

and while most things survived a few on

the outer edge where the water didnlsquot

reach look a bit sad Still it will rain

again here one day

Today I have been digging the baby fig

trees that I layered this time last year

They have nice roots now and have gone

into containers to continue their journey

into adulthood Beetroot lettuce and

carrots have been seeded and now Ilsquom

running out of sunny space I see more

lawn disappearing in the future Spring

flowering bulbs pansies and other cool

season bloomers are in the nurseries

now and pumpkins are everywhere

artistically arranged in peoplelsquos front

yards or carved into scary faces These

will disappear as we transition into

November having been transformed into

pumpkin pies and soups for

Thanksgiving feasts The hummingbirds

have suddenly left and their place at the

feeders has been taken by butterflies

sipping on the sweet nectar Tasks for

November include application of copper

spray to peach trees at time of leaf drop

and gather covers to protect plants if an

early freeze threatens

Tomato-Tomayto Gardening in Navasota Texas with Helen Quinn

Our first meeting at Holme Hale in The

Pavilion went very well Firstly we all

received a welcome and an introduction

from our new Chairman David Green He

told us a little about his past membership

of other garden clubs and urged

everyone to take part in activities at

meetings in order to make the club lively

and interesting and to join in on

arranged trips Also to let the committee

know of things they would like added as

an alternative to the usual events There

are usually cheap and well grown plants

on the monthly sales table and full

advantage should be taken of these If

anyone has plants to spare or items for

the raffle these would be gratefully

received

We received a warm welcome from Hall

Chairman Michael Buttolph and his

short introduction to the recent history of

the Pavilion was most interesting

making us feel at home right from the

start

We were joined by several new members

and were happy to see the return of

others who had been forced to leave us

for a while Good to see you all We

hope that once word gets around that we

shall see more people from Holme Hale

they can be sure of an entertaining

afternoon

Then at last a chance to hear Trevor

Harrison from South Creake Nurseries

talking about the plants that he had

brought with him in order to show just

how much colour it is still possible to

have in the garden at this time of year

The grasses were quite spectacular there

were many kinds of heleniums lots of

different colours in the montbretias the

dahlias the rudbeckias and many more

easy to grow border plants

The beautiful blue Caryopteris and the

many coloured asters made a real splash

of colour along with the gentians the

colchicums and the cyclamen

There was a break for tea and biscuits

during which time David showed how to

take fuchsia cuttings Success to be

compared next year Then it was back

to Trevor for more about the plants on

show the drawing of the raffle and a

chance to purchase plants from Trevor

On the 21st October gardening guru

Richard Hobbs came along to deliver

what turned out to be a most informative

and well-structured talk on Winter

colour in the garden This visit came at a

time when winter seems to be on the

doorstep and when colour is never more

welcome

Richard defines winter as the period

between Michaelmas and Candlemas

and suggested colour in the form of

many perennials shrubs and trees

Eucomis also known as the Pineapple

flower or Pineapple lily offers flowers

and interesting seed heads with Eucomis

Bicolour additionally offering variegated

foliage Nerines were recommended not

only for their white flowers but for their

colourful bark Cyclamen Cipriani will

grow in dense shade and seeds readily

while Buxus Necrophilia (box) provides

winter interest additionally Daphne has

glossy green leaves and has scented

flowers in January and February For the

rose lover Rosa Nitida has glossy

leaves red stems and red hips

Cornus with its colourful stems and

changing foliage is a popular addition to

the winter garden one should aim to

have light at its back in order to get the

full impact Strong shapes in garden help

to add winter interest and Richard asked

members not to forget that texture (seen

in coastal areas for example) is very

important

It is impossible to mention all the

sources of winter colour which Richard

touched upon though for interested

readers some of these included

Agapanthus Lonicera or honeysuckle

all kinds of Hellebores (of which the

Christmas rose is probably best known)

Asters and Michaelmas daisies Others

include Ilex and Juniper Heucheras

(which will provide yearly cuttings) and

a whole host of ferns ndash the list is too

long to mention them all Some

wonderfully descriptive names included

Aster lady in black with dark foliage

and the Blackberry Lily with its black

fruit and orangey-red flowers

Richard thoughtfully fetched sprigs

of some of these plants with him

which were passed round to the

members While speaking he

offered interesting morsels of

gardening lore including advice on

the Chelsea chop which involves

cutting back some shrubs to one foot

in height thus promoting a host of

smaller flowers later in the year

This is so called because it should

be done around Chelsea Flower

Show week

The session finished with a Raffle and

some words from our Chairman Next

month (18th November) members are

asked bring a single stem from the

garden which will be judged by Mr Keer

who will be speaking on the subject of

Begonias David also asked for

suggestions for gardens to visit in 2011

and reminded members to keep the 16th

December free for the Christmas party

Ovington Gardening Club Our October meeting was a fascinating talk on

Garden Insects by Robert Maidstone which

was delivered in his own light-humoured way

and was most informative The November

meeting will be on Wednesday 3rd at 745pm

in the village hall when Rory Hart will give a

talk on Conservation in the Garden For further

details contact Ed on 01953 885848 or Carol

on 01760 440719

Ashill amp Holme Hale Garden Club News

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Remember remember the fifth of

November etc etc I make no apology

for repeating last yearlsquos plea for

everyone private or public planning a

bonfire to celebrate Guy Fawkes to

move the whole thing a few hours

before lighting it This will prevent

roasting hedgehogs or any other

animals that think it a good place to

shelter or hibernate

Some people say November is the start

of the gardening year It comes as a

surprise to those of us who traditionally

leave the whole thing until Easter

However as long as the soil is

workable this is the best month for

planting bare-root shrubs The one that

springs to mind is the rose Inevitably if

ordered by mail these will arrive as a

few sticks in a polythene bag with

finger-ripping staples to close it inside a

paper bag The instructions will be

inside the polythene bag and wet

because the roots will have been

doused by the supplier Oh and theylsquoll

arrive on the day the monsoon starts

Still the instructions will cheerfully

inform you that if the weather is

inclement all you need to do is keep

the whole bag in a cool dark place with

the roots moist The trick is not to put

them where theylsquoll be forgotten Been

there done that Once the weather is

reasonable plant the shrub The late

Arthur Billett of Clacklsquos Farm and

Gardenerslsquo Question Time gave out the

succinct instruction ―If youlsquove paid

76d for a plant dig a 76d hole to put it

in This was repeated by my father and

also Geoffrey Smith Itlsquos a good way to

remember to dig the hole deep enough

and wide enough to accommodate the

roots and put the graft point of the rose

about 2 below the finished level Also

put a generous amount of compost or

well-rotted manure in the bottom Use a

stick across the top of the hole to

estimate the depth and backfill well

using a bit more compost mixed with

the soil removed from the planting

hole Donlsquot be afraid to use your boot

close to the plant to pack the soil in to

remove air pockets - you donlsquot want its

little feeding roots waving about under

there The soil should still be warm

enough to divide and move perennials

but I heard recently that as our

Breckland soil is very sandy in the

main it is able to allow frost to

penetrate deeper than heavier ones that

keep the cold at the surface so thatlsquos

something to be aware of

Despite the gloom there is plenty of

colour to be had at this time of year

Winter-flowering heathers will keep

going even in cold weather and they

donlsquot mind windy locations They can

be planted close together for colourful

ground cover and are very effective in

containers specially if they can have

company such as hardy cyclamen Both

plants come in a variety of pinks

mauves purples and white Viburnums

are good at this time of year as well -

good old Bodnantense Dawnlsquo is very

popular when the flowers appear from

November until March on bare

branches You can cut some for vases

when the scent will fill the room Donlsquot

ignore plants that berry - holly of

course varieties of viburnum can

produce berries in red or black

Skimmias are in full berry now and will

flower in spring but most are unisex so

it takes two of them Both can be

planted in the same hole or container

Some berried shrubs are evergreen

Other container or border plants at their

best are ornamental cabbages in green

and pink and pansies in all sorts of

colours The michaelmas daisies and

autumn crocuscolchicums may still be

in flower There are trees for winter

interest as well The acers grown for

bark will show up nicely now the

leaves are down and the winter-

flowering cherry Prunus x subhirtella

Autumnalislsquo bears its small double

flowers on bare branches This one is a

very pale off-white but there are pinker

ones such as Autumnalis Rosealsquo and

therelsquos even a weeping version That

should stop the traffic Most of the

plants mentioned will grow in

reasonably well-drained soil in sunny

positions But on the whole theylsquore

pretty easy going as regards conditions

While youlsquore planting your bare-root

deciduous shrubs or trees make sure

they are staked if necessary A good

supplier will provide good instructions

If necessary water but not if itlsquos

freezing It might be worth putting

some bulbs around while youlsquore at it as

now is the time for tulip and lily bulbs

(and any others you forgot earlier)

Keep the digging going when the

ground is not soggy or frosted and

mulch If the ground has been dug over

while harvesting veg or tidying borders

just add a nice layer of compost or well

-rotted or leaf mould and let the worms

do the work This is a good time to

evict any pests - snails under pots

rodents in sheds - all need to be dealt

with Pick your option regarding the

snails but remember the lady who won

the amateur scientist of the year prize

by establishing that snails need to be

more than 30 metres100 feet away to

prevent their coming back so donlsquot just

throw them over the fence into next

doorlsquos garden

Take photos when itlsquos reasonably

comfortable outdoors so you can

incorporate something for next winter

in your plans When the weatherlsquos

really bad and youlsquove done all the tasks

just settle down with a glass of

something nice and start the planning

process for next year

Donlsquot forget the weeds will still keep

growing whatever the weather

In your garden with Lotta Potts

On WEDNESDAY 13th OCTOBER

we had a fantastic speaker of

gardening distinction Lucy Redman

A superb plantswoman who told of her

beginnings in gardening at early school

age with her mother and at her great

school garden at Hadleigh High now

sadly derelict She is now so passionate

about children being able to garden

that she along with 75 children at her

old school are redesigning those very

gardens the work includes art amp craft

plus drama working and display areas

science work and a weather station

She hopes for it to be completed within

the next year

She was the youngest person to be

accepted at RHS Wisley and studied at

the English Gardening School where

she achieved her Diploma in Garden

design She has been a Gold medal

winner at both Chelsea and Hampton

Court and writes a regular column for

the East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk

magazine

She has now set up her own School

of Garden Design at her beautiful

home in Rushbrooke in the depths of

breath-taking Suffolk countryside

Her garden has been featured in the

English Garden Magazine and

Country Homes and Interiors amp

Homes and Gardens It is a rare mix

of finely selected country garden

plants and features with more stately

plantings and then huge arty

sculptures and willow features

subtle colours and bright colours to

match the rooms from which the

garden is viewed

She gave us plenty to think about

her talk was entertaining and

inspirational

25 members attended It was the first

meeting taken by our new Chairman

Ed Szczepanowski who welcomed

everyone to this new Club Year with

an excellent Programme of Events to

look forward to We wish him well

leading our Club

The Flower competition was judged by

Lucy and was won by Claudine

Garrod 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Sue

Thomas We also have a new

Vegetable competition at each indoor

meeting and this was won by Hazel

Dunn 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Jane

Dalton The quality of entries was very

high Well done everyone who took

part

Our next Club meeting is on

WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER at

745pm in the Village Hall and should

prove a real crowd puller as it a very

interesting one to everyone By

GRAEME SIMM entitled HISTORY

BENEATH YOUR FEETlsquo

You are asked to bring along an

artefact you have found in your

garden

We know from others who have

booked this speaker that the evening

will prove to be a fascinating one and

could contain revelations about finds in

this and other areas so come along and

take part Everyone welcome

Free to members pound250 visitors

Refreshments and raffle

Donlsquot forget to enter our Flower and

Vegetable competitions

At the November meeting we will be

taking bookings for our Annual Dinner

in January on Sunday 12th Jan 1pm at

the Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant

in Attleborough Cost to be notified

We are a very active friendly club

always keen to increase our

membership and now is a great time to

join

If anyone would like a lift to meetings

please give me a call Jane Dalton

(Secretary) 01953 498694

Great Hockham Gardening Club news

Attleborough amp District Horticultural Society The November meeting of the society takes place on

Wednesday 17th November commencing at 730pm The

venue as usual is Attleborough Junior School and guests are

most welcome to come along The talk in November will be

―Ornamental Plants Grown for Their Scent

Mike Flood gave a very interesting talk on ―Heavy Horses

at the September meeting He has spent a lifetime caring for

working with and breeding these horses whilst working

fulltime in the agricultural supply industry and his talk was

full of anecdotes about these gentle giants We also came

away knowing how to tell apart Shires Percherons

Clydesdales and the Suffolk Punch

The Table Competition suffered from a lack of entries

However the prize for 3 stems of flowers went to Sally

Westrup and John Darlow took the award for 3 eating apples

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society November - it can get a little flat in the middle - short

gloomy days fireworks over and the garden is miserable

Come and cheer it up with a talk on Design amp Garden

History by Judith Srigley from Easton College

Venue Bradenham Village Hall Date Thursday 18th

November Time 730pm

As this is the start of our year you could join us and then

come to our Christmas Party in December full details on

18th November Further information from Marianne

Kilmartin Publicity Officer 01362 820744

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 13

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Most Makes of carpets

amp Vinyl Supplied and Fitted

Massage Treatments

Swedish Massage and Hot Stone Massage

Appointments available at

BROOM HALL Country Hotel

Saham Toney Your Local Three Star Hotel

Telephone 01953 882125 wwwbroomhallhotelcouk

At the recent 1940lsquos weekend in

Sheringham and Holt with the North

Norfolk Railway Wayland Scouts help

marshal the vintage cars at Holt Station

For the newest Scout it was an extra special

event as he was invested into Scouts from

the Cub Section on the foot plate of the

George Stephenson Steam Engine

Jackson Cutts was supported by his fellow

Scouts bearing the Grouplsquos flags as he took

his promise He was then treated to a short

ride along the track

Visitors to the event looked on including

some former Scouts

who were proud to

see that youngsters

were still enjoying

all that Scouting has

to offer

Akela Jo Ashford

commented it was

wonderful to have

somewhere different

for the investiture we

would like to thank the

crew for their help and

support It was an

exciting addition to a fun packed weekendlsquo

Apart for this activity both Sections have

been really busy during meetings the Cubs

recently placed host to Shelby and Mustang

tow Giant African Land Snails These

amazing creatures didnlsquot mind being the

centre of attention while the Cubs

discovered all about them The snails had

even recently laid some eggs which was an

added bonus for the Cubs to investigate

As the darker evenings arrive activities move

inside so the Scouts have been working on a

number of activities including mini pioneering

to create model gateways ndash ideas for next

yearlsquos camps

They have also been sharing their hobbies and

skills with some fantastic examples of Airfix

model building and Meccano

If you are interested in getting involved in

Scouting in Watton please contact Paul Cutts

01953 884243 or email

waylandscoutsgmailcom

Jackson steams his way into Scouting

Jackson Cutts on the footplate after his investiture

The speaker for September was Denise

Hammond-Webb on The Birth of Banham

Zoo John Goymer was an agricultural

labourer in the 18thC The Goymer family

who opened the zoo were small farmers in

1854 but in 1890 when farms became

mechanised amp workers left for London they

went to work in the local bakeries In 1909 the

family opened a bakery in Bury St Edmunds

The family delivered the

bread by horse amp cart

During WW1 there was

a great demand for bread

for the Army barracks amp hospitals The

business expanded so that during WW2

bakeries were opened in Thetford as well as

Bury In 1952 after sliced bread was

introduced the head of the family sold his

shops He bought a farm amp also opened a farm

shop which was very successful In 1956 they

bought parrots amp with pheasants opened the

collection to the public in 1968 When a

colony of monkeys arrived in 1971 it became

Banham Zoo amp Woolly Monkey Sanctuary

The Zoo has the finest collection of monkeys

in Europe but many visitors come to see the

endangered snow leopards Banham Zoo has

links with zoos all over the world We are

fortunate to live so near to the zoo

The winner of the competition for an animal

ornament was 1) June Clark 2) Brenda

Spencer Next monthslsquo speaker is Charlotte

Philcox amp the competition is a picture of

Autumn leaves

Attleborough WI

Town Council support for credit union In addition to the grant from the Breckland District Council

Participatory Budget scheme earlier this year to support our

marketing campaign by paying for advertisements in parish

magazines and this paper plus the printing of many

explanatory leaflets for distribution in the community Watton

Town Council very generously gave Wayland Community

Bank the local branch of Norfolk Credit Union a grant of

pound200 to help our work in the community and which has

enabled us to purchase some equipment for outside events

This includes a free-standing banner and a portable table top

display With these we hope to reach out further into Wayland

to let more people become aware of the support we can offer

through our credit union savings and loans schemes

There is a marked rise in the number of households

approaching the illegal loan sharks legal doorstep and

internet lenders for loans Many of these charge very high

interest rates which can be seen on the

lenderscomparedcouk web site

Credit unions however have their loan rates capped by

legislation at a maximum of 2 per month - 268 APR

and Norfolk Credit Union offers unsecured loans at

between 1 to 2 per month - 1268 to 268 APR We

currently have substantial funds available for all sorts of

small loans from domestic appliances to helping people

untangle their debts with the high interest lenders

Support for our campaign by local authorities is very much

appreciated and anyone wishing to have a chat with our

volunteers about savings current account or loans or about

joining us as a volunteer working for the local community

can contact us at Wayland House on 01953 883915 or view

our website wwwwaylandbankorg

There is also a loan calculator which can be viewed at our

Head Office web site wwwnorfolkcucouk

Water Water Everywhere by Edith Pleasance It was mid-morning of just another day at the office I

had taken down my usual load of dictation and was busy

dealing with it when the managerlsquos buzzer sounded

twice ndash the signal for me to report to his office along the

corridor with my notepad All sorts of reasons for the

summons came to mind Mr Reece was a man of habit

and did not like his usual morning programme disrupted

once he had dealt with the daily mail

I knew he had an appointment to see one of our branch

managers so guessed it to be just a progress report

Several days previously I had driven my boss (acting as

chauffeuse was one of my duties) to the most outlying

branch of our area where he would make a general

review of management etc while I mingled with

members of the staff and made a general nuisance of

myself This was a very effective way of discerning any

undercurrent there may be

On our way back to Area Office I remarked on a new

member of staff who because of the beautiful blond hair

caught back in a ponytaillsquo I took to be a female clerk I

walked around the back of the counter only to find it was

indeed a young man around seventeen I knew my boss

had a dislike of long-hair on male members of staff in

fact I once chided him on getting upset about it whilst he

never bothered that the mini-skirts of the young females

were getting shorter by the day Humphlsquo was his

response

Entering his office notebook in hand I was surprised to

see the pony-tailed young man accompanied by his

branch manager Without preamble Mr Reece started

dictating

―I John Smith state that I broke into the premises of my

employers on Friday evening last and turned full-on the

stopcock in the basement then went to both cloakrooms

on the ground floor and turned on all the washbasin taps

My actions resulted in the offices being flooded causing

extensive damage to the premises and its contents

―Right Edith I want that typed in triplicate

immediately Apart from the boy being automatically

dismissed I never knew the outcome of this unusual

case But I couldnlsquot help wondering why

Edith Pleasance copy 260910

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 News

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01953 881 885

Attleborough High School led by Head

of Languages Mrs Connie Wind Avery

celebrated European Day of Languages

in style A range of activities for students

focussed on different languages and

cultures Staff joined in the spirit of the

event by dressing up in national costume

and European styled clothes

Head of Languages at Attleborough High School Connie Wind Avery (4th from right) and fellow teachers (left to right) Frances Billin Head of RS Mrs

Linda Trounce Silke Schardt Caroline Graham Rowena Tyrer Kay Southgate and Laura Stowe

Attleborough High School Celebrate the European Day of Languages in style

West Norfolk Aviation Society Chairman Rod Rumsby welcomed

guest speaker Julian Horn to the

October meeting who gave an

account including a film of the

WW2 adventures of Bill McGrath

In 1940 aged 20 Bill McGrath

was posted to 82Sqdn at RAF

Watton as an ObserverNavigator

On 13th July 1940 82Sqdn

attacked (the German held)

Aalborg airfield in Denmark with

12 Bristol Blenheimlsquos they

encountered heavy flak and ME

109s and all but one of the

aircraft were destroyed Billlsquos

pilot bombed the airfield but the

aircraft was hit and ditched in

water 100m from the shore but

with rocks only a meter below the

surface As a result Bill suffered

severe eye arm and leg injuries

20 aircrew were killed amp buried at

Vadum cemetery 10 aircrew plus

Billlsquos crew became POWlsquos Bill

eventually escaped from a POW

camp and made his way across

Europe to Barcelona then returned

to UK via Gibraltar He received

the Military Medal and continued

his service as an Air Traffic

Controller A fascinating story of

bravery

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd

November 730pm at Methwold

Social Club Speaker Martin

McClelland Three Years at RAF

Kemble New members amp guests

welcomed For more Information

Tel 01842 879210

Free NHS Health Check at Total Health Pharmacy Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease diabetes or

kidney disease or suffering a stroke These conditions can

often be prevented even if you have a history of them in

your family but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight smoke take little

exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol

NHS Health Checks are being offered by Total Health

Pharmacy in Watton to assess a personlsquos risk of developing

stroke diabetes heart or kidney disease later in life

The Health check is free to people between the ages of 40

and 74 who are not already being treated for these

conditions An initial assessment will determine if you are

eligible for the free health check The health check will take

approximately 30 minutes during which various health

details will be recorded your blood pressure will be taken

as well as a simple blood test to check your cholesterol

The results of the check will determine a risk factor for the

likelihood of you developing the mentioned conditions later

in life and you will be given advice on how to lower your

risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Pharmacist Geoff Ray said ―NHS Health checks encourage

people to be aware of their potential risk factor to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting until it is too

late

The Health Check is available from Total Health Pharmacy

by calling 01953 881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14

Gregor Shanks Way Watton opposite the Watton Medical

Practice

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

FINE BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD

BOOKS JC amp Applestore Gallery

TelephoneFax 01953 883488 55 High Street Watton

For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

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ring Julian 01953 881885

Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

Written estimates always provided Memorials supplied

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Arrangements may be discussed in the privacy of your own home

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then please make sure it arrives in plenty of time

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You can contact Julian by ringing (01953) 858908 You can write to 32 High

Street Watton IP25 6AE Or you can leave copy in the bin at

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The e-mail address is julianmidnorfolktimescom

All views expressed in the Mid-Norfolk Times are those of the contributors and

not the publishers While every care and effort has been taken to ensure accuracy

the publisher cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions

This issue of the Mid-Norfolk Times was published by Julian Horn 32 High Street Watton IP25 6AE

and printed through wwwquotemeprintcom 0845 1300 667

EVENTS DIARY If you would like to see your event included in this section then

please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 3

BIOTITE LENS Crystal Therapy Spiritual Healing Crystal amp Pamper Parties

Workshops amp Crystals based in Watton

For more details and appointments contact

Pete on 01953 880003

Paul is the natural winner

Paul Giverin from Thetford has been

declared the overall winner of the 2010

Breckland Photography Competition

and winner of the Nature in Brecklandlsquo

category Paul who also triumphed in

the 2008 competition was awarded a

pound100 voucher for the Norfolk Camera

Centre in Dereham

Judges Simon Edwards Vicki Nunn and

Graham Corney all professional

photographers decided that Paullsquos

haunting picture which was captured

early one autumn morning at

Gooderstone Water Gardens was the

clear overall winner across all four

categories Jan Vlcek from Thetford

triumphed in the Creative Brecklandlsquo

category Ken Clegg from Watton was

named the winner in the Architecture in

Brecklandlsquo category and Rosa Furneaux

an 18 year old from Dereham was top in

the Active Brecklandlsquo category

Individual category winners each

received a Camera Centre voucher for

pound50

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities and

Benefits said he was impressed with the

standard of the submissions

―With so many talented entries this year

it was a difficult choice for the judges

Not everyone can be a winner but no-

onelsquos efforts will be wasted as all the

photographs will all form part of a

touring exhibition

Photography is something of a passion

for Paul and the Breckland competition

is an annual fixture on his calendar He

said

―I always look forward to a new

challenge for the Breckland competition

each year This photo was taken in the

morning when the sun had just broken

through I photograph at Gooderstone

Water Gardens quite often I even dashed

up there one Sunday last December after

a heavy snowfall ndash needless to say I was

the only person there

Left to right Breckland Photography Competition Judges Simon Edwards and Vicki Nunn with Paul Giverin

Old Buckenham November Market All Saints Church will be holding its traditional November Market in

Old Buckenham Church Rooms on Saturday 13 November from

11am to 2pm There will be the usual stalls - do come along and join

in for a light lunch of soup rolls and other goodies

Additionally a representative from the Energy Saving Trust will be

present with an information stall

Information courtesy httpoldbuckenhamblogspotcom

ldquoThe Best In Country Musicrdquo 730 bdquotil late

Diabetes UK Our booked speaker was unable to attend

the meeting in October so we had a

general chat about Diabetes how it

affects people differently tips that

members had found helpful and so on

and so forth This proved to be very

successful and interesting Even the

Watton Two John amp Rod were asking

intelligent questions - an unusual

occurrence

Our meeting on November 8th will be our

AGM followed by a light hearted quiz

All members welcome both past and

present If you have Diabetes or care for

someone who does you are most

welcome to join us at any of our

meetings

We meet at the Pentecostal Church

Watton at 1015am to whom we are

grateful for the use of their facilities

Refreshments are available and the cost

per person is pound150

For further information please phone

Helen 01953 884713 leave a message

and I will get back to you as soon as I

can

We will also have a stand at the

Christmas Market on November 28th so

please come and say hello and meet the

people who run the group We look

forward to seeing you

Festive Bazaar St Peter and St Paul CE VC School Carbrooke We are having a Festive Bazaar on

Saturday 20th November from 12 - 4pm

This will be held in and around the

school

There will be craft stalls games

refreshments and much more So come

along and grab some festive bargains and

reindeer food before the December rush

Anyone interested in helping or having a

stall please contact Vicky Earl at the

school or email darrennsamskycom

Caston Christmas Fayre Our annual Christmas Fayre this year will

be on Saturday 20th November in the

Village Hall starting at 2pm until around

330pm There will be raffles games and a

Tombola as well as Cakes Fancy Goods

Bric-a-brac a Christmas Goods stall - all

the traditional Christmas Fayre contents In

addition the HAMPER DRAW will take

place - a chance to win a wicker picnic

basket packed with many items for

Christmas Why not come along and have

a go at winning one of the super prizes and

enjoy your first mince pie of the season

Watch Out Watch Out Theres A Wolf About Rehearsals are under way for the

production of our pantomime Red Riding

Hood which will be shown in the Queens

Hall Watton February 2011 We have

some original cast members and some new

recruits Everyone is enjoying their role

and the laughter can be heard from

Thompson Village Hall on a Tuesday and

Thursday Evenings

It is our 25th year so we are getting ready

for a big celebration and do hope everyone

will come and support your local

pantomime group

If you have any spare time and would like to

join our jolly group then please call

Stephanie Easter - Chairman 01953 483752

Dereham Organ Concert David Thomas professional player and

demonstrator for Roland will be playing

a concert on Friday 12 Nov at The

Meeting Point St Withburga Lane

Dereham 7-10pm concert starts 715

and entrance fee is pound4 per person

including refreshment on the door

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 4 News

SALEC TRAVEL LTD Sat 6th November Bury St Edmunds 930am amp 3pm Return Adult amp Child pound5 Saturday 13th November Cambridge 9am amp 4pm Return Adult pound10 Child pound6 Tuesday 16th November Kings Lynn 930am amp 3pm Return Adult amp Child pound5

Saturday 20th November Westfield Shopping Centre 8am amp 5pm Return Adult pound19 Child pound12

Sunday 28th November Bury Christmas Market Adult pound10 Child pound5 Thursday 2nd December Fakenham Xmas Trees 930am amp 130pm Return

Adult amp Child pound5 Saturday 4th December Ipswich 9am amp 4pm Return Adult pound9 Child pound6

Sun 5th December Rochester Festival 8am amp 5pm Return Adult pound19 Child pound15 Wednesday 8th December Thursford Evening Show Adult amp Child pound3750

Saturday 11th December Christmas Seaside Special Show at Cromer Adult pound22 Sunday 12th December Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park Adult pound15 Child pound10 Sunday 19th December Christmas Lunch at The Burrage Gorleston Adult pound20

Monday 20th December Wisbech Christmas Market 9am amp 4pm Return Adult pound10 Child pound550

Wednesday 29th December Christmas Circus Times TBA Price TBA Saturday 8th January Lakeside Sales 8am amp 5pm Return Adult pound15 Child pound10

Saturday 22nd January Bury St Edmunds 930am amp 3pm Return Adult amp Child pound5 (PLEASE NOTE SOME OF THE DATES ABOVE HAVE BEEN CHANGED)

For more details please phone

01953 881159 PRIVATE COACH amp MINIBUS HIRE ALSO AVAILIBLE

Coffee at the Queens Hall and Table Top Sale Farmers Market Day-

Saturday 6th November 930 to 1130

Watton Evening WI Another very enjoyable evening this month

when member Anita Taylor showed us

some quick and easylsquo ways to make cake

decorations (mostly for our Christmas

cake) We were surprised at how simple it

seemed to be to turn a few coloured balls of

marzipan and icing sugar into delightful

little figures etc Then it was our turn ndash

Anita had all the ingredients ready for us to

have a go at copying her Father Christmas

for the friendly competition She judged

Lynnelsquos very good effort as the winner

Next month is our Annual Meeting which

we precede with a fish and chip supper

The business part of the meeting usually

only takes a short time and once thatlsquos

done and dusted the fun will begin hellip

Any lady who has ever thought she might

like to join the WI is welcome to come

along and join us at 730 pm in Watton

Christian Community Centre on Thursday

11th November to find out more

Therelsquos always lots of fun and laughter

when we get together Everyone has a jolly

good time whether we are being

entertained by a speaker or enjoying a

social evening with games and quizzes We

have a variety of speakers and activities

already lined up for 2011

Before that of course we will be going out

in December for our Christmas Dinner ndash

Lincolns Inn at Hingham a new venue for

us this year

Watton University of the Third Age (U3A) Member Brian Salmons is presenting a

Film evening on Friday 22nd October at

The Christian Community Centre

commencing at 7pm The films are all

made by Brian and have been shot

locally and worldwide some gaining

International Awards Each film is

approximately 15 minutes long

Refreshments will be available and

admission is free to members and guests

The Christmas Lunch will be at the

Richmond Park GC on Friday 10th

December at 1245pm Booking list is

now available Payment for this lunch is

due at the November meeting

Theatre trip to see Essence of Ireland at

the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmonds on

Tuesday 16th November is now full

Coach leaves Queens Hall car park at

6pm sharp

The next monthly meeting is on

Thursday 25th November at 2pm with

speaker Richard Wright with ―From Pigs

to Oil Lamps Members may note that

Richard usually has some very unusual

lamps for sale An ideal Christmas gift

The Watton U3A Membership Secretary

can be contacted on 01953 885358

For further information on the National

U3A go to wwwu3aorguk

Ashill Annual Craft Fayre We are holding our annual Craft Fayre in

Ashill community Centre on Sunday Nov

7th 10am to 330 pm come and support the

activities of Ashill Village Aid and maybe

find that extra special Christmas present

News from Rocklands School Early in the month the school held a

Community Day where parents and

governors all get together to do repairs

gardening maintenance and general

handyman tasks about the school We

extend a big thank you to all who

volunteered their services on the

community event The library and hall

have been re-decorated the conversation

houses re-roofed notice boards and a

drying rack were erected and some spring

cleaning too

A harvest festival was held at Rockland St

Peterlsquos Church and parents and carers

joined the children in a celebration of

autumn and the bounty it offers Once

again the singing was excellent as well as a

number of little plays and recitations put on

by each of the classes

The school opened its doors on Thursday

14th for Open Day and invited prospective

parents for a tour of the school and all its

facilities the PTA also provided some

delicious cake and coffee The previous

week the PTA and parents also provided a

scrumptious selection of cakes at our

regular Cake Sale a chance for all parents

to show off their culinary skills and help to

raise funds for our school

We have always been proud of our writing

in Rocklands We conducted a post-it

poll on attitudes to writing today in Class

3 where children were asked to rate their

enjoyment of writing on a scale of 0-10

When asked which part of the writing

process they enjoyed most the majority

agreed that it was the final draft where

all the ideas are sorted out and where

they are beginning to see something they

can be proud of One child preferred the

first stage because it is the point at

which the writers imagination is given

free rein

After many hours spent practising for the

Jump Rope Challenge in aid of the British

Heart Foundation Skipping Rope

Challenge and the appearance of some

surprisingly able skippers a very

successful charity fundraiser took place on

the 21st of October All sponsorship

monies will be sent to the above charity

Class 1 are busy looking at island life with

reference to the Katie Morag stories There

are some superb papier-macirccheacute models

being created and a very fun sticky time is

being had by all

Finally pupils enjoyed a welcome

break for half term and with all the

exciting annual festivals that take place

at that time

For further information about school

activities student projects and the

opportunity to keep up to date with

events visit our website http

wwwrocklandsnorfolkschuk Here

you can also listen to the children

talking about all the amazing fungi

they have found and researched Visit

the Parent page for school term dates

and the calendar for information and

school events throughout the year

Wymondham Helicopter Group Charity Event Friday 12th November 730pm at the

Corn Hall Diss Presents Roger Dean and

the Lazy Boys with a tribute to Johnny

Cash tickets pound16 pound15 with a pound1 off for

cons Tickets from the Corn Hall Box

Office wwwwymondhamhelicoptergroupbtckcouk

Village hall is floored Caston Village Hall has a brand new

tongued and grooved wooden floor with

newly fitted under-floor insulation to cut

heat loss and save on heating costs The

original floor had been in place since the

hall was built some 80 years ago but

having had various repairs over the years

the Hall Committee decided enough was

enough and so a new floor and floor

joists have been expertly put in place by

local Watton contractor Paul Lincoln

David Blincow newly appointed

Committee Chairman said ―Itlsquos our

intention to bring our village hall into the

21st century and while the building of a

new hall is out of reach for the

immediate future we have extensive

plans in hand for the refurbishment of

our present building We want to see far

greater use of the facilities that we have

and we will be adding to those facilities

as and when we can

The village hall is currently home to

Caston Camera Club (already the most

popular club in Norfolk) as well as

Caston WI and a number of other

facilities including upholstery classes

and a very popular Art Club The Village

Hall Committee have said they would

welcome hearing from anyone who has

an idea for any additional service club or

function that they would like to see held

at the village hall Contact can be made

through the booking secretary or by

feedback on the website

Asked if the improved facilities would

increase the hiring cost of the hall David

said ―There are currently no plans to

change the pricing probably the cheapest

in the area and which starts at pound400 per

hour for Caston residents and pound500 per

hour for others with a discount for

charities Anyone wishing to book the

hall for a private function can do so

either by calling the booking secretary on

01953 488 495 or by visiting our new

web site wwwcastonvillagehallcouk

where they will find both an on-line

diary showing when the hall is available

and an on-line booking form should they

wish to make a booking

Autumn Craft Fair The latest in the Wayland Partnershiplsquos

very successful Craft Fairs is being held

on Saturday 27th November Between

1000am ndash 200pm at the Queens Hall

Watton IP25 6DA Admission is free

We are delighted to offer you a

celebration of local crafts including

Christmas decorations bath products

greetings cards candles pyrography

jewellery wood turning animal portraits

silk flowers and much more

Our aim is to promote the handmade

work of talented individuals and provide

them with a venue where they can

exhibit and sell their work directly to the

public We also want to provide the

public with an opportunity to purchase

quality handmade crafts and allow them

to speak with the people who make them

We carefully select exhibitors to ensure

that the standards of crafts are kept high

and that there is a varied range of crafts

showcased at each event If you are

looking for something different and if

quality and affordability are important to

you you will find what you are looking

for at a Wayland Partnership craft fair

Refreshments will be available Contact

Susan Hollingworth 01953 880205 for

more information

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 5

Saham Heritage Craft Fair amp Annual Exhibition

Saturday 13th November 10am - 4pm Wells Cole Community Centre

Bell Lane Saham Toney Local Craft Products for sale

Local History Exhibition Refreshments served all day ~ free entry

Internet cafeacute opens in Watton

Watton isnlsquot exactly short of somewhere

to go for a bite to eat or something to

drink but Sandralsquos Cafe at 5A High

Street is most certainly a new asset to

the town

Some of you will remember Sandra

Barros following in her Dadlsquos and

Grandadlsquos footsteps in the restaurant

business from the Daily Fresh cafeacute in

Middle Street which Sandra ran very

successfully for 3 years until she was

regrettably forced to cease trading for

health reasons However Sandra saw

this as a temporary state of affairs

hoping larger premises would become

available where she would have scope

to extend not only the seating capacity

but also the kitchen and therefore the

range of dishes on offer

When the current premises became

available Sandra immediately applied for

planning permission for change of use

which was duly granted on the 21st of

September A miraculous transformation

then took place within a couple of weeks

with the entire family working around the

clock on the refurbishment sourcing as

many materials as possible from local

suppliers Their time was very well spent

as the cafeacute is light bright tastefully

decorated in coffee colours and very

welcoming whether you pop in for a

coffee or a full-blown lunch The chef

isnlsquot some mysterious person secreted

away in the kitchen since Sandra enjoys

waitressing and meeting her customers as

well as cooking ably assisted by her

mum-in-law Clotilde Since opening the

cafeacute has been well supported and has

kept them very busy Sandra is used to

hard work since at the same time as

running the Daily Fresh cafeacute in the day

time she was waitressing on the floating

bistro boat in Thetford

Sandra said she felt very honoured and

welcomed into the local community

when town Mayor Roy Ivory

conducted the opening ceremony at the

suggestion of former Daisy Fresh

customer Jacqui Seal the Town Clerk

on Tuesday 6th of October

Sandralsquos new extended menu has

something for everyone from

sandwiches and things on toastlsquo to jacket

potatoes and a range of main meals some

influenced by Sandralsquos Portuguese and

French heritage The home-made desserts

look especially tempting Having been

born in Portugal to Portuguese and

French parents Sandra spent several

years living and working in France

before moving to England 20 years ago

Everything on the menu is available to

take-away and always cooked to order

so deliciously fresh Sandra takes great

pride in not only the cooking but also the

presentation of her food and strives to

give her customers first class service

Many of her Daily Fresh customers have

said how thrilled they are that shelsquos

opened another cafeacute in the town

Sandra also offers an internet Cafeacute

facility in a separate area designed for the

purpose a first for Watton and available

during cafeacute opening hours Charges are

very reasonable at pound2 per hour or pound299

with a drink included Another indication

of Sandralsquos thoughtfulness is the

provision of a printer at a cost of 10-15p

per printed sheet

Opening hours are from 6am to 5pm

Monday to Friday and 8am to 5pm on

Saturdays The Cafeacute can be booked for

functions and Sandra also offers an

outside catering service

Sandra has asked us to extend a heartfelt

thanks to all her Daily Fresh customers

for their past and present support and for

all the gifts and good wishes Sandralsquos

hard work and care for her customers

should ensure the success she richly

deserves

Report by Rosalie Davis Gibb

Town Clerk Jacqui Seal Clotilde Sandra Cllr Wassell and Mayor Roy Ivory at the opening of Sandrarsquos Cafeacute

The next exhibition to be hosted at the

Dragonfly Gallery at Wayland House is

All Fired Uplsquo a collection of outstanding

ceramics by individual and groups of

potters from across Norfolk and beyond

There will be both functional and

decorative pieces in a wide variety of sizes

and styles ndash and made in a range of

methods with varying and unusual glazes

and colours

Prices range from just a few pounds to

pound100+ so this will be a good opportunity

for those looking for a Christmas gift for

someone special to find something unique

and beautiful The exhibition will be open

daily from October 30th to November 5th

(10 ndash 1 Saturdays and 10 ndash 4 weekdays)

The preview evening is on October 29th

from 700 ndash 830pm This is a free event

but call Susan on 01953 880205 to book a

place

Our final exhibition of the year will have a

seasonal flavour The Christmas Show -

always one of the most popular of the year

- takes place from the 4th ndash 11th

December

Although the Gift shop and Visitor Centre

are closed for the winter they are fully

open during exhibitions In addition to what

is available at the exhibition there is a wide

range of gifts and cards including

Christmas Cards available

All Fired Up What‟s on at the Dragonfly Gallery

Come and visit our Christmas Bazaar At Watton Christian Community Centre on

Saturday 20 November 2010 from 10 am to

130 pm Refreshments served from 10 am

with light lunches served from 12 noon

There will be a variety of stalls some of

which are Christmas decorations Cards

Books Bric-a-brac Homemade Cakes

Pantry (Preservatives etc) Toiletries Gifts of

all sorts as well as Guessing Competitions and

a Lucky Dip Something for all ages

We look forward to welcoming you on 20

November 2010 (Organised by Watton

Methodist Church High Street Watton)

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 6 Advertising

What a fantastic year we have all had

celebrating 100 years of Girlguiding The

celebrations started in September 2009 with a

fabulous day trip to Colchester Zoo where

members of the Watton District Guiding

enjoyed a fun and active day with the sun

shining brightly above We were able to feed the

Elephants and Giraffes and saw some animals

from all over the World 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies enjoyed being really close to some of

the animals through the windows fencing and

some of the Guides from 1st Saham Toney unit

made their promise while taking a train ride

around the zoo The day finished off with a

Division Camp Fire at Weeting where members

of the Watton amp District Trefoil Guild joined in

the fun

A small group of Guiders Brownies Guides

and Senior Section members attended a

Centenary Thanksgiving Service at Norwich

Cathedral on Saturday 20th February 2010

They travelled from Watton by bus and enjoyed

the service and singing very much Birthday

cards were shared between units and a way of

celebrating our 100th year in Guiding

Watton District Guiding celebrated their

Thinking Day with a church service at

Carbrooke Church and although the snow fell

spirits were high and afterwards we all enjoyed

some indoor games and decorated cupcakes

with icing and items in the centenary colours

Each unit made a cake decorated with the flags

of various countries around the world

The year has also been a time to participate in

the Centenary Challenge The 100 Adventure

Challenge encouraged all of us to complete

some different challenges and gain 100 points

during the year Some of the activities carried

out included Celebrating the Chinese New Year

a visit to the Wind turbine at Swaffham ndash

climbing the 308 steps a pamper session where

the Brownies from the 2nd Watton (RAF) unit

learnt how to perform a simple facial massage

Some of the 1st and 3rd Watton Brownies

recorded a radio jingle played parachute games

and had a meeting when the girls were in

charge

The Trefoil Guild took up their Centenary

Challenge to Make a Differencelsquo by raising

over pound130000 for Teenage Cancer Trust

Addenbrooks Appeal through the following

events An Open Evening with Susie Rice from

Teenage Cancer Trust held a Coffee Morning at

Ovington enjoyed Ploughmans Lunches at

Ashill invited many friends to join us at a

Pudding Evening in Watton plus donations

from 1st Watton Guides as a result of their

tombola staff at Watton Carnival Rotary and

Feltwell Trefoil Guild They have also been

joining in the fun by visiting the Crystal Maze in

London ndash all safely returned no one got lost and

they found the special plaques commemorating

guiding within the maze They have had many

other visits out held a Centenary Lunch at

Broom Hall Saham Toney and joined in a

County Trefoil Day at Patteson Lodge

Meanwhile the year has been passing on and

August brings a time to enjoy the open air with

the big Camping event ndash NORJAM 2010 This

was a fun packed adventure with dodgems and

bouncy castles for over 6000 Guides and Scouts

from all over the world 1st Saham Toney

Guides and Young Leaders joined in the fun

mixing with others units both locally and

around the world to celebrate the Guiding

Centenary with a massive cake decorated with

ducks The adventure went beyond imagination

with water sports quad bikes flying trapeze and

zorbing hellip Where else apart from the Norfolk

showground could you try all these activities

Before we know where we are it is September

2010 ndash a year on from the 1st event and

Saturday 18th September takes some 4000

members of Girlguiding Norfolk including

Watton District Rainbows Brownies Guides

Senior Section Leaders Helpers Volunteers

and Trefoil Guild members to an event ndash

Seaside Sparkle in Great Yarmouth It was a

truly magical celebration 1st Saham Toney

Guides described it as the mountain top moment

for Norfolk Guiding Everybody from the

Rainbows to the Trefoil Guild enjoyed a sun

kissed day There was so much to do from

glittering sand castles and sculptures being built

on the beach to travelling along the sea front on

the road train and open top bus Yesterdaylsquos

World Sealife Centre Merrivale Model Village

Hippodrome Circus Pleasure Beach Crazy

Golf Time and Tide Museum All Guiding

members were given reduced rates for our

special day and each Unit decided what

activities they would like to participate in The

finale was a specially constructed stage on the

beach with live bands playing and fireworks

The atmosphere was electrifying Everybody

was also provided with a girl guiding goodie bag

containing various items to use on the day and

keep as a memento - Wow it was certainly a

day to remember

A day like this cost us nearly pound5000 and we

have been helped in the funding of this by

grants donations and fundraising events Our

celebrations would not be complete without

giving our grateful thanks to the following

organisations-

Norfolk Community Foundation

Rotary Club of Watton and District

Wayland Agricultural Society CIC

They gave so generously and enabled the cost of

the day to be more affordable for everyone who

attended

Our Celebrations end as we all join together for

the Centenary Finale on Wednesday 20th

October 2010 (2010 - 2010 - 2010) at St Peter

and St Paul Church in Swaffham to renew our

Guiding Promise at 2010

What a fun packed year Watton District Guiding

have enjoyed

It truly has been Girls Having Funlsquo

Watton District Guiding consists of the following units-

Rainbows for girls aged 5 to 7 years 2nd Watton (RAF) Rainbows held on

Thursdays

Brownies for girls aged 7 to 10 years 1st Watton Brownies held on Thursdays

2nd Watton (RAF) Brownies held on

Thursdays

3rd Watton Brownies held on Wednesdays

1st Ashill Brownies held on Mondays

1st Saham Toney Brownies held on Mondays

Guides for girls from 10 to 14 years 1st Watton Guides held on Wednesdays

1st Saham Toney Guides held on Mondays

Senior section for girls from 14+ years held on

Wednesdays

Trefoil Guild held every 3rd Thursday in the

month

We provide a unique girl-only space

We promote equality and diversity

Welsquore relevant to todaylsquos girls

We give girls and young women a voice

and have done so for 100 years

If anyone would like further information

about Watton District Guiding please

contact Joanne Oxborough District

Commissioner on (01760) 441046

Watton District Guiding ndash bdquoGirls Having Fun‟

1st Saham Toney Guides enjoying some time on

the bouncy castle slide at Seaside Sparkle

1st Ashill Brownies enjoying the celebrations

1st Saham Toney Guides hit Great Yarmouth

ready for all the fun of Seaside Sparkle

The girls from 1st Saham Toney Guides with other

guides at NORJAM

1st Watton Brownies in the recording studio

Rainbows using their buckets for a different

purpose at Seaside Sparkle

Our District Commissioner Joanne Oxborough with

the Celebration Cake at Ashill Brownies

Posing for a group shot at their Thinking Day event

in Carbrooke Village hall

Feeding the elephants at Colchester zoo

Saham Toney Brownies and Guides join in the

Remembrance Service at Saham Toney Church

Above and below Enjoying the indoor games after

the Thinking Day service

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 7

Local business women raise funds for charity

A group of five local businesswomen

teamed up under the name of Dead Good

Designs held a Christmas shopping event

in Watton raising nearly pound800 in aid of

Great Ormond Street Hospital

The event held on 21st October was well

supported by around 100 visitors

throughout the day who all helped to raise

funds by buying raffle tickets and some of

the gorgeous gifts and jewellery produced

by the businesswomen Generous

donations for refreshments were also

given on the day

Raffle prizes worth around pound400 were

generously donated by local businesses

family and friends including a large gift

hamper contributed by the group and a

beautiful hand-made quilt donated by the

hostlsquos mother-in-law who also gave up

her day with family and friends to provide

teas coffees and delicious homemade

cakes to guests

The group of artisan business owners

joined forces recently to provide mutual

business support and share experiences

whilst also raising funds for charities and

worthy causes

This charity is particularly important to

Suzanne and husband Neil who hosted the

event ―Our daughter had successful open

-heart surgery there at the age of two so

raising money through the shopping event

was a perfect opportunity to give

something back

Following the success of this event the

group is keen to offer their services to help

others raise funds for charities at similar

shopping events or home parties They

welcome and encourage any invitations

The five women in the group are Angela

Jones of Artisans-UK Suzanne Lake of

Handmade from the Heart Penny Lindop

of Penny Lindop Designs Denise

Sheppard of More Than Just Words and

Jane Pennington of Stone-Me jewellery

For further information about other Dead

Good Designs events or to request the

grouplsquos support at a local charity event

please call 01953 881289 or email

goodiesdeadgooddesignscouk

Clockwise from top Suzanne Lake Angela Jones Jane Pennington and

Penny Lindop (Denise Sheppard missing)

Remembrance Events in Watton Remembrance Day ndash 11th

November There will be a short

Remembrance Day Parade on

Thursday 11 November 2010 at 1100

am to observe the Two Minute

Silence It is hoped that as many

Royal British Legion and RAFA

members will be present plus the

Standards The Two Minute Silence

will be held at the War Memorial at

the Thetford Road car park

Laying Of Poppy Crosses on War

Graves Saturday ndash 13th November A

short service will take place at St

Marylsquos Church Watton at 12 olsquoclock

to place the Poppy Crosses on the War

Graves in the Churchyard This

Parade is normally attended by

members of the public and 864

Squadron ATC and it has been

provisionally agreed that the Last Post

and Reveille will be sounded

Remembrance Sunday ndash 14th

November Watton and District

Branch of The Royal British Legion

invites all members of the various

organisations and the general public

from the town and surrounding district

to join in the Annual Remembrance

Sunday Service at the Town War

Memorial situated on the Thetford

Road car park on Sunday 14th

November 2010

The parade will assemble at 215 pm

for the Service at The War Memorial

at 230 pm when the names on the

Memorial will be read out and Poppy

Wreaths laid Afterwards there will be

a march of Standards Town Mayor

and Councillors members of Royal

British Legion RAFA Aircrew

Association and other organisations

present along Norwich Road to Saint

Marylsquos Church Watton provisionally

led by the Band of 864 Squadron

ATC for a Service of Remembrance

due to start at 300 pm

All members of the public are invited

to these moving services to remember

not only those who died in past

conflicts of First World War and

Second World War but those who

have died serving their country right

up to the present day This is not a

glorification of war but of

remembering the human cost of

preserving our way of life and our

sense of values

WAYLAND HAPPY CIRCLE Our October meeting turned out to

be rather different from our planned

speaker Due to unforseen

circumstances our Hearing Dogs for

the Deaf lady was unable to be with

us however Margaret Upton was

able to produce a very interesting

quiz and from that we had a general

discussion about various places and

people of historical interest etc

Many thanks for that Margaret

For our Christmas meeting on

Tuesday 7th December 2pm at the

WCCCentreit was decided that

we would KISS (keep it so simple)

this year just bring one Christmas

card per person NO PRESSY also

David Skipper will give us a talk on

the manufacture of apple juice and a

promise of a drink of mulled non-

alcoholic juice and a mince pie

afterwards

Hope to see you all there

The Trustees of this Charity will be

meeting on the 8th December to consider

applications from residents of Watton for

financial support this Christmas It is

hoped therefore that applicants will

contact the Clerk to the Trustees prior to

that date so that the Trustees can fulfil

their duties

The Charity is an amalgamation of

Charities set up many years ago to support

those in need The Trustees have a duty to

distribute the income of the Charity to

relieve either generally or individually

persons resident in the town of Watton

who are in conditions of need hardship or

distress by making grants of money or

providing or paying for items services or

facilities calculated to reduce the need

hardship or distress of such persons

Institutions or organisations which provide

or undertake in return to provide items

services or facilities for such persons may

also benefit

In the past few years grants have in the

main consisted of support for the elderly

to help with the extra costs of Christmas

andor heating costs However the

Trustees are most willing to consider

applications from other age groups

provided they are residents of Watton and

they are in conditions of need hardship or

distress

No preference is given to any section of

the community but there will be times

when applicants will be required to give

full personal financial details and provide

whatever information the Trustees require

before decisions can be made Any

information given will be treated in the

strictest confidence

Applications for assistance should be

addressed to-

Derek I Smith Clerk to the Trustees -

Watton Relief In Need Charity 39

Dereham Road Watton IP25 6ER Tel

01953 884044

Email derekfrenzymailcouk

Watton Relief In Need Charity

Wilfson remembers I remember when I was a young boy Mum used to give me 10 shillings and send me to

the International Stores on Watton High Street I would come home with cheese sugar

sweets bread cakes and often some biscuits

Cant do that now - too many security cameras

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 8 News

No passado dia 6 do corrente mecircs foi

inaugurado pelo Presidente da Vila de

Watton o Sr Roy Ivory um cafegrave

Portugues

SANDRAS Cafegrave de Sandra Barros

com uma vasta experiecircncia na aacuterea da

restauraccedilatildeo quer aqui em Inglaterrra

ou em Franccedila onde trabalhou tambem

varios anos nessa mesma area

Como natildeo poderia deixar de ser

Sandra agradece o apoio que tem

recebido de todos os clientes desde o

tempo em que tinha o Daily Cafegrave

O Cafegrave tem ao seu dispocircr toda a

diversidade de Bolos de Pastelaria e

Sobremesas refeiccedilotildees Inglesas e

Portuguesas e computador com

Internet num local reservado com

serviccedilo de Impressora

A especialidade da casa `e o Bacalhau

`a casa e Mexelhotildees c batata frita

Com menus especiais a Quarta-feira e

ao Saacutebado e com disponiblidade para

Festas de Aniversarios eou Catering

(por reserva) telef01953 883010

mόvel 07842158723

O cafegrave situa-se na High Street n 5A

com abertura das 6 da manhatilde άs 5 da

tarde

Se passar em Watton natildeo deixe de

visitar este sitio fantάstico

Cafeacute Portugues em Watton - Sandra‟s Cafeacute

Portugueses no St Johns Ambulance No passado Domingo mais duas

crianccedilas Portuguesas se juntaram

como membros do St Johns

Ambulance na Divisatildeo de Watton

Fazendo agora um total de 4 crianccedilas

Portuguesas 2 na qualificaccedilatildeo de

Badger e 2 como Cadete

`E um orgulho para a nossa

comunidade ver as nossas crianccedilas a

participar numa Organizaccedilatildeo

Inglesa e aprender desde cedo o

serviccedilo de voluntariado

Se pretende partecipar pode ligar

para o n 01953 883918 e falar com

Sra Rose Millard ou dirigir-se ao

local na rua St John Hall ndash Saham

Road (cruzamento em frente aacute

Junior School ) que esta aberto todas

as Quartas-feiras a partir das 6h da

tarde Boa Sorte

Aprendizagem na Casa Wayland O Inglecircs para Falantes de Outras

Liacutenguas As aulas (ESOL)

comecaram ha 5 semanas atraz e

estao a ser um sucesso Com 9

pessoas inscritas no inicio e que

neste momento ja estaacute completo

Qualquer pessoa interessada neste

curso deve entrar em contato com

Sra Jan na Wayland House-

Watton (01953 880202) pois

haveraacute uma nova seacuterie de 6 aulas a

partir do mes de Janeiro

Com a BBC estamos a tentar

garantir que todos tenham uma

oportunidade de entrar

Tem havido muito pouca aceitaccedilatildeo

para o Clait (Alfabetizaccedilatildeo em

Computaccedilatildeo e Tecnologia da

Informaccedilatildeo) Cursos que o ablitam

a um certificado e que seraacute

liderado pelo Poultec Centro de

Formaccedilatildeo

Estes cursos iratildeo comecar depois

do Natal por isso se vocecirc estiver

interessado entre em contato com

a Sra Jan o mais rapidamente

possiacutevel Os lugares em cada curso

satildeo limitados a cinco

Envie sua notiacutecia para Tina por e-mail para tinawattonfamilysupportlivecouk

Letter from Australia By Chris OrsquoConnor

As I mentioned in my last Letter

from Australia I have moved from

dusty South Australia to the

greener and much cooler climes of

the Victorian Alps a distance of

about one thousand kilometres and

it is distance that I want to talk

about this time around The town in

which I lived in South Australia

had a population of over 30000

Where I am now living has a

population of around 1800 ndash about

the same size at Watton just before

WW2 The nearest major town is

120 kilometres away and there is

just one small village in between

Recently a national newspaper

article suggested the local

supermarket was the most

expensive in the country and

having shopped there I can attest to

that

However it is one of the friendliest

places I have rested my head over

the years and the services

particularly medical for such a

small area are astonishing We

have an eight bedroom hospital

with a fully staffed emergency

department an aged care home

five doctors a Health and Home

Community service which must be

the envy of major hospitals around

the world All of this is free of

charge mind you However there is

always a catch and this one is a

whopper if you ignore the basic

rule ndash get ambulance cover

Ambulances are not free in

Australia no matter where you live

on this vast continent People who

are not pensioners (for whom

ambulance cover is free) need to

pay the ambulance service an

annual fee unless they want to get

slugged with a bill that would make

their mortgage look like a piggy

bank It is not horrendously

expensive to take out this cover

around $100 (pound50) for a single

person but if you get really ill and

the local hospital is unable to cope

(say in the case of a major road

accident) the bill to the nearest city

hospital which you will recall I

mentioned was 120 kilometres

away will slug you $1500(pound750)

And because this is the Alpine

region of Australia a helicopter is

often used to rescue people ndash I

havenlsquot dared ask what that would

cost

There is a saying in Australia

which is quite simply the tyranny

of distancelsquo and you realise it when

you live in small towns such as

this While all the major things you

need in life are available there are

the things like a broken window

where you hope the local glazier

has just the right glass you need

There is nowhere to buy a new car

you would be crazy to buy a

television locally quite simply

because it would cost you many

more dollars And then there is

getting to the nearest capital city

Melbourne is a five hour drive

away and that is on a three lane

highway Sydney is about the same

distance although anybody who

wants to go to Sydney needs rocks

in their head however and is there

always the however a friend of my

suffered a major heart attack and

needed triple by-pass surgery He

had to be flown to the specialists at

a Sydney hospital and his wife had

to put up in a nearby hotel while he

recovered They were fortunate in

that they had private health

insurance but if they had not it

would have cost them thousands

and of course they had to get

friends to look after their pets

water their garden ndash the list goes

on

Mind you there are massive

advantages to living in this area of

the world Apart from the fact it is

probably the most beautiful country

in Australia with snow capped

peaks in winter and wonderful

walking trails in summer the people

are friendly I have not yet met one

single person who did not welcome

me with enthusiasm It is the type

of place where you stop and talk

for half an hour to somebody in the

street and the bank tellers call you

by your Christian name when you

walk in

I mentioned earlier the wonderful

health service After arriving here I

needed an operation to repair a

ruptured Achilles tendon The

community went out of its way to

make sure I was ok People brought

food another person would keep

the fire in the lounge burning and

three times a week somebody came

in to clean and tidy up ndash all for

nothing There are not too many

places on earth where that happens

It is now Spring in this area of the

world and while the snow begins to

melt on the mountain tops the trees and

flowers come out in their glorious

colours the grass is green and like the

cows around here Ilsquom a very contented

man Quite frankly I think I have

found an earthly paradise

Talk to you again soon and please

write if there is anything you would

like to know or comment on the

article The email address is

oconozbigpondcom

The Wayland Agricultural

Society would like to say a big

thank you to all who supported

participated sponsored and

came along to the Show in

August It was a fantastic day

and over pound8000 was raised for

local charities

An even wider variety of

attractions than ever before and

the usual high standard of

livestock entries made it a

family day out to remember

Caston Camera Club were the

official Show photographers and

there are many superb photos on

their website available to

purchase should visitors wish to

do so

For local organisations wishing

to apply for funding from the

proceeds application forms can

be found on our website

wwwwaylandshowcom

Alternatively they should

contact the

secretarywaylandshowcom

The requirement is that

applicants should be a registered

charity and have local

connections with the Wayland

Area The funds will be

allocated and distributed early

next year

The Committee are now starting

to plan next yearlsquos show We are

a friendly and active committee

who wholeheartedly welcome

new volunteers and would

encourage anyone interested in

being involved to contact the

Secretary (as above) and come

along to our next meeting to find

out a bit more

Wayland Agricultural Society thanks For the last eight years many of us have

enjoyed our regular Coffee amp Cakes at

the Queens Hall Coffee Mornings held

on Farmers Market Day Thanks to a

small but dedicated group of volunteers

we have enjoyed memorable home

baked scones cakes and pastries and

the small pangs of guilt about our

waistlines have been more than

compensated for by the pleasure of

good company in pleasant

surroundings The Coffee Mornings

have also generated a regular addition

to Queens Hall income which is

becoming increasingly important at the

present time The Hall is not publicly

funded on a regular basis and relies on

hiring fees to pay for the day to day

expenses currently in excess of pound1000

per month so any additional income

has been much appreciated

Unfortunately for a variety of personal

reasons the current team are

reluctantly retiring at the end of this

year and unless someone else is

willing to take over this pleasant event

the December morning will be the last

Is there anyone out there willing to fill

the gap If you think you might be

interested talk to us at the next Coffee

Morning on November 6th or phone

01953 885698

Queens Hall Coffee Mornings

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 9

Young people who have made an

outstanding achievement in the community

were recognised on Friday evening at the

glittering Pride in Breckland Youth Awards

ceremony

Breckland Youth Council had been

inundated with nominations since the

inaugural Pride in Breckland Youth

Awards were started and Youth

Councillors had a very difficult job in

picking winners

The awards recognise and celebrate those

people aged 11-19 and their role in helping

make Breckland a special place

Amongst other well-known local people

presenting the awards were Elizabeth

Truss MP Kiss FMlsquos DJ Thomsta Adrian

Stasiak Deputy Leader of Breckland

Council and British record holder and IPC

World Number One Para-Olympian shot-

putter Danny Nobbs

The results of the awards were as follows

Young Arts Performer of the Year Winner

- Oliver Johnson Runners up - Oliver

Haylett amp Kyle Fenn

Young Green Person Group of the year

Winner - Aaron Bolton and the Eco Bugs

Project

Young Sports Person of the year

Winner - Pippa Horn Runners up -

Joe Ground and Declan Davis

Young Volunteer of the year

Winner - Sam Trayton Runner up

- Laura Allen Highly Commended

- Alistair Wright and Stuart Green

Young Carer of the year Winner -

Leslie Fincham Runner up -

Bethan Thomas

Young innovator of the year

Winner - Jordan Bailey Runner up

- Lewis Hanrahan

Young Group Project of the year

Winner ndash ACOSY Runner up -

The Right Direction

Outstanding Achievement of the

year Winner - Kelsy McTaggart

Runner up - Thomas King

Youth Worker of the year Winner

- Emma Fletcher Runner up -

Sally Palmer

Hosting the Event Adrian Stasiak Deputy

Leader of Breckland Council said ―This is

an opportunity to applaud and celebrate

some of the remarkable contributions that

Brecklandlsquos young people are making both

within their local communities and across

society We are all extremely proud of the

strong community spirit that the young

people of our district show and I applaud

Breckland Youth Council for organising

such an event

Young Achievers recognised in Pride in Breckland Awards

Pet lovers are being urged to comply

with EU quarantine regulations or face

being separated from their pet and

paying for the privilege

Norfolk County Councillsquos Trading

Standardslsquo team is urging the countylsquos

pet owners to make sure they know their

legal requirements when travelling

abroad or returning to the UK with their

pets The warning comes after Trading

Standards officers were called to deal

with a puppy that had been brought into

the UK illegally albeit unintentionally

by its owners

A Great Yarmouth vet contacted the

County Councils Trading Standards

team after becoming suspicious that the

Dachshund puppy had not received the

appropriate vaccinations to travel to the

UK

Within an hour of receiving the

telephone call Trading Standards

officers were on the scene The puppys

owners claim a vet in Lithuania issued

the four-month-old dog with a passport

and told them it was OK to bring it to

the UK However the puppy had not

been vaccinated against rabies or tested

for the disease after six months to see

if it was rabies-free as is the legal

requirement

The puppy has been placed in the care

of quarantine kennels at the expense of

its owners where it will remain for up

to six months to ensure it does not

have rabies

Pet owners and members of their

families who live outside the UK are

reminded they must comply with the

Department for Environment Food and

Rural Affairs Pet Travel Scheme

(PETS) to avoid putting their pet into

quarantine

To bring a dog cat or ferret into the

UK from an EU country without

having to place the animal into

quarantine owners must adhere to

certain rules under PETS These are

- The animal must be microchipped

- The animal must be vaccinated

against rabies

- After 6 months the animal must have

a blood test to ensure the vaccination

was effective

- Owners must obtain a passport for the

animal

- Before entering the UK owners must

ensure their animal is treated for ticks

and tapeworm not less than 24 hours

and not more than 48 hours before it is

checked in at the port airport

- The animal must travel with an

approved transport company on an

authorised route

Councillor Ann Steward Cabinet

Member for Sustainable Development

at Norfolk County Council with

special responsibility for Trading

Standards said ―We are a nation of

pet lovers and I completely understand

why people would want to travel with

their pets but we must be sensible and

play our part in ensuring the UK

remains rabies-free

―Importing any animal into the UK

without placing it into quarantine or

adhering to the Pet Travel Scheme is

an offence and pet owners found to be

flouting or ignorant of their legal

obligations face possible prosecution

huge quarantine bills and the prospect

of spending up to six months away

from their pets which can be very

distressing

Gemma Nicholls Trading Standards

Officer at Norfolk County Council

said Its never easy removing a pet

from its owner but the laws are in

place for one very simple reason - to

keep the UK free of this deadly

disease If you break the law you could

face prosecution as well as a hefty

quarantine bill so I urge anyone who

wants to bring a pet into the UK to

double check the rules and ask for

advice

To find out more about the Pets Travel

Scheme visit ww2defragovuk (yes

that is correct) or telephone its

helpline on 08459 33 55 77

Pet lovers urged to know the law and avoid big quarantine bills

Ovington Christmas Bazaar Make a note in your diary to visit

Ovington Village Hall on Saturday 4th

December between 12 and 3pm so you

dont miss the traditional Christmas

Bazaar The proceeds from this

annual event are split between

Ovington Church and Village Hall

and there will be ample opportunity

to support these two worthy causes

There will be a raffle tombola

hamper competition books and toys

games toy lucky dip cakes and guess

the weight of the cake If you are

looking for inspiration for the festive

season there is a Christmas crafts

stall gifts and a pound1 stall As is

traditional in Ovington refreshments

will feature prominently whether you

just want tea or coffee or something

more substantial Come for lunch -

we will have a choice of delicious

home-made soups and filled rolls

Bring your children as Father

Christmas will be paying a visit

Watton Silver Band Needs You Watton Silver Band was established

over 100 years ago to entertain the

community in and around Watton

fulfilling all sorts of engagements such

as church services garden fetes and

carnivals Today the band comprises

some 15 players who come together

simply because they enjoy playing

We are looking to recruit more

members We have a junior band who

feed into the main band once they have

achieved a reasonable standard

Instruments and tuition are provided

free of charge If you are interested in

playing for us then do not hesitate to

contact Chris Austin (band master)

01953885296

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 10 Gardening

On Thursday 16th September we

were delighted to welcome back

Graeme Simmonds for his second

visit This time his talk was entitled

Findings in the Soil 2 - Medieval

and Tudorlsquo When most of us think

of the Norman invasion of 1066 we

may have in mind Harold with his

eye full of arrowlsquo and following on

the Domesday Book some years

later We may also think of the

inconvenience of the survivors of

the ruling classes of having to speak

Norman French Most of them

probably already did What doesnlsquot

immediately spring to mind is the

regulation and oppression of the

English people For example ladieslsquo

hairdressing The only approved

style was long plaits wound round

the ears like modern earphones but

called ramshornlsquo Not a very

elegant name The nobility were

allowed to wear hoods as well

Surprisingly the only women who

wore their hair down were

prostitutes

This was Graemelsquos opening gambit

in what has become a history lesson

for what the ordinary peoplelsquos

living conditions were like Another

bit of oppression was that only 5

of the population - the rich men -

got an education This was

classical Latin astronomy

geography maths etc Women were

brought up to be household

managers As it was felt

inappropriate for women to have a

classical education their managerial

training included writing They

must have been able to read what

theylsquod written but that was all and

limited to household business

Womenlsquos main occupation was the

production of cloth spinning and

weaving wool both for their own

use and commercially This led to a

box of buckles of incredibly varied

sizes There were no buttons then

so clothes had to be held together

by clasps buckles and hooks The

majority were made of copper or

bronze with silver or gold for the

rich Most of the buckles in the box

were missing the central pin as

these were commonly made of iron

so rusted away during their stay in

the soil As these items were from

the 14th to 18th century there were

several styles and all handmade

normally by the local blacksmith

The cloth trade was very important

in East Anglia for export as well as

domestic consumption and was

regulated by officials the equivalent

of modern Customs amp Excise who

attached alnage seals to each bale

Without these seals the cloth could

not be bought or sold The seals

were made of lead - cue another

box Graemelsquos collection is from

one field near Reepham and come

from far and wide - including

Antwerp

Nuremberg Seville

as well as English

The seals are all

different in design

presumably to

indicate the

inspector

On to the coins and another box As

well as pennies and groats

international coins have been found

and we were handed a beautiful

Doge of Venice coin of the era of

Antonio Venisrio who was Doge

from 1382-1400 During this time

Venice controlled the

Mediterranean trade but the coin

was found at Acle This just goes to

show how important the import-

export trade was in Norfolk and

Suffolk Another startling coin was

the quarter noble coin dated 1350

from the reign of Edward III This

is very thin but wonderfully

preserved as it is made of pure 22

carat plus gold shining as if it were

made yesterday Someone important

(or their servant) lost a lot of money

the day they dropped it

The final box contained crop-

pickers tokens These were given to

labourers at the end of each day

instead of cash and was an early co-

op system These were made of lead

and are all local with more turning

up all the time Signature seals were

also in this box including a Papal

seal from Honorius II 1217-1224

and it makes you wonder how that

turned up in Norfolk

The last piece handed round was a

pendant depicting Saint Barbara

She is patron of artillerymen

military engineers armourers

gunsmiths miners masons anyone

involved with explosives anyone

afraid of lightning or sudden death

at work She is celebrated by

various military units involved with

armoury and explosives and gives

her name to Santa Barbara in

California Therelsquos lots more about

her on the good old internet The

pendant has her with a tower (she

was incarcerated in one by her

father to protect her from the

outside world and she rejected an

arranged marriage) Her father was

subsequently killed by lightning

when he executed her hence the

patronage of lightning and

explosives

Graeme gave us one final bit of

advice - if you find anything that

looks interesting donlsquot rush to wash

the soil off it Leave it on an indoor

windowsill to dry out then gently

remove the soil but donlsquot scrub it as

you may remove valuable evidence

of what it is

Thank you Graeme for another

fascinating evening and for bringing

the articles you showed us not

forgetting the biscuit tin in which

we were invited to get our hands

dirty and fish things out To sum it

up the first question I was asked at

the end of the talk was Whenlsquos he

coming back againlsquo and you canlsquot

say fairer than that so herelsquos to next

year

The mini-show - Any Single

Flowering Stem

1st Ralph Kinsley dahlia

2nd Judy Atkinson viola

3rd Eric Reeves red hot poker

HC Geoff Twelftree dahlia

Marianne Kilmartin

Publicity Officer 01362 820744

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society

Breckland Flower and Garden Club Octobers meeting was well attended

to watch Alison Cushings

demonstration Seasonal Her love of

roses showed through her designs as

she blended them with shamrock

chrysanthemums gerberas Chinese

lanterns veronica and sunflowers

Most of her arrangements were

modern although she closed the

afternoon with a traditional triangle on

a lovely raised container

The competition for Autumn in a

Copper Container - New Hands was

won by Janet Skidmore Old Hands

by Shirley Penfold who also won

the trophy for Best Exhibit

Table show for three stems of

autumn colour from the garden was

won by Shirley Penfolds Nerines

November meeting will take place

at Old Buckenham Village Hall on

Thursday 11th November at 2 pm

when Lisa Howard will demonstrate

Enchanted Christmas The

competition title - Enchantment and

the table show is for dried or

preserved plant materialDont

forget December 9th when there

will be a workshop and afternoon

tea (please bring a plate)

commencing 130pm More

details next meeting

Visitors are always welcome -

phone Sally 01953 788712 or Pat

01953 457305

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 11

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Norfolk Wildlife Trust

To ask a question about the Norfolkrsquos Wildlife please call the Norfolk Wildlife Information Service Wildline 01603 598333 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri E-mail wildnorfolkwildlifetrustorguk Website httpwwwnorfolkwildlifetrustorguknaturalconnections Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467 Tuesday 16 November 745pm-930pm Bats- Denizens of the

Night A illustrated presentation by Sam Philips Ecology Consultant

of the Norwich Bat Group Followed by refreshments and raffle

Venue Watton Christian Community Centre High Street Watton

Cost pound200 members and pound300 for non-members

Flaming Fall Not the colour of the

leaves which we donlsquot get until

December if the leaves colour at all but

Lycoris radiata - commonly known as

Spider Lily Hurricane Lily Naked Lady

and several other regional names These

are similar to the Nerine found in

English gardens and have a similar habit

(leaves in winter die

down and in autumn

the flower stalks shoot

up followed by leaves

again once the flower

has faded in mid-

November Lycoris

radiata has a flaming

red flower 16 cm

wide on a 50 cm stem

The bulbs multiply

very reliably and

despite having dug up

great clumps over the

years to give to friends

and sell at Farmers

Market you will see

from the photos that

there are still plenty

left (and even more

around the side of the

house) There are

some in a tub by my

door and I always pat

them on the head each

time I come and go

Cabbage and Collards

are coming along

nicely in the vegetable garden and the

Egyptian Walking Onions are

resprouting Multiplying onions are

doing well but I donlsquot know where the

leeks went As if to prove they could get

along without me for the three weeks I

was away on holiday the Viva Italia

tomatoes have produced loads of fruit

but they donlsquot seem to be in a hurry to

ripen I set a sprinkler to run on a timer

three times a week for an hour at a time

and while most things survived a few on

the outer edge where the water didnlsquot

reach look a bit sad Still it will rain

again here one day

Today I have been digging the baby fig

trees that I layered this time last year

They have nice roots now and have gone

into containers to continue their journey

into adulthood Beetroot lettuce and

carrots have been seeded and now Ilsquom

running out of sunny space I see more

lawn disappearing in the future Spring

flowering bulbs pansies and other cool

season bloomers are in the nurseries

now and pumpkins are everywhere

artistically arranged in peoplelsquos front

yards or carved into scary faces These

will disappear as we transition into

November having been transformed into

pumpkin pies and soups for

Thanksgiving feasts The hummingbirds

have suddenly left and their place at the

feeders has been taken by butterflies

sipping on the sweet nectar Tasks for

November include application of copper

spray to peach trees at time of leaf drop

and gather covers to protect plants if an

early freeze threatens

Tomato-Tomayto Gardening in Navasota Texas with Helen Quinn

Our first meeting at Holme Hale in The

Pavilion went very well Firstly we all

received a welcome and an introduction

from our new Chairman David Green He

told us a little about his past membership

of other garden clubs and urged

everyone to take part in activities at

meetings in order to make the club lively

and interesting and to join in on

arranged trips Also to let the committee

know of things they would like added as

an alternative to the usual events There

are usually cheap and well grown plants

on the monthly sales table and full

advantage should be taken of these If

anyone has plants to spare or items for

the raffle these would be gratefully

received

We received a warm welcome from Hall

Chairman Michael Buttolph and his

short introduction to the recent history of

the Pavilion was most interesting

making us feel at home right from the

start

We were joined by several new members

and were happy to see the return of

others who had been forced to leave us

for a while Good to see you all We

hope that once word gets around that we

shall see more people from Holme Hale

they can be sure of an entertaining

afternoon

Then at last a chance to hear Trevor

Harrison from South Creake Nurseries

talking about the plants that he had

brought with him in order to show just

how much colour it is still possible to

have in the garden at this time of year

The grasses were quite spectacular there

were many kinds of heleniums lots of

different colours in the montbretias the

dahlias the rudbeckias and many more

easy to grow border plants

The beautiful blue Caryopteris and the

many coloured asters made a real splash

of colour along with the gentians the

colchicums and the cyclamen

There was a break for tea and biscuits

during which time David showed how to

take fuchsia cuttings Success to be

compared next year Then it was back

to Trevor for more about the plants on

show the drawing of the raffle and a

chance to purchase plants from Trevor

On the 21st October gardening guru

Richard Hobbs came along to deliver

what turned out to be a most informative

and well-structured talk on Winter

colour in the garden This visit came at a

time when winter seems to be on the

doorstep and when colour is never more

welcome

Richard defines winter as the period

between Michaelmas and Candlemas

and suggested colour in the form of

many perennials shrubs and trees

Eucomis also known as the Pineapple

flower or Pineapple lily offers flowers

and interesting seed heads with Eucomis

Bicolour additionally offering variegated

foliage Nerines were recommended not

only for their white flowers but for their

colourful bark Cyclamen Cipriani will

grow in dense shade and seeds readily

while Buxus Necrophilia (box) provides

winter interest additionally Daphne has

glossy green leaves and has scented

flowers in January and February For the

rose lover Rosa Nitida has glossy

leaves red stems and red hips

Cornus with its colourful stems and

changing foliage is a popular addition to

the winter garden one should aim to

have light at its back in order to get the

full impact Strong shapes in garden help

to add winter interest and Richard asked

members not to forget that texture (seen

in coastal areas for example) is very

important

It is impossible to mention all the

sources of winter colour which Richard

touched upon though for interested

readers some of these included

Agapanthus Lonicera or honeysuckle

all kinds of Hellebores (of which the

Christmas rose is probably best known)

Asters and Michaelmas daisies Others

include Ilex and Juniper Heucheras

(which will provide yearly cuttings) and

a whole host of ferns ndash the list is too

long to mention them all Some

wonderfully descriptive names included

Aster lady in black with dark foliage

and the Blackberry Lily with its black

fruit and orangey-red flowers

Richard thoughtfully fetched sprigs

of some of these plants with him

which were passed round to the

members While speaking he

offered interesting morsels of

gardening lore including advice on

the Chelsea chop which involves

cutting back some shrubs to one foot

in height thus promoting a host of

smaller flowers later in the year

This is so called because it should

be done around Chelsea Flower

Show week

The session finished with a Raffle and

some words from our Chairman Next

month (18th November) members are

asked bring a single stem from the

garden which will be judged by Mr Keer

who will be speaking on the subject of

Begonias David also asked for

suggestions for gardens to visit in 2011

and reminded members to keep the 16th

December free for the Christmas party

Ovington Gardening Club Our October meeting was a fascinating talk on

Garden Insects by Robert Maidstone which

was delivered in his own light-humoured way

and was most informative The November

meeting will be on Wednesday 3rd at 745pm

in the village hall when Rory Hart will give a

talk on Conservation in the Garden For further

details contact Ed on 01953 885848 or Carol

on 01760 440719

Ashill amp Holme Hale Garden Club News

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 12

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Relationship difficulties Bereavement Stress

BullyingAbuse Addictions Depression

SANCTUARY COUNSELLING SERVICE WATTON

Itrsquos good to talk Counselling can help if yoursquore struggling to cope with

Sanctuary offers a confidential low-cost counselling service with

professionally trained counsellors who work on a short-term or long-term basis Call us on 01953 880922 to arrange an appointment

Appointments are available 6 ndash 9pm Tuesdays and 930am ndash 1pm Wednesdays Sanctuary Counselling Service is part of River Ministries (Norfolk) registered charity number 1054419

Remember remember the fifth of

November etc etc I make no apology

for repeating last yearlsquos plea for

everyone private or public planning a

bonfire to celebrate Guy Fawkes to

move the whole thing a few hours

before lighting it This will prevent

roasting hedgehogs or any other

animals that think it a good place to

shelter or hibernate

Some people say November is the start

of the gardening year It comes as a

surprise to those of us who traditionally

leave the whole thing until Easter

However as long as the soil is

workable this is the best month for

planting bare-root shrubs The one that

springs to mind is the rose Inevitably if

ordered by mail these will arrive as a

few sticks in a polythene bag with

finger-ripping staples to close it inside a

paper bag The instructions will be

inside the polythene bag and wet

because the roots will have been

doused by the supplier Oh and theylsquoll

arrive on the day the monsoon starts

Still the instructions will cheerfully

inform you that if the weather is

inclement all you need to do is keep

the whole bag in a cool dark place with

the roots moist The trick is not to put

them where theylsquoll be forgotten Been

there done that Once the weather is

reasonable plant the shrub The late

Arthur Billett of Clacklsquos Farm and

Gardenerslsquo Question Time gave out the

succinct instruction ―If youlsquove paid

76d for a plant dig a 76d hole to put it

in This was repeated by my father and

also Geoffrey Smith Itlsquos a good way to

remember to dig the hole deep enough

and wide enough to accommodate the

roots and put the graft point of the rose

about 2 below the finished level Also

put a generous amount of compost or

well-rotted manure in the bottom Use a

stick across the top of the hole to

estimate the depth and backfill well

using a bit more compost mixed with

the soil removed from the planting

hole Donlsquot be afraid to use your boot

close to the plant to pack the soil in to

remove air pockets - you donlsquot want its

little feeding roots waving about under

there The soil should still be warm

enough to divide and move perennials

but I heard recently that as our

Breckland soil is very sandy in the

main it is able to allow frost to

penetrate deeper than heavier ones that

keep the cold at the surface so thatlsquos

something to be aware of

Despite the gloom there is plenty of

colour to be had at this time of year

Winter-flowering heathers will keep

going even in cold weather and they

donlsquot mind windy locations They can

be planted close together for colourful

ground cover and are very effective in

containers specially if they can have

company such as hardy cyclamen Both

plants come in a variety of pinks

mauves purples and white Viburnums

are good at this time of year as well -

good old Bodnantense Dawnlsquo is very

popular when the flowers appear from

November until March on bare

branches You can cut some for vases

when the scent will fill the room Donlsquot

ignore plants that berry - holly of

course varieties of viburnum can

produce berries in red or black

Skimmias are in full berry now and will

flower in spring but most are unisex so

it takes two of them Both can be

planted in the same hole or container

Some berried shrubs are evergreen

Other container or border plants at their

best are ornamental cabbages in green

and pink and pansies in all sorts of

colours The michaelmas daisies and

autumn crocuscolchicums may still be

in flower There are trees for winter

interest as well The acers grown for

bark will show up nicely now the

leaves are down and the winter-

flowering cherry Prunus x subhirtella

Autumnalislsquo bears its small double

flowers on bare branches This one is a

very pale off-white but there are pinker

ones such as Autumnalis Rosealsquo and

therelsquos even a weeping version That

should stop the traffic Most of the

plants mentioned will grow in

reasonably well-drained soil in sunny

positions But on the whole theylsquore

pretty easy going as regards conditions

While youlsquore planting your bare-root

deciduous shrubs or trees make sure

they are staked if necessary A good

supplier will provide good instructions

If necessary water but not if itlsquos

freezing It might be worth putting

some bulbs around while youlsquore at it as

now is the time for tulip and lily bulbs

(and any others you forgot earlier)

Keep the digging going when the

ground is not soggy or frosted and

mulch If the ground has been dug over

while harvesting veg or tidying borders

just add a nice layer of compost or well

-rotted or leaf mould and let the worms

do the work This is a good time to

evict any pests - snails under pots

rodents in sheds - all need to be dealt

with Pick your option regarding the

snails but remember the lady who won

the amateur scientist of the year prize

by establishing that snails need to be

more than 30 metres100 feet away to

prevent their coming back so donlsquot just

throw them over the fence into next

doorlsquos garden

Take photos when itlsquos reasonably

comfortable outdoors so you can

incorporate something for next winter

in your plans When the weatherlsquos

really bad and youlsquove done all the tasks

just settle down with a glass of

something nice and start the planning

process for next year

Donlsquot forget the weeds will still keep

growing whatever the weather

In your garden with Lotta Potts

On WEDNESDAY 13th OCTOBER

we had a fantastic speaker of

gardening distinction Lucy Redman

A superb plantswoman who told of her

beginnings in gardening at early school

age with her mother and at her great

school garden at Hadleigh High now

sadly derelict She is now so passionate

about children being able to garden

that she along with 75 children at her

old school are redesigning those very

gardens the work includes art amp craft

plus drama working and display areas

science work and a weather station

She hopes for it to be completed within

the next year

She was the youngest person to be

accepted at RHS Wisley and studied at

the English Gardening School where

she achieved her Diploma in Garden

design She has been a Gold medal

winner at both Chelsea and Hampton

Court and writes a regular column for

the East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk

magazine

She has now set up her own School

of Garden Design at her beautiful

home in Rushbrooke in the depths of

breath-taking Suffolk countryside

Her garden has been featured in the

English Garden Magazine and

Country Homes and Interiors amp

Homes and Gardens It is a rare mix

of finely selected country garden

plants and features with more stately

plantings and then huge arty

sculptures and willow features

subtle colours and bright colours to

match the rooms from which the

garden is viewed

She gave us plenty to think about

her talk was entertaining and

inspirational

25 members attended It was the first

meeting taken by our new Chairman

Ed Szczepanowski who welcomed

everyone to this new Club Year with

an excellent Programme of Events to

look forward to We wish him well

leading our Club

The Flower competition was judged by

Lucy and was won by Claudine

Garrod 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Sue

Thomas We also have a new

Vegetable competition at each indoor

meeting and this was won by Hazel

Dunn 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Jane

Dalton The quality of entries was very

high Well done everyone who took

part

Our next Club meeting is on

WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER at

745pm in the Village Hall and should

prove a real crowd puller as it a very

interesting one to everyone By

GRAEME SIMM entitled HISTORY

BENEATH YOUR FEETlsquo

You are asked to bring along an

artefact you have found in your

garden

We know from others who have

booked this speaker that the evening

will prove to be a fascinating one and

could contain revelations about finds in

this and other areas so come along and

take part Everyone welcome

Free to members pound250 visitors

Refreshments and raffle

Donlsquot forget to enter our Flower and

Vegetable competitions

At the November meeting we will be

taking bookings for our Annual Dinner

in January on Sunday 12th Jan 1pm at

the Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant

in Attleborough Cost to be notified

We are a very active friendly club

always keen to increase our

membership and now is a great time to

join

If anyone would like a lift to meetings

please give me a call Jane Dalton

(Secretary) 01953 498694

Great Hockham Gardening Club news

Attleborough amp District Horticultural Society The November meeting of the society takes place on

Wednesday 17th November commencing at 730pm The

venue as usual is Attleborough Junior School and guests are

most welcome to come along The talk in November will be

―Ornamental Plants Grown for Their Scent

Mike Flood gave a very interesting talk on ―Heavy Horses

at the September meeting He has spent a lifetime caring for

working with and breeding these horses whilst working

fulltime in the agricultural supply industry and his talk was

full of anecdotes about these gentle giants We also came

away knowing how to tell apart Shires Percherons

Clydesdales and the Suffolk Punch

The Table Competition suffered from a lack of entries

However the prize for 3 stems of flowers went to Sally

Westrup and John Darlow took the award for 3 eating apples

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society November - it can get a little flat in the middle - short

gloomy days fireworks over and the garden is miserable

Come and cheer it up with a talk on Design amp Garden

History by Judith Srigley from Easton College

Venue Bradenham Village Hall Date Thursday 18th

November Time 730pm

As this is the start of our year you could join us and then

come to our Christmas Party in December full details on

18th November Further information from Marianne

Kilmartin Publicity Officer 01362 820744

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 13

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At the recent 1940lsquos weekend in

Sheringham and Holt with the North

Norfolk Railway Wayland Scouts help

marshal the vintage cars at Holt Station

For the newest Scout it was an extra special

event as he was invested into Scouts from

the Cub Section on the foot plate of the

George Stephenson Steam Engine

Jackson Cutts was supported by his fellow

Scouts bearing the Grouplsquos flags as he took

his promise He was then treated to a short

ride along the track

Visitors to the event looked on including

some former Scouts

who were proud to

see that youngsters

were still enjoying

all that Scouting has

to offer

Akela Jo Ashford

commented it was

wonderful to have

somewhere different

for the investiture we

would like to thank the

crew for their help and

support It was an

exciting addition to a fun packed weekendlsquo

Apart for this activity both Sections have

been really busy during meetings the Cubs

recently placed host to Shelby and Mustang

tow Giant African Land Snails These

amazing creatures didnlsquot mind being the

centre of attention while the Cubs

discovered all about them The snails had

even recently laid some eggs which was an

added bonus for the Cubs to investigate

As the darker evenings arrive activities move

inside so the Scouts have been working on a

number of activities including mini pioneering

to create model gateways ndash ideas for next

yearlsquos camps

They have also been sharing their hobbies and

skills with some fantastic examples of Airfix

model building and Meccano

If you are interested in getting involved in

Scouting in Watton please contact Paul Cutts

01953 884243 or email

waylandscoutsgmailcom

Jackson steams his way into Scouting

Jackson Cutts on the footplate after his investiture

The speaker for September was Denise

Hammond-Webb on The Birth of Banham

Zoo John Goymer was an agricultural

labourer in the 18thC The Goymer family

who opened the zoo were small farmers in

1854 but in 1890 when farms became

mechanised amp workers left for London they

went to work in the local bakeries In 1909 the

family opened a bakery in Bury St Edmunds

The family delivered the

bread by horse amp cart

During WW1 there was

a great demand for bread

for the Army barracks amp hospitals The

business expanded so that during WW2

bakeries were opened in Thetford as well as

Bury In 1952 after sliced bread was

introduced the head of the family sold his

shops He bought a farm amp also opened a farm

shop which was very successful In 1956 they

bought parrots amp with pheasants opened the

collection to the public in 1968 When a

colony of monkeys arrived in 1971 it became

Banham Zoo amp Woolly Monkey Sanctuary

The Zoo has the finest collection of monkeys

in Europe but many visitors come to see the

endangered snow leopards Banham Zoo has

links with zoos all over the world We are

fortunate to live so near to the zoo

The winner of the competition for an animal

ornament was 1) June Clark 2) Brenda

Spencer Next monthslsquo speaker is Charlotte

Philcox amp the competition is a picture of

Autumn leaves

Attleborough WI

Town Council support for credit union In addition to the grant from the Breckland District Council

Participatory Budget scheme earlier this year to support our

marketing campaign by paying for advertisements in parish

magazines and this paper plus the printing of many

explanatory leaflets for distribution in the community Watton

Town Council very generously gave Wayland Community

Bank the local branch of Norfolk Credit Union a grant of

pound200 to help our work in the community and which has

enabled us to purchase some equipment for outside events

This includes a free-standing banner and a portable table top

display With these we hope to reach out further into Wayland

to let more people become aware of the support we can offer

through our credit union savings and loans schemes

There is a marked rise in the number of households

approaching the illegal loan sharks legal doorstep and

internet lenders for loans Many of these charge very high

interest rates which can be seen on the

lenderscomparedcouk web site

Credit unions however have their loan rates capped by

legislation at a maximum of 2 per month - 268 APR

and Norfolk Credit Union offers unsecured loans at

between 1 to 2 per month - 1268 to 268 APR We

currently have substantial funds available for all sorts of

small loans from domestic appliances to helping people

untangle their debts with the high interest lenders

Support for our campaign by local authorities is very much

appreciated and anyone wishing to have a chat with our

volunteers about savings current account or loans or about

joining us as a volunteer working for the local community

can contact us at Wayland House on 01953 883915 or view

our website wwwwaylandbankorg

There is also a loan calculator which can be viewed at our

Head Office web site wwwnorfolkcucouk

Water Water Everywhere by Edith Pleasance It was mid-morning of just another day at the office I

had taken down my usual load of dictation and was busy

dealing with it when the managerlsquos buzzer sounded

twice ndash the signal for me to report to his office along the

corridor with my notepad All sorts of reasons for the

summons came to mind Mr Reece was a man of habit

and did not like his usual morning programme disrupted

once he had dealt with the daily mail

I knew he had an appointment to see one of our branch

managers so guessed it to be just a progress report

Several days previously I had driven my boss (acting as

chauffeuse was one of my duties) to the most outlying

branch of our area where he would make a general

review of management etc while I mingled with

members of the staff and made a general nuisance of

myself This was a very effective way of discerning any

undercurrent there may be

On our way back to Area Office I remarked on a new

member of staff who because of the beautiful blond hair

caught back in a ponytaillsquo I took to be a female clerk I

walked around the back of the counter only to find it was

indeed a young man around seventeen I knew my boss

had a dislike of long-hair on male members of staff in

fact I once chided him on getting upset about it whilst he

never bothered that the mini-skirts of the young females

were getting shorter by the day Humphlsquo was his

response

Entering his office notebook in hand I was surprised to

see the pony-tailed young man accompanied by his

branch manager Without preamble Mr Reece started

dictating

―I John Smith state that I broke into the premises of my

employers on Friday evening last and turned full-on the

stopcock in the basement then went to both cloakrooms

on the ground floor and turned on all the washbasin taps

My actions resulted in the offices being flooded causing

extensive damage to the premises and its contents

―Right Edith I want that typed in triplicate

immediately Apart from the boy being automatically

dismissed I never knew the outcome of this unusual

case But I couldnlsquot help wondering why

Edith Pleasance copy 260910

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 News

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Attleborough High School led by Head

of Languages Mrs Connie Wind Avery

celebrated European Day of Languages

in style A range of activities for students

focussed on different languages and

cultures Staff joined in the spirit of the

event by dressing up in national costume

and European styled clothes

Head of Languages at Attleborough High School Connie Wind Avery (4th from right) and fellow teachers (left to right) Frances Billin Head of RS Mrs

Linda Trounce Silke Schardt Caroline Graham Rowena Tyrer Kay Southgate and Laura Stowe

Attleborough High School Celebrate the European Day of Languages in style

West Norfolk Aviation Society Chairman Rod Rumsby welcomed

guest speaker Julian Horn to the

October meeting who gave an

account including a film of the

WW2 adventures of Bill McGrath

In 1940 aged 20 Bill McGrath

was posted to 82Sqdn at RAF

Watton as an ObserverNavigator

On 13th July 1940 82Sqdn

attacked (the German held)

Aalborg airfield in Denmark with

12 Bristol Blenheimlsquos they

encountered heavy flak and ME

109s and all but one of the

aircraft were destroyed Billlsquos

pilot bombed the airfield but the

aircraft was hit and ditched in

water 100m from the shore but

with rocks only a meter below the

surface As a result Bill suffered

severe eye arm and leg injuries

20 aircrew were killed amp buried at

Vadum cemetery 10 aircrew plus

Billlsquos crew became POWlsquos Bill

eventually escaped from a POW

camp and made his way across

Europe to Barcelona then returned

to UK via Gibraltar He received

the Military Medal and continued

his service as an Air Traffic

Controller A fascinating story of

bravery

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd

November 730pm at Methwold

Social Club Speaker Martin

McClelland Three Years at RAF

Kemble New members amp guests

welcomed For more Information

Tel 01842 879210

Free NHS Health Check at Total Health Pharmacy Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease diabetes or

kidney disease or suffering a stroke These conditions can

often be prevented even if you have a history of them in

your family but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight smoke take little

exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol

NHS Health Checks are being offered by Total Health

Pharmacy in Watton to assess a personlsquos risk of developing

stroke diabetes heart or kidney disease later in life

The Health check is free to people between the ages of 40

and 74 who are not already being treated for these

conditions An initial assessment will determine if you are

eligible for the free health check The health check will take

approximately 30 minutes during which various health

details will be recorded your blood pressure will be taken

as well as a simple blood test to check your cholesterol

The results of the check will determine a risk factor for the

likelihood of you developing the mentioned conditions later

in life and you will be given advice on how to lower your

risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Pharmacist Geoff Ray said ―NHS Health checks encourage

people to be aware of their potential risk factor to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting until it is too

late

The Health Check is available from Total Health Pharmacy

by calling 01953 881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14

Gregor Shanks Way Watton opposite the Watton Medical

Practice

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

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For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

TecH-help Bamboozled by Technology

Have you brought or are you thinking of buying a new piece of technology such as a Computer Digital Television or DVD recorder Not sure if you can cope with getting it all working properly

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We can help you if you

ring Julian 01953 881885

Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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01953 881243

Unit 2 Coughtrey Industrial Estate

Church Road Griston IP25 6QB

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wwwcoughterybdkcouk

Free Quotations amp

Full Planning Service

Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

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please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 4 News

SALEC TRAVEL LTD Sat 6th November Bury St Edmunds 930am amp 3pm Return Adult amp Child pound5 Saturday 13th November Cambridge 9am amp 4pm Return Adult pound10 Child pound6 Tuesday 16th November Kings Lynn 930am amp 3pm Return Adult amp Child pound5

Saturday 20th November Westfield Shopping Centre 8am amp 5pm Return Adult pound19 Child pound12

Sunday 28th November Bury Christmas Market Adult pound10 Child pound5 Thursday 2nd December Fakenham Xmas Trees 930am amp 130pm Return

Adult amp Child pound5 Saturday 4th December Ipswich 9am amp 4pm Return Adult pound9 Child pound6

Sun 5th December Rochester Festival 8am amp 5pm Return Adult pound19 Child pound15 Wednesday 8th December Thursford Evening Show Adult amp Child pound3750

Saturday 11th December Christmas Seaside Special Show at Cromer Adult pound22 Sunday 12th December Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park Adult pound15 Child pound10 Sunday 19th December Christmas Lunch at The Burrage Gorleston Adult pound20

Monday 20th December Wisbech Christmas Market 9am amp 4pm Return Adult pound10 Child pound550

Wednesday 29th December Christmas Circus Times TBA Price TBA Saturday 8th January Lakeside Sales 8am amp 5pm Return Adult pound15 Child pound10

Saturday 22nd January Bury St Edmunds 930am amp 3pm Return Adult amp Child pound5 (PLEASE NOTE SOME OF THE DATES ABOVE HAVE BEEN CHANGED)

For more details please phone

01953 881159 PRIVATE COACH amp MINIBUS HIRE ALSO AVAILIBLE

Coffee at the Queens Hall and Table Top Sale Farmers Market Day-

Saturday 6th November 930 to 1130

Watton Evening WI Another very enjoyable evening this month

when member Anita Taylor showed us

some quick and easylsquo ways to make cake

decorations (mostly for our Christmas

cake) We were surprised at how simple it

seemed to be to turn a few coloured balls of

marzipan and icing sugar into delightful

little figures etc Then it was our turn ndash

Anita had all the ingredients ready for us to

have a go at copying her Father Christmas

for the friendly competition She judged

Lynnelsquos very good effort as the winner

Next month is our Annual Meeting which

we precede with a fish and chip supper

The business part of the meeting usually

only takes a short time and once thatlsquos

done and dusted the fun will begin hellip

Any lady who has ever thought she might

like to join the WI is welcome to come

along and join us at 730 pm in Watton

Christian Community Centre on Thursday

11th November to find out more

Therelsquos always lots of fun and laughter

when we get together Everyone has a jolly

good time whether we are being

entertained by a speaker or enjoying a

social evening with games and quizzes We

have a variety of speakers and activities

already lined up for 2011

Before that of course we will be going out

in December for our Christmas Dinner ndash

Lincolns Inn at Hingham a new venue for

us this year

Watton University of the Third Age (U3A) Member Brian Salmons is presenting a

Film evening on Friday 22nd October at

The Christian Community Centre

commencing at 7pm The films are all

made by Brian and have been shot

locally and worldwide some gaining

International Awards Each film is

approximately 15 minutes long

Refreshments will be available and

admission is free to members and guests

The Christmas Lunch will be at the

Richmond Park GC on Friday 10th

December at 1245pm Booking list is

now available Payment for this lunch is

due at the November meeting

Theatre trip to see Essence of Ireland at

the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmonds on

Tuesday 16th November is now full

Coach leaves Queens Hall car park at

6pm sharp

The next monthly meeting is on

Thursday 25th November at 2pm with

speaker Richard Wright with ―From Pigs

to Oil Lamps Members may note that

Richard usually has some very unusual

lamps for sale An ideal Christmas gift

The Watton U3A Membership Secretary

can be contacted on 01953 885358

For further information on the National

U3A go to wwwu3aorguk

Ashill Annual Craft Fayre We are holding our annual Craft Fayre in

Ashill community Centre on Sunday Nov

7th 10am to 330 pm come and support the

activities of Ashill Village Aid and maybe

find that extra special Christmas present

News from Rocklands School Early in the month the school held a

Community Day where parents and

governors all get together to do repairs

gardening maintenance and general

handyman tasks about the school We

extend a big thank you to all who

volunteered their services on the

community event The library and hall

have been re-decorated the conversation

houses re-roofed notice boards and a

drying rack were erected and some spring

cleaning too

A harvest festival was held at Rockland St

Peterlsquos Church and parents and carers

joined the children in a celebration of

autumn and the bounty it offers Once

again the singing was excellent as well as a

number of little plays and recitations put on

by each of the classes

The school opened its doors on Thursday

14th for Open Day and invited prospective

parents for a tour of the school and all its

facilities the PTA also provided some

delicious cake and coffee The previous

week the PTA and parents also provided a

scrumptious selection of cakes at our

regular Cake Sale a chance for all parents

to show off their culinary skills and help to

raise funds for our school

We have always been proud of our writing

in Rocklands We conducted a post-it

poll on attitudes to writing today in Class

3 where children were asked to rate their

enjoyment of writing on a scale of 0-10

When asked which part of the writing

process they enjoyed most the majority

agreed that it was the final draft where

all the ideas are sorted out and where

they are beginning to see something they

can be proud of One child preferred the

first stage because it is the point at

which the writers imagination is given

free rein

After many hours spent practising for the

Jump Rope Challenge in aid of the British

Heart Foundation Skipping Rope

Challenge and the appearance of some

surprisingly able skippers a very

successful charity fundraiser took place on

the 21st of October All sponsorship

monies will be sent to the above charity

Class 1 are busy looking at island life with

reference to the Katie Morag stories There

are some superb papier-macirccheacute models

being created and a very fun sticky time is

being had by all

Finally pupils enjoyed a welcome

break for half term and with all the

exciting annual festivals that take place

at that time

For further information about school

activities student projects and the

opportunity to keep up to date with

events visit our website http

wwwrocklandsnorfolkschuk Here

you can also listen to the children

talking about all the amazing fungi

they have found and researched Visit

the Parent page for school term dates

and the calendar for information and

school events throughout the year

Wymondham Helicopter Group Charity Event Friday 12th November 730pm at the

Corn Hall Diss Presents Roger Dean and

the Lazy Boys with a tribute to Johnny

Cash tickets pound16 pound15 with a pound1 off for

cons Tickets from the Corn Hall Box

Office wwwwymondhamhelicoptergroupbtckcouk

Village hall is floored Caston Village Hall has a brand new

tongued and grooved wooden floor with

newly fitted under-floor insulation to cut

heat loss and save on heating costs The

original floor had been in place since the

hall was built some 80 years ago but

having had various repairs over the years

the Hall Committee decided enough was

enough and so a new floor and floor

joists have been expertly put in place by

local Watton contractor Paul Lincoln

David Blincow newly appointed

Committee Chairman said ―Itlsquos our

intention to bring our village hall into the

21st century and while the building of a

new hall is out of reach for the

immediate future we have extensive

plans in hand for the refurbishment of

our present building We want to see far

greater use of the facilities that we have

and we will be adding to those facilities

as and when we can

The village hall is currently home to

Caston Camera Club (already the most

popular club in Norfolk) as well as

Caston WI and a number of other

facilities including upholstery classes

and a very popular Art Club The Village

Hall Committee have said they would

welcome hearing from anyone who has

an idea for any additional service club or

function that they would like to see held

at the village hall Contact can be made

through the booking secretary or by

feedback on the website

Asked if the improved facilities would

increase the hiring cost of the hall David

said ―There are currently no plans to

change the pricing probably the cheapest

in the area and which starts at pound400 per

hour for Caston residents and pound500 per

hour for others with a discount for

charities Anyone wishing to book the

hall for a private function can do so

either by calling the booking secretary on

01953 488 495 or by visiting our new

web site wwwcastonvillagehallcouk

where they will find both an on-line

diary showing when the hall is available

and an on-line booking form should they

wish to make a booking

Autumn Craft Fair The latest in the Wayland Partnershiplsquos

very successful Craft Fairs is being held

on Saturday 27th November Between

1000am ndash 200pm at the Queens Hall

Watton IP25 6DA Admission is free

We are delighted to offer you a

celebration of local crafts including

Christmas decorations bath products

greetings cards candles pyrography

jewellery wood turning animal portraits

silk flowers and much more

Our aim is to promote the handmade

work of talented individuals and provide

them with a venue where they can

exhibit and sell their work directly to the

public We also want to provide the

public with an opportunity to purchase

quality handmade crafts and allow them

to speak with the people who make them

We carefully select exhibitors to ensure

that the standards of crafts are kept high

and that there is a varied range of crafts

showcased at each event If you are

looking for something different and if

quality and affordability are important to

you you will find what you are looking

for at a Wayland Partnership craft fair

Refreshments will be available Contact

Susan Hollingworth 01953 880205 for

more information

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 5

Saham Heritage Craft Fair amp Annual Exhibition

Saturday 13th November 10am - 4pm Wells Cole Community Centre

Bell Lane Saham Toney Local Craft Products for sale

Local History Exhibition Refreshments served all day ~ free entry

Internet cafeacute opens in Watton

Watton isnlsquot exactly short of somewhere

to go for a bite to eat or something to

drink but Sandralsquos Cafe at 5A High

Street is most certainly a new asset to

the town

Some of you will remember Sandra

Barros following in her Dadlsquos and

Grandadlsquos footsteps in the restaurant

business from the Daily Fresh cafeacute in

Middle Street which Sandra ran very

successfully for 3 years until she was

regrettably forced to cease trading for

health reasons However Sandra saw

this as a temporary state of affairs

hoping larger premises would become

available where she would have scope

to extend not only the seating capacity

but also the kitchen and therefore the

range of dishes on offer

When the current premises became

available Sandra immediately applied for

planning permission for change of use

which was duly granted on the 21st of

September A miraculous transformation

then took place within a couple of weeks

with the entire family working around the

clock on the refurbishment sourcing as

many materials as possible from local

suppliers Their time was very well spent

as the cafeacute is light bright tastefully

decorated in coffee colours and very

welcoming whether you pop in for a

coffee or a full-blown lunch The chef

isnlsquot some mysterious person secreted

away in the kitchen since Sandra enjoys

waitressing and meeting her customers as

well as cooking ably assisted by her

mum-in-law Clotilde Since opening the

cafeacute has been well supported and has

kept them very busy Sandra is used to

hard work since at the same time as

running the Daily Fresh cafeacute in the day

time she was waitressing on the floating

bistro boat in Thetford

Sandra said she felt very honoured and

welcomed into the local community

when town Mayor Roy Ivory

conducted the opening ceremony at the

suggestion of former Daisy Fresh

customer Jacqui Seal the Town Clerk

on Tuesday 6th of October

Sandralsquos new extended menu has

something for everyone from

sandwiches and things on toastlsquo to jacket

potatoes and a range of main meals some

influenced by Sandralsquos Portuguese and

French heritage The home-made desserts

look especially tempting Having been

born in Portugal to Portuguese and

French parents Sandra spent several

years living and working in France

before moving to England 20 years ago

Everything on the menu is available to

take-away and always cooked to order

so deliciously fresh Sandra takes great

pride in not only the cooking but also the

presentation of her food and strives to

give her customers first class service

Many of her Daily Fresh customers have

said how thrilled they are that shelsquos

opened another cafeacute in the town

Sandra also offers an internet Cafeacute

facility in a separate area designed for the

purpose a first for Watton and available

during cafeacute opening hours Charges are

very reasonable at pound2 per hour or pound299

with a drink included Another indication

of Sandralsquos thoughtfulness is the

provision of a printer at a cost of 10-15p

per printed sheet

Opening hours are from 6am to 5pm

Monday to Friday and 8am to 5pm on

Saturdays The Cafeacute can be booked for

functions and Sandra also offers an

outside catering service

Sandra has asked us to extend a heartfelt

thanks to all her Daily Fresh customers

for their past and present support and for

all the gifts and good wishes Sandralsquos

hard work and care for her customers

should ensure the success she richly

deserves

Report by Rosalie Davis Gibb

Town Clerk Jacqui Seal Clotilde Sandra Cllr Wassell and Mayor Roy Ivory at the opening of Sandrarsquos Cafeacute

The next exhibition to be hosted at the

Dragonfly Gallery at Wayland House is

All Fired Uplsquo a collection of outstanding

ceramics by individual and groups of

potters from across Norfolk and beyond

There will be both functional and

decorative pieces in a wide variety of sizes

and styles ndash and made in a range of

methods with varying and unusual glazes

and colours

Prices range from just a few pounds to

pound100+ so this will be a good opportunity

for those looking for a Christmas gift for

someone special to find something unique

and beautiful The exhibition will be open

daily from October 30th to November 5th

(10 ndash 1 Saturdays and 10 ndash 4 weekdays)

The preview evening is on October 29th

from 700 ndash 830pm This is a free event

but call Susan on 01953 880205 to book a

place

Our final exhibition of the year will have a

seasonal flavour The Christmas Show -

always one of the most popular of the year

- takes place from the 4th ndash 11th

December

Although the Gift shop and Visitor Centre

are closed for the winter they are fully

open during exhibitions In addition to what

is available at the exhibition there is a wide

range of gifts and cards including

Christmas Cards available

All Fired Up What‟s on at the Dragonfly Gallery

Come and visit our Christmas Bazaar At Watton Christian Community Centre on

Saturday 20 November 2010 from 10 am to

130 pm Refreshments served from 10 am

with light lunches served from 12 noon

There will be a variety of stalls some of

which are Christmas decorations Cards

Books Bric-a-brac Homemade Cakes

Pantry (Preservatives etc) Toiletries Gifts of

all sorts as well as Guessing Competitions and

a Lucky Dip Something for all ages

We look forward to welcoming you on 20

November 2010 (Organised by Watton

Methodist Church High Street Watton)

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 6 Advertising

What a fantastic year we have all had

celebrating 100 years of Girlguiding The

celebrations started in September 2009 with a

fabulous day trip to Colchester Zoo where

members of the Watton District Guiding

enjoyed a fun and active day with the sun

shining brightly above We were able to feed the

Elephants and Giraffes and saw some animals

from all over the World 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies enjoyed being really close to some of

the animals through the windows fencing and

some of the Guides from 1st Saham Toney unit

made their promise while taking a train ride

around the zoo The day finished off with a

Division Camp Fire at Weeting where members

of the Watton amp District Trefoil Guild joined in

the fun

A small group of Guiders Brownies Guides

and Senior Section members attended a

Centenary Thanksgiving Service at Norwich

Cathedral on Saturday 20th February 2010

They travelled from Watton by bus and enjoyed

the service and singing very much Birthday

cards were shared between units and a way of

celebrating our 100th year in Guiding

Watton District Guiding celebrated their

Thinking Day with a church service at

Carbrooke Church and although the snow fell

spirits were high and afterwards we all enjoyed

some indoor games and decorated cupcakes

with icing and items in the centenary colours

Each unit made a cake decorated with the flags

of various countries around the world

The year has also been a time to participate in

the Centenary Challenge The 100 Adventure

Challenge encouraged all of us to complete

some different challenges and gain 100 points

during the year Some of the activities carried

out included Celebrating the Chinese New Year

a visit to the Wind turbine at Swaffham ndash

climbing the 308 steps a pamper session where

the Brownies from the 2nd Watton (RAF) unit

learnt how to perform a simple facial massage

Some of the 1st and 3rd Watton Brownies

recorded a radio jingle played parachute games

and had a meeting when the girls were in

charge

The Trefoil Guild took up their Centenary

Challenge to Make a Differencelsquo by raising

over pound130000 for Teenage Cancer Trust

Addenbrooks Appeal through the following

events An Open Evening with Susie Rice from

Teenage Cancer Trust held a Coffee Morning at

Ovington enjoyed Ploughmans Lunches at

Ashill invited many friends to join us at a

Pudding Evening in Watton plus donations

from 1st Watton Guides as a result of their

tombola staff at Watton Carnival Rotary and

Feltwell Trefoil Guild They have also been

joining in the fun by visiting the Crystal Maze in

London ndash all safely returned no one got lost and

they found the special plaques commemorating

guiding within the maze They have had many

other visits out held a Centenary Lunch at

Broom Hall Saham Toney and joined in a

County Trefoil Day at Patteson Lodge

Meanwhile the year has been passing on and

August brings a time to enjoy the open air with

the big Camping event ndash NORJAM 2010 This

was a fun packed adventure with dodgems and

bouncy castles for over 6000 Guides and Scouts

from all over the world 1st Saham Toney

Guides and Young Leaders joined in the fun

mixing with others units both locally and

around the world to celebrate the Guiding

Centenary with a massive cake decorated with

ducks The adventure went beyond imagination

with water sports quad bikes flying trapeze and

zorbing hellip Where else apart from the Norfolk

showground could you try all these activities

Before we know where we are it is September

2010 ndash a year on from the 1st event and

Saturday 18th September takes some 4000

members of Girlguiding Norfolk including

Watton District Rainbows Brownies Guides

Senior Section Leaders Helpers Volunteers

and Trefoil Guild members to an event ndash

Seaside Sparkle in Great Yarmouth It was a

truly magical celebration 1st Saham Toney

Guides described it as the mountain top moment

for Norfolk Guiding Everybody from the

Rainbows to the Trefoil Guild enjoyed a sun

kissed day There was so much to do from

glittering sand castles and sculptures being built

on the beach to travelling along the sea front on

the road train and open top bus Yesterdaylsquos

World Sealife Centre Merrivale Model Village

Hippodrome Circus Pleasure Beach Crazy

Golf Time and Tide Museum All Guiding

members were given reduced rates for our

special day and each Unit decided what

activities they would like to participate in The

finale was a specially constructed stage on the

beach with live bands playing and fireworks

The atmosphere was electrifying Everybody

was also provided with a girl guiding goodie bag

containing various items to use on the day and

keep as a memento - Wow it was certainly a

day to remember

A day like this cost us nearly pound5000 and we

have been helped in the funding of this by

grants donations and fundraising events Our

celebrations would not be complete without

giving our grateful thanks to the following

organisations-

Norfolk Community Foundation

Rotary Club of Watton and District

Wayland Agricultural Society CIC

They gave so generously and enabled the cost of

the day to be more affordable for everyone who

attended

Our Celebrations end as we all join together for

the Centenary Finale on Wednesday 20th

October 2010 (2010 - 2010 - 2010) at St Peter

and St Paul Church in Swaffham to renew our

Guiding Promise at 2010

What a fun packed year Watton District Guiding

have enjoyed

It truly has been Girls Having Funlsquo

Watton District Guiding consists of the following units-

Rainbows for girls aged 5 to 7 years 2nd Watton (RAF) Rainbows held on

Thursdays

Brownies for girls aged 7 to 10 years 1st Watton Brownies held on Thursdays

2nd Watton (RAF) Brownies held on

Thursdays

3rd Watton Brownies held on Wednesdays

1st Ashill Brownies held on Mondays

1st Saham Toney Brownies held on Mondays

Guides for girls from 10 to 14 years 1st Watton Guides held on Wednesdays

1st Saham Toney Guides held on Mondays

Senior section for girls from 14+ years held on

Wednesdays

Trefoil Guild held every 3rd Thursday in the

month

We provide a unique girl-only space

We promote equality and diversity

Welsquore relevant to todaylsquos girls

We give girls and young women a voice

and have done so for 100 years

If anyone would like further information

about Watton District Guiding please

contact Joanne Oxborough District

Commissioner on (01760) 441046

Watton District Guiding ndash bdquoGirls Having Fun‟

1st Saham Toney Guides enjoying some time on

the bouncy castle slide at Seaside Sparkle

1st Ashill Brownies enjoying the celebrations

1st Saham Toney Guides hit Great Yarmouth

ready for all the fun of Seaside Sparkle

The girls from 1st Saham Toney Guides with other

guides at NORJAM

1st Watton Brownies in the recording studio

Rainbows using their buckets for a different

purpose at Seaside Sparkle

Our District Commissioner Joanne Oxborough with

the Celebration Cake at Ashill Brownies

Posing for a group shot at their Thinking Day event

in Carbrooke Village hall

Feeding the elephants at Colchester zoo

Saham Toney Brownies and Guides join in the

Remembrance Service at Saham Toney Church

Above and below Enjoying the indoor games after

the Thinking Day service

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 7

Local business women raise funds for charity

A group of five local businesswomen

teamed up under the name of Dead Good

Designs held a Christmas shopping event

in Watton raising nearly pound800 in aid of

Great Ormond Street Hospital

The event held on 21st October was well

supported by around 100 visitors

throughout the day who all helped to raise

funds by buying raffle tickets and some of

the gorgeous gifts and jewellery produced

by the businesswomen Generous

donations for refreshments were also

given on the day

Raffle prizes worth around pound400 were

generously donated by local businesses

family and friends including a large gift

hamper contributed by the group and a

beautiful hand-made quilt donated by the

hostlsquos mother-in-law who also gave up

her day with family and friends to provide

teas coffees and delicious homemade

cakes to guests

The group of artisan business owners

joined forces recently to provide mutual

business support and share experiences

whilst also raising funds for charities and

worthy causes

This charity is particularly important to

Suzanne and husband Neil who hosted the

event ―Our daughter had successful open

-heart surgery there at the age of two so

raising money through the shopping event

was a perfect opportunity to give

something back

Following the success of this event the

group is keen to offer their services to help

others raise funds for charities at similar

shopping events or home parties They

welcome and encourage any invitations

The five women in the group are Angela

Jones of Artisans-UK Suzanne Lake of

Handmade from the Heart Penny Lindop

of Penny Lindop Designs Denise

Sheppard of More Than Just Words and

Jane Pennington of Stone-Me jewellery

For further information about other Dead

Good Designs events or to request the

grouplsquos support at a local charity event

please call 01953 881289 or email

goodiesdeadgooddesignscouk

Clockwise from top Suzanne Lake Angela Jones Jane Pennington and

Penny Lindop (Denise Sheppard missing)

Remembrance Events in Watton Remembrance Day ndash 11th

November There will be a short

Remembrance Day Parade on

Thursday 11 November 2010 at 1100

am to observe the Two Minute

Silence It is hoped that as many

Royal British Legion and RAFA

members will be present plus the

Standards The Two Minute Silence

will be held at the War Memorial at

the Thetford Road car park

Laying Of Poppy Crosses on War

Graves Saturday ndash 13th November A

short service will take place at St

Marylsquos Church Watton at 12 olsquoclock

to place the Poppy Crosses on the War

Graves in the Churchyard This

Parade is normally attended by

members of the public and 864

Squadron ATC and it has been

provisionally agreed that the Last Post

and Reveille will be sounded

Remembrance Sunday ndash 14th

November Watton and District

Branch of The Royal British Legion

invites all members of the various

organisations and the general public

from the town and surrounding district

to join in the Annual Remembrance

Sunday Service at the Town War

Memorial situated on the Thetford

Road car park on Sunday 14th

November 2010

The parade will assemble at 215 pm

for the Service at The War Memorial

at 230 pm when the names on the

Memorial will be read out and Poppy

Wreaths laid Afterwards there will be

a march of Standards Town Mayor

and Councillors members of Royal

British Legion RAFA Aircrew

Association and other organisations

present along Norwich Road to Saint

Marylsquos Church Watton provisionally

led by the Band of 864 Squadron

ATC for a Service of Remembrance

due to start at 300 pm

All members of the public are invited

to these moving services to remember

not only those who died in past

conflicts of First World War and

Second World War but those who

have died serving their country right

up to the present day This is not a

glorification of war but of

remembering the human cost of

preserving our way of life and our

sense of values

WAYLAND HAPPY CIRCLE Our October meeting turned out to

be rather different from our planned

speaker Due to unforseen

circumstances our Hearing Dogs for

the Deaf lady was unable to be with

us however Margaret Upton was

able to produce a very interesting

quiz and from that we had a general

discussion about various places and

people of historical interest etc

Many thanks for that Margaret

For our Christmas meeting on

Tuesday 7th December 2pm at the

WCCCentreit was decided that

we would KISS (keep it so simple)

this year just bring one Christmas

card per person NO PRESSY also

David Skipper will give us a talk on

the manufacture of apple juice and a

promise of a drink of mulled non-

alcoholic juice and a mince pie

afterwards

Hope to see you all there

The Trustees of this Charity will be

meeting on the 8th December to consider

applications from residents of Watton for

financial support this Christmas It is

hoped therefore that applicants will

contact the Clerk to the Trustees prior to

that date so that the Trustees can fulfil

their duties

The Charity is an amalgamation of

Charities set up many years ago to support

those in need The Trustees have a duty to

distribute the income of the Charity to

relieve either generally or individually

persons resident in the town of Watton

who are in conditions of need hardship or

distress by making grants of money or

providing or paying for items services or

facilities calculated to reduce the need

hardship or distress of such persons

Institutions or organisations which provide

or undertake in return to provide items

services or facilities for such persons may

also benefit

In the past few years grants have in the

main consisted of support for the elderly

to help with the extra costs of Christmas

andor heating costs However the

Trustees are most willing to consider

applications from other age groups

provided they are residents of Watton and

they are in conditions of need hardship or

distress

No preference is given to any section of

the community but there will be times

when applicants will be required to give

full personal financial details and provide

whatever information the Trustees require

before decisions can be made Any

information given will be treated in the

strictest confidence

Applications for assistance should be

addressed to-

Derek I Smith Clerk to the Trustees -

Watton Relief In Need Charity 39

Dereham Road Watton IP25 6ER Tel

01953 884044

Email derekfrenzymailcouk

Watton Relief In Need Charity

Wilfson remembers I remember when I was a young boy Mum used to give me 10 shillings and send me to

the International Stores on Watton High Street I would come home with cheese sugar

sweets bread cakes and often some biscuits

Cant do that now - too many security cameras

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 8 News

No passado dia 6 do corrente mecircs foi

inaugurado pelo Presidente da Vila de

Watton o Sr Roy Ivory um cafegrave

Portugues

SANDRAS Cafegrave de Sandra Barros

com uma vasta experiecircncia na aacuterea da

restauraccedilatildeo quer aqui em Inglaterrra

ou em Franccedila onde trabalhou tambem

varios anos nessa mesma area

Como natildeo poderia deixar de ser

Sandra agradece o apoio que tem

recebido de todos os clientes desde o

tempo em que tinha o Daily Cafegrave

O Cafegrave tem ao seu dispocircr toda a

diversidade de Bolos de Pastelaria e

Sobremesas refeiccedilotildees Inglesas e

Portuguesas e computador com

Internet num local reservado com

serviccedilo de Impressora

A especialidade da casa `e o Bacalhau

`a casa e Mexelhotildees c batata frita

Com menus especiais a Quarta-feira e

ao Saacutebado e com disponiblidade para

Festas de Aniversarios eou Catering

(por reserva) telef01953 883010

mόvel 07842158723

O cafegrave situa-se na High Street n 5A

com abertura das 6 da manhatilde άs 5 da

tarde

Se passar em Watton natildeo deixe de

visitar este sitio fantάstico

Cafeacute Portugues em Watton - Sandra‟s Cafeacute

Portugueses no St Johns Ambulance No passado Domingo mais duas

crianccedilas Portuguesas se juntaram

como membros do St Johns

Ambulance na Divisatildeo de Watton

Fazendo agora um total de 4 crianccedilas

Portuguesas 2 na qualificaccedilatildeo de

Badger e 2 como Cadete

`E um orgulho para a nossa

comunidade ver as nossas crianccedilas a

participar numa Organizaccedilatildeo

Inglesa e aprender desde cedo o

serviccedilo de voluntariado

Se pretende partecipar pode ligar

para o n 01953 883918 e falar com

Sra Rose Millard ou dirigir-se ao

local na rua St John Hall ndash Saham

Road (cruzamento em frente aacute

Junior School ) que esta aberto todas

as Quartas-feiras a partir das 6h da

tarde Boa Sorte

Aprendizagem na Casa Wayland O Inglecircs para Falantes de Outras

Liacutenguas As aulas (ESOL)

comecaram ha 5 semanas atraz e

estao a ser um sucesso Com 9

pessoas inscritas no inicio e que

neste momento ja estaacute completo

Qualquer pessoa interessada neste

curso deve entrar em contato com

Sra Jan na Wayland House-

Watton (01953 880202) pois

haveraacute uma nova seacuterie de 6 aulas a

partir do mes de Janeiro

Com a BBC estamos a tentar

garantir que todos tenham uma

oportunidade de entrar

Tem havido muito pouca aceitaccedilatildeo

para o Clait (Alfabetizaccedilatildeo em

Computaccedilatildeo e Tecnologia da

Informaccedilatildeo) Cursos que o ablitam

a um certificado e que seraacute

liderado pelo Poultec Centro de

Formaccedilatildeo

Estes cursos iratildeo comecar depois

do Natal por isso se vocecirc estiver

interessado entre em contato com

a Sra Jan o mais rapidamente

possiacutevel Os lugares em cada curso

satildeo limitados a cinco

Envie sua notiacutecia para Tina por e-mail para tinawattonfamilysupportlivecouk

Letter from Australia By Chris OrsquoConnor

As I mentioned in my last Letter

from Australia I have moved from

dusty South Australia to the

greener and much cooler climes of

the Victorian Alps a distance of

about one thousand kilometres and

it is distance that I want to talk

about this time around The town in

which I lived in South Australia

had a population of over 30000

Where I am now living has a

population of around 1800 ndash about

the same size at Watton just before

WW2 The nearest major town is

120 kilometres away and there is

just one small village in between

Recently a national newspaper

article suggested the local

supermarket was the most

expensive in the country and

having shopped there I can attest to

that

However it is one of the friendliest

places I have rested my head over

the years and the services

particularly medical for such a

small area are astonishing We

have an eight bedroom hospital

with a fully staffed emergency

department an aged care home

five doctors a Health and Home

Community service which must be

the envy of major hospitals around

the world All of this is free of

charge mind you However there is

always a catch and this one is a

whopper if you ignore the basic

rule ndash get ambulance cover

Ambulances are not free in

Australia no matter where you live

on this vast continent People who

are not pensioners (for whom

ambulance cover is free) need to

pay the ambulance service an

annual fee unless they want to get

slugged with a bill that would make

their mortgage look like a piggy

bank It is not horrendously

expensive to take out this cover

around $100 (pound50) for a single

person but if you get really ill and

the local hospital is unable to cope

(say in the case of a major road

accident) the bill to the nearest city

hospital which you will recall I

mentioned was 120 kilometres

away will slug you $1500(pound750)

And because this is the Alpine

region of Australia a helicopter is

often used to rescue people ndash I

havenlsquot dared ask what that would

cost

There is a saying in Australia

which is quite simply the tyranny

of distancelsquo and you realise it when

you live in small towns such as

this While all the major things you

need in life are available there are

the things like a broken window

where you hope the local glazier

has just the right glass you need

There is nowhere to buy a new car

you would be crazy to buy a

television locally quite simply

because it would cost you many

more dollars And then there is

getting to the nearest capital city

Melbourne is a five hour drive

away and that is on a three lane

highway Sydney is about the same

distance although anybody who

wants to go to Sydney needs rocks

in their head however and is there

always the however a friend of my

suffered a major heart attack and

needed triple by-pass surgery He

had to be flown to the specialists at

a Sydney hospital and his wife had

to put up in a nearby hotel while he

recovered They were fortunate in

that they had private health

insurance but if they had not it

would have cost them thousands

and of course they had to get

friends to look after their pets

water their garden ndash the list goes

on

Mind you there are massive

advantages to living in this area of

the world Apart from the fact it is

probably the most beautiful country

in Australia with snow capped

peaks in winter and wonderful

walking trails in summer the people

are friendly I have not yet met one

single person who did not welcome

me with enthusiasm It is the type

of place where you stop and talk

for half an hour to somebody in the

street and the bank tellers call you

by your Christian name when you

walk in

I mentioned earlier the wonderful

health service After arriving here I

needed an operation to repair a

ruptured Achilles tendon The

community went out of its way to

make sure I was ok People brought

food another person would keep

the fire in the lounge burning and

three times a week somebody came

in to clean and tidy up ndash all for

nothing There are not too many

places on earth where that happens

It is now Spring in this area of the

world and while the snow begins to

melt on the mountain tops the trees and

flowers come out in their glorious

colours the grass is green and like the

cows around here Ilsquom a very contented

man Quite frankly I think I have

found an earthly paradise

Talk to you again soon and please

write if there is anything you would

like to know or comment on the

article The email address is

oconozbigpondcom

The Wayland Agricultural

Society would like to say a big

thank you to all who supported

participated sponsored and

came along to the Show in

August It was a fantastic day

and over pound8000 was raised for

local charities

An even wider variety of

attractions than ever before and

the usual high standard of

livestock entries made it a

family day out to remember

Caston Camera Club were the

official Show photographers and

there are many superb photos on

their website available to

purchase should visitors wish to

do so

For local organisations wishing

to apply for funding from the

proceeds application forms can

be found on our website

wwwwaylandshowcom

Alternatively they should

contact the

secretarywaylandshowcom

The requirement is that

applicants should be a registered

charity and have local

connections with the Wayland

Area The funds will be

allocated and distributed early

next year

The Committee are now starting

to plan next yearlsquos show We are

a friendly and active committee

who wholeheartedly welcome

new volunteers and would

encourage anyone interested in

being involved to contact the

Secretary (as above) and come

along to our next meeting to find

out a bit more

Wayland Agricultural Society thanks For the last eight years many of us have

enjoyed our regular Coffee amp Cakes at

the Queens Hall Coffee Mornings held

on Farmers Market Day Thanks to a

small but dedicated group of volunteers

we have enjoyed memorable home

baked scones cakes and pastries and

the small pangs of guilt about our

waistlines have been more than

compensated for by the pleasure of

good company in pleasant

surroundings The Coffee Mornings

have also generated a regular addition

to Queens Hall income which is

becoming increasingly important at the

present time The Hall is not publicly

funded on a regular basis and relies on

hiring fees to pay for the day to day

expenses currently in excess of pound1000

per month so any additional income

has been much appreciated

Unfortunately for a variety of personal

reasons the current team are

reluctantly retiring at the end of this

year and unless someone else is

willing to take over this pleasant event

the December morning will be the last

Is there anyone out there willing to fill

the gap If you think you might be

interested talk to us at the next Coffee

Morning on November 6th or phone

01953 885698

Queens Hall Coffee Mornings

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 9

Young people who have made an

outstanding achievement in the community

were recognised on Friday evening at the

glittering Pride in Breckland Youth Awards

ceremony

Breckland Youth Council had been

inundated with nominations since the

inaugural Pride in Breckland Youth

Awards were started and Youth

Councillors had a very difficult job in

picking winners

The awards recognise and celebrate those

people aged 11-19 and their role in helping

make Breckland a special place

Amongst other well-known local people

presenting the awards were Elizabeth

Truss MP Kiss FMlsquos DJ Thomsta Adrian

Stasiak Deputy Leader of Breckland

Council and British record holder and IPC

World Number One Para-Olympian shot-

putter Danny Nobbs

The results of the awards were as follows

Young Arts Performer of the Year Winner

- Oliver Johnson Runners up - Oliver

Haylett amp Kyle Fenn

Young Green Person Group of the year

Winner - Aaron Bolton and the Eco Bugs

Project

Young Sports Person of the year

Winner - Pippa Horn Runners up -

Joe Ground and Declan Davis

Young Volunteer of the year

Winner - Sam Trayton Runner up

- Laura Allen Highly Commended

- Alistair Wright and Stuart Green

Young Carer of the year Winner -

Leslie Fincham Runner up -

Bethan Thomas

Young innovator of the year

Winner - Jordan Bailey Runner up

- Lewis Hanrahan

Young Group Project of the year

Winner ndash ACOSY Runner up -

The Right Direction

Outstanding Achievement of the

year Winner - Kelsy McTaggart

Runner up - Thomas King

Youth Worker of the year Winner

- Emma Fletcher Runner up -

Sally Palmer

Hosting the Event Adrian Stasiak Deputy

Leader of Breckland Council said ―This is

an opportunity to applaud and celebrate

some of the remarkable contributions that

Brecklandlsquos young people are making both

within their local communities and across

society We are all extremely proud of the

strong community spirit that the young

people of our district show and I applaud

Breckland Youth Council for organising

such an event

Young Achievers recognised in Pride in Breckland Awards

Pet lovers are being urged to comply

with EU quarantine regulations or face

being separated from their pet and

paying for the privilege

Norfolk County Councillsquos Trading

Standardslsquo team is urging the countylsquos

pet owners to make sure they know their

legal requirements when travelling

abroad or returning to the UK with their

pets The warning comes after Trading

Standards officers were called to deal

with a puppy that had been brought into

the UK illegally albeit unintentionally

by its owners

A Great Yarmouth vet contacted the

County Councils Trading Standards

team after becoming suspicious that the

Dachshund puppy had not received the

appropriate vaccinations to travel to the

UK

Within an hour of receiving the

telephone call Trading Standards

officers were on the scene The puppys

owners claim a vet in Lithuania issued

the four-month-old dog with a passport

and told them it was OK to bring it to

the UK However the puppy had not

been vaccinated against rabies or tested

for the disease after six months to see

if it was rabies-free as is the legal

requirement

The puppy has been placed in the care

of quarantine kennels at the expense of

its owners where it will remain for up

to six months to ensure it does not

have rabies

Pet owners and members of their

families who live outside the UK are

reminded they must comply with the

Department for Environment Food and

Rural Affairs Pet Travel Scheme

(PETS) to avoid putting their pet into

quarantine

To bring a dog cat or ferret into the

UK from an EU country without

having to place the animal into

quarantine owners must adhere to

certain rules under PETS These are

- The animal must be microchipped

- The animal must be vaccinated

against rabies

- After 6 months the animal must have

a blood test to ensure the vaccination

was effective

- Owners must obtain a passport for the

animal

- Before entering the UK owners must

ensure their animal is treated for ticks

and tapeworm not less than 24 hours

and not more than 48 hours before it is

checked in at the port airport

- The animal must travel with an

approved transport company on an

authorised route

Councillor Ann Steward Cabinet

Member for Sustainable Development

at Norfolk County Council with

special responsibility for Trading

Standards said ―We are a nation of

pet lovers and I completely understand

why people would want to travel with

their pets but we must be sensible and

play our part in ensuring the UK

remains rabies-free

―Importing any animal into the UK

without placing it into quarantine or

adhering to the Pet Travel Scheme is

an offence and pet owners found to be

flouting or ignorant of their legal

obligations face possible prosecution

huge quarantine bills and the prospect

of spending up to six months away

from their pets which can be very

distressing

Gemma Nicholls Trading Standards

Officer at Norfolk County Council

said Its never easy removing a pet

from its owner but the laws are in

place for one very simple reason - to

keep the UK free of this deadly

disease If you break the law you could

face prosecution as well as a hefty

quarantine bill so I urge anyone who

wants to bring a pet into the UK to

double check the rules and ask for

advice

To find out more about the Pets Travel

Scheme visit ww2defragovuk (yes

that is correct) or telephone its

helpline on 08459 33 55 77

Pet lovers urged to know the law and avoid big quarantine bills

Ovington Christmas Bazaar Make a note in your diary to visit

Ovington Village Hall on Saturday 4th

December between 12 and 3pm so you

dont miss the traditional Christmas

Bazaar The proceeds from this

annual event are split between

Ovington Church and Village Hall

and there will be ample opportunity

to support these two worthy causes

There will be a raffle tombola

hamper competition books and toys

games toy lucky dip cakes and guess

the weight of the cake If you are

looking for inspiration for the festive

season there is a Christmas crafts

stall gifts and a pound1 stall As is

traditional in Ovington refreshments

will feature prominently whether you

just want tea or coffee or something

more substantial Come for lunch -

we will have a choice of delicious

home-made soups and filled rolls

Bring your children as Father

Christmas will be paying a visit

Watton Silver Band Needs You Watton Silver Band was established

over 100 years ago to entertain the

community in and around Watton

fulfilling all sorts of engagements such

as church services garden fetes and

carnivals Today the band comprises

some 15 players who come together

simply because they enjoy playing

We are looking to recruit more

members We have a junior band who

feed into the main band once they have

achieved a reasonable standard

Instruments and tuition are provided

free of charge If you are interested in

playing for us then do not hesitate to

contact Chris Austin (band master)

01953885296

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 10 Gardening

On Thursday 16th September we

were delighted to welcome back

Graeme Simmonds for his second

visit This time his talk was entitled

Findings in the Soil 2 - Medieval

and Tudorlsquo When most of us think

of the Norman invasion of 1066 we

may have in mind Harold with his

eye full of arrowlsquo and following on

the Domesday Book some years

later We may also think of the

inconvenience of the survivors of

the ruling classes of having to speak

Norman French Most of them

probably already did What doesnlsquot

immediately spring to mind is the

regulation and oppression of the

English people For example ladieslsquo

hairdressing The only approved

style was long plaits wound round

the ears like modern earphones but

called ramshornlsquo Not a very

elegant name The nobility were

allowed to wear hoods as well

Surprisingly the only women who

wore their hair down were

prostitutes

This was Graemelsquos opening gambit

in what has become a history lesson

for what the ordinary peoplelsquos

living conditions were like Another

bit of oppression was that only 5

of the population - the rich men -

got an education This was

classical Latin astronomy

geography maths etc Women were

brought up to be household

managers As it was felt

inappropriate for women to have a

classical education their managerial

training included writing They

must have been able to read what

theylsquod written but that was all and

limited to household business

Womenlsquos main occupation was the

production of cloth spinning and

weaving wool both for their own

use and commercially This led to a

box of buckles of incredibly varied

sizes There were no buttons then

so clothes had to be held together

by clasps buckles and hooks The

majority were made of copper or

bronze with silver or gold for the

rich Most of the buckles in the box

were missing the central pin as

these were commonly made of iron

so rusted away during their stay in

the soil As these items were from

the 14th to 18th century there were

several styles and all handmade

normally by the local blacksmith

The cloth trade was very important

in East Anglia for export as well as

domestic consumption and was

regulated by officials the equivalent

of modern Customs amp Excise who

attached alnage seals to each bale

Without these seals the cloth could

not be bought or sold The seals

were made of lead - cue another

box Graemelsquos collection is from

one field near Reepham and come

from far and wide - including

Antwerp

Nuremberg Seville

as well as English

The seals are all

different in design

presumably to

indicate the

inspector

On to the coins and another box As

well as pennies and groats

international coins have been found

and we were handed a beautiful

Doge of Venice coin of the era of

Antonio Venisrio who was Doge

from 1382-1400 During this time

Venice controlled the

Mediterranean trade but the coin

was found at Acle This just goes to

show how important the import-

export trade was in Norfolk and

Suffolk Another startling coin was

the quarter noble coin dated 1350

from the reign of Edward III This

is very thin but wonderfully

preserved as it is made of pure 22

carat plus gold shining as if it were

made yesterday Someone important

(or their servant) lost a lot of money

the day they dropped it

The final box contained crop-

pickers tokens These were given to

labourers at the end of each day

instead of cash and was an early co-

op system These were made of lead

and are all local with more turning

up all the time Signature seals were

also in this box including a Papal

seal from Honorius II 1217-1224

and it makes you wonder how that

turned up in Norfolk

The last piece handed round was a

pendant depicting Saint Barbara

She is patron of artillerymen

military engineers armourers

gunsmiths miners masons anyone

involved with explosives anyone

afraid of lightning or sudden death

at work She is celebrated by

various military units involved with

armoury and explosives and gives

her name to Santa Barbara in

California Therelsquos lots more about

her on the good old internet The

pendant has her with a tower (she

was incarcerated in one by her

father to protect her from the

outside world and she rejected an

arranged marriage) Her father was

subsequently killed by lightning

when he executed her hence the

patronage of lightning and

explosives

Graeme gave us one final bit of

advice - if you find anything that

looks interesting donlsquot rush to wash

the soil off it Leave it on an indoor

windowsill to dry out then gently

remove the soil but donlsquot scrub it as

you may remove valuable evidence

of what it is

Thank you Graeme for another

fascinating evening and for bringing

the articles you showed us not

forgetting the biscuit tin in which

we were invited to get our hands

dirty and fish things out To sum it

up the first question I was asked at

the end of the talk was Whenlsquos he

coming back againlsquo and you canlsquot

say fairer than that so herelsquos to next

year

The mini-show - Any Single

Flowering Stem

1st Ralph Kinsley dahlia

2nd Judy Atkinson viola

3rd Eric Reeves red hot poker

HC Geoff Twelftree dahlia

Marianne Kilmartin

Publicity Officer 01362 820744

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society

Breckland Flower and Garden Club Octobers meeting was well attended

to watch Alison Cushings

demonstration Seasonal Her love of

roses showed through her designs as

she blended them with shamrock

chrysanthemums gerberas Chinese

lanterns veronica and sunflowers

Most of her arrangements were

modern although she closed the

afternoon with a traditional triangle on

a lovely raised container

The competition for Autumn in a

Copper Container - New Hands was

won by Janet Skidmore Old Hands

by Shirley Penfold who also won

the trophy for Best Exhibit

Table show for three stems of

autumn colour from the garden was

won by Shirley Penfolds Nerines

November meeting will take place

at Old Buckenham Village Hall on

Thursday 11th November at 2 pm

when Lisa Howard will demonstrate

Enchanted Christmas The

competition title - Enchantment and

the table show is for dried or

preserved plant materialDont

forget December 9th when there

will be a workshop and afternoon

tea (please bring a plate)

commencing 130pm More

details next meeting

Visitors are always welcome -

phone Sally 01953 788712 or Pat

01953 457305

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Norfolk Wildlife Trust

To ask a question about the Norfolkrsquos Wildlife please call the Norfolk Wildlife Information Service Wildline 01603 598333 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri E-mail wildnorfolkwildlifetrustorguk Website httpwwwnorfolkwildlifetrustorguknaturalconnections Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467 Tuesday 16 November 745pm-930pm Bats- Denizens of the

Night A illustrated presentation by Sam Philips Ecology Consultant

of the Norwich Bat Group Followed by refreshments and raffle

Venue Watton Christian Community Centre High Street Watton

Cost pound200 members and pound300 for non-members

Flaming Fall Not the colour of the

leaves which we donlsquot get until

December if the leaves colour at all but

Lycoris radiata - commonly known as

Spider Lily Hurricane Lily Naked Lady

and several other regional names These

are similar to the Nerine found in

English gardens and have a similar habit

(leaves in winter die

down and in autumn

the flower stalks shoot

up followed by leaves

again once the flower

has faded in mid-

November Lycoris

radiata has a flaming

red flower 16 cm

wide on a 50 cm stem

The bulbs multiply

very reliably and

despite having dug up

great clumps over the

years to give to friends

and sell at Farmers

Market you will see

from the photos that

there are still plenty

left (and even more

around the side of the

house) There are

some in a tub by my

door and I always pat

them on the head each

time I come and go

Cabbage and Collards

are coming along

nicely in the vegetable garden and the

Egyptian Walking Onions are

resprouting Multiplying onions are

doing well but I donlsquot know where the

leeks went As if to prove they could get

along without me for the three weeks I

was away on holiday the Viva Italia

tomatoes have produced loads of fruit

but they donlsquot seem to be in a hurry to

ripen I set a sprinkler to run on a timer

three times a week for an hour at a time

and while most things survived a few on

the outer edge where the water didnlsquot

reach look a bit sad Still it will rain

again here one day

Today I have been digging the baby fig

trees that I layered this time last year

They have nice roots now and have gone

into containers to continue their journey

into adulthood Beetroot lettuce and

carrots have been seeded and now Ilsquom

running out of sunny space I see more

lawn disappearing in the future Spring

flowering bulbs pansies and other cool

season bloomers are in the nurseries

now and pumpkins are everywhere

artistically arranged in peoplelsquos front

yards or carved into scary faces These

will disappear as we transition into

November having been transformed into

pumpkin pies and soups for

Thanksgiving feasts The hummingbirds

have suddenly left and their place at the

feeders has been taken by butterflies

sipping on the sweet nectar Tasks for

November include application of copper

spray to peach trees at time of leaf drop

and gather covers to protect plants if an

early freeze threatens

Tomato-Tomayto Gardening in Navasota Texas with Helen Quinn

Our first meeting at Holme Hale in The

Pavilion went very well Firstly we all

received a welcome and an introduction

from our new Chairman David Green He

told us a little about his past membership

of other garden clubs and urged

everyone to take part in activities at

meetings in order to make the club lively

and interesting and to join in on

arranged trips Also to let the committee

know of things they would like added as

an alternative to the usual events There

are usually cheap and well grown plants

on the monthly sales table and full

advantage should be taken of these If

anyone has plants to spare or items for

the raffle these would be gratefully

received

We received a warm welcome from Hall

Chairman Michael Buttolph and his

short introduction to the recent history of

the Pavilion was most interesting

making us feel at home right from the

start

We were joined by several new members

and were happy to see the return of

others who had been forced to leave us

for a while Good to see you all We

hope that once word gets around that we

shall see more people from Holme Hale

they can be sure of an entertaining

afternoon

Then at last a chance to hear Trevor

Harrison from South Creake Nurseries

talking about the plants that he had

brought with him in order to show just

how much colour it is still possible to

have in the garden at this time of year

The grasses were quite spectacular there

were many kinds of heleniums lots of

different colours in the montbretias the

dahlias the rudbeckias and many more

easy to grow border plants

The beautiful blue Caryopteris and the

many coloured asters made a real splash

of colour along with the gentians the

colchicums and the cyclamen

There was a break for tea and biscuits

during which time David showed how to

take fuchsia cuttings Success to be

compared next year Then it was back

to Trevor for more about the plants on

show the drawing of the raffle and a

chance to purchase plants from Trevor

On the 21st October gardening guru

Richard Hobbs came along to deliver

what turned out to be a most informative

and well-structured talk on Winter

colour in the garden This visit came at a

time when winter seems to be on the

doorstep and when colour is never more

welcome

Richard defines winter as the period

between Michaelmas and Candlemas

and suggested colour in the form of

many perennials shrubs and trees

Eucomis also known as the Pineapple

flower or Pineapple lily offers flowers

and interesting seed heads with Eucomis

Bicolour additionally offering variegated

foliage Nerines were recommended not

only for their white flowers but for their

colourful bark Cyclamen Cipriani will

grow in dense shade and seeds readily

while Buxus Necrophilia (box) provides

winter interest additionally Daphne has

glossy green leaves and has scented

flowers in January and February For the

rose lover Rosa Nitida has glossy

leaves red stems and red hips

Cornus with its colourful stems and

changing foliage is a popular addition to

the winter garden one should aim to

have light at its back in order to get the

full impact Strong shapes in garden help

to add winter interest and Richard asked

members not to forget that texture (seen

in coastal areas for example) is very

important

It is impossible to mention all the

sources of winter colour which Richard

touched upon though for interested

readers some of these included

Agapanthus Lonicera or honeysuckle

all kinds of Hellebores (of which the

Christmas rose is probably best known)

Asters and Michaelmas daisies Others

include Ilex and Juniper Heucheras

(which will provide yearly cuttings) and

a whole host of ferns ndash the list is too

long to mention them all Some

wonderfully descriptive names included

Aster lady in black with dark foliage

and the Blackberry Lily with its black

fruit and orangey-red flowers

Richard thoughtfully fetched sprigs

of some of these plants with him

which were passed round to the

members While speaking he

offered interesting morsels of

gardening lore including advice on

the Chelsea chop which involves

cutting back some shrubs to one foot

in height thus promoting a host of

smaller flowers later in the year

This is so called because it should

be done around Chelsea Flower

Show week

The session finished with a Raffle and

some words from our Chairman Next

month (18th November) members are

asked bring a single stem from the

garden which will be judged by Mr Keer

who will be speaking on the subject of

Begonias David also asked for

suggestions for gardens to visit in 2011

and reminded members to keep the 16th

December free for the Christmas party

Ovington Gardening Club Our October meeting was a fascinating talk on

Garden Insects by Robert Maidstone which

was delivered in his own light-humoured way

and was most informative The November

meeting will be on Wednesday 3rd at 745pm

in the village hall when Rory Hart will give a

talk on Conservation in the Garden For further

details contact Ed on 01953 885848 or Carol

on 01760 440719

Ashill amp Holme Hale Garden Club News

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 12

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Remember remember the fifth of

November etc etc I make no apology

for repeating last yearlsquos plea for

everyone private or public planning a

bonfire to celebrate Guy Fawkes to

move the whole thing a few hours

before lighting it This will prevent

roasting hedgehogs or any other

animals that think it a good place to

shelter or hibernate

Some people say November is the start

of the gardening year It comes as a

surprise to those of us who traditionally

leave the whole thing until Easter

However as long as the soil is

workable this is the best month for

planting bare-root shrubs The one that

springs to mind is the rose Inevitably if

ordered by mail these will arrive as a

few sticks in a polythene bag with

finger-ripping staples to close it inside a

paper bag The instructions will be

inside the polythene bag and wet

because the roots will have been

doused by the supplier Oh and theylsquoll

arrive on the day the monsoon starts

Still the instructions will cheerfully

inform you that if the weather is

inclement all you need to do is keep

the whole bag in a cool dark place with

the roots moist The trick is not to put

them where theylsquoll be forgotten Been

there done that Once the weather is

reasonable plant the shrub The late

Arthur Billett of Clacklsquos Farm and

Gardenerslsquo Question Time gave out the

succinct instruction ―If youlsquove paid

76d for a plant dig a 76d hole to put it

in This was repeated by my father and

also Geoffrey Smith Itlsquos a good way to

remember to dig the hole deep enough

and wide enough to accommodate the

roots and put the graft point of the rose

about 2 below the finished level Also

put a generous amount of compost or

well-rotted manure in the bottom Use a

stick across the top of the hole to

estimate the depth and backfill well

using a bit more compost mixed with

the soil removed from the planting

hole Donlsquot be afraid to use your boot

close to the plant to pack the soil in to

remove air pockets - you donlsquot want its

little feeding roots waving about under

there The soil should still be warm

enough to divide and move perennials

but I heard recently that as our

Breckland soil is very sandy in the

main it is able to allow frost to

penetrate deeper than heavier ones that

keep the cold at the surface so thatlsquos

something to be aware of

Despite the gloom there is plenty of

colour to be had at this time of year

Winter-flowering heathers will keep

going even in cold weather and they

donlsquot mind windy locations They can

be planted close together for colourful

ground cover and are very effective in

containers specially if they can have

company such as hardy cyclamen Both

plants come in a variety of pinks

mauves purples and white Viburnums

are good at this time of year as well -

good old Bodnantense Dawnlsquo is very

popular when the flowers appear from

November until March on bare

branches You can cut some for vases

when the scent will fill the room Donlsquot

ignore plants that berry - holly of

course varieties of viburnum can

produce berries in red or black

Skimmias are in full berry now and will

flower in spring but most are unisex so

it takes two of them Both can be

planted in the same hole or container

Some berried shrubs are evergreen

Other container or border plants at their

best are ornamental cabbages in green

and pink and pansies in all sorts of

colours The michaelmas daisies and

autumn crocuscolchicums may still be

in flower There are trees for winter

interest as well The acers grown for

bark will show up nicely now the

leaves are down and the winter-

flowering cherry Prunus x subhirtella

Autumnalislsquo bears its small double

flowers on bare branches This one is a

very pale off-white but there are pinker

ones such as Autumnalis Rosealsquo and

therelsquos even a weeping version That

should stop the traffic Most of the

plants mentioned will grow in

reasonably well-drained soil in sunny

positions But on the whole theylsquore

pretty easy going as regards conditions

While youlsquore planting your bare-root

deciduous shrubs or trees make sure

they are staked if necessary A good

supplier will provide good instructions

If necessary water but not if itlsquos

freezing It might be worth putting

some bulbs around while youlsquore at it as

now is the time for tulip and lily bulbs

(and any others you forgot earlier)

Keep the digging going when the

ground is not soggy or frosted and

mulch If the ground has been dug over

while harvesting veg or tidying borders

just add a nice layer of compost or well

-rotted or leaf mould and let the worms

do the work This is a good time to

evict any pests - snails under pots

rodents in sheds - all need to be dealt

with Pick your option regarding the

snails but remember the lady who won

the amateur scientist of the year prize

by establishing that snails need to be

more than 30 metres100 feet away to

prevent their coming back so donlsquot just

throw them over the fence into next

doorlsquos garden

Take photos when itlsquos reasonably

comfortable outdoors so you can

incorporate something for next winter

in your plans When the weatherlsquos

really bad and youlsquove done all the tasks

just settle down with a glass of

something nice and start the planning

process for next year

Donlsquot forget the weeds will still keep

growing whatever the weather

In your garden with Lotta Potts

On WEDNESDAY 13th OCTOBER

we had a fantastic speaker of

gardening distinction Lucy Redman

A superb plantswoman who told of her

beginnings in gardening at early school

age with her mother and at her great

school garden at Hadleigh High now

sadly derelict She is now so passionate

about children being able to garden

that she along with 75 children at her

old school are redesigning those very

gardens the work includes art amp craft

plus drama working and display areas

science work and a weather station

She hopes for it to be completed within

the next year

She was the youngest person to be

accepted at RHS Wisley and studied at

the English Gardening School where

she achieved her Diploma in Garden

design She has been a Gold medal

winner at both Chelsea and Hampton

Court and writes a regular column for

the East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk

magazine

She has now set up her own School

of Garden Design at her beautiful

home in Rushbrooke in the depths of

breath-taking Suffolk countryside

Her garden has been featured in the

English Garden Magazine and

Country Homes and Interiors amp

Homes and Gardens It is a rare mix

of finely selected country garden

plants and features with more stately

plantings and then huge arty

sculptures and willow features

subtle colours and bright colours to

match the rooms from which the

garden is viewed

She gave us plenty to think about

her talk was entertaining and

inspirational

25 members attended It was the first

meeting taken by our new Chairman

Ed Szczepanowski who welcomed

everyone to this new Club Year with

an excellent Programme of Events to

look forward to We wish him well

leading our Club

The Flower competition was judged by

Lucy and was won by Claudine

Garrod 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Sue

Thomas We also have a new

Vegetable competition at each indoor

meeting and this was won by Hazel

Dunn 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Jane

Dalton The quality of entries was very

high Well done everyone who took

part

Our next Club meeting is on

WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER at

745pm in the Village Hall and should

prove a real crowd puller as it a very

interesting one to everyone By

GRAEME SIMM entitled HISTORY

BENEATH YOUR FEETlsquo

You are asked to bring along an

artefact you have found in your

garden

We know from others who have

booked this speaker that the evening

will prove to be a fascinating one and

could contain revelations about finds in

this and other areas so come along and

take part Everyone welcome

Free to members pound250 visitors

Refreshments and raffle

Donlsquot forget to enter our Flower and

Vegetable competitions

At the November meeting we will be

taking bookings for our Annual Dinner

in January on Sunday 12th Jan 1pm at

the Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant

in Attleborough Cost to be notified

We are a very active friendly club

always keen to increase our

membership and now is a great time to

join

If anyone would like a lift to meetings

please give me a call Jane Dalton

(Secretary) 01953 498694

Great Hockham Gardening Club news

Attleborough amp District Horticultural Society The November meeting of the society takes place on

Wednesday 17th November commencing at 730pm The

venue as usual is Attleborough Junior School and guests are

most welcome to come along The talk in November will be

―Ornamental Plants Grown for Their Scent

Mike Flood gave a very interesting talk on ―Heavy Horses

at the September meeting He has spent a lifetime caring for

working with and breeding these horses whilst working

fulltime in the agricultural supply industry and his talk was

full of anecdotes about these gentle giants We also came

away knowing how to tell apart Shires Percherons

Clydesdales and the Suffolk Punch

The Table Competition suffered from a lack of entries

However the prize for 3 stems of flowers went to Sally

Westrup and John Darlow took the award for 3 eating apples

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society November - it can get a little flat in the middle - short

gloomy days fireworks over and the garden is miserable

Come and cheer it up with a talk on Design amp Garden

History by Judith Srigley from Easton College

Venue Bradenham Village Hall Date Thursday 18th

November Time 730pm

As this is the start of our year you could join us and then

come to our Christmas Party in December full details on

18th November Further information from Marianne

Kilmartin Publicity Officer 01362 820744

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 13

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At the recent 1940lsquos weekend in

Sheringham and Holt with the North

Norfolk Railway Wayland Scouts help

marshal the vintage cars at Holt Station

For the newest Scout it was an extra special

event as he was invested into Scouts from

the Cub Section on the foot plate of the

George Stephenson Steam Engine

Jackson Cutts was supported by his fellow

Scouts bearing the Grouplsquos flags as he took

his promise He was then treated to a short

ride along the track

Visitors to the event looked on including

some former Scouts

who were proud to

see that youngsters

were still enjoying

all that Scouting has

to offer

Akela Jo Ashford

commented it was

wonderful to have

somewhere different

for the investiture we

would like to thank the

crew for their help and

support It was an

exciting addition to a fun packed weekendlsquo

Apart for this activity both Sections have

been really busy during meetings the Cubs

recently placed host to Shelby and Mustang

tow Giant African Land Snails These

amazing creatures didnlsquot mind being the

centre of attention while the Cubs

discovered all about them The snails had

even recently laid some eggs which was an

added bonus for the Cubs to investigate

As the darker evenings arrive activities move

inside so the Scouts have been working on a

number of activities including mini pioneering

to create model gateways ndash ideas for next

yearlsquos camps

They have also been sharing their hobbies and

skills with some fantastic examples of Airfix

model building and Meccano

If you are interested in getting involved in

Scouting in Watton please contact Paul Cutts

01953 884243 or email

waylandscoutsgmailcom

Jackson steams his way into Scouting

Jackson Cutts on the footplate after his investiture

The speaker for September was Denise

Hammond-Webb on The Birth of Banham

Zoo John Goymer was an agricultural

labourer in the 18thC The Goymer family

who opened the zoo were small farmers in

1854 but in 1890 when farms became

mechanised amp workers left for London they

went to work in the local bakeries In 1909 the

family opened a bakery in Bury St Edmunds

The family delivered the

bread by horse amp cart

During WW1 there was

a great demand for bread

for the Army barracks amp hospitals The

business expanded so that during WW2

bakeries were opened in Thetford as well as

Bury In 1952 after sliced bread was

introduced the head of the family sold his

shops He bought a farm amp also opened a farm

shop which was very successful In 1956 they

bought parrots amp with pheasants opened the

collection to the public in 1968 When a

colony of monkeys arrived in 1971 it became

Banham Zoo amp Woolly Monkey Sanctuary

The Zoo has the finest collection of monkeys

in Europe but many visitors come to see the

endangered snow leopards Banham Zoo has

links with zoos all over the world We are

fortunate to live so near to the zoo

The winner of the competition for an animal

ornament was 1) June Clark 2) Brenda

Spencer Next monthslsquo speaker is Charlotte

Philcox amp the competition is a picture of

Autumn leaves

Attleborough WI

Town Council support for credit union In addition to the grant from the Breckland District Council

Participatory Budget scheme earlier this year to support our

marketing campaign by paying for advertisements in parish

magazines and this paper plus the printing of many

explanatory leaflets for distribution in the community Watton

Town Council very generously gave Wayland Community

Bank the local branch of Norfolk Credit Union a grant of

pound200 to help our work in the community and which has

enabled us to purchase some equipment for outside events

This includes a free-standing banner and a portable table top

display With these we hope to reach out further into Wayland

to let more people become aware of the support we can offer

through our credit union savings and loans schemes

There is a marked rise in the number of households

approaching the illegal loan sharks legal doorstep and

internet lenders for loans Many of these charge very high

interest rates which can be seen on the

lenderscomparedcouk web site

Credit unions however have their loan rates capped by

legislation at a maximum of 2 per month - 268 APR

and Norfolk Credit Union offers unsecured loans at

between 1 to 2 per month - 1268 to 268 APR We

currently have substantial funds available for all sorts of

small loans from domestic appliances to helping people

untangle their debts with the high interest lenders

Support for our campaign by local authorities is very much

appreciated and anyone wishing to have a chat with our

volunteers about savings current account or loans or about

joining us as a volunteer working for the local community

can contact us at Wayland House on 01953 883915 or view

our website wwwwaylandbankorg

There is also a loan calculator which can be viewed at our

Head Office web site wwwnorfolkcucouk

Water Water Everywhere by Edith Pleasance It was mid-morning of just another day at the office I

had taken down my usual load of dictation and was busy

dealing with it when the managerlsquos buzzer sounded

twice ndash the signal for me to report to his office along the

corridor with my notepad All sorts of reasons for the

summons came to mind Mr Reece was a man of habit

and did not like his usual morning programme disrupted

once he had dealt with the daily mail

I knew he had an appointment to see one of our branch

managers so guessed it to be just a progress report

Several days previously I had driven my boss (acting as

chauffeuse was one of my duties) to the most outlying

branch of our area where he would make a general

review of management etc while I mingled with

members of the staff and made a general nuisance of

myself This was a very effective way of discerning any

undercurrent there may be

On our way back to Area Office I remarked on a new

member of staff who because of the beautiful blond hair

caught back in a ponytaillsquo I took to be a female clerk I

walked around the back of the counter only to find it was

indeed a young man around seventeen I knew my boss

had a dislike of long-hair on male members of staff in

fact I once chided him on getting upset about it whilst he

never bothered that the mini-skirts of the young females

were getting shorter by the day Humphlsquo was his

response

Entering his office notebook in hand I was surprised to

see the pony-tailed young man accompanied by his

branch manager Without preamble Mr Reece started

dictating

―I John Smith state that I broke into the premises of my

employers on Friday evening last and turned full-on the

stopcock in the basement then went to both cloakrooms

on the ground floor and turned on all the washbasin taps

My actions resulted in the offices being flooded causing

extensive damage to the premises and its contents

―Right Edith I want that typed in triplicate

immediately Apart from the boy being automatically

dismissed I never knew the outcome of this unusual

case But I couldnlsquot help wondering why

Edith Pleasance copy 260910

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 News

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01953 881 885

Attleborough High School led by Head

of Languages Mrs Connie Wind Avery

celebrated European Day of Languages

in style A range of activities for students

focussed on different languages and

cultures Staff joined in the spirit of the

event by dressing up in national costume

and European styled clothes

Head of Languages at Attleborough High School Connie Wind Avery (4th from right) and fellow teachers (left to right) Frances Billin Head of RS Mrs

Linda Trounce Silke Schardt Caroline Graham Rowena Tyrer Kay Southgate and Laura Stowe

Attleborough High School Celebrate the European Day of Languages in style

West Norfolk Aviation Society Chairman Rod Rumsby welcomed

guest speaker Julian Horn to the

October meeting who gave an

account including a film of the

WW2 adventures of Bill McGrath

In 1940 aged 20 Bill McGrath

was posted to 82Sqdn at RAF

Watton as an ObserverNavigator

On 13th July 1940 82Sqdn

attacked (the German held)

Aalborg airfield in Denmark with

12 Bristol Blenheimlsquos they

encountered heavy flak and ME

109s and all but one of the

aircraft were destroyed Billlsquos

pilot bombed the airfield but the

aircraft was hit and ditched in

water 100m from the shore but

with rocks only a meter below the

surface As a result Bill suffered

severe eye arm and leg injuries

20 aircrew were killed amp buried at

Vadum cemetery 10 aircrew plus

Billlsquos crew became POWlsquos Bill

eventually escaped from a POW

camp and made his way across

Europe to Barcelona then returned

to UK via Gibraltar He received

the Military Medal and continued

his service as an Air Traffic

Controller A fascinating story of

bravery

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd

November 730pm at Methwold

Social Club Speaker Martin

McClelland Three Years at RAF

Kemble New members amp guests

welcomed For more Information

Tel 01842 879210

Free NHS Health Check at Total Health Pharmacy Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease diabetes or

kidney disease or suffering a stroke These conditions can

often be prevented even if you have a history of them in

your family but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight smoke take little

exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol

NHS Health Checks are being offered by Total Health

Pharmacy in Watton to assess a personlsquos risk of developing

stroke diabetes heart or kidney disease later in life

The Health check is free to people between the ages of 40

and 74 who are not already being treated for these

conditions An initial assessment will determine if you are

eligible for the free health check The health check will take

approximately 30 minutes during which various health

details will be recorded your blood pressure will be taken

as well as a simple blood test to check your cholesterol

The results of the check will determine a risk factor for the

likelihood of you developing the mentioned conditions later

in life and you will be given advice on how to lower your

risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Pharmacist Geoff Ray said ―NHS Health checks encourage

people to be aware of their potential risk factor to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting until it is too

late

The Health Check is available from Total Health Pharmacy

by calling 01953 881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14

Gregor Shanks Way Watton opposite the Watton Medical

Practice

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

FINE BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD

BOOKS JC amp Applestore Gallery

TelephoneFax 01953 883488 55 High Street Watton

For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

TecH-help Bamboozled by Technology

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We can help you if you

ring Julian 01953 881885

Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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Free Quotations amp

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Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

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please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 5

Saham Heritage Craft Fair amp Annual Exhibition

Saturday 13th November 10am - 4pm Wells Cole Community Centre

Bell Lane Saham Toney Local Craft Products for sale

Local History Exhibition Refreshments served all day ~ free entry

Internet cafeacute opens in Watton

Watton isnlsquot exactly short of somewhere

to go for a bite to eat or something to

drink but Sandralsquos Cafe at 5A High

Street is most certainly a new asset to

the town

Some of you will remember Sandra

Barros following in her Dadlsquos and

Grandadlsquos footsteps in the restaurant

business from the Daily Fresh cafeacute in

Middle Street which Sandra ran very

successfully for 3 years until she was

regrettably forced to cease trading for

health reasons However Sandra saw

this as a temporary state of affairs

hoping larger premises would become

available where she would have scope

to extend not only the seating capacity

but also the kitchen and therefore the

range of dishes on offer

When the current premises became

available Sandra immediately applied for

planning permission for change of use

which was duly granted on the 21st of

September A miraculous transformation

then took place within a couple of weeks

with the entire family working around the

clock on the refurbishment sourcing as

many materials as possible from local

suppliers Their time was very well spent

as the cafeacute is light bright tastefully

decorated in coffee colours and very

welcoming whether you pop in for a

coffee or a full-blown lunch The chef

isnlsquot some mysterious person secreted

away in the kitchen since Sandra enjoys

waitressing and meeting her customers as

well as cooking ably assisted by her

mum-in-law Clotilde Since opening the

cafeacute has been well supported and has

kept them very busy Sandra is used to

hard work since at the same time as

running the Daily Fresh cafeacute in the day

time she was waitressing on the floating

bistro boat in Thetford

Sandra said she felt very honoured and

welcomed into the local community

when town Mayor Roy Ivory

conducted the opening ceremony at the

suggestion of former Daisy Fresh

customer Jacqui Seal the Town Clerk

on Tuesday 6th of October

Sandralsquos new extended menu has

something for everyone from

sandwiches and things on toastlsquo to jacket

potatoes and a range of main meals some

influenced by Sandralsquos Portuguese and

French heritage The home-made desserts

look especially tempting Having been

born in Portugal to Portuguese and

French parents Sandra spent several

years living and working in France

before moving to England 20 years ago

Everything on the menu is available to

take-away and always cooked to order

so deliciously fresh Sandra takes great

pride in not only the cooking but also the

presentation of her food and strives to

give her customers first class service

Many of her Daily Fresh customers have

said how thrilled they are that shelsquos

opened another cafeacute in the town

Sandra also offers an internet Cafeacute

facility in a separate area designed for the

purpose a first for Watton and available

during cafeacute opening hours Charges are

very reasonable at pound2 per hour or pound299

with a drink included Another indication

of Sandralsquos thoughtfulness is the

provision of a printer at a cost of 10-15p

per printed sheet

Opening hours are from 6am to 5pm

Monday to Friday and 8am to 5pm on

Saturdays The Cafeacute can be booked for

functions and Sandra also offers an

outside catering service

Sandra has asked us to extend a heartfelt

thanks to all her Daily Fresh customers

for their past and present support and for

all the gifts and good wishes Sandralsquos

hard work and care for her customers

should ensure the success she richly

deserves

Report by Rosalie Davis Gibb

Town Clerk Jacqui Seal Clotilde Sandra Cllr Wassell and Mayor Roy Ivory at the opening of Sandrarsquos Cafeacute

The next exhibition to be hosted at the

Dragonfly Gallery at Wayland House is

All Fired Uplsquo a collection of outstanding

ceramics by individual and groups of

potters from across Norfolk and beyond

There will be both functional and

decorative pieces in a wide variety of sizes

and styles ndash and made in a range of

methods with varying and unusual glazes

and colours

Prices range from just a few pounds to

pound100+ so this will be a good opportunity

for those looking for a Christmas gift for

someone special to find something unique

and beautiful The exhibition will be open

daily from October 30th to November 5th

(10 ndash 1 Saturdays and 10 ndash 4 weekdays)

The preview evening is on October 29th

from 700 ndash 830pm This is a free event

but call Susan on 01953 880205 to book a

place

Our final exhibition of the year will have a

seasonal flavour The Christmas Show -

always one of the most popular of the year

- takes place from the 4th ndash 11th

December

Although the Gift shop and Visitor Centre

are closed for the winter they are fully

open during exhibitions In addition to what

is available at the exhibition there is a wide

range of gifts and cards including

Christmas Cards available

All Fired Up What‟s on at the Dragonfly Gallery

Come and visit our Christmas Bazaar At Watton Christian Community Centre on

Saturday 20 November 2010 from 10 am to

130 pm Refreshments served from 10 am

with light lunches served from 12 noon

There will be a variety of stalls some of

which are Christmas decorations Cards

Books Bric-a-brac Homemade Cakes

Pantry (Preservatives etc) Toiletries Gifts of

all sorts as well as Guessing Competitions and

a Lucky Dip Something for all ages

We look forward to welcoming you on 20

November 2010 (Organised by Watton

Methodist Church High Street Watton)

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 6 Advertising

What a fantastic year we have all had

celebrating 100 years of Girlguiding The

celebrations started in September 2009 with a

fabulous day trip to Colchester Zoo where

members of the Watton District Guiding

enjoyed a fun and active day with the sun

shining brightly above We were able to feed the

Elephants and Giraffes and saw some animals

from all over the World 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies enjoyed being really close to some of

the animals through the windows fencing and

some of the Guides from 1st Saham Toney unit

made their promise while taking a train ride

around the zoo The day finished off with a

Division Camp Fire at Weeting where members

of the Watton amp District Trefoil Guild joined in

the fun

A small group of Guiders Brownies Guides

and Senior Section members attended a

Centenary Thanksgiving Service at Norwich

Cathedral on Saturday 20th February 2010

They travelled from Watton by bus and enjoyed

the service and singing very much Birthday

cards were shared between units and a way of

celebrating our 100th year in Guiding

Watton District Guiding celebrated their

Thinking Day with a church service at

Carbrooke Church and although the snow fell

spirits were high and afterwards we all enjoyed

some indoor games and decorated cupcakes

with icing and items in the centenary colours

Each unit made a cake decorated with the flags

of various countries around the world

The year has also been a time to participate in

the Centenary Challenge The 100 Adventure

Challenge encouraged all of us to complete

some different challenges and gain 100 points

during the year Some of the activities carried

out included Celebrating the Chinese New Year

a visit to the Wind turbine at Swaffham ndash

climbing the 308 steps a pamper session where

the Brownies from the 2nd Watton (RAF) unit

learnt how to perform a simple facial massage

Some of the 1st and 3rd Watton Brownies

recorded a radio jingle played parachute games

and had a meeting when the girls were in

charge

The Trefoil Guild took up their Centenary

Challenge to Make a Differencelsquo by raising

over pound130000 for Teenage Cancer Trust

Addenbrooks Appeal through the following

events An Open Evening with Susie Rice from

Teenage Cancer Trust held a Coffee Morning at

Ovington enjoyed Ploughmans Lunches at

Ashill invited many friends to join us at a

Pudding Evening in Watton plus donations

from 1st Watton Guides as a result of their

tombola staff at Watton Carnival Rotary and

Feltwell Trefoil Guild They have also been

joining in the fun by visiting the Crystal Maze in

London ndash all safely returned no one got lost and

they found the special plaques commemorating

guiding within the maze They have had many

other visits out held a Centenary Lunch at

Broom Hall Saham Toney and joined in a

County Trefoil Day at Patteson Lodge

Meanwhile the year has been passing on and

August brings a time to enjoy the open air with

the big Camping event ndash NORJAM 2010 This

was a fun packed adventure with dodgems and

bouncy castles for over 6000 Guides and Scouts

from all over the world 1st Saham Toney

Guides and Young Leaders joined in the fun

mixing with others units both locally and

around the world to celebrate the Guiding

Centenary with a massive cake decorated with

ducks The adventure went beyond imagination

with water sports quad bikes flying trapeze and

zorbing hellip Where else apart from the Norfolk

showground could you try all these activities

Before we know where we are it is September

2010 ndash a year on from the 1st event and

Saturday 18th September takes some 4000

members of Girlguiding Norfolk including

Watton District Rainbows Brownies Guides

Senior Section Leaders Helpers Volunteers

and Trefoil Guild members to an event ndash

Seaside Sparkle in Great Yarmouth It was a

truly magical celebration 1st Saham Toney

Guides described it as the mountain top moment

for Norfolk Guiding Everybody from the

Rainbows to the Trefoil Guild enjoyed a sun

kissed day There was so much to do from

glittering sand castles and sculptures being built

on the beach to travelling along the sea front on

the road train and open top bus Yesterdaylsquos

World Sealife Centre Merrivale Model Village

Hippodrome Circus Pleasure Beach Crazy

Golf Time and Tide Museum All Guiding

members were given reduced rates for our

special day and each Unit decided what

activities they would like to participate in The

finale was a specially constructed stage on the

beach with live bands playing and fireworks

The atmosphere was electrifying Everybody

was also provided with a girl guiding goodie bag

containing various items to use on the day and

keep as a memento - Wow it was certainly a

day to remember

A day like this cost us nearly pound5000 and we

have been helped in the funding of this by

grants donations and fundraising events Our

celebrations would not be complete without

giving our grateful thanks to the following

organisations-

Norfolk Community Foundation

Rotary Club of Watton and District

Wayland Agricultural Society CIC

They gave so generously and enabled the cost of

the day to be more affordable for everyone who

attended

Our Celebrations end as we all join together for

the Centenary Finale on Wednesday 20th

October 2010 (2010 - 2010 - 2010) at St Peter

and St Paul Church in Swaffham to renew our

Guiding Promise at 2010

What a fun packed year Watton District Guiding

have enjoyed

It truly has been Girls Having Funlsquo

Watton District Guiding consists of the following units-

Rainbows for girls aged 5 to 7 years 2nd Watton (RAF) Rainbows held on

Thursdays

Brownies for girls aged 7 to 10 years 1st Watton Brownies held on Thursdays

2nd Watton (RAF) Brownies held on

Thursdays

3rd Watton Brownies held on Wednesdays

1st Ashill Brownies held on Mondays

1st Saham Toney Brownies held on Mondays

Guides for girls from 10 to 14 years 1st Watton Guides held on Wednesdays

1st Saham Toney Guides held on Mondays

Senior section for girls from 14+ years held on

Wednesdays

Trefoil Guild held every 3rd Thursday in the

month

We provide a unique girl-only space

We promote equality and diversity

Welsquore relevant to todaylsquos girls

We give girls and young women a voice

and have done so for 100 years

If anyone would like further information

about Watton District Guiding please

contact Joanne Oxborough District

Commissioner on (01760) 441046

Watton District Guiding ndash bdquoGirls Having Fun‟

1st Saham Toney Guides enjoying some time on

the bouncy castle slide at Seaside Sparkle

1st Ashill Brownies enjoying the celebrations

1st Saham Toney Guides hit Great Yarmouth

ready for all the fun of Seaside Sparkle

The girls from 1st Saham Toney Guides with other

guides at NORJAM

1st Watton Brownies in the recording studio

Rainbows using their buckets for a different

purpose at Seaside Sparkle

Our District Commissioner Joanne Oxborough with

the Celebration Cake at Ashill Brownies

Posing for a group shot at their Thinking Day event

in Carbrooke Village hall

Feeding the elephants at Colchester zoo

Saham Toney Brownies and Guides join in the

Remembrance Service at Saham Toney Church

Above and below Enjoying the indoor games after

the Thinking Day service

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 7

Local business women raise funds for charity

A group of five local businesswomen

teamed up under the name of Dead Good

Designs held a Christmas shopping event

in Watton raising nearly pound800 in aid of

Great Ormond Street Hospital

The event held on 21st October was well

supported by around 100 visitors

throughout the day who all helped to raise

funds by buying raffle tickets and some of

the gorgeous gifts and jewellery produced

by the businesswomen Generous

donations for refreshments were also

given on the day

Raffle prizes worth around pound400 were

generously donated by local businesses

family and friends including a large gift

hamper contributed by the group and a

beautiful hand-made quilt donated by the

hostlsquos mother-in-law who also gave up

her day with family and friends to provide

teas coffees and delicious homemade

cakes to guests

The group of artisan business owners

joined forces recently to provide mutual

business support and share experiences

whilst also raising funds for charities and

worthy causes

This charity is particularly important to

Suzanne and husband Neil who hosted the

event ―Our daughter had successful open

-heart surgery there at the age of two so

raising money through the shopping event

was a perfect opportunity to give

something back

Following the success of this event the

group is keen to offer their services to help

others raise funds for charities at similar

shopping events or home parties They

welcome and encourage any invitations

The five women in the group are Angela

Jones of Artisans-UK Suzanne Lake of

Handmade from the Heart Penny Lindop

of Penny Lindop Designs Denise

Sheppard of More Than Just Words and

Jane Pennington of Stone-Me jewellery

For further information about other Dead

Good Designs events or to request the

grouplsquos support at a local charity event

please call 01953 881289 or email

goodiesdeadgooddesignscouk

Clockwise from top Suzanne Lake Angela Jones Jane Pennington and

Penny Lindop (Denise Sheppard missing)

Remembrance Events in Watton Remembrance Day ndash 11th

November There will be a short

Remembrance Day Parade on

Thursday 11 November 2010 at 1100

am to observe the Two Minute

Silence It is hoped that as many

Royal British Legion and RAFA

members will be present plus the

Standards The Two Minute Silence

will be held at the War Memorial at

the Thetford Road car park

Laying Of Poppy Crosses on War

Graves Saturday ndash 13th November A

short service will take place at St

Marylsquos Church Watton at 12 olsquoclock

to place the Poppy Crosses on the War

Graves in the Churchyard This

Parade is normally attended by

members of the public and 864

Squadron ATC and it has been

provisionally agreed that the Last Post

and Reveille will be sounded

Remembrance Sunday ndash 14th

November Watton and District

Branch of The Royal British Legion

invites all members of the various

organisations and the general public

from the town and surrounding district

to join in the Annual Remembrance

Sunday Service at the Town War

Memorial situated on the Thetford

Road car park on Sunday 14th

November 2010

The parade will assemble at 215 pm

for the Service at The War Memorial

at 230 pm when the names on the

Memorial will be read out and Poppy

Wreaths laid Afterwards there will be

a march of Standards Town Mayor

and Councillors members of Royal

British Legion RAFA Aircrew

Association and other organisations

present along Norwich Road to Saint

Marylsquos Church Watton provisionally

led by the Band of 864 Squadron

ATC for a Service of Remembrance

due to start at 300 pm

All members of the public are invited

to these moving services to remember

not only those who died in past

conflicts of First World War and

Second World War but those who

have died serving their country right

up to the present day This is not a

glorification of war but of

remembering the human cost of

preserving our way of life and our

sense of values

WAYLAND HAPPY CIRCLE Our October meeting turned out to

be rather different from our planned

speaker Due to unforseen

circumstances our Hearing Dogs for

the Deaf lady was unable to be with

us however Margaret Upton was

able to produce a very interesting

quiz and from that we had a general

discussion about various places and

people of historical interest etc

Many thanks for that Margaret

For our Christmas meeting on

Tuesday 7th December 2pm at the

WCCCentreit was decided that

we would KISS (keep it so simple)

this year just bring one Christmas

card per person NO PRESSY also

David Skipper will give us a talk on

the manufacture of apple juice and a

promise of a drink of mulled non-

alcoholic juice and a mince pie

afterwards

Hope to see you all there

The Trustees of this Charity will be

meeting on the 8th December to consider

applications from residents of Watton for

financial support this Christmas It is

hoped therefore that applicants will

contact the Clerk to the Trustees prior to

that date so that the Trustees can fulfil

their duties

The Charity is an amalgamation of

Charities set up many years ago to support

those in need The Trustees have a duty to

distribute the income of the Charity to

relieve either generally or individually

persons resident in the town of Watton

who are in conditions of need hardship or

distress by making grants of money or

providing or paying for items services or

facilities calculated to reduce the need

hardship or distress of such persons

Institutions or organisations which provide

or undertake in return to provide items

services or facilities for such persons may

also benefit

In the past few years grants have in the

main consisted of support for the elderly

to help with the extra costs of Christmas

andor heating costs However the

Trustees are most willing to consider

applications from other age groups

provided they are residents of Watton and

they are in conditions of need hardship or

distress

No preference is given to any section of

the community but there will be times

when applicants will be required to give

full personal financial details and provide

whatever information the Trustees require

before decisions can be made Any

information given will be treated in the

strictest confidence

Applications for assistance should be

addressed to-

Derek I Smith Clerk to the Trustees -

Watton Relief In Need Charity 39

Dereham Road Watton IP25 6ER Tel

01953 884044

Email derekfrenzymailcouk

Watton Relief In Need Charity

Wilfson remembers I remember when I was a young boy Mum used to give me 10 shillings and send me to

the International Stores on Watton High Street I would come home with cheese sugar

sweets bread cakes and often some biscuits

Cant do that now - too many security cameras

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 8 News

No passado dia 6 do corrente mecircs foi

inaugurado pelo Presidente da Vila de

Watton o Sr Roy Ivory um cafegrave

Portugues

SANDRAS Cafegrave de Sandra Barros

com uma vasta experiecircncia na aacuterea da

restauraccedilatildeo quer aqui em Inglaterrra

ou em Franccedila onde trabalhou tambem

varios anos nessa mesma area

Como natildeo poderia deixar de ser

Sandra agradece o apoio que tem

recebido de todos os clientes desde o

tempo em que tinha o Daily Cafegrave

O Cafegrave tem ao seu dispocircr toda a

diversidade de Bolos de Pastelaria e

Sobremesas refeiccedilotildees Inglesas e

Portuguesas e computador com

Internet num local reservado com

serviccedilo de Impressora

A especialidade da casa `e o Bacalhau

`a casa e Mexelhotildees c batata frita

Com menus especiais a Quarta-feira e

ao Saacutebado e com disponiblidade para

Festas de Aniversarios eou Catering

(por reserva) telef01953 883010

mόvel 07842158723

O cafegrave situa-se na High Street n 5A

com abertura das 6 da manhatilde άs 5 da

tarde

Se passar em Watton natildeo deixe de

visitar este sitio fantάstico

Cafeacute Portugues em Watton - Sandra‟s Cafeacute

Portugueses no St Johns Ambulance No passado Domingo mais duas

crianccedilas Portuguesas se juntaram

como membros do St Johns

Ambulance na Divisatildeo de Watton

Fazendo agora um total de 4 crianccedilas

Portuguesas 2 na qualificaccedilatildeo de

Badger e 2 como Cadete

`E um orgulho para a nossa

comunidade ver as nossas crianccedilas a

participar numa Organizaccedilatildeo

Inglesa e aprender desde cedo o

serviccedilo de voluntariado

Se pretende partecipar pode ligar

para o n 01953 883918 e falar com

Sra Rose Millard ou dirigir-se ao

local na rua St John Hall ndash Saham

Road (cruzamento em frente aacute

Junior School ) que esta aberto todas

as Quartas-feiras a partir das 6h da

tarde Boa Sorte

Aprendizagem na Casa Wayland O Inglecircs para Falantes de Outras

Liacutenguas As aulas (ESOL)

comecaram ha 5 semanas atraz e

estao a ser um sucesso Com 9

pessoas inscritas no inicio e que

neste momento ja estaacute completo

Qualquer pessoa interessada neste

curso deve entrar em contato com

Sra Jan na Wayland House-

Watton (01953 880202) pois

haveraacute uma nova seacuterie de 6 aulas a

partir do mes de Janeiro

Com a BBC estamos a tentar

garantir que todos tenham uma

oportunidade de entrar

Tem havido muito pouca aceitaccedilatildeo

para o Clait (Alfabetizaccedilatildeo em

Computaccedilatildeo e Tecnologia da

Informaccedilatildeo) Cursos que o ablitam

a um certificado e que seraacute

liderado pelo Poultec Centro de

Formaccedilatildeo

Estes cursos iratildeo comecar depois

do Natal por isso se vocecirc estiver

interessado entre em contato com

a Sra Jan o mais rapidamente

possiacutevel Os lugares em cada curso

satildeo limitados a cinco

Envie sua notiacutecia para Tina por e-mail para tinawattonfamilysupportlivecouk

Letter from Australia By Chris OrsquoConnor

As I mentioned in my last Letter

from Australia I have moved from

dusty South Australia to the

greener and much cooler climes of

the Victorian Alps a distance of

about one thousand kilometres and

it is distance that I want to talk

about this time around The town in

which I lived in South Australia

had a population of over 30000

Where I am now living has a

population of around 1800 ndash about

the same size at Watton just before

WW2 The nearest major town is

120 kilometres away and there is

just one small village in between

Recently a national newspaper

article suggested the local

supermarket was the most

expensive in the country and

having shopped there I can attest to

that

However it is one of the friendliest

places I have rested my head over

the years and the services

particularly medical for such a

small area are astonishing We

have an eight bedroom hospital

with a fully staffed emergency

department an aged care home

five doctors a Health and Home

Community service which must be

the envy of major hospitals around

the world All of this is free of

charge mind you However there is

always a catch and this one is a

whopper if you ignore the basic

rule ndash get ambulance cover

Ambulances are not free in

Australia no matter where you live

on this vast continent People who

are not pensioners (for whom

ambulance cover is free) need to

pay the ambulance service an

annual fee unless they want to get

slugged with a bill that would make

their mortgage look like a piggy

bank It is not horrendously

expensive to take out this cover

around $100 (pound50) for a single

person but if you get really ill and

the local hospital is unable to cope

(say in the case of a major road

accident) the bill to the nearest city

hospital which you will recall I

mentioned was 120 kilometres

away will slug you $1500(pound750)

And because this is the Alpine

region of Australia a helicopter is

often used to rescue people ndash I

havenlsquot dared ask what that would

cost

There is a saying in Australia

which is quite simply the tyranny

of distancelsquo and you realise it when

you live in small towns such as

this While all the major things you

need in life are available there are

the things like a broken window

where you hope the local glazier

has just the right glass you need

There is nowhere to buy a new car

you would be crazy to buy a

television locally quite simply

because it would cost you many

more dollars And then there is

getting to the nearest capital city

Melbourne is a five hour drive

away and that is on a three lane

highway Sydney is about the same

distance although anybody who

wants to go to Sydney needs rocks

in their head however and is there

always the however a friend of my

suffered a major heart attack and

needed triple by-pass surgery He

had to be flown to the specialists at

a Sydney hospital and his wife had

to put up in a nearby hotel while he

recovered They were fortunate in

that they had private health

insurance but if they had not it

would have cost them thousands

and of course they had to get

friends to look after their pets

water their garden ndash the list goes

on

Mind you there are massive

advantages to living in this area of

the world Apart from the fact it is

probably the most beautiful country

in Australia with snow capped

peaks in winter and wonderful

walking trails in summer the people

are friendly I have not yet met one

single person who did not welcome

me with enthusiasm It is the type

of place where you stop and talk

for half an hour to somebody in the

street and the bank tellers call you

by your Christian name when you

walk in

I mentioned earlier the wonderful

health service After arriving here I

needed an operation to repair a

ruptured Achilles tendon The

community went out of its way to

make sure I was ok People brought

food another person would keep

the fire in the lounge burning and

three times a week somebody came

in to clean and tidy up ndash all for

nothing There are not too many

places on earth where that happens

It is now Spring in this area of the

world and while the snow begins to

melt on the mountain tops the trees and

flowers come out in their glorious

colours the grass is green and like the

cows around here Ilsquom a very contented

man Quite frankly I think I have

found an earthly paradise

Talk to you again soon and please

write if there is anything you would

like to know or comment on the

article The email address is

oconozbigpondcom

The Wayland Agricultural

Society would like to say a big

thank you to all who supported

participated sponsored and

came along to the Show in

August It was a fantastic day

and over pound8000 was raised for

local charities

An even wider variety of

attractions than ever before and

the usual high standard of

livestock entries made it a

family day out to remember

Caston Camera Club were the

official Show photographers and

there are many superb photos on

their website available to

purchase should visitors wish to

do so

For local organisations wishing

to apply for funding from the

proceeds application forms can

be found on our website

wwwwaylandshowcom

Alternatively they should

contact the

secretarywaylandshowcom

The requirement is that

applicants should be a registered

charity and have local

connections with the Wayland

Area The funds will be

allocated and distributed early

next year

The Committee are now starting

to plan next yearlsquos show We are

a friendly and active committee

who wholeheartedly welcome

new volunteers and would

encourage anyone interested in

being involved to contact the

Secretary (as above) and come

along to our next meeting to find

out a bit more

Wayland Agricultural Society thanks For the last eight years many of us have

enjoyed our regular Coffee amp Cakes at

the Queens Hall Coffee Mornings held

on Farmers Market Day Thanks to a

small but dedicated group of volunteers

we have enjoyed memorable home

baked scones cakes and pastries and

the small pangs of guilt about our

waistlines have been more than

compensated for by the pleasure of

good company in pleasant

surroundings The Coffee Mornings

have also generated a regular addition

to Queens Hall income which is

becoming increasingly important at the

present time The Hall is not publicly

funded on a regular basis and relies on

hiring fees to pay for the day to day

expenses currently in excess of pound1000

per month so any additional income

has been much appreciated

Unfortunately for a variety of personal

reasons the current team are

reluctantly retiring at the end of this

year and unless someone else is

willing to take over this pleasant event

the December morning will be the last

Is there anyone out there willing to fill

the gap If you think you might be

interested talk to us at the next Coffee

Morning on November 6th or phone

01953 885698

Queens Hall Coffee Mornings

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 9

Young people who have made an

outstanding achievement in the community

were recognised on Friday evening at the

glittering Pride in Breckland Youth Awards

ceremony

Breckland Youth Council had been

inundated with nominations since the

inaugural Pride in Breckland Youth

Awards were started and Youth

Councillors had a very difficult job in

picking winners

The awards recognise and celebrate those

people aged 11-19 and their role in helping

make Breckland a special place

Amongst other well-known local people

presenting the awards were Elizabeth

Truss MP Kiss FMlsquos DJ Thomsta Adrian

Stasiak Deputy Leader of Breckland

Council and British record holder and IPC

World Number One Para-Olympian shot-

putter Danny Nobbs

The results of the awards were as follows

Young Arts Performer of the Year Winner

- Oliver Johnson Runners up - Oliver

Haylett amp Kyle Fenn

Young Green Person Group of the year

Winner - Aaron Bolton and the Eco Bugs

Project

Young Sports Person of the year

Winner - Pippa Horn Runners up -

Joe Ground and Declan Davis

Young Volunteer of the year

Winner - Sam Trayton Runner up

- Laura Allen Highly Commended

- Alistair Wright and Stuart Green

Young Carer of the year Winner -

Leslie Fincham Runner up -

Bethan Thomas

Young innovator of the year

Winner - Jordan Bailey Runner up

- Lewis Hanrahan

Young Group Project of the year

Winner ndash ACOSY Runner up -

The Right Direction

Outstanding Achievement of the

year Winner - Kelsy McTaggart

Runner up - Thomas King

Youth Worker of the year Winner

- Emma Fletcher Runner up -

Sally Palmer

Hosting the Event Adrian Stasiak Deputy

Leader of Breckland Council said ―This is

an opportunity to applaud and celebrate

some of the remarkable contributions that

Brecklandlsquos young people are making both

within their local communities and across

society We are all extremely proud of the

strong community spirit that the young

people of our district show and I applaud

Breckland Youth Council for organising

such an event

Young Achievers recognised in Pride in Breckland Awards

Pet lovers are being urged to comply

with EU quarantine regulations or face

being separated from their pet and

paying for the privilege

Norfolk County Councillsquos Trading

Standardslsquo team is urging the countylsquos

pet owners to make sure they know their

legal requirements when travelling

abroad or returning to the UK with their

pets The warning comes after Trading

Standards officers were called to deal

with a puppy that had been brought into

the UK illegally albeit unintentionally

by its owners

A Great Yarmouth vet contacted the

County Councils Trading Standards

team after becoming suspicious that the

Dachshund puppy had not received the

appropriate vaccinations to travel to the

UK

Within an hour of receiving the

telephone call Trading Standards

officers were on the scene The puppys

owners claim a vet in Lithuania issued

the four-month-old dog with a passport

and told them it was OK to bring it to

the UK However the puppy had not

been vaccinated against rabies or tested

for the disease after six months to see

if it was rabies-free as is the legal

requirement

The puppy has been placed in the care

of quarantine kennels at the expense of

its owners where it will remain for up

to six months to ensure it does not

have rabies

Pet owners and members of their

families who live outside the UK are

reminded they must comply with the

Department for Environment Food and

Rural Affairs Pet Travel Scheme

(PETS) to avoid putting their pet into

quarantine

To bring a dog cat or ferret into the

UK from an EU country without

having to place the animal into

quarantine owners must adhere to

certain rules under PETS These are

- The animal must be microchipped

- The animal must be vaccinated

against rabies

- After 6 months the animal must have

a blood test to ensure the vaccination

was effective

- Owners must obtain a passport for the

animal

- Before entering the UK owners must

ensure their animal is treated for ticks

and tapeworm not less than 24 hours

and not more than 48 hours before it is

checked in at the port airport

- The animal must travel with an

approved transport company on an

authorised route

Councillor Ann Steward Cabinet

Member for Sustainable Development

at Norfolk County Council with

special responsibility for Trading

Standards said ―We are a nation of

pet lovers and I completely understand

why people would want to travel with

their pets but we must be sensible and

play our part in ensuring the UK

remains rabies-free

―Importing any animal into the UK

without placing it into quarantine or

adhering to the Pet Travel Scheme is

an offence and pet owners found to be

flouting or ignorant of their legal

obligations face possible prosecution

huge quarantine bills and the prospect

of spending up to six months away

from their pets which can be very

distressing

Gemma Nicholls Trading Standards

Officer at Norfolk County Council

said Its never easy removing a pet

from its owner but the laws are in

place for one very simple reason - to

keep the UK free of this deadly

disease If you break the law you could

face prosecution as well as a hefty

quarantine bill so I urge anyone who

wants to bring a pet into the UK to

double check the rules and ask for

advice

To find out more about the Pets Travel

Scheme visit ww2defragovuk (yes

that is correct) or telephone its

helpline on 08459 33 55 77

Pet lovers urged to know the law and avoid big quarantine bills

Ovington Christmas Bazaar Make a note in your diary to visit

Ovington Village Hall on Saturday 4th

December between 12 and 3pm so you

dont miss the traditional Christmas

Bazaar The proceeds from this

annual event are split between

Ovington Church and Village Hall

and there will be ample opportunity

to support these two worthy causes

There will be a raffle tombola

hamper competition books and toys

games toy lucky dip cakes and guess

the weight of the cake If you are

looking for inspiration for the festive

season there is a Christmas crafts

stall gifts and a pound1 stall As is

traditional in Ovington refreshments

will feature prominently whether you

just want tea or coffee or something

more substantial Come for lunch -

we will have a choice of delicious

home-made soups and filled rolls

Bring your children as Father

Christmas will be paying a visit

Watton Silver Band Needs You Watton Silver Band was established

over 100 years ago to entertain the

community in and around Watton

fulfilling all sorts of engagements such

as church services garden fetes and

carnivals Today the band comprises

some 15 players who come together

simply because they enjoy playing

We are looking to recruit more

members We have a junior band who

feed into the main band once they have

achieved a reasonable standard

Instruments and tuition are provided

free of charge If you are interested in

playing for us then do not hesitate to

contact Chris Austin (band master)

01953885296

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 10 Gardening

On Thursday 16th September we

were delighted to welcome back

Graeme Simmonds for his second

visit This time his talk was entitled

Findings in the Soil 2 - Medieval

and Tudorlsquo When most of us think

of the Norman invasion of 1066 we

may have in mind Harold with his

eye full of arrowlsquo and following on

the Domesday Book some years

later We may also think of the

inconvenience of the survivors of

the ruling classes of having to speak

Norman French Most of them

probably already did What doesnlsquot

immediately spring to mind is the

regulation and oppression of the

English people For example ladieslsquo

hairdressing The only approved

style was long plaits wound round

the ears like modern earphones but

called ramshornlsquo Not a very

elegant name The nobility were

allowed to wear hoods as well

Surprisingly the only women who

wore their hair down were

prostitutes

This was Graemelsquos opening gambit

in what has become a history lesson

for what the ordinary peoplelsquos

living conditions were like Another

bit of oppression was that only 5

of the population - the rich men -

got an education This was

classical Latin astronomy

geography maths etc Women were

brought up to be household

managers As it was felt

inappropriate for women to have a

classical education their managerial

training included writing They

must have been able to read what

theylsquod written but that was all and

limited to household business

Womenlsquos main occupation was the

production of cloth spinning and

weaving wool both for their own

use and commercially This led to a

box of buckles of incredibly varied

sizes There were no buttons then

so clothes had to be held together

by clasps buckles and hooks The

majority were made of copper or

bronze with silver or gold for the

rich Most of the buckles in the box

were missing the central pin as

these were commonly made of iron

so rusted away during their stay in

the soil As these items were from

the 14th to 18th century there were

several styles and all handmade

normally by the local blacksmith

The cloth trade was very important

in East Anglia for export as well as

domestic consumption and was

regulated by officials the equivalent

of modern Customs amp Excise who

attached alnage seals to each bale

Without these seals the cloth could

not be bought or sold The seals

were made of lead - cue another

box Graemelsquos collection is from

one field near Reepham and come

from far and wide - including

Antwerp

Nuremberg Seville

as well as English

The seals are all

different in design

presumably to

indicate the

inspector

On to the coins and another box As

well as pennies and groats

international coins have been found

and we were handed a beautiful

Doge of Venice coin of the era of

Antonio Venisrio who was Doge

from 1382-1400 During this time

Venice controlled the

Mediterranean trade but the coin

was found at Acle This just goes to

show how important the import-

export trade was in Norfolk and

Suffolk Another startling coin was

the quarter noble coin dated 1350

from the reign of Edward III This

is very thin but wonderfully

preserved as it is made of pure 22

carat plus gold shining as if it were

made yesterday Someone important

(or their servant) lost a lot of money

the day they dropped it

The final box contained crop-

pickers tokens These were given to

labourers at the end of each day

instead of cash and was an early co-

op system These were made of lead

and are all local with more turning

up all the time Signature seals were

also in this box including a Papal

seal from Honorius II 1217-1224

and it makes you wonder how that

turned up in Norfolk

The last piece handed round was a

pendant depicting Saint Barbara

She is patron of artillerymen

military engineers armourers

gunsmiths miners masons anyone

involved with explosives anyone

afraid of lightning or sudden death

at work She is celebrated by

various military units involved with

armoury and explosives and gives

her name to Santa Barbara in

California Therelsquos lots more about

her on the good old internet The

pendant has her with a tower (she

was incarcerated in one by her

father to protect her from the

outside world and she rejected an

arranged marriage) Her father was

subsequently killed by lightning

when he executed her hence the

patronage of lightning and

explosives

Graeme gave us one final bit of

advice - if you find anything that

looks interesting donlsquot rush to wash

the soil off it Leave it on an indoor

windowsill to dry out then gently

remove the soil but donlsquot scrub it as

you may remove valuable evidence

of what it is

Thank you Graeme for another

fascinating evening and for bringing

the articles you showed us not

forgetting the biscuit tin in which

we were invited to get our hands

dirty and fish things out To sum it

up the first question I was asked at

the end of the talk was Whenlsquos he

coming back againlsquo and you canlsquot

say fairer than that so herelsquos to next

year

The mini-show - Any Single

Flowering Stem

1st Ralph Kinsley dahlia

2nd Judy Atkinson viola

3rd Eric Reeves red hot poker

HC Geoff Twelftree dahlia

Marianne Kilmartin

Publicity Officer 01362 820744

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society

Breckland Flower and Garden Club Octobers meeting was well attended

to watch Alison Cushings

demonstration Seasonal Her love of

roses showed through her designs as

she blended them with shamrock

chrysanthemums gerberas Chinese

lanterns veronica and sunflowers

Most of her arrangements were

modern although she closed the

afternoon with a traditional triangle on

a lovely raised container

The competition for Autumn in a

Copper Container - New Hands was

won by Janet Skidmore Old Hands

by Shirley Penfold who also won

the trophy for Best Exhibit

Table show for three stems of

autumn colour from the garden was

won by Shirley Penfolds Nerines

November meeting will take place

at Old Buckenham Village Hall on

Thursday 11th November at 2 pm

when Lisa Howard will demonstrate

Enchanted Christmas The

competition title - Enchantment and

the table show is for dried or

preserved plant materialDont

forget December 9th when there

will be a workshop and afternoon

tea (please bring a plate)

commencing 130pm More

details next meeting

Visitors are always welcome -

phone Sally 01953 788712 or Pat

01953 457305

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 11

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Norfolk Wildlife Trust

To ask a question about the Norfolkrsquos Wildlife please call the Norfolk Wildlife Information Service Wildline 01603 598333 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri E-mail wildnorfolkwildlifetrustorguk Website httpwwwnorfolkwildlifetrustorguknaturalconnections Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467 Tuesday 16 November 745pm-930pm Bats- Denizens of the

Night A illustrated presentation by Sam Philips Ecology Consultant

of the Norwich Bat Group Followed by refreshments and raffle

Venue Watton Christian Community Centre High Street Watton

Cost pound200 members and pound300 for non-members

Flaming Fall Not the colour of the

leaves which we donlsquot get until

December if the leaves colour at all but

Lycoris radiata - commonly known as

Spider Lily Hurricane Lily Naked Lady

and several other regional names These

are similar to the Nerine found in

English gardens and have a similar habit

(leaves in winter die

down and in autumn

the flower stalks shoot

up followed by leaves

again once the flower

has faded in mid-

November Lycoris

radiata has a flaming

red flower 16 cm

wide on a 50 cm stem

The bulbs multiply

very reliably and

despite having dug up

great clumps over the

years to give to friends

and sell at Farmers

Market you will see

from the photos that

there are still plenty

left (and even more

around the side of the

house) There are

some in a tub by my

door and I always pat

them on the head each

time I come and go

Cabbage and Collards

are coming along

nicely in the vegetable garden and the

Egyptian Walking Onions are

resprouting Multiplying onions are

doing well but I donlsquot know where the

leeks went As if to prove they could get

along without me for the three weeks I

was away on holiday the Viva Italia

tomatoes have produced loads of fruit

but they donlsquot seem to be in a hurry to

ripen I set a sprinkler to run on a timer

three times a week for an hour at a time

and while most things survived a few on

the outer edge where the water didnlsquot

reach look a bit sad Still it will rain

again here one day

Today I have been digging the baby fig

trees that I layered this time last year

They have nice roots now and have gone

into containers to continue their journey

into adulthood Beetroot lettuce and

carrots have been seeded and now Ilsquom

running out of sunny space I see more

lawn disappearing in the future Spring

flowering bulbs pansies and other cool

season bloomers are in the nurseries

now and pumpkins are everywhere

artistically arranged in peoplelsquos front

yards or carved into scary faces These

will disappear as we transition into

November having been transformed into

pumpkin pies and soups for

Thanksgiving feasts The hummingbirds

have suddenly left and their place at the

feeders has been taken by butterflies

sipping on the sweet nectar Tasks for

November include application of copper

spray to peach trees at time of leaf drop

and gather covers to protect plants if an

early freeze threatens

Tomato-Tomayto Gardening in Navasota Texas with Helen Quinn

Our first meeting at Holme Hale in The

Pavilion went very well Firstly we all

received a welcome and an introduction

from our new Chairman David Green He

told us a little about his past membership

of other garden clubs and urged

everyone to take part in activities at

meetings in order to make the club lively

and interesting and to join in on

arranged trips Also to let the committee

know of things they would like added as

an alternative to the usual events There

are usually cheap and well grown plants

on the monthly sales table and full

advantage should be taken of these If

anyone has plants to spare or items for

the raffle these would be gratefully

received

We received a warm welcome from Hall

Chairman Michael Buttolph and his

short introduction to the recent history of

the Pavilion was most interesting

making us feel at home right from the

start

We were joined by several new members

and were happy to see the return of

others who had been forced to leave us

for a while Good to see you all We

hope that once word gets around that we

shall see more people from Holme Hale

they can be sure of an entertaining

afternoon

Then at last a chance to hear Trevor

Harrison from South Creake Nurseries

talking about the plants that he had

brought with him in order to show just

how much colour it is still possible to

have in the garden at this time of year

The grasses were quite spectacular there

were many kinds of heleniums lots of

different colours in the montbretias the

dahlias the rudbeckias and many more

easy to grow border plants

The beautiful blue Caryopteris and the

many coloured asters made a real splash

of colour along with the gentians the

colchicums and the cyclamen

There was a break for tea and biscuits

during which time David showed how to

take fuchsia cuttings Success to be

compared next year Then it was back

to Trevor for more about the plants on

show the drawing of the raffle and a

chance to purchase plants from Trevor

On the 21st October gardening guru

Richard Hobbs came along to deliver

what turned out to be a most informative

and well-structured talk on Winter

colour in the garden This visit came at a

time when winter seems to be on the

doorstep and when colour is never more

welcome

Richard defines winter as the period

between Michaelmas and Candlemas

and suggested colour in the form of

many perennials shrubs and trees

Eucomis also known as the Pineapple

flower or Pineapple lily offers flowers

and interesting seed heads with Eucomis

Bicolour additionally offering variegated

foliage Nerines were recommended not

only for their white flowers but for their

colourful bark Cyclamen Cipriani will

grow in dense shade and seeds readily

while Buxus Necrophilia (box) provides

winter interest additionally Daphne has

glossy green leaves and has scented

flowers in January and February For the

rose lover Rosa Nitida has glossy

leaves red stems and red hips

Cornus with its colourful stems and

changing foliage is a popular addition to

the winter garden one should aim to

have light at its back in order to get the

full impact Strong shapes in garden help

to add winter interest and Richard asked

members not to forget that texture (seen

in coastal areas for example) is very

important

It is impossible to mention all the

sources of winter colour which Richard

touched upon though for interested

readers some of these included

Agapanthus Lonicera or honeysuckle

all kinds of Hellebores (of which the

Christmas rose is probably best known)

Asters and Michaelmas daisies Others

include Ilex and Juniper Heucheras

(which will provide yearly cuttings) and

a whole host of ferns ndash the list is too

long to mention them all Some

wonderfully descriptive names included

Aster lady in black with dark foliage

and the Blackberry Lily with its black

fruit and orangey-red flowers

Richard thoughtfully fetched sprigs

of some of these plants with him

which were passed round to the

members While speaking he

offered interesting morsels of

gardening lore including advice on

the Chelsea chop which involves

cutting back some shrubs to one foot

in height thus promoting a host of

smaller flowers later in the year

This is so called because it should

be done around Chelsea Flower

Show week

The session finished with a Raffle and

some words from our Chairman Next

month (18th November) members are

asked bring a single stem from the

garden which will be judged by Mr Keer

who will be speaking on the subject of

Begonias David also asked for

suggestions for gardens to visit in 2011

and reminded members to keep the 16th

December free for the Christmas party

Ovington Gardening Club Our October meeting was a fascinating talk on

Garden Insects by Robert Maidstone which

was delivered in his own light-humoured way

and was most informative The November

meeting will be on Wednesday 3rd at 745pm

in the village hall when Rory Hart will give a

talk on Conservation in the Garden For further

details contact Ed on 01953 885848 or Carol

on 01760 440719

Ashill amp Holme Hale Garden Club News

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 12

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Remember remember the fifth of

November etc etc I make no apology

for repeating last yearlsquos plea for

everyone private or public planning a

bonfire to celebrate Guy Fawkes to

move the whole thing a few hours

before lighting it This will prevent

roasting hedgehogs or any other

animals that think it a good place to

shelter or hibernate

Some people say November is the start

of the gardening year It comes as a

surprise to those of us who traditionally

leave the whole thing until Easter

However as long as the soil is

workable this is the best month for

planting bare-root shrubs The one that

springs to mind is the rose Inevitably if

ordered by mail these will arrive as a

few sticks in a polythene bag with

finger-ripping staples to close it inside a

paper bag The instructions will be

inside the polythene bag and wet

because the roots will have been

doused by the supplier Oh and theylsquoll

arrive on the day the monsoon starts

Still the instructions will cheerfully

inform you that if the weather is

inclement all you need to do is keep

the whole bag in a cool dark place with

the roots moist The trick is not to put

them where theylsquoll be forgotten Been

there done that Once the weather is

reasonable plant the shrub The late

Arthur Billett of Clacklsquos Farm and

Gardenerslsquo Question Time gave out the

succinct instruction ―If youlsquove paid

76d for a plant dig a 76d hole to put it

in This was repeated by my father and

also Geoffrey Smith Itlsquos a good way to

remember to dig the hole deep enough

and wide enough to accommodate the

roots and put the graft point of the rose

about 2 below the finished level Also

put a generous amount of compost or

well-rotted manure in the bottom Use a

stick across the top of the hole to

estimate the depth and backfill well

using a bit more compost mixed with

the soil removed from the planting

hole Donlsquot be afraid to use your boot

close to the plant to pack the soil in to

remove air pockets - you donlsquot want its

little feeding roots waving about under

there The soil should still be warm

enough to divide and move perennials

but I heard recently that as our

Breckland soil is very sandy in the

main it is able to allow frost to

penetrate deeper than heavier ones that

keep the cold at the surface so thatlsquos

something to be aware of

Despite the gloom there is plenty of

colour to be had at this time of year

Winter-flowering heathers will keep

going even in cold weather and they

donlsquot mind windy locations They can

be planted close together for colourful

ground cover and are very effective in

containers specially if they can have

company such as hardy cyclamen Both

plants come in a variety of pinks

mauves purples and white Viburnums

are good at this time of year as well -

good old Bodnantense Dawnlsquo is very

popular when the flowers appear from

November until March on bare

branches You can cut some for vases

when the scent will fill the room Donlsquot

ignore plants that berry - holly of

course varieties of viburnum can

produce berries in red or black

Skimmias are in full berry now and will

flower in spring but most are unisex so

it takes two of them Both can be

planted in the same hole or container

Some berried shrubs are evergreen

Other container or border plants at their

best are ornamental cabbages in green

and pink and pansies in all sorts of

colours The michaelmas daisies and

autumn crocuscolchicums may still be

in flower There are trees for winter

interest as well The acers grown for

bark will show up nicely now the

leaves are down and the winter-

flowering cherry Prunus x subhirtella

Autumnalislsquo bears its small double

flowers on bare branches This one is a

very pale off-white but there are pinker

ones such as Autumnalis Rosealsquo and

therelsquos even a weeping version That

should stop the traffic Most of the

plants mentioned will grow in

reasonably well-drained soil in sunny

positions But on the whole theylsquore

pretty easy going as regards conditions

While youlsquore planting your bare-root

deciduous shrubs or trees make sure

they are staked if necessary A good

supplier will provide good instructions

If necessary water but not if itlsquos

freezing It might be worth putting

some bulbs around while youlsquore at it as

now is the time for tulip and lily bulbs

(and any others you forgot earlier)

Keep the digging going when the

ground is not soggy or frosted and

mulch If the ground has been dug over

while harvesting veg or tidying borders

just add a nice layer of compost or well

-rotted or leaf mould and let the worms

do the work This is a good time to

evict any pests - snails under pots

rodents in sheds - all need to be dealt

with Pick your option regarding the

snails but remember the lady who won

the amateur scientist of the year prize

by establishing that snails need to be

more than 30 metres100 feet away to

prevent their coming back so donlsquot just

throw them over the fence into next

doorlsquos garden

Take photos when itlsquos reasonably

comfortable outdoors so you can

incorporate something for next winter

in your plans When the weatherlsquos

really bad and youlsquove done all the tasks

just settle down with a glass of

something nice and start the planning

process for next year

Donlsquot forget the weeds will still keep

growing whatever the weather

In your garden with Lotta Potts

On WEDNESDAY 13th OCTOBER

we had a fantastic speaker of

gardening distinction Lucy Redman

A superb plantswoman who told of her

beginnings in gardening at early school

age with her mother and at her great

school garden at Hadleigh High now

sadly derelict She is now so passionate

about children being able to garden

that she along with 75 children at her

old school are redesigning those very

gardens the work includes art amp craft

plus drama working and display areas

science work and a weather station

She hopes for it to be completed within

the next year

She was the youngest person to be

accepted at RHS Wisley and studied at

the English Gardening School where

she achieved her Diploma in Garden

design She has been a Gold medal

winner at both Chelsea and Hampton

Court and writes a regular column for

the East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk

magazine

She has now set up her own School

of Garden Design at her beautiful

home in Rushbrooke in the depths of

breath-taking Suffolk countryside

Her garden has been featured in the

English Garden Magazine and

Country Homes and Interiors amp

Homes and Gardens It is a rare mix

of finely selected country garden

plants and features with more stately

plantings and then huge arty

sculptures and willow features

subtle colours and bright colours to

match the rooms from which the

garden is viewed

She gave us plenty to think about

her talk was entertaining and

inspirational

25 members attended It was the first

meeting taken by our new Chairman

Ed Szczepanowski who welcomed

everyone to this new Club Year with

an excellent Programme of Events to

look forward to We wish him well

leading our Club

The Flower competition was judged by

Lucy and was won by Claudine

Garrod 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Sue

Thomas We also have a new

Vegetable competition at each indoor

meeting and this was won by Hazel

Dunn 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Jane

Dalton The quality of entries was very

high Well done everyone who took

part

Our next Club meeting is on

WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER at

745pm in the Village Hall and should

prove a real crowd puller as it a very

interesting one to everyone By

GRAEME SIMM entitled HISTORY

BENEATH YOUR FEETlsquo

You are asked to bring along an

artefact you have found in your

garden

We know from others who have

booked this speaker that the evening

will prove to be a fascinating one and

could contain revelations about finds in

this and other areas so come along and

take part Everyone welcome

Free to members pound250 visitors

Refreshments and raffle

Donlsquot forget to enter our Flower and

Vegetable competitions

At the November meeting we will be

taking bookings for our Annual Dinner

in January on Sunday 12th Jan 1pm at

the Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant

in Attleborough Cost to be notified

We are a very active friendly club

always keen to increase our

membership and now is a great time to

join

If anyone would like a lift to meetings

please give me a call Jane Dalton

(Secretary) 01953 498694

Great Hockham Gardening Club news

Attleborough amp District Horticultural Society The November meeting of the society takes place on

Wednesday 17th November commencing at 730pm The

venue as usual is Attleborough Junior School and guests are

most welcome to come along The talk in November will be

―Ornamental Plants Grown for Their Scent

Mike Flood gave a very interesting talk on ―Heavy Horses

at the September meeting He has spent a lifetime caring for

working with and breeding these horses whilst working

fulltime in the agricultural supply industry and his talk was

full of anecdotes about these gentle giants We also came

away knowing how to tell apart Shires Percherons

Clydesdales and the Suffolk Punch

The Table Competition suffered from a lack of entries

However the prize for 3 stems of flowers went to Sally

Westrup and John Darlow took the award for 3 eating apples

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society November - it can get a little flat in the middle - short

gloomy days fireworks over and the garden is miserable

Come and cheer it up with a talk on Design amp Garden

History by Judith Srigley from Easton College

Venue Bradenham Village Hall Date Thursday 18th

November Time 730pm

As this is the start of our year you could join us and then

come to our Christmas Party in December full details on

18th November Further information from Marianne

Kilmartin Publicity Officer 01362 820744

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 13

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At the recent 1940lsquos weekend in

Sheringham and Holt with the North

Norfolk Railway Wayland Scouts help

marshal the vintage cars at Holt Station

For the newest Scout it was an extra special

event as he was invested into Scouts from

the Cub Section on the foot plate of the

George Stephenson Steam Engine

Jackson Cutts was supported by his fellow

Scouts bearing the Grouplsquos flags as he took

his promise He was then treated to a short

ride along the track

Visitors to the event looked on including

some former Scouts

who were proud to

see that youngsters

were still enjoying

all that Scouting has

to offer

Akela Jo Ashford

commented it was

wonderful to have

somewhere different

for the investiture we

would like to thank the

crew for their help and

support It was an

exciting addition to a fun packed weekendlsquo

Apart for this activity both Sections have

been really busy during meetings the Cubs

recently placed host to Shelby and Mustang

tow Giant African Land Snails These

amazing creatures didnlsquot mind being the

centre of attention while the Cubs

discovered all about them The snails had

even recently laid some eggs which was an

added bonus for the Cubs to investigate

As the darker evenings arrive activities move

inside so the Scouts have been working on a

number of activities including mini pioneering

to create model gateways ndash ideas for next

yearlsquos camps

They have also been sharing their hobbies and

skills with some fantastic examples of Airfix

model building and Meccano

If you are interested in getting involved in

Scouting in Watton please contact Paul Cutts

01953 884243 or email

waylandscoutsgmailcom

Jackson steams his way into Scouting

Jackson Cutts on the footplate after his investiture

The speaker for September was Denise

Hammond-Webb on The Birth of Banham

Zoo John Goymer was an agricultural

labourer in the 18thC The Goymer family

who opened the zoo were small farmers in

1854 but in 1890 when farms became

mechanised amp workers left for London they

went to work in the local bakeries In 1909 the

family opened a bakery in Bury St Edmunds

The family delivered the

bread by horse amp cart

During WW1 there was

a great demand for bread

for the Army barracks amp hospitals The

business expanded so that during WW2

bakeries were opened in Thetford as well as

Bury In 1952 after sliced bread was

introduced the head of the family sold his

shops He bought a farm amp also opened a farm

shop which was very successful In 1956 they

bought parrots amp with pheasants opened the

collection to the public in 1968 When a

colony of monkeys arrived in 1971 it became

Banham Zoo amp Woolly Monkey Sanctuary

The Zoo has the finest collection of monkeys

in Europe but many visitors come to see the

endangered snow leopards Banham Zoo has

links with zoos all over the world We are

fortunate to live so near to the zoo

The winner of the competition for an animal

ornament was 1) June Clark 2) Brenda

Spencer Next monthslsquo speaker is Charlotte

Philcox amp the competition is a picture of

Autumn leaves

Attleborough WI

Town Council support for credit union In addition to the grant from the Breckland District Council

Participatory Budget scheme earlier this year to support our

marketing campaign by paying for advertisements in parish

magazines and this paper plus the printing of many

explanatory leaflets for distribution in the community Watton

Town Council very generously gave Wayland Community

Bank the local branch of Norfolk Credit Union a grant of

pound200 to help our work in the community and which has

enabled us to purchase some equipment for outside events

This includes a free-standing banner and a portable table top

display With these we hope to reach out further into Wayland

to let more people become aware of the support we can offer

through our credit union savings and loans schemes

There is a marked rise in the number of households

approaching the illegal loan sharks legal doorstep and

internet lenders for loans Many of these charge very high

interest rates which can be seen on the

lenderscomparedcouk web site

Credit unions however have their loan rates capped by

legislation at a maximum of 2 per month - 268 APR

and Norfolk Credit Union offers unsecured loans at

between 1 to 2 per month - 1268 to 268 APR We

currently have substantial funds available for all sorts of

small loans from domestic appliances to helping people

untangle their debts with the high interest lenders

Support for our campaign by local authorities is very much

appreciated and anyone wishing to have a chat with our

volunteers about savings current account or loans or about

joining us as a volunteer working for the local community

can contact us at Wayland House on 01953 883915 or view

our website wwwwaylandbankorg

There is also a loan calculator which can be viewed at our

Head Office web site wwwnorfolkcucouk

Water Water Everywhere by Edith Pleasance It was mid-morning of just another day at the office I

had taken down my usual load of dictation and was busy

dealing with it when the managerlsquos buzzer sounded

twice ndash the signal for me to report to his office along the

corridor with my notepad All sorts of reasons for the

summons came to mind Mr Reece was a man of habit

and did not like his usual morning programme disrupted

once he had dealt with the daily mail

I knew he had an appointment to see one of our branch

managers so guessed it to be just a progress report

Several days previously I had driven my boss (acting as

chauffeuse was one of my duties) to the most outlying

branch of our area where he would make a general

review of management etc while I mingled with

members of the staff and made a general nuisance of

myself This was a very effective way of discerning any

undercurrent there may be

On our way back to Area Office I remarked on a new

member of staff who because of the beautiful blond hair

caught back in a ponytaillsquo I took to be a female clerk I

walked around the back of the counter only to find it was

indeed a young man around seventeen I knew my boss

had a dislike of long-hair on male members of staff in

fact I once chided him on getting upset about it whilst he

never bothered that the mini-skirts of the young females

were getting shorter by the day Humphlsquo was his

response

Entering his office notebook in hand I was surprised to

see the pony-tailed young man accompanied by his

branch manager Without preamble Mr Reece started

dictating

―I John Smith state that I broke into the premises of my

employers on Friday evening last and turned full-on the

stopcock in the basement then went to both cloakrooms

on the ground floor and turned on all the washbasin taps

My actions resulted in the offices being flooded causing

extensive damage to the premises and its contents

―Right Edith I want that typed in triplicate

immediately Apart from the boy being automatically

dismissed I never knew the outcome of this unusual

case But I couldnlsquot help wondering why

Edith Pleasance copy 260910

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 News

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01953 881 885

Attleborough High School led by Head

of Languages Mrs Connie Wind Avery

celebrated European Day of Languages

in style A range of activities for students

focussed on different languages and

cultures Staff joined in the spirit of the

event by dressing up in national costume

and European styled clothes

Head of Languages at Attleborough High School Connie Wind Avery (4th from right) and fellow teachers (left to right) Frances Billin Head of RS Mrs

Linda Trounce Silke Schardt Caroline Graham Rowena Tyrer Kay Southgate and Laura Stowe

Attleborough High School Celebrate the European Day of Languages in style

West Norfolk Aviation Society Chairman Rod Rumsby welcomed

guest speaker Julian Horn to the

October meeting who gave an

account including a film of the

WW2 adventures of Bill McGrath

In 1940 aged 20 Bill McGrath

was posted to 82Sqdn at RAF

Watton as an ObserverNavigator

On 13th July 1940 82Sqdn

attacked (the German held)

Aalborg airfield in Denmark with

12 Bristol Blenheimlsquos they

encountered heavy flak and ME

109s and all but one of the

aircraft were destroyed Billlsquos

pilot bombed the airfield but the

aircraft was hit and ditched in

water 100m from the shore but

with rocks only a meter below the

surface As a result Bill suffered

severe eye arm and leg injuries

20 aircrew were killed amp buried at

Vadum cemetery 10 aircrew plus

Billlsquos crew became POWlsquos Bill

eventually escaped from a POW

camp and made his way across

Europe to Barcelona then returned

to UK via Gibraltar He received

the Military Medal and continued

his service as an Air Traffic

Controller A fascinating story of

bravery

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd

November 730pm at Methwold

Social Club Speaker Martin

McClelland Three Years at RAF

Kemble New members amp guests

welcomed For more Information

Tel 01842 879210

Free NHS Health Check at Total Health Pharmacy Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease diabetes or

kidney disease or suffering a stroke These conditions can

often be prevented even if you have a history of them in

your family but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight smoke take little

exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol

NHS Health Checks are being offered by Total Health

Pharmacy in Watton to assess a personlsquos risk of developing

stroke diabetes heart or kidney disease later in life

The Health check is free to people between the ages of 40

and 74 who are not already being treated for these

conditions An initial assessment will determine if you are

eligible for the free health check The health check will take

approximately 30 minutes during which various health

details will be recorded your blood pressure will be taken

as well as a simple blood test to check your cholesterol

The results of the check will determine a risk factor for the

likelihood of you developing the mentioned conditions later

in life and you will be given advice on how to lower your

risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Pharmacist Geoff Ray said ―NHS Health checks encourage

people to be aware of their potential risk factor to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting until it is too

late

The Health Check is available from Total Health Pharmacy

by calling 01953 881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14

Gregor Shanks Way Watton opposite the Watton Medical

Practice

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

FINE BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD

BOOKS JC amp Applestore Gallery

TelephoneFax 01953 883488 55 High Street Watton

For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

TecH-help Bamboozled by Technology

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We can help you if you

ring Julian 01953 881885

Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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Free Quotations amp

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Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 6 Advertising

What a fantastic year we have all had

celebrating 100 years of Girlguiding The

celebrations started in September 2009 with a

fabulous day trip to Colchester Zoo where

members of the Watton District Guiding

enjoyed a fun and active day with the sun

shining brightly above We were able to feed the

Elephants and Giraffes and saw some animals

from all over the World 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies enjoyed being really close to some of

the animals through the windows fencing and

some of the Guides from 1st Saham Toney unit

made their promise while taking a train ride

around the zoo The day finished off with a

Division Camp Fire at Weeting where members

of the Watton amp District Trefoil Guild joined in

the fun

A small group of Guiders Brownies Guides

and Senior Section members attended a

Centenary Thanksgiving Service at Norwich

Cathedral on Saturday 20th February 2010

They travelled from Watton by bus and enjoyed

the service and singing very much Birthday

cards were shared between units and a way of

celebrating our 100th year in Guiding

Watton District Guiding celebrated their

Thinking Day with a church service at

Carbrooke Church and although the snow fell

spirits were high and afterwards we all enjoyed

some indoor games and decorated cupcakes

with icing and items in the centenary colours

Each unit made a cake decorated with the flags

of various countries around the world

The year has also been a time to participate in

the Centenary Challenge The 100 Adventure

Challenge encouraged all of us to complete

some different challenges and gain 100 points

during the year Some of the activities carried

out included Celebrating the Chinese New Year

a visit to the Wind turbine at Swaffham ndash

climbing the 308 steps a pamper session where

the Brownies from the 2nd Watton (RAF) unit

learnt how to perform a simple facial massage

Some of the 1st and 3rd Watton Brownies

recorded a radio jingle played parachute games

and had a meeting when the girls were in

charge

The Trefoil Guild took up their Centenary

Challenge to Make a Differencelsquo by raising

over pound130000 for Teenage Cancer Trust

Addenbrooks Appeal through the following

events An Open Evening with Susie Rice from

Teenage Cancer Trust held a Coffee Morning at

Ovington enjoyed Ploughmans Lunches at

Ashill invited many friends to join us at a

Pudding Evening in Watton plus donations

from 1st Watton Guides as a result of their

tombola staff at Watton Carnival Rotary and

Feltwell Trefoil Guild They have also been

joining in the fun by visiting the Crystal Maze in

London ndash all safely returned no one got lost and

they found the special plaques commemorating

guiding within the maze They have had many

other visits out held a Centenary Lunch at

Broom Hall Saham Toney and joined in a

County Trefoil Day at Patteson Lodge

Meanwhile the year has been passing on and

August brings a time to enjoy the open air with

the big Camping event ndash NORJAM 2010 This

was a fun packed adventure with dodgems and

bouncy castles for over 6000 Guides and Scouts

from all over the world 1st Saham Toney

Guides and Young Leaders joined in the fun

mixing with others units both locally and

around the world to celebrate the Guiding

Centenary with a massive cake decorated with

ducks The adventure went beyond imagination

with water sports quad bikes flying trapeze and

zorbing hellip Where else apart from the Norfolk

showground could you try all these activities

Before we know where we are it is September

2010 ndash a year on from the 1st event and

Saturday 18th September takes some 4000

members of Girlguiding Norfolk including

Watton District Rainbows Brownies Guides

Senior Section Leaders Helpers Volunteers

and Trefoil Guild members to an event ndash

Seaside Sparkle in Great Yarmouth It was a

truly magical celebration 1st Saham Toney

Guides described it as the mountain top moment

for Norfolk Guiding Everybody from the

Rainbows to the Trefoil Guild enjoyed a sun

kissed day There was so much to do from

glittering sand castles and sculptures being built

on the beach to travelling along the sea front on

the road train and open top bus Yesterdaylsquos

World Sealife Centre Merrivale Model Village

Hippodrome Circus Pleasure Beach Crazy

Golf Time and Tide Museum All Guiding

members were given reduced rates for our

special day and each Unit decided what

activities they would like to participate in The

finale was a specially constructed stage on the

beach with live bands playing and fireworks

The atmosphere was electrifying Everybody

was also provided with a girl guiding goodie bag

containing various items to use on the day and

keep as a memento - Wow it was certainly a

day to remember

A day like this cost us nearly pound5000 and we

have been helped in the funding of this by

grants donations and fundraising events Our

celebrations would not be complete without

giving our grateful thanks to the following

organisations-

Norfolk Community Foundation

Rotary Club of Watton and District

Wayland Agricultural Society CIC

They gave so generously and enabled the cost of

the day to be more affordable for everyone who

attended

Our Celebrations end as we all join together for

the Centenary Finale on Wednesday 20th

October 2010 (2010 - 2010 - 2010) at St Peter

and St Paul Church in Swaffham to renew our

Guiding Promise at 2010

What a fun packed year Watton District Guiding

have enjoyed

It truly has been Girls Having Funlsquo

Watton District Guiding consists of the following units-

Rainbows for girls aged 5 to 7 years 2nd Watton (RAF) Rainbows held on

Thursdays

Brownies for girls aged 7 to 10 years 1st Watton Brownies held on Thursdays

2nd Watton (RAF) Brownies held on

Thursdays

3rd Watton Brownies held on Wednesdays

1st Ashill Brownies held on Mondays

1st Saham Toney Brownies held on Mondays

Guides for girls from 10 to 14 years 1st Watton Guides held on Wednesdays

1st Saham Toney Guides held on Mondays

Senior section for girls from 14+ years held on

Wednesdays

Trefoil Guild held every 3rd Thursday in the

month

We provide a unique girl-only space

We promote equality and diversity

Welsquore relevant to todaylsquos girls

We give girls and young women a voice

and have done so for 100 years

If anyone would like further information

about Watton District Guiding please

contact Joanne Oxborough District

Commissioner on (01760) 441046

Watton District Guiding ndash bdquoGirls Having Fun‟

1st Saham Toney Guides enjoying some time on

the bouncy castle slide at Seaside Sparkle

1st Ashill Brownies enjoying the celebrations

1st Saham Toney Guides hit Great Yarmouth

ready for all the fun of Seaside Sparkle

The girls from 1st Saham Toney Guides with other

guides at NORJAM

1st Watton Brownies in the recording studio

Rainbows using their buckets for a different

purpose at Seaside Sparkle

Our District Commissioner Joanne Oxborough with

the Celebration Cake at Ashill Brownies

Posing for a group shot at their Thinking Day event

in Carbrooke Village hall

Feeding the elephants at Colchester zoo

Saham Toney Brownies and Guides join in the

Remembrance Service at Saham Toney Church

Above and below Enjoying the indoor games after

the Thinking Day service

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 7

Local business women raise funds for charity

A group of five local businesswomen

teamed up under the name of Dead Good

Designs held a Christmas shopping event

in Watton raising nearly pound800 in aid of

Great Ormond Street Hospital

The event held on 21st October was well

supported by around 100 visitors

throughout the day who all helped to raise

funds by buying raffle tickets and some of

the gorgeous gifts and jewellery produced

by the businesswomen Generous

donations for refreshments were also

given on the day

Raffle prizes worth around pound400 were

generously donated by local businesses

family and friends including a large gift

hamper contributed by the group and a

beautiful hand-made quilt donated by the

hostlsquos mother-in-law who also gave up

her day with family and friends to provide

teas coffees and delicious homemade

cakes to guests

The group of artisan business owners

joined forces recently to provide mutual

business support and share experiences

whilst also raising funds for charities and

worthy causes

This charity is particularly important to

Suzanne and husband Neil who hosted the

event ―Our daughter had successful open

-heart surgery there at the age of two so

raising money through the shopping event

was a perfect opportunity to give

something back

Following the success of this event the

group is keen to offer their services to help

others raise funds for charities at similar

shopping events or home parties They

welcome and encourage any invitations

The five women in the group are Angela

Jones of Artisans-UK Suzanne Lake of

Handmade from the Heart Penny Lindop

of Penny Lindop Designs Denise

Sheppard of More Than Just Words and

Jane Pennington of Stone-Me jewellery

For further information about other Dead

Good Designs events or to request the

grouplsquos support at a local charity event

please call 01953 881289 or email

goodiesdeadgooddesignscouk

Clockwise from top Suzanne Lake Angela Jones Jane Pennington and

Penny Lindop (Denise Sheppard missing)

Remembrance Events in Watton Remembrance Day ndash 11th

November There will be a short

Remembrance Day Parade on

Thursday 11 November 2010 at 1100

am to observe the Two Minute

Silence It is hoped that as many

Royal British Legion and RAFA

members will be present plus the

Standards The Two Minute Silence

will be held at the War Memorial at

the Thetford Road car park

Laying Of Poppy Crosses on War

Graves Saturday ndash 13th November A

short service will take place at St

Marylsquos Church Watton at 12 olsquoclock

to place the Poppy Crosses on the War

Graves in the Churchyard This

Parade is normally attended by

members of the public and 864

Squadron ATC and it has been

provisionally agreed that the Last Post

and Reveille will be sounded

Remembrance Sunday ndash 14th

November Watton and District

Branch of The Royal British Legion

invites all members of the various

organisations and the general public

from the town and surrounding district

to join in the Annual Remembrance

Sunday Service at the Town War

Memorial situated on the Thetford

Road car park on Sunday 14th

November 2010

The parade will assemble at 215 pm

for the Service at The War Memorial

at 230 pm when the names on the

Memorial will be read out and Poppy

Wreaths laid Afterwards there will be

a march of Standards Town Mayor

and Councillors members of Royal

British Legion RAFA Aircrew

Association and other organisations

present along Norwich Road to Saint

Marylsquos Church Watton provisionally

led by the Band of 864 Squadron

ATC for a Service of Remembrance

due to start at 300 pm

All members of the public are invited

to these moving services to remember

not only those who died in past

conflicts of First World War and

Second World War but those who

have died serving their country right

up to the present day This is not a

glorification of war but of

remembering the human cost of

preserving our way of life and our

sense of values

WAYLAND HAPPY CIRCLE Our October meeting turned out to

be rather different from our planned

speaker Due to unforseen

circumstances our Hearing Dogs for

the Deaf lady was unable to be with

us however Margaret Upton was

able to produce a very interesting

quiz and from that we had a general

discussion about various places and

people of historical interest etc

Many thanks for that Margaret

For our Christmas meeting on

Tuesday 7th December 2pm at the

WCCCentreit was decided that

we would KISS (keep it so simple)

this year just bring one Christmas

card per person NO PRESSY also

David Skipper will give us a talk on

the manufacture of apple juice and a

promise of a drink of mulled non-

alcoholic juice and a mince pie

afterwards

Hope to see you all there

The Trustees of this Charity will be

meeting on the 8th December to consider

applications from residents of Watton for

financial support this Christmas It is

hoped therefore that applicants will

contact the Clerk to the Trustees prior to

that date so that the Trustees can fulfil

their duties

The Charity is an amalgamation of

Charities set up many years ago to support

those in need The Trustees have a duty to

distribute the income of the Charity to

relieve either generally or individually

persons resident in the town of Watton

who are in conditions of need hardship or

distress by making grants of money or

providing or paying for items services or

facilities calculated to reduce the need

hardship or distress of such persons

Institutions or organisations which provide

or undertake in return to provide items

services or facilities for such persons may

also benefit

In the past few years grants have in the

main consisted of support for the elderly

to help with the extra costs of Christmas

andor heating costs However the

Trustees are most willing to consider

applications from other age groups

provided they are residents of Watton and

they are in conditions of need hardship or

distress

No preference is given to any section of

the community but there will be times

when applicants will be required to give

full personal financial details and provide

whatever information the Trustees require

before decisions can be made Any

information given will be treated in the

strictest confidence

Applications for assistance should be

addressed to-

Derek I Smith Clerk to the Trustees -

Watton Relief In Need Charity 39

Dereham Road Watton IP25 6ER Tel

01953 884044

Email derekfrenzymailcouk

Watton Relief In Need Charity

Wilfson remembers I remember when I was a young boy Mum used to give me 10 shillings and send me to

the International Stores on Watton High Street I would come home with cheese sugar

sweets bread cakes and often some biscuits

Cant do that now - too many security cameras

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 8 News

No passado dia 6 do corrente mecircs foi

inaugurado pelo Presidente da Vila de

Watton o Sr Roy Ivory um cafegrave

Portugues

SANDRAS Cafegrave de Sandra Barros

com uma vasta experiecircncia na aacuterea da

restauraccedilatildeo quer aqui em Inglaterrra

ou em Franccedila onde trabalhou tambem

varios anos nessa mesma area

Como natildeo poderia deixar de ser

Sandra agradece o apoio que tem

recebido de todos os clientes desde o

tempo em que tinha o Daily Cafegrave

O Cafegrave tem ao seu dispocircr toda a

diversidade de Bolos de Pastelaria e

Sobremesas refeiccedilotildees Inglesas e

Portuguesas e computador com

Internet num local reservado com

serviccedilo de Impressora

A especialidade da casa `e o Bacalhau

`a casa e Mexelhotildees c batata frita

Com menus especiais a Quarta-feira e

ao Saacutebado e com disponiblidade para

Festas de Aniversarios eou Catering

(por reserva) telef01953 883010

mόvel 07842158723

O cafegrave situa-se na High Street n 5A

com abertura das 6 da manhatilde άs 5 da

tarde

Se passar em Watton natildeo deixe de

visitar este sitio fantάstico

Cafeacute Portugues em Watton - Sandra‟s Cafeacute

Portugueses no St Johns Ambulance No passado Domingo mais duas

crianccedilas Portuguesas se juntaram

como membros do St Johns

Ambulance na Divisatildeo de Watton

Fazendo agora um total de 4 crianccedilas

Portuguesas 2 na qualificaccedilatildeo de

Badger e 2 como Cadete

`E um orgulho para a nossa

comunidade ver as nossas crianccedilas a

participar numa Organizaccedilatildeo

Inglesa e aprender desde cedo o

serviccedilo de voluntariado

Se pretende partecipar pode ligar

para o n 01953 883918 e falar com

Sra Rose Millard ou dirigir-se ao

local na rua St John Hall ndash Saham

Road (cruzamento em frente aacute

Junior School ) que esta aberto todas

as Quartas-feiras a partir das 6h da

tarde Boa Sorte

Aprendizagem na Casa Wayland O Inglecircs para Falantes de Outras

Liacutenguas As aulas (ESOL)

comecaram ha 5 semanas atraz e

estao a ser um sucesso Com 9

pessoas inscritas no inicio e que

neste momento ja estaacute completo

Qualquer pessoa interessada neste

curso deve entrar em contato com

Sra Jan na Wayland House-

Watton (01953 880202) pois

haveraacute uma nova seacuterie de 6 aulas a

partir do mes de Janeiro

Com a BBC estamos a tentar

garantir que todos tenham uma

oportunidade de entrar

Tem havido muito pouca aceitaccedilatildeo

para o Clait (Alfabetizaccedilatildeo em

Computaccedilatildeo e Tecnologia da

Informaccedilatildeo) Cursos que o ablitam

a um certificado e que seraacute

liderado pelo Poultec Centro de

Formaccedilatildeo

Estes cursos iratildeo comecar depois

do Natal por isso se vocecirc estiver

interessado entre em contato com

a Sra Jan o mais rapidamente

possiacutevel Os lugares em cada curso

satildeo limitados a cinco

Envie sua notiacutecia para Tina por e-mail para tinawattonfamilysupportlivecouk

Letter from Australia By Chris OrsquoConnor

As I mentioned in my last Letter

from Australia I have moved from

dusty South Australia to the

greener and much cooler climes of

the Victorian Alps a distance of

about one thousand kilometres and

it is distance that I want to talk

about this time around The town in

which I lived in South Australia

had a population of over 30000

Where I am now living has a

population of around 1800 ndash about

the same size at Watton just before

WW2 The nearest major town is

120 kilometres away and there is

just one small village in between

Recently a national newspaper

article suggested the local

supermarket was the most

expensive in the country and

having shopped there I can attest to

that

However it is one of the friendliest

places I have rested my head over

the years and the services

particularly medical for such a

small area are astonishing We

have an eight bedroom hospital

with a fully staffed emergency

department an aged care home

five doctors a Health and Home

Community service which must be

the envy of major hospitals around

the world All of this is free of

charge mind you However there is

always a catch and this one is a

whopper if you ignore the basic

rule ndash get ambulance cover

Ambulances are not free in

Australia no matter where you live

on this vast continent People who

are not pensioners (for whom

ambulance cover is free) need to

pay the ambulance service an

annual fee unless they want to get

slugged with a bill that would make

their mortgage look like a piggy

bank It is not horrendously

expensive to take out this cover

around $100 (pound50) for a single

person but if you get really ill and

the local hospital is unable to cope

(say in the case of a major road

accident) the bill to the nearest city

hospital which you will recall I

mentioned was 120 kilometres

away will slug you $1500(pound750)

And because this is the Alpine

region of Australia a helicopter is

often used to rescue people ndash I

havenlsquot dared ask what that would

cost

There is a saying in Australia

which is quite simply the tyranny

of distancelsquo and you realise it when

you live in small towns such as

this While all the major things you

need in life are available there are

the things like a broken window

where you hope the local glazier

has just the right glass you need

There is nowhere to buy a new car

you would be crazy to buy a

television locally quite simply

because it would cost you many

more dollars And then there is

getting to the nearest capital city

Melbourne is a five hour drive

away and that is on a three lane

highway Sydney is about the same

distance although anybody who

wants to go to Sydney needs rocks

in their head however and is there

always the however a friend of my

suffered a major heart attack and

needed triple by-pass surgery He

had to be flown to the specialists at

a Sydney hospital and his wife had

to put up in a nearby hotel while he

recovered They were fortunate in

that they had private health

insurance but if they had not it

would have cost them thousands

and of course they had to get

friends to look after their pets

water their garden ndash the list goes

on

Mind you there are massive

advantages to living in this area of

the world Apart from the fact it is

probably the most beautiful country

in Australia with snow capped

peaks in winter and wonderful

walking trails in summer the people

are friendly I have not yet met one

single person who did not welcome

me with enthusiasm It is the type

of place where you stop and talk

for half an hour to somebody in the

street and the bank tellers call you

by your Christian name when you

walk in

I mentioned earlier the wonderful

health service After arriving here I

needed an operation to repair a

ruptured Achilles tendon The

community went out of its way to

make sure I was ok People brought

food another person would keep

the fire in the lounge burning and

three times a week somebody came

in to clean and tidy up ndash all for

nothing There are not too many

places on earth where that happens

It is now Spring in this area of the

world and while the snow begins to

melt on the mountain tops the trees and

flowers come out in their glorious

colours the grass is green and like the

cows around here Ilsquom a very contented

man Quite frankly I think I have

found an earthly paradise

Talk to you again soon and please

write if there is anything you would

like to know or comment on the

article The email address is

oconozbigpondcom

The Wayland Agricultural

Society would like to say a big

thank you to all who supported

participated sponsored and

came along to the Show in

August It was a fantastic day

and over pound8000 was raised for

local charities

An even wider variety of

attractions than ever before and

the usual high standard of

livestock entries made it a

family day out to remember

Caston Camera Club were the

official Show photographers and

there are many superb photos on

their website available to

purchase should visitors wish to

do so

For local organisations wishing

to apply for funding from the

proceeds application forms can

be found on our website

wwwwaylandshowcom

Alternatively they should

contact the

secretarywaylandshowcom

The requirement is that

applicants should be a registered

charity and have local

connections with the Wayland

Area The funds will be

allocated and distributed early

next year

The Committee are now starting

to plan next yearlsquos show We are

a friendly and active committee

who wholeheartedly welcome

new volunteers and would

encourage anyone interested in

being involved to contact the

Secretary (as above) and come

along to our next meeting to find

out a bit more

Wayland Agricultural Society thanks For the last eight years many of us have

enjoyed our regular Coffee amp Cakes at

the Queens Hall Coffee Mornings held

on Farmers Market Day Thanks to a

small but dedicated group of volunteers

we have enjoyed memorable home

baked scones cakes and pastries and

the small pangs of guilt about our

waistlines have been more than

compensated for by the pleasure of

good company in pleasant

surroundings The Coffee Mornings

have also generated a regular addition

to Queens Hall income which is

becoming increasingly important at the

present time The Hall is not publicly

funded on a regular basis and relies on

hiring fees to pay for the day to day

expenses currently in excess of pound1000

per month so any additional income

has been much appreciated

Unfortunately for a variety of personal

reasons the current team are

reluctantly retiring at the end of this

year and unless someone else is

willing to take over this pleasant event

the December morning will be the last

Is there anyone out there willing to fill

the gap If you think you might be

interested talk to us at the next Coffee

Morning on November 6th or phone

01953 885698

Queens Hall Coffee Mornings

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 9

Young people who have made an

outstanding achievement in the community

were recognised on Friday evening at the

glittering Pride in Breckland Youth Awards

ceremony

Breckland Youth Council had been

inundated with nominations since the

inaugural Pride in Breckland Youth

Awards were started and Youth

Councillors had a very difficult job in

picking winners

The awards recognise and celebrate those

people aged 11-19 and their role in helping

make Breckland a special place

Amongst other well-known local people

presenting the awards were Elizabeth

Truss MP Kiss FMlsquos DJ Thomsta Adrian

Stasiak Deputy Leader of Breckland

Council and British record holder and IPC

World Number One Para-Olympian shot-

putter Danny Nobbs

The results of the awards were as follows

Young Arts Performer of the Year Winner

- Oliver Johnson Runners up - Oliver

Haylett amp Kyle Fenn

Young Green Person Group of the year

Winner - Aaron Bolton and the Eco Bugs

Project

Young Sports Person of the year

Winner - Pippa Horn Runners up -

Joe Ground and Declan Davis

Young Volunteer of the year

Winner - Sam Trayton Runner up

- Laura Allen Highly Commended

- Alistair Wright and Stuart Green

Young Carer of the year Winner -

Leslie Fincham Runner up -

Bethan Thomas

Young innovator of the year

Winner - Jordan Bailey Runner up

- Lewis Hanrahan

Young Group Project of the year

Winner ndash ACOSY Runner up -

The Right Direction

Outstanding Achievement of the

year Winner - Kelsy McTaggart

Runner up - Thomas King

Youth Worker of the year Winner

- Emma Fletcher Runner up -

Sally Palmer

Hosting the Event Adrian Stasiak Deputy

Leader of Breckland Council said ―This is

an opportunity to applaud and celebrate

some of the remarkable contributions that

Brecklandlsquos young people are making both

within their local communities and across

society We are all extremely proud of the

strong community spirit that the young

people of our district show and I applaud

Breckland Youth Council for organising

such an event

Young Achievers recognised in Pride in Breckland Awards

Pet lovers are being urged to comply

with EU quarantine regulations or face

being separated from their pet and

paying for the privilege

Norfolk County Councillsquos Trading

Standardslsquo team is urging the countylsquos

pet owners to make sure they know their

legal requirements when travelling

abroad or returning to the UK with their

pets The warning comes after Trading

Standards officers were called to deal

with a puppy that had been brought into

the UK illegally albeit unintentionally

by its owners

A Great Yarmouth vet contacted the

County Councils Trading Standards

team after becoming suspicious that the

Dachshund puppy had not received the

appropriate vaccinations to travel to the

UK

Within an hour of receiving the

telephone call Trading Standards

officers were on the scene The puppys

owners claim a vet in Lithuania issued

the four-month-old dog with a passport

and told them it was OK to bring it to

the UK However the puppy had not

been vaccinated against rabies or tested

for the disease after six months to see

if it was rabies-free as is the legal

requirement

The puppy has been placed in the care

of quarantine kennels at the expense of

its owners where it will remain for up

to six months to ensure it does not

have rabies

Pet owners and members of their

families who live outside the UK are

reminded they must comply with the

Department for Environment Food and

Rural Affairs Pet Travel Scheme

(PETS) to avoid putting their pet into

quarantine

To bring a dog cat or ferret into the

UK from an EU country without

having to place the animal into

quarantine owners must adhere to

certain rules under PETS These are

- The animal must be microchipped

- The animal must be vaccinated

against rabies

- After 6 months the animal must have

a blood test to ensure the vaccination

was effective

- Owners must obtain a passport for the

animal

- Before entering the UK owners must

ensure their animal is treated for ticks

and tapeworm not less than 24 hours

and not more than 48 hours before it is

checked in at the port airport

- The animal must travel with an

approved transport company on an

authorised route

Councillor Ann Steward Cabinet

Member for Sustainable Development

at Norfolk County Council with

special responsibility for Trading

Standards said ―We are a nation of

pet lovers and I completely understand

why people would want to travel with

their pets but we must be sensible and

play our part in ensuring the UK

remains rabies-free

―Importing any animal into the UK

without placing it into quarantine or

adhering to the Pet Travel Scheme is

an offence and pet owners found to be

flouting or ignorant of their legal

obligations face possible prosecution

huge quarantine bills and the prospect

of spending up to six months away

from their pets which can be very

distressing

Gemma Nicholls Trading Standards

Officer at Norfolk County Council

said Its never easy removing a pet

from its owner but the laws are in

place for one very simple reason - to

keep the UK free of this deadly

disease If you break the law you could

face prosecution as well as a hefty

quarantine bill so I urge anyone who

wants to bring a pet into the UK to

double check the rules and ask for

advice

To find out more about the Pets Travel

Scheme visit ww2defragovuk (yes

that is correct) or telephone its

helpline on 08459 33 55 77

Pet lovers urged to know the law and avoid big quarantine bills

Ovington Christmas Bazaar Make a note in your diary to visit

Ovington Village Hall on Saturday 4th

December between 12 and 3pm so you

dont miss the traditional Christmas

Bazaar The proceeds from this

annual event are split between

Ovington Church and Village Hall

and there will be ample opportunity

to support these two worthy causes

There will be a raffle tombola

hamper competition books and toys

games toy lucky dip cakes and guess

the weight of the cake If you are

looking for inspiration for the festive

season there is a Christmas crafts

stall gifts and a pound1 stall As is

traditional in Ovington refreshments

will feature prominently whether you

just want tea or coffee or something

more substantial Come for lunch -

we will have a choice of delicious

home-made soups and filled rolls

Bring your children as Father

Christmas will be paying a visit

Watton Silver Band Needs You Watton Silver Band was established

over 100 years ago to entertain the

community in and around Watton

fulfilling all sorts of engagements such

as church services garden fetes and

carnivals Today the band comprises

some 15 players who come together

simply because they enjoy playing

We are looking to recruit more

members We have a junior band who

feed into the main band once they have

achieved a reasonable standard

Instruments and tuition are provided

free of charge If you are interested in

playing for us then do not hesitate to

contact Chris Austin (band master)

01953885296

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 10 Gardening

On Thursday 16th September we

were delighted to welcome back

Graeme Simmonds for his second

visit This time his talk was entitled

Findings in the Soil 2 - Medieval

and Tudorlsquo When most of us think

of the Norman invasion of 1066 we

may have in mind Harold with his

eye full of arrowlsquo and following on

the Domesday Book some years

later We may also think of the

inconvenience of the survivors of

the ruling classes of having to speak

Norman French Most of them

probably already did What doesnlsquot

immediately spring to mind is the

regulation and oppression of the

English people For example ladieslsquo

hairdressing The only approved

style was long plaits wound round

the ears like modern earphones but

called ramshornlsquo Not a very

elegant name The nobility were

allowed to wear hoods as well

Surprisingly the only women who

wore their hair down were

prostitutes

This was Graemelsquos opening gambit

in what has become a history lesson

for what the ordinary peoplelsquos

living conditions were like Another

bit of oppression was that only 5

of the population - the rich men -

got an education This was

classical Latin astronomy

geography maths etc Women were

brought up to be household

managers As it was felt

inappropriate for women to have a

classical education their managerial

training included writing They

must have been able to read what

theylsquod written but that was all and

limited to household business

Womenlsquos main occupation was the

production of cloth spinning and

weaving wool both for their own

use and commercially This led to a

box of buckles of incredibly varied

sizes There were no buttons then

so clothes had to be held together

by clasps buckles and hooks The

majority were made of copper or

bronze with silver or gold for the

rich Most of the buckles in the box

were missing the central pin as

these were commonly made of iron

so rusted away during their stay in

the soil As these items were from

the 14th to 18th century there were

several styles and all handmade

normally by the local blacksmith

The cloth trade was very important

in East Anglia for export as well as

domestic consumption and was

regulated by officials the equivalent

of modern Customs amp Excise who

attached alnage seals to each bale

Without these seals the cloth could

not be bought or sold The seals

were made of lead - cue another

box Graemelsquos collection is from

one field near Reepham and come

from far and wide - including

Antwerp

Nuremberg Seville

as well as English

The seals are all

different in design

presumably to

indicate the

inspector

On to the coins and another box As

well as pennies and groats

international coins have been found

and we were handed a beautiful

Doge of Venice coin of the era of

Antonio Venisrio who was Doge

from 1382-1400 During this time

Venice controlled the

Mediterranean trade but the coin

was found at Acle This just goes to

show how important the import-

export trade was in Norfolk and

Suffolk Another startling coin was

the quarter noble coin dated 1350

from the reign of Edward III This

is very thin but wonderfully

preserved as it is made of pure 22

carat plus gold shining as if it were

made yesterday Someone important

(or their servant) lost a lot of money

the day they dropped it

The final box contained crop-

pickers tokens These were given to

labourers at the end of each day

instead of cash and was an early co-

op system These were made of lead

and are all local with more turning

up all the time Signature seals were

also in this box including a Papal

seal from Honorius II 1217-1224

and it makes you wonder how that

turned up in Norfolk

The last piece handed round was a

pendant depicting Saint Barbara

She is patron of artillerymen

military engineers armourers

gunsmiths miners masons anyone

involved with explosives anyone

afraid of lightning or sudden death

at work She is celebrated by

various military units involved with

armoury and explosives and gives

her name to Santa Barbara in

California Therelsquos lots more about

her on the good old internet The

pendant has her with a tower (she

was incarcerated in one by her

father to protect her from the

outside world and she rejected an

arranged marriage) Her father was

subsequently killed by lightning

when he executed her hence the

patronage of lightning and

explosives

Graeme gave us one final bit of

advice - if you find anything that

looks interesting donlsquot rush to wash

the soil off it Leave it on an indoor

windowsill to dry out then gently

remove the soil but donlsquot scrub it as

you may remove valuable evidence

of what it is

Thank you Graeme for another

fascinating evening and for bringing

the articles you showed us not

forgetting the biscuit tin in which

we were invited to get our hands

dirty and fish things out To sum it

up the first question I was asked at

the end of the talk was Whenlsquos he

coming back againlsquo and you canlsquot

say fairer than that so herelsquos to next

year

The mini-show - Any Single

Flowering Stem

1st Ralph Kinsley dahlia

2nd Judy Atkinson viola

3rd Eric Reeves red hot poker

HC Geoff Twelftree dahlia

Marianne Kilmartin

Publicity Officer 01362 820744

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society

Breckland Flower and Garden Club Octobers meeting was well attended

to watch Alison Cushings

demonstration Seasonal Her love of

roses showed through her designs as

she blended them with shamrock

chrysanthemums gerberas Chinese

lanterns veronica and sunflowers

Most of her arrangements were

modern although she closed the

afternoon with a traditional triangle on

a lovely raised container

The competition for Autumn in a

Copper Container - New Hands was

won by Janet Skidmore Old Hands

by Shirley Penfold who also won

the trophy for Best Exhibit

Table show for three stems of

autumn colour from the garden was

won by Shirley Penfolds Nerines

November meeting will take place

at Old Buckenham Village Hall on

Thursday 11th November at 2 pm

when Lisa Howard will demonstrate

Enchanted Christmas The

competition title - Enchantment and

the table show is for dried or

preserved plant materialDont

forget December 9th when there

will be a workshop and afternoon

tea (please bring a plate)

commencing 130pm More

details next meeting

Visitors are always welcome -

phone Sally 01953 788712 or Pat

01953 457305

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Norfolk Wildlife Trust

To ask a question about the Norfolkrsquos Wildlife please call the Norfolk Wildlife Information Service Wildline 01603 598333 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri E-mail wildnorfolkwildlifetrustorguk Website httpwwwnorfolkwildlifetrustorguknaturalconnections Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467 Tuesday 16 November 745pm-930pm Bats- Denizens of the

Night A illustrated presentation by Sam Philips Ecology Consultant

of the Norwich Bat Group Followed by refreshments and raffle

Venue Watton Christian Community Centre High Street Watton

Cost pound200 members and pound300 for non-members

Flaming Fall Not the colour of the

leaves which we donlsquot get until

December if the leaves colour at all but

Lycoris radiata - commonly known as

Spider Lily Hurricane Lily Naked Lady

and several other regional names These

are similar to the Nerine found in

English gardens and have a similar habit

(leaves in winter die

down and in autumn

the flower stalks shoot

up followed by leaves

again once the flower

has faded in mid-

November Lycoris

radiata has a flaming

red flower 16 cm

wide on a 50 cm stem

The bulbs multiply

very reliably and

despite having dug up

great clumps over the

years to give to friends

and sell at Farmers

Market you will see

from the photos that

there are still plenty

left (and even more

around the side of the

house) There are

some in a tub by my

door and I always pat

them on the head each

time I come and go

Cabbage and Collards

are coming along

nicely in the vegetable garden and the

Egyptian Walking Onions are

resprouting Multiplying onions are

doing well but I donlsquot know where the

leeks went As if to prove they could get

along without me for the three weeks I

was away on holiday the Viva Italia

tomatoes have produced loads of fruit

but they donlsquot seem to be in a hurry to

ripen I set a sprinkler to run on a timer

three times a week for an hour at a time

and while most things survived a few on

the outer edge where the water didnlsquot

reach look a bit sad Still it will rain

again here one day

Today I have been digging the baby fig

trees that I layered this time last year

They have nice roots now and have gone

into containers to continue their journey

into adulthood Beetroot lettuce and

carrots have been seeded and now Ilsquom

running out of sunny space I see more

lawn disappearing in the future Spring

flowering bulbs pansies and other cool

season bloomers are in the nurseries

now and pumpkins are everywhere

artistically arranged in peoplelsquos front

yards or carved into scary faces These

will disappear as we transition into

November having been transformed into

pumpkin pies and soups for

Thanksgiving feasts The hummingbirds

have suddenly left and their place at the

feeders has been taken by butterflies

sipping on the sweet nectar Tasks for

November include application of copper

spray to peach trees at time of leaf drop

and gather covers to protect plants if an

early freeze threatens

Tomato-Tomayto Gardening in Navasota Texas with Helen Quinn

Our first meeting at Holme Hale in The

Pavilion went very well Firstly we all

received a welcome and an introduction

from our new Chairman David Green He

told us a little about his past membership

of other garden clubs and urged

everyone to take part in activities at

meetings in order to make the club lively

and interesting and to join in on

arranged trips Also to let the committee

know of things they would like added as

an alternative to the usual events There

are usually cheap and well grown plants

on the monthly sales table and full

advantage should be taken of these If

anyone has plants to spare or items for

the raffle these would be gratefully

received

We received a warm welcome from Hall

Chairman Michael Buttolph and his

short introduction to the recent history of

the Pavilion was most interesting

making us feel at home right from the

start

We were joined by several new members

and were happy to see the return of

others who had been forced to leave us

for a while Good to see you all We

hope that once word gets around that we

shall see more people from Holme Hale

they can be sure of an entertaining

afternoon

Then at last a chance to hear Trevor

Harrison from South Creake Nurseries

talking about the plants that he had

brought with him in order to show just

how much colour it is still possible to

have in the garden at this time of year

The grasses were quite spectacular there

were many kinds of heleniums lots of

different colours in the montbretias the

dahlias the rudbeckias and many more

easy to grow border plants

The beautiful blue Caryopteris and the

many coloured asters made a real splash

of colour along with the gentians the

colchicums and the cyclamen

There was a break for tea and biscuits

during which time David showed how to

take fuchsia cuttings Success to be

compared next year Then it was back

to Trevor for more about the plants on

show the drawing of the raffle and a

chance to purchase plants from Trevor

On the 21st October gardening guru

Richard Hobbs came along to deliver

what turned out to be a most informative

and well-structured talk on Winter

colour in the garden This visit came at a

time when winter seems to be on the

doorstep and when colour is never more

welcome

Richard defines winter as the period

between Michaelmas and Candlemas

and suggested colour in the form of

many perennials shrubs and trees

Eucomis also known as the Pineapple

flower or Pineapple lily offers flowers

and interesting seed heads with Eucomis

Bicolour additionally offering variegated

foliage Nerines were recommended not

only for their white flowers but for their

colourful bark Cyclamen Cipriani will

grow in dense shade and seeds readily

while Buxus Necrophilia (box) provides

winter interest additionally Daphne has

glossy green leaves and has scented

flowers in January and February For the

rose lover Rosa Nitida has glossy

leaves red stems and red hips

Cornus with its colourful stems and

changing foliage is a popular addition to

the winter garden one should aim to

have light at its back in order to get the

full impact Strong shapes in garden help

to add winter interest and Richard asked

members not to forget that texture (seen

in coastal areas for example) is very

important

It is impossible to mention all the

sources of winter colour which Richard

touched upon though for interested

readers some of these included

Agapanthus Lonicera or honeysuckle

all kinds of Hellebores (of which the

Christmas rose is probably best known)

Asters and Michaelmas daisies Others

include Ilex and Juniper Heucheras

(which will provide yearly cuttings) and

a whole host of ferns ndash the list is too

long to mention them all Some

wonderfully descriptive names included

Aster lady in black with dark foliage

and the Blackberry Lily with its black

fruit and orangey-red flowers

Richard thoughtfully fetched sprigs

of some of these plants with him

which were passed round to the

members While speaking he

offered interesting morsels of

gardening lore including advice on

the Chelsea chop which involves

cutting back some shrubs to one foot

in height thus promoting a host of

smaller flowers later in the year

This is so called because it should

be done around Chelsea Flower

Show week

The session finished with a Raffle and

some words from our Chairman Next

month (18th November) members are

asked bring a single stem from the

garden which will be judged by Mr Keer

who will be speaking on the subject of

Begonias David also asked for

suggestions for gardens to visit in 2011

and reminded members to keep the 16th

December free for the Christmas party

Ovington Gardening Club Our October meeting was a fascinating talk on

Garden Insects by Robert Maidstone which

was delivered in his own light-humoured way

and was most informative The November

meeting will be on Wednesday 3rd at 745pm

in the village hall when Rory Hart will give a

talk on Conservation in the Garden For further

details contact Ed on 01953 885848 or Carol

on 01760 440719

Ashill amp Holme Hale Garden Club News

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 12

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Relationship difficulties Bereavement Stress

BullyingAbuse Addictions Depression

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Itrsquos good to talk Counselling can help if yoursquore struggling to cope with

Sanctuary offers a confidential low-cost counselling service with

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Remember remember the fifth of

November etc etc I make no apology

for repeating last yearlsquos plea for

everyone private or public planning a

bonfire to celebrate Guy Fawkes to

move the whole thing a few hours

before lighting it This will prevent

roasting hedgehogs or any other

animals that think it a good place to

shelter or hibernate

Some people say November is the start

of the gardening year It comes as a

surprise to those of us who traditionally

leave the whole thing until Easter

However as long as the soil is

workable this is the best month for

planting bare-root shrubs The one that

springs to mind is the rose Inevitably if

ordered by mail these will arrive as a

few sticks in a polythene bag with

finger-ripping staples to close it inside a

paper bag The instructions will be

inside the polythene bag and wet

because the roots will have been

doused by the supplier Oh and theylsquoll

arrive on the day the monsoon starts

Still the instructions will cheerfully

inform you that if the weather is

inclement all you need to do is keep

the whole bag in a cool dark place with

the roots moist The trick is not to put

them where theylsquoll be forgotten Been

there done that Once the weather is

reasonable plant the shrub The late

Arthur Billett of Clacklsquos Farm and

Gardenerslsquo Question Time gave out the

succinct instruction ―If youlsquove paid

76d for a plant dig a 76d hole to put it

in This was repeated by my father and

also Geoffrey Smith Itlsquos a good way to

remember to dig the hole deep enough

and wide enough to accommodate the

roots and put the graft point of the rose

about 2 below the finished level Also

put a generous amount of compost or

well-rotted manure in the bottom Use a

stick across the top of the hole to

estimate the depth and backfill well

using a bit more compost mixed with

the soil removed from the planting

hole Donlsquot be afraid to use your boot

close to the plant to pack the soil in to

remove air pockets - you donlsquot want its

little feeding roots waving about under

there The soil should still be warm

enough to divide and move perennials

but I heard recently that as our

Breckland soil is very sandy in the

main it is able to allow frost to

penetrate deeper than heavier ones that

keep the cold at the surface so thatlsquos

something to be aware of

Despite the gloom there is plenty of

colour to be had at this time of year

Winter-flowering heathers will keep

going even in cold weather and they

donlsquot mind windy locations They can

be planted close together for colourful

ground cover and are very effective in

containers specially if they can have

company such as hardy cyclamen Both

plants come in a variety of pinks

mauves purples and white Viburnums

are good at this time of year as well -

good old Bodnantense Dawnlsquo is very

popular when the flowers appear from

November until March on bare

branches You can cut some for vases

when the scent will fill the room Donlsquot

ignore plants that berry - holly of

course varieties of viburnum can

produce berries in red or black

Skimmias are in full berry now and will

flower in spring but most are unisex so

it takes two of them Both can be

planted in the same hole or container

Some berried shrubs are evergreen

Other container or border plants at their

best are ornamental cabbages in green

and pink and pansies in all sorts of

colours The michaelmas daisies and

autumn crocuscolchicums may still be

in flower There are trees for winter

interest as well The acers grown for

bark will show up nicely now the

leaves are down and the winter-

flowering cherry Prunus x subhirtella

Autumnalislsquo bears its small double

flowers on bare branches This one is a

very pale off-white but there are pinker

ones such as Autumnalis Rosealsquo and

therelsquos even a weeping version That

should stop the traffic Most of the

plants mentioned will grow in

reasonably well-drained soil in sunny

positions But on the whole theylsquore

pretty easy going as regards conditions

While youlsquore planting your bare-root

deciduous shrubs or trees make sure

they are staked if necessary A good

supplier will provide good instructions

If necessary water but not if itlsquos

freezing It might be worth putting

some bulbs around while youlsquore at it as

now is the time for tulip and lily bulbs

(and any others you forgot earlier)

Keep the digging going when the

ground is not soggy or frosted and

mulch If the ground has been dug over

while harvesting veg or tidying borders

just add a nice layer of compost or well

-rotted or leaf mould and let the worms

do the work This is a good time to

evict any pests - snails under pots

rodents in sheds - all need to be dealt

with Pick your option regarding the

snails but remember the lady who won

the amateur scientist of the year prize

by establishing that snails need to be

more than 30 metres100 feet away to

prevent their coming back so donlsquot just

throw them over the fence into next

doorlsquos garden

Take photos when itlsquos reasonably

comfortable outdoors so you can

incorporate something for next winter

in your plans When the weatherlsquos

really bad and youlsquove done all the tasks

just settle down with a glass of

something nice and start the planning

process for next year

Donlsquot forget the weeds will still keep

growing whatever the weather

In your garden with Lotta Potts

On WEDNESDAY 13th OCTOBER

we had a fantastic speaker of

gardening distinction Lucy Redman

A superb plantswoman who told of her

beginnings in gardening at early school

age with her mother and at her great

school garden at Hadleigh High now

sadly derelict She is now so passionate

about children being able to garden

that she along with 75 children at her

old school are redesigning those very

gardens the work includes art amp craft

plus drama working and display areas

science work and a weather station

She hopes for it to be completed within

the next year

She was the youngest person to be

accepted at RHS Wisley and studied at

the English Gardening School where

she achieved her Diploma in Garden

design She has been a Gold medal

winner at both Chelsea and Hampton

Court and writes a regular column for

the East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk

magazine

She has now set up her own School

of Garden Design at her beautiful

home in Rushbrooke in the depths of

breath-taking Suffolk countryside

Her garden has been featured in the

English Garden Magazine and

Country Homes and Interiors amp

Homes and Gardens It is a rare mix

of finely selected country garden

plants and features with more stately

plantings and then huge arty

sculptures and willow features

subtle colours and bright colours to

match the rooms from which the

garden is viewed

She gave us plenty to think about

her talk was entertaining and

inspirational

25 members attended It was the first

meeting taken by our new Chairman

Ed Szczepanowski who welcomed

everyone to this new Club Year with

an excellent Programme of Events to

look forward to We wish him well

leading our Club

The Flower competition was judged by

Lucy and was won by Claudine

Garrod 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Sue

Thomas We also have a new

Vegetable competition at each indoor

meeting and this was won by Hazel

Dunn 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Jane

Dalton The quality of entries was very

high Well done everyone who took

part

Our next Club meeting is on

WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER at

745pm in the Village Hall and should

prove a real crowd puller as it a very

interesting one to everyone By

GRAEME SIMM entitled HISTORY

BENEATH YOUR FEETlsquo

You are asked to bring along an

artefact you have found in your

garden

We know from others who have

booked this speaker that the evening

will prove to be a fascinating one and

could contain revelations about finds in

this and other areas so come along and

take part Everyone welcome

Free to members pound250 visitors

Refreshments and raffle

Donlsquot forget to enter our Flower and

Vegetable competitions

At the November meeting we will be

taking bookings for our Annual Dinner

in January on Sunday 12th Jan 1pm at

the Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant

in Attleborough Cost to be notified

We are a very active friendly club

always keen to increase our

membership and now is a great time to

join

If anyone would like a lift to meetings

please give me a call Jane Dalton

(Secretary) 01953 498694

Great Hockham Gardening Club news

Attleborough amp District Horticultural Society The November meeting of the society takes place on

Wednesday 17th November commencing at 730pm The

venue as usual is Attleborough Junior School and guests are

most welcome to come along The talk in November will be

―Ornamental Plants Grown for Their Scent

Mike Flood gave a very interesting talk on ―Heavy Horses

at the September meeting He has spent a lifetime caring for

working with and breeding these horses whilst working

fulltime in the agricultural supply industry and his talk was

full of anecdotes about these gentle giants We also came

away knowing how to tell apart Shires Percherons

Clydesdales and the Suffolk Punch

The Table Competition suffered from a lack of entries

However the prize for 3 stems of flowers went to Sally

Westrup and John Darlow took the award for 3 eating apples

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society November - it can get a little flat in the middle - short

gloomy days fireworks over and the garden is miserable

Come and cheer it up with a talk on Design amp Garden

History by Judith Srigley from Easton College

Venue Bradenham Village Hall Date Thursday 18th

November Time 730pm

As this is the start of our year you could join us and then

come to our Christmas Party in December full details on

18th November Further information from Marianne

Kilmartin Publicity Officer 01362 820744

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 13

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At the recent 1940lsquos weekend in

Sheringham and Holt with the North

Norfolk Railway Wayland Scouts help

marshal the vintage cars at Holt Station

For the newest Scout it was an extra special

event as he was invested into Scouts from

the Cub Section on the foot plate of the

George Stephenson Steam Engine

Jackson Cutts was supported by his fellow

Scouts bearing the Grouplsquos flags as he took

his promise He was then treated to a short

ride along the track

Visitors to the event looked on including

some former Scouts

who were proud to

see that youngsters

were still enjoying

all that Scouting has

to offer

Akela Jo Ashford

commented it was

wonderful to have

somewhere different

for the investiture we

would like to thank the

crew for their help and

support It was an

exciting addition to a fun packed weekendlsquo

Apart for this activity both Sections have

been really busy during meetings the Cubs

recently placed host to Shelby and Mustang

tow Giant African Land Snails These

amazing creatures didnlsquot mind being the

centre of attention while the Cubs

discovered all about them The snails had

even recently laid some eggs which was an

added bonus for the Cubs to investigate

As the darker evenings arrive activities move

inside so the Scouts have been working on a

number of activities including mini pioneering

to create model gateways ndash ideas for next

yearlsquos camps

They have also been sharing their hobbies and

skills with some fantastic examples of Airfix

model building and Meccano

If you are interested in getting involved in

Scouting in Watton please contact Paul Cutts

01953 884243 or email

waylandscoutsgmailcom

Jackson steams his way into Scouting

Jackson Cutts on the footplate after his investiture

The speaker for September was Denise

Hammond-Webb on The Birth of Banham

Zoo John Goymer was an agricultural

labourer in the 18thC The Goymer family

who opened the zoo were small farmers in

1854 but in 1890 when farms became

mechanised amp workers left for London they

went to work in the local bakeries In 1909 the

family opened a bakery in Bury St Edmunds

The family delivered the

bread by horse amp cart

During WW1 there was

a great demand for bread

for the Army barracks amp hospitals The

business expanded so that during WW2

bakeries were opened in Thetford as well as

Bury In 1952 after sliced bread was

introduced the head of the family sold his

shops He bought a farm amp also opened a farm

shop which was very successful In 1956 they

bought parrots amp with pheasants opened the

collection to the public in 1968 When a

colony of monkeys arrived in 1971 it became

Banham Zoo amp Woolly Monkey Sanctuary

The Zoo has the finest collection of monkeys

in Europe but many visitors come to see the

endangered snow leopards Banham Zoo has

links with zoos all over the world We are

fortunate to live so near to the zoo

The winner of the competition for an animal

ornament was 1) June Clark 2) Brenda

Spencer Next monthslsquo speaker is Charlotte

Philcox amp the competition is a picture of

Autumn leaves

Attleborough WI

Town Council support for credit union In addition to the grant from the Breckland District Council

Participatory Budget scheme earlier this year to support our

marketing campaign by paying for advertisements in parish

magazines and this paper plus the printing of many

explanatory leaflets for distribution in the community Watton

Town Council very generously gave Wayland Community

Bank the local branch of Norfolk Credit Union a grant of

pound200 to help our work in the community and which has

enabled us to purchase some equipment for outside events

This includes a free-standing banner and a portable table top

display With these we hope to reach out further into Wayland

to let more people become aware of the support we can offer

through our credit union savings and loans schemes

There is a marked rise in the number of households

approaching the illegal loan sharks legal doorstep and

internet lenders for loans Many of these charge very high

interest rates which can be seen on the

lenderscomparedcouk web site

Credit unions however have their loan rates capped by

legislation at a maximum of 2 per month - 268 APR

and Norfolk Credit Union offers unsecured loans at

between 1 to 2 per month - 1268 to 268 APR We

currently have substantial funds available for all sorts of

small loans from domestic appliances to helping people

untangle their debts with the high interest lenders

Support for our campaign by local authorities is very much

appreciated and anyone wishing to have a chat with our

volunteers about savings current account or loans or about

joining us as a volunteer working for the local community

can contact us at Wayland House on 01953 883915 or view

our website wwwwaylandbankorg

There is also a loan calculator which can be viewed at our

Head Office web site wwwnorfolkcucouk

Water Water Everywhere by Edith Pleasance It was mid-morning of just another day at the office I

had taken down my usual load of dictation and was busy

dealing with it when the managerlsquos buzzer sounded

twice ndash the signal for me to report to his office along the

corridor with my notepad All sorts of reasons for the

summons came to mind Mr Reece was a man of habit

and did not like his usual morning programme disrupted

once he had dealt with the daily mail

I knew he had an appointment to see one of our branch

managers so guessed it to be just a progress report

Several days previously I had driven my boss (acting as

chauffeuse was one of my duties) to the most outlying

branch of our area where he would make a general

review of management etc while I mingled with

members of the staff and made a general nuisance of

myself This was a very effective way of discerning any

undercurrent there may be

On our way back to Area Office I remarked on a new

member of staff who because of the beautiful blond hair

caught back in a ponytaillsquo I took to be a female clerk I

walked around the back of the counter only to find it was

indeed a young man around seventeen I knew my boss

had a dislike of long-hair on male members of staff in

fact I once chided him on getting upset about it whilst he

never bothered that the mini-skirts of the young females

were getting shorter by the day Humphlsquo was his

response

Entering his office notebook in hand I was surprised to

see the pony-tailed young man accompanied by his

branch manager Without preamble Mr Reece started

dictating

―I John Smith state that I broke into the premises of my

employers on Friday evening last and turned full-on the

stopcock in the basement then went to both cloakrooms

on the ground floor and turned on all the washbasin taps

My actions resulted in the offices being flooded causing

extensive damage to the premises and its contents

―Right Edith I want that typed in triplicate

immediately Apart from the boy being automatically

dismissed I never knew the outcome of this unusual

case But I couldnlsquot help wondering why

Edith Pleasance copy 260910

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 News

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Attleborough High School led by Head

of Languages Mrs Connie Wind Avery

celebrated European Day of Languages

in style A range of activities for students

focussed on different languages and

cultures Staff joined in the spirit of the

event by dressing up in national costume

and European styled clothes

Head of Languages at Attleborough High School Connie Wind Avery (4th from right) and fellow teachers (left to right) Frances Billin Head of RS Mrs

Linda Trounce Silke Schardt Caroline Graham Rowena Tyrer Kay Southgate and Laura Stowe

Attleborough High School Celebrate the European Day of Languages in style

West Norfolk Aviation Society Chairman Rod Rumsby welcomed

guest speaker Julian Horn to the

October meeting who gave an

account including a film of the

WW2 adventures of Bill McGrath

In 1940 aged 20 Bill McGrath

was posted to 82Sqdn at RAF

Watton as an ObserverNavigator

On 13th July 1940 82Sqdn

attacked (the German held)

Aalborg airfield in Denmark with

12 Bristol Blenheimlsquos they

encountered heavy flak and ME

109s and all but one of the

aircraft were destroyed Billlsquos

pilot bombed the airfield but the

aircraft was hit and ditched in

water 100m from the shore but

with rocks only a meter below the

surface As a result Bill suffered

severe eye arm and leg injuries

20 aircrew were killed amp buried at

Vadum cemetery 10 aircrew plus

Billlsquos crew became POWlsquos Bill

eventually escaped from a POW

camp and made his way across

Europe to Barcelona then returned

to UK via Gibraltar He received

the Military Medal and continued

his service as an Air Traffic

Controller A fascinating story of

bravery

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd

November 730pm at Methwold

Social Club Speaker Martin

McClelland Three Years at RAF

Kemble New members amp guests

welcomed For more Information

Tel 01842 879210

Free NHS Health Check at Total Health Pharmacy Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease diabetes or

kidney disease or suffering a stroke These conditions can

often be prevented even if you have a history of them in

your family but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight smoke take little

exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol

NHS Health Checks are being offered by Total Health

Pharmacy in Watton to assess a personlsquos risk of developing

stroke diabetes heart or kidney disease later in life

The Health check is free to people between the ages of 40

and 74 who are not already being treated for these

conditions An initial assessment will determine if you are

eligible for the free health check The health check will take

approximately 30 minutes during which various health

details will be recorded your blood pressure will be taken

as well as a simple blood test to check your cholesterol

The results of the check will determine a risk factor for the

likelihood of you developing the mentioned conditions later

in life and you will be given advice on how to lower your

risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Pharmacist Geoff Ray said ―NHS Health checks encourage

people to be aware of their potential risk factor to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting until it is too

late

The Health Check is available from Total Health Pharmacy

by calling 01953 881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14

Gregor Shanks Way Watton opposite the Watton Medical

Practice

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

FINE BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD

BOOKS JC amp Applestore Gallery

TelephoneFax 01953 883488 55 High Street Watton

For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

TecH-help Bamboozled by Technology

Have you brought or are you thinking of buying a new piece of technology such as a Computer Digital Television or DVD recorder Not sure if you can cope with getting it all working properly

We Can Help Whatever your problem with technology we can help you overcome it Whether you need to tune in that nice new television hook up that shiny DVD recorder need help understanding that instruction book that is written for people with an electronics degree (or a 7 year old)

We can help you if you

ring Julian 01953 881885

Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

COUGHTREY BDK Ltd

01953 881243

Unit 2 Coughtrey Industrial Estate

Church Road Griston IP25 6QB

Fitted Kitchens

Bathrooms

Internal Doors

wwwcoughterybdkcouk

Free Quotations amp

Full Planning Service

Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

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lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

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Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

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WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

Written estimates always provided Memorials supplied

Personal supervision Pre-Paid Funeral Plans available

Arrangements may be discussed in the privacy of your own home

Tel (01760) 440269 (24 hrs) Established over 60 years

FUNERAL DIRECTORS SERVING WATTON amp DISTRICT

WC LITTLEPROUD amp SON of BRADENHAM

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offering a caring traditional amp affordable service‟

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then please make sure it arrives in plenty of time

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You can contact Julian by ringing (01953) 858908 You can write to 32 High

Street Watton IP25 6AE Or you can leave copy in the bin at

Adcocks 32 High Street Watton

The e-mail address is julianmidnorfolktimescom

All views expressed in the Mid-Norfolk Times are those of the contributors and

not the publishers While every care and effort has been taken to ensure accuracy

the publisher cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions

This issue of the Mid-Norfolk Times was published by Julian Horn 32 High Street Watton IP25 6AE

and printed through wwwquotemeprintcom 0845 1300 667

EVENTS DIARY If you would like to see your event included in this section then

please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

CCC = Watton Christian Community Centre Wells CCC = Wells Cole Community Centre Saham

November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 7

Local business women raise funds for charity

A group of five local businesswomen

teamed up under the name of Dead Good

Designs held a Christmas shopping event

in Watton raising nearly pound800 in aid of

Great Ormond Street Hospital

The event held on 21st October was well

supported by around 100 visitors

throughout the day who all helped to raise

funds by buying raffle tickets and some of

the gorgeous gifts and jewellery produced

by the businesswomen Generous

donations for refreshments were also

given on the day

Raffle prizes worth around pound400 were

generously donated by local businesses

family and friends including a large gift

hamper contributed by the group and a

beautiful hand-made quilt donated by the

hostlsquos mother-in-law who also gave up

her day with family and friends to provide

teas coffees and delicious homemade

cakes to guests

The group of artisan business owners

joined forces recently to provide mutual

business support and share experiences

whilst also raising funds for charities and

worthy causes

This charity is particularly important to

Suzanne and husband Neil who hosted the

event ―Our daughter had successful open

-heart surgery there at the age of two so

raising money through the shopping event

was a perfect opportunity to give

something back

Following the success of this event the

group is keen to offer their services to help

others raise funds for charities at similar

shopping events or home parties They

welcome and encourage any invitations

The five women in the group are Angela

Jones of Artisans-UK Suzanne Lake of

Handmade from the Heart Penny Lindop

of Penny Lindop Designs Denise

Sheppard of More Than Just Words and

Jane Pennington of Stone-Me jewellery

For further information about other Dead

Good Designs events or to request the

grouplsquos support at a local charity event

please call 01953 881289 or email

goodiesdeadgooddesignscouk

Clockwise from top Suzanne Lake Angela Jones Jane Pennington and

Penny Lindop (Denise Sheppard missing)

Remembrance Events in Watton Remembrance Day ndash 11th

November There will be a short

Remembrance Day Parade on

Thursday 11 November 2010 at 1100

am to observe the Two Minute

Silence It is hoped that as many

Royal British Legion and RAFA

members will be present plus the

Standards The Two Minute Silence

will be held at the War Memorial at

the Thetford Road car park

Laying Of Poppy Crosses on War

Graves Saturday ndash 13th November A

short service will take place at St

Marylsquos Church Watton at 12 olsquoclock

to place the Poppy Crosses on the War

Graves in the Churchyard This

Parade is normally attended by

members of the public and 864

Squadron ATC and it has been

provisionally agreed that the Last Post

and Reveille will be sounded

Remembrance Sunday ndash 14th

November Watton and District

Branch of The Royal British Legion

invites all members of the various

organisations and the general public

from the town and surrounding district

to join in the Annual Remembrance

Sunday Service at the Town War

Memorial situated on the Thetford

Road car park on Sunday 14th

November 2010

The parade will assemble at 215 pm

for the Service at The War Memorial

at 230 pm when the names on the

Memorial will be read out and Poppy

Wreaths laid Afterwards there will be

a march of Standards Town Mayor

and Councillors members of Royal

British Legion RAFA Aircrew

Association and other organisations

present along Norwich Road to Saint

Marylsquos Church Watton provisionally

led by the Band of 864 Squadron

ATC for a Service of Remembrance

due to start at 300 pm

All members of the public are invited

to these moving services to remember

not only those who died in past

conflicts of First World War and

Second World War but those who

have died serving their country right

up to the present day This is not a

glorification of war but of

remembering the human cost of

preserving our way of life and our

sense of values

WAYLAND HAPPY CIRCLE Our October meeting turned out to

be rather different from our planned

speaker Due to unforseen

circumstances our Hearing Dogs for

the Deaf lady was unable to be with

us however Margaret Upton was

able to produce a very interesting

quiz and from that we had a general

discussion about various places and

people of historical interest etc

Many thanks for that Margaret

For our Christmas meeting on

Tuesday 7th December 2pm at the

WCCCentreit was decided that

we would KISS (keep it so simple)

this year just bring one Christmas

card per person NO PRESSY also

David Skipper will give us a talk on

the manufacture of apple juice and a

promise of a drink of mulled non-

alcoholic juice and a mince pie

afterwards

Hope to see you all there

The Trustees of this Charity will be

meeting on the 8th December to consider

applications from residents of Watton for

financial support this Christmas It is

hoped therefore that applicants will

contact the Clerk to the Trustees prior to

that date so that the Trustees can fulfil

their duties

The Charity is an amalgamation of

Charities set up many years ago to support

those in need The Trustees have a duty to

distribute the income of the Charity to

relieve either generally or individually

persons resident in the town of Watton

who are in conditions of need hardship or

distress by making grants of money or

providing or paying for items services or

facilities calculated to reduce the need

hardship or distress of such persons

Institutions or organisations which provide

or undertake in return to provide items

services or facilities for such persons may

also benefit

In the past few years grants have in the

main consisted of support for the elderly

to help with the extra costs of Christmas

andor heating costs However the

Trustees are most willing to consider

applications from other age groups

provided they are residents of Watton and

they are in conditions of need hardship or

distress

No preference is given to any section of

the community but there will be times

when applicants will be required to give

full personal financial details and provide

whatever information the Trustees require

before decisions can be made Any

information given will be treated in the

strictest confidence

Applications for assistance should be

addressed to-

Derek I Smith Clerk to the Trustees -

Watton Relief In Need Charity 39

Dereham Road Watton IP25 6ER Tel

01953 884044

Email derekfrenzymailcouk

Watton Relief In Need Charity

Wilfson remembers I remember when I was a young boy Mum used to give me 10 shillings and send me to

the International Stores on Watton High Street I would come home with cheese sugar

sweets bread cakes and often some biscuits

Cant do that now - too many security cameras

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 8 News

No passado dia 6 do corrente mecircs foi

inaugurado pelo Presidente da Vila de

Watton o Sr Roy Ivory um cafegrave

Portugues

SANDRAS Cafegrave de Sandra Barros

com uma vasta experiecircncia na aacuterea da

restauraccedilatildeo quer aqui em Inglaterrra

ou em Franccedila onde trabalhou tambem

varios anos nessa mesma area

Como natildeo poderia deixar de ser

Sandra agradece o apoio que tem

recebido de todos os clientes desde o

tempo em que tinha o Daily Cafegrave

O Cafegrave tem ao seu dispocircr toda a

diversidade de Bolos de Pastelaria e

Sobremesas refeiccedilotildees Inglesas e

Portuguesas e computador com

Internet num local reservado com

serviccedilo de Impressora

A especialidade da casa `e o Bacalhau

`a casa e Mexelhotildees c batata frita

Com menus especiais a Quarta-feira e

ao Saacutebado e com disponiblidade para

Festas de Aniversarios eou Catering

(por reserva) telef01953 883010

mόvel 07842158723

O cafegrave situa-se na High Street n 5A

com abertura das 6 da manhatilde άs 5 da

tarde

Se passar em Watton natildeo deixe de

visitar este sitio fantάstico

Cafeacute Portugues em Watton - Sandra‟s Cafeacute

Portugueses no St Johns Ambulance No passado Domingo mais duas

crianccedilas Portuguesas se juntaram

como membros do St Johns

Ambulance na Divisatildeo de Watton

Fazendo agora um total de 4 crianccedilas

Portuguesas 2 na qualificaccedilatildeo de

Badger e 2 como Cadete

`E um orgulho para a nossa

comunidade ver as nossas crianccedilas a

participar numa Organizaccedilatildeo

Inglesa e aprender desde cedo o

serviccedilo de voluntariado

Se pretende partecipar pode ligar

para o n 01953 883918 e falar com

Sra Rose Millard ou dirigir-se ao

local na rua St John Hall ndash Saham

Road (cruzamento em frente aacute

Junior School ) que esta aberto todas

as Quartas-feiras a partir das 6h da

tarde Boa Sorte

Aprendizagem na Casa Wayland O Inglecircs para Falantes de Outras

Liacutenguas As aulas (ESOL)

comecaram ha 5 semanas atraz e

estao a ser um sucesso Com 9

pessoas inscritas no inicio e que

neste momento ja estaacute completo

Qualquer pessoa interessada neste

curso deve entrar em contato com

Sra Jan na Wayland House-

Watton (01953 880202) pois

haveraacute uma nova seacuterie de 6 aulas a

partir do mes de Janeiro

Com a BBC estamos a tentar

garantir que todos tenham uma

oportunidade de entrar

Tem havido muito pouca aceitaccedilatildeo

para o Clait (Alfabetizaccedilatildeo em

Computaccedilatildeo e Tecnologia da

Informaccedilatildeo) Cursos que o ablitam

a um certificado e que seraacute

liderado pelo Poultec Centro de

Formaccedilatildeo

Estes cursos iratildeo comecar depois

do Natal por isso se vocecirc estiver

interessado entre em contato com

a Sra Jan o mais rapidamente

possiacutevel Os lugares em cada curso

satildeo limitados a cinco

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Letter from Australia By Chris OrsquoConnor

As I mentioned in my last Letter

from Australia I have moved from

dusty South Australia to the

greener and much cooler climes of

the Victorian Alps a distance of

about one thousand kilometres and

it is distance that I want to talk

about this time around The town in

which I lived in South Australia

had a population of over 30000

Where I am now living has a

population of around 1800 ndash about

the same size at Watton just before

WW2 The nearest major town is

120 kilometres away and there is

just one small village in between

Recently a national newspaper

article suggested the local

supermarket was the most

expensive in the country and

having shopped there I can attest to

that

However it is one of the friendliest

places I have rested my head over

the years and the services

particularly medical for such a

small area are astonishing We

have an eight bedroom hospital

with a fully staffed emergency

department an aged care home

five doctors a Health and Home

Community service which must be

the envy of major hospitals around

the world All of this is free of

charge mind you However there is

always a catch and this one is a

whopper if you ignore the basic

rule ndash get ambulance cover

Ambulances are not free in

Australia no matter where you live

on this vast continent People who

are not pensioners (for whom

ambulance cover is free) need to

pay the ambulance service an

annual fee unless they want to get

slugged with a bill that would make

their mortgage look like a piggy

bank It is not horrendously

expensive to take out this cover

around $100 (pound50) for a single

person but if you get really ill and

the local hospital is unable to cope

(say in the case of a major road

accident) the bill to the nearest city

hospital which you will recall I

mentioned was 120 kilometres

away will slug you $1500(pound750)

And because this is the Alpine

region of Australia a helicopter is

often used to rescue people ndash I

havenlsquot dared ask what that would

cost

There is a saying in Australia

which is quite simply the tyranny

of distancelsquo and you realise it when

you live in small towns such as

this While all the major things you

need in life are available there are

the things like a broken window

where you hope the local glazier

has just the right glass you need

There is nowhere to buy a new car

you would be crazy to buy a

television locally quite simply

because it would cost you many

more dollars And then there is

getting to the nearest capital city

Melbourne is a five hour drive

away and that is on a three lane

highway Sydney is about the same

distance although anybody who

wants to go to Sydney needs rocks

in their head however and is there

always the however a friend of my

suffered a major heart attack and

needed triple by-pass surgery He

had to be flown to the specialists at

a Sydney hospital and his wife had

to put up in a nearby hotel while he

recovered They were fortunate in

that they had private health

insurance but if they had not it

would have cost them thousands

and of course they had to get

friends to look after their pets

water their garden ndash the list goes

on

Mind you there are massive

advantages to living in this area of

the world Apart from the fact it is

probably the most beautiful country

in Australia with snow capped

peaks in winter and wonderful

walking trails in summer the people

are friendly I have not yet met one

single person who did not welcome

me with enthusiasm It is the type

of place where you stop and talk

for half an hour to somebody in the

street and the bank tellers call you

by your Christian name when you

walk in

I mentioned earlier the wonderful

health service After arriving here I

needed an operation to repair a

ruptured Achilles tendon The

community went out of its way to

make sure I was ok People brought

food another person would keep

the fire in the lounge burning and

three times a week somebody came

in to clean and tidy up ndash all for

nothing There are not too many

places on earth where that happens

It is now Spring in this area of the

world and while the snow begins to

melt on the mountain tops the trees and

flowers come out in their glorious

colours the grass is green and like the

cows around here Ilsquom a very contented

man Quite frankly I think I have

found an earthly paradise

Talk to you again soon and please

write if there is anything you would

like to know or comment on the

article The email address is

oconozbigpondcom

The Wayland Agricultural

Society would like to say a big

thank you to all who supported

participated sponsored and

came along to the Show in

August It was a fantastic day

and over pound8000 was raised for

local charities

An even wider variety of

attractions than ever before and

the usual high standard of

livestock entries made it a

family day out to remember

Caston Camera Club were the

official Show photographers and

there are many superb photos on

their website available to

purchase should visitors wish to

do so

For local organisations wishing

to apply for funding from the

proceeds application forms can

be found on our website

wwwwaylandshowcom

Alternatively they should

contact the

secretarywaylandshowcom

The requirement is that

applicants should be a registered

charity and have local

connections with the Wayland

Area The funds will be

allocated and distributed early

next year

The Committee are now starting

to plan next yearlsquos show We are

a friendly and active committee

who wholeheartedly welcome

new volunteers and would

encourage anyone interested in

being involved to contact the

Secretary (as above) and come

along to our next meeting to find

out a bit more

Wayland Agricultural Society thanks For the last eight years many of us have

enjoyed our regular Coffee amp Cakes at

the Queens Hall Coffee Mornings held

on Farmers Market Day Thanks to a

small but dedicated group of volunteers

we have enjoyed memorable home

baked scones cakes and pastries and

the small pangs of guilt about our

waistlines have been more than

compensated for by the pleasure of

good company in pleasant

surroundings The Coffee Mornings

have also generated a regular addition

to Queens Hall income which is

becoming increasingly important at the

present time The Hall is not publicly

funded on a regular basis and relies on

hiring fees to pay for the day to day

expenses currently in excess of pound1000

per month so any additional income

has been much appreciated

Unfortunately for a variety of personal

reasons the current team are

reluctantly retiring at the end of this

year and unless someone else is

willing to take over this pleasant event

the December morning will be the last

Is there anyone out there willing to fill

the gap If you think you might be

interested talk to us at the next Coffee

Morning on November 6th or phone

01953 885698

Queens Hall Coffee Mornings

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 9

Young people who have made an

outstanding achievement in the community

were recognised on Friday evening at the

glittering Pride in Breckland Youth Awards

ceremony

Breckland Youth Council had been

inundated with nominations since the

inaugural Pride in Breckland Youth

Awards were started and Youth

Councillors had a very difficult job in

picking winners

The awards recognise and celebrate those

people aged 11-19 and their role in helping

make Breckland a special place

Amongst other well-known local people

presenting the awards were Elizabeth

Truss MP Kiss FMlsquos DJ Thomsta Adrian

Stasiak Deputy Leader of Breckland

Council and British record holder and IPC

World Number One Para-Olympian shot-

putter Danny Nobbs

The results of the awards were as follows

Young Arts Performer of the Year Winner

- Oliver Johnson Runners up - Oliver

Haylett amp Kyle Fenn

Young Green Person Group of the year

Winner - Aaron Bolton and the Eco Bugs

Project

Young Sports Person of the year

Winner - Pippa Horn Runners up -

Joe Ground and Declan Davis

Young Volunteer of the year

Winner - Sam Trayton Runner up

- Laura Allen Highly Commended

- Alistair Wright and Stuart Green

Young Carer of the year Winner -

Leslie Fincham Runner up -

Bethan Thomas

Young innovator of the year

Winner - Jordan Bailey Runner up

- Lewis Hanrahan

Young Group Project of the year

Winner ndash ACOSY Runner up -

The Right Direction

Outstanding Achievement of the

year Winner - Kelsy McTaggart

Runner up - Thomas King

Youth Worker of the year Winner

- Emma Fletcher Runner up -

Sally Palmer

Hosting the Event Adrian Stasiak Deputy

Leader of Breckland Council said ―This is

an opportunity to applaud and celebrate

some of the remarkable contributions that

Brecklandlsquos young people are making both

within their local communities and across

society We are all extremely proud of the

strong community spirit that the young

people of our district show and I applaud

Breckland Youth Council for organising

such an event

Young Achievers recognised in Pride in Breckland Awards

Pet lovers are being urged to comply

with EU quarantine regulations or face

being separated from their pet and

paying for the privilege

Norfolk County Councillsquos Trading

Standardslsquo team is urging the countylsquos

pet owners to make sure they know their

legal requirements when travelling

abroad or returning to the UK with their

pets The warning comes after Trading

Standards officers were called to deal

with a puppy that had been brought into

the UK illegally albeit unintentionally

by its owners

A Great Yarmouth vet contacted the

County Councils Trading Standards

team after becoming suspicious that the

Dachshund puppy had not received the

appropriate vaccinations to travel to the

UK

Within an hour of receiving the

telephone call Trading Standards

officers were on the scene The puppys

owners claim a vet in Lithuania issued

the four-month-old dog with a passport

and told them it was OK to bring it to

the UK However the puppy had not

been vaccinated against rabies or tested

for the disease after six months to see

if it was rabies-free as is the legal

requirement

The puppy has been placed in the care

of quarantine kennels at the expense of

its owners where it will remain for up

to six months to ensure it does not

have rabies

Pet owners and members of their

families who live outside the UK are

reminded they must comply with the

Department for Environment Food and

Rural Affairs Pet Travel Scheme

(PETS) to avoid putting their pet into

quarantine

To bring a dog cat or ferret into the

UK from an EU country without

having to place the animal into

quarantine owners must adhere to

certain rules under PETS These are

- The animal must be microchipped

- The animal must be vaccinated

against rabies

- After 6 months the animal must have

a blood test to ensure the vaccination

was effective

- Owners must obtain a passport for the

animal

- Before entering the UK owners must

ensure their animal is treated for ticks

and tapeworm not less than 24 hours

and not more than 48 hours before it is

checked in at the port airport

- The animal must travel with an

approved transport company on an

authorised route

Councillor Ann Steward Cabinet

Member for Sustainable Development

at Norfolk County Council with

special responsibility for Trading

Standards said ―We are a nation of

pet lovers and I completely understand

why people would want to travel with

their pets but we must be sensible and

play our part in ensuring the UK

remains rabies-free

―Importing any animal into the UK

without placing it into quarantine or

adhering to the Pet Travel Scheme is

an offence and pet owners found to be

flouting or ignorant of their legal

obligations face possible prosecution

huge quarantine bills and the prospect

of spending up to six months away

from their pets which can be very

distressing

Gemma Nicholls Trading Standards

Officer at Norfolk County Council

said Its never easy removing a pet

from its owner but the laws are in

place for one very simple reason - to

keep the UK free of this deadly

disease If you break the law you could

face prosecution as well as a hefty

quarantine bill so I urge anyone who

wants to bring a pet into the UK to

double check the rules and ask for

advice

To find out more about the Pets Travel

Scheme visit ww2defragovuk (yes

that is correct) or telephone its

helpline on 08459 33 55 77

Pet lovers urged to know the law and avoid big quarantine bills

Ovington Christmas Bazaar Make a note in your diary to visit

Ovington Village Hall on Saturday 4th

December between 12 and 3pm so you

dont miss the traditional Christmas

Bazaar The proceeds from this

annual event are split between

Ovington Church and Village Hall

and there will be ample opportunity

to support these two worthy causes

There will be a raffle tombola

hamper competition books and toys

games toy lucky dip cakes and guess

the weight of the cake If you are

looking for inspiration for the festive

season there is a Christmas crafts

stall gifts and a pound1 stall As is

traditional in Ovington refreshments

will feature prominently whether you

just want tea or coffee or something

more substantial Come for lunch -

we will have a choice of delicious

home-made soups and filled rolls

Bring your children as Father

Christmas will be paying a visit

Watton Silver Band Needs You Watton Silver Band was established

over 100 years ago to entertain the

community in and around Watton

fulfilling all sorts of engagements such

as church services garden fetes and

carnivals Today the band comprises

some 15 players who come together

simply because they enjoy playing

We are looking to recruit more

members We have a junior band who

feed into the main band once they have

achieved a reasonable standard

Instruments and tuition are provided

free of charge If you are interested in

playing for us then do not hesitate to

contact Chris Austin (band master)

01953885296

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 10 Gardening

On Thursday 16th September we

were delighted to welcome back

Graeme Simmonds for his second

visit This time his talk was entitled

Findings in the Soil 2 - Medieval

and Tudorlsquo When most of us think

of the Norman invasion of 1066 we

may have in mind Harold with his

eye full of arrowlsquo and following on

the Domesday Book some years

later We may also think of the

inconvenience of the survivors of

the ruling classes of having to speak

Norman French Most of them

probably already did What doesnlsquot

immediately spring to mind is the

regulation and oppression of the

English people For example ladieslsquo

hairdressing The only approved

style was long plaits wound round

the ears like modern earphones but

called ramshornlsquo Not a very

elegant name The nobility were

allowed to wear hoods as well

Surprisingly the only women who

wore their hair down were

prostitutes

This was Graemelsquos opening gambit

in what has become a history lesson

for what the ordinary peoplelsquos

living conditions were like Another

bit of oppression was that only 5

of the population - the rich men -

got an education This was

classical Latin astronomy

geography maths etc Women were

brought up to be household

managers As it was felt

inappropriate for women to have a

classical education their managerial

training included writing They

must have been able to read what

theylsquod written but that was all and

limited to household business

Womenlsquos main occupation was the

production of cloth spinning and

weaving wool both for their own

use and commercially This led to a

box of buckles of incredibly varied

sizes There were no buttons then

so clothes had to be held together

by clasps buckles and hooks The

majority were made of copper or

bronze with silver or gold for the

rich Most of the buckles in the box

were missing the central pin as

these were commonly made of iron

so rusted away during their stay in

the soil As these items were from

the 14th to 18th century there were

several styles and all handmade

normally by the local blacksmith

The cloth trade was very important

in East Anglia for export as well as

domestic consumption and was

regulated by officials the equivalent

of modern Customs amp Excise who

attached alnage seals to each bale

Without these seals the cloth could

not be bought or sold The seals

were made of lead - cue another

box Graemelsquos collection is from

one field near Reepham and come

from far and wide - including

Antwerp

Nuremberg Seville

as well as English

The seals are all

different in design

presumably to

indicate the

inspector

On to the coins and another box As

well as pennies and groats

international coins have been found

and we were handed a beautiful

Doge of Venice coin of the era of

Antonio Venisrio who was Doge

from 1382-1400 During this time

Venice controlled the

Mediterranean trade but the coin

was found at Acle This just goes to

show how important the import-

export trade was in Norfolk and

Suffolk Another startling coin was

the quarter noble coin dated 1350

from the reign of Edward III This

is very thin but wonderfully

preserved as it is made of pure 22

carat plus gold shining as if it were

made yesterday Someone important

(or their servant) lost a lot of money

the day they dropped it

The final box contained crop-

pickers tokens These were given to

labourers at the end of each day

instead of cash and was an early co-

op system These were made of lead

and are all local with more turning

up all the time Signature seals were

also in this box including a Papal

seal from Honorius II 1217-1224

and it makes you wonder how that

turned up in Norfolk

The last piece handed round was a

pendant depicting Saint Barbara

She is patron of artillerymen

military engineers armourers

gunsmiths miners masons anyone

involved with explosives anyone

afraid of lightning or sudden death

at work She is celebrated by

various military units involved with

armoury and explosives and gives

her name to Santa Barbara in

California Therelsquos lots more about

her on the good old internet The

pendant has her with a tower (she

was incarcerated in one by her

father to protect her from the

outside world and she rejected an

arranged marriage) Her father was

subsequently killed by lightning

when he executed her hence the

patronage of lightning and

explosives

Graeme gave us one final bit of

advice - if you find anything that

looks interesting donlsquot rush to wash

the soil off it Leave it on an indoor

windowsill to dry out then gently

remove the soil but donlsquot scrub it as

you may remove valuable evidence

of what it is

Thank you Graeme for another

fascinating evening and for bringing

the articles you showed us not

forgetting the biscuit tin in which

we were invited to get our hands

dirty and fish things out To sum it

up the first question I was asked at

the end of the talk was Whenlsquos he

coming back againlsquo and you canlsquot

say fairer than that so herelsquos to next

year

The mini-show - Any Single

Flowering Stem

1st Ralph Kinsley dahlia

2nd Judy Atkinson viola

3rd Eric Reeves red hot poker

HC Geoff Twelftree dahlia

Marianne Kilmartin

Publicity Officer 01362 820744

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society

Breckland Flower and Garden Club Octobers meeting was well attended

to watch Alison Cushings

demonstration Seasonal Her love of

roses showed through her designs as

she blended them with shamrock

chrysanthemums gerberas Chinese

lanterns veronica and sunflowers

Most of her arrangements were

modern although she closed the

afternoon with a traditional triangle on

a lovely raised container

The competition for Autumn in a

Copper Container - New Hands was

won by Janet Skidmore Old Hands

by Shirley Penfold who also won

the trophy for Best Exhibit

Table show for three stems of

autumn colour from the garden was

won by Shirley Penfolds Nerines

November meeting will take place

at Old Buckenham Village Hall on

Thursday 11th November at 2 pm

when Lisa Howard will demonstrate

Enchanted Christmas The

competition title - Enchantment and

the table show is for dried or

preserved plant materialDont

forget December 9th when there

will be a workshop and afternoon

tea (please bring a plate)

commencing 130pm More

details next meeting

Visitors are always welcome -

phone Sally 01953 788712 or Pat

01953 457305

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 11

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Norfolk Wildlife Trust

To ask a question about the Norfolkrsquos Wildlife please call the Norfolk Wildlife Information Service Wildline 01603 598333 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri E-mail wildnorfolkwildlifetrustorguk Website httpwwwnorfolkwildlifetrustorguknaturalconnections Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467 Tuesday 16 November 745pm-930pm Bats- Denizens of the

Night A illustrated presentation by Sam Philips Ecology Consultant

of the Norwich Bat Group Followed by refreshments and raffle

Venue Watton Christian Community Centre High Street Watton

Cost pound200 members and pound300 for non-members

Flaming Fall Not the colour of the

leaves which we donlsquot get until

December if the leaves colour at all but

Lycoris radiata - commonly known as

Spider Lily Hurricane Lily Naked Lady

and several other regional names These

are similar to the Nerine found in

English gardens and have a similar habit

(leaves in winter die

down and in autumn

the flower stalks shoot

up followed by leaves

again once the flower

has faded in mid-

November Lycoris

radiata has a flaming

red flower 16 cm

wide on a 50 cm stem

The bulbs multiply

very reliably and

despite having dug up

great clumps over the

years to give to friends

and sell at Farmers

Market you will see

from the photos that

there are still plenty

left (and even more

around the side of the

house) There are

some in a tub by my

door and I always pat

them on the head each

time I come and go

Cabbage and Collards

are coming along

nicely in the vegetable garden and the

Egyptian Walking Onions are

resprouting Multiplying onions are

doing well but I donlsquot know where the

leeks went As if to prove they could get

along without me for the three weeks I

was away on holiday the Viva Italia

tomatoes have produced loads of fruit

but they donlsquot seem to be in a hurry to

ripen I set a sprinkler to run on a timer

three times a week for an hour at a time

and while most things survived a few on

the outer edge where the water didnlsquot

reach look a bit sad Still it will rain

again here one day

Today I have been digging the baby fig

trees that I layered this time last year

They have nice roots now and have gone

into containers to continue their journey

into adulthood Beetroot lettuce and

carrots have been seeded and now Ilsquom

running out of sunny space I see more

lawn disappearing in the future Spring

flowering bulbs pansies and other cool

season bloomers are in the nurseries

now and pumpkins are everywhere

artistically arranged in peoplelsquos front

yards or carved into scary faces These

will disappear as we transition into

November having been transformed into

pumpkin pies and soups for

Thanksgiving feasts The hummingbirds

have suddenly left and their place at the

feeders has been taken by butterflies

sipping on the sweet nectar Tasks for

November include application of copper

spray to peach trees at time of leaf drop

and gather covers to protect plants if an

early freeze threatens

Tomato-Tomayto Gardening in Navasota Texas with Helen Quinn

Our first meeting at Holme Hale in The

Pavilion went very well Firstly we all

received a welcome and an introduction

from our new Chairman David Green He

told us a little about his past membership

of other garden clubs and urged

everyone to take part in activities at

meetings in order to make the club lively

and interesting and to join in on

arranged trips Also to let the committee

know of things they would like added as

an alternative to the usual events There

are usually cheap and well grown plants

on the monthly sales table and full

advantage should be taken of these If

anyone has plants to spare or items for

the raffle these would be gratefully

received

We received a warm welcome from Hall

Chairman Michael Buttolph and his

short introduction to the recent history of

the Pavilion was most interesting

making us feel at home right from the

start

We were joined by several new members

and were happy to see the return of

others who had been forced to leave us

for a while Good to see you all We

hope that once word gets around that we

shall see more people from Holme Hale

they can be sure of an entertaining

afternoon

Then at last a chance to hear Trevor

Harrison from South Creake Nurseries

talking about the plants that he had

brought with him in order to show just

how much colour it is still possible to

have in the garden at this time of year

The grasses were quite spectacular there

were many kinds of heleniums lots of

different colours in the montbretias the

dahlias the rudbeckias and many more

easy to grow border plants

The beautiful blue Caryopteris and the

many coloured asters made a real splash

of colour along with the gentians the

colchicums and the cyclamen

There was a break for tea and biscuits

during which time David showed how to

take fuchsia cuttings Success to be

compared next year Then it was back

to Trevor for more about the plants on

show the drawing of the raffle and a

chance to purchase plants from Trevor

On the 21st October gardening guru

Richard Hobbs came along to deliver

what turned out to be a most informative

and well-structured talk on Winter

colour in the garden This visit came at a

time when winter seems to be on the

doorstep and when colour is never more

welcome

Richard defines winter as the period

between Michaelmas and Candlemas

and suggested colour in the form of

many perennials shrubs and trees

Eucomis also known as the Pineapple

flower or Pineapple lily offers flowers

and interesting seed heads with Eucomis

Bicolour additionally offering variegated

foliage Nerines were recommended not

only for their white flowers but for their

colourful bark Cyclamen Cipriani will

grow in dense shade and seeds readily

while Buxus Necrophilia (box) provides

winter interest additionally Daphne has

glossy green leaves and has scented

flowers in January and February For the

rose lover Rosa Nitida has glossy

leaves red stems and red hips

Cornus with its colourful stems and

changing foliage is a popular addition to

the winter garden one should aim to

have light at its back in order to get the

full impact Strong shapes in garden help

to add winter interest and Richard asked

members not to forget that texture (seen

in coastal areas for example) is very

important

It is impossible to mention all the

sources of winter colour which Richard

touched upon though for interested

readers some of these included

Agapanthus Lonicera or honeysuckle

all kinds of Hellebores (of which the

Christmas rose is probably best known)

Asters and Michaelmas daisies Others

include Ilex and Juniper Heucheras

(which will provide yearly cuttings) and

a whole host of ferns ndash the list is too

long to mention them all Some

wonderfully descriptive names included

Aster lady in black with dark foliage

and the Blackberry Lily with its black

fruit and orangey-red flowers

Richard thoughtfully fetched sprigs

of some of these plants with him

which were passed round to the

members While speaking he

offered interesting morsels of

gardening lore including advice on

the Chelsea chop which involves

cutting back some shrubs to one foot

in height thus promoting a host of

smaller flowers later in the year

This is so called because it should

be done around Chelsea Flower

Show week

The session finished with a Raffle and

some words from our Chairman Next

month (18th November) members are

asked bring a single stem from the

garden which will be judged by Mr Keer

who will be speaking on the subject of

Begonias David also asked for

suggestions for gardens to visit in 2011

and reminded members to keep the 16th

December free for the Christmas party

Ovington Gardening Club Our October meeting was a fascinating talk on

Garden Insects by Robert Maidstone which

was delivered in his own light-humoured way

and was most informative The November

meeting will be on Wednesday 3rd at 745pm

in the village hall when Rory Hart will give a

talk on Conservation in the Garden For further

details contact Ed on 01953 885848 or Carol

on 01760 440719

Ashill amp Holme Hale Garden Club News

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 12

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for repeating last yearlsquos plea for

everyone private or public planning a

bonfire to celebrate Guy Fawkes to

move the whole thing a few hours

before lighting it This will prevent

roasting hedgehogs or any other

animals that think it a good place to

shelter or hibernate

Some people say November is the start

of the gardening year It comes as a

surprise to those of us who traditionally

leave the whole thing until Easter

However as long as the soil is

workable this is the best month for

planting bare-root shrubs The one that

springs to mind is the rose Inevitably if

ordered by mail these will arrive as a

few sticks in a polythene bag with

finger-ripping staples to close it inside a

paper bag The instructions will be

inside the polythene bag and wet

because the roots will have been

doused by the supplier Oh and theylsquoll

arrive on the day the monsoon starts

Still the instructions will cheerfully

inform you that if the weather is

inclement all you need to do is keep

the whole bag in a cool dark place with

the roots moist The trick is not to put

them where theylsquoll be forgotten Been

there done that Once the weather is

reasonable plant the shrub The late

Arthur Billett of Clacklsquos Farm and

Gardenerslsquo Question Time gave out the

succinct instruction ―If youlsquove paid

76d for a plant dig a 76d hole to put it

in This was repeated by my father and

also Geoffrey Smith Itlsquos a good way to

remember to dig the hole deep enough

and wide enough to accommodate the

roots and put the graft point of the rose

about 2 below the finished level Also

put a generous amount of compost or

well-rotted manure in the bottom Use a

stick across the top of the hole to

estimate the depth and backfill well

using a bit more compost mixed with

the soil removed from the planting

hole Donlsquot be afraid to use your boot

close to the plant to pack the soil in to

remove air pockets - you donlsquot want its

little feeding roots waving about under

there The soil should still be warm

enough to divide and move perennials

but I heard recently that as our

Breckland soil is very sandy in the

main it is able to allow frost to

penetrate deeper than heavier ones that

keep the cold at the surface so thatlsquos

something to be aware of

Despite the gloom there is plenty of

colour to be had at this time of year

Winter-flowering heathers will keep

going even in cold weather and they

donlsquot mind windy locations They can

be planted close together for colourful

ground cover and are very effective in

containers specially if they can have

company such as hardy cyclamen Both

plants come in a variety of pinks

mauves purples and white Viburnums

are good at this time of year as well -

good old Bodnantense Dawnlsquo is very

popular when the flowers appear from

November until March on bare

branches You can cut some for vases

when the scent will fill the room Donlsquot

ignore plants that berry - holly of

course varieties of viburnum can

produce berries in red or black

Skimmias are in full berry now and will

flower in spring but most are unisex so

it takes two of them Both can be

planted in the same hole or container

Some berried shrubs are evergreen

Other container or border plants at their

best are ornamental cabbages in green

and pink and pansies in all sorts of

colours The michaelmas daisies and

autumn crocuscolchicums may still be

in flower There are trees for winter

interest as well The acers grown for

bark will show up nicely now the

leaves are down and the winter-

flowering cherry Prunus x subhirtella

Autumnalislsquo bears its small double

flowers on bare branches This one is a

very pale off-white but there are pinker

ones such as Autumnalis Rosealsquo and

therelsquos even a weeping version That

should stop the traffic Most of the

plants mentioned will grow in

reasonably well-drained soil in sunny

positions But on the whole theylsquore

pretty easy going as regards conditions

While youlsquore planting your bare-root

deciduous shrubs or trees make sure

they are staked if necessary A good

supplier will provide good instructions

If necessary water but not if itlsquos

freezing It might be worth putting

some bulbs around while youlsquore at it as

now is the time for tulip and lily bulbs

(and any others you forgot earlier)

Keep the digging going when the

ground is not soggy or frosted and

mulch If the ground has been dug over

while harvesting veg or tidying borders

just add a nice layer of compost or well

-rotted or leaf mould and let the worms

do the work This is a good time to

evict any pests - snails under pots

rodents in sheds - all need to be dealt

with Pick your option regarding the

snails but remember the lady who won

the amateur scientist of the year prize

by establishing that snails need to be

more than 30 metres100 feet away to

prevent their coming back so donlsquot just

throw them over the fence into next

doorlsquos garden

Take photos when itlsquos reasonably

comfortable outdoors so you can

incorporate something for next winter

in your plans When the weatherlsquos

really bad and youlsquove done all the tasks

just settle down with a glass of

something nice and start the planning

process for next year

Donlsquot forget the weeds will still keep

growing whatever the weather

In your garden with Lotta Potts

On WEDNESDAY 13th OCTOBER

we had a fantastic speaker of

gardening distinction Lucy Redman

A superb plantswoman who told of her

beginnings in gardening at early school

age with her mother and at her great

school garden at Hadleigh High now

sadly derelict She is now so passionate

about children being able to garden

that she along with 75 children at her

old school are redesigning those very

gardens the work includes art amp craft

plus drama working and display areas

science work and a weather station

She hopes for it to be completed within

the next year

She was the youngest person to be

accepted at RHS Wisley and studied at

the English Gardening School where

she achieved her Diploma in Garden

design She has been a Gold medal

winner at both Chelsea and Hampton

Court and writes a regular column for

the East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk

magazine

She has now set up her own School

of Garden Design at her beautiful

home in Rushbrooke in the depths of

breath-taking Suffolk countryside

Her garden has been featured in the

English Garden Magazine and

Country Homes and Interiors amp

Homes and Gardens It is a rare mix

of finely selected country garden

plants and features with more stately

plantings and then huge arty

sculptures and willow features

subtle colours and bright colours to

match the rooms from which the

garden is viewed

She gave us plenty to think about

her talk was entertaining and

inspirational

25 members attended It was the first

meeting taken by our new Chairman

Ed Szczepanowski who welcomed

everyone to this new Club Year with

an excellent Programme of Events to

look forward to We wish him well

leading our Club

The Flower competition was judged by

Lucy and was won by Claudine

Garrod 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Sue

Thomas We also have a new

Vegetable competition at each indoor

meeting and this was won by Hazel

Dunn 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Jane

Dalton The quality of entries was very

high Well done everyone who took

part

Our next Club meeting is on

WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER at

745pm in the Village Hall and should

prove a real crowd puller as it a very

interesting one to everyone By

GRAEME SIMM entitled HISTORY

BENEATH YOUR FEETlsquo

You are asked to bring along an

artefact you have found in your

garden

We know from others who have

booked this speaker that the evening

will prove to be a fascinating one and

could contain revelations about finds in

this and other areas so come along and

take part Everyone welcome

Free to members pound250 visitors

Refreshments and raffle

Donlsquot forget to enter our Flower and

Vegetable competitions

At the November meeting we will be

taking bookings for our Annual Dinner

in January on Sunday 12th Jan 1pm at

the Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant

in Attleborough Cost to be notified

We are a very active friendly club

always keen to increase our

membership and now is a great time to

join

If anyone would like a lift to meetings

please give me a call Jane Dalton

(Secretary) 01953 498694

Great Hockham Gardening Club news

Attleborough amp District Horticultural Society The November meeting of the society takes place on

Wednesday 17th November commencing at 730pm The

venue as usual is Attleborough Junior School and guests are

most welcome to come along The talk in November will be

―Ornamental Plants Grown for Their Scent

Mike Flood gave a very interesting talk on ―Heavy Horses

at the September meeting He has spent a lifetime caring for

working with and breeding these horses whilst working

fulltime in the agricultural supply industry and his talk was

full of anecdotes about these gentle giants We also came

away knowing how to tell apart Shires Percherons

Clydesdales and the Suffolk Punch

The Table Competition suffered from a lack of entries

However the prize for 3 stems of flowers went to Sally

Westrup and John Darlow took the award for 3 eating apples

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society November - it can get a little flat in the middle - short

gloomy days fireworks over and the garden is miserable

Come and cheer it up with a talk on Design amp Garden

History by Judith Srigley from Easton College

Venue Bradenham Village Hall Date Thursday 18th

November Time 730pm

As this is the start of our year you could join us and then

come to our Christmas Party in December full details on

18th November Further information from Marianne

Kilmartin Publicity Officer 01362 820744

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 13

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At the recent 1940lsquos weekend in

Sheringham and Holt with the North

Norfolk Railway Wayland Scouts help

marshal the vintage cars at Holt Station

For the newest Scout it was an extra special

event as he was invested into Scouts from

the Cub Section on the foot plate of the

George Stephenson Steam Engine

Jackson Cutts was supported by his fellow

Scouts bearing the Grouplsquos flags as he took

his promise He was then treated to a short

ride along the track

Visitors to the event looked on including

some former Scouts

who were proud to

see that youngsters

were still enjoying

all that Scouting has

to offer

Akela Jo Ashford

commented it was

wonderful to have

somewhere different

for the investiture we

would like to thank the

crew for their help and

support It was an

exciting addition to a fun packed weekendlsquo

Apart for this activity both Sections have

been really busy during meetings the Cubs

recently placed host to Shelby and Mustang

tow Giant African Land Snails These

amazing creatures didnlsquot mind being the

centre of attention while the Cubs

discovered all about them The snails had

even recently laid some eggs which was an

added bonus for the Cubs to investigate

As the darker evenings arrive activities move

inside so the Scouts have been working on a

number of activities including mini pioneering

to create model gateways ndash ideas for next

yearlsquos camps

They have also been sharing their hobbies and

skills with some fantastic examples of Airfix

model building and Meccano

If you are interested in getting involved in

Scouting in Watton please contact Paul Cutts

01953 884243 or email

waylandscoutsgmailcom

Jackson steams his way into Scouting

Jackson Cutts on the footplate after his investiture

The speaker for September was Denise

Hammond-Webb on The Birth of Banham

Zoo John Goymer was an agricultural

labourer in the 18thC The Goymer family

who opened the zoo were small farmers in

1854 but in 1890 when farms became

mechanised amp workers left for London they

went to work in the local bakeries In 1909 the

family opened a bakery in Bury St Edmunds

The family delivered the

bread by horse amp cart

During WW1 there was

a great demand for bread

for the Army barracks amp hospitals The

business expanded so that during WW2

bakeries were opened in Thetford as well as

Bury In 1952 after sliced bread was

introduced the head of the family sold his

shops He bought a farm amp also opened a farm

shop which was very successful In 1956 they

bought parrots amp with pheasants opened the

collection to the public in 1968 When a

colony of monkeys arrived in 1971 it became

Banham Zoo amp Woolly Monkey Sanctuary

The Zoo has the finest collection of monkeys

in Europe but many visitors come to see the

endangered snow leopards Banham Zoo has

links with zoos all over the world We are

fortunate to live so near to the zoo

The winner of the competition for an animal

ornament was 1) June Clark 2) Brenda

Spencer Next monthslsquo speaker is Charlotte

Philcox amp the competition is a picture of

Autumn leaves

Attleborough WI

Town Council support for credit union In addition to the grant from the Breckland District Council

Participatory Budget scheme earlier this year to support our

marketing campaign by paying for advertisements in parish

magazines and this paper plus the printing of many

explanatory leaflets for distribution in the community Watton

Town Council very generously gave Wayland Community

Bank the local branch of Norfolk Credit Union a grant of

pound200 to help our work in the community and which has

enabled us to purchase some equipment for outside events

This includes a free-standing banner and a portable table top

display With these we hope to reach out further into Wayland

to let more people become aware of the support we can offer

through our credit union savings and loans schemes

There is a marked rise in the number of households

approaching the illegal loan sharks legal doorstep and

internet lenders for loans Many of these charge very high

interest rates which can be seen on the

lenderscomparedcouk web site

Credit unions however have their loan rates capped by

legislation at a maximum of 2 per month - 268 APR

and Norfolk Credit Union offers unsecured loans at

between 1 to 2 per month - 1268 to 268 APR We

currently have substantial funds available for all sorts of

small loans from domestic appliances to helping people

untangle their debts with the high interest lenders

Support for our campaign by local authorities is very much

appreciated and anyone wishing to have a chat with our

volunteers about savings current account or loans or about

joining us as a volunteer working for the local community

can contact us at Wayland House on 01953 883915 or view

our website wwwwaylandbankorg

There is also a loan calculator which can be viewed at our

Head Office web site wwwnorfolkcucouk

Water Water Everywhere by Edith Pleasance It was mid-morning of just another day at the office I

had taken down my usual load of dictation and was busy

dealing with it when the managerlsquos buzzer sounded

twice ndash the signal for me to report to his office along the

corridor with my notepad All sorts of reasons for the

summons came to mind Mr Reece was a man of habit

and did not like his usual morning programme disrupted

once he had dealt with the daily mail

I knew he had an appointment to see one of our branch

managers so guessed it to be just a progress report

Several days previously I had driven my boss (acting as

chauffeuse was one of my duties) to the most outlying

branch of our area where he would make a general

review of management etc while I mingled with

members of the staff and made a general nuisance of

myself This was a very effective way of discerning any

undercurrent there may be

On our way back to Area Office I remarked on a new

member of staff who because of the beautiful blond hair

caught back in a ponytaillsquo I took to be a female clerk I

walked around the back of the counter only to find it was

indeed a young man around seventeen I knew my boss

had a dislike of long-hair on male members of staff in

fact I once chided him on getting upset about it whilst he

never bothered that the mini-skirts of the young females

were getting shorter by the day Humphlsquo was his

response

Entering his office notebook in hand I was surprised to

see the pony-tailed young man accompanied by his

branch manager Without preamble Mr Reece started

dictating

―I John Smith state that I broke into the premises of my

employers on Friday evening last and turned full-on the

stopcock in the basement then went to both cloakrooms

on the ground floor and turned on all the washbasin taps

My actions resulted in the offices being flooded causing

extensive damage to the premises and its contents

―Right Edith I want that typed in triplicate

immediately Apart from the boy being automatically

dismissed I never knew the outcome of this unusual

case But I couldnlsquot help wondering why

Edith Pleasance copy 260910

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 News

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Attleborough High School led by Head

of Languages Mrs Connie Wind Avery

celebrated European Day of Languages

in style A range of activities for students

focussed on different languages and

cultures Staff joined in the spirit of the

event by dressing up in national costume

and European styled clothes

Head of Languages at Attleborough High School Connie Wind Avery (4th from right) and fellow teachers (left to right) Frances Billin Head of RS Mrs

Linda Trounce Silke Schardt Caroline Graham Rowena Tyrer Kay Southgate and Laura Stowe

Attleborough High School Celebrate the European Day of Languages in style

West Norfolk Aviation Society Chairman Rod Rumsby welcomed

guest speaker Julian Horn to the

October meeting who gave an

account including a film of the

WW2 adventures of Bill McGrath

In 1940 aged 20 Bill McGrath

was posted to 82Sqdn at RAF

Watton as an ObserverNavigator

On 13th July 1940 82Sqdn

attacked (the German held)

Aalborg airfield in Denmark with

12 Bristol Blenheimlsquos they

encountered heavy flak and ME

109s and all but one of the

aircraft were destroyed Billlsquos

pilot bombed the airfield but the

aircraft was hit and ditched in

water 100m from the shore but

with rocks only a meter below the

surface As a result Bill suffered

severe eye arm and leg injuries

20 aircrew were killed amp buried at

Vadum cemetery 10 aircrew plus

Billlsquos crew became POWlsquos Bill

eventually escaped from a POW

camp and made his way across

Europe to Barcelona then returned

to UK via Gibraltar He received

the Military Medal and continued

his service as an Air Traffic

Controller A fascinating story of

bravery

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd

November 730pm at Methwold

Social Club Speaker Martin

McClelland Three Years at RAF

Kemble New members amp guests

welcomed For more Information

Tel 01842 879210

Free NHS Health Check at Total Health Pharmacy Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease diabetes or

kidney disease or suffering a stroke These conditions can

often be prevented even if you have a history of them in

your family but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight smoke take little

exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol

NHS Health Checks are being offered by Total Health

Pharmacy in Watton to assess a personlsquos risk of developing

stroke diabetes heart or kidney disease later in life

The Health check is free to people between the ages of 40

and 74 who are not already being treated for these

conditions An initial assessment will determine if you are

eligible for the free health check The health check will take

approximately 30 minutes during which various health

details will be recorded your blood pressure will be taken

as well as a simple blood test to check your cholesterol

The results of the check will determine a risk factor for the

likelihood of you developing the mentioned conditions later

in life and you will be given advice on how to lower your

risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Pharmacist Geoff Ray said ―NHS Health checks encourage

people to be aware of their potential risk factor to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting until it is too

late

The Health Check is available from Total Health Pharmacy

by calling 01953 881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14

Gregor Shanks Way Watton opposite the Watton Medical

Practice

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

FINE BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD

BOOKS JC amp Applestore Gallery

TelephoneFax 01953 883488 55 High Street Watton

For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

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We can help you if you

ring Julian 01953 881885

Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 8 News

No passado dia 6 do corrente mecircs foi

inaugurado pelo Presidente da Vila de

Watton o Sr Roy Ivory um cafegrave

Portugues

SANDRAS Cafegrave de Sandra Barros

com uma vasta experiecircncia na aacuterea da

restauraccedilatildeo quer aqui em Inglaterrra

ou em Franccedila onde trabalhou tambem

varios anos nessa mesma area

Como natildeo poderia deixar de ser

Sandra agradece o apoio que tem

recebido de todos os clientes desde o

tempo em que tinha o Daily Cafegrave

O Cafegrave tem ao seu dispocircr toda a

diversidade de Bolos de Pastelaria e

Sobremesas refeiccedilotildees Inglesas e

Portuguesas e computador com

Internet num local reservado com

serviccedilo de Impressora

A especialidade da casa `e o Bacalhau

`a casa e Mexelhotildees c batata frita

Com menus especiais a Quarta-feira e

ao Saacutebado e com disponiblidade para

Festas de Aniversarios eou Catering

(por reserva) telef01953 883010

mόvel 07842158723

O cafegrave situa-se na High Street n 5A

com abertura das 6 da manhatilde άs 5 da

tarde

Se passar em Watton natildeo deixe de

visitar este sitio fantάstico

Cafeacute Portugues em Watton - Sandra‟s Cafeacute

Portugueses no St Johns Ambulance No passado Domingo mais duas

crianccedilas Portuguesas se juntaram

como membros do St Johns

Ambulance na Divisatildeo de Watton

Fazendo agora um total de 4 crianccedilas

Portuguesas 2 na qualificaccedilatildeo de

Badger e 2 como Cadete

`E um orgulho para a nossa

comunidade ver as nossas crianccedilas a

participar numa Organizaccedilatildeo

Inglesa e aprender desde cedo o

serviccedilo de voluntariado

Se pretende partecipar pode ligar

para o n 01953 883918 e falar com

Sra Rose Millard ou dirigir-se ao

local na rua St John Hall ndash Saham

Road (cruzamento em frente aacute

Junior School ) que esta aberto todas

as Quartas-feiras a partir das 6h da

tarde Boa Sorte

Aprendizagem na Casa Wayland O Inglecircs para Falantes de Outras

Liacutenguas As aulas (ESOL)

comecaram ha 5 semanas atraz e

estao a ser um sucesso Com 9

pessoas inscritas no inicio e que

neste momento ja estaacute completo

Qualquer pessoa interessada neste

curso deve entrar em contato com

Sra Jan na Wayland House-

Watton (01953 880202) pois

haveraacute uma nova seacuterie de 6 aulas a

partir do mes de Janeiro

Com a BBC estamos a tentar

garantir que todos tenham uma

oportunidade de entrar

Tem havido muito pouca aceitaccedilatildeo

para o Clait (Alfabetizaccedilatildeo em

Computaccedilatildeo e Tecnologia da

Informaccedilatildeo) Cursos que o ablitam

a um certificado e que seraacute

liderado pelo Poultec Centro de

Formaccedilatildeo

Estes cursos iratildeo comecar depois

do Natal por isso se vocecirc estiver

interessado entre em contato com

a Sra Jan o mais rapidamente

possiacutevel Os lugares em cada curso

satildeo limitados a cinco

Envie sua notiacutecia para Tina por e-mail para tinawattonfamilysupportlivecouk

Letter from Australia By Chris OrsquoConnor

As I mentioned in my last Letter

from Australia I have moved from

dusty South Australia to the

greener and much cooler climes of

the Victorian Alps a distance of

about one thousand kilometres and

it is distance that I want to talk

about this time around The town in

which I lived in South Australia

had a population of over 30000

Where I am now living has a

population of around 1800 ndash about

the same size at Watton just before

WW2 The nearest major town is

120 kilometres away and there is

just one small village in between

Recently a national newspaper

article suggested the local

supermarket was the most

expensive in the country and

having shopped there I can attest to

that

However it is one of the friendliest

places I have rested my head over

the years and the services

particularly medical for such a

small area are astonishing We

have an eight bedroom hospital

with a fully staffed emergency

department an aged care home

five doctors a Health and Home

Community service which must be

the envy of major hospitals around

the world All of this is free of

charge mind you However there is

always a catch and this one is a

whopper if you ignore the basic

rule ndash get ambulance cover

Ambulances are not free in

Australia no matter where you live

on this vast continent People who

are not pensioners (for whom

ambulance cover is free) need to

pay the ambulance service an

annual fee unless they want to get

slugged with a bill that would make

their mortgage look like a piggy

bank It is not horrendously

expensive to take out this cover

around $100 (pound50) for a single

person but if you get really ill and

the local hospital is unable to cope

(say in the case of a major road

accident) the bill to the nearest city

hospital which you will recall I

mentioned was 120 kilometres

away will slug you $1500(pound750)

And because this is the Alpine

region of Australia a helicopter is

often used to rescue people ndash I

havenlsquot dared ask what that would

cost

There is a saying in Australia

which is quite simply the tyranny

of distancelsquo and you realise it when

you live in small towns such as

this While all the major things you

need in life are available there are

the things like a broken window

where you hope the local glazier

has just the right glass you need

There is nowhere to buy a new car

you would be crazy to buy a

television locally quite simply

because it would cost you many

more dollars And then there is

getting to the nearest capital city

Melbourne is a five hour drive

away and that is on a three lane

highway Sydney is about the same

distance although anybody who

wants to go to Sydney needs rocks

in their head however and is there

always the however a friend of my

suffered a major heart attack and

needed triple by-pass surgery He

had to be flown to the specialists at

a Sydney hospital and his wife had

to put up in a nearby hotel while he

recovered They were fortunate in

that they had private health

insurance but if they had not it

would have cost them thousands

and of course they had to get

friends to look after their pets

water their garden ndash the list goes

on

Mind you there are massive

advantages to living in this area of

the world Apart from the fact it is

probably the most beautiful country

in Australia with snow capped

peaks in winter and wonderful

walking trails in summer the people

are friendly I have not yet met one

single person who did not welcome

me with enthusiasm It is the type

of place where you stop and talk

for half an hour to somebody in the

street and the bank tellers call you

by your Christian name when you

walk in

I mentioned earlier the wonderful

health service After arriving here I

needed an operation to repair a

ruptured Achilles tendon The

community went out of its way to

make sure I was ok People brought

food another person would keep

the fire in the lounge burning and

three times a week somebody came

in to clean and tidy up ndash all for

nothing There are not too many

places on earth where that happens

It is now Spring in this area of the

world and while the snow begins to

melt on the mountain tops the trees and

flowers come out in their glorious

colours the grass is green and like the

cows around here Ilsquom a very contented

man Quite frankly I think I have

found an earthly paradise

Talk to you again soon and please

write if there is anything you would

like to know or comment on the

article The email address is

oconozbigpondcom

The Wayland Agricultural

Society would like to say a big

thank you to all who supported

participated sponsored and

came along to the Show in

August It was a fantastic day

and over pound8000 was raised for

local charities

An even wider variety of

attractions than ever before and

the usual high standard of

livestock entries made it a

family day out to remember

Caston Camera Club were the

official Show photographers and

there are many superb photos on

their website available to

purchase should visitors wish to

do so

For local organisations wishing

to apply for funding from the

proceeds application forms can

be found on our website

wwwwaylandshowcom

Alternatively they should

contact the

secretarywaylandshowcom

The requirement is that

applicants should be a registered

charity and have local

connections with the Wayland

Area The funds will be

allocated and distributed early

next year

The Committee are now starting

to plan next yearlsquos show We are

a friendly and active committee

who wholeheartedly welcome

new volunteers and would

encourage anyone interested in

being involved to contact the

Secretary (as above) and come

along to our next meeting to find

out a bit more

Wayland Agricultural Society thanks For the last eight years many of us have

enjoyed our regular Coffee amp Cakes at

the Queens Hall Coffee Mornings held

on Farmers Market Day Thanks to a

small but dedicated group of volunteers

we have enjoyed memorable home

baked scones cakes and pastries and

the small pangs of guilt about our

waistlines have been more than

compensated for by the pleasure of

good company in pleasant

surroundings The Coffee Mornings

have also generated a regular addition

to Queens Hall income which is

becoming increasingly important at the

present time The Hall is not publicly

funded on a regular basis and relies on

hiring fees to pay for the day to day

expenses currently in excess of pound1000

per month so any additional income

has been much appreciated

Unfortunately for a variety of personal

reasons the current team are

reluctantly retiring at the end of this

year and unless someone else is

willing to take over this pleasant event

the December morning will be the last

Is there anyone out there willing to fill

the gap If you think you might be

interested talk to us at the next Coffee

Morning on November 6th or phone

01953 885698

Queens Hall Coffee Mornings

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 9

Young people who have made an

outstanding achievement in the community

were recognised on Friday evening at the

glittering Pride in Breckland Youth Awards

ceremony

Breckland Youth Council had been

inundated with nominations since the

inaugural Pride in Breckland Youth

Awards were started and Youth

Councillors had a very difficult job in

picking winners

The awards recognise and celebrate those

people aged 11-19 and their role in helping

make Breckland a special place

Amongst other well-known local people

presenting the awards were Elizabeth

Truss MP Kiss FMlsquos DJ Thomsta Adrian

Stasiak Deputy Leader of Breckland

Council and British record holder and IPC

World Number One Para-Olympian shot-

putter Danny Nobbs

The results of the awards were as follows

Young Arts Performer of the Year Winner

- Oliver Johnson Runners up - Oliver

Haylett amp Kyle Fenn

Young Green Person Group of the year

Winner - Aaron Bolton and the Eco Bugs

Project

Young Sports Person of the year

Winner - Pippa Horn Runners up -

Joe Ground and Declan Davis

Young Volunteer of the year

Winner - Sam Trayton Runner up

- Laura Allen Highly Commended

- Alistair Wright and Stuart Green

Young Carer of the year Winner -

Leslie Fincham Runner up -

Bethan Thomas

Young innovator of the year

Winner - Jordan Bailey Runner up

- Lewis Hanrahan

Young Group Project of the year

Winner ndash ACOSY Runner up -

The Right Direction

Outstanding Achievement of the

year Winner - Kelsy McTaggart

Runner up - Thomas King

Youth Worker of the year Winner

- Emma Fletcher Runner up -

Sally Palmer

Hosting the Event Adrian Stasiak Deputy

Leader of Breckland Council said ―This is

an opportunity to applaud and celebrate

some of the remarkable contributions that

Brecklandlsquos young people are making both

within their local communities and across

society We are all extremely proud of the

strong community spirit that the young

people of our district show and I applaud

Breckland Youth Council for organising

such an event

Young Achievers recognised in Pride in Breckland Awards

Pet lovers are being urged to comply

with EU quarantine regulations or face

being separated from their pet and

paying for the privilege

Norfolk County Councillsquos Trading

Standardslsquo team is urging the countylsquos

pet owners to make sure they know their

legal requirements when travelling

abroad or returning to the UK with their

pets The warning comes after Trading

Standards officers were called to deal

with a puppy that had been brought into

the UK illegally albeit unintentionally

by its owners

A Great Yarmouth vet contacted the

County Councils Trading Standards

team after becoming suspicious that the

Dachshund puppy had not received the

appropriate vaccinations to travel to the

UK

Within an hour of receiving the

telephone call Trading Standards

officers were on the scene The puppys

owners claim a vet in Lithuania issued

the four-month-old dog with a passport

and told them it was OK to bring it to

the UK However the puppy had not

been vaccinated against rabies or tested

for the disease after six months to see

if it was rabies-free as is the legal

requirement

The puppy has been placed in the care

of quarantine kennels at the expense of

its owners where it will remain for up

to six months to ensure it does not

have rabies

Pet owners and members of their

families who live outside the UK are

reminded they must comply with the

Department for Environment Food and

Rural Affairs Pet Travel Scheme

(PETS) to avoid putting their pet into

quarantine

To bring a dog cat or ferret into the

UK from an EU country without

having to place the animal into

quarantine owners must adhere to

certain rules under PETS These are

- The animal must be microchipped

- The animal must be vaccinated

against rabies

- After 6 months the animal must have

a blood test to ensure the vaccination

was effective

- Owners must obtain a passport for the

animal

- Before entering the UK owners must

ensure their animal is treated for ticks

and tapeworm not less than 24 hours

and not more than 48 hours before it is

checked in at the port airport

- The animal must travel with an

approved transport company on an

authorised route

Councillor Ann Steward Cabinet

Member for Sustainable Development

at Norfolk County Council with

special responsibility for Trading

Standards said ―We are a nation of

pet lovers and I completely understand

why people would want to travel with

their pets but we must be sensible and

play our part in ensuring the UK

remains rabies-free

―Importing any animal into the UK

without placing it into quarantine or

adhering to the Pet Travel Scheme is

an offence and pet owners found to be

flouting or ignorant of their legal

obligations face possible prosecution

huge quarantine bills and the prospect

of spending up to six months away

from their pets which can be very

distressing

Gemma Nicholls Trading Standards

Officer at Norfolk County Council

said Its never easy removing a pet

from its owner but the laws are in

place for one very simple reason - to

keep the UK free of this deadly

disease If you break the law you could

face prosecution as well as a hefty

quarantine bill so I urge anyone who

wants to bring a pet into the UK to

double check the rules and ask for

advice

To find out more about the Pets Travel

Scheme visit ww2defragovuk (yes

that is correct) or telephone its

helpline on 08459 33 55 77

Pet lovers urged to know the law and avoid big quarantine bills

Ovington Christmas Bazaar Make a note in your diary to visit

Ovington Village Hall on Saturday 4th

December between 12 and 3pm so you

dont miss the traditional Christmas

Bazaar The proceeds from this

annual event are split between

Ovington Church and Village Hall

and there will be ample opportunity

to support these two worthy causes

There will be a raffle tombola

hamper competition books and toys

games toy lucky dip cakes and guess

the weight of the cake If you are

looking for inspiration for the festive

season there is a Christmas crafts

stall gifts and a pound1 stall As is

traditional in Ovington refreshments

will feature prominently whether you

just want tea or coffee or something

more substantial Come for lunch -

we will have a choice of delicious

home-made soups and filled rolls

Bring your children as Father

Christmas will be paying a visit

Watton Silver Band Needs You Watton Silver Band was established

over 100 years ago to entertain the

community in and around Watton

fulfilling all sorts of engagements such

as church services garden fetes and

carnivals Today the band comprises

some 15 players who come together

simply because they enjoy playing

We are looking to recruit more

members We have a junior band who

feed into the main band once they have

achieved a reasonable standard

Instruments and tuition are provided

free of charge If you are interested in

playing for us then do not hesitate to

contact Chris Austin (band master)

01953885296

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 10 Gardening

On Thursday 16th September we

were delighted to welcome back

Graeme Simmonds for his second

visit This time his talk was entitled

Findings in the Soil 2 - Medieval

and Tudorlsquo When most of us think

of the Norman invasion of 1066 we

may have in mind Harold with his

eye full of arrowlsquo and following on

the Domesday Book some years

later We may also think of the

inconvenience of the survivors of

the ruling classes of having to speak

Norman French Most of them

probably already did What doesnlsquot

immediately spring to mind is the

regulation and oppression of the

English people For example ladieslsquo

hairdressing The only approved

style was long plaits wound round

the ears like modern earphones but

called ramshornlsquo Not a very

elegant name The nobility were

allowed to wear hoods as well

Surprisingly the only women who

wore their hair down were

prostitutes

This was Graemelsquos opening gambit

in what has become a history lesson

for what the ordinary peoplelsquos

living conditions were like Another

bit of oppression was that only 5

of the population - the rich men -

got an education This was

classical Latin astronomy

geography maths etc Women were

brought up to be household

managers As it was felt

inappropriate for women to have a

classical education their managerial

training included writing They

must have been able to read what

theylsquod written but that was all and

limited to household business

Womenlsquos main occupation was the

production of cloth spinning and

weaving wool both for their own

use and commercially This led to a

box of buckles of incredibly varied

sizes There were no buttons then

so clothes had to be held together

by clasps buckles and hooks The

majority were made of copper or

bronze with silver or gold for the

rich Most of the buckles in the box

were missing the central pin as

these were commonly made of iron

so rusted away during their stay in

the soil As these items were from

the 14th to 18th century there were

several styles and all handmade

normally by the local blacksmith

The cloth trade was very important

in East Anglia for export as well as

domestic consumption and was

regulated by officials the equivalent

of modern Customs amp Excise who

attached alnage seals to each bale

Without these seals the cloth could

not be bought or sold The seals

were made of lead - cue another

box Graemelsquos collection is from

one field near Reepham and come

from far and wide - including

Antwerp

Nuremberg Seville

as well as English

The seals are all

different in design

presumably to

indicate the

inspector

On to the coins and another box As

well as pennies and groats

international coins have been found

and we were handed a beautiful

Doge of Venice coin of the era of

Antonio Venisrio who was Doge

from 1382-1400 During this time

Venice controlled the

Mediterranean trade but the coin

was found at Acle This just goes to

show how important the import-

export trade was in Norfolk and

Suffolk Another startling coin was

the quarter noble coin dated 1350

from the reign of Edward III This

is very thin but wonderfully

preserved as it is made of pure 22

carat plus gold shining as if it were

made yesterday Someone important

(or their servant) lost a lot of money

the day they dropped it

The final box contained crop-

pickers tokens These were given to

labourers at the end of each day

instead of cash and was an early co-

op system These were made of lead

and are all local with more turning

up all the time Signature seals were

also in this box including a Papal

seal from Honorius II 1217-1224

and it makes you wonder how that

turned up in Norfolk

The last piece handed round was a

pendant depicting Saint Barbara

She is patron of artillerymen

military engineers armourers

gunsmiths miners masons anyone

involved with explosives anyone

afraid of lightning or sudden death

at work She is celebrated by

various military units involved with

armoury and explosives and gives

her name to Santa Barbara in

California Therelsquos lots more about

her on the good old internet The

pendant has her with a tower (she

was incarcerated in one by her

father to protect her from the

outside world and she rejected an

arranged marriage) Her father was

subsequently killed by lightning

when he executed her hence the

patronage of lightning and

explosives

Graeme gave us one final bit of

advice - if you find anything that

looks interesting donlsquot rush to wash

the soil off it Leave it on an indoor

windowsill to dry out then gently

remove the soil but donlsquot scrub it as

you may remove valuable evidence

of what it is

Thank you Graeme for another

fascinating evening and for bringing

the articles you showed us not

forgetting the biscuit tin in which

we were invited to get our hands

dirty and fish things out To sum it

up the first question I was asked at

the end of the talk was Whenlsquos he

coming back againlsquo and you canlsquot

say fairer than that so herelsquos to next

year

The mini-show - Any Single

Flowering Stem

1st Ralph Kinsley dahlia

2nd Judy Atkinson viola

3rd Eric Reeves red hot poker

HC Geoff Twelftree dahlia

Marianne Kilmartin

Publicity Officer 01362 820744

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society

Breckland Flower and Garden Club Octobers meeting was well attended

to watch Alison Cushings

demonstration Seasonal Her love of

roses showed through her designs as

she blended them with shamrock

chrysanthemums gerberas Chinese

lanterns veronica and sunflowers

Most of her arrangements were

modern although she closed the

afternoon with a traditional triangle on

a lovely raised container

The competition for Autumn in a

Copper Container - New Hands was

won by Janet Skidmore Old Hands

by Shirley Penfold who also won

the trophy for Best Exhibit

Table show for three stems of

autumn colour from the garden was

won by Shirley Penfolds Nerines

November meeting will take place

at Old Buckenham Village Hall on

Thursday 11th November at 2 pm

when Lisa Howard will demonstrate

Enchanted Christmas The

competition title - Enchantment and

the table show is for dried or

preserved plant materialDont

forget December 9th when there

will be a workshop and afternoon

tea (please bring a plate)

commencing 130pm More

details next meeting

Visitors are always welcome -

phone Sally 01953 788712 or Pat

01953 457305

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Norfolk Wildlife Trust

To ask a question about the Norfolkrsquos Wildlife please call the Norfolk Wildlife Information Service Wildline 01603 598333 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri E-mail wildnorfolkwildlifetrustorguk Website httpwwwnorfolkwildlifetrustorguknaturalconnections Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467 Tuesday 16 November 745pm-930pm Bats- Denizens of the

Night A illustrated presentation by Sam Philips Ecology Consultant

of the Norwich Bat Group Followed by refreshments and raffle

Venue Watton Christian Community Centre High Street Watton

Cost pound200 members and pound300 for non-members

Flaming Fall Not the colour of the

leaves which we donlsquot get until

December if the leaves colour at all but

Lycoris radiata - commonly known as

Spider Lily Hurricane Lily Naked Lady

and several other regional names These

are similar to the Nerine found in

English gardens and have a similar habit

(leaves in winter die

down and in autumn

the flower stalks shoot

up followed by leaves

again once the flower

has faded in mid-

November Lycoris

radiata has a flaming

red flower 16 cm

wide on a 50 cm stem

The bulbs multiply

very reliably and

despite having dug up

great clumps over the

years to give to friends

and sell at Farmers

Market you will see

from the photos that

there are still plenty

left (and even more

around the side of the

house) There are

some in a tub by my

door and I always pat

them on the head each

time I come and go

Cabbage and Collards

are coming along

nicely in the vegetable garden and the

Egyptian Walking Onions are

resprouting Multiplying onions are

doing well but I donlsquot know where the

leeks went As if to prove they could get

along without me for the three weeks I

was away on holiday the Viva Italia

tomatoes have produced loads of fruit

but they donlsquot seem to be in a hurry to

ripen I set a sprinkler to run on a timer

three times a week for an hour at a time

and while most things survived a few on

the outer edge where the water didnlsquot

reach look a bit sad Still it will rain

again here one day

Today I have been digging the baby fig

trees that I layered this time last year

They have nice roots now and have gone

into containers to continue their journey

into adulthood Beetroot lettuce and

carrots have been seeded and now Ilsquom

running out of sunny space I see more

lawn disappearing in the future Spring

flowering bulbs pansies and other cool

season bloomers are in the nurseries

now and pumpkins are everywhere

artistically arranged in peoplelsquos front

yards or carved into scary faces These

will disappear as we transition into

November having been transformed into

pumpkin pies and soups for

Thanksgiving feasts The hummingbirds

have suddenly left and their place at the

feeders has been taken by butterflies

sipping on the sweet nectar Tasks for

November include application of copper

spray to peach trees at time of leaf drop

and gather covers to protect plants if an

early freeze threatens

Tomato-Tomayto Gardening in Navasota Texas with Helen Quinn

Our first meeting at Holme Hale in The

Pavilion went very well Firstly we all

received a welcome and an introduction

from our new Chairman David Green He

told us a little about his past membership

of other garden clubs and urged

everyone to take part in activities at

meetings in order to make the club lively

and interesting and to join in on

arranged trips Also to let the committee

know of things they would like added as

an alternative to the usual events There

are usually cheap and well grown plants

on the monthly sales table and full

advantage should be taken of these If

anyone has plants to spare or items for

the raffle these would be gratefully

received

We received a warm welcome from Hall

Chairman Michael Buttolph and his

short introduction to the recent history of

the Pavilion was most interesting

making us feel at home right from the

start

We were joined by several new members

and were happy to see the return of

others who had been forced to leave us

for a while Good to see you all We

hope that once word gets around that we

shall see more people from Holme Hale

they can be sure of an entertaining

afternoon

Then at last a chance to hear Trevor

Harrison from South Creake Nurseries

talking about the plants that he had

brought with him in order to show just

how much colour it is still possible to

have in the garden at this time of year

The grasses were quite spectacular there

were many kinds of heleniums lots of

different colours in the montbretias the

dahlias the rudbeckias and many more

easy to grow border plants

The beautiful blue Caryopteris and the

many coloured asters made a real splash

of colour along with the gentians the

colchicums and the cyclamen

There was a break for tea and biscuits

during which time David showed how to

take fuchsia cuttings Success to be

compared next year Then it was back

to Trevor for more about the plants on

show the drawing of the raffle and a

chance to purchase plants from Trevor

On the 21st October gardening guru

Richard Hobbs came along to deliver

what turned out to be a most informative

and well-structured talk on Winter

colour in the garden This visit came at a

time when winter seems to be on the

doorstep and when colour is never more

welcome

Richard defines winter as the period

between Michaelmas and Candlemas

and suggested colour in the form of

many perennials shrubs and trees

Eucomis also known as the Pineapple

flower or Pineapple lily offers flowers

and interesting seed heads with Eucomis

Bicolour additionally offering variegated

foliage Nerines were recommended not

only for their white flowers but for their

colourful bark Cyclamen Cipriani will

grow in dense shade and seeds readily

while Buxus Necrophilia (box) provides

winter interest additionally Daphne has

glossy green leaves and has scented

flowers in January and February For the

rose lover Rosa Nitida has glossy

leaves red stems and red hips

Cornus with its colourful stems and

changing foliage is a popular addition to

the winter garden one should aim to

have light at its back in order to get the

full impact Strong shapes in garden help

to add winter interest and Richard asked

members not to forget that texture (seen

in coastal areas for example) is very

important

It is impossible to mention all the

sources of winter colour which Richard

touched upon though for interested

readers some of these included

Agapanthus Lonicera or honeysuckle

all kinds of Hellebores (of which the

Christmas rose is probably best known)

Asters and Michaelmas daisies Others

include Ilex and Juniper Heucheras

(which will provide yearly cuttings) and

a whole host of ferns ndash the list is too

long to mention them all Some

wonderfully descriptive names included

Aster lady in black with dark foliage

and the Blackberry Lily with its black

fruit and orangey-red flowers

Richard thoughtfully fetched sprigs

of some of these plants with him

which were passed round to the

members While speaking he

offered interesting morsels of

gardening lore including advice on

the Chelsea chop which involves

cutting back some shrubs to one foot

in height thus promoting a host of

smaller flowers later in the year

This is so called because it should

be done around Chelsea Flower

Show week

The session finished with a Raffle and

some words from our Chairman Next

month (18th November) members are

asked bring a single stem from the

garden which will be judged by Mr Keer

who will be speaking on the subject of

Begonias David also asked for

suggestions for gardens to visit in 2011

and reminded members to keep the 16th

December free for the Christmas party

Ovington Gardening Club Our October meeting was a fascinating talk on

Garden Insects by Robert Maidstone which

was delivered in his own light-humoured way

and was most informative The November

meeting will be on Wednesday 3rd at 745pm

in the village hall when Rory Hart will give a

talk on Conservation in the Garden For further

details contact Ed on 01953 885848 or Carol

on 01760 440719

Ashill amp Holme Hale Garden Club News

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 12

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Relationship difficulties Bereavement Stress

BullyingAbuse Addictions Depression

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Itrsquos good to talk Counselling can help if yoursquore struggling to cope with

Sanctuary offers a confidential low-cost counselling service with

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Remember remember the fifth of

November etc etc I make no apology

for repeating last yearlsquos plea for

everyone private or public planning a

bonfire to celebrate Guy Fawkes to

move the whole thing a few hours

before lighting it This will prevent

roasting hedgehogs or any other

animals that think it a good place to

shelter or hibernate

Some people say November is the start

of the gardening year It comes as a

surprise to those of us who traditionally

leave the whole thing until Easter

However as long as the soil is

workable this is the best month for

planting bare-root shrubs The one that

springs to mind is the rose Inevitably if

ordered by mail these will arrive as a

few sticks in a polythene bag with

finger-ripping staples to close it inside a

paper bag The instructions will be

inside the polythene bag and wet

because the roots will have been

doused by the supplier Oh and theylsquoll

arrive on the day the monsoon starts

Still the instructions will cheerfully

inform you that if the weather is

inclement all you need to do is keep

the whole bag in a cool dark place with

the roots moist The trick is not to put

them where theylsquoll be forgotten Been

there done that Once the weather is

reasonable plant the shrub The late

Arthur Billett of Clacklsquos Farm and

Gardenerslsquo Question Time gave out the

succinct instruction ―If youlsquove paid

76d for a plant dig a 76d hole to put it

in This was repeated by my father and

also Geoffrey Smith Itlsquos a good way to

remember to dig the hole deep enough

and wide enough to accommodate the

roots and put the graft point of the rose

about 2 below the finished level Also

put a generous amount of compost or

well-rotted manure in the bottom Use a

stick across the top of the hole to

estimate the depth and backfill well

using a bit more compost mixed with

the soil removed from the planting

hole Donlsquot be afraid to use your boot

close to the plant to pack the soil in to

remove air pockets - you donlsquot want its

little feeding roots waving about under

there The soil should still be warm

enough to divide and move perennials

but I heard recently that as our

Breckland soil is very sandy in the

main it is able to allow frost to

penetrate deeper than heavier ones that

keep the cold at the surface so thatlsquos

something to be aware of

Despite the gloom there is plenty of

colour to be had at this time of year

Winter-flowering heathers will keep

going even in cold weather and they

donlsquot mind windy locations They can

be planted close together for colourful

ground cover and are very effective in

containers specially if they can have

company such as hardy cyclamen Both

plants come in a variety of pinks

mauves purples and white Viburnums

are good at this time of year as well -

good old Bodnantense Dawnlsquo is very

popular when the flowers appear from

November until March on bare

branches You can cut some for vases

when the scent will fill the room Donlsquot

ignore plants that berry - holly of

course varieties of viburnum can

produce berries in red or black

Skimmias are in full berry now and will

flower in spring but most are unisex so

it takes two of them Both can be

planted in the same hole or container

Some berried shrubs are evergreen

Other container or border plants at their

best are ornamental cabbages in green

and pink and pansies in all sorts of

colours The michaelmas daisies and

autumn crocuscolchicums may still be

in flower There are trees for winter

interest as well The acers grown for

bark will show up nicely now the

leaves are down and the winter-

flowering cherry Prunus x subhirtella

Autumnalislsquo bears its small double

flowers on bare branches This one is a

very pale off-white but there are pinker

ones such as Autumnalis Rosealsquo and

therelsquos even a weeping version That

should stop the traffic Most of the

plants mentioned will grow in

reasonably well-drained soil in sunny

positions But on the whole theylsquore

pretty easy going as regards conditions

While youlsquore planting your bare-root

deciduous shrubs or trees make sure

they are staked if necessary A good

supplier will provide good instructions

If necessary water but not if itlsquos

freezing It might be worth putting

some bulbs around while youlsquore at it as

now is the time for tulip and lily bulbs

(and any others you forgot earlier)

Keep the digging going when the

ground is not soggy or frosted and

mulch If the ground has been dug over

while harvesting veg or tidying borders

just add a nice layer of compost or well

-rotted or leaf mould and let the worms

do the work This is a good time to

evict any pests - snails under pots

rodents in sheds - all need to be dealt

with Pick your option regarding the

snails but remember the lady who won

the amateur scientist of the year prize

by establishing that snails need to be

more than 30 metres100 feet away to

prevent their coming back so donlsquot just

throw them over the fence into next

doorlsquos garden

Take photos when itlsquos reasonably

comfortable outdoors so you can

incorporate something for next winter

in your plans When the weatherlsquos

really bad and youlsquove done all the tasks

just settle down with a glass of

something nice and start the planning

process for next year

Donlsquot forget the weeds will still keep

growing whatever the weather

In your garden with Lotta Potts

On WEDNESDAY 13th OCTOBER

we had a fantastic speaker of

gardening distinction Lucy Redman

A superb plantswoman who told of her

beginnings in gardening at early school

age with her mother and at her great

school garden at Hadleigh High now

sadly derelict She is now so passionate

about children being able to garden

that she along with 75 children at her

old school are redesigning those very

gardens the work includes art amp craft

plus drama working and display areas

science work and a weather station

She hopes for it to be completed within

the next year

She was the youngest person to be

accepted at RHS Wisley and studied at

the English Gardening School where

she achieved her Diploma in Garden

design She has been a Gold medal

winner at both Chelsea and Hampton

Court and writes a regular column for

the East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk

magazine

She has now set up her own School

of Garden Design at her beautiful

home in Rushbrooke in the depths of

breath-taking Suffolk countryside

Her garden has been featured in the

English Garden Magazine and

Country Homes and Interiors amp

Homes and Gardens It is a rare mix

of finely selected country garden

plants and features with more stately

plantings and then huge arty

sculptures and willow features

subtle colours and bright colours to

match the rooms from which the

garden is viewed

She gave us plenty to think about

her talk was entertaining and

inspirational

25 members attended It was the first

meeting taken by our new Chairman

Ed Szczepanowski who welcomed

everyone to this new Club Year with

an excellent Programme of Events to

look forward to We wish him well

leading our Club

The Flower competition was judged by

Lucy and was won by Claudine

Garrod 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Sue

Thomas We also have a new

Vegetable competition at each indoor

meeting and this was won by Hazel

Dunn 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Jane

Dalton The quality of entries was very

high Well done everyone who took

part

Our next Club meeting is on

WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER at

745pm in the Village Hall and should

prove a real crowd puller as it a very

interesting one to everyone By

GRAEME SIMM entitled HISTORY

BENEATH YOUR FEETlsquo

You are asked to bring along an

artefact you have found in your

garden

We know from others who have

booked this speaker that the evening

will prove to be a fascinating one and

could contain revelations about finds in

this and other areas so come along and

take part Everyone welcome

Free to members pound250 visitors

Refreshments and raffle

Donlsquot forget to enter our Flower and

Vegetable competitions

At the November meeting we will be

taking bookings for our Annual Dinner

in January on Sunday 12th Jan 1pm at

the Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant

in Attleborough Cost to be notified

We are a very active friendly club

always keen to increase our

membership and now is a great time to

join

If anyone would like a lift to meetings

please give me a call Jane Dalton

(Secretary) 01953 498694

Great Hockham Gardening Club news

Attleborough amp District Horticultural Society The November meeting of the society takes place on

Wednesday 17th November commencing at 730pm The

venue as usual is Attleborough Junior School and guests are

most welcome to come along The talk in November will be

―Ornamental Plants Grown for Their Scent

Mike Flood gave a very interesting talk on ―Heavy Horses

at the September meeting He has spent a lifetime caring for

working with and breeding these horses whilst working

fulltime in the agricultural supply industry and his talk was

full of anecdotes about these gentle giants We also came

away knowing how to tell apart Shires Percherons

Clydesdales and the Suffolk Punch

The Table Competition suffered from a lack of entries

However the prize for 3 stems of flowers went to Sally

Westrup and John Darlow took the award for 3 eating apples

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society November - it can get a little flat in the middle - short

gloomy days fireworks over and the garden is miserable

Come and cheer it up with a talk on Design amp Garden

History by Judith Srigley from Easton College

Venue Bradenham Village Hall Date Thursday 18th

November Time 730pm

As this is the start of our year you could join us and then

come to our Christmas Party in December full details on

18th November Further information from Marianne

Kilmartin Publicity Officer 01362 820744

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 13

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At the recent 1940lsquos weekend in

Sheringham and Holt with the North

Norfolk Railway Wayland Scouts help

marshal the vintage cars at Holt Station

For the newest Scout it was an extra special

event as he was invested into Scouts from

the Cub Section on the foot plate of the

George Stephenson Steam Engine

Jackson Cutts was supported by his fellow

Scouts bearing the Grouplsquos flags as he took

his promise He was then treated to a short

ride along the track

Visitors to the event looked on including

some former Scouts

who were proud to

see that youngsters

were still enjoying

all that Scouting has

to offer

Akela Jo Ashford

commented it was

wonderful to have

somewhere different

for the investiture we

would like to thank the

crew for their help and

support It was an

exciting addition to a fun packed weekendlsquo

Apart for this activity both Sections have

been really busy during meetings the Cubs

recently placed host to Shelby and Mustang

tow Giant African Land Snails These

amazing creatures didnlsquot mind being the

centre of attention while the Cubs

discovered all about them The snails had

even recently laid some eggs which was an

added bonus for the Cubs to investigate

As the darker evenings arrive activities move

inside so the Scouts have been working on a

number of activities including mini pioneering

to create model gateways ndash ideas for next

yearlsquos camps

They have also been sharing their hobbies and

skills with some fantastic examples of Airfix

model building and Meccano

If you are interested in getting involved in

Scouting in Watton please contact Paul Cutts

01953 884243 or email

waylandscoutsgmailcom

Jackson steams his way into Scouting

Jackson Cutts on the footplate after his investiture

The speaker for September was Denise

Hammond-Webb on The Birth of Banham

Zoo John Goymer was an agricultural

labourer in the 18thC The Goymer family

who opened the zoo were small farmers in

1854 but in 1890 when farms became

mechanised amp workers left for London they

went to work in the local bakeries In 1909 the

family opened a bakery in Bury St Edmunds

The family delivered the

bread by horse amp cart

During WW1 there was

a great demand for bread

for the Army barracks amp hospitals The

business expanded so that during WW2

bakeries were opened in Thetford as well as

Bury In 1952 after sliced bread was

introduced the head of the family sold his

shops He bought a farm amp also opened a farm

shop which was very successful In 1956 they

bought parrots amp with pheasants opened the

collection to the public in 1968 When a

colony of monkeys arrived in 1971 it became

Banham Zoo amp Woolly Monkey Sanctuary

The Zoo has the finest collection of monkeys

in Europe but many visitors come to see the

endangered snow leopards Banham Zoo has

links with zoos all over the world We are

fortunate to live so near to the zoo

The winner of the competition for an animal

ornament was 1) June Clark 2) Brenda

Spencer Next monthslsquo speaker is Charlotte

Philcox amp the competition is a picture of

Autumn leaves

Attleborough WI

Town Council support for credit union In addition to the grant from the Breckland District Council

Participatory Budget scheme earlier this year to support our

marketing campaign by paying for advertisements in parish

magazines and this paper plus the printing of many

explanatory leaflets for distribution in the community Watton

Town Council very generously gave Wayland Community

Bank the local branch of Norfolk Credit Union a grant of

pound200 to help our work in the community and which has

enabled us to purchase some equipment for outside events

This includes a free-standing banner and a portable table top

display With these we hope to reach out further into Wayland

to let more people become aware of the support we can offer

through our credit union savings and loans schemes

There is a marked rise in the number of households

approaching the illegal loan sharks legal doorstep and

internet lenders for loans Many of these charge very high

interest rates which can be seen on the

lenderscomparedcouk web site

Credit unions however have their loan rates capped by

legislation at a maximum of 2 per month - 268 APR

and Norfolk Credit Union offers unsecured loans at

between 1 to 2 per month - 1268 to 268 APR We

currently have substantial funds available for all sorts of

small loans from domestic appliances to helping people

untangle their debts with the high interest lenders

Support for our campaign by local authorities is very much

appreciated and anyone wishing to have a chat with our

volunteers about savings current account or loans or about

joining us as a volunteer working for the local community

can contact us at Wayland House on 01953 883915 or view

our website wwwwaylandbankorg

There is also a loan calculator which can be viewed at our

Head Office web site wwwnorfolkcucouk

Water Water Everywhere by Edith Pleasance It was mid-morning of just another day at the office I

had taken down my usual load of dictation and was busy

dealing with it when the managerlsquos buzzer sounded

twice ndash the signal for me to report to his office along the

corridor with my notepad All sorts of reasons for the

summons came to mind Mr Reece was a man of habit

and did not like his usual morning programme disrupted

once he had dealt with the daily mail

I knew he had an appointment to see one of our branch

managers so guessed it to be just a progress report

Several days previously I had driven my boss (acting as

chauffeuse was one of my duties) to the most outlying

branch of our area where he would make a general

review of management etc while I mingled with

members of the staff and made a general nuisance of

myself This was a very effective way of discerning any

undercurrent there may be

On our way back to Area Office I remarked on a new

member of staff who because of the beautiful blond hair

caught back in a ponytaillsquo I took to be a female clerk I

walked around the back of the counter only to find it was

indeed a young man around seventeen I knew my boss

had a dislike of long-hair on male members of staff in

fact I once chided him on getting upset about it whilst he

never bothered that the mini-skirts of the young females

were getting shorter by the day Humphlsquo was his

response

Entering his office notebook in hand I was surprised to

see the pony-tailed young man accompanied by his

branch manager Without preamble Mr Reece started

dictating

―I John Smith state that I broke into the premises of my

employers on Friday evening last and turned full-on the

stopcock in the basement then went to both cloakrooms

on the ground floor and turned on all the washbasin taps

My actions resulted in the offices being flooded causing

extensive damage to the premises and its contents

―Right Edith I want that typed in triplicate

immediately Apart from the boy being automatically

dismissed I never knew the outcome of this unusual

case But I couldnlsquot help wondering why

Edith Pleasance copy 260910

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 News

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Attleborough High School led by Head

of Languages Mrs Connie Wind Avery

celebrated European Day of Languages

in style A range of activities for students

focussed on different languages and

cultures Staff joined in the spirit of the

event by dressing up in national costume

and European styled clothes

Head of Languages at Attleborough High School Connie Wind Avery (4th from right) and fellow teachers (left to right) Frances Billin Head of RS Mrs

Linda Trounce Silke Schardt Caroline Graham Rowena Tyrer Kay Southgate and Laura Stowe

Attleborough High School Celebrate the European Day of Languages in style

West Norfolk Aviation Society Chairman Rod Rumsby welcomed

guest speaker Julian Horn to the

October meeting who gave an

account including a film of the

WW2 adventures of Bill McGrath

In 1940 aged 20 Bill McGrath

was posted to 82Sqdn at RAF

Watton as an ObserverNavigator

On 13th July 1940 82Sqdn

attacked (the German held)

Aalborg airfield in Denmark with

12 Bristol Blenheimlsquos they

encountered heavy flak and ME

109s and all but one of the

aircraft were destroyed Billlsquos

pilot bombed the airfield but the

aircraft was hit and ditched in

water 100m from the shore but

with rocks only a meter below the

surface As a result Bill suffered

severe eye arm and leg injuries

20 aircrew were killed amp buried at

Vadum cemetery 10 aircrew plus

Billlsquos crew became POWlsquos Bill

eventually escaped from a POW

camp and made his way across

Europe to Barcelona then returned

to UK via Gibraltar He received

the Military Medal and continued

his service as an Air Traffic

Controller A fascinating story of

bravery

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd

November 730pm at Methwold

Social Club Speaker Martin

McClelland Three Years at RAF

Kemble New members amp guests

welcomed For more Information

Tel 01842 879210

Free NHS Health Check at Total Health Pharmacy Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease diabetes or

kidney disease or suffering a stroke These conditions can

often be prevented even if you have a history of them in

your family but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight smoke take little

exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol

NHS Health Checks are being offered by Total Health

Pharmacy in Watton to assess a personlsquos risk of developing

stroke diabetes heart or kidney disease later in life

The Health check is free to people between the ages of 40

and 74 who are not already being treated for these

conditions An initial assessment will determine if you are

eligible for the free health check The health check will take

approximately 30 minutes during which various health

details will be recorded your blood pressure will be taken

as well as a simple blood test to check your cholesterol

The results of the check will determine a risk factor for the

likelihood of you developing the mentioned conditions later

in life and you will be given advice on how to lower your

risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Pharmacist Geoff Ray said ―NHS Health checks encourage

people to be aware of their potential risk factor to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting until it is too

late

The Health Check is available from Total Health Pharmacy

by calling 01953 881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14

Gregor Shanks Way Watton opposite the Watton Medical

Practice

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

FINE BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD

BOOKS JC amp Applestore Gallery

TelephoneFax 01953 883488 55 High Street Watton

For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

TecH-help Bamboozled by Technology

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We can help you if you

ring Julian 01953 881885

Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

COUGHTREY BDK Ltd

01953 881243

Unit 2 Coughtrey Industrial Estate

Church Road Griston IP25 6QB

Fitted Kitchens

Bathrooms

Internal Doors

wwwcoughterybdkcouk

Free Quotations amp

Full Planning Service

Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

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NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

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WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

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please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 9

Young people who have made an

outstanding achievement in the community

were recognised on Friday evening at the

glittering Pride in Breckland Youth Awards

ceremony

Breckland Youth Council had been

inundated with nominations since the

inaugural Pride in Breckland Youth

Awards were started and Youth

Councillors had a very difficult job in

picking winners

The awards recognise and celebrate those

people aged 11-19 and their role in helping

make Breckland a special place

Amongst other well-known local people

presenting the awards were Elizabeth

Truss MP Kiss FMlsquos DJ Thomsta Adrian

Stasiak Deputy Leader of Breckland

Council and British record holder and IPC

World Number One Para-Olympian shot-

putter Danny Nobbs

The results of the awards were as follows

Young Arts Performer of the Year Winner

- Oliver Johnson Runners up - Oliver

Haylett amp Kyle Fenn

Young Green Person Group of the year

Winner - Aaron Bolton and the Eco Bugs

Project

Young Sports Person of the year

Winner - Pippa Horn Runners up -

Joe Ground and Declan Davis

Young Volunteer of the year

Winner - Sam Trayton Runner up

- Laura Allen Highly Commended

- Alistair Wright and Stuart Green

Young Carer of the year Winner -

Leslie Fincham Runner up -

Bethan Thomas

Young innovator of the year

Winner - Jordan Bailey Runner up

- Lewis Hanrahan

Young Group Project of the year

Winner ndash ACOSY Runner up -

The Right Direction

Outstanding Achievement of the

year Winner - Kelsy McTaggart

Runner up - Thomas King

Youth Worker of the year Winner

- Emma Fletcher Runner up -

Sally Palmer

Hosting the Event Adrian Stasiak Deputy

Leader of Breckland Council said ―This is

an opportunity to applaud and celebrate

some of the remarkable contributions that

Brecklandlsquos young people are making both

within their local communities and across

society We are all extremely proud of the

strong community spirit that the young

people of our district show and I applaud

Breckland Youth Council for organising

such an event

Young Achievers recognised in Pride in Breckland Awards

Pet lovers are being urged to comply

with EU quarantine regulations or face

being separated from their pet and

paying for the privilege

Norfolk County Councillsquos Trading

Standardslsquo team is urging the countylsquos

pet owners to make sure they know their

legal requirements when travelling

abroad or returning to the UK with their

pets The warning comes after Trading

Standards officers were called to deal

with a puppy that had been brought into

the UK illegally albeit unintentionally

by its owners

A Great Yarmouth vet contacted the

County Councils Trading Standards

team after becoming suspicious that the

Dachshund puppy had not received the

appropriate vaccinations to travel to the

UK

Within an hour of receiving the

telephone call Trading Standards

officers were on the scene The puppys

owners claim a vet in Lithuania issued

the four-month-old dog with a passport

and told them it was OK to bring it to

the UK However the puppy had not

been vaccinated against rabies or tested

for the disease after six months to see

if it was rabies-free as is the legal

requirement

The puppy has been placed in the care

of quarantine kennels at the expense of

its owners where it will remain for up

to six months to ensure it does not

have rabies

Pet owners and members of their

families who live outside the UK are

reminded they must comply with the

Department for Environment Food and

Rural Affairs Pet Travel Scheme

(PETS) to avoid putting their pet into

quarantine

To bring a dog cat or ferret into the

UK from an EU country without

having to place the animal into

quarantine owners must adhere to

certain rules under PETS These are

- The animal must be microchipped

- The animal must be vaccinated

against rabies

- After 6 months the animal must have

a blood test to ensure the vaccination

was effective

- Owners must obtain a passport for the

animal

- Before entering the UK owners must

ensure their animal is treated for ticks

and tapeworm not less than 24 hours

and not more than 48 hours before it is

checked in at the port airport

- The animal must travel with an

approved transport company on an

authorised route

Councillor Ann Steward Cabinet

Member for Sustainable Development

at Norfolk County Council with

special responsibility for Trading

Standards said ―We are a nation of

pet lovers and I completely understand

why people would want to travel with

their pets but we must be sensible and

play our part in ensuring the UK

remains rabies-free

―Importing any animal into the UK

without placing it into quarantine or

adhering to the Pet Travel Scheme is

an offence and pet owners found to be

flouting or ignorant of their legal

obligations face possible prosecution

huge quarantine bills and the prospect

of spending up to six months away

from their pets which can be very

distressing

Gemma Nicholls Trading Standards

Officer at Norfolk County Council

said Its never easy removing a pet

from its owner but the laws are in

place for one very simple reason - to

keep the UK free of this deadly

disease If you break the law you could

face prosecution as well as a hefty

quarantine bill so I urge anyone who

wants to bring a pet into the UK to

double check the rules and ask for

advice

To find out more about the Pets Travel

Scheme visit ww2defragovuk (yes

that is correct) or telephone its

helpline on 08459 33 55 77

Pet lovers urged to know the law and avoid big quarantine bills

Ovington Christmas Bazaar Make a note in your diary to visit

Ovington Village Hall on Saturday 4th

December between 12 and 3pm so you

dont miss the traditional Christmas

Bazaar The proceeds from this

annual event are split between

Ovington Church and Village Hall

and there will be ample opportunity

to support these two worthy causes

There will be a raffle tombola

hamper competition books and toys

games toy lucky dip cakes and guess

the weight of the cake If you are

looking for inspiration for the festive

season there is a Christmas crafts

stall gifts and a pound1 stall As is

traditional in Ovington refreshments

will feature prominently whether you

just want tea or coffee or something

more substantial Come for lunch -

we will have a choice of delicious

home-made soups and filled rolls

Bring your children as Father

Christmas will be paying a visit

Watton Silver Band Needs You Watton Silver Band was established

over 100 years ago to entertain the

community in and around Watton

fulfilling all sorts of engagements such

as church services garden fetes and

carnivals Today the band comprises

some 15 players who come together

simply because they enjoy playing

We are looking to recruit more

members We have a junior band who

feed into the main band once they have

achieved a reasonable standard

Instruments and tuition are provided

free of charge If you are interested in

playing for us then do not hesitate to

contact Chris Austin (band master)

01953885296

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 10 Gardening

On Thursday 16th September we

were delighted to welcome back

Graeme Simmonds for his second

visit This time his talk was entitled

Findings in the Soil 2 - Medieval

and Tudorlsquo When most of us think

of the Norman invasion of 1066 we

may have in mind Harold with his

eye full of arrowlsquo and following on

the Domesday Book some years

later We may also think of the

inconvenience of the survivors of

the ruling classes of having to speak

Norman French Most of them

probably already did What doesnlsquot

immediately spring to mind is the

regulation and oppression of the

English people For example ladieslsquo

hairdressing The only approved

style was long plaits wound round

the ears like modern earphones but

called ramshornlsquo Not a very

elegant name The nobility were

allowed to wear hoods as well

Surprisingly the only women who

wore their hair down were

prostitutes

This was Graemelsquos opening gambit

in what has become a history lesson

for what the ordinary peoplelsquos

living conditions were like Another

bit of oppression was that only 5

of the population - the rich men -

got an education This was

classical Latin astronomy

geography maths etc Women were

brought up to be household

managers As it was felt

inappropriate for women to have a

classical education their managerial

training included writing They

must have been able to read what

theylsquod written but that was all and

limited to household business

Womenlsquos main occupation was the

production of cloth spinning and

weaving wool both for their own

use and commercially This led to a

box of buckles of incredibly varied

sizes There were no buttons then

so clothes had to be held together

by clasps buckles and hooks The

majority were made of copper or

bronze with silver or gold for the

rich Most of the buckles in the box

were missing the central pin as

these were commonly made of iron

so rusted away during their stay in

the soil As these items were from

the 14th to 18th century there were

several styles and all handmade

normally by the local blacksmith

The cloth trade was very important

in East Anglia for export as well as

domestic consumption and was

regulated by officials the equivalent

of modern Customs amp Excise who

attached alnage seals to each bale

Without these seals the cloth could

not be bought or sold The seals

were made of lead - cue another

box Graemelsquos collection is from

one field near Reepham and come

from far and wide - including

Antwerp

Nuremberg Seville

as well as English

The seals are all

different in design

presumably to

indicate the

inspector

On to the coins and another box As

well as pennies and groats

international coins have been found

and we were handed a beautiful

Doge of Venice coin of the era of

Antonio Venisrio who was Doge

from 1382-1400 During this time

Venice controlled the

Mediterranean trade but the coin

was found at Acle This just goes to

show how important the import-

export trade was in Norfolk and

Suffolk Another startling coin was

the quarter noble coin dated 1350

from the reign of Edward III This

is very thin but wonderfully

preserved as it is made of pure 22

carat plus gold shining as if it were

made yesterday Someone important

(or their servant) lost a lot of money

the day they dropped it

The final box contained crop-

pickers tokens These were given to

labourers at the end of each day

instead of cash and was an early co-

op system These were made of lead

and are all local with more turning

up all the time Signature seals were

also in this box including a Papal

seal from Honorius II 1217-1224

and it makes you wonder how that

turned up in Norfolk

The last piece handed round was a

pendant depicting Saint Barbara

She is patron of artillerymen

military engineers armourers

gunsmiths miners masons anyone

involved with explosives anyone

afraid of lightning or sudden death

at work She is celebrated by

various military units involved with

armoury and explosives and gives

her name to Santa Barbara in

California Therelsquos lots more about

her on the good old internet The

pendant has her with a tower (she

was incarcerated in one by her

father to protect her from the

outside world and she rejected an

arranged marriage) Her father was

subsequently killed by lightning

when he executed her hence the

patronage of lightning and

explosives

Graeme gave us one final bit of

advice - if you find anything that

looks interesting donlsquot rush to wash

the soil off it Leave it on an indoor

windowsill to dry out then gently

remove the soil but donlsquot scrub it as

you may remove valuable evidence

of what it is

Thank you Graeme for another

fascinating evening and for bringing

the articles you showed us not

forgetting the biscuit tin in which

we were invited to get our hands

dirty and fish things out To sum it

up the first question I was asked at

the end of the talk was Whenlsquos he

coming back againlsquo and you canlsquot

say fairer than that so herelsquos to next

year

The mini-show - Any Single

Flowering Stem

1st Ralph Kinsley dahlia

2nd Judy Atkinson viola

3rd Eric Reeves red hot poker

HC Geoff Twelftree dahlia

Marianne Kilmartin

Publicity Officer 01362 820744

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society

Breckland Flower and Garden Club Octobers meeting was well attended

to watch Alison Cushings

demonstration Seasonal Her love of

roses showed through her designs as

she blended them with shamrock

chrysanthemums gerberas Chinese

lanterns veronica and sunflowers

Most of her arrangements were

modern although she closed the

afternoon with a traditional triangle on

a lovely raised container

The competition for Autumn in a

Copper Container - New Hands was

won by Janet Skidmore Old Hands

by Shirley Penfold who also won

the trophy for Best Exhibit

Table show for three stems of

autumn colour from the garden was

won by Shirley Penfolds Nerines

November meeting will take place

at Old Buckenham Village Hall on

Thursday 11th November at 2 pm

when Lisa Howard will demonstrate

Enchanted Christmas The

competition title - Enchantment and

the table show is for dried or

preserved plant materialDont

forget December 9th when there

will be a workshop and afternoon

tea (please bring a plate)

commencing 130pm More

details next meeting

Visitors are always welcome -

phone Sally 01953 788712 or Pat

01953 457305

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Norfolk Wildlife Trust

To ask a question about the Norfolkrsquos Wildlife please call the Norfolk Wildlife Information Service Wildline 01603 598333 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri E-mail wildnorfolkwildlifetrustorguk Website httpwwwnorfolkwildlifetrustorguknaturalconnections Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467 Tuesday 16 November 745pm-930pm Bats- Denizens of the

Night A illustrated presentation by Sam Philips Ecology Consultant

of the Norwich Bat Group Followed by refreshments and raffle

Venue Watton Christian Community Centre High Street Watton

Cost pound200 members and pound300 for non-members

Flaming Fall Not the colour of the

leaves which we donlsquot get until

December if the leaves colour at all but

Lycoris radiata - commonly known as

Spider Lily Hurricane Lily Naked Lady

and several other regional names These

are similar to the Nerine found in

English gardens and have a similar habit

(leaves in winter die

down and in autumn

the flower stalks shoot

up followed by leaves

again once the flower

has faded in mid-

November Lycoris

radiata has a flaming

red flower 16 cm

wide on a 50 cm stem

The bulbs multiply

very reliably and

despite having dug up

great clumps over the

years to give to friends

and sell at Farmers

Market you will see

from the photos that

there are still plenty

left (and even more

around the side of the

house) There are

some in a tub by my

door and I always pat

them on the head each

time I come and go

Cabbage and Collards

are coming along

nicely in the vegetable garden and the

Egyptian Walking Onions are

resprouting Multiplying onions are

doing well but I donlsquot know where the

leeks went As if to prove they could get

along without me for the three weeks I

was away on holiday the Viva Italia

tomatoes have produced loads of fruit

but they donlsquot seem to be in a hurry to

ripen I set a sprinkler to run on a timer

three times a week for an hour at a time

and while most things survived a few on

the outer edge where the water didnlsquot

reach look a bit sad Still it will rain

again here one day

Today I have been digging the baby fig

trees that I layered this time last year

They have nice roots now and have gone

into containers to continue their journey

into adulthood Beetroot lettuce and

carrots have been seeded and now Ilsquom

running out of sunny space I see more

lawn disappearing in the future Spring

flowering bulbs pansies and other cool

season bloomers are in the nurseries

now and pumpkins are everywhere

artistically arranged in peoplelsquos front

yards or carved into scary faces These

will disappear as we transition into

November having been transformed into

pumpkin pies and soups for

Thanksgiving feasts The hummingbirds

have suddenly left and their place at the

feeders has been taken by butterflies

sipping on the sweet nectar Tasks for

November include application of copper

spray to peach trees at time of leaf drop

and gather covers to protect plants if an

early freeze threatens

Tomato-Tomayto Gardening in Navasota Texas with Helen Quinn

Our first meeting at Holme Hale in The

Pavilion went very well Firstly we all

received a welcome and an introduction

from our new Chairman David Green He

told us a little about his past membership

of other garden clubs and urged

everyone to take part in activities at

meetings in order to make the club lively

and interesting and to join in on

arranged trips Also to let the committee

know of things they would like added as

an alternative to the usual events There

are usually cheap and well grown plants

on the monthly sales table and full

advantage should be taken of these If

anyone has plants to spare or items for

the raffle these would be gratefully

received

We received a warm welcome from Hall

Chairman Michael Buttolph and his

short introduction to the recent history of

the Pavilion was most interesting

making us feel at home right from the

start

We were joined by several new members

and were happy to see the return of

others who had been forced to leave us

for a while Good to see you all We

hope that once word gets around that we

shall see more people from Holme Hale

they can be sure of an entertaining

afternoon

Then at last a chance to hear Trevor

Harrison from South Creake Nurseries

talking about the plants that he had

brought with him in order to show just

how much colour it is still possible to

have in the garden at this time of year

The grasses were quite spectacular there

were many kinds of heleniums lots of

different colours in the montbretias the

dahlias the rudbeckias and many more

easy to grow border plants

The beautiful blue Caryopteris and the

many coloured asters made a real splash

of colour along with the gentians the

colchicums and the cyclamen

There was a break for tea and biscuits

during which time David showed how to

take fuchsia cuttings Success to be

compared next year Then it was back

to Trevor for more about the plants on

show the drawing of the raffle and a

chance to purchase plants from Trevor

On the 21st October gardening guru

Richard Hobbs came along to deliver

what turned out to be a most informative

and well-structured talk on Winter

colour in the garden This visit came at a

time when winter seems to be on the

doorstep and when colour is never more

welcome

Richard defines winter as the period

between Michaelmas and Candlemas

and suggested colour in the form of

many perennials shrubs and trees

Eucomis also known as the Pineapple

flower or Pineapple lily offers flowers

and interesting seed heads with Eucomis

Bicolour additionally offering variegated

foliage Nerines were recommended not

only for their white flowers but for their

colourful bark Cyclamen Cipriani will

grow in dense shade and seeds readily

while Buxus Necrophilia (box) provides

winter interest additionally Daphne has

glossy green leaves and has scented

flowers in January and February For the

rose lover Rosa Nitida has glossy

leaves red stems and red hips

Cornus with its colourful stems and

changing foliage is a popular addition to

the winter garden one should aim to

have light at its back in order to get the

full impact Strong shapes in garden help

to add winter interest and Richard asked

members not to forget that texture (seen

in coastal areas for example) is very

important

It is impossible to mention all the

sources of winter colour which Richard

touched upon though for interested

readers some of these included

Agapanthus Lonicera or honeysuckle

all kinds of Hellebores (of which the

Christmas rose is probably best known)

Asters and Michaelmas daisies Others

include Ilex and Juniper Heucheras

(which will provide yearly cuttings) and

a whole host of ferns ndash the list is too

long to mention them all Some

wonderfully descriptive names included

Aster lady in black with dark foliage

and the Blackberry Lily with its black

fruit and orangey-red flowers

Richard thoughtfully fetched sprigs

of some of these plants with him

which were passed round to the

members While speaking he

offered interesting morsels of

gardening lore including advice on

the Chelsea chop which involves

cutting back some shrubs to one foot

in height thus promoting a host of

smaller flowers later in the year

This is so called because it should

be done around Chelsea Flower

Show week

The session finished with a Raffle and

some words from our Chairman Next

month (18th November) members are

asked bring a single stem from the

garden which will be judged by Mr Keer

who will be speaking on the subject of

Begonias David also asked for

suggestions for gardens to visit in 2011

and reminded members to keep the 16th

December free for the Christmas party

Ovington Gardening Club Our October meeting was a fascinating talk on

Garden Insects by Robert Maidstone which

was delivered in his own light-humoured way

and was most informative The November

meeting will be on Wednesday 3rd at 745pm

in the village hall when Rory Hart will give a

talk on Conservation in the Garden For further

details contact Ed on 01953 885848 or Carol

on 01760 440719

Ashill amp Holme Hale Garden Club News

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 12

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Relationship difficulties Bereavement Stress

BullyingAbuse Addictions Depression

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Itrsquos good to talk Counselling can help if yoursquore struggling to cope with

Sanctuary offers a confidential low-cost counselling service with

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Remember remember the fifth of

November etc etc I make no apology

for repeating last yearlsquos plea for

everyone private or public planning a

bonfire to celebrate Guy Fawkes to

move the whole thing a few hours

before lighting it This will prevent

roasting hedgehogs or any other

animals that think it a good place to

shelter or hibernate

Some people say November is the start

of the gardening year It comes as a

surprise to those of us who traditionally

leave the whole thing until Easter

However as long as the soil is

workable this is the best month for

planting bare-root shrubs The one that

springs to mind is the rose Inevitably if

ordered by mail these will arrive as a

few sticks in a polythene bag with

finger-ripping staples to close it inside a

paper bag The instructions will be

inside the polythene bag and wet

because the roots will have been

doused by the supplier Oh and theylsquoll

arrive on the day the monsoon starts

Still the instructions will cheerfully

inform you that if the weather is

inclement all you need to do is keep

the whole bag in a cool dark place with

the roots moist The trick is not to put

them where theylsquoll be forgotten Been

there done that Once the weather is

reasonable plant the shrub The late

Arthur Billett of Clacklsquos Farm and

Gardenerslsquo Question Time gave out the

succinct instruction ―If youlsquove paid

76d for a plant dig a 76d hole to put it

in This was repeated by my father and

also Geoffrey Smith Itlsquos a good way to

remember to dig the hole deep enough

and wide enough to accommodate the

roots and put the graft point of the rose

about 2 below the finished level Also

put a generous amount of compost or

well-rotted manure in the bottom Use a

stick across the top of the hole to

estimate the depth and backfill well

using a bit more compost mixed with

the soil removed from the planting

hole Donlsquot be afraid to use your boot

close to the plant to pack the soil in to

remove air pockets - you donlsquot want its

little feeding roots waving about under

there The soil should still be warm

enough to divide and move perennials

but I heard recently that as our

Breckland soil is very sandy in the

main it is able to allow frost to

penetrate deeper than heavier ones that

keep the cold at the surface so thatlsquos

something to be aware of

Despite the gloom there is plenty of

colour to be had at this time of year

Winter-flowering heathers will keep

going even in cold weather and they

donlsquot mind windy locations They can

be planted close together for colourful

ground cover and are very effective in

containers specially if they can have

company such as hardy cyclamen Both

plants come in a variety of pinks

mauves purples and white Viburnums

are good at this time of year as well -

good old Bodnantense Dawnlsquo is very

popular when the flowers appear from

November until March on bare

branches You can cut some for vases

when the scent will fill the room Donlsquot

ignore plants that berry - holly of

course varieties of viburnum can

produce berries in red or black

Skimmias are in full berry now and will

flower in spring but most are unisex so

it takes two of them Both can be

planted in the same hole or container

Some berried shrubs are evergreen

Other container or border plants at their

best are ornamental cabbages in green

and pink and pansies in all sorts of

colours The michaelmas daisies and

autumn crocuscolchicums may still be

in flower There are trees for winter

interest as well The acers grown for

bark will show up nicely now the

leaves are down and the winter-

flowering cherry Prunus x subhirtella

Autumnalislsquo bears its small double

flowers on bare branches This one is a

very pale off-white but there are pinker

ones such as Autumnalis Rosealsquo and

therelsquos even a weeping version That

should stop the traffic Most of the

plants mentioned will grow in

reasonably well-drained soil in sunny

positions But on the whole theylsquore

pretty easy going as regards conditions

While youlsquore planting your bare-root

deciduous shrubs or trees make sure

they are staked if necessary A good

supplier will provide good instructions

If necessary water but not if itlsquos

freezing It might be worth putting

some bulbs around while youlsquore at it as

now is the time for tulip and lily bulbs

(and any others you forgot earlier)

Keep the digging going when the

ground is not soggy or frosted and

mulch If the ground has been dug over

while harvesting veg or tidying borders

just add a nice layer of compost or well

-rotted or leaf mould and let the worms

do the work This is a good time to

evict any pests - snails under pots

rodents in sheds - all need to be dealt

with Pick your option regarding the

snails but remember the lady who won

the amateur scientist of the year prize

by establishing that snails need to be

more than 30 metres100 feet away to

prevent their coming back so donlsquot just

throw them over the fence into next

doorlsquos garden

Take photos when itlsquos reasonably

comfortable outdoors so you can

incorporate something for next winter

in your plans When the weatherlsquos

really bad and youlsquove done all the tasks

just settle down with a glass of

something nice and start the planning

process for next year

Donlsquot forget the weeds will still keep

growing whatever the weather

In your garden with Lotta Potts

On WEDNESDAY 13th OCTOBER

we had a fantastic speaker of

gardening distinction Lucy Redman

A superb plantswoman who told of her

beginnings in gardening at early school

age with her mother and at her great

school garden at Hadleigh High now

sadly derelict She is now so passionate

about children being able to garden

that she along with 75 children at her

old school are redesigning those very

gardens the work includes art amp craft

plus drama working and display areas

science work and a weather station

She hopes for it to be completed within

the next year

She was the youngest person to be

accepted at RHS Wisley and studied at

the English Gardening School where

she achieved her Diploma in Garden

design She has been a Gold medal

winner at both Chelsea and Hampton

Court and writes a regular column for

the East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk

magazine

She has now set up her own School

of Garden Design at her beautiful

home in Rushbrooke in the depths of

breath-taking Suffolk countryside

Her garden has been featured in the

English Garden Magazine and

Country Homes and Interiors amp

Homes and Gardens It is a rare mix

of finely selected country garden

plants and features with more stately

plantings and then huge arty

sculptures and willow features

subtle colours and bright colours to

match the rooms from which the

garden is viewed

She gave us plenty to think about

her talk was entertaining and

inspirational

25 members attended It was the first

meeting taken by our new Chairman

Ed Szczepanowski who welcomed

everyone to this new Club Year with

an excellent Programme of Events to

look forward to We wish him well

leading our Club

The Flower competition was judged by

Lucy and was won by Claudine

Garrod 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Sue

Thomas We also have a new

Vegetable competition at each indoor

meeting and this was won by Hazel

Dunn 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Jane

Dalton The quality of entries was very

high Well done everyone who took

part

Our next Club meeting is on

WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER at

745pm in the Village Hall and should

prove a real crowd puller as it a very

interesting one to everyone By

GRAEME SIMM entitled HISTORY

BENEATH YOUR FEETlsquo

You are asked to bring along an

artefact you have found in your

garden

We know from others who have

booked this speaker that the evening

will prove to be a fascinating one and

could contain revelations about finds in

this and other areas so come along and

take part Everyone welcome

Free to members pound250 visitors

Refreshments and raffle

Donlsquot forget to enter our Flower and

Vegetable competitions

At the November meeting we will be

taking bookings for our Annual Dinner

in January on Sunday 12th Jan 1pm at

the Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant

in Attleborough Cost to be notified

We are a very active friendly club

always keen to increase our

membership and now is a great time to

join

If anyone would like a lift to meetings

please give me a call Jane Dalton

(Secretary) 01953 498694

Great Hockham Gardening Club news

Attleborough amp District Horticultural Society The November meeting of the society takes place on

Wednesday 17th November commencing at 730pm The

venue as usual is Attleborough Junior School and guests are

most welcome to come along The talk in November will be

―Ornamental Plants Grown for Their Scent

Mike Flood gave a very interesting talk on ―Heavy Horses

at the September meeting He has spent a lifetime caring for

working with and breeding these horses whilst working

fulltime in the agricultural supply industry and his talk was

full of anecdotes about these gentle giants We also came

away knowing how to tell apart Shires Percherons

Clydesdales and the Suffolk Punch

The Table Competition suffered from a lack of entries

However the prize for 3 stems of flowers went to Sally

Westrup and John Darlow took the award for 3 eating apples

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society November - it can get a little flat in the middle - short

gloomy days fireworks over and the garden is miserable

Come and cheer it up with a talk on Design amp Garden

History by Judith Srigley from Easton College

Venue Bradenham Village Hall Date Thursday 18th

November Time 730pm

As this is the start of our year you could join us and then

come to our Christmas Party in December full details on

18th November Further information from Marianne

Kilmartin Publicity Officer 01362 820744

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 13

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At the recent 1940lsquos weekend in

Sheringham and Holt with the North

Norfolk Railway Wayland Scouts help

marshal the vintage cars at Holt Station

For the newest Scout it was an extra special

event as he was invested into Scouts from

the Cub Section on the foot plate of the

George Stephenson Steam Engine

Jackson Cutts was supported by his fellow

Scouts bearing the Grouplsquos flags as he took

his promise He was then treated to a short

ride along the track

Visitors to the event looked on including

some former Scouts

who were proud to

see that youngsters

were still enjoying

all that Scouting has

to offer

Akela Jo Ashford

commented it was

wonderful to have

somewhere different

for the investiture we

would like to thank the

crew for their help and

support It was an

exciting addition to a fun packed weekendlsquo

Apart for this activity both Sections have

been really busy during meetings the Cubs

recently placed host to Shelby and Mustang

tow Giant African Land Snails These

amazing creatures didnlsquot mind being the

centre of attention while the Cubs

discovered all about them The snails had

even recently laid some eggs which was an

added bonus for the Cubs to investigate

As the darker evenings arrive activities move

inside so the Scouts have been working on a

number of activities including mini pioneering

to create model gateways ndash ideas for next

yearlsquos camps

They have also been sharing their hobbies and

skills with some fantastic examples of Airfix

model building and Meccano

If you are interested in getting involved in

Scouting in Watton please contact Paul Cutts

01953 884243 or email

waylandscoutsgmailcom

Jackson steams his way into Scouting

Jackson Cutts on the footplate after his investiture

The speaker for September was Denise

Hammond-Webb on The Birth of Banham

Zoo John Goymer was an agricultural

labourer in the 18thC The Goymer family

who opened the zoo were small farmers in

1854 but in 1890 when farms became

mechanised amp workers left for London they

went to work in the local bakeries In 1909 the

family opened a bakery in Bury St Edmunds

The family delivered the

bread by horse amp cart

During WW1 there was

a great demand for bread

for the Army barracks amp hospitals The

business expanded so that during WW2

bakeries were opened in Thetford as well as

Bury In 1952 after sliced bread was

introduced the head of the family sold his

shops He bought a farm amp also opened a farm

shop which was very successful In 1956 they

bought parrots amp with pheasants opened the

collection to the public in 1968 When a

colony of monkeys arrived in 1971 it became

Banham Zoo amp Woolly Monkey Sanctuary

The Zoo has the finest collection of monkeys

in Europe but many visitors come to see the

endangered snow leopards Banham Zoo has

links with zoos all over the world We are

fortunate to live so near to the zoo

The winner of the competition for an animal

ornament was 1) June Clark 2) Brenda

Spencer Next monthslsquo speaker is Charlotte

Philcox amp the competition is a picture of

Autumn leaves

Attleborough WI

Town Council support for credit union In addition to the grant from the Breckland District Council

Participatory Budget scheme earlier this year to support our

marketing campaign by paying for advertisements in parish

magazines and this paper plus the printing of many

explanatory leaflets for distribution in the community Watton

Town Council very generously gave Wayland Community

Bank the local branch of Norfolk Credit Union a grant of

pound200 to help our work in the community and which has

enabled us to purchase some equipment for outside events

This includes a free-standing banner and a portable table top

display With these we hope to reach out further into Wayland

to let more people become aware of the support we can offer

through our credit union savings and loans schemes

There is a marked rise in the number of households

approaching the illegal loan sharks legal doorstep and

internet lenders for loans Many of these charge very high

interest rates which can be seen on the

lenderscomparedcouk web site

Credit unions however have their loan rates capped by

legislation at a maximum of 2 per month - 268 APR

and Norfolk Credit Union offers unsecured loans at

between 1 to 2 per month - 1268 to 268 APR We

currently have substantial funds available for all sorts of

small loans from domestic appliances to helping people

untangle their debts with the high interest lenders

Support for our campaign by local authorities is very much

appreciated and anyone wishing to have a chat with our

volunteers about savings current account or loans or about

joining us as a volunteer working for the local community

can contact us at Wayland House on 01953 883915 or view

our website wwwwaylandbankorg

There is also a loan calculator which can be viewed at our

Head Office web site wwwnorfolkcucouk

Water Water Everywhere by Edith Pleasance It was mid-morning of just another day at the office I

had taken down my usual load of dictation and was busy

dealing with it when the managerlsquos buzzer sounded

twice ndash the signal for me to report to his office along the

corridor with my notepad All sorts of reasons for the

summons came to mind Mr Reece was a man of habit

and did not like his usual morning programme disrupted

once he had dealt with the daily mail

I knew he had an appointment to see one of our branch

managers so guessed it to be just a progress report

Several days previously I had driven my boss (acting as

chauffeuse was one of my duties) to the most outlying

branch of our area where he would make a general

review of management etc while I mingled with

members of the staff and made a general nuisance of

myself This was a very effective way of discerning any

undercurrent there may be

On our way back to Area Office I remarked on a new

member of staff who because of the beautiful blond hair

caught back in a ponytaillsquo I took to be a female clerk I

walked around the back of the counter only to find it was

indeed a young man around seventeen I knew my boss

had a dislike of long-hair on male members of staff in

fact I once chided him on getting upset about it whilst he

never bothered that the mini-skirts of the young females

were getting shorter by the day Humphlsquo was his

response

Entering his office notebook in hand I was surprised to

see the pony-tailed young man accompanied by his

branch manager Without preamble Mr Reece started

dictating

―I John Smith state that I broke into the premises of my

employers on Friday evening last and turned full-on the

stopcock in the basement then went to both cloakrooms

on the ground floor and turned on all the washbasin taps

My actions resulted in the offices being flooded causing

extensive damage to the premises and its contents

―Right Edith I want that typed in triplicate

immediately Apart from the boy being automatically

dismissed I never knew the outcome of this unusual

case But I couldnlsquot help wondering why

Edith Pleasance copy 260910

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 News

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01953 881 885

Attleborough High School led by Head

of Languages Mrs Connie Wind Avery

celebrated European Day of Languages

in style A range of activities for students

focussed on different languages and

cultures Staff joined in the spirit of the

event by dressing up in national costume

and European styled clothes

Head of Languages at Attleborough High School Connie Wind Avery (4th from right) and fellow teachers (left to right) Frances Billin Head of RS Mrs

Linda Trounce Silke Schardt Caroline Graham Rowena Tyrer Kay Southgate and Laura Stowe

Attleborough High School Celebrate the European Day of Languages in style

West Norfolk Aviation Society Chairman Rod Rumsby welcomed

guest speaker Julian Horn to the

October meeting who gave an

account including a film of the

WW2 adventures of Bill McGrath

In 1940 aged 20 Bill McGrath

was posted to 82Sqdn at RAF

Watton as an ObserverNavigator

On 13th July 1940 82Sqdn

attacked (the German held)

Aalborg airfield in Denmark with

12 Bristol Blenheimlsquos they

encountered heavy flak and ME

109s and all but one of the

aircraft were destroyed Billlsquos

pilot bombed the airfield but the

aircraft was hit and ditched in

water 100m from the shore but

with rocks only a meter below the

surface As a result Bill suffered

severe eye arm and leg injuries

20 aircrew were killed amp buried at

Vadum cemetery 10 aircrew plus

Billlsquos crew became POWlsquos Bill

eventually escaped from a POW

camp and made his way across

Europe to Barcelona then returned

to UK via Gibraltar He received

the Military Medal and continued

his service as an Air Traffic

Controller A fascinating story of

bravery

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd

November 730pm at Methwold

Social Club Speaker Martin

McClelland Three Years at RAF

Kemble New members amp guests

welcomed For more Information

Tel 01842 879210

Free NHS Health Check at Total Health Pharmacy Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease diabetes or

kidney disease or suffering a stroke These conditions can

often be prevented even if you have a history of them in

your family but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight smoke take little

exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol

NHS Health Checks are being offered by Total Health

Pharmacy in Watton to assess a personlsquos risk of developing

stroke diabetes heart or kidney disease later in life

The Health check is free to people between the ages of 40

and 74 who are not already being treated for these

conditions An initial assessment will determine if you are

eligible for the free health check The health check will take

approximately 30 minutes during which various health

details will be recorded your blood pressure will be taken

as well as a simple blood test to check your cholesterol

The results of the check will determine a risk factor for the

likelihood of you developing the mentioned conditions later

in life and you will be given advice on how to lower your

risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Pharmacist Geoff Ray said ―NHS Health checks encourage

people to be aware of their potential risk factor to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting until it is too

late

The Health Check is available from Total Health Pharmacy

by calling 01953 881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14

Gregor Shanks Way Watton opposite the Watton Medical

Practice

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

FINE BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD

BOOKS JC amp Applestore Gallery

TelephoneFax 01953 883488 55 High Street Watton

For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

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We can help you if you

ring Julian 01953 881885

Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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01953 881243

Unit 2 Coughtrey Industrial Estate

Church Road Griston IP25 6QB

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Bathrooms

Internal Doors

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Free Quotations amp

Full Planning Service

Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 10 Gardening

On Thursday 16th September we

were delighted to welcome back

Graeme Simmonds for his second

visit This time his talk was entitled

Findings in the Soil 2 - Medieval

and Tudorlsquo When most of us think

of the Norman invasion of 1066 we

may have in mind Harold with his

eye full of arrowlsquo and following on

the Domesday Book some years

later We may also think of the

inconvenience of the survivors of

the ruling classes of having to speak

Norman French Most of them

probably already did What doesnlsquot

immediately spring to mind is the

regulation and oppression of the

English people For example ladieslsquo

hairdressing The only approved

style was long plaits wound round

the ears like modern earphones but

called ramshornlsquo Not a very

elegant name The nobility were

allowed to wear hoods as well

Surprisingly the only women who

wore their hair down were

prostitutes

This was Graemelsquos opening gambit

in what has become a history lesson

for what the ordinary peoplelsquos

living conditions were like Another

bit of oppression was that only 5

of the population - the rich men -

got an education This was

classical Latin astronomy

geography maths etc Women were

brought up to be household

managers As it was felt

inappropriate for women to have a

classical education their managerial

training included writing They

must have been able to read what

theylsquod written but that was all and

limited to household business

Womenlsquos main occupation was the

production of cloth spinning and

weaving wool both for their own

use and commercially This led to a

box of buckles of incredibly varied

sizes There were no buttons then

so clothes had to be held together

by clasps buckles and hooks The

majority were made of copper or

bronze with silver or gold for the

rich Most of the buckles in the box

were missing the central pin as

these were commonly made of iron

so rusted away during their stay in

the soil As these items were from

the 14th to 18th century there were

several styles and all handmade

normally by the local blacksmith

The cloth trade was very important

in East Anglia for export as well as

domestic consumption and was

regulated by officials the equivalent

of modern Customs amp Excise who

attached alnage seals to each bale

Without these seals the cloth could

not be bought or sold The seals

were made of lead - cue another

box Graemelsquos collection is from

one field near Reepham and come

from far and wide - including

Antwerp

Nuremberg Seville

as well as English

The seals are all

different in design

presumably to

indicate the

inspector

On to the coins and another box As

well as pennies and groats

international coins have been found

and we were handed a beautiful

Doge of Venice coin of the era of

Antonio Venisrio who was Doge

from 1382-1400 During this time

Venice controlled the

Mediterranean trade but the coin

was found at Acle This just goes to

show how important the import-

export trade was in Norfolk and

Suffolk Another startling coin was

the quarter noble coin dated 1350

from the reign of Edward III This

is very thin but wonderfully

preserved as it is made of pure 22

carat plus gold shining as if it were

made yesterday Someone important

(or their servant) lost a lot of money

the day they dropped it

The final box contained crop-

pickers tokens These were given to

labourers at the end of each day

instead of cash and was an early co-

op system These were made of lead

and are all local with more turning

up all the time Signature seals were

also in this box including a Papal

seal from Honorius II 1217-1224

and it makes you wonder how that

turned up in Norfolk

The last piece handed round was a

pendant depicting Saint Barbara

She is patron of artillerymen

military engineers armourers

gunsmiths miners masons anyone

involved with explosives anyone

afraid of lightning or sudden death

at work She is celebrated by

various military units involved with

armoury and explosives and gives

her name to Santa Barbara in

California Therelsquos lots more about

her on the good old internet The

pendant has her with a tower (she

was incarcerated in one by her

father to protect her from the

outside world and she rejected an

arranged marriage) Her father was

subsequently killed by lightning

when he executed her hence the

patronage of lightning and

explosives

Graeme gave us one final bit of

advice - if you find anything that

looks interesting donlsquot rush to wash

the soil off it Leave it on an indoor

windowsill to dry out then gently

remove the soil but donlsquot scrub it as

you may remove valuable evidence

of what it is

Thank you Graeme for another

fascinating evening and for bringing

the articles you showed us not

forgetting the biscuit tin in which

we were invited to get our hands

dirty and fish things out To sum it

up the first question I was asked at

the end of the talk was Whenlsquos he

coming back againlsquo and you canlsquot

say fairer than that so herelsquos to next

year

The mini-show - Any Single

Flowering Stem

1st Ralph Kinsley dahlia

2nd Judy Atkinson viola

3rd Eric Reeves red hot poker

HC Geoff Twelftree dahlia

Marianne Kilmartin

Publicity Officer 01362 820744

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society

Breckland Flower and Garden Club Octobers meeting was well attended

to watch Alison Cushings

demonstration Seasonal Her love of

roses showed through her designs as

she blended them with shamrock

chrysanthemums gerberas Chinese

lanterns veronica and sunflowers

Most of her arrangements were

modern although she closed the

afternoon with a traditional triangle on

a lovely raised container

The competition for Autumn in a

Copper Container - New Hands was

won by Janet Skidmore Old Hands

by Shirley Penfold who also won

the trophy for Best Exhibit

Table show for three stems of

autumn colour from the garden was

won by Shirley Penfolds Nerines

November meeting will take place

at Old Buckenham Village Hall on

Thursday 11th November at 2 pm

when Lisa Howard will demonstrate

Enchanted Christmas The

competition title - Enchantment and

the table show is for dried or

preserved plant materialDont

forget December 9th when there

will be a workshop and afternoon

tea (please bring a plate)

commencing 130pm More

details next meeting

Visitors are always welcome -

phone Sally 01953 788712 or Pat

01953 457305

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 11

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Norfolk Wildlife Trust

To ask a question about the Norfolkrsquos Wildlife please call the Norfolk Wildlife Information Service Wildline 01603 598333 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri E-mail wildnorfolkwildlifetrustorguk Website httpwwwnorfolkwildlifetrustorguknaturalconnections Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467 Tuesday 16 November 745pm-930pm Bats- Denizens of the

Night A illustrated presentation by Sam Philips Ecology Consultant

of the Norwich Bat Group Followed by refreshments and raffle

Venue Watton Christian Community Centre High Street Watton

Cost pound200 members and pound300 for non-members

Flaming Fall Not the colour of the

leaves which we donlsquot get until

December if the leaves colour at all but

Lycoris radiata - commonly known as

Spider Lily Hurricane Lily Naked Lady

and several other regional names These

are similar to the Nerine found in

English gardens and have a similar habit

(leaves in winter die

down and in autumn

the flower stalks shoot

up followed by leaves

again once the flower

has faded in mid-

November Lycoris

radiata has a flaming

red flower 16 cm

wide on a 50 cm stem

The bulbs multiply

very reliably and

despite having dug up

great clumps over the

years to give to friends

and sell at Farmers

Market you will see

from the photos that

there are still plenty

left (and even more

around the side of the

house) There are

some in a tub by my

door and I always pat

them on the head each

time I come and go

Cabbage and Collards

are coming along

nicely in the vegetable garden and the

Egyptian Walking Onions are

resprouting Multiplying onions are

doing well but I donlsquot know where the

leeks went As if to prove they could get

along without me for the three weeks I

was away on holiday the Viva Italia

tomatoes have produced loads of fruit

but they donlsquot seem to be in a hurry to

ripen I set a sprinkler to run on a timer

three times a week for an hour at a time

and while most things survived a few on

the outer edge where the water didnlsquot

reach look a bit sad Still it will rain

again here one day

Today I have been digging the baby fig

trees that I layered this time last year

They have nice roots now and have gone

into containers to continue their journey

into adulthood Beetroot lettuce and

carrots have been seeded and now Ilsquom

running out of sunny space I see more

lawn disappearing in the future Spring

flowering bulbs pansies and other cool

season bloomers are in the nurseries

now and pumpkins are everywhere

artistically arranged in peoplelsquos front

yards or carved into scary faces These

will disappear as we transition into

November having been transformed into

pumpkin pies and soups for

Thanksgiving feasts The hummingbirds

have suddenly left and their place at the

feeders has been taken by butterflies

sipping on the sweet nectar Tasks for

November include application of copper

spray to peach trees at time of leaf drop

and gather covers to protect plants if an

early freeze threatens

Tomato-Tomayto Gardening in Navasota Texas with Helen Quinn

Our first meeting at Holme Hale in The

Pavilion went very well Firstly we all

received a welcome and an introduction

from our new Chairman David Green He

told us a little about his past membership

of other garden clubs and urged

everyone to take part in activities at

meetings in order to make the club lively

and interesting and to join in on

arranged trips Also to let the committee

know of things they would like added as

an alternative to the usual events There

are usually cheap and well grown plants

on the monthly sales table and full

advantage should be taken of these If

anyone has plants to spare or items for

the raffle these would be gratefully

received

We received a warm welcome from Hall

Chairman Michael Buttolph and his

short introduction to the recent history of

the Pavilion was most interesting

making us feel at home right from the

start

We were joined by several new members

and were happy to see the return of

others who had been forced to leave us

for a while Good to see you all We

hope that once word gets around that we

shall see more people from Holme Hale

they can be sure of an entertaining

afternoon

Then at last a chance to hear Trevor

Harrison from South Creake Nurseries

talking about the plants that he had

brought with him in order to show just

how much colour it is still possible to

have in the garden at this time of year

The grasses were quite spectacular there

were many kinds of heleniums lots of

different colours in the montbretias the

dahlias the rudbeckias and many more

easy to grow border plants

The beautiful blue Caryopteris and the

many coloured asters made a real splash

of colour along with the gentians the

colchicums and the cyclamen

There was a break for tea and biscuits

during which time David showed how to

take fuchsia cuttings Success to be

compared next year Then it was back

to Trevor for more about the plants on

show the drawing of the raffle and a

chance to purchase plants from Trevor

On the 21st October gardening guru

Richard Hobbs came along to deliver

what turned out to be a most informative

and well-structured talk on Winter

colour in the garden This visit came at a

time when winter seems to be on the

doorstep and when colour is never more

welcome

Richard defines winter as the period

between Michaelmas and Candlemas

and suggested colour in the form of

many perennials shrubs and trees

Eucomis also known as the Pineapple

flower or Pineapple lily offers flowers

and interesting seed heads with Eucomis

Bicolour additionally offering variegated

foliage Nerines were recommended not

only for their white flowers but for their

colourful bark Cyclamen Cipriani will

grow in dense shade and seeds readily

while Buxus Necrophilia (box) provides

winter interest additionally Daphne has

glossy green leaves and has scented

flowers in January and February For the

rose lover Rosa Nitida has glossy

leaves red stems and red hips

Cornus with its colourful stems and

changing foliage is a popular addition to

the winter garden one should aim to

have light at its back in order to get the

full impact Strong shapes in garden help

to add winter interest and Richard asked

members not to forget that texture (seen

in coastal areas for example) is very

important

It is impossible to mention all the

sources of winter colour which Richard

touched upon though for interested

readers some of these included

Agapanthus Lonicera or honeysuckle

all kinds of Hellebores (of which the

Christmas rose is probably best known)

Asters and Michaelmas daisies Others

include Ilex and Juniper Heucheras

(which will provide yearly cuttings) and

a whole host of ferns ndash the list is too

long to mention them all Some

wonderfully descriptive names included

Aster lady in black with dark foliage

and the Blackberry Lily with its black

fruit and orangey-red flowers

Richard thoughtfully fetched sprigs

of some of these plants with him

which were passed round to the

members While speaking he

offered interesting morsels of

gardening lore including advice on

the Chelsea chop which involves

cutting back some shrubs to one foot

in height thus promoting a host of

smaller flowers later in the year

This is so called because it should

be done around Chelsea Flower

Show week

The session finished with a Raffle and

some words from our Chairman Next

month (18th November) members are

asked bring a single stem from the

garden which will be judged by Mr Keer

who will be speaking on the subject of

Begonias David also asked for

suggestions for gardens to visit in 2011

and reminded members to keep the 16th

December free for the Christmas party

Ovington Gardening Club Our October meeting was a fascinating talk on

Garden Insects by Robert Maidstone which

was delivered in his own light-humoured way

and was most informative The November

meeting will be on Wednesday 3rd at 745pm

in the village hall when Rory Hart will give a

talk on Conservation in the Garden For further

details contact Ed on 01953 885848 or Carol

on 01760 440719

Ashill amp Holme Hale Garden Club News

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 12

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Relationship difficulties Bereavement Stress

BullyingAbuse Addictions Depression

SANCTUARY COUNSELLING SERVICE WATTON

Itrsquos good to talk Counselling can help if yoursquore struggling to cope with

Sanctuary offers a confidential low-cost counselling service with

professionally trained counsellors who work on a short-term or long-term basis Call us on 01953 880922 to arrange an appointment

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Remember remember the fifth of

November etc etc I make no apology

for repeating last yearlsquos plea for

everyone private or public planning a

bonfire to celebrate Guy Fawkes to

move the whole thing a few hours

before lighting it This will prevent

roasting hedgehogs or any other

animals that think it a good place to

shelter or hibernate

Some people say November is the start

of the gardening year It comes as a

surprise to those of us who traditionally

leave the whole thing until Easter

However as long as the soil is

workable this is the best month for

planting bare-root shrubs The one that

springs to mind is the rose Inevitably if

ordered by mail these will arrive as a

few sticks in a polythene bag with

finger-ripping staples to close it inside a

paper bag The instructions will be

inside the polythene bag and wet

because the roots will have been

doused by the supplier Oh and theylsquoll

arrive on the day the monsoon starts

Still the instructions will cheerfully

inform you that if the weather is

inclement all you need to do is keep

the whole bag in a cool dark place with

the roots moist The trick is not to put

them where theylsquoll be forgotten Been

there done that Once the weather is

reasonable plant the shrub The late

Arthur Billett of Clacklsquos Farm and

Gardenerslsquo Question Time gave out the

succinct instruction ―If youlsquove paid

76d for a plant dig a 76d hole to put it

in This was repeated by my father and

also Geoffrey Smith Itlsquos a good way to

remember to dig the hole deep enough

and wide enough to accommodate the

roots and put the graft point of the rose

about 2 below the finished level Also

put a generous amount of compost or

well-rotted manure in the bottom Use a

stick across the top of the hole to

estimate the depth and backfill well

using a bit more compost mixed with

the soil removed from the planting

hole Donlsquot be afraid to use your boot

close to the plant to pack the soil in to

remove air pockets - you donlsquot want its

little feeding roots waving about under

there The soil should still be warm

enough to divide and move perennials

but I heard recently that as our

Breckland soil is very sandy in the

main it is able to allow frost to

penetrate deeper than heavier ones that

keep the cold at the surface so thatlsquos

something to be aware of

Despite the gloom there is plenty of

colour to be had at this time of year

Winter-flowering heathers will keep

going even in cold weather and they

donlsquot mind windy locations They can

be planted close together for colourful

ground cover and are very effective in

containers specially if they can have

company such as hardy cyclamen Both

plants come in a variety of pinks

mauves purples and white Viburnums

are good at this time of year as well -

good old Bodnantense Dawnlsquo is very

popular when the flowers appear from

November until March on bare

branches You can cut some for vases

when the scent will fill the room Donlsquot

ignore plants that berry - holly of

course varieties of viburnum can

produce berries in red or black

Skimmias are in full berry now and will

flower in spring but most are unisex so

it takes two of them Both can be

planted in the same hole or container

Some berried shrubs are evergreen

Other container or border plants at their

best are ornamental cabbages in green

and pink and pansies in all sorts of

colours The michaelmas daisies and

autumn crocuscolchicums may still be

in flower There are trees for winter

interest as well The acers grown for

bark will show up nicely now the

leaves are down and the winter-

flowering cherry Prunus x subhirtella

Autumnalislsquo bears its small double

flowers on bare branches This one is a

very pale off-white but there are pinker

ones such as Autumnalis Rosealsquo and

therelsquos even a weeping version That

should stop the traffic Most of the

plants mentioned will grow in

reasonably well-drained soil in sunny

positions But on the whole theylsquore

pretty easy going as regards conditions

While youlsquore planting your bare-root

deciduous shrubs or trees make sure

they are staked if necessary A good

supplier will provide good instructions

If necessary water but not if itlsquos

freezing It might be worth putting

some bulbs around while youlsquore at it as

now is the time for tulip and lily bulbs

(and any others you forgot earlier)

Keep the digging going when the

ground is not soggy or frosted and

mulch If the ground has been dug over

while harvesting veg or tidying borders

just add a nice layer of compost or well

-rotted or leaf mould and let the worms

do the work This is a good time to

evict any pests - snails under pots

rodents in sheds - all need to be dealt

with Pick your option regarding the

snails but remember the lady who won

the amateur scientist of the year prize

by establishing that snails need to be

more than 30 metres100 feet away to

prevent their coming back so donlsquot just

throw them over the fence into next

doorlsquos garden

Take photos when itlsquos reasonably

comfortable outdoors so you can

incorporate something for next winter

in your plans When the weatherlsquos

really bad and youlsquove done all the tasks

just settle down with a glass of

something nice and start the planning

process for next year

Donlsquot forget the weeds will still keep

growing whatever the weather

In your garden with Lotta Potts

On WEDNESDAY 13th OCTOBER

we had a fantastic speaker of

gardening distinction Lucy Redman

A superb plantswoman who told of her

beginnings in gardening at early school

age with her mother and at her great

school garden at Hadleigh High now

sadly derelict She is now so passionate

about children being able to garden

that she along with 75 children at her

old school are redesigning those very

gardens the work includes art amp craft

plus drama working and display areas

science work and a weather station

She hopes for it to be completed within

the next year

She was the youngest person to be

accepted at RHS Wisley and studied at

the English Gardening School where

she achieved her Diploma in Garden

design She has been a Gold medal

winner at both Chelsea and Hampton

Court and writes a regular column for

the East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk

magazine

She has now set up her own School

of Garden Design at her beautiful

home in Rushbrooke in the depths of

breath-taking Suffolk countryside

Her garden has been featured in the

English Garden Magazine and

Country Homes and Interiors amp

Homes and Gardens It is a rare mix

of finely selected country garden

plants and features with more stately

plantings and then huge arty

sculptures and willow features

subtle colours and bright colours to

match the rooms from which the

garden is viewed

She gave us plenty to think about

her talk was entertaining and

inspirational

25 members attended It was the first

meeting taken by our new Chairman

Ed Szczepanowski who welcomed

everyone to this new Club Year with

an excellent Programme of Events to

look forward to We wish him well

leading our Club

The Flower competition was judged by

Lucy and was won by Claudine

Garrod 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Sue

Thomas We also have a new

Vegetable competition at each indoor

meeting and this was won by Hazel

Dunn 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Jane

Dalton The quality of entries was very

high Well done everyone who took

part

Our next Club meeting is on

WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER at

745pm in the Village Hall and should

prove a real crowd puller as it a very

interesting one to everyone By

GRAEME SIMM entitled HISTORY

BENEATH YOUR FEETlsquo

You are asked to bring along an

artefact you have found in your

garden

We know from others who have

booked this speaker that the evening

will prove to be a fascinating one and

could contain revelations about finds in

this and other areas so come along and

take part Everyone welcome

Free to members pound250 visitors

Refreshments and raffle

Donlsquot forget to enter our Flower and

Vegetable competitions

At the November meeting we will be

taking bookings for our Annual Dinner

in January on Sunday 12th Jan 1pm at

the Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant

in Attleborough Cost to be notified

We are a very active friendly club

always keen to increase our

membership and now is a great time to

join

If anyone would like a lift to meetings

please give me a call Jane Dalton

(Secretary) 01953 498694

Great Hockham Gardening Club news

Attleborough amp District Horticultural Society The November meeting of the society takes place on

Wednesday 17th November commencing at 730pm The

venue as usual is Attleborough Junior School and guests are

most welcome to come along The talk in November will be

―Ornamental Plants Grown for Their Scent

Mike Flood gave a very interesting talk on ―Heavy Horses

at the September meeting He has spent a lifetime caring for

working with and breeding these horses whilst working

fulltime in the agricultural supply industry and his talk was

full of anecdotes about these gentle giants We also came

away knowing how to tell apart Shires Percherons

Clydesdales and the Suffolk Punch

The Table Competition suffered from a lack of entries

However the prize for 3 stems of flowers went to Sally

Westrup and John Darlow took the award for 3 eating apples

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society November - it can get a little flat in the middle - short

gloomy days fireworks over and the garden is miserable

Come and cheer it up with a talk on Design amp Garden

History by Judith Srigley from Easton College

Venue Bradenham Village Hall Date Thursday 18th

November Time 730pm

As this is the start of our year you could join us and then

come to our Christmas Party in December full details on

18th November Further information from Marianne

Kilmartin Publicity Officer 01362 820744

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 13

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At the recent 1940lsquos weekend in

Sheringham and Holt with the North

Norfolk Railway Wayland Scouts help

marshal the vintage cars at Holt Station

For the newest Scout it was an extra special

event as he was invested into Scouts from

the Cub Section on the foot plate of the

George Stephenson Steam Engine

Jackson Cutts was supported by his fellow

Scouts bearing the Grouplsquos flags as he took

his promise He was then treated to a short

ride along the track

Visitors to the event looked on including

some former Scouts

who were proud to

see that youngsters

were still enjoying

all that Scouting has

to offer

Akela Jo Ashford

commented it was

wonderful to have

somewhere different

for the investiture we

would like to thank the

crew for their help and

support It was an

exciting addition to a fun packed weekendlsquo

Apart for this activity both Sections have

been really busy during meetings the Cubs

recently placed host to Shelby and Mustang

tow Giant African Land Snails These

amazing creatures didnlsquot mind being the

centre of attention while the Cubs

discovered all about them The snails had

even recently laid some eggs which was an

added bonus for the Cubs to investigate

As the darker evenings arrive activities move

inside so the Scouts have been working on a

number of activities including mini pioneering

to create model gateways ndash ideas for next

yearlsquos camps

They have also been sharing their hobbies and

skills with some fantastic examples of Airfix

model building and Meccano

If you are interested in getting involved in

Scouting in Watton please contact Paul Cutts

01953 884243 or email

waylandscoutsgmailcom

Jackson steams his way into Scouting

Jackson Cutts on the footplate after his investiture

The speaker for September was Denise

Hammond-Webb on The Birth of Banham

Zoo John Goymer was an agricultural

labourer in the 18thC The Goymer family

who opened the zoo were small farmers in

1854 but in 1890 when farms became

mechanised amp workers left for London they

went to work in the local bakeries In 1909 the

family opened a bakery in Bury St Edmunds

The family delivered the

bread by horse amp cart

During WW1 there was

a great demand for bread

for the Army barracks amp hospitals The

business expanded so that during WW2

bakeries were opened in Thetford as well as

Bury In 1952 after sliced bread was

introduced the head of the family sold his

shops He bought a farm amp also opened a farm

shop which was very successful In 1956 they

bought parrots amp with pheasants opened the

collection to the public in 1968 When a

colony of monkeys arrived in 1971 it became

Banham Zoo amp Woolly Monkey Sanctuary

The Zoo has the finest collection of monkeys

in Europe but many visitors come to see the

endangered snow leopards Banham Zoo has

links with zoos all over the world We are

fortunate to live so near to the zoo

The winner of the competition for an animal

ornament was 1) June Clark 2) Brenda

Spencer Next monthslsquo speaker is Charlotte

Philcox amp the competition is a picture of

Autumn leaves

Attleborough WI

Town Council support for credit union In addition to the grant from the Breckland District Council

Participatory Budget scheme earlier this year to support our

marketing campaign by paying for advertisements in parish

magazines and this paper plus the printing of many

explanatory leaflets for distribution in the community Watton

Town Council very generously gave Wayland Community

Bank the local branch of Norfolk Credit Union a grant of

pound200 to help our work in the community and which has

enabled us to purchase some equipment for outside events

This includes a free-standing banner and a portable table top

display With these we hope to reach out further into Wayland

to let more people become aware of the support we can offer

through our credit union savings and loans schemes

There is a marked rise in the number of households

approaching the illegal loan sharks legal doorstep and

internet lenders for loans Many of these charge very high

interest rates which can be seen on the

lenderscomparedcouk web site

Credit unions however have their loan rates capped by

legislation at a maximum of 2 per month - 268 APR

and Norfolk Credit Union offers unsecured loans at

between 1 to 2 per month - 1268 to 268 APR We

currently have substantial funds available for all sorts of

small loans from domestic appliances to helping people

untangle their debts with the high interest lenders

Support for our campaign by local authorities is very much

appreciated and anyone wishing to have a chat with our

volunteers about savings current account or loans or about

joining us as a volunteer working for the local community

can contact us at Wayland House on 01953 883915 or view

our website wwwwaylandbankorg

There is also a loan calculator which can be viewed at our

Head Office web site wwwnorfolkcucouk

Water Water Everywhere by Edith Pleasance It was mid-morning of just another day at the office I

had taken down my usual load of dictation and was busy

dealing with it when the managerlsquos buzzer sounded

twice ndash the signal for me to report to his office along the

corridor with my notepad All sorts of reasons for the

summons came to mind Mr Reece was a man of habit

and did not like his usual morning programme disrupted

once he had dealt with the daily mail

I knew he had an appointment to see one of our branch

managers so guessed it to be just a progress report

Several days previously I had driven my boss (acting as

chauffeuse was one of my duties) to the most outlying

branch of our area where he would make a general

review of management etc while I mingled with

members of the staff and made a general nuisance of

myself This was a very effective way of discerning any

undercurrent there may be

On our way back to Area Office I remarked on a new

member of staff who because of the beautiful blond hair

caught back in a ponytaillsquo I took to be a female clerk I

walked around the back of the counter only to find it was

indeed a young man around seventeen I knew my boss

had a dislike of long-hair on male members of staff in

fact I once chided him on getting upset about it whilst he

never bothered that the mini-skirts of the young females

were getting shorter by the day Humphlsquo was his

response

Entering his office notebook in hand I was surprised to

see the pony-tailed young man accompanied by his

branch manager Without preamble Mr Reece started

dictating

―I John Smith state that I broke into the premises of my

employers on Friday evening last and turned full-on the

stopcock in the basement then went to both cloakrooms

on the ground floor and turned on all the washbasin taps

My actions resulted in the offices being flooded causing

extensive damage to the premises and its contents

―Right Edith I want that typed in triplicate

immediately Apart from the boy being automatically

dismissed I never knew the outcome of this unusual

case But I couldnlsquot help wondering why

Edith Pleasance copy 260910

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 News

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Attleborough High School led by Head

of Languages Mrs Connie Wind Avery

celebrated European Day of Languages

in style A range of activities for students

focussed on different languages and

cultures Staff joined in the spirit of the

event by dressing up in national costume

and European styled clothes

Head of Languages at Attleborough High School Connie Wind Avery (4th from right) and fellow teachers (left to right) Frances Billin Head of RS Mrs

Linda Trounce Silke Schardt Caroline Graham Rowena Tyrer Kay Southgate and Laura Stowe

Attleborough High School Celebrate the European Day of Languages in style

West Norfolk Aviation Society Chairman Rod Rumsby welcomed

guest speaker Julian Horn to the

October meeting who gave an

account including a film of the

WW2 adventures of Bill McGrath

In 1940 aged 20 Bill McGrath

was posted to 82Sqdn at RAF

Watton as an ObserverNavigator

On 13th July 1940 82Sqdn

attacked (the German held)

Aalborg airfield in Denmark with

12 Bristol Blenheimlsquos they

encountered heavy flak and ME

109s and all but one of the

aircraft were destroyed Billlsquos

pilot bombed the airfield but the

aircraft was hit and ditched in

water 100m from the shore but

with rocks only a meter below the

surface As a result Bill suffered

severe eye arm and leg injuries

20 aircrew were killed amp buried at

Vadum cemetery 10 aircrew plus

Billlsquos crew became POWlsquos Bill

eventually escaped from a POW

camp and made his way across

Europe to Barcelona then returned

to UK via Gibraltar He received

the Military Medal and continued

his service as an Air Traffic

Controller A fascinating story of

bravery

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd

November 730pm at Methwold

Social Club Speaker Martin

McClelland Three Years at RAF

Kemble New members amp guests

welcomed For more Information

Tel 01842 879210

Free NHS Health Check at Total Health Pharmacy Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease diabetes or

kidney disease or suffering a stroke These conditions can

often be prevented even if you have a history of them in

your family but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight smoke take little

exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol

NHS Health Checks are being offered by Total Health

Pharmacy in Watton to assess a personlsquos risk of developing

stroke diabetes heart or kidney disease later in life

The Health check is free to people between the ages of 40

and 74 who are not already being treated for these

conditions An initial assessment will determine if you are

eligible for the free health check The health check will take

approximately 30 minutes during which various health

details will be recorded your blood pressure will be taken

as well as a simple blood test to check your cholesterol

The results of the check will determine a risk factor for the

likelihood of you developing the mentioned conditions later

in life and you will be given advice on how to lower your

risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Pharmacist Geoff Ray said ―NHS Health checks encourage

people to be aware of their potential risk factor to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting until it is too

late

The Health Check is available from Total Health Pharmacy

by calling 01953 881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14

Gregor Shanks Way Watton opposite the Watton Medical

Practice

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

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For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

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Have you brought or are you thinking of buying a new piece of technology such as a Computer Digital Television or DVD recorder Not sure if you can cope with getting it all working properly

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We can help you if you

ring Julian 01953 881885

Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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01953 881243

Unit 2 Coughtrey Industrial Estate

Church Road Griston IP25 6QB

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Free Quotations amp

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Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

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Norfolk Wildlife Trust

To ask a question about the Norfolkrsquos Wildlife please call the Norfolk Wildlife Information Service Wildline 01603 598333 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri E-mail wildnorfolkwildlifetrustorguk Website httpwwwnorfolkwildlifetrustorguknaturalconnections Further details and Membership enquiries 01953 498467 Tuesday 16 November 745pm-930pm Bats- Denizens of the

Night A illustrated presentation by Sam Philips Ecology Consultant

of the Norwich Bat Group Followed by refreshments and raffle

Venue Watton Christian Community Centre High Street Watton

Cost pound200 members and pound300 for non-members

Flaming Fall Not the colour of the

leaves which we donlsquot get until

December if the leaves colour at all but

Lycoris radiata - commonly known as

Spider Lily Hurricane Lily Naked Lady

and several other regional names These

are similar to the Nerine found in

English gardens and have a similar habit

(leaves in winter die

down and in autumn

the flower stalks shoot

up followed by leaves

again once the flower

has faded in mid-

November Lycoris

radiata has a flaming

red flower 16 cm

wide on a 50 cm stem

The bulbs multiply

very reliably and

despite having dug up

great clumps over the

years to give to friends

and sell at Farmers

Market you will see

from the photos that

there are still plenty

left (and even more

around the side of the

house) There are

some in a tub by my

door and I always pat

them on the head each

time I come and go

Cabbage and Collards

are coming along

nicely in the vegetable garden and the

Egyptian Walking Onions are

resprouting Multiplying onions are

doing well but I donlsquot know where the

leeks went As if to prove they could get

along without me for the three weeks I

was away on holiday the Viva Italia

tomatoes have produced loads of fruit

but they donlsquot seem to be in a hurry to

ripen I set a sprinkler to run on a timer

three times a week for an hour at a time

and while most things survived a few on

the outer edge where the water didnlsquot

reach look a bit sad Still it will rain

again here one day

Today I have been digging the baby fig

trees that I layered this time last year

They have nice roots now and have gone

into containers to continue their journey

into adulthood Beetroot lettuce and

carrots have been seeded and now Ilsquom

running out of sunny space I see more

lawn disappearing in the future Spring

flowering bulbs pansies and other cool

season bloomers are in the nurseries

now and pumpkins are everywhere

artistically arranged in peoplelsquos front

yards or carved into scary faces These

will disappear as we transition into

November having been transformed into

pumpkin pies and soups for

Thanksgiving feasts The hummingbirds

have suddenly left and their place at the

feeders has been taken by butterflies

sipping on the sweet nectar Tasks for

November include application of copper

spray to peach trees at time of leaf drop

and gather covers to protect plants if an

early freeze threatens

Tomato-Tomayto Gardening in Navasota Texas with Helen Quinn

Our first meeting at Holme Hale in The

Pavilion went very well Firstly we all

received a welcome and an introduction

from our new Chairman David Green He

told us a little about his past membership

of other garden clubs and urged

everyone to take part in activities at

meetings in order to make the club lively

and interesting and to join in on

arranged trips Also to let the committee

know of things they would like added as

an alternative to the usual events There

are usually cheap and well grown plants

on the monthly sales table and full

advantage should be taken of these If

anyone has plants to spare or items for

the raffle these would be gratefully

received

We received a warm welcome from Hall

Chairman Michael Buttolph and his

short introduction to the recent history of

the Pavilion was most interesting

making us feel at home right from the

start

We were joined by several new members

and were happy to see the return of

others who had been forced to leave us

for a while Good to see you all We

hope that once word gets around that we

shall see more people from Holme Hale

they can be sure of an entertaining

afternoon

Then at last a chance to hear Trevor

Harrison from South Creake Nurseries

talking about the plants that he had

brought with him in order to show just

how much colour it is still possible to

have in the garden at this time of year

The grasses were quite spectacular there

were many kinds of heleniums lots of

different colours in the montbretias the

dahlias the rudbeckias and many more

easy to grow border plants

The beautiful blue Caryopteris and the

many coloured asters made a real splash

of colour along with the gentians the

colchicums and the cyclamen

There was a break for tea and biscuits

during which time David showed how to

take fuchsia cuttings Success to be

compared next year Then it was back

to Trevor for more about the plants on

show the drawing of the raffle and a

chance to purchase plants from Trevor

On the 21st October gardening guru

Richard Hobbs came along to deliver

what turned out to be a most informative

and well-structured talk on Winter

colour in the garden This visit came at a

time when winter seems to be on the

doorstep and when colour is never more

welcome

Richard defines winter as the period

between Michaelmas and Candlemas

and suggested colour in the form of

many perennials shrubs and trees

Eucomis also known as the Pineapple

flower or Pineapple lily offers flowers

and interesting seed heads with Eucomis

Bicolour additionally offering variegated

foliage Nerines were recommended not

only for their white flowers but for their

colourful bark Cyclamen Cipriani will

grow in dense shade and seeds readily

while Buxus Necrophilia (box) provides

winter interest additionally Daphne has

glossy green leaves and has scented

flowers in January and February For the

rose lover Rosa Nitida has glossy

leaves red stems and red hips

Cornus with its colourful stems and

changing foliage is a popular addition to

the winter garden one should aim to

have light at its back in order to get the

full impact Strong shapes in garden help

to add winter interest and Richard asked

members not to forget that texture (seen

in coastal areas for example) is very

important

It is impossible to mention all the

sources of winter colour which Richard

touched upon though for interested

readers some of these included

Agapanthus Lonicera or honeysuckle

all kinds of Hellebores (of which the

Christmas rose is probably best known)

Asters and Michaelmas daisies Others

include Ilex and Juniper Heucheras

(which will provide yearly cuttings) and

a whole host of ferns ndash the list is too

long to mention them all Some

wonderfully descriptive names included

Aster lady in black with dark foliage

and the Blackberry Lily with its black

fruit and orangey-red flowers

Richard thoughtfully fetched sprigs

of some of these plants with him

which were passed round to the

members While speaking he

offered interesting morsels of

gardening lore including advice on

the Chelsea chop which involves

cutting back some shrubs to one foot

in height thus promoting a host of

smaller flowers later in the year

This is so called because it should

be done around Chelsea Flower

Show week

The session finished with a Raffle and

some words from our Chairman Next

month (18th November) members are

asked bring a single stem from the

garden which will be judged by Mr Keer

who will be speaking on the subject of

Begonias David also asked for

suggestions for gardens to visit in 2011

and reminded members to keep the 16th

December free for the Christmas party

Ovington Gardening Club Our October meeting was a fascinating talk on

Garden Insects by Robert Maidstone which

was delivered in his own light-humoured way

and was most informative The November

meeting will be on Wednesday 3rd at 745pm

in the village hall when Rory Hart will give a

talk on Conservation in the Garden For further

details contact Ed on 01953 885848 or Carol

on 01760 440719

Ashill amp Holme Hale Garden Club News

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 12

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Remember remember the fifth of

November etc etc I make no apology

for repeating last yearlsquos plea for

everyone private or public planning a

bonfire to celebrate Guy Fawkes to

move the whole thing a few hours

before lighting it This will prevent

roasting hedgehogs or any other

animals that think it a good place to

shelter or hibernate

Some people say November is the start

of the gardening year It comes as a

surprise to those of us who traditionally

leave the whole thing until Easter

However as long as the soil is

workable this is the best month for

planting bare-root shrubs The one that

springs to mind is the rose Inevitably if

ordered by mail these will arrive as a

few sticks in a polythene bag with

finger-ripping staples to close it inside a

paper bag The instructions will be

inside the polythene bag and wet

because the roots will have been

doused by the supplier Oh and theylsquoll

arrive on the day the monsoon starts

Still the instructions will cheerfully

inform you that if the weather is

inclement all you need to do is keep

the whole bag in a cool dark place with

the roots moist The trick is not to put

them where theylsquoll be forgotten Been

there done that Once the weather is

reasonable plant the shrub The late

Arthur Billett of Clacklsquos Farm and

Gardenerslsquo Question Time gave out the

succinct instruction ―If youlsquove paid

76d for a plant dig a 76d hole to put it

in This was repeated by my father and

also Geoffrey Smith Itlsquos a good way to

remember to dig the hole deep enough

and wide enough to accommodate the

roots and put the graft point of the rose

about 2 below the finished level Also

put a generous amount of compost or

well-rotted manure in the bottom Use a

stick across the top of the hole to

estimate the depth and backfill well

using a bit more compost mixed with

the soil removed from the planting

hole Donlsquot be afraid to use your boot

close to the plant to pack the soil in to

remove air pockets - you donlsquot want its

little feeding roots waving about under

there The soil should still be warm

enough to divide and move perennials

but I heard recently that as our

Breckland soil is very sandy in the

main it is able to allow frost to

penetrate deeper than heavier ones that

keep the cold at the surface so thatlsquos

something to be aware of

Despite the gloom there is plenty of

colour to be had at this time of year

Winter-flowering heathers will keep

going even in cold weather and they

donlsquot mind windy locations They can

be planted close together for colourful

ground cover and are very effective in

containers specially if they can have

company such as hardy cyclamen Both

plants come in a variety of pinks

mauves purples and white Viburnums

are good at this time of year as well -

good old Bodnantense Dawnlsquo is very

popular when the flowers appear from

November until March on bare

branches You can cut some for vases

when the scent will fill the room Donlsquot

ignore plants that berry - holly of

course varieties of viburnum can

produce berries in red or black

Skimmias are in full berry now and will

flower in spring but most are unisex so

it takes two of them Both can be

planted in the same hole or container

Some berried shrubs are evergreen

Other container or border plants at their

best are ornamental cabbages in green

and pink and pansies in all sorts of

colours The michaelmas daisies and

autumn crocuscolchicums may still be

in flower There are trees for winter

interest as well The acers grown for

bark will show up nicely now the

leaves are down and the winter-

flowering cherry Prunus x subhirtella

Autumnalislsquo bears its small double

flowers on bare branches This one is a

very pale off-white but there are pinker

ones such as Autumnalis Rosealsquo and

therelsquos even a weeping version That

should stop the traffic Most of the

plants mentioned will grow in

reasonably well-drained soil in sunny

positions But on the whole theylsquore

pretty easy going as regards conditions

While youlsquore planting your bare-root

deciduous shrubs or trees make sure

they are staked if necessary A good

supplier will provide good instructions

If necessary water but not if itlsquos

freezing It might be worth putting

some bulbs around while youlsquore at it as

now is the time for tulip and lily bulbs

(and any others you forgot earlier)

Keep the digging going when the

ground is not soggy or frosted and

mulch If the ground has been dug over

while harvesting veg or tidying borders

just add a nice layer of compost or well

-rotted or leaf mould and let the worms

do the work This is a good time to

evict any pests - snails under pots

rodents in sheds - all need to be dealt

with Pick your option regarding the

snails but remember the lady who won

the amateur scientist of the year prize

by establishing that snails need to be

more than 30 metres100 feet away to

prevent their coming back so donlsquot just

throw them over the fence into next

doorlsquos garden

Take photos when itlsquos reasonably

comfortable outdoors so you can

incorporate something for next winter

in your plans When the weatherlsquos

really bad and youlsquove done all the tasks

just settle down with a glass of

something nice and start the planning

process for next year

Donlsquot forget the weeds will still keep

growing whatever the weather

In your garden with Lotta Potts

On WEDNESDAY 13th OCTOBER

we had a fantastic speaker of

gardening distinction Lucy Redman

A superb plantswoman who told of her

beginnings in gardening at early school

age with her mother and at her great

school garden at Hadleigh High now

sadly derelict She is now so passionate

about children being able to garden

that she along with 75 children at her

old school are redesigning those very

gardens the work includes art amp craft

plus drama working and display areas

science work and a weather station

She hopes for it to be completed within

the next year

She was the youngest person to be

accepted at RHS Wisley and studied at

the English Gardening School where

she achieved her Diploma in Garden

design She has been a Gold medal

winner at both Chelsea and Hampton

Court and writes a regular column for

the East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk

magazine

She has now set up her own School

of Garden Design at her beautiful

home in Rushbrooke in the depths of

breath-taking Suffolk countryside

Her garden has been featured in the

English Garden Magazine and

Country Homes and Interiors amp

Homes and Gardens It is a rare mix

of finely selected country garden

plants and features with more stately

plantings and then huge arty

sculptures and willow features

subtle colours and bright colours to

match the rooms from which the

garden is viewed

She gave us plenty to think about

her talk was entertaining and

inspirational

25 members attended It was the first

meeting taken by our new Chairman

Ed Szczepanowski who welcomed

everyone to this new Club Year with

an excellent Programme of Events to

look forward to We wish him well

leading our Club

The Flower competition was judged by

Lucy and was won by Claudine

Garrod 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Sue

Thomas We also have a new

Vegetable competition at each indoor

meeting and this was won by Hazel

Dunn 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Jane

Dalton The quality of entries was very

high Well done everyone who took

part

Our next Club meeting is on

WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER at

745pm in the Village Hall and should

prove a real crowd puller as it a very

interesting one to everyone By

GRAEME SIMM entitled HISTORY

BENEATH YOUR FEETlsquo

You are asked to bring along an

artefact you have found in your

garden

We know from others who have

booked this speaker that the evening

will prove to be a fascinating one and

could contain revelations about finds in

this and other areas so come along and

take part Everyone welcome

Free to members pound250 visitors

Refreshments and raffle

Donlsquot forget to enter our Flower and

Vegetable competitions

At the November meeting we will be

taking bookings for our Annual Dinner

in January on Sunday 12th Jan 1pm at

the Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant

in Attleborough Cost to be notified

We are a very active friendly club

always keen to increase our

membership and now is a great time to

join

If anyone would like a lift to meetings

please give me a call Jane Dalton

(Secretary) 01953 498694

Great Hockham Gardening Club news

Attleborough amp District Horticultural Society The November meeting of the society takes place on

Wednesday 17th November commencing at 730pm The

venue as usual is Attleborough Junior School and guests are

most welcome to come along The talk in November will be

―Ornamental Plants Grown for Their Scent

Mike Flood gave a very interesting talk on ―Heavy Horses

at the September meeting He has spent a lifetime caring for

working with and breeding these horses whilst working

fulltime in the agricultural supply industry and his talk was

full of anecdotes about these gentle giants We also came

away knowing how to tell apart Shires Percherons

Clydesdales and the Suffolk Punch

The Table Competition suffered from a lack of entries

However the prize for 3 stems of flowers went to Sally

Westrup and John Darlow took the award for 3 eating apples

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society November - it can get a little flat in the middle - short

gloomy days fireworks over and the garden is miserable

Come and cheer it up with a talk on Design amp Garden

History by Judith Srigley from Easton College

Venue Bradenham Village Hall Date Thursday 18th

November Time 730pm

As this is the start of our year you could join us and then

come to our Christmas Party in December full details on

18th November Further information from Marianne

Kilmartin Publicity Officer 01362 820744

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 13

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At the recent 1940lsquos weekend in

Sheringham and Holt with the North

Norfolk Railway Wayland Scouts help

marshal the vintage cars at Holt Station

For the newest Scout it was an extra special

event as he was invested into Scouts from

the Cub Section on the foot plate of the

George Stephenson Steam Engine

Jackson Cutts was supported by his fellow

Scouts bearing the Grouplsquos flags as he took

his promise He was then treated to a short

ride along the track

Visitors to the event looked on including

some former Scouts

who were proud to

see that youngsters

were still enjoying

all that Scouting has

to offer

Akela Jo Ashford

commented it was

wonderful to have

somewhere different

for the investiture we

would like to thank the

crew for their help and

support It was an

exciting addition to a fun packed weekendlsquo

Apart for this activity both Sections have

been really busy during meetings the Cubs

recently placed host to Shelby and Mustang

tow Giant African Land Snails These

amazing creatures didnlsquot mind being the

centre of attention while the Cubs

discovered all about them The snails had

even recently laid some eggs which was an

added bonus for the Cubs to investigate

As the darker evenings arrive activities move

inside so the Scouts have been working on a

number of activities including mini pioneering

to create model gateways ndash ideas for next

yearlsquos camps

They have also been sharing their hobbies and

skills with some fantastic examples of Airfix

model building and Meccano

If you are interested in getting involved in

Scouting in Watton please contact Paul Cutts

01953 884243 or email

waylandscoutsgmailcom

Jackson steams his way into Scouting

Jackson Cutts on the footplate after his investiture

The speaker for September was Denise

Hammond-Webb on The Birth of Banham

Zoo John Goymer was an agricultural

labourer in the 18thC The Goymer family

who opened the zoo were small farmers in

1854 but in 1890 when farms became

mechanised amp workers left for London they

went to work in the local bakeries In 1909 the

family opened a bakery in Bury St Edmunds

The family delivered the

bread by horse amp cart

During WW1 there was

a great demand for bread

for the Army barracks amp hospitals The

business expanded so that during WW2

bakeries were opened in Thetford as well as

Bury In 1952 after sliced bread was

introduced the head of the family sold his

shops He bought a farm amp also opened a farm

shop which was very successful In 1956 they

bought parrots amp with pheasants opened the

collection to the public in 1968 When a

colony of monkeys arrived in 1971 it became

Banham Zoo amp Woolly Monkey Sanctuary

The Zoo has the finest collection of monkeys

in Europe but many visitors come to see the

endangered snow leopards Banham Zoo has

links with zoos all over the world We are

fortunate to live so near to the zoo

The winner of the competition for an animal

ornament was 1) June Clark 2) Brenda

Spencer Next monthslsquo speaker is Charlotte

Philcox amp the competition is a picture of

Autumn leaves

Attleborough WI

Town Council support for credit union In addition to the grant from the Breckland District Council

Participatory Budget scheme earlier this year to support our

marketing campaign by paying for advertisements in parish

magazines and this paper plus the printing of many

explanatory leaflets for distribution in the community Watton

Town Council very generously gave Wayland Community

Bank the local branch of Norfolk Credit Union a grant of

pound200 to help our work in the community and which has

enabled us to purchase some equipment for outside events

This includes a free-standing banner and a portable table top

display With these we hope to reach out further into Wayland

to let more people become aware of the support we can offer

through our credit union savings and loans schemes

There is a marked rise in the number of households

approaching the illegal loan sharks legal doorstep and

internet lenders for loans Many of these charge very high

interest rates which can be seen on the

lenderscomparedcouk web site

Credit unions however have their loan rates capped by

legislation at a maximum of 2 per month - 268 APR

and Norfolk Credit Union offers unsecured loans at

between 1 to 2 per month - 1268 to 268 APR We

currently have substantial funds available for all sorts of

small loans from domestic appliances to helping people

untangle their debts with the high interest lenders

Support for our campaign by local authorities is very much

appreciated and anyone wishing to have a chat with our

volunteers about savings current account or loans or about

joining us as a volunteer working for the local community

can contact us at Wayland House on 01953 883915 or view

our website wwwwaylandbankorg

There is also a loan calculator which can be viewed at our

Head Office web site wwwnorfolkcucouk

Water Water Everywhere by Edith Pleasance It was mid-morning of just another day at the office I

had taken down my usual load of dictation and was busy

dealing with it when the managerlsquos buzzer sounded

twice ndash the signal for me to report to his office along the

corridor with my notepad All sorts of reasons for the

summons came to mind Mr Reece was a man of habit

and did not like his usual morning programme disrupted

once he had dealt with the daily mail

I knew he had an appointment to see one of our branch

managers so guessed it to be just a progress report

Several days previously I had driven my boss (acting as

chauffeuse was one of my duties) to the most outlying

branch of our area where he would make a general

review of management etc while I mingled with

members of the staff and made a general nuisance of

myself This was a very effective way of discerning any

undercurrent there may be

On our way back to Area Office I remarked on a new

member of staff who because of the beautiful blond hair

caught back in a ponytaillsquo I took to be a female clerk I

walked around the back of the counter only to find it was

indeed a young man around seventeen I knew my boss

had a dislike of long-hair on male members of staff in

fact I once chided him on getting upset about it whilst he

never bothered that the mini-skirts of the young females

were getting shorter by the day Humphlsquo was his

response

Entering his office notebook in hand I was surprised to

see the pony-tailed young man accompanied by his

branch manager Without preamble Mr Reece started

dictating

―I John Smith state that I broke into the premises of my

employers on Friday evening last and turned full-on the

stopcock in the basement then went to both cloakrooms

on the ground floor and turned on all the washbasin taps

My actions resulted in the offices being flooded causing

extensive damage to the premises and its contents

―Right Edith I want that typed in triplicate

immediately Apart from the boy being automatically

dismissed I never knew the outcome of this unusual

case But I couldnlsquot help wondering why

Edith Pleasance copy 260910

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 News

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01953 881 885

Attleborough High School led by Head

of Languages Mrs Connie Wind Avery

celebrated European Day of Languages

in style A range of activities for students

focussed on different languages and

cultures Staff joined in the spirit of the

event by dressing up in national costume

and European styled clothes

Head of Languages at Attleborough High School Connie Wind Avery (4th from right) and fellow teachers (left to right) Frances Billin Head of RS Mrs

Linda Trounce Silke Schardt Caroline Graham Rowena Tyrer Kay Southgate and Laura Stowe

Attleborough High School Celebrate the European Day of Languages in style

West Norfolk Aviation Society Chairman Rod Rumsby welcomed

guest speaker Julian Horn to the

October meeting who gave an

account including a film of the

WW2 adventures of Bill McGrath

In 1940 aged 20 Bill McGrath

was posted to 82Sqdn at RAF

Watton as an ObserverNavigator

On 13th July 1940 82Sqdn

attacked (the German held)

Aalborg airfield in Denmark with

12 Bristol Blenheimlsquos they

encountered heavy flak and ME

109s and all but one of the

aircraft were destroyed Billlsquos

pilot bombed the airfield but the

aircraft was hit and ditched in

water 100m from the shore but

with rocks only a meter below the

surface As a result Bill suffered

severe eye arm and leg injuries

20 aircrew were killed amp buried at

Vadum cemetery 10 aircrew plus

Billlsquos crew became POWlsquos Bill

eventually escaped from a POW

camp and made his way across

Europe to Barcelona then returned

to UK via Gibraltar He received

the Military Medal and continued

his service as an Air Traffic

Controller A fascinating story of

bravery

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd

November 730pm at Methwold

Social Club Speaker Martin

McClelland Three Years at RAF

Kemble New members amp guests

welcomed For more Information

Tel 01842 879210

Free NHS Health Check at Total Health Pharmacy Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease diabetes or

kidney disease or suffering a stroke These conditions can

often be prevented even if you have a history of them in

your family but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight smoke take little

exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol

NHS Health Checks are being offered by Total Health

Pharmacy in Watton to assess a personlsquos risk of developing

stroke diabetes heart or kidney disease later in life

The Health check is free to people between the ages of 40

and 74 who are not already being treated for these

conditions An initial assessment will determine if you are

eligible for the free health check The health check will take

approximately 30 minutes during which various health

details will be recorded your blood pressure will be taken

as well as a simple blood test to check your cholesterol

The results of the check will determine a risk factor for the

likelihood of you developing the mentioned conditions later

in life and you will be given advice on how to lower your

risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Pharmacist Geoff Ray said ―NHS Health checks encourage

people to be aware of their potential risk factor to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting until it is too

late

The Health Check is available from Total Health Pharmacy

by calling 01953 881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14

Gregor Shanks Way Watton opposite the Watton Medical

Practice

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

FINE BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD

BOOKS JC amp Applestore Gallery

TelephoneFax 01953 883488 55 High Street Watton

For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

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We can help you if you

ring Julian 01953 881885

Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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Free Quotations amp

Full Planning Service

Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

Written estimates always provided Memorials supplied

Personal supervision Pre-Paid Funeral Plans available

Arrangements may be discussed in the privacy of your own home

Tel (01760) 440269 (24 hrs) Established over 60 years

FUNERAL DIRECTORS SERVING WATTON amp DISTRICT

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All views expressed in the Mid-Norfolk Times are those of the contributors and

not the publishers While every care and effort has been taken to ensure accuracy

the publisher cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions

This issue of the Mid-Norfolk Times was published by Julian Horn 32 High Street Watton IP25 6AE

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EVENTS DIARY If you would like to see your event included in this section then

please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

CCC = Watton Christian Community Centre Wells CCC = Wells Cole Community Centre Saham

November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Gardening Mid-Norfolk Times Page 12

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Relationship difficulties Bereavement Stress

BullyingAbuse Addictions Depression

SANCTUARY COUNSELLING SERVICE WATTON

Itrsquos good to talk Counselling can help if yoursquore struggling to cope with

Sanctuary offers a confidential low-cost counselling service with

professionally trained counsellors who work on a short-term or long-term basis Call us on 01953 880922 to arrange an appointment

Appointments are available 6 ndash 9pm Tuesdays and 930am ndash 1pm Wednesdays Sanctuary Counselling Service is part of River Ministries (Norfolk) registered charity number 1054419

Remember remember the fifth of

November etc etc I make no apology

for repeating last yearlsquos plea for

everyone private or public planning a

bonfire to celebrate Guy Fawkes to

move the whole thing a few hours

before lighting it This will prevent

roasting hedgehogs or any other

animals that think it a good place to

shelter or hibernate

Some people say November is the start

of the gardening year It comes as a

surprise to those of us who traditionally

leave the whole thing until Easter

However as long as the soil is

workable this is the best month for

planting bare-root shrubs The one that

springs to mind is the rose Inevitably if

ordered by mail these will arrive as a

few sticks in a polythene bag with

finger-ripping staples to close it inside a

paper bag The instructions will be

inside the polythene bag and wet

because the roots will have been

doused by the supplier Oh and theylsquoll

arrive on the day the monsoon starts

Still the instructions will cheerfully

inform you that if the weather is

inclement all you need to do is keep

the whole bag in a cool dark place with

the roots moist The trick is not to put

them where theylsquoll be forgotten Been

there done that Once the weather is

reasonable plant the shrub The late

Arthur Billett of Clacklsquos Farm and

Gardenerslsquo Question Time gave out the

succinct instruction ―If youlsquove paid

76d for a plant dig a 76d hole to put it

in This was repeated by my father and

also Geoffrey Smith Itlsquos a good way to

remember to dig the hole deep enough

and wide enough to accommodate the

roots and put the graft point of the rose

about 2 below the finished level Also

put a generous amount of compost or

well-rotted manure in the bottom Use a

stick across the top of the hole to

estimate the depth and backfill well

using a bit more compost mixed with

the soil removed from the planting

hole Donlsquot be afraid to use your boot

close to the plant to pack the soil in to

remove air pockets - you donlsquot want its

little feeding roots waving about under

there The soil should still be warm

enough to divide and move perennials

but I heard recently that as our

Breckland soil is very sandy in the

main it is able to allow frost to

penetrate deeper than heavier ones that

keep the cold at the surface so thatlsquos

something to be aware of

Despite the gloom there is plenty of

colour to be had at this time of year

Winter-flowering heathers will keep

going even in cold weather and they

donlsquot mind windy locations They can

be planted close together for colourful

ground cover and are very effective in

containers specially if they can have

company such as hardy cyclamen Both

plants come in a variety of pinks

mauves purples and white Viburnums

are good at this time of year as well -

good old Bodnantense Dawnlsquo is very

popular when the flowers appear from

November until March on bare

branches You can cut some for vases

when the scent will fill the room Donlsquot

ignore plants that berry - holly of

course varieties of viburnum can

produce berries in red or black

Skimmias are in full berry now and will

flower in spring but most are unisex so

it takes two of them Both can be

planted in the same hole or container

Some berried shrubs are evergreen

Other container or border plants at their

best are ornamental cabbages in green

and pink and pansies in all sorts of

colours The michaelmas daisies and

autumn crocuscolchicums may still be

in flower There are trees for winter

interest as well The acers grown for

bark will show up nicely now the

leaves are down and the winter-

flowering cherry Prunus x subhirtella

Autumnalislsquo bears its small double

flowers on bare branches This one is a

very pale off-white but there are pinker

ones such as Autumnalis Rosealsquo and

therelsquos even a weeping version That

should stop the traffic Most of the

plants mentioned will grow in

reasonably well-drained soil in sunny

positions But on the whole theylsquore

pretty easy going as regards conditions

While youlsquore planting your bare-root

deciduous shrubs or trees make sure

they are staked if necessary A good

supplier will provide good instructions

If necessary water but not if itlsquos

freezing It might be worth putting

some bulbs around while youlsquore at it as

now is the time for tulip and lily bulbs

(and any others you forgot earlier)

Keep the digging going when the

ground is not soggy or frosted and

mulch If the ground has been dug over

while harvesting veg or tidying borders

just add a nice layer of compost or well

-rotted or leaf mould and let the worms

do the work This is a good time to

evict any pests - snails under pots

rodents in sheds - all need to be dealt

with Pick your option regarding the

snails but remember the lady who won

the amateur scientist of the year prize

by establishing that snails need to be

more than 30 metres100 feet away to

prevent their coming back so donlsquot just

throw them over the fence into next

doorlsquos garden

Take photos when itlsquos reasonably

comfortable outdoors so you can

incorporate something for next winter

in your plans When the weatherlsquos

really bad and youlsquove done all the tasks

just settle down with a glass of

something nice and start the planning

process for next year

Donlsquot forget the weeds will still keep

growing whatever the weather

In your garden with Lotta Potts

On WEDNESDAY 13th OCTOBER

we had a fantastic speaker of

gardening distinction Lucy Redman

A superb plantswoman who told of her

beginnings in gardening at early school

age with her mother and at her great

school garden at Hadleigh High now

sadly derelict She is now so passionate

about children being able to garden

that she along with 75 children at her

old school are redesigning those very

gardens the work includes art amp craft

plus drama working and display areas

science work and a weather station

She hopes for it to be completed within

the next year

She was the youngest person to be

accepted at RHS Wisley and studied at

the English Gardening School where

she achieved her Diploma in Garden

design She has been a Gold medal

winner at both Chelsea and Hampton

Court and writes a regular column for

the East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk

magazine

She has now set up her own School

of Garden Design at her beautiful

home in Rushbrooke in the depths of

breath-taking Suffolk countryside

Her garden has been featured in the

English Garden Magazine and

Country Homes and Interiors amp

Homes and Gardens It is a rare mix

of finely selected country garden

plants and features with more stately

plantings and then huge arty

sculptures and willow features

subtle colours and bright colours to

match the rooms from which the

garden is viewed

She gave us plenty to think about

her talk was entertaining and

inspirational

25 members attended It was the first

meeting taken by our new Chairman

Ed Szczepanowski who welcomed

everyone to this new Club Year with

an excellent Programme of Events to

look forward to We wish him well

leading our Club

The Flower competition was judged by

Lucy and was won by Claudine

Garrod 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Sue

Thomas We also have a new

Vegetable competition at each indoor

meeting and this was won by Hazel

Dunn 2nd Lois Gill and 3rd Jane

Dalton The quality of entries was very

high Well done everyone who took

part

Our next Club meeting is on

WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER at

745pm in the Village Hall and should

prove a real crowd puller as it a very

interesting one to everyone By

GRAEME SIMM entitled HISTORY

BENEATH YOUR FEETlsquo

You are asked to bring along an

artefact you have found in your

garden

We know from others who have

booked this speaker that the evening

will prove to be a fascinating one and

could contain revelations about finds in

this and other areas so come along and

take part Everyone welcome

Free to members pound250 visitors

Refreshments and raffle

Donlsquot forget to enter our Flower and

Vegetable competitions

At the November meeting we will be

taking bookings for our Annual Dinner

in January on Sunday 12th Jan 1pm at

the Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant

in Attleborough Cost to be notified

We are a very active friendly club

always keen to increase our

membership and now is a great time to

join

If anyone would like a lift to meetings

please give me a call Jane Dalton

(Secretary) 01953 498694

Great Hockham Gardening Club news

Attleborough amp District Horticultural Society The November meeting of the society takes place on

Wednesday 17th November commencing at 730pm The

venue as usual is Attleborough Junior School and guests are

most welcome to come along The talk in November will be

―Ornamental Plants Grown for Their Scent

Mike Flood gave a very interesting talk on ―Heavy Horses

at the September meeting He has spent a lifetime caring for

working with and breeding these horses whilst working

fulltime in the agricultural supply industry and his talk was

full of anecdotes about these gentle giants We also came

away knowing how to tell apart Shires Percherons

Clydesdales and the Suffolk Punch

The Table Competition suffered from a lack of entries

However the prize for 3 stems of flowers went to Sally

Westrup and John Darlow took the award for 3 eating apples

Bradenham amp District Horticultural Society November - it can get a little flat in the middle - short

gloomy days fireworks over and the garden is miserable

Come and cheer it up with a talk on Design amp Garden

History by Judith Srigley from Easton College

Venue Bradenham Village Hall Date Thursday 18th

November Time 730pm

As this is the start of our year you could join us and then

come to our Christmas Party in December full details on

18th November Further information from Marianne

Kilmartin Publicity Officer 01362 820744

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 13

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At the recent 1940lsquos weekend in

Sheringham and Holt with the North

Norfolk Railway Wayland Scouts help

marshal the vintage cars at Holt Station

For the newest Scout it was an extra special

event as he was invested into Scouts from

the Cub Section on the foot plate of the

George Stephenson Steam Engine

Jackson Cutts was supported by his fellow

Scouts bearing the Grouplsquos flags as he took

his promise He was then treated to a short

ride along the track

Visitors to the event looked on including

some former Scouts

who were proud to

see that youngsters

were still enjoying

all that Scouting has

to offer

Akela Jo Ashford

commented it was

wonderful to have

somewhere different

for the investiture we

would like to thank the

crew for their help and

support It was an

exciting addition to a fun packed weekendlsquo

Apart for this activity both Sections have

been really busy during meetings the Cubs

recently placed host to Shelby and Mustang

tow Giant African Land Snails These

amazing creatures didnlsquot mind being the

centre of attention while the Cubs

discovered all about them The snails had

even recently laid some eggs which was an

added bonus for the Cubs to investigate

As the darker evenings arrive activities move

inside so the Scouts have been working on a

number of activities including mini pioneering

to create model gateways ndash ideas for next

yearlsquos camps

They have also been sharing their hobbies and

skills with some fantastic examples of Airfix

model building and Meccano

If you are interested in getting involved in

Scouting in Watton please contact Paul Cutts

01953 884243 or email

waylandscoutsgmailcom

Jackson steams his way into Scouting

Jackson Cutts on the footplate after his investiture

The speaker for September was Denise

Hammond-Webb on The Birth of Banham

Zoo John Goymer was an agricultural

labourer in the 18thC The Goymer family

who opened the zoo were small farmers in

1854 but in 1890 when farms became

mechanised amp workers left for London they

went to work in the local bakeries In 1909 the

family opened a bakery in Bury St Edmunds

The family delivered the

bread by horse amp cart

During WW1 there was

a great demand for bread

for the Army barracks amp hospitals The

business expanded so that during WW2

bakeries were opened in Thetford as well as

Bury In 1952 after sliced bread was

introduced the head of the family sold his

shops He bought a farm amp also opened a farm

shop which was very successful In 1956 they

bought parrots amp with pheasants opened the

collection to the public in 1968 When a

colony of monkeys arrived in 1971 it became

Banham Zoo amp Woolly Monkey Sanctuary

The Zoo has the finest collection of monkeys

in Europe but many visitors come to see the

endangered snow leopards Banham Zoo has

links with zoos all over the world We are

fortunate to live so near to the zoo

The winner of the competition for an animal

ornament was 1) June Clark 2) Brenda

Spencer Next monthslsquo speaker is Charlotte

Philcox amp the competition is a picture of

Autumn leaves

Attleborough WI

Town Council support for credit union In addition to the grant from the Breckland District Council

Participatory Budget scheme earlier this year to support our

marketing campaign by paying for advertisements in parish

magazines and this paper plus the printing of many

explanatory leaflets for distribution in the community Watton

Town Council very generously gave Wayland Community

Bank the local branch of Norfolk Credit Union a grant of

pound200 to help our work in the community and which has

enabled us to purchase some equipment for outside events

This includes a free-standing banner and a portable table top

display With these we hope to reach out further into Wayland

to let more people become aware of the support we can offer

through our credit union savings and loans schemes

There is a marked rise in the number of households

approaching the illegal loan sharks legal doorstep and

internet lenders for loans Many of these charge very high

interest rates which can be seen on the

lenderscomparedcouk web site

Credit unions however have their loan rates capped by

legislation at a maximum of 2 per month - 268 APR

and Norfolk Credit Union offers unsecured loans at

between 1 to 2 per month - 1268 to 268 APR We

currently have substantial funds available for all sorts of

small loans from domestic appliances to helping people

untangle their debts with the high interest lenders

Support for our campaign by local authorities is very much

appreciated and anyone wishing to have a chat with our

volunteers about savings current account or loans or about

joining us as a volunteer working for the local community

can contact us at Wayland House on 01953 883915 or view

our website wwwwaylandbankorg

There is also a loan calculator which can be viewed at our

Head Office web site wwwnorfolkcucouk

Water Water Everywhere by Edith Pleasance It was mid-morning of just another day at the office I

had taken down my usual load of dictation and was busy

dealing with it when the managerlsquos buzzer sounded

twice ndash the signal for me to report to his office along the

corridor with my notepad All sorts of reasons for the

summons came to mind Mr Reece was a man of habit

and did not like his usual morning programme disrupted

once he had dealt with the daily mail

I knew he had an appointment to see one of our branch

managers so guessed it to be just a progress report

Several days previously I had driven my boss (acting as

chauffeuse was one of my duties) to the most outlying

branch of our area where he would make a general

review of management etc while I mingled with

members of the staff and made a general nuisance of

myself This was a very effective way of discerning any

undercurrent there may be

On our way back to Area Office I remarked on a new

member of staff who because of the beautiful blond hair

caught back in a ponytaillsquo I took to be a female clerk I

walked around the back of the counter only to find it was

indeed a young man around seventeen I knew my boss

had a dislike of long-hair on male members of staff in

fact I once chided him on getting upset about it whilst he

never bothered that the mini-skirts of the young females

were getting shorter by the day Humphlsquo was his

response

Entering his office notebook in hand I was surprised to

see the pony-tailed young man accompanied by his

branch manager Without preamble Mr Reece started

dictating

―I John Smith state that I broke into the premises of my

employers on Friday evening last and turned full-on the

stopcock in the basement then went to both cloakrooms

on the ground floor and turned on all the washbasin taps

My actions resulted in the offices being flooded causing

extensive damage to the premises and its contents

―Right Edith I want that typed in triplicate

immediately Apart from the boy being automatically

dismissed I never knew the outcome of this unusual

case But I couldnlsquot help wondering why

Edith Pleasance copy 260910

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 News

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Attleborough High School led by Head

of Languages Mrs Connie Wind Avery

celebrated European Day of Languages

in style A range of activities for students

focussed on different languages and

cultures Staff joined in the spirit of the

event by dressing up in national costume

and European styled clothes

Head of Languages at Attleborough High School Connie Wind Avery (4th from right) and fellow teachers (left to right) Frances Billin Head of RS Mrs

Linda Trounce Silke Schardt Caroline Graham Rowena Tyrer Kay Southgate and Laura Stowe

Attleborough High School Celebrate the European Day of Languages in style

West Norfolk Aviation Society Chairman Rod Rumsby welcomed

guest speaker Julian Horn to the

October meeting who gave an

account including a film of the

WW2 adventures of Bill McGrath

In 1940 aged 20 Bill McGrath

was posted to 82Sqdn at RAF

Watton as an ObserverNavigator

On 13th July 1940 82Sqdn

attacked (the German held)

Aalborg airfield in Denmark with

12 Bristol Blenheimlsquos they

encountered heavy flak and ME

109s and all but one of the

aircraft were destroyed Billlsquos

pilot bombed the airfield but the

aircraft was hit and ditched in

water 100m from the shore but

with rocks only a meter below the

surface As a result Bill suffered

severe eye arm and leg injuries

20 aircrew were killed amp buried at

Vadum cemetery 10 aircrew plus

Billlsquos crew became POWlsquos Bill

eventually escaped from a POW

camp and made his way across

Europe to Barcelona then returned

to UK via Gibraltar He received

the Military Medal and continued

his service as an Air Traffic

Controller A fascinating story of

bravery

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd

November 730pm at Methwold

Social Club Speaker Martin

McClelland Three Years at RAF

Kemble New members amp guests

welcomed For more Information

Tel 01842 879210

Free NHS Health Check at Total Health Pharmacy Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease diabetes or

kidney disease or suffering a stroke These conditions can

often be prevented even if you have a history of them in

your family but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight smoke take little

exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol

NHS Health Checks are being offered by Total Health

Pharmacy in Watton to assess a personlsquos risk of developing

stroke diabetes heart or kidney disease later in life

The Health check is free to people between the ages of 40

and 74 who are not already being treated for these

conditions An initial assessment will determine if you are

eligible for the free health check The health check will take

approximately 30 minutes during which various health

details will be recorded your blood pressure will be taken

as well as a simple blood test to check your cholesterol

The results of the check will determine a risk factor for the

likelihood of you developing the mentioned conditions later

in life and you will be given advice on how to lower your

risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Pharmacist Geoff Ray said ―NHS Health checks encourage

people to be aware of their potential risk factor to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting until it is too

late

The Health Check is available from Total Health Pharmacy

by calling 01953 881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14

Gregor Shanks Way Watton opposite the Watton Medical

Practice

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

FINE BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD

BOOKS JC amp Applestore Gallery

TelephoneFax 01953 883488 55 High Street Watton

For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

TecH-help Bamboozled by Technology

Have you brought or are you thinking of buying a new piece of technology such as a Computer Digital Television or DVD recorder Not sure if you can cope with getting it all working properly

We Can Help Whatever your problem with technology we can help you overcome it Whether you need to tune in that nice new television hook up that shiny DVD recorder need help understanding that instruction book that is written for people with an electronics degree (or a 7 year old)

We can help you if you

ring Julian 01953 881885

Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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01953 881243

Unit 2 Coughtrey Industrial Estate

Church Road Griston IP25 6QB

Fitted Kitchens

Bathrooms

Internal Doors

wwwcoughterybdkcouk

Free Quotations amp

Full Planning Service

Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

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with each item If you do not the item will NOT be published

You can contact Julian by ringing (01953) 858908 You can write to 32 High

Street Watton IP25 6AE Or you can leave copy in the bin at

Adcocks 32 High Street Watton

The e-mail address is julianmidnorfolktimescom

All views expressed in the Mid-Norfolk Times are those of the contributors and

not the publishers While every care and effort has been taken to ensure accuracy

the publisher cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions

This issue of the Mid-Norfolk Times was published by Julian Horn 32 High Street Watton IP25 6AE

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EVENTS DIARY If you would like to see your event included in this section then

please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

CCC = Watton Christian Community Centre Wells CCC = Wells Cole Community Centre Saham

November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 13

cv

James Ball SHOWROOM 49 High Street Watton

01953

883288

Very Competitive Prices

Most Makes of carpets

amp Vinyl Supplied and Fitted

Massage Treatments

Swedish Massage and Hot Stone Massage

Appointments available at

BROOM HALL Country Hotel

Saham Toney Your Local Three Star Hotel

Telephone 01953 882125 wwwbroomhallhotelcouk

At the recent 1940lsquos weekend in

Sheringham and Holt with the North

Norfolk Railway Wayland Scouts help

marshal the vintage cars at Holt Station

For the newest Scout it was an extra special

event as he was invested into Scouts from

the Cub Section on the foot plate of the

George Stephenson Steam Engine

Jackson Cutts was supported by his fellow

Scouts bearing the Grouplsquos flags as he took

his promise He was then treated to a short

ride along the track

Visitors to the event looked on including

some former Scouts

who were proud to

see that youngsters

were still enjoying

all that Scouting has

to offer

Akela Jo Ashford

commented it was

wonderful to have

somewhere different

for the investiture we

would like to thank the

crew for their help and

support It was an

exciting addition to a fun packed weekendlsquo

Apart for this activity both Sections have

been really busy during meetings the Cubs

recently placed host to Shelby and Mustang

tow Giant African Land Snails These

amazing creatures didnlsquot mind being the

centre of attention while the Cubs

discovered all about them The snails had

even recently laid some eggs which was an

added bonus for the Cubs to investigate

As the darker evenings arrive activities move

inside so the Scouts have been working on a

number of activities including mini pioneering

to create model gateways ndash ideas for next

yearlsquos camps

They have also been sharing their hobbies and

skills with some fantastic examples of Airfix

model building and Meccano

If you are interested in getting involved in

Scouting in Watton please contact Paul Cutts

01953 884243 or email

waylandscoutsgmailcom

Jackson steams his way into Scouting

Jackson Cutts on the footplate after his investiture

The speaker for September was Denise

Hammond-Webb on The Birth of Banham

Zoo John Goymer was an agricultural

labourer in the 18thC The Goymer family

who opened the zoo were small farmers in

1854 but in 1890 when farms became

mechanised amp workers left for London they

went to work in the local bakeries In 1909 the

family opened a bakery in Bury St Edmunds

The family delivered the

bread by horse amp cart

During WW1 there was

a great demand for bread

for the Army barracks amp hospitals The

business expanded so that during WW2

bakeries were opened in Thetford as well as

Bury In 1952 after sliced bread was

introduced the head of the family sold his

shops He bought a farm amp also opened a farm

shop which was very successful In 1956 they

bought parrots amp with pheasants opened the

collection to the public in 1968 When a

colony of monkeys arrived in 1971 it became

Banham Zoo amp Woolly Monkey Sanctuary

The Zoo has the finest collection of monkeys

in Europe but many visitors come to see the

endangered snow leopards Banham Zoo has

links with zoos all over the world We are

fortunate to live so near to the zoo

The winner of the competition for an animal

ornament was 1) June Clark 2) Brenda

Spencer Next monthslsquo speaker is Charlotte

Philcox amp the competition is a picture of

Autumn leaves

Attleborough WI

Town Council support for credit union In addition to the grant from the Breckland District Council

Participatory Budget scheme earlier this year to support our

marketing campaign by paying for advertisements in parish

magazines and this paper plus the printing of many

explanatory leaflets for distribution in the community Watton

Town Council very generously gave Wayland Community

Bank the local branch of Norfolk Credit Union a grant of

pound200 to help our work in the community and which has

enabled us to purchase some equipment for outside events

This includes a free-standing banner and a portable table top

display With these we hope to reach out further into Wayland

to let more people become aware of the support we can offer

through our credit union savings and loans schemes

There is a marked rise in the number of households

approaching the illegal loan sharks legal doorstep and

internet lenders for loans Many of these charge very high

interest rates which can be seen on the

lenderscomparedcouk web site

Credit unions however have their loan rates capped by

legislation at a maximum of 2 per month - 268 APR

and Norfolk Credit Union offers unsecured loans at

between 1 to 2 per month - 1268 to 268 APR We

currently have substantial funds available for all sorts of

small loans from domestic appliances to helping people

untangle their debts with the high interest lenders

Support for our campaign by local authorities is very much

appreciated and anyone wishing to have a chat with our

volunteers about savings current account or loans or about

joining us as a volunteer working for the local community

can contact us at Wayland House on 01953 883915 or view

our website wwwwaylandbankorg

There is also a loan calculator which can be viewed at our

Head Office web site wwwnorfolkcucouk

Water Water Everywhere by Edith Pleasance It was mid-morning of just another day at the office I

had taken down my usual load of dictation and was busy

dealing with it when the managerlsquos buzzer sounded

twice ndash the signal for me to report to his office along the

corridor with my notepad All sorts of reasons for the

summons came to mind Mr Reece was a man of habit

and did not like his usual morning programme disrupted

once he had dealt with the daily mail

I knew he had an appointment to see one of our branch

managers so guessed it to be just a progress report

Several days previously I had driven my boss (acting as

chauffeuse was one of my duties) to the most outlying

branch of our area where he would make a general

review of management etc while I mingled with

members of the staff and made a general nuisance of

myself This was a very effective way of discerning any

undercurrent there may be

On our way back to Area Office I remarked on a new

member of staff who because of the beautiful blond hair

caught back in a ponytaillsquo I took to be a female clerk I

walked around the back of the counter only to find it was

indeed a young man around seventeen I knew my boss

had a dislike of long-hair on male members of staff in

fact I once chided him on getting upset about it whilst he

never bothered that the mini-skirts of the young females

were getting shorter by the day Humphlsquo was his

response

Entering his office notebook in hand I was surprised to

see the pony-tailed young man accompanied by his

branch manager Without preamble Mr Reece started

dictating

―I John Smith state that I broke into the premises of my

employers on Friday evening last and turned full-on the

stopcock in the basement then went to both cloakrooms

on the ground floor and turned on all the washbasin taps

My actions resulted in the offices being flooded causing

extensive damage to the premises and its contents

―Right Edith I want that typed in triplicate

immediately Apart from the boy being automatically

dismissed I never knew the outcome of this unusual

case But I couldnlsquot help wondering why

Edith Pleasance copy 260910

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 News

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Ring Lesley Horn For 1 to 1 beginnerrsquos support in your own home

Friendly patient and knowledgeable help with using your computer to find things on the Internet email your family amp

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01953 881 885

Attleborough High School led by Head

of Languages Mrs Connie Wind Avery

celebrated European Day of Languages

in style A range of activities for students

focussed on different languages and

cultures Staff joined in the spirit of the

event by dressing up in national costume

and European styled clothes

Head of Languages at Attleborough High School Connie Wind Avery (4th from right) and fellow teachers (left to right) Frances Billin Head of RS Mrs

Linda Trounce Silke Schardt Caroline Graham Rowena Tyrer Kay Southgate and Laura Stowe

Attleborough High School Celebrate the European Day of Languages in style

West Norfolk Aviation Society Chairman Rod Rumsby welcomed

guest speaker Julian Horn to the

October meeting who gave an

account including a film of the

WW2 adventures of Bill McGrath

In 1940 aged 20 Bill McGrath

was posted to 82Sqdn at RAF

Watton as an ObserverNavigator

On 13th July 1940 82Sqdn

attacked (the German held)

Aalborg airfield in Denmark with

12 Bristol Blenheimlsquos they

encountered heavy flak and ME

109s and all but one of the

aircraft were destroyed Billlsquos

pilot bombed the airfield but the

aircraft was hit and ditched in

water 100m from the shore but

with rocks only a meter below the

surface As a result Bill suffered

severe eye arm and leg injuries

20 aircrew were killed amp buried at

Vadum cemetery 10 aircrew plus

Billlsquos crew became POWlsquos Bill

eventually escaped from a POW

camp and made his way across

Europe to Barcelona then returned

to UK via Gibraltar He received

the Military Medal and continued

his service as an Air Traffic

Controller A fascinating story of

bravery

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd

November 730pm at Methwold

Social Club Speaker Martin

McClelland Three Years at RAF

Kemble New members amp guests

welcomed For more Information

Tel 01842 879210

Free NHS Health Check at Total Health Pharmacy Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease diabetes or

kidney disease or suffering a stroke These conditions can

often be prevented even if you have a history of them in

your family but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight smoke take little

exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol

NHS Health Checks are being offered by Total Health

Pharmacy in Watton to assess a personlsquos risk of developing

stroke diabetes heart or kidney disease later in life

The Health check is free to people between the ages of 40

and 74 who are not already being treated for these

conditions An initial assessment will determine if you are

eligible for the free health check The health check will take

approximately 30 minutes during which various health

details will be recorded your blood pressure will be taken

as well as a simple blood test to check your cholesterol

The results of the check will determine a risk factor for the

likelihood of you developing the mentioned conditions later

in life and you will be given advice on how to lower your

risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Pharmacist Geoff Ray said ―NHS Health checks encourage

people to be aware of their potential risk factor to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting until it is too

late

The Health Check is available from Total Health Pharmacy

by calling 01953 881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14

Gregor Shanks Way Watton opposite the Watton Medical

Practice

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

FINE BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD

BOOKS JC amp Applestore Gallery

TelephoneFax 01953 883488 55 High Street Watton

For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

TecH-help Bamboozled by Technology

Have you brought or are you thinking of buying a new piece of technology such as a Computer Digital Television or DVD recorder Not sure if you can cope with getting it all working properly

We Can Help Whatever your problem with technology we can help you overcome it Whether you need to tune in that nice new television hook up that shiny DVD recorder need help understanding that instruction book that is written for people with an electronics degree (or a 7 year old)

We can help you if you

ring Julian 01953 881885

Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

Written estimates always provided Memorials supplied

Personal supervision Pre-Paid Funeral Plans available

Arrangements may be discussed in the privacy of your own home

Tel (01760) 440269 (24 hrs) Established over 60 years

FUNERAL DIRECTORS SERVING WATTON amp DISTRICT

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offering a caring traditional amp affordable service‟

MID-NORFOLK TIMES The deadline for the December issue will be

12 Noon on the 16th November Page space is allocated strictly on a first come first served basis Deadline is the latest

date and time that copy will be considered for inclusion Arrival of copy before

deadline does not guarantee inclusion if you wish to be certain your entry gets to print

then please make sure it arrives in plenty of time

If you are submitting on paper you MUST sign and include your contact details

with each item If you do not the item will NOT be published

You can contact Julian by ringing (01953) 858908 You can write to 32 High

Street Watton IP25 6AE Or you can leave copy in the bin at

Adcocks 32 High Street Watton

The e-mail address is julianmidnorfolktimescom

All views expressed in the Mid-Norfolk Times are those of the contributors and

not the publishers While every care and effort has been taken to ensure accuracy

the publisher cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions

This issue of the Mid-Norfolk Times was published by Julian Horn 32 High Street Watton IP25 6AE

and printed through wwwquotemeprintcom 0845 1300 667

EVENTS DIARY If you would like to see your event included in this section then

please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

CCC = Watton Christian Community Centre Wells CCC = Wells Cole Community Centre Saham

November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 14 News

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Ring Lesley Horn For 1 to 1 beginnerrsquos support in your own home

Friendly patient and knowledgeable help with using your computer to find things on the Internet email your family amp

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01953 881 885

Attleborough High School led by Head

of Languages Mrs Connie Wind Avery

celebrated European Day of Languages

in style A range of activities for students

focussed on different languages and

cultures Staff joined in the spirit of the

event by dressing up in national costume

and European styled clothes

Head of Languages at Attleborough High School Connie Wind Avery (4th from right) and fellow teachers (left to right) Frances Billin Head of RS Mrs

Linda Trounce Silke Schardt Caroline Graham Rowena Tyrer Kay Southgate and Laura Stowe

Attleborough High School Celebrate the European Day of Languages in style

West Norfolk Aviation Society Chairman Rod Rumsby welcomed

guest speaker Julian Horn to the

October meeting who gave an

account including a film of the

WW2 adventures of Bill McGrath

In 1940 aged 20 Bill McGrath

was posted to 82Sqdn at RAF

Watton as an ObserverNavigator

On 13th July 1940 82Sqdn

attacked (the German held)

Aalborg airfield in Denmark with

12 Bristol Blenheimlsquos they

encountered heavy flak and ME

109s and all but one of the

aircraft were destroyed Billlsquos

pilot bombed the airfield but the

aircraft was hit and ditched in

water 100m from the shore but

with rocks only a meter below the

surface As a result Bill suffered

severe eye arm and leg injuries

20 aircrew were killed amp buried at

Vadum cemetery 10 aircrew plus

Billlsquos crew became POWlsquos Bill

eventually escaped from a POW

camp and made his way across

Europe to Barcelona then returned

to UK via Gibraltar He received

the Military Medal and continued

his service as an Air Traffic

Controller A fascinating story of

bravery

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd

November 730pm at Methwold

Social Club Speaker Martin

McClelland Three Years at RAF

Kemble New members amp guests

welcomed For more Information

Tel 01842 879210

Free NHS Health Check at Total Health Pharmacy Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease diabetes or

kidney disease or suffering a stroke These conditions can

often be prevented even if you have a history of them in

your family but you can also be at increased risk of

developing them if you are overweight smoke take little

exercise or have high blood pressure or cholesterol

NHS Health Checks are being offered by Total Health

Pharmacy in Watton to assess a personlsquos risk of developing

stroke diabetes heart or kidney disease later in life

The Health check is free to people between the ages of 40

and 74 who are not already being treated for these

conditions An initial assessment will determine if you are

eligible for the free health check The health check will take

approximately 30 minutes during which various health

details will be recorded your blood pressure will be taken

as well as a simple blood test to check your cholesterol

The results of the check will determine a risk factor for the

likelihood of you developing the mentioned conditions later

in life and you will be given advice on how to lower your

risk and maintain a healthy lifestyle

Pharmacist Geoff Ray said ―NHS Health checks encourage

people to be aware of their potential risk factor to allow

them to take action now rather than waiting until it is too

late

The Health Check is available from Total Health Pharmacy

by calling 01953 881157 or visiting the pharmacy at 14

Gregor Shanks Way Watton opposite the Watton Medical

Practice

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

FINE BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD

BOOKS JC amp Applestore Gallery

TelephoneFax 01953 883488 55 High Street Watton

For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

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ring Julian 01953 881885

Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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A Celebration of Christmas at

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Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

Written estimates always provided Memorials supplied

Personal supervision Pre-Paid Funeral Plans available

Arrangements may be discussed in the privacy of your own home

Tel (01760) 440269 (24 hrs) Established over 60 years

FUNERAL DIRECTORS SERVING WATTON amp DISTRICT

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All views expressed in the Mid-Norfolk Times are those of the contributors and

not the publishers While every care and effort has been taken to ensure accuracy

the publisher cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions

This issue of the Mid-Norfolk Times was published by Julian Horn 32 High Street Watton IP25 6AE

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EVENTS DIARY If you would like to see your event included in this section then

please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

CCC = Watton Christian Community Centre Wells CCC = Wells Cole Community Centre Saham

November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 15

FINE BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD

BOOKS JC amp Applestore Gallery

TelephoneFax 01953 883488 55 High Street Watton

For quality out of print books Fine Bindings and Collectable Editions New Books including local and childrenrsquos classics

Visit the Applestore Gallery on the first floor exhibiting the Paintings of Kevin Robinson and his complete range of East Anglian prints including Watton and Wymondham

Seventy-seven year old Coralita Martin

will be signing her dream in ink when

she appears at Wattonlsquos J C Books on

Saturday November 6 to help launch

her epic biography The first black

teacher in Thetford and Watton will

make a guest appearance at the shoplsquos

Applestore Gallery at 55 High Street

between 11am ndash 12 noon to sign

copies of her book Courage to Dream

ndash the impossible becomes reality (Last

Word Publications)

Poverty abuse and prejudice have

failed to topple this courageous woman

of faith who has gone from the slums

of Antigua to the suburbs of London

and the wilds of Norfolk to pursue the

doorways of destiny and open the

annals of learning for thousands of

youngsters for 50 years

Coralita has fought injustice silenced

misery and out lasted fear during

eviction near-death a violent marriage

and forced departure to the East End of

London where she faced racism and

hardship Her healing has come as she

has let go of the past and found the

grace to forgive It has included

forgiveness for the man she was

pressured to marry who tore at her soul

for 25 years and tried to kill her twice

―Faith hope and love have been

important but the most important has

been love for others says Coralita

who was rejected by her mother in

Antigua when she was just ten days

old

She lived with her godmother in a tiny two-

bedroom house with a tin roof by the beach

that had no kitchen bathroom or electricity

―We cooked and washed outside using a

standpipe to rinse away the daily grime and

sweat says Coralita who lives in Thetford

At six her mother insisted on her return to

the family home to join her two sisters She

wore the family hand-me-downs and did

not own a pair of shoes until she was a

teenager There were no regular meals and

she slept on the floor and fought rejection

and outwitted poverty when she sold empty

bottles for a few pennies and helped with

her motherlsquos fruit and vegetable business

before school

As a school girl she changed history when

she became the first youngster from the

slums in Antigua to be offered a place at

the foremost girlslsquo school after sitting the

entrance exam But with no financial

backing for a school uniform and books her

place went to someone else The future

looked bleak until she was awarded an

unexpected scholarship a few years later

from a rich shipping tycoon who wanted to

help a poor child

Coralita entered a new learning phase She

excelled at her studies survived a hurricane

and later worked at the Christian mission

while having a heart fired with faith after

attending a mammoth crusade led by Billy

Graham ndash a dynamic young man at the

time whose warm gospel message cut

across every culture and class Home

tutoring students became the launch pad for

her dream to teach at 21 she began a life-

long vocation in Antigua which began

without any formal qualifications

An angel with provision friends of mercy

and doors of opportunity have helped mark

her path Says Coralita ―Provision was

unexpected and divinely imparted My

family and friends have wondered how I

have managed but God has always made a

way where there was no way - through the

darkest night his light has shone

Teaching has spanned the generations and

cultures from a private school in the

Caribbean (where she knew now famous

entertainer Joan Armatrading ) to tough

inner London schools exclusive fee-paying

ones and a variety in Norfolk until she

was 70 years-old She taught future

doctors lawyers entrepreneurs and even

convicted criminals She has dined with

rich influential parents and cried tears for

the youngsters downtrodden by abuse fear

and poverty as they have struck a strong

chord of empathy

―I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little

girl If you want something badly enough

you have to keep persevering although it

may be a struggle says Coralita who

studied long and hard to qualify as a

teacher in England despite the difficulties

―I have had such joy being a teacher and

seeing the happiness on childrenlsquos faces so

it has all been worthwhile Looking back I

see my life as a rose bush among thorns

The thorns are the pain but the roses are

like the joy that has bloomed in the

sunshine Co-author Sandie Shirley from

Tacolneston a former Archant reporter

met Coralita while working for the

Thetford and Watton Times She says

―This book had to be written after I

discovered a woman with an epic

biography mined in the deep caverns of

suffering Terrible tragedy has forged an

invincible spirit in Coralita that has turned

the countless trials into golden miles as she

has walked with God Her story provides

hope for others no matter how tough life

gets

Courage to Dream ndash the impossible

becomes reality by Coralita Martin with

Sandie Shirley (lastwordpublicationscom)

ISBN 9780955943942 is available at pound799

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Reality‟s Dream to be signed in ink at JC Books

Letters to the Editor Another bus for Watton

This letter is primarily intended to

publicise the fact that we now have

another bus service for Watton It is

run by Coach Services and runs from

Watton via many of the villages to

Thetford It runs every 2 hours on

weekdays only and links with the

Dereham bus from Watton

So Watton now has buses to Norwich

Wymondham Thetford and the

Flexibus does Attleborough

Whether or not we continue to be so

well served will depend upon the usage

so to some degree the long term future

of these routes is in our hands

The one big miss is the link to London

Watton Town Council resolved some

time ago to talk to National Express

about this link and will be doing that

within the next few weeks

Timetables for the new service are

available from the Library and Coach

Services telephone number 01842

821509

Barbara Anderson

Thanks from Olive Salter

I would like to say a very sincere thank

you to everyone who donated money in

memory of my late husband Bill A

total of pound360 has been given to the

Luncheon Club Olive Salter

Brownie thanks

On behalf of 2nd Watton (RAF)

Brownies I would like to thank

everybody that participated in our 100

year Centenary quiz Also the shop and

business owners in Watton who

supported us very well The money

raised went towards our 100 Centenary

Year Outing at Gt Yarmouth on

September 18th 2010 which

everybody enjoyed People have come

back to me saying how much they

enjoyed doing the quiz Margaret

Moult Guider in Charge Brown Owl

Snowy Owl

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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01953 881243

Unit 2 Coughtrey Industrial Estate

Church Road Griston IP25 6QB

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Free Quotations amp

Full Planning Service

Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 16 News

Great Ellingham

Village Stores amp PO Long St Gt Ellingham

01953 452 155

Post Office Fresh Bread amp Milk Daily

Rocklands

Post Office amp Stores The Street Rocklands

01953 483 217 Car Tax Lottery Fresh Milk

Quick Stop Church Street Attleborough

01953 458 036 Italian Wines 2 for pound5 Wide range

of Polish Foods available

Old Buckenham

Stores The Green Old Buckenham

01953 860210

Lovells Post Office

amp Stores Market Place New Buckenham

01953 860 351

Village Stores Market Street East Harling

01953 718115 A wide range of products in stock

Anne and Kevin Ledgard

Londis

News Extra High Street Attleborough

(Opposite Sainsburys)

01953 453 257 Newspapers amp magazines Wide range of confectionery tobacconist

Wide range of Wines Beers and Spirits

Londis Banham 01953 887320

Your Local Village

Supermarket

Ashill Food amp Wine 1 Hale Road Ashill

01760 440932 Fresh bread and milk news and

grocery Alcohol Paypoint

Wayside Farm Shop Stow Bedon

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Home Produced Pork

01953 483 375

Caston School Winners

Caston Primary School children

competed in the Wayland Show Craft

Competition by entering felt bags in

the craft section

A workshop was organised by Mrs Sue

Lee (Parent Support Adviser) and Mrs

Bridget Hall (Wayland Show)

Children designed and made their bags

from felt and various other craft items

The Craft section is open to all children

each year and local schools are

encouraged to participate

The photographs show the winners

from Caston School proudly displaying

their rosettes

(Names not supplied)

By Ken Knowles

It must have been about 1933

when I was staying with an aunt in

her flat near Highbury Corner in

north London As usual when in a

strange house there were all sorts

of strange noises to disturb my

sleep but after a few days I had got

used to them especially the

grinding sounds of the tramcars

passing by

Then one morning I heard a

completely different sound which

when I looked out of the window

proved to be the noise of the

wooden wheels of handcarts

wheelbarrows and prams being

pushed along the road by a

succession of men in caps as well

as a few horse-drawn wagons

When my Dad came that morning

to take me out I asked him what

could be the reason for this

procession and he said ―They were

going up the callylsquo though of

course I had no idea what he

meant

―Ilsquoll take you there he said and

so we started out on a long walk

through a lot of back turnings until

we came to Caledonian Road

where there was a great fever of

activity at what proved to be an

enormous Market known to all

and sundry as The Callylsquo

As I found out in later life this was

the site of the Metropolitan Cattle

Market and occupied a space

about half a mile square To get

some idea of its size try to imagine

all the Car Boot Sales in Norfolk

all together in one place

I canlsquot remember how often the

market took place but when it did

people came from all over London

to look for bargains of which

many were available

Besides the usual established

traders who went from site to site

each week hundreds of private

individuals would hike their

possessions to the Cally starting

from very early in the morning

when they would pay a few pence

for a place

on the stoneslsquo on a first come first

served basis as they did not want

to be too far from the gates as in

the far reaches fewer punters

would venture either because they

were exhausted or had spent all

their cash

The difference between this place

and modern markets was the noise

These days stall-holders seem

mainly to stand waiting for

customers to approach them with

just a few cries to attract business

but at the Cally the din was

deafening Everyone was

determined to let the public know

what they had to sell and there

was no shortage of Del-boy

characters and their helpers

persuading the punters to open

their wallets

And when they did they had to be

wary for it was well-known that

pickpockets were always out in

force despite the presence of a

policeman here and there

It used to be said that you could

find anything you wanted at the

Cally and just as in Car Boots

today there was a complete

mixture from near-rubbish such as

rusty nails up to small items of

furniture and bicycles

There werenlsquot many large items

because few people had their own

transport so anything they

bought would have to be carried

home either on foot or on the bus

or tram

The one section where there was

no need for barkerslsquo to encourage

sales was where live animals were

available Anyone accompanied by

a child would find it difficult to

resist the pleas to buy a kitten or

puppy as these looked so adorable

and many a housewife was

horrified when her offspring came

home with an unexpected addition

to the family

A visit to the Cally would never be

forgotten and whenever I see a Car

Boot or Garage sale today I cannot

resist a smile as they seem so

insignificant in contrast to what

must have been the biggest market

of all time

Up the Cally

A grand total of pound315 was raised for Wayland First Response by Alice

Elvin and her friends

They have been organising raffles tombolas and bingo for this worthy

cause The cheque was presented to Wayland First Response in the

community centre at Lime Tree Walk Alice would like to thank her

friends for their support

Alice and friends thank you

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of gifts

greetings cards plants baked goods

homemade sweets jams and jellies

and produce This year we also have

on offer gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10

which can be redeemed for any item

or combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from within

a ten mile radius of Watton Fresh

eggs come from a farm at Ashill and

much of our produce from Carbrooke

or Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass turned

wood items (including beautiful

pens) wooden toys for the younger

children and small gift boxes are all

on offer Greetings cards are

available for all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items but

would appreciate plenty of notice for

those special Christmas orders and

cannot guarantee that it will be

possible to fill special orders in time

for Christmas that are placed after

the end of November

We look forward to seeing you in the

Market on Wednesday mornings

between 830 and 1130 am in the

front half of the Watton Christian

Community Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

For Lexophiles A bicycle cant stand alone it is two tyred

A will is a dead giveaway

Time flies like an arrow fruit flies like a banana

A backward poet writes inverse

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered

You are stuck with your debt if you cant budge it

He broke into song because he couldnt find the key

A calendars days are numbered

A boiled egg is hard to beat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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Livewire presents

A Celebration of Christmas at

Great Ellingham Recreation Centre Saturday 4th December

at 730pm Tickets pound7 inc a glass of wine

available from Pat Partridge 01953 452492

Jean Leech 01953 453375

Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 17

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A Celebration of Christmas at

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Lavender Hyacinth Garnier Lavender Hyacinth Garnier was born

on 14 October 1923 the first child of

Lord amp Lady Walsingham and grew

up in the family house Westmere in

Tottington with her brother John and

sisters Margaret amp Katharine until

they were forced to leave in 1942 in

the middle of the Second World War

when about 12000 acres of the

Merton estate were taken over by the

army to become Stanford Training

Area For economic reasons her

brother was sent off to boarding

school while Westmere was turned

into a school where Lavender and her

sisters were educated Their mother

set up a small school in the house and

built on rooms to accommodate it

When the war came Lavender joined

the FANYs the First Aid Nursing

Yeomanry as a signaller working

alongside the SOE She volunteered to

parachute into France as an SOE agent

to fight in with the Resistance but

fortunately she was rejected because

her spoken French was not good

enough In Italy she hitchhiked to the

front just to see what it was like She

believed passionately in the war and

had a huge a sense of duty and loyalty

to her fellow men and women and to

her country She was a very proud of

what she did but would never show

off or draw attention to what she had

done in the War

At the end of the War in India she

became engaged to her third cousin

William who she had grown up with

They had first met at Westmere when

he was 5 and her mother was pregnant

with Lavender They married in April

1946 and in the first 28 years of their

married life spent in the army they lived

in over 30 different houses in England

Germany Northern Ireland Cyprus

Singapore and America until William

retired in February 1973 and they came

home to Norfolk William worked for

his brother-in-law Lord Walsingham

and took over as the land agent for the

Merton Estate from Lavenders uncle

Dick de Grey William amp Lavender

bought College Farm from the Merton

Estate and then spent several years

restoring the house The front porch

came from Westmere where Lavender

had grown up

Lavender was widowed in 1989 aged

only 65 and continued to run her BampB

until only 2 weeks before she died

She had thousands of people to stay

every year many of whom became

good friends and came to stay year

after year

She died at home after a short illness

ending her days living close to where

she had lived as a child and where her

family have lived for nearly 900 years

She was a direct descendant of

William the Conquerors first cousin

and cavalry commander at the Battle

of Hastings Angetil de Grey as

Corporal later Ensign de Grey she

had fought bravely in the War she

was a life member of the Special

Forces Club and she was a member of

the mens section of the British Legion

on account of her war service and not

an auxiliary woman

Lavender died on 13 September 2010

and is survived by her children Jimmy

Richard Edward amp Katharine and by

her 14 grandchildren (Louisa Sophie

Georgina Olivia Milly William

Robert Hetty Eleanor George amp

James Garnier and Florence Teddy amp

Billy Wolstenholme)

As a nation we have a fascination

for steam trains and things have

never been the same since Dr

Beechinglsquos axe fell in the 1960lsquos

But there are various volunteer

steam train lines run around the

country and one such is The Poppy

Line which runs from Sheringham

to Holt Now if you then join that

together with a lot of people in

1940lsquos attire in order to celebrate

70 years since the Battle of Britain

and you send along some members

of a camera club you can obtain

some really stunning images

And so to Holt Weybourne and

Sheringham was where a number

of Caston Camera Club members

headed a few weeks ago The

Poppy Line held a 1940lsquos weekend

the weather was fabulous and all

kinds of 1940lsquos attractions were

there including a Glenn Miller

tribute band They even had a fly-

past from a Lancaster bomber

Many people were in uniform

including a man in a beret with

onions round his neck ―Are you

the French Resistance Monsieur I

asked

―Non came the reply ―I am a

downed British pilot in disguise

Elsewhere a man carrying a small

war-time attacheacute case inscribed

Pvte Walker (from Dadlsquos Army)

and looking every bit like him held

open his jacket to reveal a lining

covered in watches ―Can I interest

you in a gold watch guv he

asked

There were so many more

characters and you can see many

more of these fascinating images

by going to our web site

wwwcastoncameraclubcouk and

clicking the Poppy Line link at the

top of the page

Caston Camera Club is the premier

camera club in Norfolk with

members who come from as far as

40 miles away to attend meetings

You can find out a lot more about

us by visiting our web site We are

also a bronze sponsor of the

Wayland Agricultural Show

Caston Camera Club and the Poppy Line

The Autumn Fete was the last Fete of

the year for Shellrock Club After a

rainy start to the day it didnlsquot look

too promising but although the ―Car

Boot patrons stayed away we all

had a good time in the hall The stalls

were well provisioned so a BIG

THANK YOU to everyone who

contributed cakes presents and time

etc for the event The sum total of

everyonelsquos efforts was surprising and

pleasing

We had no set plan for the 13th

October meeting as our Emcee Terry

had decamped to Australia for a

month but Margaret stepped into the

breach and things progressed with

the popular ―Beetle Drive The

competition for the month was to

paint a stone Participation was

disappointing but this was won by

Allyson Next month we have been

asked to make a Christmas cracker

Come on everyone have a go you

donlsquot have to worry about being

―artistic just have a go you might

surprise yourself

We had our raffle in the tea-break

then Brian set up ―Play your cards

right which rounded off the

afternoon nicely

We had five visitors to our meeting

and we do hope they will consider

becoming members

Events for November

10th November Monthly Club

meeting 2pm start 4pm finish

Entertainer to be arranged

Competition ―create a Christmas

Cracker Letlsquos have a good go at

this

16th November Lunch at the ―White

Lodge Attleborough with Marion amp

Archie If you would like to join in

contact them on 01953 483431

30th November Christmas Dinner

Please arrive at the Village Hall by

1145am for 12 olsquoclock start Anyone

who has just joined the Club will be

asked to contribute pound10 each towards

the cost of their meal Our entertainer

will be Don Wescott So far his

visits have been to do with behind the

scenes in the theatre and films and

also with music in films so what he

will do for Christmas will be a

surprise New members are always

welcome

News from the Shellrock Circle Club for the over 50‟s

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

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All views expressed in the Mid-Norfolk Times are those of the contributors and

not the publishers While every care and effort has been taken to ensure accuracy

the publisher cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions

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please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 18 News

A Thetford-based group of young

people living with Autistic Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) was one of six youth

organisations to receive a grant after

recent approval of their project by a

board of representatives from the

Breckland Youth Council

Following the decision

ASD Helping Handslsquo will

receive a grant for pound3000

that will enable the

children to film and create

a DVD to raise awareness

and understanding of

ASD

Other successful projects

included pound1000 to enable

the East Harling Scout

Group to continue their

programme of outdoor

events and pound350 to help

the Swaffham Youth

Council hold an event to recruit

Council members and find out what

local children would like the Youth

Council to campaign for

Earlier this year the Youth Council

secured pound5000 from the Take Part

Development Fund and used pound5000

from their own budget to support

deserving projects that will improve

the lives of young people in

Breckland aged between 11-18 years

Nine projects were submitted and all

the young applicants completed the

forms themselves explaining how

their project would meet its stated

objective and how it would help

youngsters in the Breckland district

Finally the groups presented their

projects to the board and answered

questions before the final

assessments were made

Adrian Stasiak Breckland Council

Executive Member for Communities

said

―These young people should be proud

of themselves They have all put in a

huge amount of work to get this far

as it can be a daunting process to cost

a project and complete the paperwork

and then present ideas to their peers I

have every confidence that they will

succeed in their ventures and will

provide a real benefit to young

people in Breckland

The Youth Council will continue to

monitor the six groups and they will

be invited to attend a presentation

evening in January 2011 On the

night the children will report back on

how they have used the funds and

will demonstrate how their project

has improved the lives of young

people in Breckland

November is the best month for

shopping for Christmas at Watton

Country Market Our crafters can

offer you a very wide range of

gifts greetings cards plants

baked goods homemade sweets

jams and jellies and produce

This year we also have on offer

gift vouchers for pound5 or pound10 which

can be redeemed for any item or

combination of items on sale in

the Watton Country Market

Our producers all come from

within a ten mile radius of

Watton Fresh eggs come from a

farm at Ashill and much of our

produce from Carbrooke or

Garvestone Knitted goods pretty

bags jewellery etched glass

turned wood items (including

beautiful pens) wooden toys for

the younger children and small

gift boxes are all on offer

Greetings cards are available for

all occasions including

Christmas All our producers can

accept orders for special items

but would appreciate plenty of

notice for those special Christmas

orders and cannot guarantee that

it will be possible to fill special

orders in time for Christmas that

are placed after the end of

November

We look forward to seeing you in

the Market on Wednesday

mornings between 830 and 1130

am in the front half of the

Watton Christian Community

Centre

Shop locally for Christmas - at Watton Country Market

pound10000 cash for youth projects

Pictured left to right are Breckland Youth Engagement Officer Caroline Cox Youth Council members Luke

Dawson James Whitehead and Alistair Wright

Question - If I decide to employ my

own carer what are my

responsibilities

Answer - If you employ a carer

directly you will be responsible for

deducting tax and National Insurance

from your employees wages and

paying them to the HMRC (HM

Revenue and Customs) with your own

employers National Insurance

contribution

You also have responsibilities around

the hourly rate of pay rest breaks

maximum number of hours that your

carer can work per week and in

addition you will be responsible for

holiday and sick pay

It is also essential that you take out

Employers Liability Insurance and

Public Liability Insurance If you

visit the website http

wwwdirectgovuk and look for

employing a personal assistant you

will find further information and you

could also visit your local Tax office

for further help

Question - If I go into a care home will

I have to pay for my care My husband

will not be coming with me so will he

be able to stay in our home

Answer - In order to see if the state

will contribute to a persons care

home cost a financial assessment

will be made by your local authority

The assessment in this case would be

on any assets you have in your name

and a share of any assets held in joint

names eg such as your home joint

investments other property held in

joint names etc If your assets are

deemed to be above pound22250 then

you will be expected to pay for the

cost of your care until such time as

your assets reduce to that figure

Your husband could remain in the

home if that is his wish to do so For

further information you may like to

read the Factsheet 39 of Age UK

which covers other financial aspects

relating to one of a couple going into

a care home

Question - I have poor mobility and

can no longer go shopping as I used

to do This causes me problems when

it comes to buying birthday and

Christmas presents I have been told

recently that I can buy gift vouchers

for many shops at the post office

However we do not have one in my

village and I do not have the internet

What do you know about these gift

vouchers and can I buy them by

phone

Answer - The One4all gift voucher is

available at every post office in

amounts from pound1000 up to pound10000

and can be spent at over 17000 outlets

in the UK These outlets include

Samuels Toys R Us Debenhams

BampQ Argos House of Fraser Boots

Currylsquos Comet PC World to name but

a few They can be purchased by phone

using a debit or credit card as well as

online The gift vouchers are valid for

18 months and come in a variety of

designs to suit all occasions

Information from Able Community

Care The Old Parish Rooms

Whitlingham Lane Trowse Norwich

NR14 8TZ Telephone 01603 764567

Tips and hints from Abel Community Care

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

the old Coach House Stables

lsquoNoted for Good Foodrsquo

Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

Games Room ~ Car Park ~ Courtyard

Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 19

80 Brandon Road Watton

Tel 01953 882752

The Hare amp Barrel Hotel

Originally an old manor house dating back to 1806 we offer 16 en-suite bedrooms 10 of which have been converted from

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Extensive Bar amp Restaurant Menu bookings advisable at all times

A relaxing Conservatory ~ Beer Garden Patio ~ Bar ~ Restaurant

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Try our Traditional Sunday Lunch

Discounts for large bookings always negotiable

Children Always Welcome

WAYLAND

AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY CIC A G M

Tuesday 9th November 2010 at 745pm

Broom Hall Richmond Road Saham Toney

AGENDA Welcome and Apologies

1) Minutes from last AGM amp Matters

Arising

2) President‟s Address

3) Report from the Chair

4) Treasurer‟s Report and Accounts

5) Election of Officers

6) Any Other Business

Inner Wheel Club of Watton Our October meeting was held at

the home of Margaret Smith and

President Beryl Brannan welcomed

our District Chairman Jacquie

McDaniel who joined us for the

evening After our business

meeting Jacquie told us several

stories to illustrate how Inner Wheel

had enhanced her life When she

and her husband were visiting Delhi

many years ago she decided to ring

a member of one of the Inner Wheel

clubs - we have a directory with

contact numbers around the world -

and this lady came to her hotel and

chatted all evening and then invited

her to a Hindu wedding the

following day and she had a

wonderful time that she has never

forgotten Similarly when her son

did some voluntary work in Sierra

Leone in the days prior to mobile

phones she rang a local club and

asked if they would mind if he

contacted his family through them

and they are still in touch today She

valued all the friends she had made

both in this country and abroad

Beryl presented her with a cheque

for pound100 for her charity which is

Marie Curie and a pot of flowers

and bulbs as a present for herself

Our Barn Dance was enjoyed by all

participants and raised pound208 for our

charities On 4th December we will

have a stall at the Queens Hall

selling absolutely anything and

everything from homemade cakes

and jams to books and jigsaws so

come along and pick up a bargain

and enjoy a cup of coffee upstairs

afterwards as usual on Farmers

Market Day On 8th December at 12

noon at the Queens Hall we have

our Christmas Lunchtime Concert

with June Garratt and friends - just

pound5 which includes a turkey roll with

salad and a mince pie - tickets

available from Mullengers This is

always a popular event so buy your

tickets early We look forward to

seeing you at both these events

Jenny Simons

The Dressing Up Box

Attleborough has recently been

awarded the title of The Best

New Party and Costume Shop by

The British Costume

Association Owner Sue Day

(pictured) is thrilled by this

national recognition she said it

is a great achievement to be

chosen by members of the

Costume Association for such a

wonderful award

The Dressing Up Box celebrated

its 4th birthday on October 19th

On proud display was the trophy

refreshments and a large spider

cake supplied by Diamond

Cakes of Attleborough helped to

make the day extra special for

customers who were given the

chance to enter a drawer to

receive the cost of their costume

hire back

The birthday party was Suelsquos

way of saying thank you to all

my friends and customers said

Sue I have had a wonderful 4

years the time has just flown

past

The Dressing Up Box has grown

from nothing an outlet for Sues

needlework skills to one of the

best Fancy Dress shop in the

area and as her recent win has

shown one that the British

Costume Association thinks

deserves the title of Best New

Party and Costume Shop 2010

Attleborough has the best new party and costume shop

Learning at Wayland House The English for Speakers of other

Languages (ESOL) class has been

running now for five weeks is going

well Nine people have now enrolled

on the Beginners IT course which is

now full Anyone else interested in

this course should contact Jan at

Wayland House (01953 880202) as

there will be a new series of 6

classes starting in January Like the

BBC we are trying to make sure that

everyone has an opportunity to get

on linelsquo

There has been very little take-up

for the CLAIT (Computer Literacy

and Information Technology)

Courses which lead to a certificate

and which will be led by Poultec

Training Centre These will now

take place after Christmas so if you

are interested please contact Jan as

soon as possible Places on each

course are limited to five

Clare Martinsen from Breckland

Orchard was our guest speaker in

June and what an inspiring lady

Clare gave up a successful career

at confectioners Mars and has

taken her grandmothers recipes for

homemade soft drinks and turned

these drinks into a successful

business supplying Cafes Coffee

Shops and many National trust

venues Clare will be speaking at

the Shaping Norfolklsquos Future

Conference to be held on Friday

3rd December at the Theatre

Royal Norwich

The Wayland Women in business

meetings are open to everyone

Although most attendees are

running businesses please do not

let this deter you from coming We

were pleased to see a number of

employed and retired ladies this

time and a number of ladies who

are seeking to return to the work

place

Our festive lunch will be held at

Broom Hall Saham Toney on

Thursday 2nd December 12 - 2pm

which includes a hot lunch a glass

of wine and tea and coffee served

with mince pies We are pleased to

announce our guest

speaker is Jan Godfrey

MBE Jan will be talking

about her career starting

in education and resulting

in her MBE There will

be two exhibitors

Suzanne Lake Handmade

from the Heart and

Carolyn Emblen from House of

Colour

All are welcome Ticket sales will

be circulated in the next few

weeks For further details please

contact Jane Richards 01953

850810 salesjanerichardscouk

or Clare Rowling 01953 488993

enquiriesrowlingbuildingcouk

or Ann Lusher

lusherannyahoocouk

Wayland Women in Businesses amp The Lady From Mars

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 20 News

CHARITY STALLS IN AID OF UGANDAN ORPHANS

Bric-a-brac Books CDs toys cakes raffle tombola tea and coffee Admission Free

Saturday 27th November 2010 St Marys Church Hall

Church St Attleborough 1000 - 1130 am

Please contact the Websters on 01953453110 for more information

or visit wwwugandasupportfundcouk

Watton Ballroom

Dancing Association

Queenrsquos Hall Watton

8 to 1100 Admission pound350

Saturday November 6th

DEREHAM amp DISTRICT

CAT ADOPTION CENTRE Hoe Road Longham Dereham NR19 2RP

Rehoming Cats and Providing Advice amp Help

With Neutering

OPEN 7 Days a Week 11am to 3pm

Telephone

01362 687 919

During the Conservative Party

Conference last month David

Cameron outlined his vision of the

Big Society

A lot was made of the Big Society

when it was launched during the

General Election campaign during

which it became too defined by

Michael Govelsquos Free Schoollsquoslsquo

policy which is just one part of it

Repeatedly political journalists

asked what does it actually mean

Why should people have to set up

their own school Indeed do

people even want to set up their

own schoollsquo

But the essence of the Big Society

is not new and applies far beyond

schools it is a simple idea that the

Government should stop trying to

do everything and we as citizens

should be able and encouraged to

take responsibility for more

aspects of our lives and our

society Or as David Cameron

succinctly put it it is about

transferring ―state power to people

power

It is not a new idea It was

described by the then Prime

Minister 25 years ago in 1986 as

―a Society in which people do not

leave it to the person next door to

do the job It is one in which

people help each other Where

parents put their children first

Friends look out for the

neighbours families for their

elderly members That is the

starting point for care and

supportmdashthe unsung efforts of

millions of individuals the selfless

work of thousands upon thousands

of volunteers Prime Minister

Thatcher went on to explain that

societylsquo (a term commonly used

at the time in political debate) is

actually nothing more than a

collection of active neighbours

families and communities which

is where the infamous no such

thing as societylsquo quote comes

from The Big Society is the

insistence by David Cameron that

a new generation of Conservatives

cares and is determined to replace

Big Government with a Big

Society

It is about championing the spirit

of self helplsquo that has underpinned

Norfolklsquos communities for

hundreds of years During the

election campaign I saw an elderly

lady cutting her garden hedge She

finished her own hedge and then

went and cut the hedge around the

street sign further down the road

Nobody paid her to do it She

wasnlsquot required to do it But she

was proud of where she lived and

wanted it to look nice so she took

on the responsibility of

maintaining the hedge herself

rather than waiting for somebody

else to do it If everybody did that

ndashtaking a bit more responsibility-

wouldnlsquot the world be a better

place

The truth is that many of us have

been worried about a decline in

our society in Britain for many

years We worry about antisocial

behaviour welfare dependency

and family breakdowns About a

generation of youngsters brought

up without the respect self-

discipline and values this country

used to be admired for We were

told that by giving more money

and more power to the

Government these problems

would go away But they never

did In fact they often got worse

So instead of Government

pretending it has all the answers

and can solve every problem this

Government is trusting the people

Instead of taking your power and

money this Government is letting

you decide what problems need

solving and how to solve them

Taking control from the dusty

corridors of Whitehall and

quangoslsquo and giving it back to

people volunteer groups and

neighbourhoods

It is about helping community

groups take over derelict pubs or

start community services for their

local community It is about

encouraging ndash not letting daft

Health and Safety Rules prevent ndash

local voluntary self-help in

communities It is about helping

and celebrating the 300000 people

in the UK who give up time every

month to volunteer as a school

governor It is about making the

system more responsive and

receptive to more of this

This Government wants to give

you more power More power to

control the treatments you receive

through the NHS more

information about how much your

local authority is spending on

things the chance to elect your

Police chief and decide what local

problems need tackling

Nobody expects you to go and set

up a school tomorrow Most

people are far too busy or simply

donlsquot want to But that misses the

point the Big Society isnlsquot about

forcing anybody to do anything it

is about the Government not

preventing you from doing it in the

first place

As David Cameron said ―Itlsquos not

government abdicating its role it

is government changing its role

This Government trusts you to

know what is best and to take

responsibility where you can I for

one think this is a welcome new

approach

George Freeman

wwwgeorgefreemancouk

The Westminster View The Big Society in Mid Norfolk

George Freeman is the

Conservative MP for Mid-

Norfolk The object of this

column is to help readers stay

in touch with their MP - it is not

intended as a reflection of the

political views of anyone

associated in any way with the

Mid Norfolk Times

We have had a number of

interesting and exciting events

during the last few months

culminating most recently with

the exhibition in the Queenlsquos

Hall on October 16th ndash Wayland

in Image and Sound which

caught the imaginations of about

300 people who visited during

the day It was an excellent

event with a wide variety of

displays presentations and films

on display

We now turn to the final months

of 2010 with a series of events

planned which we hope

Wayland residents will find

enjoyable and interesting

October will end with an outdoor

session on Field-walking and

Exploring Earthworks This will

take place on Saturday October

30th and will be led by Brian

Cushion surveyor and author of

Earthworks of Norfolk There are

only 12 places available so please

email suewaylandorguk to book

a place

The next meeting for the focus

group is on November 2nd

On the 3rd of November

Andrew Rogerson will talk

about Archaeological Finds at

Wayland House at 730pm This

should be an informative

evening focusing on some of

those items we all come across

from time to time either by

digging them up in our gardens

or stumbling across them when

out walking

On November 10th Bronwen

Tyler will be sharing her

experiences of how she got

started on researching local

history and some of the

unexpected paths it has taken

her We hope this will form part

of a series where some of those

who have become involved in

the project will each pass on

their experiences which should

be entertaining but also helpful

to others getting started

On November 17th at Wayland

House we have the first in a

series of sessions on story-

telling focusing on the myths

and legends of our area This

first session will be a planning

and preparation day in readiness

for a training workshop on

researching and telling stories

on November 24th at Wayland

House led by teacher and

storyteller Theo Fanthorpe

Theo was for many years at Holt

Hall the residential centre

owned by Norfolk County

Council where his dramatic

storytelling and knowledge of

Norfolk myths and legends was

enjoyed by all ages The final

session in this series will be an

evening of storytelling with

Theo on December 2nd We

hope those who have been

taking part will have developed

the skills and confidence to

share the stories from their

particular village We want this

to be a fun and relaxed evening

and there will be no pressure on

those overcome by shyness The

venue is still to be finalised for

this session and will be

announced later

This will complete the formal

programme for 2010 but we

have more planned for the New

Year so look out for adverts or

contact Sue White at Wayland

House for details

All events are open to all those

living in the Wayland

community and are free of

charge However because space

is necessarily limited at some

events please contact Sue to

book a place and avoid

disappointment We look

forward to meeting new as well

as familiar faces

The Capturing our Wayland

Heritage Project is a Wayland

Partnership Project funded by

the Heritage Lottery Fund

Contact details are Sue White

Tel 01953 880216 or e-mail

suewaylandorguk or call in

to Wayland House reception

Capturing our Wayland Heritage - forthcoming events

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

Written estimates always provided Memorials supplied

Personal supervision Pre-Paid Funeral Plans available

Arrangements may be discussed in the privacy of your own home

Tel (01760) 440269 (24 hrs) Established over 60 years

FUNERAL DIRECTORS SERVING WATTON amp DISTRICT

WC LITTLEPROUD amp SON of BRADENHAM

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offering a caring traditional amp affordable service‟

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You can contact Julian by ringing (01953) 858908 You can write to 32 High

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All views expressed in the Mid-Norfolk Times are those of the contributors and

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the publisher cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions

This issue of the Mid-Norfolk Times was published by Julian Horn 32 High Street Watton IP25 6AE

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EVENTS DIARY If you would like to see your event included in this section then

please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

CCC = Watton Christian Community Centre Wells CCC = Wells Cole Community Centre Saham

November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Church Times and News

Watton Churches Together Service Calendar for November

St Maryrsquos Church Watton

1st 3rd amp 4th Wednesday at 930am Holy Communion

2nd Wednesday Morning Worship

Church Office opens Tues Wed amp Thurs 9am-1pm

Tel 01953 881252 margaretchurchadmfreeservecouk

wwwstmaryswattonorg

Sun 7th 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sat 13th 12 noon Remembrance in the Churchyard

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

230pm Act of Remembrance at the

War Memorial followed by

procession to St Maryrsquos Church for

300pm Service of Remembrance Sun 21st 800am Holy Communion

1000am Holy Communion

700pm Informal Worship in the Church Room

Sun 28th 800am Holy Communion

1000am All Age Worship

12 noon Holy Baptism

Watton Methodist Church

Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and

prayer between 10am amp 12 Noon It‟s your quiet place

At 1030 there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large

Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member

wwwwattonmethodistbtikcom

Sun 7th 1045am Rev B Winner Holy Communion

630pm Mr Donald Fisher

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1045am Mr A Warby

230pm Town Remembrance Service

at the War Memorial followed by

300pm Service at St Marylsquos Church

630pm Rev Daphne Lloyd

Sun 21st 1045am Mrs Aileen Fox

630pm Rev Valerie Spencer

Sun 28th Advent Sunday

1045am Mr s Sonia Mann

230pm Service at Great Ellingham

Roman Catholic Community

Each Sat 530pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church

Pentecostal Church Dereham Road Watton

Children have their own programme during

the Sunday morning service

Sun 7th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Rejected at Nazareth

Sun 14th Remembrance Sunday

1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesus -

The Move to Capernaum

Sun 21st 1030am Family Service

600pm Prayer and Praise

Sun 28th 1030am ―The Early Ministry of Jesusmdash

Peterlsquos Mother-in-law Healed

St Nicholasrsquo Church Ashill

Tuesdays at 1000am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 930am Morning Worship and Holy Baptism

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 930am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 930am Holy Communion

St Georgersquos Church Saham Toney

Sun 14th 1100am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1100am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1100am Holy Communion

SS Peter amp Paulrsquos Church Carbrooke

Sun 14th 1030am Holy Communion amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 21st 1030am All Age Worship

Sun 28th 1030am Holy Communion

630pm Group Darkness to Lightlsquo Advent Service

St John the Evangelist Church Ovington

Thursdays at 800am Said Holy Communion

Sun 7th 1030am Benefice Service of Holy Communion

Sun 14th 930am Morning Worship amp Act of Remembrance

Sun 28th 930am Lay Led All Age Worship

Breckles Caston Great Hockham Griston Merton Stow Bedon Thompson

Worship Calendar November 2010

Tuesday 2nd NovembermdashAll Souls Day

700 pm All Soulslsquo Day Service to Remember Departed

Loved Ones Thompson

Sunday 7th November

1030 am United Holy Communion Caston

Thursday 11th NovembermdashArmistice Day

1055 am Act of Remembrance Caston War Memorial

Sunday 14th NovembermdashRemembrance Sunday Services

1000 am Merton (for Merton Thompson Tottington)

1045 am Great Hockham

1055 am Caston (for Breckles Caston Stow Bedon)

630 pm Griston

Sunday 21st November mdashFeast Of Christ The King

1020 am Sunday Club Gt Hockham

(ages 4-11 church room)

1030 am United Holy Communion Gt Hockham

Sunday 28th NovembermdashAdvent 1

900 am Holy Communion (BCP) Merton

1020 am Sunday Clu b Griston

(ages 4-11 Manorcourtlsquo Day Centre Manor Rd)

1030 am United Holy Communion Griston

(with Advent Lessons amp Carols)

Sunday 5th DECEMBERmdashAdvent 2

1030 am United Holy Communion Stow Bedon

500 pm Candlelit Lessons and Carols Breckles

For all our parisheshellip lsquoThe WAYrsquo Youth Group (ages 11+)

Sunday 7th November 7-800 pm Rectory

Sunday 21st November 7-800 pm Rectory

Pram Services

For parents or carers with children aged 0-5

Wednesdays 1015 am Caston Primary School Hall

Enquiries The Revd Bob Nichols Tel (01953) 483222

Email revbobnicholsgmailcom

All Saints Church Threxton Remembrance Service Sunday 14th November

At 1030am with Watton Silver Band

Has Your PC Slipped a Disc or Netted a virus Is your Mouse trapped and wont work now

For all manner of computer repairs and support Call Julian Horn on 01953 881885

ldquoSilver Surferrdquo support a speciality

By the Rev Geoff Garrett

Vicar of St Maryrsquos Watton

As you read this article you

will have at the most 8 weeks

until Christmas but it could be

as little as 3 or 4 Many people

will no doubt mention the

usual Itlsquos your busy time of

year Vicarlsquo However it

seems to me that one busy

time rolls into another A brief

respite over New Year ndash

hopefully taking in a Football

League match on the way -

rolls on into Epiphany the

Week of Prayer for Christian

Unity Ash Wednesday Lent

Holy Week and Easter

(usually a busier time than

Christmas) This is followed

within a few weeks by

Ascension Day Pentecost and

Trinity Sunday before moving

on through the summer and on

towards Harvest All Saintslsquo

Day and Remembrance

weekend which is followed

quickly by Advent and Hey

Presto itlsquos Christmas again

No rest for the wicked eh

One common theme through

all of the year is that of

Thanksgivinglsquo Christmas and

birthdays are particular times

when we traditionally say

thank you for gifts received

and it is important to be

thankful to others for all that

they both give to us and do for

us I wonder though how

often do we remember to give

thanks to God for all of his

gifts to us An important

aspect of all of the week by

week worship which takes

place in all of our churches

locally is giving thanks to

God Indeed thanksgiving is

an important aspect of the

meaning of the word worshiplsquo

and is a reminder of the

appropriate response we give

to God and helps to put

everything into perspective

Thanksgiving is not purely a

one way activity Our attitude

of thanksgiving should inspire

us to be more generous

ourselves When we realise

just how much we have to be

thankful for we realise also

just how much we have to give

and probably we cannot be

generous enough to adequately

respond to all that we have

received The gift of life the

gift of love the gift of

friendship and in our worship

and lives lived out day by day

it is important to remember

Godlsquos other special gifts of

faith and deep inner peace

This time of year is busy for

all members of our

community schools and shop

staff council employees and

all who provide local services

as well as being busy in our

personal lives and it will get

busier over the next few

weeks Through all of that

busyness donlsquot forget to be

thankful for all you have and

be as generous as you can

Gratitude unlocks the

fullness of life It turns what

we have into enough and

more It turns denial into

acceptance chaos to order

confusion to clarity It can turn

a meal into a feast a house

into a home a stranger into a

friend Gratitude makes sense

of our past brings peace for

today and creates a vision for

tomorrowlsquo (Melody Beattie)

It‟s your busy time of year Vicar

Prayer of the Heart Activities at Watton Methodist Church Comprising Christian Meditation and Bi Monthly Worship

For further details ring Joyce 01953 886674

Great Hockham Christmas Tree Festival

Enjoy the spirit of Christmas in this lovely village church where

30 Christmas trees will be sponsored and decorated by local and

national charities Come along make a small donation and add

your support Entry is free

There will be light lunches available and afternoon teas There is

disabled access and a toilet and there is parking for cars but mini-

buses should be pre-booked by e-mail at

greathockhamchurchgmailcom

Opening times Thursday 25th November 12Noon - 6pm Friday

26th 12Noon - 6pm Saturday 27th 11am - 6pm Sunday 28th

12Noon - 6pm Not to be missed

What a Concert The Pete OxboroughPhil Brook Jazz quartet gave an

exhilarating concert in Breckles church on Friday 17th

September They together with Bob Dore and Ivars Galeneiks

are fine musician who performed with such talented enthusiasm

to a full church Breckles church PCC thanks them and all who

came and supported the evening which resulted in the sum of

pound804 being raised for church funds

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

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All views expressed in the Mid-Norfolk Times are those of the contributors and

not the publishers While every care and effort has been taken to ensure accuracy

the publisher cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions

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please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 22 News

HJC Ltd Motor Engineers

Servicing amp MOT preparation to all makes of

modern cars amp light commercials

Tyres Exhausts amp Batteries supplied and fitted

Courtesy cars available

Ask for Steve at 5 Linmore Court Threxton Rd

Industrial Estate Watton

Tel 01953 889924

In Attleborough Call in for a Coffee amp Chat

At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough

Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Holly Court Bazaar Holly Court Surrogate Street Attleborough

Thursday 18th November from 10am 25p entrance (to include tea or coffee)

Stalls to include Bric-a-brac books cakes raffle tombola All proceeds to go to Holly Court Social Club

There will also be a stall for Holly Court Knitting Circle who are raising money for EACH Quidenham Hospice

Everyone Welcome

THE OVINGTON CROWER Evenin tew orl

onnya hoop yer

orl farin well an

hev got yer goose

greese reddy cos

thas goonta git

suffin cold

dlsquorekly

Cor I hed a rare

frite yisdy I wos a

sittin listnin tew

Reardio Norfolk

hoopin ter hare

thet Norrije hed

scored whin

Horry came bustin in tha dor orl offa

muckswet he say ―Sid yer gotta cum n gissus a

hand I say ―Woffor he say ―Niver mind thet

best yew cum rite now

I wos suffin mad cos thar wos gonna be a

penatally fer Norridje but Horry fanged howld

o me lug a hossed me owtside afore I got my

boots on

―Cum on Sid he say ―Yew gotta see this he

say ―Never sin northin like it in orl my daze

Well I clored his hand orf my lugcos thet felt

like thet ware cummin away from my skull

He waor a teerin along hollerin ―Cum yew on

Sid doonlsquot kip hangin abowt I say ― Howld yar

slarva yer owld fewl I hent got my boots on yit

Well I follerd him alonga his gardin parth an he

stood thar orl offa sheark with his datty ole

finger pointin to his owld fork stickin owter his

tearter plot ―Goo yew on Sid he say ―Hevva a

goo a liftin thet wun up Silly owld fule I thort

wos he up tew So I gotta howld of the handle

and pulled it owta tha grownd no trubble

―No no no Sid he say ―Stik har back innagin

and lift har up I wos gitten sorta ror abowt

Horrylsquos gearmes so I shuvved thet ole fork rite

in and tryed to tarn the mold oova Blarst thet

oont budge I thort my back wus a gooin hoem

―Wot tha hell yew got unner hear Horry

musta bin wunna tha ole tree roots Horry he

say ― Ile git nutha fork he wunt gorn long an

he cum back with a grat ole beet fork He

shuvved it in alonga mine and he say ―Rite

Sid wen I say tree lift ―Tree he yelled We

both onnus giv a grunt and heaved Goo ta

hell tha ole forks ware a bendin an I thort

they wos gooin ta bust next we wos on our

backsides an the air was full o tearters I

nivver sin tearters that big and thare ware

hunnerts onnem musta bin a whool barrer

lood

―Thar yew are Sid say Horry orl reddy to be

a selebrity ―Wot dew yew thinka them spuds

then Sid Bet yew ent nivver sin the likes o

them hev yew

Well I hatter agree with him they wos a

masterful crop an I tolled him so

―Howld yew hard Sid he say ―Thas oonly

wun root Ire gotta nuther tew rows yit are

yew gunna gi us a hand

Thet took us orl tha rest o Satdy and moost o

Sundy ter git his tearters up an in his shid we

run owt o sacks an Horry hatta hoss orf an git

sum more from ole missus S whoo kip hosses

and hev plinty ole sacks wot thar feed cum in

Reckun we hed a good tun o tearters orfa tha

tew rows

Coss Horry ent stopped torkin abowt his grate

ole spuds he wos a walkin up an down tha

lottments on Monda tellin tha story to orl wot

wos daft enough to listin to him runnin on

Dint hev tha hart to tell him thet my teartas wos

so big I hadda git boy Geff wi his JCB ter git

mine owta tha grownd

Wun thing abowt Ovinton peeple we allus tell

tha trewth

Member wot he say keep yer hans orff uther

wimmin if yewre got wunner yer own And dew

yew keep a troshin

Boy Sid

By Alex Slade We often only think about making a

Will when we are planning a holiday

or sadly when someone passes away

The truth is we should all make a Will

to ensure that our entire estate passes

down to the ones we want it to go to

Without a Will you are leaving it up to

the law to dictate to whom your estate

goes to and indeed what percentage

they are entitled to receive

Making a Will is not as daunting as it

may seem but it is very personal

Many of us put off making a Will

because we donlsquot want to think of a

time when we wonlsquot be here any

longer which is understandable but

consider it like an insurance policy it

is there for when you need it

Many people are under the impression

that assets automatically pass to a

spouse but this is not necessarily the

case If you die and have not made a

Will then your estate would pass

under the intestacy rules Joint

ownership on bank accounts for

example would pass to the survivor

however anything in your sole name

including property would form your

estate and be divided as under these

rules

The intestacy rules are quite complex

but generally speaking if you are

married with children then the spouse

receives a statutory legacy of pound250000

plus a life interest in half of the

remaining capital the children would

receive half of the remaining capital

absolutely and upon the death of the

spouse would receive the remaining

capital This could cause concern if the

family home is worth more than

pound250000 since the statutory legacy

could leave the survivor not owning

the home outright

It is especially important to make a

Will if you have a partner but are not

married It is a misconception that the

partner would be entitled as a

common law wifehusbandlsquo

The intestacy rules make no direct

provision for a child to inherit anything

from a deceased step parent even if

treated as a child of the familylsquo There

are also tax planning opportunities

available under a Will and as of

December 2005 same sex couples

who have registered a Civil

Partnership will have the same tax

saving opportunities as married

couples

It is extremely important to think about

appointing guardians for your children

if they are under 18 years old If you

fail to appoint guardians in your Will

and your children are orphaned before

they reach 18 the courts will appoint

guardians instead but they wont

necessarily choose the people that you

would have preferred to take care of

your children If when you pass away

the other parent of your children

survives the surviving parent will

normally continue to have full

responsibility for the children

However if neither parent survives

then the guardians you have appointed

will take on the responsibility for your

children By appointing guardians you

can ensure that your children are

looked after by the people that you

have chosen as the best people for the

job

Why leave it to chance when you can

have it all sewn up in a Will

Alex Slade is the dedicated Elderly

Client Consultant at

Salena Dawson amp Co Solicitors

20 Thetford Road Watton

01953 883535

There‟s a Will

On 27th September 15 members

participated in an all-day appliqueacute

workshop led once again by tutor

Shirley Bloomfield The following

evening on 28th September at our

regular meeting Rachel King

probably better known locally for her

floristry skills entertained us with

her machine embroidery This goes

far beyond stitching on fabric

although there were stunning

examples of this Rachel uses many

different materials including paper

normally associated with legal

documents wire paint and

something which sounded like cotton

wool paper Articles shown included

pictures three dimensional

ornamental objets and bags suitable

for shopping (although far too

beautiful for something so mundane)

sewing kits and to go with smart

evening wear She proved to be not

only a talented artist and

craftswoman but also a witty an

entertaining speaker I hope to have

photographs of her work to display

on our Blog Thank you Rachel do

come back

On Monday 25th October we are

having a Linus workshop and on

26th there will be a working

demonstration constructing

Christmas gift pockets Plans are also

under discussion for our annual

Christmas Lunch

We continue to meet at the Christian

Community Centre in Watton High

Street on the second and fourth

Tuesdays in each month apart from

August (although I suspect we will

not be there on 28th December) from

7 to 9 pm Further information

including a calendar of events is

available on our Blog at http

htsqgroupblogspotcom and through

me Sue Hart on 01362 822536

Hackers Tackers and Stuffers

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

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please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

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November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

News Mid-Norfolk Times Page 23

Holme Hale Pavilion

Christmas Bazaar

Saturday 27th November

10am - 3pm

Come and join us

for some festive fun

Craft stalls ~ Grand Draw Cake stall ~ Refreshments

Live Music ~ Games

Santa with a difference

Free Admission

A PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

An Evening of Music and Word - Something for Everyone

Karen Harries (Mezzo Soprano)

Christopher Speake (Tenor) accompanied by

Claire McArthur with

Cynthia Gosling 730pm Saturday 27th November

at Stow Bedon Parish Church Tickets pound10 inc Refreshments amp Glass of Wine from Beryl Warren Wayside Farm

01953 483375

Two local businesses in Attleborough

have sponsored the Norfolk United

(Attleborough Branch) Netball Club by

purchasing kit for the U12 Team

(Diamonds) This team attends training

every Friday and play in the Norwich

Junior Winter League which takes

place at Hellesdon Community Centre

Diamonds were successful in their first

match winning 53

Roger Thompson and Laura Myers

(middle and left in the photo) of Roger

Thompson Mortgage Solutions made a

generous contribution to the new

dresses which have been embroidered

with the company logo Pete Venables

(to the right in the photo) of

Springfields Flooring bought two sets

of patch bibs and also sponsored the

Attleborough Branch Award at the

Norfolk United Awards Dinner where

his wife Chrissie presented the Award

to Lucy Temple Other nominees

Emily Cocker and Hannah Blades were

presented with certificates

Springfields Flooring 07788 125369

Roger Thompson Mortgage Solutions

01953 455222 07958 900076

The club team and parents would like

to thank both businesses for their

valued support

Adding to our successful training

sessions 4 till 5pm for 11 to 14 year

olds and 5 till 6pm for 7 to 12 year

olds we now run a session from 6 till

7pm for 14 year olds to senior players

of any ability Please contact myself

Fay Manning for more information on

faymanning78gmailcom

or telephone 01953 483691

Attleborough businesses support youth in sport

The last month has seen a few of the

main trophies of the Ladies section

being competed for also the

culmination some of the knockout

competitions The October medal was

very poorly attended due the Ryder

Cup being carried over to a fourth day

Two ladies played the competition and

Julie Ellis came in with the best score

(108-22-86)

The Granny Cup is always fiercely

contested a real favourite with the

ladies and this year the honours went

to Yvonne Shaw who scored 33 points

The Secretarys Salver was another

trophy competition decided this month

and Julie Ellis was again the winner

with 31 points

32 ladies played in the Invitation Day

competition on a sunny day The

winning score was 68points by

Richmond Park member Maureen

Flack and her guest Lorna Burroughs

from Diss

The annual Ladies v Seniors is always

a popular event in the calendar and this

year was no exception Everyone

enjoyed their round followed by a

meal of ham egg and chips and the

winning pair of Rosie Sutterby amp Dave

Packard came in with an excellent 39

points

The performance of the month came

from Barbara Coverdale amp Simon

Jessup who paired up to win for the

second year in succession the Mixed

Link competition held at Caldecott

Hall scoring a fantastic 41 points This

is a yearly mixed greensome

competition between 9 clubs with 6

couples from each club participating

The results of the club knockout

competitions are as follows

Singles KO Winner Mrs Maureen

Flack

Singles Plate Winner Mrs Margaret

Broadbent

Doubles KO Winners Mrs Jan Bone amp

Mrs Dilys Gibbs

Doubles Plate Winners Mrs Lesley

Matthews amp Mrs Maureen Flack

Richmond Park Golf Club Ladies Section

Richmond Park Seniors The competitive season for the Seniors

came to a close on Oct 7th with the

Autumn Cup - the main competition of

the year- this year the winner was Alan

Dunn with 35 pointssecond was Terry

Hannon and third was Roy

FlemingNearest the pin winners were

Roy SkeldonRod Whyatt and Jeff

Sutton The best front nine and back

nine score prizes were won by Phil

Barrall and Bill Evans In the evening

the Annual prize giving dinner was held

at the Club Approx 70 members and

guests were treated to an excellent

dinner hosted by the Seniors Captain

Peter Ford The main prize-winners

were Winter League - Roy Fleming

Winter Knockout - Mike Hosier Spring

Meetiing - Tony Bonner Summer

singles knockout

- Phil Barrall Summer Plate - John

Crowdy The Memorial Bowl - Dave

Flack

From now on the Seniors will only be

involved in friendly competitions over

the winter months before the new

season proper starts in March

Well done Conrad Congratulations to Conrad

Sellers on passing his

kickboxing Black Belt 1st

Dan recently after a very

hard grading consisting of

basic blocks basic punches

then advance hand combos

then hand and foot combos

then on to kicks ranging

from basic to very advanced

jumping kicks bag work

self-defence sparring and

then fitness at the end

We are pleased to say

Conrad did come out

victorious although very

tired Well done Conrad

long time coming

If you are interested in

training in kickboxing please

come to the Watton Youth

Centre Thursday evenings

630pm-730pm for juniors

aged 6-15 and the adults

class for 16+ 730- 830

Contact Matt 01953 889313

―Focus on the Crocus is another

Rotary initiative to draw attention to

our international ―Thanks for Life

campaign to eradicate the world of

poliomyelitis Watton Rotary Club is

one of hundreds of Rotary Clubs in

Great Britain and Ireland to take up

the challenge of planting thousands

of ―Ruby Giant crocus bulbs in

appropriate locations to draw

attention to Rotary Internationallsquos

continuing ―Thanks for Life

campaign to finally eliminate polio

Rotary first started the polio

eradication campaign through the

vaccination of children in 1985 At

that time polio was endemic in 125

countries and the aim was for every

child in the world to be vaccinated

against the disease by the new

millennium polio is specific to

humans and can only be transmitted

by human contact so with every

child vaccinated the disease dies out

The target date proved elusive due to

the difficulties of access in remote

areas and safety in areas of conflict

However by 2005 only 4 areas

remained where polio was endemic

In 2007 the Bill amp Melinda Gates

Foundation challenged Rotary

International Foundation to match

their offer of cash (some pound200M) to

complete the task We rose and

continue to rise to the challenge

Thus the ―Thanks for Life initiative

came about and Rotary working with

The Eden Project the International

Flower Bulb Centre the National

Trust and Learning through

Landscapes the idea of the mass

planting of purple crocuses was

conceived as a means of promoting

awareness of what we are doing

Why crocuses Firstly because they

come in purple which is the colour of

the dye that childrenlsquos little fingers

are dipped into to show they have

received the vaccine Secondly

crocuses bloom in February so

hopefully some 5 million flowers

will be evident throughout Britain

and Ireland in time for Rotary Day

February 23rd

For our part Watton Rotary acquired

10000 bulbs and arranged helpers

from schools and parishes to plant

them during October in suitable

locations in Watton and around local

villages Pictured right are some of

the young people from Breckles

planting their crocuses beside the

church wall at Breckles

On a market day we sought

sponsorship at 20p

per bulb for a small

number to be

planted close to

Watton town

centre this raised

pound64 for the cause

So come February

look out for carpets

of purple and

remember the

cause

We have often

reported on the

problems of

providing clean

water in third

world countries and

in disaster areas in

particular where

there have been

floods such as in

Pakistan ndash there 15

million people

remain homeless and without clean

water Our ShelterBoxlsquo member

Paul Weatherill has acquired an

AquaBox and is arranging

demonstration of Water Aid

initiatives to interested groups and in

schools He can be contacted on

01953 884213

Tickets for the brilliant humourist

entertainer Winston the Singing

Farmer are now available from

Adcocks and pre-booked tickets can

be collected from there This is a

Sunday afternoon show on 21st

November and tickets cost pound6

Martin Anscombe

Watton Rotary focus on the crocus

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

Written estimates always provided Memorials supplied

Personal supervision Pre-Paid Funeral Plans available

Arrangements may be discussed in the privacy of your own home

Tel (01760) 440269 (24 hrs) Established over 60 years

FUNERAL DIRECTORS SERVING WATTON amp DISTRICT

WC LITTLEPROUD amp SON of BRADENHAM

lsquoA genuine family owned amp run business

offering a caring traditional amp affordable service‟

MID-NORFOLK TIMES The deadline for the December issue will be

12 Noon on the 16th November Page space is allocated strictly on a first come first served basis Deadline is the latest

date and time that copy will be considered for inclusion Arrival of copy before

deadline does not guarantee inclusion if you wish to be certain your entry gets to print

then please make sure it arrives in plenty of time

If you are submitting on paper you MUST sign and include your contact details

with each item If you do not the item will NOT be published

You can contact Julian by ringing (01953) 858908 You can write to 32 High

Street Watton IP25 6AE Or you can leave copy in the bin at

Adcocks 32 High Street Watton

The e-mail address is julianmidnorfolktimescom

All views expressed in the Mid-Norfolk Times are those of the contributors and

not the publishers While every care and effort has been taken to ensure accuracy

the publisher cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions

This issue of the Mid-Norfolk Times was published by Julian Horn 32 High Street Watton IP25 6AE

and printed through wwwquotemeprintcom 0845 1300 667

EVENTS DIARY If you would like to see your event included in this section then

please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

CCC = Watton Christian Community Centre Wells CCC = Wells Cole Community Centre Saham

November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat

Mid-Norfolk Times Page 24 Sports News

Written estimates always provided Memorials supplied

Personal supervision Pre-Paid Funeral Plans available

Arrangements may be discussed in the privacy of your own home

Tel (01760) 440269 (24 hrs) Established over 60 years

FUNERAL DIRECTORS SERVING WATTON amp DISTRICT

WC LITTLEPROUD amp SON of BRADENHAM

lsquoA genuine family owned amp run business

offering a caring traditional amp affordable service‟

MID-NORFOLK TIMES The deadline for the December issue will be

12 Noon on the 16th November Page space is allocated strictly on a first come first served basis Deadline is the latest

date and time that copy will be considered for inclusion Arrival of copy before

deadline does not guarantee inclusion if you wish to be certain your entry gets to print

then please make sure it arrives in plenty of time

If you are submitting on paper you MUST sign and include your contact details

with each item If you do not the item will NOT be published

You can contact Julian by ringing (01953) 858908 You can write to 32 High

Street Watton IP25 6AE Or you can leave copy in the bin at

Adcocks 32 High Street Watton

The e-mail address is julianmidnorfolktimescom

All views expressed in the Mid-Norfolk Times are those of the contributors and

not the publishers While every care and effort has been taken to ensure accuracy

the publisher cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions

This issue of the Mid-Norfolk Times was published by Julian Horn 32 High Street Watton IP25 6AE

and printed through wwwquotemeprintcom 0845 1300 667

EVENTS DIARY If you would like to see your event included in this section then

please email details to julianmidnorfolktimescom ACC = Ashill Community Centre Hale Road Ashill Watton

CCC = Watton Christian Community Centre Wells CCC = Wells Cole Community Centre Saham

November

Fri 5th 95 Nelson Court Macmillan Coffee morning 1030 - 12

Sat 6th Fireworks Gt Ellingham Recration Centre See ad

Tues 9th Wayland Agricultural Society AGM Broom Hall 745pm

Fri 12th Songs from the Shows - Cabaret Evening

Sat 13th at the Connaught Hall Attleborough See ad

Sat 13th Saham Heritage Craft Fair and Annual Exhibition

10 - 4 at Wells CCC See ad

Tues 16th 745pm NWT Talk- Denizens of the Night See ad

Thurs 18th Holly Court Bazaar Surrogate St Attleborough 10am see ad

Sat 20th Caston Christmas Fayre 2pm Caston Village Hall See art

Sat 20th Carbrooke CE VC School Festive Bazaar 12Noon See art

Sun 21st Winston the Singing Farmer at the Queens Hall See Ad

Sat 27th Christmas Bazaar - Holme Hale Pavilion See ad

Sat 27th St Marylsquos Church Christmas Bazaar Watton CCC See ad

Sat 27th Charity stalls in aid of Ugandan Orphans at St Marylsquos

Church Attleborough 10 - 1130 See ad

Sat 27th Prelude to Christmas at Stow Bedon Church See ad

December

Sat 4th Queens Hall Christmas Stall see IW article

Sat 4th Livewire Celebration of Christmas at Gt Ellingham See ad

Wed 8th Lunchtime Concert with June Garratt and friends Tickets

pound5 from Mullengers See IW article

Tue 21st 745pm NWT Talk Changes in the Norfolk Countryside

Piggy French and Jakata in the top 20 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Norfolk born and bred and reigning

European Eventing Silver Medallist

Piggy French helped boost her claim to a

place at the London 2012 Olympics with

a top 20 finish at the recent Alltech FEI

World Equestrian Games (WEG) in

Kentucky

Norfolk event rider and Leicestershire

based Piggy rode Jakata a horse

belonging to her father Wally French and

Michel Underwood whom she only

started competing in March this year

Piggy comes from a horsey family (her

Mother Kate competed to Advanced

level) and has been riding for as long as she

can remember The youngest of three girls

she hunted and went through Pony Club as

a child but didnlsquot really take up eventing

until she was 15 despite being a self-

confessed eventing geeklsquo I used to

wander around all the big events with my

camera and I really admired Mary King ndash I

was completely in awe of her and found it

very weird when I started competing

against herlsquo

While still based at her family home in

Norfolk Piggylsquos parents Kate and Wally

supported her decision to event after it

became apparent that nothing other than a

career with horses was an option She

never had ready madelsquo horses though

and worked hard to secure rides in the

early days

Piggylsquos first big wins came in 1996 with

her Junior horse Lloyds Gamble but it was

Rebecca Finchlsquos Flintlock II a proper

hunter type and not put on this earth to do a

4lsquo who was her real breakthrough horse

and who took Piggy to her first Badminton

in 2003 He was also her team gold medal

winning horse at the Young Rider European

Championships in 2001 where they finished

fourth individually

From there Piggylsquos eventing career went

from strength to strength and she is now

established as one of the countrylsquos leading

riders and a member of the UKlsquos World

Class Squad

Speaking about her latest performance

Piggy said ―This was a good experience for

us as welsquore still getting to know one another

and coming here was completely unknown

territory said Piggy who didnlsquot think she

would make the Games after her top horse

Some Day Soon injured himself in May

But Jakata proved a more than able deputy

and performed consistently well over the

course of the four days to finish in 16th

place less than seven penalties behind

William Fox-Pitt who won Individual

Silver and led the British team to Team

Gold ndash their first in 16 years

While many experienced combinations

crashed out on the cross-country phase ndash

most notably two of the hotly-tipped

German quartet ndash Piggy and Jakata posted a

superb round for just 16 time penalties

―He got very excited before we set out but

I managed to get him in a rhythm and keep

it Helsquos a lovely horse who has it all said

Piggy

An unlucky pole down in the final show

jumping phase relegated the pair from 12th

to 16th

The overall individual placings were

Michael Jung (GER) Gold William Fox-

Pitt (GBR) in Silver position and Andrew

Nicholson (NZL) Bronze Pippa Funnell

(GBR) 5th place and Mary King (GBR)

came 6th

The World Class Programme

incorporates the three Olympic sports of

Dressage Eventing Show Jumping and

the Paralympic sport of Para-Equestrian

Dressage It comprises the Performance

and Development programmes plus the

Equine Pathway The aim of the

Programme is to have in place a

sustainable system that can deliver more

Medals on the International stage now

and in the future The Programme has

been funded by the Department for

Culture Media and Sport through

Exchequer and National Lottery funds

via UK Sport since 1998

Picture by David Burton

Attleborough Coffee amp Chat At St Maryrsquos Church Hall Behind St Maryrsquos Attleborough Saturdays 10am to 1130 - Come and have a coffee tea or

maybe a scone and most importantly a chat