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Ovington Afternoon Tea Sporting Greats

Sunday 3rd February at 3pm
Who can resist a relaxing afternoon tea, with musical entertainment
provided by the lovely Rachel and Ian. Back following popular demand.
are Coming to
Tickets £6 per person - includes a range of sandwiches, home made
cakes and tea/coffee. If you've got visitors, bring them along. All
welcome. Tickets available at the Village Hall Monday mornings
Watton Sports Centre
between 10.30 and 11.30 or by ringing Christine on 01953 885848.

Oscar Wilde's Ernest

Saturday 23rd February 7.30pm at Ovington Village Hall
Brought to us by The Two Gentlemen Theatre Company and
sponsored by Creative Arts East. Performed by only two actors, this
is their version of Ernest, not just the original Oscar Wilde version.
Tickets are on a 'first come, first served' basis, 'Pay what you decide'
after you have seen the show. You will be given an envelope on
arrival and it's up to you how much you put in at the end of the show,
depending on how you rate the performance.
Creative Arts East only offer their best shows for this type of ticket as
they are fairly confident of success. The village pay the performers in full
and Creative Arts East guarantee the village against any shortfall.
Please book your tickets from Christine on 01953 885848. And if you
find you're unable to use them nearer the time, please let Christine
know, in case there is a waiting list.

The much loved

Wayland Show
moving to a new
date for 2020
The Wayland Agricultural Show has been a
much-loved fixture on the local agricultural
calendar since it was first set up over a century
ago, attracting loyal visitors and exhibitors
from across the region.
The Show committee and directors have
confirmed that the Wayland Show will be
moving to the early May Bank Holiday
weekend in 2020 to replace the traditional
August Show. The Show will take place on
Sunday May 3rd 2020.There will be no show
taking place in 2019 as the organisers focus on
plans for the launch of the Spring 2020 Show.
Plans are already underway to ensure that the
new, family-orientated Spring Wayland Show
in 2020 will reflect the heritage of the region
and the countryside of the 21st century, and
provide visitors old and new with a truly rural
show experience.
New and exciting interactive events and
competitions will offer visitors of all ages the
opportunity to enjoy hands-on experiences.
Whether that means the chance to sit in a
shiny new combine harvester, or a close-up
experience with a Suffolk horse, or the chance
to ‘have a go’ at livestock judging, there will
be something available to ensure a memorable
day for everyone.
At the heart of the new Spring Show will be
all that is best from the region: quality
livestock, unique craftsmanship, local
musicians, and local foods and produce.
The Wayland Show intends to celebrate all
that is good in the region and will be working
with the local community, organisations and
groups to combine skills and talents to ensure
that the 2020 Show is indeed a regional
celebration, proud of its heritage yet looking
to the future.
Wayland Show President Kevin Bowes said:
“The 146th Wayland Show in 2020 will build
on the success of previous shows, but there
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Ex-West Ham and England Star Sir Trevor Brooking is coming to Watton
Watton Sports Association and Social
Club will be hosting two evenings of
entertainment, with special guests
from the sporting worlds of football
and darts. On Friday 22nd March
Watton Sports Centre welcome four
West Ham heroes from the 1980 FA
Cup triumph over London Rivals
Arsenal. Guests include ex-West Ham
and England professionals Sir Trevor
Brooking, Alvin Martin, Phil Parkes
and fan favourite Geoff Pike. The
evening will consist of an interview
with the players, who will reflect on
their footballing careers, share stories
from the dressing room, as well as a Q
& A period for the audience to get the
chance to ask a question or two. There
will also be a charity auction of
memorabilia. VIP Tickets will be
available for the event offering the
chance to meet the special guests for a
photo opportunity and the option to
have two personal items signed by
each guest. The VIP Ticket will also
entitle the purchaser to a seat at a table
near the stage, each table will seat Ten
VIP’s.
Standard Tickets are £27.50 each plus
admin fee (Seating is on a first come
first served basis)
VIP Tickets are £50.00 each plus
admin fee.
The second evening on Friday 19th
April Watton Sports Centre welcomes
former world No.1 darts legend Bob
Anderson and two-time News of the
World Champion Bobby George. The
evening will consist of tales from the
ex-professionals playing days, an
exhibition match between the two, as
well as a Q & A period for the
audience ending with a memorabilia
auction.
VIP tickets will also be available for
this event offering the chance to meet
the guests for photo opportunities and
signings.
Standard Tickets are £25.00 each plus
admin fee
VIP Tickets are £45.00 each plus
admin fee.
For further information or to order
your tickets, please phone 01953
881281 or feel free to pop in and
speak to a member of reception at the
centre, Watton Sports Centre,
Dereham Road, Watton, IP25 6EZ
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will be new and exciting interactive
events and competitions. We are keen to
promote local participation to truly
reflect the diverse cultural heritage of our
local area.”
Mr Bowes added: “We are grateful to the
many loyal sponsors who have supported
the Wayland Show over the years and we
look forward to welcoming them back to
the new 2020 Show. We have raised
funds and donated to numerous local
charities in the past and we hope to
continue to do so.”
Opportunities exist for volunteers to join
the committee in a variety of rewarding
roles. Anyone wishing to learn more
about how to get involved with the
exciting re-launch should contact Claire
Bowes, secretary@waylandshow.com
World Day Of
Prayer
(A Women Led, Global,
Ecumenical Movement)
Come – Everything is Ready!
Everything is ready and the invitation is for
everyone - men, women and children of all
ages to join this Day of Prayer.* Women
of Slovenia, one of the smallest and
youngest countries in Europe, have
prepared this year's service and they
encourage us to reflect on the barriers they
have faced since the end of the Second
World War when their country was a part
of Yugoslavia, a Marxist socialist republic.
They share the challenges they have met
and the hopes they have for the future.
World Day of Prayer is an international,
inter-church organisation which enables us
to hear the thoughts of women from all
parts of the world: their hopes, concerns
and prayers. The preparation for the day is
vast. An international committee is based
in New York and there are national
committees in each participating country.
Regional conferences meet to consider the
service and then local groups make their
plans. Finally, at a church near you on
Friday March 1st 2019 people will gather
to celebrate the service prepared by the
women of Slovenia.
The Day of Prayer is celebrated in over
120 countries. It begins in Samoa and
prayer in native languages travels
throughout the world --- through Asia,
Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the
Americas before finishing in American
Samoa some 38 hours later.
The local Service in the Wayland area is
on Friday 1st March 2019, 2.00pm at St
Mary’s Church, Watton. Please contact
Margaret Cator 01953 882187 if you
would like further information.
Diabetes UK
Our first get together of the New Year
was a "Coffee & Chat meeting We
spoke about our Christmas party, which
was regarded as a great success, and
several other ideas were also discussed,
including our speakers for this year. I
have been extremely fortunate to arrange
for some Diabetes health professionals to
come and talk to us this year, as, because
of their work schedules they are very
rarely available.
At our next meeting we are very
fortunate to have the Mayor, Tina
Kiddell, will be speaking about her life
as a London cabbie. This will be on
Monday February 11th, 10.15am, at the
Pentecostal Church, whom we thank for
the generous use of their facilities.
For details of the group, please phone
and leave a message on 01953 884713,
or email rjwhrt56@btinternet.com.
Helen Thompson Secretary
Mayor's
Musings
Cllr Tina Kiddell, Mayor of Watton
Its strange at the moment county wide,
with Brexit looming and Westminster
arguing amongst themselves. I feel like
never before, that local community’s
really do need to pull together and keep
up the stability of everyday life. Who
Knows what the future will bring, it is
actually rather exciting in a way. Which
ever way we all voted, change, as they
say is a coming. I dare say much will
change here in Watton, we are a great
community and I do feel that we will
cope with whatever happens in Brussels
and London.
It is the community spirt that I referred to
when a stranger asked me what it was
like in Watton as they were looking to
buy a house here. It is only when you
start to list all the good points, you then
realise that there is so much here. It
saddens me when people on the online
forums berate the town, it is the same
people all the time, perhaps these people
would like to apply to come on to the
council in our upcoming elections.
Details will be available from the
Breckland Council Offices. I will also
have details on my market surgery.
Regarding my market surgery, I must
apologise, as I have not been there for a
couple of weeks, work commitments and
appointments have kept me busy. I will
however be back on the stall on the 30th
Jan and the 13th Feb and so on.
Council is sill working hard to bring
things together for our youth, as I have
said before, it is close to my heart and
would dearly love to see a skate park in
Watton, I have also said before, I will not
give up until we have one. I feel so sorry
for our local youth, they really don’t
have that many places to hang out. I've
spoken to a lot of them when they are out
and about and contrary to some views,
they are nice kids, just bored. One thing I
have noticed and its not a nice change in
society, and it is this, back in my day,
and yes that was a long time ago. We as
kids used to get up to whatever, and if we
were out of line then a grown up would
say “I'm gong to let your mother know”,
this was enough to keep us in line.
Nowadays however there is not the same
approach. This is a shame, as we are a
small Town, and I think it would be nice
if we looked out for each other’s kids. Its
all about respect, treat others as you
would like to be treated. The advent of
social media in my opinion is not a good
one, but that is a whole separate topic.
Rest assured in the meantime we at the
council are truly striving for facilities for
our youth and I will continue to update
you on progress.
The neighbourhood plan forms are
coming in steadily and data is being
collated. It is my hope that we will have
enough information to bring the plan to
fruition soon.
Dates for your diary. We are organising
another open garden and yard sale
15/16th June
Also, an antique fair along the high
street, where you will, like on the TV, be
able to have valuations done and shop for
things, as well as have a great day out
with the road closed, there will be fun for
all the family. Details to follow. This will
be 7th July.
I am criticised a lot for having rose
coloured glasses on when it comes to my
home town, but surely even the critics
can see that we are an up and coming
vibrant, multi-cultural quintessentially
old market town nestled in the heart of
the Brecks, what’s not to like?
Tina Kiddell
Mayor of Watton
Museum 4 Watton
At the beginning of January the display in our first-floor central
cabinet was changed, on one side it now shows one hundred years of
the WI in Watton and Norfolk. On the other side is a display of
British Royal Memorabilia dating from 1602 to 1820, James 1st,
Queen Ann, William and Mary and the four
Georges are all there. These two displays
will be available to view until towards the
end of March.
Have you seen this? It is called a ‘Bury
Helmet’, it is a very small silver coin of an
Iceni Queen from around 50 B.C., it was
found near Watton in March 1992. Sold to a
Queensland Collector and then to Chris
Rudd of Diss, now acquired for the Museum
by one of the trustees. There are only nine
of this coin known to have been found, it is
‘exceptionally rare’, this is the only one in
the World on public display, come and see
it, cabinet 24, upper middle shelf. For
Letter from Australia anyone wanting to identify metal detecting
By Chris OConnor finds, or with an interest in ancient coins we
Imagine spending over one million have obtained a copy of ABC, (Ancient
dollars on a luxury apartment and on British Coins), this book which changes
Christmas Eve finding out you have to hands at £200-£300 is available to browse,
leave. This is what happened to about on request.
300 people in Sydney this past Christmas
when cracks began appearing in their 38
storey residence. Prior to the drama
residents reported cracking noises and
doors became jammed when the building
moved 1 millimetre to 2 millimetres. One
of the cracks that was already found had
allegedly grown from 3mm to 20mm
wide in a little over a week.
After the entire tower block was
evacuated police found an internal wall
had failed. Despite this emergency
services initially said they were
‘confident’ about building safety.
Nonetheless residents were forced to stay
in hotels and serviced apartments for
most of the Christmas break. Bear in
mind this luxury apartment block had
only been open one year and is situated
in the prestigious Olympic Park precinct.
Many of the owners are cashed up young
people who have been flocking to the
area in recent years with the now false
hope that they were investing in prime
real estate.
Sad tales such as these were the norm:
Susan Maguire and her son Joshua were
among those evacuated. It is still unclear
when they will be able to return. "[I'm]
shocked and scared because my favourite
teddy is up there as well," Joshua said.
Just after midnight on Christmas
morning, residents of those units
declared safe were allowed to return
home.
Police said residents of the units deemed
to be structurally unsafe had been
"escorted back to gather their belongings
and have made their own arrangements
for accommodation".
And it gets worse. Apartments have
already been - or will be - gutted on
levels four, six, seven and 10.
This will include, but is not limited to,
removing the walls to assess the
structural damage.
Naturally owners are furious with many
coming to terms with the fact they will
never be able to sell their apartments.
One real estate insider said the
apartments had effectively dropped by at
least 60% of their original purchase
value. Photos show the major impact
remediation work is having inside
apartments, with carpet ripped up and
holes sliced in walls, casting doubts over
whether residents could return.
The disaster comes amid a crackdown by
the government on new buildings with
many insiders saying Sydney has grown
too quickly and as a consequence corners
have been cut to meet the increasing
housing demand. That is little comfort to
these owners who watched their
investment vanish over the Christmas
break.
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Gt. Ellingham & District
Flower Club
Are you interested in flower arranging? Do come along to one of
our meetings. Our next is on SAT afternoon (in Jan /Feb due to
weather conditions)
23rd FEBRUARY, 1.30 – 3.30 pm at Rocklands Village Hall NR17
1TR - a WORKSHOP by our Chairman, Brenda entitled – Ring –
own design – flowers & ring provided – bring toolkit/scissors, a bag
for rubbish and small leaved hardy foliage, twigs etc plus a 12”
plate - you will love it! FREE to members. Guests £10
We are associated to NAFAS and we are a very friendly club that
would love to welcome more members.
We usually meet every 3rd Monday, monthly for demonstrations,
workshops, garden visits etc.
Membership is £30 per year, usually £7 per visit as a guest. It is an
ideal time to JOIN – as our Club year starts from January..
Our New Programme for the year ahead is great! We meet at
Rocklands Village Hall, NR17 1TR, 7.30pm - doors open 1/2 hr
earlier. If you would like more information or a lift to meetings
please telephone me on 01953 498694. Jane Dalton. (Secretary)
Inner Wheel at
Festive Market
The Inner Wheel Club of Watton raised £391.70 at the Festive Market
in Watton on Sunday 25th of November 2018. Grateful thanks are
given to all who supported our stall. What a fantastic day it was.
Dance-Away at The Queens Hall
February no dance, March 2nd 7.30 - 10.30pm
Ballroom, Latin & Sequence
Bar - Raffle
In your garden
With Lotta Potts
First of all I would like to wish Orbiter a
very happy retirement. I shall miss your
forthright and occasionally acerbic views
on life.
Now to the vexed question of what on
earth are we going to do in the garden? I
must admit that if the winter weather has
been mild and reasonably wet in
December and January, as it has been
from the end of 2018 to the beginning of
2019, I do hold my breath as to what’s
coming. You know that we shall have
some snow between the middle of
February and spring whenever that
decides to arrive. This January we have
had reports of unseasonably early
daffodils, other bulbs and flowering
shrubs. Keeping in time in my own
patch there are no surprises – a couple of
snowdrops, hellebores starting into bud,
the winter clematis and the dreaded
wintersweet. Now that’s got into its
stride no amount of pruning will stop it
and it now reliably flowers profusely. I
have to admit that the scent isn’t too bad
from a distance of a couple of yards. At
the time of writing I have seen several
forecasts for the next couple of weeks
until the end of the month, ranging from
frosty mornings to a ‘Beast from the
East Mark 2’ with deep snow.
Ignoring all the gloom and doom make a
plan for when the weather is bearable.
Maybe you have a bit of winter digging
to finish. Make a note to do it as soon as
possible. The outside housework
probably needs attention. I know mine
does and again, despite good intentions
to the contrary I still have stacks of
grubby pots. A suggestion I just found
to make you really cheesed off is to
clean the greenhouse with dilute Jeyes’
fluid and at the same time wash the pots
and trays that are still dirty from last
year. That’s enough to make anyone
head indoors for at least three months!
Oh come on. We need cheering up after
being stuck indoors over the first part of
winter and don’t need depressing stuff
for the end.
So let’s look positive. Pruning is a good
subject for February. Some varieties of
clematis should be pruned now. Some
people think there's some sort of magic
or mystery about pruning. There isn't –
it's mainly common sense. For instance
if you prune a clematis that flowers early
then again in late summer you'll lose the
early flowers. Just give it a tidy until it's
finished flowering. The species that
have dainty bell shaped flowers don't
need pruning at all. Stems in the wrong
places can be tucked back in or if they
really do stick out they can be pruned
after flowering. You can't go too far
wrong with any plant that needs pruning
if you leave it until it has flowered.
Refer to the label for details of aspect,
pruning, soil type and other information.
That's not always possible if you've
inherited a garden and no information.
Whatever you do don't buy a plant
without a label unless you know what
you're doing. For instance if you wanted
a small-flowering, scented 'Freckles' for
a small trellis you don't want to end up
with a 'Montana' that will take over the
garden if not watched and pruned hard
(after flowering). You might strike
lucky and get a scented one. If on the
other hand you find yourself with a large
plant climbing merrily through a tree just
leave it alone.
Autumn-fruiting raspberries should be
pruned now and if you aren’t too
confident about pruning then this is your
plant for practice. Cut all the canes to
within 6” of the ground and that’s it.
The canes will benefit from a mulch of
well-rotted manure or compost and the
fruit will be better as well. The canes
will produce new shoots very soon and
it’s as well to watch the surrounding area
for strays as the roots will grow under
ground until they find a bit of space then
shoot. They aren’t too fussy about
shooting through the gaps in paving or
into flower beds. I have known them
travel several feet so have not
immediately identified a small shoot
until it became almost impossible to
shift. This is the only downside as the
fruits are very welcome late summer to
early autumn and are absolutely
delicious. These raspberries can be
planted now as can other bare-root trees
and shrubs. If you have apples and pears
that weren’t pruned in January it’s fine
to catch up now. Most standard fruit
trees should be the shape of a wine glass
with the trunk the stem. Then aim for an
open bowl shape on top. This lets lots of
air and light in and hopefully the fruit
will be easy to harvest. The single
cordon ‘Minarette’ type trees need to be
treated differently. In theory these don’t
need to be pruned and will grow in pots
or about 18” apart. I have a couple of
the apples and these don’t really
conform to the adverts. They don’t do
too well in pots but once in the ground
are really grateful for the release and off
they go. They need to be kept in check a
bit so the first thing is to reduce the
leader (strong upright branch straight off
the trunk) to its allowed height. This is
usually between six and eight feet. Then
the surrounding branches should be
pruned like any other shrub really:
remove the three ‘ds’ dead, dying,
diseased wood. Then look at the rest
and remove crossing branches. It’s best
to take out the weaker of the two
crossing and if they look equal pick the
one that will make the tree look better.
As the ends of the branches are a bit
‘whippy’ take these back to the spurs.
These are the knobbly bits that should
produce the fruit. I hope I have got this
right! If I get a crop this year I’ll let you
know. If I haven’t got it right I will
leave it alone for a year to let it
recuperate and read the instructions
again.
As far as the lawn is concerned if the
weather is dry and the grass is dry you
may want to give it a bit of a cut. This is
fine but it’s a really early start. I feel it’s
better to make sure the edges are neat
and repaired if necessary. The veg plot
also is repair and plan. If you have time
and inclination cover the soil with
cloches or black plastic to warm it up but
to be effective this probably should be
left intact until you are ready to sow or
plant out veg seedlings either March or
maybe April. I am not sure I would like
to be looking at a lot of black plastic for
weeks on end. However, there is one
joyful (well to me) job for February
indoors and that is to watch the potatoes
chitting. If you haven’t done so get the
seed potatoes in, put them in appropriate
containers – egg boxes are fine – with
the ‘rose end’ upwards then stand back
and wait for the shoots. Like me you are
bound to get one or two upside down but
those shoots will come along and all you
need to do is turn them over. It is a very
satisfying thing to do and even if you
don’t have a lot of room you can buy
strong bags sold by the seed merchants
for the purpose. This does work.
If you are stir-crazy then treat yourself to
a pot of flowering bulbs or a shrub or
cyclamen. Put the pot somewhere you
can see it then plant the contents out
once the flowers are over. This really is
a morale booster.
Oops, nearly forgot. If the ground isn’t
covered in snow there they will be so
keep weeding.
Project Linus
Norfolk
Coffee Morning and Soup Lunch with Sew
and So’s of Bungay pop up shop.
With the support of friends and Barnies (a
local business) a coffee morning and soup
lunch is going to be held on Saturday 9th
February at Watton Christian Community
Centre from 9.30 am until 2 pm with Sew
and So’s of Bungay pop up shop, tombola
and second- hand book table. Please make
a note in your diaries and come and support
a local cause.
As over the last year I have been very busy
as Project Linus Norfolk coordinator with
the help and support of local quilt groups,
quilters, friends and family who have
helped either by helping fund raise, making
quilts or attending the organised sewing
days at Thompson Community hall.
The quilts have steadily been made or
donated to me over the last year , just under
400 quilts have been given out over 2018,
when requested or distributed to Nelson’s
Journey, the NICU and children’s wards at the
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital,
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Regional Foster
Placement and Baby Day Clinics.
To achieve this about £800 has been spent
on costs for hiring the hall for sewing days
over the course of the year, buying material
and wadding to make the quilts. As I
volunteer to do this in Norfolk to” give
children a hug they can keep” when they
are seriously ill, traumatised or bereaved, I
have to raise my own funds.
This has been achieved by a friend helping
organise a coach trip to the Fabric Guild at
Leicester; any surplus money once the cost
of the coach is covered goes towards
buying fabric; giving talks to local groups
in lieu of a donation; I have made 3 Plum
Pudding fairies, where people have donated
to have a chance to win one by guessing the
name of the Fairy at three different
locations; and the people attending the
sewing days have contributed towards the
cost of the hire of the hall.
The funds, to pay for future hall hire, for
sewing days, material, wadding and other
supplies to continue making the quilts are
replenished, hence the coffee morning
and soup lunch on Saturday 9th February.
It is through local support that I am able
to keep achieving the quilt numbers I
give out in Norfolk. Thank you for your
past and hopefully future support. Please
contact me by email at
plnorfolk@yahoo.co.uk or on
07809702357 if you wish to help or have
any queries. Jane Lond-Caulk, Project
Linus Norfolk Coordinator.
Grand Second
Hand Book Sales
Our first Bookworm sale of the year will be
on Saturday 13th April at Thompson
Community Hall IP24 1PY, from 10am until
4pm. The books on offer will include fiction,
reference, children’s and poetry, and still
with no book costing more than one pound.
There will be refreshments of hot and cold
drinks, homemade soup, cakes, savouries
and snacks to eat in, plus whole bakes to take
away. We are selling plants, both indoor and
garden varieties, to kick start your summer
bedding display, and garden tools, pots, etc.
There will be some Easter crafts for sale, and
also the very popular Chocolate Tombola to
try your luck at.
If you have any spare plants, either indoor
or garden varieties, or any garden
paraphernalia, all donations will be most
welcome. Collection can be arranged, just
give us a call. Entry is free and open to all,
so come along to browse through our huge,
new, choice of books. Many thanks and we
look forward to seeing you there.
Keith and Caroline 880153.
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Watton Inner
Wheel welcomes
the New Year
The period leading up to Christmas is
always a very busy time for the ladies of
Watton Inner Wheel as they go about
raising money and celebrating the season.
It is with a feeling of relief that they go
into a gentler time in January and a first
meeting on January 10th which happens to
be International Inner Wheel Day. On this
particular day Inner Wheel clubs across
the world make the effort to gather and
celebrate our great organisation by doing
something for the community in which we
live. This year our club decided to invite
the members of Thetford Inner Wheel to
join us at the splendid new Thompson
Village Hall to hear Jane Lond - Caulk
speak to us about the work of the Linus
Project and to support her work.
Jane and her fellow quilters produce
quilts to give to children who have
suffered life threatening illness, trauma or
bereavement. I think we all know the way
in which most children have a favourite
toy, scrap of cloth or comfort blanket
without which they cannot be comforted
or sleep. Any child receiving one of these
quilts must love it and feel very special as
they cuddle up with it or have it on their
bed. Jane also spoke of the work she has
to do to fund raise for the materials which
are needed (only pure cotton fabrics and
Tale From the
Church Yard
Cor thet ware suffin hot, I ran tha owld
dwile crorst my hed, but thet ware
orlreddy sookin wet an dint dew no good.
I lent owld Granfers scythe agin a
grearvstoon, an looked back at wot ide
dun, goo ter hell iffen thet warnt a rite
owld site, bits of grass stickin up orl
oova, an grate owld chips owta orl thar
greavestoons.
Well thas my own fawlt, shoonta sed at
tha Chuch meetin thet yew dint wont a
mower tew git the Chuch Yard orl
tricolearted up, yew shud dew wots allus
bin dun an cut it with a scythe. Cos tha
owld Wicker he gi me a luk an sed
“What a good idea Sid, best you get
stuck in then my good man”
Orl I cud think on just now was I cud
dew wi a pint o suffin strong an cold,
wen orl of a suddin I herd sumwun say,
“Thas warm wuk ole partna”
I tunned rownd and thare stud this owld
boy, orl dressed in his Sunder best, black
sewt, gitten a bit green wi aerge, an a gret
owld cap onnis hed. No collar on his
shut, but he looked orl rite ter me, sprised
I dint recnise him, cos thar int menny
peepal live in tha willage tha dearz., an I
thort I new ‘em orl.
I’de clord howld o tha scythe by now an
wos reddy ter give it’nutha goo, wen he
held owt his hand and say ter me he say,
“Dew yew want a hand wi hare, chap?”
“Why yis” I say “Yew carnt dew no
wuss, wos yore nearm by tha way? “
“Yew can corl me Billy” he say “Billy
Davis”
He tuk tha scythe an run his thumb oova
tha edge an shook his hed, an nodded tew
tha rub inna my pocket.
I gi it tew him an I cud see he new wot
he was a dewin cos he jist ran tha rub
oova tha ole bleard an that wholly sang,
he gi it tha thumb test agin an arta settin
tha handles he set orf acrorse tha grownd
wot I hent dun yit.
I sware he nivva pawsed an thet owld
bleard went streart threw tha stoons
along tha way, an he nivva left a bleard o
grass standin. In harf an hour heed dun
wot tuk me harf tha morning. I sorta cum
special wadding is used) and to hold
workshops in the art of making quilts to
encourage both newcomers to sewing or
those who already have some experience.
The amazing number of 388 quilts were
made in 2018 and passed on to children
from newborns to teenagers and there is
always a demand for more. Should you
be interested in any aspect of this work
Jane's number is 07809702357 she will
be delighted to hear from you. As the
result of a raffle and donations we were
able to give Jane £130 for the cause.
My photograph shows member, Marie
from the Thetford club presenting Jane
with a beautiful quilt made by members
of Old Buckenham Quilters.
As this Wayland News goes out it will be
nearly February and our first public event
which is the popular Barn Dance is on
Friday, February 15th. The group
Shinanikins are great players and callers,
if you have never done a barn dance
before be in no doubt you will be do -si -
do'ing with the best before the night is
out! With tickets priced at £8.50
including supper this is a great way to
chase away the winter blues.
Then on Wednesday, February 27th our
lunchtime concert features Martyn
Schults, a young man who no doubt will
delight our audience with his renderings
of 'Songs from the `Shows'.
The price for these concerts remains at
£6. and includes a light lunch. This is an
opportunity to meet with friends and
enjoy an hour of music, why not come
ahind wi my hook lookin ter see iffen
heed missed enny, but he hent.
He kep o gooin till thar wos oonly a little
owld bit in tha corna, an he stood an lent
on the scythe till I cum up ter him. He gi
me the scythe an wen I looked at him he
hent even bruk inta a swet.
He shew me tha bit he hent dun an sed “
Dew yew teark care in thet corna owld
partner” he say. “Thas gotta lot my
people in there” I tunned an looked fer
greavestoons cos I coont member thare
beein menny alonga thet bit. Howsumeva
I tunned back ter thank him fer orl his
gud wuk, an he hed gorn, I corled owt
“Billy” but he wunt noware ter be sin.
Thas a rummin I thort, how cum he shot
orf wi owt sayin cheero.
I cort howld o tha scythe and got stuck
inter the little owld bit heed left. I coont
meark owt wot heed dun tew tha owld
scythe but I coont dew a thing wrong an
thet jist flew threw tha bit wot wos left.
Tha owld sun ware still a beatin down
but thet wos reel cowld in that corna, an
wen I’de dun thet little bit an hed a look
at a cuppla Hedstoons thet hed bin leard
flat in tha grass, blarst me thet wholly
tunned reel cowld wen I red wun stoon,
thet sed
Here Lies William (Billy) Davis
Died 8th February 1938
Aged 78
Gone but not forgotten.
Thas sarten I shant fergit yew Billy owld
partna, thas fer shure.
Entered by Rod Rumsby.
Watton set to host
“A little bit of
light”
Looking for something new and fun to do
in 2019? Why not take part in the new
Glass House Dance ‘A Little Bit of Light’
workshop, hosted by the Silver Social
project, on March 20th at Watton Library.
This FREE workshop will allow you to
enjoy a fun filled afternoon with
enchanting music and dance, inspired by
things lost and found, which the Silver
Social team hope will bring a little bit of
light and laughter, with a touch of magic,
along?
Tickets for our events are available from
Mullengers in Watton High Street,
Tel.no: 01953 883474.
My number is 01953 881792, please
contact me, Brenda, for any information
about events or interest in Inner Wheel. I
am always pleased to hear from you.
Brenda Davis, Club Correspondent.
into your day. Starting at 2 p.m. and
finishing by 3.30 p.m. the workshop is
open to all and will include tea and cake for
participants. This fascinating workshop,
based on a show performed across the UK,
has been carefully selected and planned by
the Silver Social project to ensure its
dementia inclusive.
The Silver Social is an exciting programme
of daytime arts events, promoting
engagement and participation among older
residents in rural communities. Since the
project launched in 2017, it has offered
activities including workshops and
performances across the Breckland district.
In addition to the free Glass House
Dance workshops in Watton, the Silver
Social will also help showcase new arts
performances across the district. Up first
in February is award-winning cabaret and
comedy star Mat Ricardo who has
previously performed for Royalty and
sold out his 2018 Edinburgh Fringe
show. Performances will be in Ashill,
Harling, Attleborough, Shipham and
Necton, with tickets just £5 per ticket and
will include complimentary refreshments
and help with transport if needed.
Paul Claussen, Executive Member of
Place commented “Silver Social is an
award winning programme which offers
something a little different to daily life in
Breckland. Not only does it help bring
people together to socialise in their local
community, but it’s an excellent
opportunity to meet new friends and
neighbours within their local area. I
would ask residents and local groups to
come along to the Silver Social
performances and participate in the
wonderful workshops and see for
themselves how life changing it can be.”
The scheme is funded by the National
Lottery, The Arts Council, Norfolk
County Council, Breckland Council and
Public Health England.”
To book your FREE workshop place or
reserve tickets, call 01362 656870 or
email community@breckland.gov.uk. F
or further information about this
workshop and other performances simply
visit www.thesilversocial.com. If you
require transport assistance don’t forget
to contact the team at Silver Social who
will be happy to help.
The Wayland News February 2019 Page 6
History
Beneath
Your Feet
Gt Hockham Gardening Club
Once again we welcomed Graeme
Simmonds (right) to update us on the
objects recovered form the local area
in the last year. He started by
reminding us that here in the East
there are an above average number of
finds, largely resulting from trade
with Europe. Years ago people did
not live in the kind of throwaway
society so prevalent today.
Possessions were valuable and
therefore most of the items recovered
were almost certainly lost rather than
discarded. Today those items are still
valuable; not necessarily in monetary
terms, but from what they can tell us
about the past.
Among several display cases was one
considerably larger than the others. It
contained finds from just three arable
fields. Those particular fields were
chosen for a search simply because
there was a window in the crop cycle
allowing access. There was no record
of any buildings or activity on the
site, but a large and very varied
collection of items had been turned
up. Clearly something had been going
on, but what; and when? Time may
tell.
Graeme often meets people who tell
him, “Oh, I found something like
that. I didn’t think it was worth
anything, so I threw it in the hedge.”
This seems to be a recurring
conversation that Graeme has with
people. A question from the audience:
“Perhaps hedges are good places to
search.” Apparently so: a Viking gold
wire ring had been found in a hedge.
On another occasion a farmer asked if
someone could use their metal
detector to find his lost hammer: what
turned up was third century
tableware. Another anecdote, this
time from the magazine Treasure
Hunter: the examination of a farmer’s
field turned up what looked like a
gold coin – in excellent condition.
Previously indifferent, the farmer
suddenly became interested. Further
searching produced more coins. At
this point someone mentioned that a
film crew had been working in the
field, filming the discovery of coins
for the TV series The Detectorists.
They had failed to ‘discover’ all the
fake coins they had previously
scattered.
On one particular site genuine coins
had been found from a number of
different countries. As well as
England they originated from
Belgium, Holland, Ireland, Scotland
and Spain. The point was not so much
about their place of origin, but in
those times what mattered in trading
was whether any particular coin
contained the appropriate weight of
precious metal, regardless of where it
came from. It is interesting to think
that years ago the head on a coin was
probably the only likeness of the
monarch that most people ever saw.
Throughout his talk Graeme handed
round a number of artifacts for us not
only to try and work out what they
were, but also to empathise with how
the original owner might have used
and valued those objects, thus giving
us an insight into how people lived.
There was a hook like object that in
mid to late Saxon times served the
purpose of a coat button. A second
century broach. One half of a highly
stylized 6th century crossbow broach,
the surviving piece having been
drilled enabling it to be reused,
probably as a pendant. An Anglo
Saxon/Scandinavian dragon bridle
cheek piece (Picture right). A small
ring with a hole at one point: this was
the swivel from a medieval dog lead,
just like those we use today except
that it had been decorated with two
tiny dogs heads. Several coins.
Several coin weights – used to check
that the real coins had not been
clipped. As always on these
occasions, Graeme emphasized that
any finds should not be cleaned as
this could cause damage thereby
loosing their value to historians.
Competition results for January.
Flowers: 1 Jane Dalton. 2 Chris
Dalton. 3 Sue Cunningham.
Fruit/Veg: 1 Chris Dalton. 2 Jane
Dalton. 3 Prue Szczepanowski.
Photos: 1 Ed Szczepanowski. 2 Jane
Dalton. 3 Chris Dalton.
Our Next indoor meeting will be on
Wednesday 13thof February. Guy
Barker will be talking about ‘Plant
Propagation on a Need to Know
Basis’.
Edward Szczepanowski
The Watton Society
What a way to start Christmas!! A
magical evening of music, performed
by Chanters Jigge. The choice of
instruments was immense, Just some
of them - accordion, keyboard, guitar,
bagpipes, saxophone, hurdy gurdy
and many many more, Put together
with mulled wine, mince pies, songs,
airs and jollies a fantastic evening
was had by all. Absolute magic, an
evening to be remembered.
Bradenham and
District
Horticultural
Society
Although we are in the grip of Winter,
let`s think about enjoying the garden in
Spring. So why not start with the
Bradenham and District Horticultural
Society? January saw our members
enjoying the hugely popular Beetle Drive
and Fish and Chip supper, starting the
year as we mean to go on. We heard that
our entry for the Shipdham Christmas
Tree Festival raised £54.50 in visitor`s
donations for the charity YANA (You
Are Not Alone). This agricultural charity
offers help to local farmers and farm
workers affected by stress or depression;
often isolated and feeling helpless. Our
handmade decorations on the theme of
Peas in our Thyme summed up all that is
best about our Horticultural Society:
creative, co-operative, fun and helpful.
In that spirit we eagerly anticipate our
Social Evening on the 21st March in
Bradenham Village Hall with a delicious
menu of starters and puds. This event is
Our new year programme of speakers
begins on Wednesday 20th February,
when we have "Harriet Martineau"
visiting us, journalist, abolitionist,
novelist and much more,
accompanied by GeorgetteVale.
Looking forward to seeing you all at
Watton Christian Community Centre
at 7.45pm. Members £2.50 Visitors
3.50 Refreshments 50p
open to everyone £10.00 a ticket, so do
bring your friends (and of course a
bottle!) and make it a party. In February
we are looking forward to Graham Watts
talk on How we developed Dale Farm
Garden. This marvellous hidden gem in
Dereham is part of the Open Gardens
scheme and shows just what can be
created from scratch.
Our April 6th Spring Show approaches
with a huge variety of flowers, produce,
cookery, photographic art and crafts. We
have entries for non-members for the first
time: cushion cover 50x50cm max, and
handmade cards no larger then 6”x6”.
Discover your inner craftsperson!
Future dates:
Thursday February 21st How We
Developed Dale Farm Garden 7:30pm
£2.00 non members; Thursday March
21st Starters and Puds Social Evening
£10.00 7:00pm; Saturday April 6th
SPRING SHOW Open to the Public
Thursday April 18th How to Raise
Fuchsias Frank Lambert from Toftwood
Fuchsia Society.
Look out for our updates on Facebook at
Bradenham Community Hub
Laurene Henderson (Publicity Officer)
01362 821164 / 07942 820590
lh1@dlhenderson.plus.com
The Wayland News February 2019 Page 7
Watton Rotary Roundup
The big surprise before Christmas was
the closure of the Hare & Barrel Hotel.
We had 5 days notice that our meeting of
6th Dec was to be our last as well as
being the final day’s trading for the
Hotel. We knew that ever since we
moved there it had been for sale (most
small pub/hotels are) but it was not being
aggressively marketed, None the less, it
still came as a bit of a shock. However,
we wish Malcolm Raven, who has served
us well for nearly 8 years, the very best
wishes for wherever his next ventures
take him.
We had to act very quickly to find a new
venue, and we thank the respondents to
our requests at rather short notice. It
came down to just 2 establishments and
by a close majority vote of the members
we elected to adopt Broom Hall Hotel,
Saham Toney, as our new home. At the
The Ovington
Crower
By Boy Sid
Har yew gitten on tergitha then, keepin
well are yew, not suffrin from corfs an
runny snowts? Moost people in tha
willage seem tew hev cort suffin, I
rekkn thas orl this ole centre heetin
meself, carnt beat on ole fire a blearzin
away with a gret ole puff o smook fillin
tha room wen tha wind chearnges. My
missus she say I’m livin in tha parst, I
say tew har,”Well at leest I’m livin an
thet hent a bad thing”.
Well thas ‘nutha Chrismus gorn by an
moost onus hev survived. Coon’t help
feelin sort of sorry fer ole Mrs P, she
went owt on Chrismus eve an bort a gret
ole tarkey fer nex ter northin, tha sort
thet boy Bernard wos allus on abowt.
Larst I heard she wos still eatin onnit.
Yis as I say Chrismus wos a bit kwiet tha
year, but tha willage meard up fer it on
noo Years eve. Cor blarst din’t we hev a
rare ole dew, tha horl wos full, thar wos
plenty o grub and we orl hed enuff beer
time of writing we have had 2 successful
evenings at Broom Hall - good food,
good service and good facilities.
At out 2nd meeting of the year (January
10th) we entertained a Global Rotary
Scholar, Laura Vervier, who is on a one
year Masters course in law (LL.M) at
Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
Aged 23, Laura is a graduate of Liege
University and already has several
qualifications as a teaching assistant in
legal/political fields, and has extended
her academic achievements with an
Erasmus exchange to Ghent University
and activities with the Belgian MUN
society, an organisation designed for
students to broaden their mindset and
develop abilities like speaking, debating
and negotiating by participating in Model
United Nations competitions across the
world.
tew drown a hoss.
Sum ole boys cum
up wi some duzzy
ole gearms an thar
wos a rare ole sing
song. Arta midnite
thar wos
marsterful display of
fireworks an we dint
git hoom afore tew
in tha morning. Wen
thar hed wot thar
corl a carry hokie,
Horry got up an say.
“We orta hev a bit o classic moosic dew
yew hev a record of thet Eyetalian blook,
wos his nearm, are yis, Page Nine, an I’ll gi
yew sum of his werks” Tha blook wos
running tha moosic playa, he say “Whoose
Page Nine then, niva hard o him”
Sum mawtha wot no evra thin, shouts
owt “He mean Paganini, daft ole fewl”
Evrywun wos wholly pleased wen the
moosic marster say he hent got non o
hissun, cos Horry’s opra wen heese had a
foo, ken empty Carra Rood in a wink.
Tha ole boys wot dun orl tha wuk
deserve a voot of thanks cos thar wukked
verra hard and evrawun went hoom harf
Want to come
out to Play?
Looking for a new hobby?
18 or over?
The Wayland Players
would love to welcome you into
their group.
Opportunities to act, work backstage or
101 other things. No experience
necessary, just enthusiasm.
Contact:- 01953 881054.
Laura finds time for a social life with the
Cambridge University Hill Walking
Society, Graduate Law Society, and her
college Boat Club, a sport she finds to bit
more difficult than she expected. Future
plans include taking the Brussels Bar,
focusing on environmental public law.
Rotary is privileged to sponsor such
talented young people who will be in a
position to make a difference in the
future. She was escorted by her
Cambridge Rotarian host, Past District
Governor Nigel Neville (see pic).
Next month, on Friday 15 March, we
present the first of this year’s Jazz at the
Queens Hall concerts. Tickets (£12.50
incl light supper) will be available in
Adcocks from 1st February. The evening
will, once again, feature DixieMix.
Martin Anscombe
cut, or full cut, an happy.
Horry an me went tew tha leartest
cowncil meetin cos we sed we orta see if
tha ole chairmawtha hed sobered up.
Thet wos tha yewshull ole lood o squit,
an how much shood thar put up tha
a rearts, cos thar dint no where the nex
shillin wos cumin from.
Wen thet cum rownd tew tha bit wen tha
Chairmawtha say tha meetin is now
oopen fer public partisherpashun, Horry
stood up an he start tew say his bit, but
she banged har little wooden hammer on
tha tearble an say “Yore times up, yew
kin now sit down, yew shood no by now
yew only git a short time tew say yore
bit, anyway thars suffin I wonta see on
tha tele so I declare tha meetin closed”.
Thet took me sevrul pints inter him afore
he carlmed down, cor he wos suffin rore.
“Jist she wait till I cum orf tha fild wi a
lood o beet an mud on tha wheels, yew
wait an see”
Well I shell hafta goo cos Julian he say
“Git yoreself moovin Sid, I doont wonta
be up orl nite reedin yore squit” So fare
yew well tergitha, and dunt fergit, dew
yew kip a troshin. Happy Noo Year.
Boy Sid
The Wayland News February 2019 Page 8

Watton and District Royal British Legion World Spay Day

Breckland Cats Protection become injured or catch diseases

The 2018 committee L-R Gary Holmes, Helen Daly(sec), Steve “Flags” Bibby, John Daly(chair) Victoria Southward(v/
chair) Alison Galvin (treasurer) and Dave Galvin. Our serving RAF member Tony Ball not pictured.
Happy New Year to everyone and we
hope you had a wonderful Christmas
holiday and now here we are back to
business. Our December meeting was a
purely social event as a party, with
about 45 people attending, members
obviously with partners but also a good
scattering of new members as well as
our affiliated youth clubs with the
Guides and ATC represented. All in
all it was a successful evening which
set the scene for the festive break.
Thanks especially to Tony, one of our
serving committee members and his
wife for running the bar during the
evening. The families’ club committee
members ran a Christmas raffle in
December which saw half the raised
money go the club and the other half to
the RBL.
We have also had some sad duties to
carry out with the standard attending the
funerals of Helen Green from Ashill and
Doug Wickwar from Watton. Both were
stalwarts of the RBL over the years
having raised funds and sold poppies
tirelessly. I would like to posthumously
thank them and also thank their families
for allowing us to show the appreciation
of our beneficiaries by attending the
funerals and thank them for the generous
donations to the RBL. A little reminder
that anyone who has served in the armed
forces, regular or reserve, as well as any
RBL member is entitled to have The
RBL standard at their funeral, subject to a
volunteer standard bearer being available.
Since our last offering to the Wayland
News we have had our AGM which saw
a few new members elected to the
committee. We have 8 members who
look after the day to day running of the
branch, which to be honest isn’t arduous,
but they all play their part. Contrary to
popular belief the RBL is not an
organisation for old men to talk about the
war. Far from it, as Chairman I am the
oldest on the committee at 65, the Vice-
chair is the youngest at 32 and we have
one serving RAF person, mentioned
earlier, and 3 of the 8 have never served
in the military. So there you have it we
are not an old fogies club and our
meetings regularly have an age range of
attendees from 13 – 94, I think that is
pretty diverse. We all have one aim and
that is to be able to offer and render
assistance to the service community,
current and veteran, and their families,
when and wherever it is required. This is
our reason to exist as an organisation, so
whilst many of us have that service
common bond many of our members
have family connections to the military or
just appreciate the freedom we have
enjoyed for the last 75 years since the
last global conflict. But the work
goes on around the world to help
prevent relatively minor skirmishes
turning into something more
threatening, and that is what our
armed forces have been doing all
along. If you would like to help we
can be found on The Royal British
Legion national website, our own
branch website www.Watton-
Legion.org, on Facebook or even by
telephone our secretary Helen Daly
has an answerphone on 01953885124
Love Singing?
Now is the perfect time to join Ashill
Harmony Choir as they begin learning
a new season of songs. We are a
mixed community choir directed by
an experienced music teacher. We
enjoy singing a variety of music with
lots of harmony and plenty of smiles!
no auditions. Ashill Community
Centre every Friday 7.00-9.00pm, a
fee of just £2 per rehearsal. We are
particularly would like more male
members!!! Why not come along
and meet everyone. Open to non-
Ashill residents!
The 26th February 2019 is World
Spay Day and we are hoping to spay
(or neuter) as many female cats as
possible. We are therefore running a
neutering campaign for all of
February, whereby if you have an
unneutered female cat you can get
her neutered for just £5. We are also
extending this campaign to include
male cats as well, as it is just as
important that they are neutered so
cannot add to the growing cat
population. Neutering normally costs
around £35 for a male can and nearer
£60 for a female cat, so this is a very
good offer. Just give us a call on the
number below and we will send you
a neutering voucher.
The area we are covering is IP24,
IP25, IP26, IP27 and IP28 and you
can take your voucher to any vet.
You need to tell us the sex, age and
name of your cat and which vet you
will be taking your cat to.
Female cats can come into season as
early as 4 months old, and by the
time they are around 7 months old,
they can have a litter of kittens. They
can have three litters a year and this
adds to the expanding cat population
problem. Unneutered female are
more likely to contract diseases
spread through sexual contact and
also risk cancers of the ovaries,
uterus and mammary glands as well
as developing pyometra, a serious
infection of the womb.
Male cats need neutering for many
reasons too. They are more likely to
from fighting, which may cause
unnecessary suffering. Because they
travel many miles looking for a mate,
they risk being hit by a car and being
severely injured or even killed. Male
cats spray smelly urine to mark and
attract females. They also risk
testicular tumours if they are not
neutered.
Please take into account that a single
unneutered female cat can be
responsible for 20,000 descendants in
just five years if all of her offspring
are also unneutered. Neutered cats do
not 'miss' their organs or
opportunities to reproduce or rear a
litter – they are not people!!
We have frequent requests for
neutering vouchers, and the owners
are sent a form to complete. In these
circumstances they must be on a low
income of less than £15,000 a year
and must also supply us with proof of
income. However, only about a third
of people who are sent an application
form, return it. Maybe its because the
owners don't 'qualify' for a voucher.
But with this scheme, anyone can
apply for a voucher and there is no
need to prove your low income.
Please please do the responsible thing
and have your cat neutered. It will
benefit your cat and it may prevent
suffering and it is the most important
action you can take to help the wider
cat population.
To take part in our neutering
campaign, please call Breckland Cats
Protection on 01842 810018.

What’s on at St Mary’s
Church, Watton
Thursday 7th February 10.00am Thursday Chat a social
coffee morning at St Mary’s Church, all welcome
Sundays 3rd, 10th & 17th February ADventure 10.00am-
11.30am free for 0-16 years. Breakfast - Crafts - Games -
Faith in Jesus Teaching term time only.
Mondays 4th, 11th, 25th February Story Bags 9.30am at St
Mary’s Church for parents and preschool children each
Monday term time only.
Mondays 4th, 11th 25th 4.30-5.45pm February Watton
Rainbow Brownies at St Mary’s Church Rooms for girls aged
5-7 years. The Rainbows will be meeting each Monday at St
Mary’s Church during term time.
Rainbows1stwatton@hotmail.com or look on Facebook
Saturday 16th February 10-12noon Coffee Morning at St
Mary’s Church, Watton, all welcome.
The January Winner of the 100 Club Draw was number 37
Sharon Fawkes-Braule,
Friday 22nd February 2.15pm, Watton Community Cinema at
St Mary’s Church “King of Thieves”. Refreshment Café
opens one hour prior to screening. Tickets on the day.
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Wayland Mens
Shed Social
Group
With 2018 now well behind us we have only our
final memories of the year, that being our “Mulled
Wine and Mince Pies” event on the 14th December
at our meeting place in Church Walk, this was well
attended by members and invited guests where a
good quantity of Mulled Wine and many Pies were
consumed, and last but not least “Wayland Mens
Shed Christmas Dinner” on the 18th of December
at Broom Hall Hotel on the Swafham Road, with
some 52 members and their partners attending, an
enjoyable time was had by all and our thanks to
Broom Hall for an excellent evening.
Being so early in this new year there is little to
report but thanks to the hard work of our social
secretary Malcolm Trayhorn a list of our
proposed events for this year (subject to
sufficient interest) is now available and is as
follows;
Please Note: PRE BOOKING & A DEPOSIT
Will Be Required for most Events.
*Friday 25th January; Quiz & Chips Evening,
Fish and Chips at 7pm & the Quiz thereafter.
*Tuesday 12th February; Ten Pin Bowling, at
Dereham, 2pm, Drink and Cake or Bacon Buttie
Included.
*Thursday 14th February; Photographic Outing.
*Friday 8th March; Cheese and Wine Evening.
*Thursday 21st March; Yarmouth Stadium (by
coach) Greyhound Racing evening and a Meal.
*Tuesday 23rd April; Ten Pin Bowling at
Dereham, 2pm, Drink and Cake or Bacon Buttie,
included.
*Thursday 13th May; Photographic Outing.
*Saturday 16th May, Coach to Newmarket
Races.
*Friday 31st May; Quiz and Chips evening, 7pm
start.
*Saturday 8th June; Mid Norfolk Railway
(Dereham) Train Ride with Afternoon Tea.
*Thursday 25th July; Coach to The Cromer Pier
Show, Matinee.
*Friday 16th August; Filmed Horse Race
Evening, Have a little flutter!
*Tuesday 17th September; Ten Pin Bowling at
Dereham, Drink and Cake or Bacon Buttie
included.
*Friday 11th October; Quiz and Chips evening,
7pm start.
*Friday 6th December; THURSFORD Christmas
Spectacular by Coach, BOOK NOW!
*Tuesday 17th December, WMS Christmas
Dinner at Broom Hall.
Members if you are interested in attending any of
the above events you are strongly advised to put
your names down on the appropriate lists at our
meeting place Hall in Church Walk, IF you are
not a member available space may be offered to
interested parties please call in and ask, but
priority will be given to paid up members.
We are always looking to make improvements
for our members and lately we have been asked
if there is any possibility that we could start
opening one evening a week for potential
members that still work and are unable to attend
during day time hours, at this moment in time it
is very much a chicken and egg situation, if we
had members still in full time employment it is
something we could seriously consider,but we
don’t, however, if we receive enough interest we
might give it a trial period to see how thing go,
SO if you are one of those why not give us a call
and register your interest, until then for our
regular members we are open on Mondays and
Wednesdays 9.30am to 1pm including the
Workshop and on Fridays and Saturdays 10am to
1pm when the computer group are open for
business as usual.
If you have any old computers or Cables you no
longer require pop them down to our Meeting
Place in Church Walk and the members will be
pleased to take them off your hands.
Memories from Bea Warner
Left from Carnival in the late 1950’s: Wendy Key
her daughter "Ascot Fashion". Little Bo Peep and a
Chinese Mandarin. Can you put a name to them?.
The parade and floats assembled at The railway
station yard on Norwich Road where the Industrial
estate is now. Mrs. Key played the piano and was
musical director of the gaiety girls a Watton Group
who supported local charities and "sing a long"
songs of the good old days. Professionally played in
Frank Franklins band. One of the girls was
Evelyn Waters who became a very dear friend of
mine we both were ex. Land ladies of "The Crown
Hotel" and this picture (left) shows Fred her
husband with his Sword of Honour. (Landlords
1966/1971) Myself 1986/1992.
The left upper picture shows inside the Crown
Well I think that’s enough for now I look
forward to seeing or hearing from you, why not
pop in for a cuppa.
Cheers, Richard Tel:01953 881004 (enquiries) e
mail: waylandmensshed@gmail.com
Norfolk Wildlife
Trust Breckland
Local Group
We were very pleased to have a very good
turnout in December for David Mason and his
wonderful wildlife photography. It was very
good to see quite a number of new faces, we
hope they’ll be back, as well as our regular
supporters. Everyone seemed to enjoy the
evening and the seasonal refreshments laid on by
committee members.
New Year kicked off with a suitably snowy talk
from Andrew Clarke on the Wildlife of
Antarctica.
We were heartened by an excellent turnout of
faces old and new and everyone seemed
impressed by Andy’s excellent talk. Thank you
all for coming.
On Wednesday 13th February, we welcome back
Jonathan Preston, NWT Breckland Reserves
Manager, to update us on the last year of work
carried out on the sites and to inform us of future
projects in our local area.
This will be preceded by the Local Group AGM
to which all NWT members are welcome. This
will likely be quite short and the talk will be of
the usual length.
As usual this takes place at Watton Christian
Community Centre, High Street, Watton. IP25
6AB
from 7.30pm.
Cost £2 members £3 non-members refreshments
included.
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Watton Churches Together out there for us to use our life-time’s experience (and wisdom?) as
St. Mary’s Church, Watton Fountain of Life Church volunteers in the community. Apart from anything else
www.stmaryswatton.org The Well Christian Centre, Swaffham Road, Ashill IP25 volunteering can be an antidote to isolation and loneliness, and
Follow us @StMarysWatton 7BT Telephone 01760 441 902. even if we are unable to be physically active, there are now many
If I can be of help to you please do not hesitate to contact me, opportunities to share our interests and passions from an armchair.
Sunday Services in February
on 01953 881439, I shall be available at church on Tuesdays There is a phrase used in prayers at church - ‘the common good’ -
between 10.30am and 12 noon - Gerry Foster 3rd February 10:00 18:00 10th February 10:00 18:00 which, for me, encapsulates the sharing of our gifts and passions
1st, 3rd & 4th Wednesday at 9.30am Holy Communion 170th February 10:00 24th February 10:00 within our communities, thus contributing to, and enriching, their
2nd Wednesday Morning Worship well-being.
Thursdays 7.30-8.00am, 5.00pm - 5.30pm Parish Prayers We are at a pivotal time in the development of our town, and we
Saturdays 9.30am - 10.00am Parish Prayers
5.00pm - 6.00pm Prayer & Praise Rise and Shine! all need to work for the ‘common good’ in order for it to prosper
in the face of funding cuts from all directions, so again I ask:
Sundays 10.00am-11.30am ADventure-free for 0-16 yr Elaine Rodgers, Licenced Lay Minister at St. Mary’s Watton “What can you offer that gets you motivated enough to get out of
term time only . . . a familiar wake-up call for many I suspect. Being a ‘night bed and make a difference?”
Breakfast - Crafts - Games - Faith in Jesus Teaching owl’ I’m not sure I’m willing to rise or shine as I crawl out of On behalf of Watton Churches Together I wish to extend a big
Church Office opens Tues, Wed & Thurs 9am-1pm bed these dark winter mornings, but I ask: “ what motivates THANK YOU to those who attended the Town Carol Service held
Tel: 01953 881252 email:wattonchurch@gmail.com you to ‘rise and shine’ these days? What gets you out of bed at the Queen’s Hall on 9th December. A total of £225.82 was
Sun 3rd 8.00am Holy Communion full of zest & vigour, eager to face the day ahead?” I would collected for the Daisy Programme, a local charity set up to help
10.00am Holy Communion hazard a guess that it is something which you feel passionate those suffering domestic abuse.
Sun 10th 8.00am Holy Communion enough about to help make a difference in some way. On a similar note, the collection for the Children’s Society at the
10.30am Informal Holy Communion Well-intentioned New Years’ resolutions to get more involved annual St Mary’s Christingle on Christmas Eve came to a
Sun 17th 8.00am Holy Communion in ‘x’, ‘y’ or ‘z’ often fall by the wayside come February, but, magnificent £568.19. All the proceeds will go to this worthwhile
10.00am Holy Communion for those of us who are retired, there are so many opportunities charity.
Sun 24th 8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am 4th Sunday at 10

Watton Methodist Church

www.wattonmethodist.btck.co.uk
Every Wednesday the Church is open for quiet reflection and
prayer between 10.15am & 11.30am. It’s your quiet place.
At 10.30am there is a half-hour Midweek Service in the Large
Vestry led by the Minister or a Church Member.
Sun 3rd 10.30am Rev B Winner
6.30pm Rev A King
Sun 10th 10.30am Mrs E Warby
6.30pm Local Arrangement
Sun 17th 10.30am Mr J Hull
6.30pm Rev B Trinder
Sun 24th 10.30am Local Arrangement
6.30pm Rev B Winner
Roman Catholic Community
Each Sat 5.00pm Mass at Watton Methodist Church
St. Nicholas’ Church, Ashill
Sun 3rd 9.30am Lay Led Service
Sun 10th 9.30am Family Holy Communion
Sun 17th 9.30am Morning Worship
Sun 24th 9.30am Holy Communion
St. George’s Church, Saham Toney
Sun 3rd 11.00am Lay led Service
Sun 10th 11.00am Family Holy Communion
Sun 17th 11.00am All Age Worship
Sun 24th 11.00am Holy Communion

S.S. Peter & Paul’s Church, Carbrooke

Sun 3rd 10.30am Holy Communion
Sun 10th 10.30am All Age Worship
Sun 17th 10.30am Holy Communion
Sun 24th 10.30am Lay Led Worship

St John the Evangelist Church, Ovington

Sun 3rd 9.30am Holy Communion
Sun 17th 10.30am All Age Worship

All Saints Church, Threxton

Our next Service will be on Sunday 3rd February at
10.30 a.m. A warm welcome to all.
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and a much easier way to do Don’t forget that we always have a
Watton business with us! great selection of unusual and Shipdham &
If it’s comfort food, home baking or beautifully crafted items. We also
Country healthy eating on your menu, don’t
forget that we have a ready supply
have a great variety of unique hand-
made greeting cards, including
District Book
Market of beautiful freshly laid, local eggs
available every week, please come
locally themed ones. We also have a
range of knitted and crocheted goods
Group
We wish all our Friends and early for extra large as they always and a selection of plants that will For our December 2018 meeting we
Customers a Happy New Year and sell out first! If you have not got make lovely gifts or you can just met at the Kings Café in Shipdham
thank you all for your support time to do it yourself, then let us treat yourself? for afternoon tea accompanied by
throughout 2018 and the many years tempt you with our delicious, home Refreshments are also available on readings of poetry and prose of the
before that, we could not do it baked savouries and cakes. You Market Day so come in and shop members’ choosing. The food,
without you! may also find some lovely preserves and revive yourselves with a cake company and readings were all
As the Festive Season is now well including Den’s pickled onions and and a cuppa served by the Watton excellent.
behind us and the winter weather is beetroot, the runaway success of last Churches Together Team. For our first 2019 meeting on 16th
here, we are delighted to announce year. If you are planning a special After our January break, we will January we discussed The Trouble
that you are now able to pay for occasion and want the perfect cake, reopen the Market on Wednesday with Goats and Sheep by Joanna
your shopping at the Country talk to our baking team to discuss 6th February 2019. Find us at Cannon. This debut novel is about a
Market each week with your Credit your requirements. We can cater for Christian Community Centre, every community in need of absolution
or Debit Cards. No more trekking to special dietary requirements if Wednesday 8.30 am – 11.30 am. and two girls learning what it means
the cash machine for our Customers required. to belong. It is set in England in the
memorably hot summer of 1976.
Mrs. Creasy is missing and the
Watton Evening WI Avenue is alive with whispers. The
neighbors blame her sudden
disappearance on the heat wave, but
ten-year-olds Grace and Tilly aren’t
convinced. As the summer shimmers
endlessly on, the girls decide to take
matters into their own hands.
Inspired by the local vicar, they go
looking for God believing that if
they find Him they might also find
Mrs Creasy and bring her home.
Lively, daring Grace and quiet,
thoughtful Tilly go door to door in
search of clues. The cul-de-sac starts
to give up its secrets, and the
amateur detectives uncover much
more than ever imagined. As they
try to make sense of what they’ve
seen and heard, a complicated
history of deception begins to
emerge. Everyone on the Avenue
has something to hide.In the
suffocating heat of the summer the
ability to guard these differences
becomes impossible. Along with the
parched lawns and the melting
Broom Hall was the venue for the Watton our youth still remain, it was clear that pavement, the lives of all the
evening WI Christmas dinner. Upon arrival technology, as with everything else, is neighbors begin to unravel. What the
we were greeted not only by Hazel, Carol, taking a lead role. girls don’t realise is that the lies told
Leigh and Sandra but by beautifully Chris Bell works for 'Weatherquest' and is a to conceal what happened one
decorated groups of tables, sparkling gold meteorology lecturer at the UEA. He is a fateful day about a decade earlier are
and white and awaiting the members. weather consultant, from Houston, Texas the same ones Mrs. Creasy was
Large tables almost groaned under the but has lived here for 18 years, leading to beginning to learn about just before
weight of raffle hampers and prizes. some confusion in his home country, as to she disappeared.
Members arrived, enthusiastically greeting his accent. This was a most enjoyable
one another and eyeing the room. Noise He outlined the need for accurate weather discussion with mixed reactions to
from happy chatter rose, until, at 7.00pm forecasting, whether it be for utility the novel. Most agreed it was well
we were asked to take our seats. December companies, our ports, Winter gritting or the researched as the author probably
birthdays were remembered and we farming community and not just whether won’t remember 1976 and the
awaited our meals, hungrily devoured. we hang out our washing or not! Who portrayal of suburban life during that
Following tea and coffee, plus mince pies, knew that enormous chunks of ice, the size long, hot summer before the age of
we awaited the 'secret Santa' gifts and then of dining tables can fall from the blades of mobile phones, home computers,
the raffle. Hampers were won by the lucky wind turbines rendering them a safety most fast food and other distractions
ones but we all had a chance to choose a hazard. was excellent. It was felt that
gift and all felt fortunate. It was a fascinating evening, learning about perhaps the empahasis on Angel
Speeches were short and a delightful poem, the challenges of weather forecasting in all Delight and custard creams was
chosen by a member, was read. The areas, including very inaccessible ones. somewhat overdone but perhaps our
evening drew to a close, clearly a great Remote sensing by satellites, drifting buoys memories have let us down. The
success, thanks to everyone involved. and radio sonde balloons were all discussion of Jesus in the drain pipe
The WI year began with January's talk by explained. led to a little controversy. All sensed
Chris Bell (above centre), a self confessed We look forward to his return to discover a dark undercurrent and that all was
weather 'geek', speaking on 'How to more next year. not as it seemed but took a long time
Forecast the Weather'. For many of us, We have a waiting list for new members at picking up on the clues, which is of
memories of weather stations at our Senior the moment but if you would like to know course the art of writing mystery.
Schools came flooding back. While some more about Watton evening WI, please There was a comment that the
of the measuring techniques used during contact Hilary Rudge on 07922 096844. ending was weak but further
explanation may have been
fun whilst raising money for important inappropriate. Criticism included not
Coffee Morning good causes. The British Heart Foundation liking the fashion for books to dodge
does excellent work with research and about with time and not write
for the British support in an area which effects most of us chronologically whilst others thought
it helped with explanation. This was a
at some time in our lives, whether
Heart Foundation personally or through friends and family. second reading for some and one
member began with doubt, enjoyed
Shipdham Knitters are organising this event Come and support us while enjoying a
on Saturday 9th February from 10-12 a.m. break. If you don’t live in Shipdham you the book so much she began reading it
in Shipdham WI Hall High St Shipdham will almost certainly travel through and again immediately and condfessed to
IP25 7PA.There will be tea, coffee, pass the Hall on the A1075 on the right as having been tempted to a third reading
delicious home made cakes, a raffle and of you enter the village, if you come from the if she hadn’t run out of time.
course excellent company. The Knitters are Watton direction. There is plenty of For our meeting on 20th February
renowned for their hospitality and sense of parking and a nearby bus stop. we are reading Toast by Nigel
Slater.
The Wayland News February 2019 Page 12
Threxton’s All Saints Church
gets some help from the Lottery
All Saints Church, Threxton has received a
confirmed National Lottery grant of
£93,700 for the ‘Save Our Tower’ heritage
project, it was announced today. Thanks to
money raised by National Lottery players,
the project aims to restore the tower of our
13th century church.
Supported through the Heritage Lottery
Fund (HLF), the project aims to carry out
essential restoration work, preserving our
Royal Air
Forces
Association
Watton
As many of you know the branch
closed two years ago, and we became a
Member Meeting Group with no
Officers or bank accounts. We have
carried on meeting at the Hare and
Barrel each month until it closed, just
before Christmas.
Dereham
indoor
Bowls Club
For anyone wanting to learn to
play bowls a new six week course
is just starting on Saturdays
beginning on January 26th
between 10am and 12 Noon.
All you need to do is just turn up
at the Leisure Centre, Station
road, Dereham. Cost per session
is only Two pounds. All
equipment needed is supplied
We also run organised improvers
courses. Why not give bowls a try
it is a cheap sport to play and to
meet new friends
historic community building for future
generations of villagers and visitors alike.
We also aim to upgrade the heating
system and provide toilet facilities for the
first time.
This is the only community building
within the village of Threxton and is well
used by people for worship, community
events and others who are walking the
nearby Peddars Way who just wish to
As our numbers attending these
meeting have dwindled to four
members and two associate members
and not having a meeting venue, we
have decided that our Branch Standard
should be laid up in St Mary's Church
Watton.
We have approached the vicar of St
Mary's Church the Rev'd Jerry Foster
and she has agreed to start the
proceedings.
Firstly we have got to get a Faculty
from the Diocese of Norwich, this will
cost £250-00 then there will be the
purchase of the bracket and the
professional fitting in the church.
At the moment we have raised £150-00
stop and enjoy the tranquillity of the
surroundings.
Commenting on the award, Beverly
Sennett, Churchwarden said: “We’re
delighted that we’ve received this support
thanks to National Lottery players. The
church has given the community a
meeting point for the past seven centuries
and we are thrilled to know it will be
restored for future generations.”
from raffles etc, We ask members and
former members if they would help
with donations to cover the cost which
we should be around £500-00, so at the
moment we are looking to raise £250-
00, if we have any surplus money this
will be sent to the Wings Appeal.
As we have no branch bank accounts
would you please make out any
cheques sent payable to. RCA Wheeler
and send them to 21 Ovington Road
Saham Toney Thetford IP25 7HF.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you.
Ron Wheeler Tel 01953 881068
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