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Great Hockham Defibrillator
Great Hockham Parish Council and the Community Heartbeat Trust
have installed an Automated Emergency Defibrillator in the
The Wayland Players present
Telephone Box in the centre of the Village.
£175 was raised at last years Horn Fair and £167 from the sale of “Gt
Hockham” shopping bags donated by Andrew Gilmoor. A grant of
£2,00 was made by the Hockham Townland Charity. This charity
‘Kindly Keep It Covered’
manages 14 acres of farming land on the edge of the parish. This land
was an Inclosure Award dated 5th April 1798 made in pursuance of
Act 35 of George III. The income is to be used for public purposes in
Great Hockham or the public benefit of the inhabitants.
Roland Dickerby, formerly of the Kindly
Mutual Insurance Co., runs a health farm
with his wife Julia, bought with the
proceeds of a hefty insurance payout on the
demise of Julia’s first husband, the
charming rogue, Sidney.
Life isn’t easy for Roland: a healthy
lifestyle is not his cup of carrot juice, his
formidable mother-in-law, Olivia, keeps a
very beady eye on him and he is constantly
Games Evening
at Thompson
Community Hall
April 5th 7.30pm
Do you like playing Scrabble, or chess,
or cribbage, or other board games?
Perhaps you have no one to play these
games with or would like to learn? We
are keen to start games sessions in the
new Community Hall in Thompson for
players of all levels. Our first event will
be on Thursday April 5th at 7.30pm.
Tea and coffee will be provided.
The aim of this first session is to see
what the demand is and whether an
evening or daytime session is preferred.
Also what types of games we should
provide. We will have a selection of
harassed by portly guests manically in
search of carbohydrates.
Today, fate has something extra special in
store for Roland: Sydney has decided to
resurrect himself and turns up at the farm,
just as Vanessa, the wife of Roland’s ex-
boss from the Kindly Mutual, checks in for
a health-giving visit.
This fast, furious and frantic farce, with a
stuffed camel, a dummy and an exotic
games available for the evening but there
may be others people would like to play.
In time maybe there could be more than
one session to meet all needs or levels of
expertise.
Do come along and have a fun evening
as well as help make decisions for the
future of games evenings in Thompson.
For more information contact 01953
483741 or email
bron_tyler@yahoo.co.uk
All change for
Wayland
Quilters
As from April 1st 2018 Wayland
Quilters (formerly Hackers Tackers &
Stuffers) are changing their meeting
waiter, is at the Queens Hall, Watton from
Thursday 19th to Saturday 21st April at
7.45pm each evening and with a matinee at
2.30 pm on the Saturday.
The cast of the Wayland Players are
grateful to Banham Zoo and especially to
keeper Dan for allowing them to spend
time with Scrummy the camel in
preparation for this show.
Jenny Mann
venue to Thomson Community Hall,
Thompson, IP24 1PY.
We will still be meeting on the 2nd and
4th Tuesday of the month at 7pm to 9
pm, except for August, when we do not
meet.
We are also holding our workshops here
as well, as our previous venue is longer
available. It is a light, comfortable space
with all the facilities we need.
So far we have two workshops arranged,
Pinwheel in churn dash block and
making fabric boxes.
Anyone interested in joining the group
are most welcome to pop in and join us
at a meeting, as we now have space to
accommodate more people, with plenty
of parking on site.
If you are interested please contact Jane
07809702357 or email
londcaulk@yahoo.co.uk
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Watton District Guiding have an exciting day!
In February Watton District Guiding held a day for
Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Young Leaders,
Leader and Trefoil Guild to celebrate Thinking
Day and to take part in Thinking Day On The Air.
Thinking Day is when members think about other
members in other countries and learn something
about the countries they live in.
So that we could take part in Thinking Day on
The Air the Bittern DX Group, amateur radio
operators based in North Norfolk, came along
and set up their radios, aerials, computers and
other electronic equipment. This enabled us to
have the opportunity to try and talk to members
in other parts of the world. It was not as easy as
we hoped to do this but one member did manage
to talk to a radio user in Germany and we also
talked to three others via satellite.
The Bittern DX group also gave the girls the
opportunity to tap out their name in Morse Code
for which they received a certificate if they
managed to do it. They also provided a fox hunt
(no animals were used in this!) where they had to
locate the whereabouts of a hidden transmitter by
using Radio Direction Finding. They were also
shown the paths of satellites that were passing
overhead and were sent a special greetings
message from one of the amateur satellites
Volunteers wanted
for Wayland
Agricultural Show
Wayland Agricultural Society are seeking
volunteers to run two key sections of the annual
Wayland Show; The Home Crafts and Cookery
section and the Horticulture section. You don’t
need to be an expert, just interested and
enthusiastic. If you would like to be part of a
friendly local committee working together to
help promote our local area and raise money for
local charities please contact Claire Bowes
secretary@waylandshow.com 07789796937
Griston ‘Babes In
The Wood’ Festival
2018
23rd June will see the second festival take place
after the huge success of last year’s event. This year
it will all take place on the Saturday and will be in
aid of the East Anglian Air Ambulance, First
Responders and the village.
The ‘Find the Babes’ competition will run all week
operated by Amsat UK. They also practiced the fun packed day. Our thanks go to the Bittern
speaking on hand held radios and then spoke to a DX Group for making it possible for us to do.
nearby station using VHF amateur radio. Watton District have recently opened a new
While this was going on other groups were Rainbow Group and we are looking for and need
‘visiting’ the five countries where there are the more volunteer Leaders. This voluntary work
Guiding World Centres. While in Switzerland can be very rewarding and you get to do things
they have the opportunity make card or peg you might otherwise not do! We also have room
skiers, design a cuckoo clock and listen to some for Rainbows (5-7 years), Brownies (7-10years),
yodelling. In Africa they made bead necklaces and Guides (10-14years) in some of our Units. If
and a brightly coloured necklace from a paper you are age 14 or over you could join the Senior
plate. In Mexico they could try making an Eye Section or become a Young Leader working
of God by winding wool around cross shapes with any of the age groups. We have Units in
made from lollipop sticks. In the U.K. they Watton, Saham and Ashill but we welcome any
could make Lollipop stick or Clothes Pegs girls from Watton and any of the surrounding
Guards, Shamrock blessings and design their villages. For more information please visit
own tartan by weaving bits of raffia. In India www.girlguiding.org.uk and follow the links.
they could try putting on a Sari, making Mehndi
hand designs and making peacocks.
They had to complete a number of challenges
and through doing that everyone received The
World Centre Challenge Badge at our Thinking
Day Service. Reverend Gerry Foster came along
to lead us through the Service and to talk about
‘Candle at our gate’ as the season of Lent was
about to start. Each member received a battery
operated candle to ‘shine’ on particular days and
at particular times. Over 70 Members attended
from Monday 18th. Prizes will be awarded for 1st,
2nd and 3rd, so get your thinking caps on and start
preparing!
As last year, a dog show will be held on the
recreation ground. In addition to a tractor display,
there will be a tractor run around the STANTA area
at a cost of £10 per entrant. Contact Nicky Ginger
on 01953 548375 to book your place. There will
again be games, stalls, barbecued food and ‘Ruddy
Muddy’, who will bring along his van and give
children the chance to draw in the mud on it, as well
as show his great artistry. A tea tent, ice cream van,
cake competition and much more will make it a
great afternoon – admission FREE!
In the evening, the action will transfer to the
Waggon & Horses where ‘Mid Life Crisis’ and
Tom Bainbridge will provide the musical fare, and
Scott will be serving up his amazing burgers and
hot dogs – once again, admission FREE!
Between now and then, prize draw tickets will be
on sale for £1 each with a top prize of £100 – look
out for them and dig deep to support all the great
causes.
Finally, lots of help to run the event will be needed.
If you would like to join the merry band organising
it, get in touch with Nicky (phone as above) and
become part of the action!
Keep in touch with updates and all the news at
www.griston.org.uk/griston-babes-in-the-wood-
festival.html or on the Griston Facebook page.
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A Quick
Look Round
by Orbiter
Well since last month’s Look Round
we were given a sharp taste of winter,
and even in mid-March some of our
roads were still edged with banks of
snow, but hopefully that is now well
and truly behind us. The Spring
flowers are now in their splendour,
and we can settle to the fact that
‘normal service has been resumed’,
although some forecasters warn of
more snow may well await.
Of course one of the worst outcomes
of all the adverse weather was the
onset of the many ailments that affect
most of us when such conditions come
along, and the difficulties we
experience in trying to get
appointments at our local surgeries, in
order to obtain the pills and creams we
think we need to keep us alive.
Unfortunately over the years we have
become brain-washed by all the many
articles in the welfare pages of our
newspapers into thinking that every sniff
or twinge presages the arrival of an
emergency, whereas in the days before
National Health the most we were given
was perhaps a dose of Galloways cough
mixture or maybe a pad of Thermogene
on our chests, and in a day or two we got
better. (Or died, the cynic might say).
The thought of actually going to the
doctor would be the last thing on our
minds, except in dire emergencies. But
today the N.H.S. is free, (even though
we actually pay for in taxes) so we hurry
off to seek help, and complain at the
long wait for a date to be seen.
But to brighter things, and it is
interesting to read that Watton now has a
Town Crier. Not that his appointment
will affect any of us in any way, but it
nice to know that such pieces of Old
England are still recognised, even in this
modern world. Oyez,Oyez !
To the world of television and what
appears to me as a great lowering of
standards that has come about in the last
few months in both the fields of comedy
and drama. In the first the over-use of
bad language, particularly by women
with otherwise ‘posh’ accents, and even,
in one case, by a child of about nine
years of age, which leaves one with
impression that writers feel that they
should try to reflect the mores of ‘the
common man’, whereas in reality that
stratum of society swears far less than is
portrayed. And for anyone making use
of sub-titles the swear words look even
more abhorrent in written form. Perhaps
it is thought that to make the women
swear more on TV aids their campaign
for equality with men.
In the drama side of the entertainment
on offer, there seems to be a feeling that
all the action should be carried out in
semi-secret, with most interior scenes
taking place in near darkness. Perhaps
the directors are under pressure to save
on electricity bills !
Out in broad daylight we are
approaching the end of another foot-ball
season, and as is usual these days most
of the managers face the prospect of
dismissal because their team has failed
to come top of the league. Not many
seasons ago supporters thought finishing
in the top ten was quite a reasonable
outcome, and looked forward to greater
future success, but now we read that
coming below fourth brings a campaign
for the manager to be sacked. Those
‘fans’ should be reminded that they go
to games for the purpose of being
entertained, and if they don’t like what’s
on offer they are not obliged to attend. If
they go to the theatre and don’t like the
play they don’t demand the dismissal of
the manager !
Of course we all prefer to see our
favourite team win, but football is a
game, with two sides to each match, and
I feel that the fans who do not appreciate
that are men who have never played
them- selves, and have only watched.
The big subject of the moment seems to
be plastics, and how it has taken hold of
the planet, and it has dominated the
scientific world ever since the recent
David Attenborough documentary made
us all sit up and take notice. The recent
storms have underlined the seriousness
of the threat to sea-life, by covering our
beaches with the remains of packages
and plastic bags, some of which have
dates printed on them, revealing they
have been in the ocean for years,
proving that they are virtually
indestructible.
This confirms that many of man-kind’s
‘triumphs’ are not always the boons they
had seemed at first, the use of diesel
fuels being a
good example. We may be very clever,
but nature usually wins in the end.
There is good news and bad for us older
folks from the experts, who tell us that
two cups of coffee a day will help us live
longer, and a glass of wine each evening
has the same effect, but at the same time
more than three cups of tea will hasten
our departure.
Similar forecasts as to our longevity
appear daily, and extend to include
almost every kind of food, and are often
contradictory, so what should we do?
My advice – if you like it eat (or drink)
it, we’ll go eventually so we might as
well go happy.
On that bright note I will say
Good afternoon.
Ashill and Re-arranged
Holme Hale Fundraising
Garden Club Coffee Morning
in aid of the Stroke Association
At our February meeting Kathy Gray
gave an enlightening talk about 'The
Plant Hunters'. There has been an
interest in collecting plants from other
parts of the world as far back as the
Queen of Egypt in 1495BC. In this
country the Trandescant family in the
16th and 17th centuries were early
collectors and gave their name to the
tulip tree, Tradescantia virginiana. But
Kathy's talk concentrated on four men
who, between the mid 18th and early
20th centuries, collected thousands of
specimens, many of which are
common features of our gardens
today.
The first of these was Joseph Banks
who made several voyages with
Captain Cook to South America,
Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia.
His finds included the passion flower,
gardenia, jasmine, phormium, hebe
and leptospermum. He gave his name
to Banksia integrifolia, commonly
known as coast banksia and persuaded
King George 111 to create the
botanical gardens at Kew.
Francis Masson was a gardener at
Kew who made several trips to South
Africa in the late 18th century
bringing us Erica, protea, amaryllis,
aloe and the arum lily among many
others. The Massonia lily is named
after him and the encephalartos he
brought home in 1775 is still thriving
at Kew - probably the world's largest
pot plant! He also introduced
kniphofia, pelagonium and agapanthus
from North America where he died in
1805.
David Douglas from Scotland did
most of his exploration in North
America in the early 19th century. He
is known primarily for the
introduction of the douglas fir but, as
the UK had only three varieties of
conifer at that time, most of the
species we have today are attributable
to him. However, he was also
responsible for introducing solidago
(golden rod), aster, mahonia,
penstemon and lupinus, the basis for
all our varieties of lupins today.
Kathy's last plant hunter in this talk
was Ernest Wilson, who was sent to
China in 1899 in search of the
hankerchief tree, Davidia involucrata.
Along the way his discoveries
included acer griseum, clematis
armandii, meconopsis, magnolia
sinensis and rhododendron, the legacy
of which can still be seen at
Sheringham Park. In the early 20th
century he moved to North America
from where he gave us viburnum,
daphne and primula.
There were so many species
mentioned in Kathy's talk it left us
with the question 'what on earth is
indigenous to this country?' We
obviously owe these plant humters a
great debt for providing our homes
and gardens with such a diverse array
of plants.
What's on in the next 3 months:
Thursday 26th April Jim Paine
'Plants for Shade'
Wednesday 19th May Coach outing
to Kentwell Hall
Thursday 24th May Tony Goode
'Alpines in the Time Challenge'
Sunday 24th June ANNUAL
FLOWER SHOW
Thursday 28th June Charlotte Philcox
'Getting the most from your Veggie
Plot'
My Grandson, Keir Bass, is running
the London marathon this year and
raising funds for the Stroke
Association, in memory of his
Grandad - Dick Hardy.
Unfortunately the coffee morning
arranged to help him reach his
sponsorship target in March had to be
cancelled due to the snow! It will now
be held on Saturday 28th April 2018,
10 - 12 in Ashill Community Centre.
Pauline Hardy and her family would
be most grateful if you are able to
support this event.
Norfolk
Wildlife Trust
Breckland
Local Group
Our last talk of the season was the best
attendance we’ve had so far, thank
you everyone.
The story of Houghton-on-the-Hill
Church is obviously popular and Dr
Sue Gattuso was an excellent speaker.
We kick off our Spring walks on
Sunday 22nd April at Wayland Wood,
guided by Steve Collin, to see the
bluebells and anything else we may
find. Join us and find out about the
management work that Steve and his
team have been doing over the winter
months.
Meet at Wayland Wood at 10am,
booking is essential, ring 01953
717227.
Look out for details of our other walks
at Foulden and Weeting.
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In your garden
with Lotta Potts
I started this at the very end of winter.
That was the day it started to snow.
A short time afterwards many of the
local roads were impassable and we
had started spring. Or had we? A bit
of research showed that 1st March is
the meteorological first day of spring
but there is an argument for the
solstice round about the 20th or 21st.
Yet others argue for the last weekend
in March as that’s when the clocks go
forward (hooray!). Then again there
are those gardeners who swear that
spring begins at Easter (whenever that
falls) as it’s the first long weekend
since New Year and the weather
should be bearable, ie warm, dry and
sunny. These are the folk who have
missed out on the really early beauties
such as crocuses, snowdrops, hazel
catkins, not to mention the flowering
shrubs of winter. So when does your
spring start? It is now coming up to
the middle of March with a few mild
days, the snow having disappeared as
quickly as it arrived but a threat of
more in a few days’ time after the
deadline so by the time the paper
arrives you will know whether that
was an idle threat which put us back
even further or a bit of a damp squib.
Having exhausted the possibilities of
the exact start of spring, whatever the
weather has thrown at us we can
guarantee that nature will catch up. It
would have been foolhardy to sow
seeds or young plants outside much
before the end of March without
substantial protection but holding
back merely means that the plants will
be a little behind where they are
supposed to be but by the middle of
the year they will have caught up.
Remember a couple of years ago
when we had that horrendously wet
winter? We thought everything had
drowned but once the weather had
improved to almost summer-like very
early it all bloomed together – early,
mid- and late-spring flowers gave us
the most incredible display in May. I
doubt that will happen this year as at
the moment things are roughly where
they should be with more and more in
bloom each day. Once plants come
up and buds show there’s no stopping
them. So don’t panic – it took years
for me to learn not to panic!
So on to April. Assuming that the
weather has resumed normal spring
service the first thing to do is tackle
the jobs that couldn’t be done in
March. The repairing, painting,
cleaning of paths and patios may well
have been achieved at the end of
March when things improved and if
you did congratulations. If not try
and carry out as many of these tasks
as possible without standing too
heavily on the borders where plants
may be forcing their way out of the
soil. One thing I am going to leave
for a while into April is the pruning
that would normally be done earlier.
This is because I have a number of
plants – hardy ones – that suffered
badly in the heavy frosts and snow.
Their leaves are obviously dead in
places and these will have to be
removed but others look as though
they might recover so a waiting game
into the first week or so of April
might salvage more than is lost.
There will be losses among the
herbaceous plants, but don’t assume,
wait a while before re-planting and
you may be in for a pleasant surprise.
Once it is established that plants are
growing and the housekeeping is done
we can catch up on the nicer things.
Look at the lawn. Mine is full of
moss and weeds and these should be
treated with the appropriate chemical
or physical means and any bare
patches re-seeded. Towards the end
of the month mowing should
commence. Have the blades at their
highest, gradually lowering them as
needed. I can’t be precise as to how
often or how low as each lawn is
different so take it gently and it
should be fine.
Having caught up on the pruning from
March, this is the month to prune
evergreens as well and it’s the month
to plant new ones (pot-grown). Also
prune and tie in new shoots on
climbing and rambling roses, wall-
trained shrubs and newly-planted
climbers. Just to keep them in their
allotted spaces and tidy. It’s amazing
how quickly they can gallop off to
take over the garden if not the world
once they get going. Please don’t cut
back or tie up the foliage of bulbs
(mainly daffs) that have finished
flowering. The bulbs need the leaves
to get the maximum sunlight to feed
them for next year’s flowers. By all
means nip off the dead heads but the
leaves need at least six weeks to do
their job. This is one of the reasons to
grow shorter varieties of daffs in
small gardens as the waning leaves
look terrible. The little ones
obligingly hide their foliage among
other plants. If you have bulbs
naturalised in grass then mowing has
to wait for the six weeks. If the bulbs
are in clumps it can look quite
attractive to mow paths between
them.
Plant perennials and divide summer-
flowering ones. The dividing should
be done every two or three years,
depending on the variety. Some
really vigorous ones will probably
benefit from an annual split. Dig up
the whole clump and separate it into
smaller shoots, each with a decent
amount of root and shoot. Replant
these divisions and throw away to
central bit that has ceased to perform.
If you have more divisions than you
need I am sure you will have lots of
friends! Some clumps of bulbs may
need dividing and it’s about the same
method except there won’t be a
central bit to throw away. It is
recommended to replant bulbs singly
but for small ones like snowdrops this
is incredibly fiddly and will take
years before they look ‘natural’ so dig
small holes and put three or five in
each.
Seeds can be sown now, the hardy
annuals outside and the not-so hardly
annuals and perennials indoors. Some
need a propagator but this can be a
home-made job using clear plastic
bags over pots with seeds in. Put a
stick in the pot first and hang the bag
over it to cover the compost and pot.
Stand the lot in a tray on a sunny
windowsill. Vegetable seeds can be
sown this way as well and even if the
packet says sow outside it’s worth
trying some outside and some in.
Tomatoes are favourites as they grow
reliably from seed. These and other
frost-tender veg such as cucumbers,
sweetcorn, french and runner beans
are reliable only in a heated
propagator. If you don’t have one and
buy seedlings do remember they are
not at all hardy and need to be kept
warm for a while before hardening off
and planting out later in the spring/
early summer. Don’t forget, though,
that if you have a propagator or use
the mini-greenhouse with a plastic
bag, all these seedlings will need to
be pricked out and moved on into pots
or trays and grown on in slightly
cooler surroundings. This usually
means a greenhouse (unheated at this
stage) or cold frame or back to the
windowsills. Bear this in mind when
sowing the seeds or it will get totally
out of hand later. We are advised to
sow successionally, a few seeds a
week for well into the growing
season. That way there isn’t a glut or
an overwhelming number of seedlings
to prick out and that can be
disheartening.
I’m hoping that April will bring some
gentle showers and some warm days
so we can get on. Still, a very reliable
crop will be flowering and seeding all
over the place and yes I do mean keep
weeding.
West Norfolk
Aviation
Society
New-ish member of the West Norfolk
Aviation Society, Simon Booth,
jumped in at the deep end last month
and presented an extract from his film
archive which highlighted some of the
history of the enigmatic Lockheed F-
104 Starfighter. His fascination for
the aircraft started as a result of a
family member having had personal
associations. Developed in the 1950s
this machine had such a striking
appearance, with its rocket-like
proportions, that that alone should
have been enough to deter any would-
be MIG15 aggressor. Unfortunately,
despite holding altitude and airspeed
records, it was bedevilled by a
catalogue of misfortune, latterly being
described by the press as: The Widow
Maker – Simon prefers the
expression: Window Shaker.
An even newer member to the society,
the unassuming Roger Burrows, was
next to give the society a talk. On his
first visit to our venue, at the
Mundford Bowls Club, he was asked
by a nosey official what were his
personal interests in the society and
his response was: ‘Well, I make
aeroplanes’; in a tone that was almost
an apology. We can be pretty sure that
almost everybody in the club has
made a Keil Kraft or Airfix model at
some time in their lives but Roger’s
retort was: ‘No, I make scale models,
almost full size’. The nosey official
was flabbergasted and took immediate
steps to engage Roger as a future
speaker; the future, on this occasion,
turned out to be Tuesday 6th of this
month.
To embellish his talk he brought
along with him a comprehensive set
of slides depicting a multitude of
projects and their various stages of
construction.
He also brought a collection of piece
parts which included ribs, spars,
longerons and frames. From an
apprentice in his father’s furniture
workshop to master craftsman this
gentleman took the initiative and
ventured along a career course most
of us humble enthusiasts would have
died for.
Roger’s expertise has not gone
unnoticed elsewhere; he is well
known among media figures for
restoring their broken Stearmans and
Tiger Moths. On the stocks at the
moment is his own 7/10 scale SE5
WW1 fighter biplane. He has very
kindly invited the society to visit his
workshop in the summer for a special
viewing of work in progress.
Without being too presumptuous, one
day perhaps, we may even be invited
to a flight demonstration. Who needs
Duxford!
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What's on at Ashill Ashill

Community Centre
Family Coffee Morning on Good Friday 30th March
with Delicious Cakes, Bric-A-Brac, Puzzles, Books
and Raffle. Games for the children. Free Entry.
Bonmarche Fashion Show Tuesday 3rd April at
7pm. Tickets £3.50 (inc refreshments) on the door
or phone Janet 01760 441 651
Monthly Coffee Morning Friday 13th april 10 - 12
All proceeds for the Community Centre funds
Village Aid
Lunch Club
March 9th saw the start of 'in
house' cooked meals once a
week . We are hoping to reach
people retired people, and
people with carers from Ashill
who would enjoy a meal in
good company. Transport is
available.
The AVA Call In has held a
lunch club since the late 80's
and the black and white picture
below is of our first team of
cooks and helpers. During later
years we have been fortunate
enough to continue with the hot
meals, these being purchased
originally from the local public
house and more recently from
The Lodge Care Home and
delivered to the Call In.
The Committee always had a
desire to cook and serve meals
on the premises again. With
recent new residents moving
into Ashill we have had the
distinct feeling that we were
now at the point in time that
this had become a possibility.
From a meeting of interested
people, and sorting out the
Health and Food Safety
legislation with Breckland
Council, we now have started
cooking again. We have five
cooks also an existing team of
people to organise each Friday
lunchtime and a load of
enthusiasm. If you live in
Ashill and would like more
information contact Dee, our
Lunch Club organiser on 01760
441622.

Frances Amys celebrating 97 years

Saham WI celebrated the 97th birthday of
founder member Frances Amys with cake
and flowers at the wells Cole Community
Centre Saham Toney 14th February. Frances
was a founder member of the Saham
women's institute in 1970 under Mrs Gapp's
Chairmanship.
As a stalwart of the WI she attends most
meetings, entering the competitions and is a
regular at our monthly lunch group. She
stays active and supports village events. She
is also a member of the Samsen Club and
was a founder member of this club too.
She plays bridge and belongs to St. George's
church which is very dear to her. Frances
was born on February 14th 1921 in Saham
Toney, the only child of Frederick and Anna
Canham. She has lived in the village most of
her life spending only a couple of years
living in Lincolnshire after marrying her
husband Bertie, also born in Saham. Frances
shared her father's love of gardening,
reluctantly giving up driving her motor
lawnmower only last year and regrets she is
no longer able to tend her flower beds and
lawn. Happy birthday Frances!
The Wayland News April 2018 Page 7
A Jolly Good
Read
By Ken Knowles
One of the greatest pleasures in life is
to settle down with the daily paper and
take in all the news and enjoy the
articles, and maybe attempt to complete
the crossword puzzle. Even better for
some of us is to read a good book, and
although it is nice to keep a selection of
these on our book-shelves, it can be
rather expensive to maintain one’s own
library.
Fortunately, ever since Victorian times
the need for everyone to have access to
all types of literature has been
recognised, and throughout the land
local authorities have provided public
libraries so that every citizen, old or
young, can avail themselves of these
desirable facilities. Almost every town
has a library, whether big or small.
Indeed some, especially in the cities,
are quite palatial, accommodating vast
departments for fiction, non-fiction,
reference and specialist sections, as
well as spacious rooms for reading and
study.
My own involvement began when I
was about ten years old and would
accompany my mother on her
fortnightly visits to our library in north
London, and while she was busy
choosing her reading matter for the next
week or two, I would take a seat in the
Reading Room, which was usually
fairly empty, apart perhaps for the odd
un-employed person seeking shelter
from the weather, or just passing the
time.
This room provided for the perusal of
all the daily newspapers, as well as a
selection of the leading magazines of
the time, and my targets were always
Punch, with its infinite selection of
cartoons and witty articles, Flight,
which contained all the up-to-date news
of the aviation world, and the Illustrated
London News, with all its pictures and
general coverage of the happenings of
the time. Later on a new periodical
called Picture Post, and another entitled
Lilliput appeared, and entered my list of
favourites,
At about this time in my young life I
developed a great interest in railways,
and so ‘Bradshaw’, the regular
publication containing the time-tables
covering every station in the British
Isles, became a ‘bible’ to me and all
railway enthusiasts. Of course this book
was far too expensive for me to
purchase, but I realised that every new
edition that appeared in our library
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at The
Queens Hall
Ballroom, Latin &
Sequence Dancing
7.30pm to
10.30pm
Admission £4
Saturdays April
7th, May 5th,
June 2nd
meant that the old one it replaced would
be destined for the waste bin, so a polite
request to the librarian resulted in this
becoming mine. From this I could find
my way around all the varied railway
companies, and plot, for no better
reason than it was an interesting hobby,
journeys to and from all sorts of
unlikely places, such as from
Llandudno to Cromer, or Watton to
Birmingham, via St.Neots. (Well, it
kept me off the streets !)
Actually it did me a good service, as
my knowledge of the geography of the
British Isles was vastly improved,
which has served me well throughout
my life, especially when partaking in
quizzes.
But, like most other boys, the bulk of
my reading was concentrated on the
“tuppeny bloods” of the day, such as
the Wizard, Champion, Adventure and
Hotspur, which, each week, provided a
wealth of exciting tales of the exploits
of the regular characters. Looking back
objectively it is obvious that most of
these stories were repeated, with similar
plots cleverly disguised in different
settings, with our heroes always making
last-minute escapes from disaster, but
despite criticisms from adults, it has to
be acknowledged that those magazines
were strictly edited and no grammatical
or spelling errors were ever permitted.
I am afraid that my reading for pleasure
was rather reduced with the onset of the
Second World War, apart from keeping
up to date with the daily news, though
one periodical became quite popular
during those years – Picturegoer, which
kept everyone au fait with the world of
the cinema screen, with features on all
the famous stars and details on every
film release.
Books took a back seat, as it were,
especially during my army service
overseas, where I recall one so-called
regimental library, which boasted a
total of about twenty books, in a camp
with more than two thousand soldiers !
My reading really began in the mid-
fifties when I moved from London to
Essex, necessitating a daily commute
by train, which gave me time to read
my newspaper and begin to battle with
the crossword on my morning journey,
complete it at lunch-time, and then read
a book on the way home each evening.
For these books I visited the City of
London libraries, one of which was
situated in Bishopsgate, the other at the
Barbican, both of which stocked
thousands of titles, both fiction and
factual, ably catering for the hordes of
office workers in the area.
Among the many items I read there was
one describing the existence and history
of the Peddars Way, which meant Colin's time to relax
nothing to me then, but imagine my
delight when I moved to Norfolk, and
found that famous path almost on my
doorstep.
Over the years I have visited libraries
all over the country (they are welcome
havens for husbands while their wives
browse the shops) and one of Norfolk’s
best must be the one at the Forum in
Norwich, but also in the same building
is the one dedicated to the airmen of the
U.S. air force, so many of whom were
stationed locally during the war. This
room is a little slice of America, with
New York newspapers here daily,
shelves of books about the U.S.A and
American personalities, and boxes
individually containing memorabilia
from each of the many Norfolk airfields
from which the Americans flew. Sadly
many items were lost in the great fire
which destroyed the original building
some years ago, but there are sufficient
left to make a visit there well
worthwhile.
Libraries come in all shapes and sizes,
some forming huge structures, while
others may be situated in just one small
room tucked away in someone’s private
house, but mention must be made of the
Mobile Library Service, which tours the
villages where there are no such
facilities, nor means for folks who do
not drive to visit nearby towns. These
books-on-wheels vehicles are
extremely well-stocked, and are a
godsend to rural readers. Alas the finger
of doom has been pointed at them, with
impending council cuts threatening Colin Cater is retiring after fifty years of queries.
their existence, but it can only be hoped joint service with Julnes & Sons and Sadly Colin will leave his post of work on
that they will be spared. Myhills Pet and Garden. He has worked the 28th March. He will be greatly missed
Finally I will pass on a remark made in the same shop all that time and seen so by his work colleagues and customers.
by the lady in charge of the library in many changes and people, in that time he We all wish him well on his retirement in
the small town of Cinderford, in has dealt with all the hardware side and which he can relax, go fishing and follow
Gloucestershire, some years ago. more. Colin will take fifty years of more horse racing.
When my sister-in-law asked “how knowledge with him which he has Not many of us can say we have worked
many books may I have ?”, the collected over that period of time and has at one place for fifty years so well done
answer came “As many as you like, regularly used that knowledge to solve Colin!
my lovely – even more if you want many customers DIY and hardware
‘em”.
explore and investigate lots of
Little Acorns resources from joining in with craft
Outdoor Bowls Playgroup activities, playing with sand,
construction, small world, play dough
Club looking Open Morning and many more.
Little Acorns playgroup are having an We are a friendly setting and provide
for members open morning on Monday 23 rd April children with a safe, secure, nurturing
Ashill Bowls club looking for new at 9.30am - 11.30am at the Youth & environment where children can
members for new outdoors season Community Centre, which is situated learn. Anyone requiring more
weather you are experienced or not in Harvey Street, Watton. If you have information about the open morning
we welcome all at our friendly club. a child aged between 2-4 years please or playgroup please contact us on
please contact Hon Sec Brian Smith come and join us for a morning of fun 07843772712, Angie on 01953
01953 885472 filled activities where your child can 883233 or Dawn on 01953 881382.
The Wayland News April 2018 Page 8
Watton Rotary Roundup
The first of our two 2018 “Jazz at the
Queen’s Hall” sessions, featuring
DixieMix, attracted 90 enthusiasts from
near and far, raising £534 for our charities
fund - ‘far’ included Ely & Snettisham,
such is the reputation of DixieMix!
The winner of this year’s Young Chef
Competition at Wayland Academy, Isla
Gillespie, attended our meeting of 8th
March. Accompanied by her parents, she
received her prize and certificate from Vice
-president Dr Mike Harvey. The runner-up
was Freddie Smith (he was unable to
Consultation on
Saham Toney's
Neighbourhood
Plan
At a meeting of the Saham Toney Parish
Council on 5th March the council agreed
unanimously to submit the
Neighbourhood for a six week public
consultation which will run from Monday
12th March until Sunday 22nd April
2018.
The consultation is open to everyone who
lives, works or runs a business in the
Parish.
The Plan and documents covering the
supporting evidence are available on the
Plan's website - www.stnp2036.org - to
view and download. A questionnaire and
comments form on the website allows
responses to be sent online. For those
who prefer paper, copies of the Plan are
available at the Wells Cole Community
Centre, St. George's Church and Penny's
Tearoom, and also available on loan from
the steering committee; contact Chris on
01953 880915 if you would like to
borrow a printed copy of the Plan.
Paper versions of the questionnaire and
comments form will also be available.
The Parish Council has generously
agreed to a prize draw for all villagers
who return a properly completed
questionnaire, with three cash prizes of
£50, £25 and £10, to be drawn at the
May Council meeting.
During the consultation period a series
of "drop-in" sessions will take place; at
Broom Hall Hotel between 1:00 p.m.
and 3:00 p.m. on Saturday 17th March,
24th March, 7th April and 14th April as
well as at Penny's Tearoom on Friday
attend). The picture includes Isla’s teacher,
Gaynor Evans and the club’s coordinator
Rtn Michael Haythorpe.
A new competition sponsored by our
Rotary Club has also just been completed.
It was the idea of Dr Mike. a keen
photographer, and the brief was to produce
a digital picture, using any type of camera
and processing tools, based on the theme
“Autumn”. Although connected with the
curriculum, all the work was undertaken
after school hours. There were some 20
entries; the winner was Shanice Brown,
13th April between 2:00 p.m. and 3:30
p.m. Villagers will be able to view the
Plan, talk with those who have
prepared it, ask questions and complete
questionnaires.
As you read this we will be about
halfway through the six week
consultation period. Any villagers who
have not yet sent their comments on the
plan are encouraged to do so, as this is
the last full chance to influence how
the village may develop over the next
eighteen years.
As explained in last month's issue,
following the consultation all responses
will be reviewed and summarised in a
document known as a consultation
statement. Another new document will
set out how the Plan satisfies all the
regulatory requirements it is required to
comply with.
Once those two documents are ready,
providing there have been no
significant changes to the Plan's
policies, the Plan would normally be
submitted for a second and final public
consultation prior to its review by an
independent examiner leading to a
village referendum.
The timing of this will depend very
much on Breckland Council's Local
Plan, with which the Saham Plan must
conform. The Local Plan will undergo
its own independent examination in
April and May and Breckland Council
do not expect it to be approved till late
2018. If changes are made to the Local
Plan as a result of its examination that
may lead to changes to the Saham
Toney Neighbourhood Plan, which is
why there is some caution about setting
a date for the second consultation.
Much more information can be found at
www.stnp2036.org and any queries
may be sent to stnp2036@gmail.com
with Amelia Lawes and Ryan Kelly as
runners-up. More information and
illustrations from these competitionswill be
reported on the Academy‘s website and the
next edition of their NewsLink.
The tree-planting session at Bullock Park,
Swaffham was successful, though it was
hoped there would have been a few more
children involved. Visit our website for
more details and an overview of all our
activities - www.wattonrotary.org.uk - the
archive pages go back about 13 years!
Martin Anscombe
Bradenham and District
Horticultural Society
Thursday 15th March, Bradenham and
District Horticultural Society met at the
Village Hall for the members only Annnual
Beetle Drive and Fish and Chip supper. Great
fun was had by all members, old and new,
and we had a chance to see who had the
greatest success in growing their free bulb
from last year (and who had forgotten to plant
them!).
Our eagerly awaited Spring Show will take
place on Saturday April 7th. There will be a
variety of flowers, produce, cookery,
photographic art and crafts from our
members. Doors open to the public at
3.30pm. Come and see the exhibits and join
us for refreshments. You will receive a warm
welcome and can find out more about the
benefits of membership – just £10.00 for the
year. We are looking forward to Kate and
Colin Sayer`s talk on “Honeybees in the
Garden” on Thursday April 19th. With the
plight of bees much in the news at the
moment this will provide important
information to all gardeners keen to help these
vital pollinators.
Bradenham Village Sports Day on Saturday
May 28th is fast approaching, where there
will be a Plant Stall run by our members with
a wide variety of healthy, home grown plants
at bargain prices. A great way to fill those
gaps in the border!
Future dates (all free to members):
April 7th 2018 SPRING SHOW 3.30pm
open to the public (members only entries)
April 19th Honeybees in the Garden (Kate
and Collin Sayer) £1.00 to non-members
Look out for our updates on Facebook
at Bradenham Community Hub
Marianne Kilmartin Chairman 01362
820744
Laurene Henderson Publicity Officer
01362 821164 / 07942 820590
The Wayland News April 2018 Page 9
The Ovington
Crower
By Boy Sid
How yew orl gittin on tergitha,
sorry I hent rit tew yew tha larst
cuppla munths, fust time tha owld
sugar beet harvester wholly brook
an we oonly hed abowt an earca
tew git dun. So we cort Horry in a
sorft moment an we went owt
dewin a bit o knockin an toppin jist
like we yewsed tew dew years ago.
Owld farmer fownd tha owld lifta
at tha back of tha barn an hung it
on tha back of tha owld Major an
went up an down tha cuppla rows
left tew git them owtta tha mowld.
Then Horry lifted em owt gi em a
bang an I come ahind an cut orf tha
tops, I hossed the beet streart inter
the trailer so we dint have tew fork
em up like we yewsed tew dew.
Farmer wos so pleased he reckon
he wud searve a bit o munny if we
did thet evra year. Itsa gud job he
ducked wen he did cos the beet ole
Horry hulled at him was a right
soola and wud hev near on tuk his
hed orf.
Larst munth I wos propa poorly an
wos laid up fer tha best part o sum
time. My missus rang tha Docter
and he say “Hev he bruk
anything?” she say “Noo” Then he
say “Is he breathin?” an she say
“Corse he is, or if he woont I’de be
phoonin tha under tearka” “Well”
sez tha docta “Sounds like he’ll
live, give him a cuppla asprin
every nite and see how he is next
week” Anyway she got sum o
Granma’s ole hoom meard linctus
an gi me a good rub down, but thet
still tuk a week or so afore I cud
fearce the world. I’m gittin there if
yew arsk.
Ole missus P cum rown tew see
how I wos dewin an she mobbed
abowt the rood past tha willage
horl wos bunged up wi snow, an
wot wos tha cowncil gooin tew
dew abowt it. I say tew hare I say
“Why dunt yew arsk them, thas no
gud yew cum hollerin tew me. We
hent got a snow plow enny more
since tha cowncil bruk it up fer
firewood, yew cud showt in tha lug
o tha cowncil chair mawtha an see
wot sheese goonta dew abowt it.
“Oh” she say “I dassent dew thet,
sheel hev me up affront the beak
fer bein ‘stroppolus”
Letter to
the Editor
New Road at Town
Green
What are the ’planners’ thinking
about, allowing the road to an
upstart housing estate preference
over the road to an age-old
settlement? That the old,
existing road at Town Green is
now a give-way turn off is a
travesty made worse by the fact
that the new kerbing arrangement
has reduced the width of the road
to ridiculous dimensions. Two
cars may just squeeze past each
other but, in this rural county,
woe betide a tractor!
Yours, Jenny Mann, Road user,
dog walker and generally
disgruntled citizen.
Tha ole snow did corse a bit of a
panic, but wen yew looked at it it St Margaret's Church Breccles Historic Font
weren’t nowhere near as bad as
thet hev bin in tha parst. We hev
bin proper cut orf in tha willage fer
sum time, tha oonly blook tew git
threw wos the milk man, how he
did it no wun knew but he tuk his
milk tew orl his reglar customers
and hed sum milk oova fer them
wot coont git tew tha shop. They
doont meark em like thet enny
more. An he oonly hed an ole pick
up truck, wot wos nearly as old as
he wos an he wernt no spring
chicken.
Wen he sed tew me wun day, “I’ve
hed enuff Sid” he say “I’m gooin
tew retire” I wos took aback cos
heed bin bringin us milk for nigh
on thutty year. “Cor blarst” I say
“Wot are we gooin tew dew fer
milk then ole partna” “Tell yew
wot” he say “I’ll git orl my regla
customers a cow, hows that” I hatta
larf , but we niva got wun.
When I wos laid up tha ole Parish
Chair Mawtha cum rownd cos she
rekkuned I’d missed tha larst
meetin. So I say tew har I say.
“Well missus I doont heft tew tun
up cos I hent on tha cowncil,
anyhow I hent bin up tew tunnin
As part of the five year inspection of of four figures under arches, perhaps The PCC would like to undertake this
owt in orl this rum ole weatha” St Margret's Church at Breccles the the Evangelists, on the North face work and has received a £500 grant
“Thas no excuse” she holler back
Font was inspected by a Stone blind arcading, on the west face two from AllChurches Trust.
“Yew allus kip buttin in with your Mason. His conclusion was that the Green Men and on the South face If anyone would like to make a
daft idees an this larst meeting we
Font is Norman on a Medieval plinth. foliate decoration. This font is special contribution towards this project
wos orl dun by jist arta ate, an I
The bowl, which looks to be of and therefore with preserving. The please contact David Childerhouse at
hatta goo hoom an lissen tew my
Barnack Limestone, has a lead lined cost of cleaning the font and carrying david.childerhouse@btinternet.com
ole man mobbing on abowt how
bowl. The carving on the East face is out minor repairs is £1,674. or 01953 498079.
Norrige City wos gooin down tha
drain an thar ent a propa striker
among em. So dew yew cum along with two of the members who could The No 1 pub lunch group will be
in footcha an give us suffin tew
argew abowt”
Watton U3A remember lots of the details in
Julian’s talk. It was a very interesting
going to The Waggon and Horses in
Griston on Thursday 12 April and the
Yew carnt win can yew? visits Watton High insight into how Watton has evolved No 2 pub lunch group will be going
Well thas time fer suffin warm an a over time. Julian has agreed to return to The Windmill at Great
trip up wooden hill, so hoop tew
Street - Past next year to give us another talk Cressingham on Tuesday 27 March.
see yew agin nex munth. Dew yew Julian Horn came to our February about the history of Watton. I’m The visit to Newmarket Stud has
kip a troshin. meeting armed with photos and looking forward to that already. been put back to 11 April. Please put
Boy Sid. endless knowledge about Watton The meeting started with several your name forward at the March
High Street. We were shown how the group leaders giving reports on the meeting if you would like to go. The
town centre has changed going back activities of their groups and whether cost will be £27 which will be
through time from 2013 back to there were any places vacant. The collected then.
before 1910. There were photos of Looking at Watton group have had a There is also a visit planned to the
Watton railway station and on book published on their work which Beth Chatto gardens on 18 June.
Thetford Road the cottage hospital. concentrated on Watton High Street The holiday to Paignton on 9
This was opened in 1899 and didn’t and are now looking at 1901 and September has a few places available.
close until 1951. Julian showed us 1911, the two census years. Please contact our Membership
maps showing Watton dated 1803 The next meeting on 22 March is the Secretary, Anita Taylor on 01953
and also 1790 which showed almost AGM when we will be electing the 881110 if you would like to become a
no town at all. The photos were an next committee. New committee member of the Watton U3A, or
eye opener showing buildings being members are welcome. would like further details.
replaced by other buildings through The membership fee of £22 is due For further details on the National
this time. There was much interaction and will be collected at this meeting. U3A, go to www.u3a.org.uk
The Wayland News April 2018 Page 10
The Wayland News April 2018 Page 11
Happenings of
The HAPPY
Project
As I write this most of the snow in our
immediate vicinity has melted leaving
enormous puddles around. I hope none
of you were too inconvenienced by the
white stuff and that you continue to
look forward to the spring and summer
and maybe even some sunshine!
The HAPPY Project is drawing to a
close. You may remember that Suzanne
Rhind applied for some funding from
The People’s Health Trust in order to
set up The HAPPY Project. The
specific aims were to meet the needs of
isolated and lonely people in rural
areas. The areas specified by the
funders were Great Cressingham, The
Arms and Little Cressingham, Ashill
and part of Watton. Because some of
those areas are sparsely populated we
eventually asked the funders if we
could extend the project to include
Griston and the top end of Watton near
to Carbrooke.
My ideas were to start some groups to
encourage people to get out and meet
up with others. I formed a Steering
Committee to enlist some help in
starting the groups. Some ideas
worked and others didn’t! The groups
that we began, needed to be sustainable
and self operating by the end of the
Project
What didn’t work was the Social
Group, it was very slow to become
established, we found people preferred
to have activities organised for them,
rather than take the lead and make
suggestions, so after a year of
fluctuating numbers, we took the sad
decision to close the group.
The Project tried to establish an Art and
Craft Group in Great Cressingham,
which was really good fun but was only
Wayland Mens
Shed Social Group
On the 1st April it will be a milestone
in the short history of WMS Social
Group, it is from That date on we take
on our own responsibilities and stand
on our own feet so to speak. Its been
almost two years since a handful of us
took up the daunting challenge of
trying To establish the Watton based
Mens Shed Social Group now called
“Wayland Mens Shed” at The old
School House in Church Walk, but
none of this would have been possible
had without the financial backing and
help from “The Happy Project” run by
Mrs Jean Williams at Wayland House
to Jean and THP a big thank you from
all of us at Wayland Mens Shed.
So with our funding now finished its
time for us to start paying our own
way. Since our moving in to our base
in Church walk we have gone from
strength to strength with an increasing
membership that gives us a firm base
from which to move forward Into the
future. Over the past few weeks we
have received requests from other local
Towns, Dereham & Kings Lynn to
visit our band of merry gents with view
to starting their own town based Mens
Shed Groups, it pleases us very much
that we are able to help other potential
groups and we wish them all the best
for the future. Friday 23rd Feburary
was our Cheese & Wine evening
organised by our social secretary
Malcolm Trayhorn and as we have
come to expect it was another great
evening with some 35 members and
partners attending.
Our computer section also seems to be
attended by two families, this was not a
viable option for so few children, we
were sad to close that group.
We have been working in partnership
with The Grange in Great Cressingham
to set up a Craft group using their
wonderful facilities. For various
reasons, this has not happened, but I am
hoping that later in the year there will
be another attempt to launch such a
group. Watch out for further
information.
Another project we attempted was The
Bereavement Café, which was held
monthly at Babaco’s in the High Street,
by kind permission of Sandra and Peter
Merry. We joined forces with
Breckland Funeral Services and by
providing a confidential, listening ear in
familiar surroundings, I am pleased to
say we helped a few people who had
lost family members and were finding
life difficult. The Bereavement Café
has now ceased to function with the
end of The HAPPY Project.
What went well!
The Ashill Family Art
and Craft Group, held in
Ashill Community
Centre is a big success
and will continue to
operate on the second
Saturday of each
month.This has been
made possible by two
very kind donations one
from The Watton Dance
Group and one from The
Ashill Welfare Trust
which has provided sufficient funds to
pay for the hire of the hall until the end
of the year. Every-one is welcome to
join us. The next meeting will be held
on 21st April 2018 because the hall was
not available on the usual date.
Activities include cooking, painting,
making things and many varied crafts.
We will also be starting a children’s
games section within the art and craft
gathering momentum and seems to be
busy all the time Refurbishing and
repairing and what they cant repair is all
broken down and parts sent off to be
recycled bringing in useful income to
boost our funds, well done Jeff, John
and the rest of the group in the computer
room.
Our Up and Coming events: 16th
March, Visit to Fakenham races; 27th
March, 10 pin Bowling, in Dereham;
4th May, Video-Film Race Nite; 20th
June, Stanta Battle Training Area,
Coach tour; 18th September, Coach to
group.
The Watton Games Group was set up
Watton Society News
in conjunction with The Library. It has
been successful and given some people
lots of fun and pleasure. The group has
recently been relaunched and now
operates on a Wednesday in the Library
from 2pm to 4pm, pop along and join
in the fun. You can take your own
favourite game and teach the group
how to play or use the games that are
provided.
The Wayland Men’s Shed was set up
as part of The HAPPY Project, we
didn’t think for one minute it was going
to be as successful as it is. That is of
course, thanks to the very hard work of
the committee and the members who
strive to make The Shed welcoming to
all who walk in the door! There are lots
of activities going on, do go down and
have a look. The Shed is open on
Monday and Wednesday 10am to 2pm
and on Saturday 10am to 12 noon.
The Griston Festival has been
supported by The
HAPPY Project, we have
been providing mainly
administrative support
and advice. The Festival
was a huge success in At their February meeting Watton Society was visited by a group of excited
2017 and plans are well brownies wanting to know the results of the annual poster competition
under way for 23rd June organised by the Society. This time the theme was "Invictus Games". Of course
2018. Please put the date it had nothing to do with the prize money, they just wanted to know who was
in your diary. first, All entries were very good and extremely well done. The Society hope to
I would like to take this see more entries next year, once again very well done all of you.
opportunity to thank The Brownies are Rosie, Freya, Isobel and Caitlin with Leader Rachel.
everyone who has shown
interest and supported
The HAPPY Project. Especially those
people who joined the Steering Group,
without them activities we have offered
would not have happened. I have
enjoyed meeting members of the public
at the various activities I have attended
whilst publicising our activities.
Photo: Penny helping two of the
children with their art work at the
Ashill Family Art and Craft Group
Bletchley, (The Code Breakers)
Some more events to come; Quiz &
Chips, Cheese & Wine, as yet TBA
Visitors always welcome as are new
members our weekly opening times are:
Monday and Wednesdays 10am to 2pm
and Saturdays 10am to 12pm (times An interesting evening listening to the history of the Thursday Club from Club
may vary from time to time due to stalwarts Gay Skipper and Jane Sheldrake (above). The Club is run by
various activities) why not pop in for a volunteers to provide a chance for learning disabled people of all ages to meet
cuppa Tea or Coffee the kettle is always socially. To take part in a variety of activities, go on outings, enjoy music/
on. Cheers, Richard Adams ,Chairman dancing or simply just chat. For more information contact Jane Sheldrake. Our
WMS next meeting will be on Wednesday 18th April, at 7.45pm at the Watton
Tel: 01953 881004 e mail: Christian Community Centre, when the speaker will be Anne Bridge - "Lost
waylandmensshed@gmail.com and Found" - the mystery of the Cheapside hoard.
The Wayland News April 2018 Page 12
Viribus Vincimus
(By Strength we Conquer)
21 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Stow Bedon, 7th July 1942
It had been a very warm start to July in 1942
but on Tuesday 7th, the weather turned and
became cooler, overcast and windy. Three
young men from RAF 21 Squadron took to
the air from RAF Watton on board a war
weary Bristol Blenheim V5851. (MkIV).
This was one of three Blenheims left with 21
Squadron and were generally used as
squadron “hacks” meaning that the aircraft
might be used for continuation training,
instrument training, transportation of
personnel or spares and visits to
neighbouring units.
The Blenheim usually carried a crew of
three, the pilot, navigator and Wireless
Operator/ Air Gunner. The area allocated to
the pilot on the left side of the nose was
cramped and engine instruments eliminated
the forward view on landings. The navigator
was seated alongside the pilot. The wireless
operator/air gunner was located alongside the
aircraft's dorsal gun turret.
Records indicate that this is likely to have been
a training flight.
Shortly before 17:00 the aircraft is reported to
have collided with trees at Spinney Farm Stow
Bedon 3 miles South of Watton, ripping the tail
off.
Eyewitnesses described that the aircraft then
zoomed skywards before crashing into the field
adjacent to Sandy Lane in Stow Bedon and a
short distance from Breckles House. During the
descent, it was observed that the legs of one of
the crew were dangling and waving as if
struggling to escape from the camera hatch in
the aircraft during the final descent. If this
memory is correct, this would have been the
escape hatch for the Wop/AG (Wireless
Operator/Air Gunner). Sadly he didn’t make it
out of the aircraft.
Another eyewitness recalls that the plane was
limping home (after a local accident) and flying
very low. She writes that as the pilot saw the
plane was on a collision course with Breckles
House he responded by putting the nose down
so that the aircraft crashed, burying itself
deeply in the field and exploding into a ball of
flames upon impact. She adds; “But for the
courage of these men, everyone in the cottage
would have died. To my mind, no windows researching this story, the Maluish family have
were broken but the flames were so fierce that
the trees burnt, the honeysuckle on the front
regularly made trips from Canada to visit
Bucky’s grave and hope to visit again this
porch was burnt up and the paint on that side of year.
the cottage was blistered and peeled off. My It has taken me many years to discover the
eyelashes and eyebrows were singed when I circumstances around this crash and
went outside from the kitchen to go to the references and accounts are as accurate as I
stable to let out our rabbits that were in hutches can ascertain.
inside. I then ran to the post office to ask them It would seem that the last action by the pilot
to phone the police and my father who was of the stricken Blenheim was to try and save
working in Attleborough. My sister was the lives of those living in Breckles House by
delivered of her baby a few days later and for crashing the aircraft nose into the field.
years he used to cling and scream when he Everyone in the house survived. Now that
heard an aeroplane. " this information has been collected and with
All of the crew were killed and later buried at the assistance of the surviving relatives of
St Mary’s Church in Watton. the crew, it is planned that a small memorial
Pilot: R/93513 Sgt Frank Brown Graham Heron stone will be erected off Sandy Lane in
Royal Canadian Air Force - Watton (St Mary) gratitude and in memory of Sgt Frank Heron,
Churchyard Row C. Grave 63. Sgt George Step and Sgt Bucky Maluish
Observer: R/687000 Flt Sgt George Douglas Many thanks to Mr. R Childerhouse for
(Bucky) Maluish Royal Canadian Airforce - pointing me in the right direction.
Watton (St Mary) Churchyard Row C. Grave 62. The photos below are from the hometown
Air Gunner: 1067562 Sgt George Edward Step - papers of the two crew members, Heron and
Watton (St Mary) Churchyard Row C. Grave 61. Maluish. And lower left show the funeral party
Sgt Frank Heron and Sgt George Step were arriving at St Mary’s, Watton. The lower
only 20 years old. Sgt George (Bucky) Maluish picture shows the volley of shots fired as a
was only 23. salute to the fallen airmen. (St Maty’s pictures
Sgt Frank Heron joined the Royal Canadian Air form the Wartime Watton Collection and
Force in March 1941 in Edmonton. Training in visible on www.rafwatton.info.
High River, Regina, and Dauphin, Manitoba.
He was posted overseas in December 1941.
Was born on 7 July 1922 in Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada, his father, Frank, was 21 and
his mother, Elizabeth, was 24. He had three
brothers.
Sgt George Step was born in Ulverston in
Lancashire and was the only child of Percival
and Fanny Step. It is possible that it is George
Step’s family seen here attending his funeral at
St Mary’s Church Watton.
Sgt George (Bucky) Maluish has a surviving
second cousin who tells me that Mr. Maluish
was called by all who knew him by the
nickname "Bucky". The Maluish family was
from Kenora, Ontario, Canada. He had two
brothers, Ted and Tom and one sister Evelyn.
All the sons in the family served in WW2. The
cousin relates “My mother once told me that
the day the family was informed of Bucky's
death you could hear his mother screaming four
blocks away at my mom's house.” She adds
that “Bucky was handsome and a very good
athlete and of course his death was a huge loss
to our family. His father and my grandfather
both served in WW1.” Unknown to individuals
The Wayland News April 2018 Page 13
Watton Churches Together - April
St. Mary’s Church, Watton Thought for the Shinrin-Yoku Mary’s Church Rooms for girls aged 5-7
years. The Rainbows will be meeting each
www.stmaryswatton.org By Fr Gordon Williams (Roshi) Monday at St Mary’s Church during term
Follow us @StMarysWatton
If I can be of help to you please do not hesitate to contact me,
Month Japanese researchers have discovered that time. Rainbows1stwatton@hotmail.com
Rev Eleanor Reddington the ancient practice of Shinrin-Yoku, or or look on Facebook
on 01953 881439, I shall be available at church on Tuesdays Dear friends, Quite a few years ago now I ‘Forest bathing’ can help reduce stress, Friday 20th April 2.15pm, & Saturday
between 10.30am and 12 noon—–Gerry Foster was in a small village Primary School as reduce blood pressure and even help with 21st April 7.15pm Watton Community
Commencing Wed 19th April, the Church will be open Wed the children came in for the start of a new depression. Forest bathing refers to Cinema at St Mary’s Film to be advised.
10.30-3.00pm & Thurs 10-12.30pm. You are welcome to come day. The Headteacher gathered them all allowing the forest to envelope you with Refreshment Café opens one hour prior to
into church to enjoy the peace and tranquillity, say a prayer & together and said that a new government its energy. screening. Tickets available at the box
light a candle, or just to look round. Church members will directive had come out saying that all We all know how lovely it is to walk in office on the day.
welcome you and serve refreshments. schools had to start the day with some the woods, breath the woodland air, smell The March Winner of the 100 Club Draw
1st, 3rd & 4th Wednesday at 9.30am Holy Communion 2nd exercises for the children. Then she looked the wonderful fragrances, listen to the No 24 Eleanor Nethaway
Wednesday Morning Worship at me and said “that’s right, isn’t it birds and feel the gentle breeze.
Thursdays 5.00pm—5.30pm Parish Prayers Eleanor?” Thankfully, by this time I had The Japanese put great emphasis on the
Saturdays 9.30am—10.00am Parish Prayers
5.00pm—6.00pm Prayer & Praise
realised what was going on, and agreed, so
all the children trooped out to do some
presence of great trees especially the very
old ones. In Japan there are forty four
Shipdham &
Sundays 10.00am-11.30am ADventure-free for 0-16 yrs
Breakfast—Crafts—Games—Faith in Jesus Teaching
exercises led by the other teacher. Once
the children were all back in their places,
accredited Shinrin- Yoku forests. But we
do not need to travel to Japan to seek out
District Book
Church Office opens Tues, Wed & Thurs 9am-1pm and ready for me to lead assembly the such a forest. There are little oasis’s near
Sun 1st
Tel: 01953 881252 email:wattonchurch@gmail.com
Easter Day
Headteacher said “April Fool”. I’ll leave to all of us. It might even be your back Group
you to imagine the reaction of the garden if you have one. Nature’s beauty The book discussed on 21st February was
8.00am Holy Communion children! and energy are all around us, but we often Gallows View the first in the Detective
10.00am Holy Communion Why have I told you this (apart from pass it by without appreciating it. Even Chief Inspector Alan Banks series by Peter
Sun 8th 8.00am Holy Communion giving you a smile)? Well April 1st falls very populated areas have their share of Robinson, first published in1987. Banks has
10.00am Informal Holy Communion on a Sunday this year, and Christians will trees. Take a leisurely stroll and you soon moved from London to Eastvale in the
Sun 15th 8.00am Holy Communion be celebrating the most incredible event – realise they are there. Yorkshire Dales with his wife and two
10.00am Holy Communion the resurrection of Jesus. Yes, Easter If I have something that is troubling me or children. He has three major enquiries on his
11.45am APCM Sunday also happens to be April 1st. I I just feel out of kilter, a walk to the duck hands: a Peeping Tom with a preference for
2.30pm Café Stop at Blenheim Centre suppose some people do regard the events pond will often put me right. There I find blonde ladies including his wife, Sandra; a
Sun 22nd 8.00am Holy Communion of Good Friday and Easter Sunday as just still water, waving reeds , Willow trees series of burglaries often involving
10.00am 4th Sunday at 10 stories – but there’s nothing April Fool and ducks of course! It’s hard to be meaningless vandalism and the mysterious
Sun 29th 8.00am Holy Communion about Jesus’ resurrection, even though the obsessed by the modern world when we death of a frail elderly lady.
10.30am Group Service Jewish religious leaders tried to claim it are surrounded by the ancient one. The The general opinions expressed were
at St John’s Church, Ovington hadn’t happened. natural world has great power to lift your favourable although all those present
Watton Methodist Church It did, and it’s the most incredible news. spirit. It reminds us that we are part of it found the style of policing, attitudes and
www.wattonmethodist.btck.co.uk God loves us so much he sent Jesus, his all, not separate from it. writing understandably dated. Examples
Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and son, to earth, and Jesus died the most quoted included expressions such as
prayer between 10.15am & 11.30am. It’s your quiet place. horrific death to show us both how much 'bobby dazzler', 'a nice pair of knockers'
At 10.30am there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large
Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member.
He loves us, and how much he wants us to
know and love Him. Then God raised
What’s on at St and the description of a smoke filled,
greasy carpeted pub. Members thought the
Sun 1st Easter Day
10.30am Revd E Reddington
Jesus from the dead, and in doing so
promised new life to all who believe.
Mary’s Church, characters believable and well portrayed.
The descriptions of the rural small town
6.30pm Revd B Trinder Down through the years millions have background evoked the time and place.
Sun 8th 11.00am Section Service at Great Ellingham found strength and comfort in Jesus’ death Watton We commented on the changes in police
6.30pm Rev E Reddington and resurrection. Thursday 5th April 10.00am Thursday work since the introduction of modern
Sun 15th 10.30am Local Arrangement I love this time of year, and never ceased Chat a social coffee morning at St Mary’s communications and surveillance methods
6.30pm Rev A King to be amazed at the strength and depth of Church, all welcome including CCTV and mobile phones plus
Sun 22nd 10.30am Mr S Lynn God’s love, and of Jesus’ love. The Mon 9th April 10-2.00pm Messy Church the development of DNA evidence.
6.30pm Mrs E Warby knowledge of that love, and of God’s at St Mary’s Church, Theme “Caring for Overall it was felt to be very readable and
Sun 29th 10.30am Rev B Winner presence with me day by day, has kept me our World” Free Fun, Food and enjoyable, some have read other titles in
6.30pm Mrs A Fox going through some difficult experiences. friendship, children please bring an adult the series, at least one on the strength of
As you look forward to those chocolate with you. this first one. The solving of the old lady's
Roman Catholic Community death kept us guessing to the end whilst
eggs (themselves a reminder of new life) Mondays 16th , 23rd, 30th April 9.30am
Each Sat 5.30pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church the burglaries were described as they
on Easter Sunday, why don’t you join us Story Bags at St Mary’s Church for
Sun 1st Easter Day 8.30 & 10.30am Mass of Easter Day happened and the Peeping Tom was fairly
for worship, and find out how much God parents and preschool children during term
at Our Lady of Pity Church, Swaffham easy to identify.
loves you for yourself? time only.
St. Nicholas’ Church, Ashill Have a truly happy and blessed Easter. Mon 16th , 23rd, 30th April 4.30-5.45pm For our meeting on 21st March we are
Sun 1st Easter Day Eleanor 1st Watton Rainbow Brownies at St reading The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton.
9.30am Holy Communion & Sunday Funday
Sun 8th 9.30am Family Holy Communion
Wed 11th 7.30pm APCM
Sun 15th 9.30am Morning Worship
Sun 22nd 9.30am Holy Communion
St. George’s Church, Saham Toney
Sun 1st Easter Day
11.00am Holy Communion
Sun 8th 11.00am Family Holy Communion
12 noon APCM
Sun 15th 11.00am All Age Worship
Sun 22nd 11.00am Holy Communion

S.S. Peter & Paul’s Church, Carbrooke

Sun 1st Easter Day
10.30am Holy Communion
Sun 8th 10.30am All Age Worship
Sun 15th 10.30am Holy Communion followed by APCM
Sun 22nd 10.30am Lay Led Worship

St John the Evangelist Church, Ovington

Sun 1st Easter Day
9.30am Holy Communion
Sun 15th 10.30am All Age Worship
Sun 29th 10.30am Group Service - Re-opening Celebration

All Saints Church, Threxton

Our next service at All Saints Church Threxton
will be on Easter Day, Sunday 1st April at
10.30am A warm welcome to everyone
The Wayland News April 2018 Page 14
Watton Twinning
Association
Our Twinning year started with a New Year Get-
together, which was a very enjoyable evening.
Recently we had our 31st Anniversary Meal,
which was held at the Olde Bell Saham Toney.
The picture shows just some of our members with
our guests the Mayor of Watton Stan Hebburn and
his wife Sue.
Our A.G.M. is being held on Wednesday 28th
March at 8pm in the Pentecostal Church on
Dereham Road, Watton. During the evening we
shall have a guest speaker Jane Fountain leader of
the Watton Neighbourhood Plan Working Group
to explain to us what the groups plans are for the
future of Watton, ie: Housing, Schools, Transport,
Health facilities, Roads, Youth centres and
Village halls etc. If you are interested in hearing
what is being said then you are more than
welcome to come to our meeting, it will also give
you the opportunity to meet some of our members
and an insight into Twinning. The meeting
finishes with tea, coffee and biscuits and a
friendly chat.
On May 19th until 23rd our twin families are
visiting Watton so we will also be making plans
soon for this visit. When you have been twinned
for 31 years it is sometimes difficult to think of
places in our region and beyond that they haven’t
already visited.
We do have one dilemma though, we have a
young family with 2 children a boy and girl who
would like to twin with a young family in Watton
or one of the surrounding villages. If you or
anyone you know would be interested in hosting
this family please let me know by telephone or
e.mail and I will tell you anything you need to
know, my information is at the bottom of this
letter or you can come and see me at the meeting
above.
If you are interested in joining us and making a
link with a German family in Weeze or just
becoming a member to meet our other members
socially please contact me by telephone or e.mail
below for a chat and more information.
Twinning membership is just £10 per year for a
family and £7 for a single adult, which isn’t a
huge amount but is necessary to pay our public
liability insurance, stationery costs etc. We also
hold 5 or 6 events a year some to just socialize
together and others such as a Cream Tea, Carnival
and Oktoberfest to raise funds for when our
Weeze friends come to Watton then we have an
itinerary of events while they are here, always a
most enjoyable time is had by all whether you
have guests staying with you or just joining in the
whole event. Tel:- 01953 883317 or
magsdevine@tiscali.co.uk or visit
wattontwinning.wordpress.com
Margaret Devine (Chair)

sister was Elizabeth Garrett Anderson who is

Watton Evening WI
What with Brexit negotiations continually in the
media it was good to remember that women took
on the government and won the equality of the
vote. In our February meeting, Hazel Gillingham
(our own Vice President) suitably attired in
Suffragette fashion told the fascinating story of
Millicent Fawcett. Millicent was a Suffragist who
campaigned peacefully and tirelessly for votes for
women. As you may have heard in the media,
Suffragettes took a more militant route and
between both the Suffragists and Suffragettes
fight, some women were given the vote but only
those aged over 30 and who owned property.
Millicent was from Aldeburgh, Suffolk born in
1947 and died in 1929 but not before she founded
Newnham all women college still going today
and was honoured by becoming a Dame in 1924.
Her pioneering
attitude is evident in
the WI today in the
campaigns and
lobbying of the
government on many
issues to improve our
environment both
worldwide and at
home. A little
known fact about
Millicent is that her
reported to be the first women doctor. Millicent’s
daughter, Phillipa was determined to continue her
mother’s fight for equality and went to college
although, women at that time, were unable to be
presented with a degree, unlike her male
counterparts even though she was top of her class.
Phillipa went on to form the Fawcett Society
which still fight for equal rights for women.
Formidable women to whom we are eternally
grateful. In recognition of her achievement, a
statue of Millicent Fawcett is to be erected in
Parliament Square.
During the meeting notices were read along with
a short statement given by Pam focussing on the
plight of our community of the influx of
continually building many more properties and
draw our attention to the CPRE/Norfolk/
Campaign to Protect Rural England project and
the potential threat to our community and
landscape with regard to future Development
Planning. Many views were voiced including other forms of Dementia. Our Lunch Club
that the Town Council is now in the process of enjoyed a delicious meal at Waggon & Horses,
drawing up a Development Plan for this area. Griston, a favourite venue. We also enjoyed
Pam sought our support in this and other agencies joining with other Watton residents at Watton
efforts as best we can. Cinema held in St Marys Church to watch the
As usual the WI members have been busy and the film ‘Victoria & Abdul’.
Craft Group have been focusing on producing If you would like to know more about WI or visit
‘fidget quilts’. These are lap quilts which provide as a guest please telephone our Secretary, Carol
sensory and tactile stimulation for the restless Robeson on 01953 881006 who will be pleased to
hands of those suffering with Alzheimer’s or speak to you.

So what is new at the Sports Centre? There is a new

What's New at
Watton Sports
Centre?
In recent times there has been a lot of opinions and out
pouring of unhappiness about the Sports Centre and its
management.
Where had this all come from? In recent years the facility
has not kept pace with the growth of the town and to a great
extent had become elitist, serving the few, not the many
with its ethos. Some residents of Watton have voiced their
dissatisfaction loudly and some also making assumptions as
to what had gone wrong.
Following the AGM in September it was blatantly obvious
that to move forward we had to modernise in attitude, as
people had stopped using the Centre, the council had
stopped listening and generally it was time for change,
financially it was very apparent that a different approach
was essential for survival.
We needed to provide a facility that would be inclusive of
all ages and abilities, for Social and Sports and so we have
begun on that long and difficult road!
inclusive facility emerging run by the committee, where
team work and volunteering of time and expertise is
allowing the Centre to come alive again!
New memberships for all ages, concessions for public
services and students, squash and badminton courts ready
for hire and a new improved gym and fitness studio with
fantastic views. Bowls, tennis and numerous exercise
classes now on timetable and we are adding more options
daily. Children’s holiday clubs will be up and running in
time for the summer holidays.
We have plans to renovate the kitchen and extend the bar
with an upstairs Sports Lounge and provide a Social
Membership with benefits in the bar including members
lunches.
Available to hire for functions such as children's parties,
weddings and corporate functions etc. It has become a
home for Slimming World and the Learning Centre for
Children's University to name a few.
There is a lot to achieve with ageing infrastructure but we
are positive in our task to keep the Sports Centre legacy as
a charity alive and working in the community. Please feel
free to come and have a look around!
Grant Harwood WSA Trustee & Secretary
The Wayland News April 2018 Page 15
On and off And
on again with
Inner Wheel
The snow did play havoc didn't it?
But . . . our first lunchtime concert of
this year on March 23rd was ON,
unaffected by weather and a large
audience gathered in the Queens Hall
to be entertained by KYLE, only it
turned out that poor KYLE had woken
the day before with a bad attack of
laryngitis and no voice! Thankfully she
had two marvellous friends and fellow
musicians, Roger and Colin who were
able to join her at short notice and we
were treated to a great programme of
foot tapping songs from the era of
Elvis Presley and rock and roll. We
might not have danced in the aisles but
if they come again next year I think
some people will! Despite having very
little voice KYLE was able to
harmonise and her lively, bubbly
personality shone through as she
encouraged everyone to sing along. It
was a great morning and added £332 to
our charity funds.
The next events had to be called OFF,
a group of members had planned to
visit the new restaurant at Thetford
Garden Centre for lunch but heavy
snow deterred us, then on March 3rd
the coffee morning in the Queens Hall
had to be cancelled as was the craft
market. We do apologise to anyone
who did come along hoping for a slice
of cake and a cup of coffee and finding
the doors shut.
And then, it was back to ON with our
club meeting on March 7th when local
author Joan Khurody came to talk to us
about her life which has been a rather
unusual one. She met her Indian
husband, Phi, when they both went to
Reading University but not to do the
same courses. Overcoming the social,
cultural and religious differences at the
time they married and moved to a rural
part of northern India for Phi's work.
Seven years of relative privation and
then a move to Bombay followed by
years in Iran, Indonesia ,Lebanon and
Yemen. (Pictured top right are Inner
Wheel President Lesley Cowling
with Joan and Phi Khurody)
An ailing mother brought them back
to Watton as retirement beckoned but
at the age of 80 Joan decided that it
was time to put her experiences into
words and started to write. She has so
far written two accounts of her life and
two novels and told us that as she woke
the other day a story flashed into her
mind and thus another book will soon
be born. A truly inspirational talk and a
reminder that it is never too late to start
on a new career!
Also ON on 23rd will be our Fashion
Show with Artichoke, if you haven't
got your tickets yet they are still
available from Mullengers in Watton
High Street.
Tickets are also available for our next
Lunchtime Concert on April 25th
when the Senior Moments Jazz Band
will be entertaining with their mix of
Jazz, Swing, country waltz and ballads,
tickets are still at £6 including a light
lunch.
And, for your diaries, our renowned
and popular Strawberry Tea will be on
Tuesday, June 21st as usual at the pink
house, 30, Thetford Road from 2.0-4.0
We look forward to seeing you at all
our events.
More information about events and
Inner Wheel from me, Brenda, on
01953881792 or from our Secretary,
Pam, on 019533880904
Great Hockham
Gardening
Club
Integrated Disease Control
Our speaker for March was Abi
Rayment, BSc, MSc, MBPR
(Hort). Abi works for Dove
Associates and undertakes regular
crop walks for a range of nurseries
in the UK. She studied at Hadlow
and Writtle colleges, and is an
active member of the International
Plant Propagators Society. As well
being able to set up and monitor
trials, carry out full nursery audits
and run workshops, she has a keen
interest in biofumigation and
compost tea. Abi returned to our
club after her visit of a year ago
when she talked about integrated
pest control. This time the subject
of her talk was ‘Integrated Disease
Management.
Abi opened her talk by outlining
the main approaches taken to
control diseases: Chemical,
cultural, environmental and
biological. Chemical: the use of
chemicals has been falling out of
favour in recent decades due to the
indiscriminate killing of the insects
that might actually be beneficial.
Also, the cumulative effect of the
chemical on other wildlife, directly
or indirectly, has become
unacceptable. As a result of these
problems many previously
commonly used chemical controls
are now banned. Cultural: by using
preventive practices including
using plants that are resistant to
pests and creating conditions that
produce healthy plants. A healthy
plant is less susceptible to attack.
Environmental: by changing the
Diabetes UK
The March meeting was shorter
than usual, because we had our
annual lunch get together. We did
welcome a new member, though
and a couple of arising matters
were discussed.
Our next meeting will be on
Monday April 9th, 10.15am, at the
Pentecostal Church, Watton
(whom we thank for the generous
use of their facilities). Our speaker
will be John Daly and he will be
speaking about "My life as a
Paramedic". For details of this or
any of our meetings, please phone
conditions around a cultivated plant
some pests will find it difficult to
survive. Red spider mites do not
like moisture, so by keeping the
humidity high they are deterred.
Companion planting falls under this
heading. Biological: this is the
control of harmful organisms by the
introduction of predator species that
do not have negative consequences
on the remaining ecology.
Indecently, it seems that Dutch elm
disease is only a problem once the
tree becomes six feet high. At that
height its smell spreads easily
enough for the beetle to detect it.
Abi illustrated her talk with
affectionate descriptions of diseases
like powdery mildew, botrytis,
peach leaf curl and cankers,
whereas silver leaf, leaf spot, white
blister and various rusts, prompted
words of pure admiration. Now,
with increasing reverence, she
talked of early blight, fire blight,
box blight, tip blight, potato blight
and cane blight, while club root,
root rot, honey fungus clematis wilt
were described in terms bordering
on love. By the time we got to scab,
brown rot, blossom wilt, blossom
end rot and blossom dearie, she
began to sound as though we
should be singing their praises.
In the unlikely event that you might
want to eradicate these beautiful
biological blooms, then there
seemed to be little chemical
remedies still permitted or
available. Firstly your plants should
be obtained from reputable sources.
Next is to find what the organism
thrives on – and supply the
opposite, see above. There was one
thing that came up on several
occasions during her talk: compost
tea. Compost tea is something you
can make and can be effective at
Helen 01953 884713, leave a
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Griston Yard Sale
Monday 7th May
A chance for you to turn your
unwanted items into cash! Bank
Holiday Monday should see plenty
of folk in the village so book a
reservation now with Nicky on
01953 548375 at a cost of just £5.
All taking part will be included on
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sold on the day for £1.
controlling a range of problems.
First because the disease doesn’t
like it and secondly the nutrient
supplied to the plant allows it to
thrive and therefore better resist
attacks. There appear to be
various articles on making this
potion on the web.
The competition results for March:
Flowers. 1 Hazel Dunn. 2 Matt
Cunningham. 3 Val Long.
Fruit/Veg 1 Jane Dalton. 2 Hazel
Dunn. 3 Only two entries.
Photos 1 Prue Szczepanowski. 2 Ed
Szczepanowski. 3 Hazel Dunn.
Our next club event is a visit to
Anglesea Abbey. This is an
‘unorganized’ event that members
can simply arrange among
themselves so as to all turn up at the
same time and thus share the
experience with friends.
Our next, and last indoor meeting
of this season will be on
Wednesday 11th of April. Roger
Jones from Norfolk Wildlife
Trust will be informing us about
the ‘Wild Orchids of Norfolk’.
After that the summer will be
here and we will be sunning
ourselves at an outdoor venue.
Edward Szczepanowski.
Christian Aid
Week
May 13th-19th
Watton Churches Together are
holding a Big Soup Lunch during
Christian Aid week. This will be
on Wednesday 16th May between
12pm and 2pm at the Watton
Christian Community Centre. All
welcome. Donations to Christian
Aid. We are holding a street
collection on that day, and there
will be donation envelopes in all
churches also.
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Richmond Park Golf Club – Ladies Section
On Monday 12th March, following the
heavy snow and recent rainy days, the
ladies of Richmond Park Golf Club were
finally able to get out onto the golf course.
They played a social 9 hole Texas Scramble
Competition and despite some wet areas on
the course, enjoyed a mild morning which
Fundraising for
Cats Protection
Our branch of Cats Protection which covers
all of Breckland has to be self sufficient in
supporting ourselves. This includes very
large vet bills - between £1500 and £2000 a
month, at our vets in Thetford, and we use
lots of other vets as well.
We have a neutering budget every year
from our Head Office, so the vet fees do
not include the cost of neutering. All the
cats and kittens we take in are checked
over by the vet, flea’d and wormed,
vaccinated, microchipped and where
necessary, neutered. Some cats or kittens
come to us with other problems which
require veterinary treatment, which costs
more money. Of course, all the cats in
our care have to be fed, sometimes on
specialist food whichcan be exprensive.
And we get through a large amount of
litter too! We have various collection
bins around - one in Tesco’s at Brandon
and one in Pets at Home in Thetford
where kind people can donate cat food.
We also feed 3 colonies of ferals cats
twice a week on an industrial estate in
Thetford. All these cats have been
neutered by us so they can’t reproduce.
Our adoption fees for cats and kittens is
£60 each, which also helps towards our
vet fees. As an animal charity we are
always at full capacity, and can only take
in another cat, when one has been
homed, freeing up another space.
We go to great lengths to raise money.
We have a sale about 6 times a year at St.
Cuthbert’s church hall in Thetford, where
Dereham Indoor
Bowls Club
Dereham indoor bowls club based within
the leisure centre will be open throughout
the summer. Leagues will be run on
Monday and Friday mornings with roll
ups Tuesday and Thursday. A singles
knock out will be organized Wednesday
stayed dry until everyone was back in the
clubhouse.
The winners of the team competition, with a
score of 25.3, were Margaret Middleton,
Chris Bailey and Dilys Gibbs who were
presented with their prizes by Ladies’
Competition Secretary, Linda Hewison.
we sell, jumble, bric-a-brac, books, toys,
tombola and lots more. And we have
two lovely ladies who give up their
Saturdays to set up stalls outside St.
Cuthbert with tombola and anything else
that they think they can sell. They can
raise as much as a couple of hundred
pounds each time, which goes a big way
towards our vet fees.
We also have a bingo night once a month
in Brandon, which brings in quite a lot of
money and some of our ladies knit
various toys to sell which are always
very popular. We collect any sort of
metal, from tin cans and aluminium cans
which we make money on at the
recycling centre. The amount we make
mornings
Coaching for beginners will continue
throughout the summer run by qualified
national coaches. The club will also
exhibit once again at this year's Dereha m
Carnival.
Interested people can speak to a
committee member of the club Tuesday
or Thursday mornings 10.30 til 12 noon
Following the golf the ladies held a Bring &
Buy sale and Raffle. As always cakes and
home produce proved popular and £154.50
was raised for the ladies section.
Pictured from L-R Linda Hewison,
Margaret Middleton, Chris Bailey and Dilys
Gibbs
depends on the weight of the metal.
We accept anything that we can sell to
make money. If you have unwanted
items, whether it is clothing, books, Bric-
a-brac, we are always very grateful.
However, we cannot accept furniture as
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