The Mallard Issue 341 March 2020

We Really Need Your Help! Your Village Needs You! Great Massingham Neighbourhood Plan The December and January editions of the Mallard had information about and a re- quest for parishioners to consider getting involved with a village ‘Neighbourhood Plan’. Such a ‘Plan’, if realized, indicates where housing development takes place within the village, along with the type and number of dwellings involved. The Parish Council can only progress with a ‘Neighbourhood Plan’ if there is support from parishioners for one. To date, we have had some response but it is felt that more parishioners are required for the process to meet the necessary numbers suitable for starting such a plan. Basically, if sufficient parishioners get involved, the principal tasks of the committee will be, together with the Parish Council, to seek and collate the views of residents, businesses and others in our community in order to form a policy. Once that is completed, there will be a village referendum on the policy. If accepted, it will form part of the KLWNBC’s Local Plan development for our village. In short, you, the parishioners, decide ‘what, where and when’. It will take time to compete such a plan. Funding is available but it will not happen unless there is support from you - the Parishioners. So, if you want to control how Great Massingham expands please get in touch with:- Cllr. Jon Cole, 07990 705 113 or Cllr. Peter James, 521706 or Cllr. Mick Wingell, 520 369. Please, Please volunteer to be part of this important process.

FILM NIGHT SING-A-LONG NIGHT Thursday March 19th At the Village Hall 7pm for 7.30pm, £4 per person Great Massingham Village Hall MAMMA ‘Official Secrets’ 2019, ‘true life political MIA drama’ based on world- th shaking true events, Thursday 5 March starring Keira Knightley. £4 payable at the door Engaging and entertain- Bar open from 7pm ing the film is a timely, ambitious take on a DON’T FORGET your sweets & popcorn! complex subject. 1

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This parish magazine is published every month for the Electing Trustees for the Village Hall residents of Great and Little The way in which Trustees of the Village Hall Massingham with the support of are appointed is changing. the Great Massingham Parish Council, the Parochial Church All members of the Parish aged 18 or over are invited to Council and Massingham attend a General Meeting of the Great Massingham Village Village Hall Trustees. www.greatmassingham.net Hall and Institute Charitable Incorporated Organisation on e-mail: Wednesday 13th May at 7pm at the Village Hall. [email protected] The purpose of the meeting is to elect three Trustees. A list Editorial Committee of those standing for election will be posted in the Village Editor: Bev. Randall. th 6 Abbeyfields Hall on or about 28 April 2020. Great Massingham If you wish to put yourself forward for election or nominate 01485 520 899 someone else, nomination forms are available from the Bar Treasurer: David Baines in the Social Club & must be submitted by 27th April 2020. 01485 520 966 Four village organisations, namely the Parish Council, the Website : Contact the Editor - Details above. Bowls Club, the Tennis and Multi-sports Club and the mem- Deadline for the bers of the Social Club at the Hall have been invited to ap- next issue point someone to join the Trustees. The elected and appointed Trustees have the power to 17th March co-opt up a maximum of three other Trustees. The Village Hall plays a huge part in the life of our Village. In this issue If you would like to know more about the roles and • Neighbourhood Plan responsibilities of the Trustees, please contact • Mamma Mia Phil Ward, Chair of the Trustees, on 01485 520 700 or any • Film Night of the existing Trustees. • Electing Trustees A notice in the Village Hall gives further information. • League of Friends • Blankets King’s Lynn Hospital Blankets…. • Help with Lunches League of Friends Thanks to all who donat- • Village Spring Clean The amount collected for the above ed blankets for the home- • 100 Club - February in Great Massingham was £467.93. less shelter but, for now, • ‘Histry’ Bits • Village Hall Events A big Thank you to everyone who no more are required. • West Norfolk Folk contributed. Peter Frost Many thanks, Jenny • Craft & Chat • Quiz Night The community lunches are prov- ANNUAL VILLAGE • Mobile Library ing very popular and we would SPRING CLEAN • Poker Night welcome more volunteers. The Village Clean-up is • Historical Society For example, some of our custom- planned for • Allotments & AGM ers need picking up and taking Saturday 28th March. • Church News • Mrs Flower is 103 home, help is needed with filling/ Meet at the well at 10 am. • Gert & Daisy unloading the dishwasher, selling Bring gloves and rakes. • Easter Lilies raffle tickets and just chatting to Litter pickers and hi-viz • Walk Fundraising people. If you would like to help jackets will be provided. • Community Lunch please let Sandy or Max know. Please come and join us. • Five Star Kitchen It is a really enjoyable occasion. ‘The More the Merrier’ • Rev’d Judith • Church Services Great Massingham School 1st prize – Nina Darlow • Dog Fowling nd • Village Scenes 100 Club Results for 2 prize – Deborah Reeve • Dates for your Diary February 2020 3rd prize – Cyril Gillett 2

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‘Histry Bits’.... Who was Charles Dewar? Charles Dewar was a member of the famous Scotch whisky distilling family, founded in Perth in 1846. In the early 1920s, he purchased Abbey House from the Marquis of Cholmondeley and lived there until his death in 1933, at the age of 75. He took a great interest in village life, helping to finance the construction of the original village hall, which was built by the villagers in 1924, using their own unpaid, voluntary labour. In 1937, his widow Mrs. Dewar gifted a parcel of land behind the village hall which became the current playing field. The naming of Charles Dewar Close seemed a fitting, if somewhat overdue, ges- Charles Dewar & his wife ture of thanks towards this very generous couple. in front of Abbey House. David Miller

Right: Village Hall under Construction 1924. Above: Commemorative Plaque. Below: Village Hall Committee 1920’S

Back Row: N. Chilvers, R. Leverett, H. Callaby, B. Taylor, P. Plattern, H. Jackson, J. Morton, A. Woods, F. Attew, A. Savory, J. Leverett and J. Boon. Front Row: Rev. Mcanally, C. Dewar, A. Cracknel and F.Cole.

Mallard News Village Hall VILLAGE HALL Craft and Chat REGULAR EVENTS Village Hall Bar, Keep Fit Wed. 1.30 to 2.30pm 2pm - 4.30pm Bingo Fridays at 7.30pm £1.50 includes refreshments. March 2nd, 16th & 30th . Auction Sundays th th Only date for April is the 27 April. Coronation Club (4 Wed.) 2pm - 4pm NO meeting on13th as it’s Easter Monday. W/Norfolk Radio Sundays 7pm -10pm All welcome. Please join us. Craft & Chat (1st & 3rd Mon) 2 - 4.30pm nd Trefoil Guild 2 Thursday, each month Greetings Fellow Quizzers rd Film Night 3 Thursday, each month The next quiz will be on 26th March at Quiz Nights 4th Thursday, each month 7:30 pm, in the bar, as usual. Bowls - Short Mat Wednesdays 7pm - 9.30 André Wilding will lead the quiz. Historical Society 3rd Monday 7.30pm Held on the fourth Thursday from January Youth Club Tuesdays 6.45- 9.15pm to May then September to November. Yoga With a Chair Call 07786 030 984 Please join us! West Norfolk Radio’s Live Show The Historical Society Village Hall Bar 7-10pm, FREE entry. March Meeting www.westnorfolkradio.co.uk A presentation with artefacts by th 15 March The John Ward band and Malcolm Tibble Thursday’s Band 29th March Songs from the Liberty Tree ‘Navigating a Shackleton & how it Differs from a Lancaster’ Poker Night Great Massingham Hall Bar, at 6pm, Saturday 7th March For members and signed in guests

MOBILE LIBRARY VISITS 10th March and 7th April An interesting talk that won’t be too View current timetable on our website: technical but will be fun. www.greatmassingham.net Monday March 16th, 7.30 pm at the Click on April Mallard 2019 Village Hall, Guests £2, Members Free. Thank you to Ken Besfer for the brilliant Fitness Mobility - Thursdays talk he gave at the February meeting 11.30 until 12.30 Docking Surgery about the WW1 Soldier. Shop window TONY INWOOD CREATIVE GARDENING Specialist in pruning and training Telephone: 07887 780 056 All sizes of work undertaken 9 Crossing Cottage, Little Massingham King’s Lynn, PE32 2JZ [email protected] 4

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Mallard News HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED Growing your Own vegetables and fruit? Like the idea but not sure if you can do it? Here are the answers to a few ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ from the Committee of the Great Massingham Allotment Association.

1. No, you do not need to have specialist knowledge to start growing your own produce! All the information you need can be found on the back of the seed packet! 2. No, you do not need a lot of expensive equipment to get started. A few decent implements - a digging fork, a hoe for weeding - will get you going; these can often be picked up at auctions and second hand shops, or borrowed. 3. No, you do not need to commit huge amounts of your time. A couple of sessions of hard work in the spring and, after that, a potter daily or a few visits per week will keep on top of the jobs. 4. Yes, you can have a small plot or share a piece with a friend. 5. Gardening is suitable for people of all ages and you don’t need to be particularly fit and strong; just willing. 6. Will you save money? Probably not! But you will certainly eat better and enjoy some good company, peaceful times and satisfactory outdoor exercise. All good! 7. Yes, you can come and have a look round and talk to some of the other allotment holders who are always pleased to welcome potential new members. Call Gill Goold on 07508 242 223. Please read the notice of our AGM on page 16. Come along& join us and have a chat.

CHURCH NEWS - Massingham ‘Back to The Forties’. We hope to have a Wednesday Teas have been taking place Forties Fashion Exhibition in the Church for quite a number of years now with many so, if anyone has anything at the back of people coming along for a pot of tea & a their wardrobe from this time and would be chat. It’s a very social afternoon and a valu- happy to lend it for the weekend, please get able community event. However, our team in touch. Any photographs or memorabilia of volunteers is decreasing and we really would also be appreciated. need some new help. It would be lovely if people could also help If you are able to volunteer for one with the organising of the day - ‘many Wednesday afternoon a month please hands make light work’. We’re also asking contact Anna on 520196.Your help would people to wear costume for the day. be so very much appreciated. So, get your thinking caps on! Church Electrics If you are able to help in any way please We have completed our rewiring of the call Anna on 520196. Church and the updating of our heating Benefice News…. LENT system. We are hugely grateful for all the We will be holding our Lent Study donations we have received which meant Groups, at 7pm, every Thursday during we have achieved our aim. Many, many Lent at the home of Rosemarie and Dickie thanks. Bowers, starting Thursday 5th March. 2020 May Fair March Messy Church is on Thursday 26th This year’s May Fair will be on Saturday, rd March, from 3.30pm, at Gayton. May 23 . Not the official holiday set aside Women’s World Day of Prayer - for VE Day, however, the theme will be 6th March, 2pm, at Pott Row Methodist.

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Happy 103rd Birthday to Miriam Flower! any of you will remember Miriam’s 100th birthday when the Great M Massingham Primary School children went along to her home in Wea- senham Road and sang Happy Birthday to her and presented her with a special card and a cake. Well, now she has just had her 103rd birthday! Miriam is now living in East Bilney Nursing Home but, with the help of Janice and Jill who take a copy of the Mallard to her each month, she is able to keep in touch with all that is happening. Miriam and her husband Bertie were very much involved in the village in their younger days. Miriam was chief fund- raiser for the Church and organised fashion shows and produce stalls to name but two of her projects. You can see them in the picture right, with their dog Pepper, sitting on ‘Bertie’s Bench’ (overlooking the pond by Sandy Lane) which was presented to them by the Millenium Committee in 2002 as a thank you to them both. Those were the days! Happy Birthday Miriam! Thank you for all you did for our village and Church Sorry the picture was so small last month. It is always difficult making space. We’re glad Gert & Daisy were able to get to your party. (see below)

Gert & Daisy….. We hev bin told that so far this year we hev bin missed! We went ter Mrs Flower’s buthday party and tuk a copy of the Mallard but that photo wus so small she couldn’t see her picture! Good job we printed some big photos and tuk her one and spread others around the village. She would loike ter thank everyone fer their gud wishes on her buthday. We hev never known enywun from this village ter reach 103. If you wud loike ter know more abowt Mrs Flower yew ken read abowt her posted on the ‘Home Page’ of Great Massingham website. www.greatmassingham.net 8

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Local Walking Challenge Raises Karl & Anthony all kitted out. over £4,000 for Treatment Great Massingham resident, Karl Harrison, and his brother Anthony Harrison with support from friends Ben Clarke and Craig Cunningham, walked 92 miles along Peddars Way this January, to fundraise for 20 month old Ireland Banham. Ireland, who lives in Ipswich, is the daughter of Karl and Anthony’s cousin and she is fighting stage four neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer, following diagnosis last July. They decided to take on the challenge of walking to boost the funds needed – in excess of £200,000 – to pay for Ireland to go to America for treatment as it is not available in the UK. The Bradley Lowery Foundation is also supporting the fundraising. Since diagnosis, Ireland has received chemotherapy and undergone a 12-hour opera- tion. The treatment in America would hope to lower the risk of a relapse but she will only be able to receive this once she is in remission. Some Massingham residents already know about the challenge and the fundraising and both Massingham and Harpley schools have also helped by donating but we thought we’d spread the word further. You can still boost their fundraising, by visiting their fundraising page at justgiving.com/fundraising/harrison-karl. Please help.

The meals are available for all in our community, for everyone, of all ages. So, whether young or a little older, please come along. We’d love to see you. Community Lunch Massingham Village Hall th Menu at £7.50 Tuesday March 10 Arrive 12.30 , eat at 1pm. Slow cooked pork in a mustard, Come & meet friends for a chat. apple and cider sauce with mash The bar will be open at 12.30pm. or Butternut & black beans in a To book a lunch pick up an order form at the mustard, apple and cider sauce shop or social club, available from th with mash. February 28 . Circle the food you would like, Raspberry Pavlova or put your name on the sheet and a contact telephone number and hand it in at the shop or Cheeseboard. Tea & coffee. social club, by Friday March 6th. No need to order again if you pre-ordered on Feb 11th. If you have ordered and you are unable to attend due to ill health please let Sandy know by March 6th (521787). DATE for your diary FOR APRIL LUNCH: April 21st.

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Mallard News Village Hall Kitchen gets Five Star Rating You’ll be pleased to hear after the waiting, the time and the effort and, not let’s forget the money raised, the Village Hall Kitchen has received a Five Star Food Hygiene Certificate! After a recent assessment carried out by Borough Council inspectors the Hall kitchen has been rated ‘Very Good’. This achievement makes the Hall an even better choice as a venue for your celebrations. At the inspection, the officer checked the following three elements:- • How hygienically the food is handled – how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored. • The physical condition of the enterprise – including cleanliness, layout, light- ing, ventilation, pest control and other facilities. • How the business manages ways of keeping food safe, looking at processes, training and systems to ensure good hygiene is maintained. The officer can then assess the level of confidence in standards being maintained in the fu- ture. One of the key objectives of the on-going refurbishment of the Village Hall was to make it more attractive and affordable for ‘Lifetime Celebrations’ and ‘Events on your Doorstep’. Now, when you hire the Hall for that special event you have the option, for just a small additional sum, of having access to a first-class well- equipped kitchen. Village Hall Trustees

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Message to All Parishioners from Rev’d Judith OurT livesO Aconsist LL ofP comings ARISHIONERS and goings, beginnings and endings – sometimes happy, sometimes sad - but more often a bit mixed. Our son Joseph is about to embark on a new life adventure. He is going to live in Wales in the same Cam- phill Community – Glasallt Fawr - where his younger brother Luke has been living for nine years. It will be good for them to be together, albeit rather a long way away. We are delighted for Joseph but with a twinge of parental trepidation at how he’ll cope with change. There is a deepening crisis in adult Social care that I think we are all aware of. There are not enough resources to meet current needs (which seems to apply to every aspect of life – health, education, Local Government, Policing etc. etc.), and those needs are set to rise as the baby-boomer generation reaches later old age. The people who work in the care sector such as personal assistants, medical professionals and managers in residential care are compassionate individuals who do essential work brilliantly - but they are not valued or adequately compensated for the hugely important work they do. Nor are the quality controls in place to ensure consistency throughout this booming sector. My mother has recently entered residential care locally after living independently, with minimal support, in Nottingham until her ninetieth year. This is a massive change for her and the family but it was the best option for her and she is now receiving the care she needs – and looking better for it. We may all reach a point in our lives when we are no longer up to running a household, paying the bills, managing domestic tasks such as preparing meals, doing the laundry and the garden. We may hope that when the time comes there will be Social Services to support us and give us the help we need but how this will all be paid for is a huge challenge for our times. As people live longer their health needs too may become more complex -in addition to the practical help they need. We must have joined -up thinking at governmental level in this and also, I believe, we need active care in our communities so that we can watch over one another with compassion as the norm. The church has an important role to play in this but our regular church members are getting older with in- creasing needs of their own and numbers are dwindling. It is a challenging picture across the entire country. At one time milk bottles piling up on the doorstep were an indication that something was amiss and that a neighbourly knock at the door was needed. Nowadays, few of us have our milk delivered and social media, though omnipresent, doesn’t have a caring heart in the same way. Jesus enjoins us: “Love one another as I have loved you.” The sacrificial love that Jesus models for us reveals the depth of his love for each one of us. We should respond to his example in spirit, at least. This Spring, let’s reinvigorate the spirit of neighbourliness, of being the caring communities I know we are. I do know that many of you already do this – thank you. But let’s all do a better job of caring for one another. That visit you haven’t got around to making - make it now, that voluntary work for a local homeless- ness charity you intended - do it now. Show someone that you care. With God’s blessings this Lent and always, Judith x

FUNERALS - From the Register 12th February 18th February Ever in At Great Massingham At Little Massingham our Elizabeth Jean (Betty) Woodbridge Ann Mervyn Gill thoughts.

Church Services March Date Time Service Location 1st March 8.30 am Holy Communion Ashwicken 1st Sunday of Lent 8.30 am Holy Communion Roydon 9.30 am Morning Prayer Little Massingham 10.00 am Family Service Harpley 10.30 am Holy Communion Grimston 10.30 am Morning Praise Gayton 11.00 am Holy Communion Great Massingham 6.00 pm Evensong Congham 4th March 9.00 am Holy Communion Harpley 6th March 2.00 pm Women’s World Day of Prayer Pott Row Methodist 8th March 9.30 am Morning Prayer Little Massingham 10.30 am Group Holy Communion Ashwicken 4.00 pm The Gap Pott Row Methodist 15th March 8.30 am Holy Communion East Walton 9.30 am Holy Communion Little Massingham 10.30 am Holy Communion Gayton 10.30 am Morning Praise Grimston 11.00 am Family Service Great Massingham 11.15 am Sung Holy Communion Harpley 18th March 9.00 am Holy Communion Grimston 22nd March 8.30 am Holy Communion Congham 9.30 am Morning Prayer Little Massingham 10.30 am Family Service Grimston 11.00 am Holy Communion Great Massingham 3.00 pm Celtic Service Gayton Thorpe 29th March 8.30 am Holy Communion Gayton 9.30 am Morning Prayer Little Massingham 10.30 am Prayer and Praise Grimston 10.30 am Joint Holy Communion Harpley 1st April 9.00 am Holy Communion Harpley 5th April 8.30 am Holy Communion Roydon 9.30 am Morning Prayer Little Massingham 10.00 am Family Service Harpley 10.30 am Joint Holy Communion Grimston 11.00 am Holy Communion Great Massingham 3.00 pm Donkey Service East Walton Benefice Prayer Meeting, 3rd March at the Rectory, Gayton, at 3pm. For more news please visit our benefice website at www.ggmbenefice.uk

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Useful Numbers Organisation Contact Phone No. Allotment Association Gill Goold 07508 242 223 Biodiversity Project Mike Jackson 520 056 Borough Council James (Jim) Moriarty 07879 492400 Bell Ringing Dale Gagen 520 024 Bowls Club Martin Matthews 520 707 Church Contacts Revd Judith Pollard 01485 601 251 Community Car Scheme Office 520 823 Coronation Club Jill Whitmore 520 609 County Council Stuart Graham Dark 07450 679 355 Dabbling Duck Pub Mark Dobby 520 827 Doctors Massingham Surgery 520 521 The Film Night Arthur Allen 520 628 Fishing Warden Paul Smith and Ken Perry Sue Nash 07802 670 711 Guide Trefoil Guild Shirley Rae 520 259 Massingham Historical Society Peter James 521 706 Tennis and Multi-Sports Club Arthur Allen 520 628 Parish Council Mick Wingell (Chair)& Sarah Harvey (Clerk) 520 369 & 01328 823391 Pre-School Pip Armitage 07807 185 746 Police Non-emergency 101 School Ann Beardall 520 362 Village Hall Hall & Bar & Vic Cross 520 588/520 387 Village Stores and Deli Mark and Kerry Eldridge 520 272

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Everyone please help with a problem at Walcups corner! We have a dog owner who has been bagging the dog’s ‘poo’ and throwing the full, black poo bags into the garden of the cottage at the corner of Walcups Lane & Station Road. Who could be so unreasonable? Why does this happen? Most dog owners, as we know, are responsible and reasonable but this one isn’t. Large quantities of bags were removed from the garden recently and it’s still happening! Signs saying - ‘Please stop throwing black bags of dog poo into my garden. I picked up twelve bags yesterday and put them in the proper Poo Bag bin. I wouldn’t throw them in your garden. Thank you!’ have been put up on the gates. Whoever it is PLEASE STOP! Everyone else, please help to solve this problem. Barry Yeend thought Great Massingham you’d like to see his Allotment Association picture of our ‘latest local fisherman’ on The Annual the village pond. General Meeting Thank you Barry. will be held in the Great picture! Village Hall Bar on March 19th at 7pm. Thanks also to Peter James for the snowdrop picture reminding us spring is on its way.

Dates for your Diary – March Date Event Time Place 2,16,30 March Craft & Chat 2pm - 4.30pm Village Hall Bar 5 March Mamma Mia From 7 pm Village Hall 7 March Poker Night 6 pm Village Hall Bar 9 March Parish Council Meeting 7.30 pm Village Hall 10 March Community Lunch 12.so for 1pm Village Hall 15,29 March West Norfolk Live 7pm - 10pm Village Hall Bar 16 March Historical Society Talk 7.30 pm Village Hall 19 March Film Night 7 for 7.30 pm Village Hall 26 March Quiz Night 7 for 7.30 pm Village Hall Bar 28 March Village Spring Clean 10 am At the Well 16