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YOUR Community Newspaper www.reephamlife.co.uk No. 31 March 2016 County Hall snubs plan to ease parking issue

NORFOLK County Council (NCC) has turned down a proposal TOCC, which has 40 employees at its office in Market to use the rear of Reepham Fire Station for car parking. Place, Reepham, estimates it brings around 25 cars into the The request was made by The Original Cottage Company town during weekdays. (TOCC), the largest employer in the town centre, which The company said that, as a result of this decision, many of wanted to rent part of the site in School Road for up to 20 its workers would continue to use the free car park in Station cars belonging to employees. Road from Monday to Friday, which has added to the ongoing However, NCC rejected the proposal, claiming the annual parking problems faced by local businesses and residents. amount offered by TOCC was far below the market value for In an email to TOCC, Les Britzman, Norfolk Fire & Rescue use of the space for car parking. Service area manager, explained: “We have a process to It is understood that, after some six months of discussion, a follow. More recently there has been closer scrutiny on all of rental figure had earlier been agreed with NCC. Legal our properties across the county to ensure usage and value is documents were being drawn up and planning permission sought. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 4

Traffic and parking problems worsen

by BILL ROSE

IN 2013, I wrote an article for Reepham Life about the total lack of traffic management and associated parking problems in Reepham. This generated a fair amount of discussion and some minor improvements followed. Since then Hampton’s has relocated to Bawdeswell, which has improved con gestion problems in the Norwich Road area close to the church. However, little else has changed as our local town council can’t be bothered with traffic and parking issues. The police, who don’t appear to do much policing in this area, have ab-

solutely no interest and the same can be said for Broadland Bill Rose PHOTO: District Council, which helps out by occasionally repairing Reepham’s narrow roads were never originally intended to accommodate potholes and bringing roads up to a third-world standard. much more than an occasional horse-drawn carriage Clearly, anything more would be considered a step too far, which were never originally intended to accommodate much even when road safety is an important factor. more than an occasional horse-drawn carriage. Unquestionably, the biggest local traffic issue can be attr- Should an unfortunate driver be suddenly faced with an ap- ibuted to coaches that mostly provide fare-paying passenger proaching coach in parts of this town, it may be necessary to services. Unfortunately, these large vehicles are totally un - slam on their brakes to avoid a collision and try to reverse out suitable for the roads in and around Reepham. of the way. I can’t help feeling that it’s only a matter of time Some coach drivers are reasonably considerate, but a few CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 4 literally bulldoze their way through Rthe town’sP narrowS roads, professionalilitlti print solutionns e: [email protected] 01603 871102 Church St. Reepham Norwich NR10 4JWW ENNJOY THE HAMPTTON’S EXPERRIENCE....

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Restrictions on charity shop donations implications, such as helmets and car seats, cannot be taken as the Bircham THE Bircham Centre Charity Shop has of any type; cots and prams; walking Centre cannot vouch for their efficacy. placed some restrictions on what items frames; highchairs; car seats; electrical The charity shop thanks customers for it can accept as donations. goods; videos; encyclopaedias; maga- their consideration and for not putting the To conform with health and safety zines; and artificial Christmas trees. volunteers in the difficult position of having regulations, and for the safety of the The Centre has limited storage space, to refuse these items. However, all other volunteers who run the shop, the Bir- and items that are not sold quickly unwanted goods are always welcome, cham Centre is now unable to take the block the space available. Further, elec- which help to fund a significant proportion following items: cycle helmets or helmets trical items and those that have safety of the repairs the building requires.

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Recipe for disaster in harm’s way is simply not the way to “our” newspaper. AS a daily user of Marriott’s Way I am do it. How much better to have started with: appalled by the application [for a change I suspect the applicants maybe being “Good news for wheelchair users, the of use and re-laying of track at Whitwell a little disingenuous in this application, disabled and children in buggies. If Station]. but whatever the real reason the answer Whitwell & Reepham Railway’s planning How anyone can consider that cor- is for the Whitwell & Reepham Railway application goes through they will be ralling pedestrians, cyclists, dog walkers Preservation Society to build a new able to ride on a train for the first time and horses into a 3-metre-wide strip plat form alongside their existing track in 57 years.” approximately 200-300 yards in length on their own land, leaving Marriott’s I have lived in Reepham for more (with a high wire fence on one side Way safely as it is. than 40 years and hate watching its de- and a metre-high wall on the other) is a Roy Sherlock, Manor Farm, mise. The railway is bringing a little of good idea is beyond me. The Moor, Reepham that life back. Add to that a hissing, steaming locomo- Perhaps you should change the name tive just feet away and all the ingredients Narrow definition of the newspaper to “Reepham Death”? are there for serious accidents to occur. AS a railway enthusiast and frequent Nanette Parfitt, Mill Road, Reepham Members of my family have ridden user of the Marriott’s Way, I support the (a volunteer at Whitwell & Reepham horses along this section of the old rail- planning application for Whitwell & Railway) way over several years, as I have on Reepham station to extend their track one or two occasions. onto the old track-bed. Railway by stealth Horses can be nervous at this point I have walked or cycled through var- WHY don’t the Whitwell Station people crossing over the old bridge and to ious areas of the Marriott’s Way and come clean? Their planning application fence them into this narrow confine there are many sections that are far less isn’t really about providing better facilities with, for example, a family walking with than three metres wide (which might and access for the elderly and disabled. children, a dog and a buggy and you be areas where the horses do not go). Seems to me it’s stage one of ultimately have the obvious recipe for disaster. In what world is three metres consid- extending the railway line, most probably Whoever has made this application ered narrow or where walls/fences of around the Themelthorpe Loop to the seems to have no knowledge of horses or one metre considered high? old Reepham Station. even, perhaps, of walking on this track. The road outside my house in Tunstead Don’t get me wrong. I think this would When passing other Marriott’s Way is just 10 feet (3.05 metres) wide with be great and I’m all for lengthening the users, horses and their riders need space banking extending to more than four track to encourage more visitors to what to move away from whatever they are feet (1.22 metres). is already an excellent tourist attraction passing, often pulling onto the grass or It is frequently used by HGVs, agri- and leisure facility that’s still at the early undergrowth to keep a safe distance cultural vehicles, horse-riders, cyclists stages of its development. from one another. (often from outside the area) and ram- After all, it is a former railway line and Even walking a dog and meeting a blers, who seem to have no problems not the only place in the county where cyclist coming the other way needs with the width of the road or the height horses, dogs, runners and walkers can space to be able to avoid a collision. of the banking. go about their business. I would not like to be the person or If there is a requirement to maintain And I applaud everything that has persons who might sanction such an the Marriott’s Way to three metres width been done at Whitwell Station over the application when the first buggy and over the full 26 miles of the route, is past few years. Remember that not too child is trampled on by a horse or the this down to the various town councils long ago it was a derelict site and under first elderly person is knocked over. along the route? Will the commercial threat of development for private hous- Culpability at law would seem to be a horse-riding interests take on the re- ing. natural outcome. sponsibility? If not, who will? But I do wish Mr Urry and his band To wish to improve access to trains Mike Roads, Church Road, Tunstead of volunteers could be upfront and hon- for the elderly and/or disabled would est about their long-term plans. We de- seem to be laudable. Negative portrayal serve better than a railway by stealth. However, to do this by seriously di- I AM writing to comment on the negative Name and address supplied minishing a much used and loved public way Whitwell & Reepham Railway’s asset and putting every sector of users planning application was portrayed in ‘Village’ has lost its charm I WAS born and bred in Reepham in the 1940s, part of the famous Pask Tailors, YOUR POSTS who had a shop on town corner. On the news that Whitwell & Reepham Railway Preservation Society has submitted a revised In answer to the letter “Time Warp” planning application to re-lay track on part of the Marriott’s Way: [Reepham Life, December/January], I do l First they concrete over every green field and now this! Welcome to Norfolk, the New London not want to see Reepham with modern Suburb!! Please petition against this everyone. Jo Cox via Facebook takeaways. l Some of the Iceni Endurance GB rides are held along here.... would be such a shame to lose it. Claire Glover via Facebook The village has already lost a lot of its Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/reephamlife or Tweet your views to @reephamlife charm with new housing estates built where I played in fields, a large, bea u ti - www.reephamlife.co.uk Reepham Life, March 2016 5 views ful house [Ree pham House] has been demolished in “Hall Road” [now Ol- lands Road] and there are no longer any cattle markets. I lived at 5 New Road and opposite was a great line of large fir trees behind which was a field where the local farmer kept cows, but now all houses – that’s progress, so they say. Sometimes it is nice to visit small villages in a so-called “time warp” to remind us of the past. Elsa Jones (nee Pask) Hawks Nest, NSW, Australia

Bircham Road entrance I AM concerned that a number of ve- hicles, some of them commercial, are being parked and left, often overnight “Moreover, to preserve value for money for taxpayers (and to reduce traffic), and at the weekend, at the entrance NCC will not rent out the spare fire station land.” to Bircham Road, Reepham.

This often makes it extremely difficult, mary School. ulated on her work. @reephamlife.co.uk and potentially dangerous, to drive I no longer live in Reepham, but I hope there will be many more into the estate, particularly when the worked as a supply teacher, governor books to come. Sanders bus is parked on the opposite and volunteer [at the school] while Joan Walker, Denmead, side, leaving an insufficient gap to get Shirley was there; she is to be congrat- Hampshire through. All of us residents of Bircham Road From vellum to virtual first records available online this month letters have decent driveways and ample kerb- so that Reepham’s past will be open to side parking, so who do these vehicles THE Reepham Archive has made a anyone, anywhere in the world, by just belong to, and why are they there? huge step forward by acquiring the typing in a name, place or date. Hilary Gostling, Bircham Road, web-based Omeka collection man- n Want to help? Please contact the Reepham age ment system. Bircham Centre (01603 879242 or Every photograph or document in [email protected]) or Restful read the Archive will eventually be descr- message via the Reepham Archive IN a recent edition of Reepham Life ib ed and a digital image stored on the Facebook page. No special skills are [October 2015], you included an article system. needed and much of the work can about a local school secretary who The Archive team intend to make the be done from home. had turned author. This was Shirley Dawson and I pur- Photographic club welcomes new members chased her first two books – A Twist Reepham & District Photographic Club holds meetings at 7.30 pm on the first and of Fate and Destiny’s Path – through third Thursdays in the month at Whitwell Station, Whitwell Road, Reepham. Amazon. These meetings involve furthering photography for new and experienced The third book completing the photographers. trilogy has now been published entitled The club holds themed photographic competitions, tuition workshops, and A Free Spirit. days or evenings out and about Norfolk; it is affiliated to the East Anglian I can recommend these books as a Federation of Photographic Societies. restful read with a good story line. n For further information, contact: Michael Battams 01603 870874 or Rosie Taylor There must be many pupils, staff 01603 868247. and parents who remember Shirley www.reephamphotoclub.org.uk as school secretary of Reepham Pri- Art classes Life drawing – Thursday 3 March l Watercolour – Friday 4 March at Cawston Village Hall Summer term starts Monday 4 April Contact: Clementina Sutton 01603 872441 tinasnorfolkartcourse.blogspot.co.uk Art classes

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County Hall snubs plan soon. I am really frustrated as we have to ease parking problems put so much effort in from our side be- cause we think it is the right thing to FROM PAGE 1 do.” maximised. Mr Ellis said the decision was “incred- Mr Britzman said that in TOCC’s case, ibly short-sighted” and would not help the market valuation was deemed higher the town’s economic situation, adding than the provisionally agreed sum and that the market value determined by “therefore we could not proceed further. NCC was a theoretical figure and did The wider portfolio of NCC property is not take into account the other benefits Reepham Fire Station on School Road a county-level matter and must be seen it would bring – to both NCC and Reep- changed. to deliver a proper return for these as- ham. Mr Joyce said: “I think the decision is sets.” He added that it is likely the area to totally wrong and I’m currently trying In a statement, NCC added: “We have the rear of the fire station will remain to get it reversed. For me, everyone to ensure that the rent for this site is unused and therefore not generating won with The Original Cottage Compa- best value for the Norfolk taxpayer and any income for NCC. ny’s proposal; now no one has. It’s not a subsidised one – that is what we Mr Ellis also criticised NCC for “rejecting madness.” need to get right. a previously made agreement at the Reepham Chamber of Commerce chair- “While we, of course, want to support 11th hour”. man Brenda Gostling added her frustra- local businesses and the Norfolk econ- “By taking such a narrow view, and tion: “I’m appalled that NCC has failed omy, we too must be commercially the way in which the process was con- to recognise the motivation behind this minded and get good value for money ducted, the decision is extremely disap- initiative. on behalf of Norfolk council taxpayers, pointing at a time when councils should “TOCC applied for the parking as a especially in these very cash-strapped be encouraging business in fragile market measure to help Reepham’s shops and times. The public expects nothing less.” towns. small businesses, as their staff currently TOCC director “It is annoying that we have wasted a use many of the Station Road car park James Ellis comment- lot of time on this,” he continued. “As a spaces, which are available to them ed: “I’m afraid it looks business we were simply trying to help free of charge. like bureaucracy has to relieve a growing situation in the “This is one of many supportive ges- won again, to the town, even though this is not something tures that TOCC have made at their detriment of the we have to do.” own expense for the benefit of the town. TOCC said it will be asking NCC to town. Others include the defibrillator, “We have tried and reconsider, and has sought support from hosting the Vodafone booster, the use tried to make this James Ellis: ‘very County Councillor James Joyce and of their premises for Town Team meet- frustrated’ work, and I thought Keith Simpson MP. ings and the support of their staff for we were getting there, as the planning Mr Simpson said he will write to the events such as the Festival of Light. I application was due to be determined County Council to get the decision hope NCC will reconsider.”

A quick quiz for unmarried couples A COUPLE have not married. They have read this far there are no answers for been together for 25 years. this woman that she will want to hear, They live in the south of England in a legal view especially in her state of bereavement. house they own together, they think. MARK FOLEY So question 3 must be: They have put most of their money in Question 3: What might they have done, their house, which is worth £900,000. = £150,000; 40% x £150,000 = £60,000. or done differently, had they thought They have other savings owned jointly The tax has to be paid within six about it? of £50,000. months of death. Everybody’s situation is different. What They are retired. He is 78; she is 72. Question 1: How is the tax paid? do you understand about yours? They have both made wills that leave a) The woman uses all her savings of n To discuss these issues or for everything to the other on the first £25,000? If so, where does she get the help with your legal affairs, death. They have no children. other £35,000? contact Mark Foley, Solicitor. He dies. b) She tries to raise it from a lender? Tel: 07833 332055 or 01362 His estate is worth: 50% of £900,000 = Personal loan? Mortgage? Equity release? 688946. Email: [email protected] £450,000 + 50% of £50,000 = £25,000; c) Does she have to sell the house and total: £475,000. move somewhere else? His estate has to pay inheritance tax. Question 2: What would have happened The tax is calculated as 40% of the am- if they had not made wills? ount over £325,000: £475,000 – £325,000 You will appreciate that if you have www.reephamlife.co.uk Reepham Life, March 2016 7 YOUR COUNCIL MATTERS

Trenching to take place in Your Town Council Chairman: Les Paterson Whitwell Road Cemetery Vice Chairman: Chris Wheeler Hayden Key THERE is very little space left in the trenches will be filled in and the grass Jack Mortimer Whitwell Road cemetery and it is un- replaced and no further action is en- Janet Pender-Cudlip likely the cemetery will be extended visaged. Michael Pender-Cudlip in the near future. If, however, there are no signs of John Rawlinson People have expressed concern that burials, the Council hope to use this Gary Saunders burials may have to cease. Rather than space for future burials. The area will Andrea Wilson close the cemetery to all burials once be fenced off while work is being un- Anne Woollett all the available space has been taken, dertaken. Town Clerk: Jo Boxall the Town Council is exploring ways While the work will disturb the grass Finance Officer: Sally Gill to increase the number of burial spaces and top layer of soil in the cemetery, within the cemetery. it may enable the Council to allow ATM in the telephone kiosk in the One option is to use what appears bur ials to continue in the cemetery Market Place has been rejected because to be unused space. There is an area over the next few years. of its poor condition, but two alternative in the middle of the cemetery (pic- The trenching will hopefully take sites have been identified and discus- tured), behind the bench, on the left- place this spring. sions are continuing. hand side as you enter from Whitwell If you have any concerns or have In the meantime can we remind Road that has very few headstones. information about burials that may be everybody that cash can be obtained This area has not been used in re - in this area, please do not hesitate to from the ATM outside the Spar shop, cent years because the records of bur- contact the Town Clerk 01603 873355 from the Post Office and from some ials in this area were lost sometime in or [email protected] retailers in the form of cash-back. the 1970s or 1980s. Parking again Showers agreement It is assumed there are few, if any, Parking in the centre of Reepham Because they are virtually the sole burials here. To test this out, the Coun- has been brought to our attention users of the changing rooms and show- cil has agreed to employ a specialist again. The Original Cottage Company ers at Stimpson’s Piece pavilion, the archaeological company to carry out recently approached Norfolk County Trustees and Reepham Town Football trench ing in the area to see if there is Council seeking to use the area at the Club have recently agreed that the any evidence of burials. rear of the fire station for parking for football club will take over the man- A number of trenches will be dug its employees. agement of the changing facilities. across the area. These will not be The Town Council supported the As part of the agreement the Trustees deep and, most importantly, will be application because of the obvious have arranged for the existing showers too shallow to disturb any burials. benefits that arise for the community, to be updated. If there are signs of ground distur- but unfortunately the County Council Station proposals bance, especially of grave space size has rejected the application. The Town Council has made its and shape, this will suggest that there The issue of parking in Back Street comments about the change of use of are indeed burials. In this case, the and Church Street in the vicinity of land and re-laying of railway track at the Town Hall has Whitwell Station to Broadland District also been raised and Council. the Town Council will Because of the unusual nature of be consulting with the proposal and the involvement of Norfolk County Coun- several different statutory bodies, the cil seeking to resolve application has been called in and these prob lems. will be dealt with by the Planning ATM saga Committee of Broadland District Council The saga of a re- rather than by planning officers. placement ATM cash At the time of writing, the date that machine to replace the application will be considered is the one at the HSBC not available, but if anybody wishes bank continues to to make representations regarding the rumble on. Our first application can they please contact Photo: Anne Woollett choice of siting the Broadland District Council direct.

Contact us – we can only do what you want if we know what you want Town Council Office, Town Hall, Church Street, Reepham, Norfolk NR10 4JW Tel: 01603 873355 Email: [email protected]

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VILLAGERS in a remote rural community will soon be without local access to basic essentials with the closure of its only store. Wood Dalling Post Office and shop will shut in April after owners Tricia and James Joyce decided to give up running the business at Norton Corner to look after their seven-year- old grandson, Leo. The post office will close at 1 pm on Tuesday 12 April and the shop on Saturday 16 April. “When we took over in 2001, we thought that, with all the post office closures, we would be lucky to last more than five years,” Mrs Joyce explained. “As it is, 15 years on, we are still here, the Post Office, in their wisdom, deciding that we were still an essential part of End of an era: Tricia Joyce (right) and Rosey Mears of Wood Dalling Post the network.” Office and shop The couple felt the time was right to give up running both office and shop since the Joyces took over, said that many the post office and shop, adding that the way in which people years ago there was another shop in Wood Dalling, as well have used both has changed significantly in recent years. as the vans of several bakers and butchers doing the rounds, “The Post Office hasn’t helped small post offices by taking with milk and newspapers also being delivered door to door. away much of the work that we used to do and putting “The shop has always been there as a place for somebody to much of it online,” she said. “Shopping habits have also talk to,” said Mrs Mears, who is now looking for alternative changed, again with many people shopping online.” employment. “We have certainly had some laughs over the She noted that in the early days, quite a few loyal customers years, but it will be a sad day when it finally comes to an end.” would place orders, but new people had now moved into Parish Council chairman Kerry Oldfield added: “It is extr- the area, many of whom work in the city or larger towns emely sad for all residents of Wood Dalling that the shop will during the day and choose to shop at bigger supermarkets. be closing and it will be missed by so many, not just for the Mrs Joyce continued: “The sheer variety of products now post office services and goods that it sells, but for the friendly available is impractical for a small shop like ours, which faces and opportunity for a chat with neighbours when means the range that we actually sell is very small, tailored to calling in. just a handful of regular customers, especially the older gen- “It has been ably run by Tricia and James Joyce, with help eration. from Rosey, for the past 15 years, and prior to that by Sheila “We know that these people in particular will find it and Lesley Gasgins. It is a sign of the times that small local difficult, but given our family circumstances and the fact that shops struggle for survival, so we understand the reasons we are both past our ‘sell by’ (but not ‘best before’) date, we why James and Tricia find they can no longer continue run- have had to come to this decision. ning the shop. Everyone wishes them all the best in the fu- “We still have a lot of energy, but need to channel this in ture.” our grandson’s direction. Thank you to those that have sup- The Wood Dalling shop is now holding a closing down ported us over the past 15 years.” sale with 20% off on selected items, and is also selling a wide Shop assistant Rosey Mears, who has worked at the post range of second-hand goods.

RTFC results and fixtures l 6 February: drew 2-2 v St Andrews Res (A) l 30 January: won 5-4 v Horsford Utd (H) Reepham Town Football Club’s results to 13 February: l 1st Team: 2 January: lost 8-0 v Gayton Utd (A) l 13 February: lost 2-1 v Blofield Utd (H) l 6 February: lost 2-1 v St Andrews (H) l 30 January: lost 2-1 v Cromer (A) Upcoming fixtures at Stimpson’s Piece: l 2 January: won 3-2 v Spixworth (A) l 5 March: 1st Team v Dersingham Rovers, 2.30 pm Reserves: l 12 March: 1st Team v Caister, 2.30 pm l 13 February: lost 3-1 v Bungay Town Res (A) l 19 March: Reserves v Stalham Town Res, 2.30 pm

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www.reephamlife.co.uk Reepham Life, March 2016 11 stimpson’s piece What’s on at the Pavilion? IT is time that we celebrated all the who make good use of the Stimpson’s son, Chairman, or Maureen Wilkinson, good work that goes on at the Pavilion Piece facilities, and cross-country runs Secretary, on 01603 870626. and Stimpson’s Piece for different age in the winter. The club also runs three youth teams: groups within the local community. Reepham Runners make donations to under 12s managed by Colin Watts play- The Stimpson’s Piece working group local and national charities. They also ing in the North East Norfolk Youth has invited the various user groups to boost local businesses based on the League; while the under 15s managed write a “bit about themselves”. social side of the club. See more at by Peter Gowing and the under 16s Reepham Nursery School www.reephamrunners.co.uk managed by Neil Kumar and Andy West, Reepham Nursery Sch- Han Mu Do both play in the Norfolk Youth Football ool is a sessional “pack- Han Mu Do is a Korean Combination League. away” day nur sery based martial art system devel- The RTFC chairman is Mike Graver in Stimpson’s Piece Pavil- oped by 10th Dan Grand- 01603 879447. ion that provides early master Dr He-Young Kimm. The voice of the general user years education for children from 3 to His lifetime of training in the martial This article wouldn’t be 4+ years old. art styles of Korea has helped him to complete without the We accept government early-education de velop a system with elements from voice of the general user funding and the option to take up extra the traditional and an outlook to the fu- of Stimpson’s Piece and, fee-paying sessions. We have recently ture, which means it is still developing in a bit of a “light-bulb” had our OFSTED inspection and were and moving forward. moment, I realised I didn’t Rachael Jones rated “Good”. The system involves striking, kicking, have to canvas lots of Reepham Nursery School is open: throwing and joint-locking techniques, ad ditional users – because I am that Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9.30 as well as meditation and weapons “general user”. am – 12.30 pm and 12.30 pm – 3.30pm work at higher levels. I exercise our errant Springer Spaniel (children who stay all day bring a pack- Master Adrian Fields, 5th Dan, head- on the field. I have lost count of the ed lunch with them), and Wednesday master of Norfolk Han Mu Do Group times I have taken my then two smaller morning 9.30 am – 12.30 pm. and UK representative on the European children to play in the playing area, or We have well-qualified and experienced Han Mu Do Association and the World how later they both learned to ride staff, who offer a fun and purposeful Han Mu Do Association, has been in- their bikes, wobbling precariously across play environment that follows the early volved in martial arts teaching for 36 the football field. years foundation stage curriculum. years. With friends we have picnicked and Every child really does matter to us, He helped start the Reepham club played on sunny days in the summer and we strive to make our environment nine years ago based in the Pavilion at holidays when we needed something a calm and happy place. We have a se- Stimpson’s Piece, taking over the club cheap to do for a day with the kids. cure outdoor area, but also try to make last summer when the previous instructor As a family we have hired the pavilion use of the fabulous green space that retired. and attended many birthday parties Stimpson’s Piece offers. The club teaches a modified, safe syl- there. We enjoyed going to the circus If you would like to arrange a visit or labus for children aged 5–12 years and last year and we watched on a sunny require more information, please contact: an adult syllabus. afternoon as the tents went up for last Rachael Jones, Nursery Manager 01603 Reepham Han Man Do Club takes year’s beer festival. 871586 or email reephamnurseryschool place on Tuesday and Friday evenings Now working at the Nursery, I see @btconnect.com in the Pavilion, from 5.45 – 6.45 pm other users come and go on a daily Reepham Runners (mixed age groups). basis: the early morning dog-walking Reepham Run- Anyone interested can contact the club brigade, students from the college coming ners were formed by coming along on a club night, or by up for a kick-about during their lunch - in 2001 when five people, who had been contacting: Adrian Fields 01263 825997 time and, in the summer, students who running to keep fit, invited others to join or [email protected] are completing their GCSEs joining together them. The club has gone from strength to Reepham Town Football Club on the skate-park for time together as strength since then with a current mem- Reepham Town Football the reality of ending school starts to bite. bership of more than 80 runners. Two Club was founded in 1909 Stimpson’s Piece is as well used as from the first year are still going strong! and has played on Stimp- the pavilion itself, and a vital part of Reepham Runners meet on Tuesday son’s Piece since the early our community. We should all give a evenings at 6.30 pm for a training session 1950s. moment to celebrate the different ways at Stimpson’s Piece and make use of the Currently, the club has we can use it. facilities there. They also meet on Thurs- two senior teams. The 1st team plays in Rachael Jones day evenings and Sunday mornings at the Premier Division of the Anglian n If you would like to hire the pavilion 8.30 am for a run from Stimpson’s Piece. Combination and the Reserves play in and facilities, please contact Jo Boxall, They organise a 10K race each August, Division 4 of the Anglian Combination. Town Clerk 01603 873355 or email: which attracts more than 300 entrants For further details contact, Marcus Wilkin- [email protected] www.reephamlife.co.uk 12 Reepham Life, March 2016

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ALTHOUGH it seems we’ve just put and is also arranging a pre-season coach- on Sunday 10 April at Salle from 1 pm. away the Christmas decorations, Reep- es meeting. Matches for both Saturday and Sunday ham & Salle Cricket Club’s first match Further details regarding our youth leagues start the last week in April and of the new season (a friendly) is less “colts” training will be in next month’s further details will be available in our than two months away. Reepham Life, but if anyone would like fixture booklet; matches for April and At the time of writing, snow is scattered further information, please email May will also be posted in next month’s on the ground and the snowdrops are [email protected] Reepham Life. bravely battling the elements. The club has booked Taverham High A quiz night is scheduled for 5 March However, it is also a universal ac- School for three two-hour sessions in at Stimpson’s Piece pavilion, 7.30 pm knowledgement that a successful cricket March (16, 23 and 30) from 7 – 9 pm. start. A bar will be available and tickets club will be in need of a perfect pitch If anyone is interested in attending, (£10 to include food) can be purchased by April: Joe Hollis and his groundsmen please email George Wright on from Reepham Home Hardware or the (not an 80s boyband!) are in the process [email protected] King’s Arms. (Teams of no more than of ordering the necessary materials and The club work day will be on Sunday six, please.) sharpening their tools in preparation 3 April at the Salle church ground, from Last year was an amazing year for the for the work ahead. 9 am. There is the incentive of hot bacon club, with both Saturday teams not only The club hasn’t been idle over the rolls and home-made shortbread to en- gaining promotion, but also topping winter months: we had our awards night courage any willing volunteers. their respective divisions. and AGM in November, all league forms Membership forms will also be avail- If the first team continue its winning have been completed, winter nets organised able on the day, but this is also a good streak, we could be playing in the Al- and we have the club work day planned. opportunity for anyone interested in liance within two years. We look forward Paul Harwood is putting the final the club to come along, meet the players to sun, summer, a perfect pitch and an- touches to our fixture booklet, which and have a chat. other successful season. will be available at the end of March, We’ve arranged a friendly with Eaton Stephanie Harris, Secretary, R&SCC

Traffic and parking sidered without delay. problems worsen People working for local employers in the town should be encouraged to FROM PAGE 1 use alternative parking areas in prefer- before a serious accident takes place. ence to the main car park. While these buses may or may not pro- Reepham residents now face the even- vide a useful service to the local community, tual imposition of housing estates con- they are simply too big for our roads. The taining hundreds of new homes. This same applies to the Spar delivery lorry, will unquestionably damage the quality which also needs to be smaller. of local life unless there are major im- Indeed, such were the problems once One of Sanders’ coaches squeezes past provements to Reepham’s facilities. generated by large commercial vehicles oncoming and parked vehicles as it enters the We already have issues with school constantly passing through Reepham, Market Place. Photo: Bill Rose places and limited medical services. that an official ban was introduced. will leave their car or van in a dangerous There is only one small supermarket However, it appears that coach com- or obstructive position. (with parking issues), we don’t have a panies are allowed to ignore this, making Areas that continue to attract this are proper police service, we have a good, driving around Reepham in the daytime close to the car park in Station Road, but restricted library, and street lighting a stressful experience for those encoun- around the Methodist Church and some- is inadequate in some places. tering a large vehicle coming in the op- times along parts of Ollands Road. A population expansion in Reepham posite direction. Perhaps the only answer Then there are drivers who use our and the surrounding area will simply is to introduce a one-way traffic system? limited pavements as parking areas, some- add to existing traffic and parking issues There is also the ongoing problem of times blocking the whole thoroughfare unless significant changes are made. coach drivers from three different com- and showing no consideration for pedes- It really isn’t good enough for those panies (now mostly Sanders) continually trians using a pushchair, a wheelchair or individuals in positions of responsibility parking at the bottom of Bircham Road. perhaps carrying shopping. Young and to sit back and close their eyes to what’s Some even park on the pavement, drip old alike are simply expected to step happening. oil onto it and run their engines for lengthy into the road and risk their own safety. Things cannot go on like this or Ree - periods, generating enough low-frequency The urgent requirement for additional pham is going to be in serious trouble. noise to annoy nearby residents. parking in Reepham has already gener- We don’t need an enquiry or pointless Street parking in much of Reepham ated suggestions to site new car parks open-ended consultations; we need the also remains a problem. Many drivers by the recreation ground and near the application of a little thinking outside couldn’t care less where they park and doctor’s surgery. These must be recon- the box and we need it now. www.reephamlife.co.uk 14 Reepham Life, March 2016

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AS March blows in, we hope for an end to that heavy winter rain, which will have washed so many of the nutrients out of the soil. Magical properties As long as the soil is neither frozen It’s always a shock to slice your spade nor waterlogged, now is the time to dig through a white fleshy root the size of a good two inches or more of organic a marrow just a few inches below the matter into your allotment and clear soil, when tidying the garden. This is weeds as you go. white bryony – and it thrives. An early start to weeding now will I usually let it grow because the pay off in later spring. And if you used leaves and flowers are so pretty, and green manure over the winter, dig it soil under cloches for an early start. the autumnal berries a jewel-like back in now, while the growth is soft When it comes to thinning out carrots, shiny red, hanging in gorgeous strings and will easily break down in the soil. pesky carrot fly are attracted to the across the bushes where it climbs. Bare-root fruit canes and trees can carroty smell. Norfolk people used to manipulate still be planted and existing ones mulched An old boy once told me to plant a the roots to approximate the with well-rotted manure or compost; lavender hedge along my allotment path mandrake root, which does not grow Just be careful with the depth of that and to brush it with my hand every in England, and was valuable to early mulch. Don’t cover fruit-tree grafts or time I walked past. He said the sweet physicians for its ability to induce the centre of rhubarb crowns, or they per fume released would drown out any unconsciousness. may rot and die. scent of carrots and confound the fly. Mandrake was also valuable for March and April are prime seed-sowing As a bonus, the lavender attracts bees superstitious reasons: the roots months so greenhouses, cold frames and butterflies, and provides scented sometimes taking the shape of a and windowsills will be filling up with flowers and seeds for baking and the human, or parts of a human, and seed trays and seedlings for the summer linen cupboard. were therefore of value to those harvest of vegetables and flowers. Sarah Oates n using “sympathetic” magic or cures. And if you’ve the energy, time and To ask about renting an allotment, con - However, the substitution of white space to spare, it’s not too early to sow tact: Jo Boxall, Town Clerk 01603 873355 bryony for mandrake could have brassicas in a cold frame or unheated or [email protected] n ghastly results because on ingestion it greenhouse for next winter. For information on joining RALGA, is a violent purgative. In mild weather, carrots, radishes and email: [email protected] or There are stories of the tuberous lettuces can be sown directly into the write via the allotment post-box. roots growing as big as a one-year- old baby, and I know these tubers certainly grow quickly. They used to be carved or had moulds placed digger’s diary around them to turn them more into a mandrake-like shape as they grew. A more lucrative use of the Cemetery work this winter allotment perhaps?

A LOT of work has been done on the upside down – the crown upside down, die off next year. cemeteries this winter. Digger warned that is, not the spider. In the Whitwell Road cemetery, the on his blog earlier about dangerous Lady Emma kindly provided tea – missing cross that was a subject of a trees in the Norwich Road cemetery, leading to the invention of a new sport letter in the last edition of Reepham Life two of which had partly fallen. of climbing over heaps of branches has been found. These have been dealt with by a pro- whilst carrying mugs of tea – and eggs. But another mystery has come along: fessional firm. The three trunks, which Another sport of tree fellers, Digger in the section left to grow rough as a were sound at the base, have been left noticed, was to lie on their backs on conservation area, tidying has revealed standing to provide a home for beetles the ground whilst sharpening the teeth that between the graves of Edith Eglinton and a takeaway for woodpeckers, and of chainsaws. 1959 and her husband Sewell Eglinton the branches have been arranged to A new gravel path has been laid in 1965 – both of which had concrete bas - form a very fine dead hedge to keep the entrance, where the water off the es once covered in green glass gravel – the deer out. road had formed a deep bog. Digger is a similar area of concrete and glass, The crown of one tree had fallen dug the trench; others laid the gravel; seemingly a tomb, but with no headstone. onto the field behind, where all the Digger rammed it down. All the ivy A silver birch tree has grown up where ducks and chickens live, and looked trunks in both cemeteries have been it should be, not more than 20 years horribly like a huge dead spider standing cut; now we wait to see if the leaves old. Whose grave was this? www.reephamlife.co.uk 16 Reepham Life, March 2016

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www.reephamlife.co.uk Reepham Life, March 2016 17 church life Tearfund focuses on teaching new skills

FOR the next three months I’ll be volun- The programme is being carried out niques to earn more money, as well as teering on a development programme in by Tearfund in partnership with the breaking down barriers of stigma and South Africa. This is part of the International local charity Zoe-Life. I will be partnered prejudice, and lobbying to change unjust Citizen Service, which brings young people with an in-country volunteer during my laws that prevent people from becoming together to fight poverty and make a dif- time in South Africa, and will be involved full members of their society. ference where it is needed most. in visiting local children and families to Wherever possible Tearfund tries to The programme I’ll be working on is ascertain how Tearfund and Zoe-Life work through the local church as this is aimed at arresting the spread of HIV/ can best help them, as well as developing by far the largest civil society network on AIDS, a disease that currently infects and promoting health campaigns to pro- the planet, giving it unparalleled reach 6.3 million South Africans, more than in mote better sanitation. combined with a sensitivity towards the any other country in Africa. Tearfund is a Christian charity dedicated particular needs of local congregations. The situation isn’t helped by the fact to fighting global poverty. It aims to Tearfund only works in areas where that until recently the government of give people in poorer communities the local organisations have specifically ask- South Africa officially denied any link means to lift themselves out of poverty. ed for its help. Find out more about its between HIV and AIDS, claiming the To achieve this, Tearfund focuses on work at www.tearfund.org deaths were due to malnutrition instead. teaching people new skills and tech- Guy Jackson

What is Rayzone and how you can help? serving behind the tuckshop or setting up/tidying up after events, looking after I KEEP getting asked: what is Rayzone Y – youth, we work with School Years an activity or even talking with the and what help do you need? 5-13; Zone – indicates the zones that young people. Rayzone stands for: R – Reepham, the Rayzone operates; currently, this is club Our latest newsletter is now available town where Rayzone operates from; A zone, but we have plans to extend this from the Methodist Church or St Mary’s. – area, where it attracts members from into other zones. Paddy Bennett, Rayzone Youth (which is the same as the catchment Ways in which you can help include: Worker 07341 937685 area of Reepham High School & College); registering the members at our events, [email protected]

Cracking joints at tai chi class l 16 June: Chasing storms in Tornado Valley with Chris Bell. OUR tai chi session with Rochelle Wilson Have you wondered We will be pleased to meet you at in January was much appreciated by what it feels like to wear one of our meetings, which start at 7.30 members. I can’t remember a meeting a burka? There will be a chance for pm in St Michael’s, Reepham. Make when there was such a feeling of intense women to try one. There will also be new friends and have some fun. concentration and body awareness. speakers, crafts to join in and food to We are also looking into some theatre However, this was punctuated by a taste. trips and visits to interesting places volley of bones clicking as soon as bending The Norfolk Federation of Women’s when the weather is a bit less cold. and stretching began, and the room was Institutes will be there to greet you along Sue Robinson 01603 261771 filled with muffled giggles. I am now de- with other women’s groups from all over [email protected] termined to get some serious exercise. Norfolk. There is no admission charge. www.reephamwi.weebly.com International Women’s Day is being Next meetings marked by a multicultural celebration at l 17 March: Salsa with Teele Killing April issue editorial/ The Forum in Norwich on Saturday 5 (join in or watch); advertisement copy deadline: l March from 10 am – 5pm. Contributors 21 April: Dressing the Bride with Ka- 14 March 2016 will be showing how music, arts and trine Mogensen; l Tel: 01603 308158 crafts, and food connect the various lives 19 May: All about Moles with Louise [email protected] and cultures of women living in Norfolk. Chapman;

we can assure his nearest and dearest day will be in April (date to be con- ‘Thank you, Gerry’ that the money will be used wisely. firmed) and all are welcome to join in MANY thanks to the late Gerry Oates, Gerry had been a member of our and see if they think bowls will suit who, having sadly passed away last club for many years and was certainly them. year, left a generous donation to Reep- missed last season. Please get in touch with me if you ham Town Bowls Club. Well, believe it or not, spring is just are interested. More details next month. A small club such as ours is always around the corner and we will soon be Barry Barker 01603 870337 appreciative of any help it can get and out on the green again. The opening [email protected]

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Conservation charity wins Heritage Lottery Fund support COMMUNITY volunteering charity The Trust reserve and Mayfields Farm. ponds, with learning to identify plants Conservation Volunteers has received There are now opportunities for people and animals. £39,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund in the area to meet new friends and Participants do not need to be physi- for a new project, Themelthorpe’s Natural learn new skills at a number of sessions cally fit or have any previous experience Connections, near Reepham. that are held each Friday. These activities – anyone over 18 can join in (16-17 Led by volunteers from the local com- run within the school day (11.15 am – year olds with parental permission). munity, the project focuses on improving 2.15 pm) so are suitable for parents of n Anyone wanting further information wildlife habitats and access to the coun- school-aged children. or a programme of activities should con- tryside at two significant sites of natural There will be a mixture of practical tact Mark Webster 07843 069567 or heritage – Foxley Wood Norfolk Wildlife tasks, such as tree care and restoring [email protected]

etc. available from the Station Wednesday 13 April WHAT’S ON GUIDE Buffet and Sidings Bar. Drivers Reepham Town Council meeting, experience for £50 available, Town Hall, Church Street, advance booking essential. Tel: Reepham, 7.30 pm. Contact: Town Saturday 5 March Town Hall, Church Street, 01603 871694. Email: Clerk 01603 873355 or Reepham & Salle Cricket Club Quiz Reepham, 7.30 pm. Contact: Town [email protected] [email protected] Night, Stimpson’s Piece pavilion, Clerk 01603 873355 or Bartle Court, Reepham. Arrive any [email protected] Sunday 27 March Tuesday 19 April time after 7 pm for a prompt start at Easter Egg Hunt, Whitwell Station, Reepham & District Gardening 7.30 pm. Cost £10 to include food Saturday 12 March Whitwell Road, Reepham, 11 am – Club, Town Hall, Church Street, (two courses); there will also be a Film: A Walk in the Woods (15), 4 pm. Children £5 (under 2 years Reepham, Annual General Meeting, bar and raffle. Teams of no more Bawdeswell Village Hall, Reepham free), advance tickets available 7.30 pm, followed by Ian Bedford, than six. For tickets and further Road, Bawdeswell. Doors open 7 online. Tel: 01603 871694. Email: research entomologist: Garden information, contact Martin Clapton pm; film starts 7.30 pm; bar/café. [email protected] bugs – cohabit, conserve or control. 01603 871257 or Stephanie Harris Contact: Bawdeswell Village Contact: Judy Holland 01603 [email protected] Cinema 01362 688749 or Saturday 2 April 308158 [email protected] Reepham Town Football Club Night Saturday 5 March at the Races, Stimpson’s Piece Thursday 21 April A Shackleton Odyssey, Bawdeswell Tuesday 15 March Pavilion, Bartle Court, Reepham, Reepham WI, St Michael’s, Village Hall, Reepham Road, Reepham & District Gardening first race 7.30 pm. Tickets £2 Reepham, 7.30 pm. Dressing the Bawdeswell. Doors and bar open 7 Club, Town Hall, Church Street, payable on the door; under 12s free Bride with designer Katrine pm for 7.30 pm start. A lecture by Reepham, 7.45 pm. Bob Coutts, Mogensen. Contact: Sue Robinson Roger Smith, Fellow of the Royal professional gardener for more than Sunday 3 April 01603 261771 or Geographical Society. Tickets £10. 40 years: Gardening for spring. Steam Sunday, Whitwell Station, [email protected] Information and tickets from Janet Contact: Judy Holland 01603 Whitwell Road, Reepham, 10 am – or David 01362 688749 or on the 308158 4 pm. An opportunity to see and Saturday 23 April door. All proceeds will be split ride behind our steam engine A Gala Night of Music with the Iceni between the Charlie Walker Thursday 17 March Victory. BBQ, tea, coffee, etc. Choir, a celebration of Her Majesty Memorial Trust and Bawdeswell Reepham WI, St Michael’s, available from the Station Buffet The Queen’s 90th birthday and St Village Cinema Reepham, 7.30 pm. Salsa Dancing and Sidings Bar. Drivers experience Georges Day, Bawdeswell Village with Teele Killing. Contact: Sue for £50 available, advance booking Hall, Reepham Road, Bawdeswell, Sunday 6 March Robinson 01603 261771 or essential. Tel: 01603 871694. 7.30 pm. Premier tickets £15 Mother’s Day Steam Sunday, [email protected] Email: [email protected] (guaranteed front-of-hall seats with Whitwell Station, Whitwell Road, a glass of Prosecco at the interval; Reepham, 10 am – 4 pm. An Friday 18 March Saturday 9 – Sunday 10 April ordinary tickets £10; available from opportunity to see and ride behind Film: The Lady in the Van (12A), 1940s Weekend, Whitwell Station, Jim Stebbings 01362 693277 or our steam engine Victory. BBQ, tea, Town Hall, Church Street, Whitwell Road, Reepham, 10 am – [email protected] coffee, etc. available from the Reepham. Doors open 7.30 pm, 10 pm Saturday; 10 am – 6 pm Station Buffet and Sidings Bar. film starts 8 pm. Tickets £4 on the Sunday. Recreating the atmosphere Saturday 30 April Drivers experience for £50 door. Contact: Reepham Village of the 1940s wartime years, join the Reepham Craft Makers Market, St available, advance booking Cinema [email protected] many visitors dressed in period Michael’s Reepham, 10 am – 4 pm. essential. Mother’s Day lunches clothing. Stalls exhibiting and selling Contact: Sue Johnston 01603 available, advance booking Wednesday 23 March clothing and jewellery, etc. Enjoy a 879639 or essential. Tel: 01603 871694. Classic Car, Kit Car, and Hot Rod jam or spam sandwich. Steam [email protected], or Email: [email protected] Evening, Whitwell Station, Whitwell engine Victory will be running on Gloria Davis 01603 873004 or Road, Reepham, 5–10 pm. Tea, both Saturday and Sunday. Tel: [email protected] Wednesday 9 March coffee, cakes and hot food 01603 871694. Email: Classic Car, Kit Car, and Hot Rod available, and the Sidings Bar will [email protected] Evening, Whitwell Station, Whitwell be open. Tel: 01603 871694 or Road, Reepham, 5–10 pm. Tea, email: [email protected] Saturday 9 April coffee, cakes and hot food Film: The Lady in the Van (12A), We cannot accept event available, and the Sidings Bar will Sunday 27 March Bawdeswell Village Hall, Reepham details or corrections by be open. Tel: 01603 871694 or Easter Steam Sunday, Whitwell Road, Bawdeswell. Doors open at 7 telephone. Please send to: email: [email protected] Station, Whitwell Road, Reepham, pm; film starts at 7.30 pm; bar/café. Reepham Community Press, Homerton House, 74 Cawston 10 am – 4 pm. An opportunity to Contact: Bawdeswell Village Road, Reepham NR10 4LT or Wednesday 9 March see and ride behind our steam Cinema 01362 688749 or email: [email protected] Reepham Town Council meeting, engine Victory. BBQ, tea, coffee, [email protected]

REEPHAM LIFE April issue Very Nice Things Advertisement copy deadline: Proprietor: Sue Cutting 14 March 2016 Contact: Judy Holland on 01603 308158 Market Place, Reepham, Norwich NR10 4JJ or email: [email protected] Tel: 01603 873390

www.reephamlife.co.uk 20 Reepham Life, March 2016 USEFUL INFO By Richard Cooke Words are our business www.richard-cooke.co.uk 01603 873011 Emergency services

Fire, emergency only: 999 Fire Station, School Road, Reepham 01328 862222 (office hours) Police emergency only: 999, otherwise: 101 and ask for the Reepham Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) or email [email protected] Ambulance, emergency only: 999 Local representatives Member of Parliament: Keith Simpson 020 7219 4053 or 01603 865763 or [email protected] Norfolk County Councillor: James Joyce 01263 587212 or [email protected] Broadland District Councillor: Graham Everett 01603 868332 or [email protected] Reepham Town Council Chairman: Les Paterson 01603 871983 or [email protected] Shopping Market Day: Wednesday; early closing: some shops Thursday and/or Saturday CROSSWORD Public transport Daily (Monday to Saturday) coach services to Aylsham and ACROSS 2 Instrument has smell in old English Norwich via Cawston. There is also a once a week service to 7 Animal teacher to a junction (6) (4) Fakenham, Wroxham and Dereham. Timetables are displayed 8 Girl’s without runs (6) 3 Training place (7) outside the side window of the Police Station. For information 9 Read about challenge (4) 4 Black one works metal (5) Monday to Saturday 8:30 am – 5 pm 0845 300 6116 10 First turn into metallic element (8) 5 A bin line about every other year 11 Can more turn into leader (7) (8) Local help 13 Be right for organ (5) 6 Lover from Newcastle makes fine wine (6) Reepham Rover user group bookings. Contact: Michael Black 15 Tie that is musically innovative (5) 12 Men and niece disturbed in raised 07765 321458 17 Collapse of mole dip (7) 20 Learn mat becomes motherly (8) place (8) Transport Plus (local voluntary transport service) booking 21 Mail position (4) 14 Sell ram shrinks (7) requests can be made Monday to Friday 9 am – 5 pm 0344 22 Holder to accompany soldiers (6) 16 Fruit of Holland (6) 800 8020 23 Was wine sent overseas (6) 18 Red set for arid place (6) Citizens’ Advice Bureau, Girton House, Market Place, 19 Shoot bird (5) Reepham. Wednesdays 10 am – 12.30 pm only, otherwise DOWN 21 Musical way of moving water (4) telephone Norwich office 01603 765783 for advice or 01603 1 Is a girl able to be a country (6) 660857 to make an appointment Solution on page 22 police Motorists tested during drink-drive campaign

MORE than 3,300 drivers were breath- But this is still too many and the per- together to support the campaign, the tested in Suffolk and Norfolk during the centage testing positive is higher than message is clearer than ever – don’t Christmas drink drive campaign between last year, which is disappointing. drink and drive. 1 December and 1 January. In Norfolk, “We carry out campaigns like this all “The 90 drivers who failed the test in 1,429 tests were carried out with 90 year round, but it is ever more prevalent Norfolk made the decision to get behind drivers (6.3%) failing. at Christmas time, when the focus is the wheel and put other people’s lives The campaign was carried out by of- around family and people celebrating at risk, as well as their own. They can’t ficers from Norfolk and Suffolk Roads the end of the year. say they were unaware of the potential Policing and Firearms Unit, including “We are always keen to highlight the consequences, think themselves unlucky the newly formed Road Casualty Re- dangers associated with getting behind or claim ignorance. duction Team, who stopped motorcycles, the wheel while over the limit, the dan- “Those who think it is acceptable to cars, van and lorries where concerns gers to other road users and the conse- drive on our roads under the influence were raised over the manner of driving quences of being caught. of alcohol should take this as a warning: or the condition of the vehicle, and “I would also like to thank the local as a county we will not tolerate drink tested anyone involved in a collision. media, Crimestoppers and partner agen- driving and our police will seek to pros- Inspector Julian Ditcham of the Norfolk cies for supporting the campaign and ecute offenders.” and Suffolk Roads Policing Unit said: helping to spread road safety messages.” “The results show that it is the minority Stephen Bett, Norfolk Police and Crime Contact Reepham Safer Neighbourhood Team of drivers that were found to be drink- Commissioner, said: “With organisations (SNT) by calling non-emergency number 101 driving in both Suffolk and Norfolk. across the county and beyond coming or email [email protected] www.reephamlife.co.uk Reepham Life, March 2016 21 Taylor 01603 868247 – 8.30 pm, men’s team practice REGULAR EVENTS Thursdays 6 – 9 pm. All members Reepham & District Rotary Club (16+) are welcome to any of these Meets 6.45 pm for 7.15 pm every sessions. Email: Bircham Centre Shop Market Place, (term time) every Friday at Monday at St Michael’s, Reepham. [email protected] Reepham. Opening hours: Monday Reepham Methodist Church, Station Contact: John Tym 07760 272422 and Friday 9 am – 4 pm; Wednesday Road, Reepham, 7.30 – 9 pm. Open [email protected] Reepham Town Council Meets and Saturday 9 am – 1 pm; tea shop to school years 5-13; subs £1. or Robert Buxton 01603 870200 7.30 pm on the second Wednesday open at these times. Tel: 01603 Contact: Paddy Bennett 07341 of the month (excluding August), in 879242. Email: 937685 or Reepham Good Companions the Town Hall, Church Street, [email protected] [email protected] Meets 2 pm every Friday in the Reepham. Contact: Jo Boxall, Town Town Hall, Church Street, Clerk 01603 873355 or Bridge Club Meets 7.30 pm every Reepham Archive Bircham Centre, Reepham. The Reepham Rover will [email protected] Monday in the Bircham Centre, Market Place, Reepham. Open 10 bring you and take you home if Market Place, Reepham. Contact: am – 12 noon first Wednesday and transport is a problem. Contact: Eve Reepham WI Meets 7.30 pm on the Ann Middlemas 01603 870334 Saturday of the month. Tel: 01603 Webber 01603 871943 third Thursday in the month at St 879242. Email: Michael’s, Reepham. Women of all Busy Fingers Craft Group Meets 2 [email protected] Reepham Good Neighbour ages are welcome to join. Contact: – 4 pm, every other Thursday at the Scheme This free service can help Sue Robinson 01603 261771 or Ewing Close Community Centre, Reepham Badminton Club Meets 8 with befriending, occasional dog [email protected] Ewing Close, Reepham, £1.50 per – 10 pm every Thursday evening at walking, collecting prescriptions, session including refreshments. Tel: Reepham High School Sports Hall. picking up shopping, changing a light Reepham Young Farmers Meet Rosina Harman 01603 871974, Sessions are friendly and informal. bulb, lifts to medical appointments, 7.30 pm every Tuesday at Whitwell Brenda Palmer 01603 871641 or Experienced and new players accessing further support or other Station, Whitwell Road, Reepham. Jean Thomson 01603 879660 welcome. Contact: Diana 01603 tasks with which you might need help. Contact: Matthew Hipperson 07912 873244 or David 01263 584221 To request help, tel: 07936 576684 686642 Cawston Amateur Theatrical Society Meets 7 pm every Monday Reepham Business Network Reepham Knit & Natter Meets 2–4 Royal British Legion Men’s at Cawston Village Hall during Meets 7.30 – 9 am on alternate pm on the first Monday in the month Section Meets 2 – 4 pm on the first school term time, for members age Thursdays at V’s Café, Townsend in the Bircham Centre, Market Thursday in the month in the Bircham 8 years and over. Contact Liz Beard Corner, Reepham. No membership Place, Reepham. Contact: Brenda Centre, Market Place, Reepham. 07884 488642. Email charge – just pay £6 for breakfast, Palmer 01603 871641 Contact: Trevor Bevan 01603 870231 [email protected] or but please let us know if you intend or [email protected] [email protected] to come. Contact: David Laws 01603 Reepham Ladies Hockey Club 871126 or 07933 149810. Email: Meets for training 7 – 8 pm every Royal British Legion Women’s Cawston Historical Society/ [email protected] Tuesday at Taverham High School. Section Meets 2 – 4 pm on the first Heritage Centre Open 10 am – 12 New players of all ages welcome. Thursday in the month in the Town noon every fourth Tuesday in the Reepham Carpet Bowls Club Contact: Graham Richardson 07778 Hall, Church Street, Reepham. month at Cawston Village Hall Meets 1.30 – 4.30 pm and 7.30 – 890243 or [email protected] Contact: Moira Dye 01603 871791 (excluding August and December) 10.30 pm every Monday in the Town or [email protected] or by appointment. Contact: Des Hall, Church Street, Reepham. Reepham Methodist Church Cook 01603 872111 Membership £1 per year and £2 Station Road, Reepham. Sunday St Mary’s Sunday Worship at 10.30 each session, including tea and Worship at 10.30 am. Coffee am, followed by refreshments in St Citizens Advice Drop in for free biscuits. Contact: Eve Webber 01603 morning/Traidcraft 9.30 am – 12 Michael’s. For details of services, advice 10 am – 12.30 pm every 871943 or Doris Frost 01603 870845 noon every Wednesday. Contact: see the church noticeboard. Contact: Wednesday at the Police Station, The Minister 01263 732102 Revd Margaret Dean 01603 879275 Market Place, Reepham Reepham Chamber of Commerce Meets every month – for the date Reepham Over 60s Bingo Held 2– Tots and Toddlers Group Held 9.30 Craft Club Meets 9.30 am – 12 noon and venue of the next meeting see 3.30 pm every other Wednesday at – 11.30 am every Monday from in the every Tuesday at the Ewing Close www.reepham.uk.com. Contact: the Ewing Close Community Centre, Bircham Centre, Market Place, Community Centre, Ewing Close, Brenda Gostling 01603 870582 or Ewing Close, Reepham. Tea, coffee Reepham. Toys, songs, tea and Reepham. Knitting, embroidering, [email protected] and biscuits. Tel: 01603 870810 biscuits tapestry, card making and other crafts. Contact: Moira Dye 01603 871791 or Reepham Country Market Held 8 – Reepham Patient Care Fund Wednesday Weavers Line [email protected] 11 am every Wednesday in the Social afternoon held on the fourth Dancers Meet every Wednesday, 2 Bircham Centre, Market Place, Sunday of every month at the Ewing – 3 pm beginners, 3 – 4 pm Family History Group Meets 2.30 Reepham. Home-made cakes, pies, Close Community Centre, Ewing improvers, in the Town Hall, Church – 4.30 pm every Monday at biscuits, savoury dishes, vegetables, Close, Reepham, 2 pm in winter and Street, Reepham. Country music- Reepham Library, Bircham Centre, fruit in season, free range eggs, 2.30 pm when the clocks go forward based/60s and pop. Refreshments Market Place, Reepham. Start your jams, jellies, chutneys, etc included. First session free, then family tree and learn to use Reepham Raiders Dodgeball club £2.50 per session. Contact: Sandra Ancestry. Beginners and more Reepham & District Day Centre meets for training 6 – 7.30 pm every Williams 01603 872102 or advanced welcome. Contact: Rita Meets 9.30 am – 2.30 pm every Wednesday at Reepham High [email protected] Richardson 01603 873122 or Wednesday at St Michael’s, School. New players aged 15 and [email protected] Reepham. Coffee on arrival, home- over, male and female, are Wood Dalling Village Hall Coffee cooked lunch and social time. Let us welcome. Contact: Henry Skinner Morning Held 10.30 am – 12 noon Foulsham Meditation Group Meets know in advance if you are joining us [email protected] on the first Saturday of the month, 10 am every Monday at New Frost for lunch (12.30 – 1.30 pm) cost £5. Wood Dalling Village Hall, Prospect Hall, Claypit Road, Foulsham. Contact: Beth Rossetti 01603 870393 Reepham Runners Meet Sunday Lane, Wood Dalling Email: [email protected] or Pauline Cooper 01603 871230 mornings 8.30 am; Tuesday evening sessions 6.30 pm (structured training Whitwell Station Theatrical Group Iceni Choir Meets 7.30 – 9.30 pm Reepham & District Gardening sessions); and Thursdays 6.30 pm. Meets 7 – 9 pm every Wednesday at every Wednesday at the Methodist Club Meets on the third Tuesday in Meet at Stimpson’s Piece car park, the Sidings Bar, Whitwell Station, Church, Station Road, Reepham. the month at 7.45 pm (except for the Reepham. Contact: Jenni Egmore Whitwell Road, Reepham. Contact: Jim Stebbings, Concert AGM, which starts at 7.30 pm) in 01603 308192 or [email protected] Newcomers welcome. Over 18s only. Manager 01362 693277 or the Town Hall, Church Street, Contact: Rowena Edwards 01603 [email protected] Reepham. Visitors and new Reepham Society Holds public 870641 or [email protected] members welcome. Contact: Judy meetings from February to Kurling Meets 2 – 4 pm every Holland 01603 308158 November, on the second Tuesday Tuesday in the Town Hall, Church in selected months at 7.30 pm at St Street, Reepham. First session free, Reepham & District Photographic Michael’s, Reepham. Contact: Ann We cannot accept event then £2 per session; tea/coffee/ Club Meets 7.30 pm on the first and Middlemas 01603 870334 or details or corrections by biscuits included. Contact: Gwenda third Thursday of each month in the [email protected] telephone. Please send to: Dove 01603 870598 or Sidings Marquee, Whitwell Station, Reepham Community Press, Homerton House, 74 Cawston [email protected] Whitwell Road, Reepham. Contact: Reepham Tennis Club Members’ Road, Reepham NR10 4LT or Michael Battams 01603 870874 club session Tuesdays 6 – 9 pm, email: [email protected] Rayzone Youth Club Meets weekly [email protected] or Rosie women’s team practice Mondays 6

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