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It is indeed these Carnival weeks that Cromer comes alive with the noise of hundreds of you having a great time. Once again, I plan to get my Kubel- wagen into the main parade, if for no other reason but to enjoy myself. See Page 12 for details of week 2 of the children’s week and go through to Page 18 for details of the events taking place during the Carnival. For full details do make a donation & pick up the Carnival Programme, available all over the town or visit: www.cromercarnival.co.uk PK Randell’s Footcare HPC Registered Chiropodists & Podiatrists 01603 737188

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HANDY NUMBERS Letters to the Editor Send to: 10 Hilda Rd, Mundesley NR11 8BA Benefits Agency...... 01603 248 248 e-mail to: [email protected] OR Drop off at: C.A.B...... 08000 855 889 (Holt)...... 01263 713 849 ‘K’ Hardware, Church Street, CROMER (Nth Walsham)...... 01692 402 570 Dear Liz, Coast Guard...... 01493 851 338 I’m so sorry if No. 1 saw the letter I wrote to After three hours, we left at about 10pm. very Council (County)...... 01603 222 222 the Crab Tales as malicious. satisfied with the evening we had and the fact (District)...... 01263 513 811 No way did I intend it to be read / taken that that in excess of £200 had been raised for this Dentist...... 01263 515 229 way, it was supposed to be light hearted - that very worthy cause! Doctors: Aldborough ...01263 768 602 is why I said the creature had good taste. Kind regards, Aylsham...... 01263 733 331 Apologies to No.1, and yes I am a dedicated Sue and Tony Boyton Cromer ...... 01263 513 148 No.1 chip buyer winter and summer. Mundesley.....01263 724 500 Sheringham...01263 822 066 Annie Dear Editor, N.H.S contact number...... 1 1 1 Dear Liz, As you will appreciate, due to the awful weather Hospital (Cromer) ...... 01263 513 571 We were so happy to be amongst such a lovely on Sat. 25th July and the predicted conditions on Job Centre (Cromer)...... 08456 043 719 group of people at the Pilgrim Shelter in Lifeboat day itself, we had to postpone the event. Mundesley Visitor Centre...01263 721 070 Trimingham on Saturday 18th July! We have decided to hold the event on Sunday Opticians...... 01263 512 345 On arrival, we were warmly greeted by your good 9th August and the day will be almost the same self. You helped us to park safely, got us a lovely with stalls, live demos etc. BUT unfortunately Libraries: seat & table and made sure that we had a drink. the Sheringham Shantymen, have a prior Aylsham ...... 01263 732 320 We settled in nicely and awaited the impending engagement. Cromer ...... 01263 512 850 BBQ and entertainment provided by comedian To make a change we will be having Rig-a-Jig Nth Walsham...... 01692 402 482 Pat Nearney and friends. -Jig performing inside the boathouse rather than Mundesley...... 01263 720 702 Lots of people arrived on this fine evening to on the Pier forecourt. Sheringham...... 01263 822 874 further the cause of building a new village hall. They will be giving demonstrations of Norfolk R.S.P.C.A...... 0870 555 5999 The atmosphere was wonderful and all those Step Dancing and are very ably led by Fiona who attended were very well fed with BBQ Davies, who is the sister of our Coxswain, Tourist Info-Cromer...... 01263 512 497 John Davies. Travel Enquiries...... 08712 002 233 meats,various salads and delicious desserts. National Express...... 08705 808 080 The entertainment was top rate with a variety Regards Rail Enquiries...... 08457 484 950 of comedy, poetry and song! There was also Audrey Smith an excellent raffle. Veterinary Surgeon...... 01263 822 293 Letters continued on Page 4 Victim Support...... 08453 030 900 POLICE...... 0845 456 4567 All material is strictly copyright. The views expressed in the CRAB TALES are * Cromer Police Station Staffed Mon 8am - 3.30pm, not necessarily those of the publishers or the Editor. Material including letters may Tues & Weds 8am - 4pm* be edited. Layout & Design by Lis Keddell. Published by The CRAB TALES. Crab Tales: e-mail - [email protected] - telephone: 01263 834 965 3 Malcolm and Mike dropped by the About As I said at the beginning I applaud the motivation Letters Continued From Page 3 With Friends Base recently to hand over the for this event if, indeed, it is in part for charitable Dear Editor, equipment which was quickly pounced upon reasons but if it is going to attract this number of May I through your publication’s letters by members at a summer holiday activity. people I submit that it has to be better organised. page,thank the following for thier help & About With Friends are also grateful for the I only hope the much publicised Overstrand Fete comfort to me when my husband fell near donations of companies and individuals who on August 1st does not cause similar problems. Mundesley Lifeboat Station on July 10th. help them acquire the specialist and often Great publication keep up the good work! H.M. Coastguards, Norfolk Air Ambulance, expensive equipment they need to build Members of MundesleyLifeboats especially their services. Kind regards 2 junior crew and Mundesley residents About With Friends is a fun, active & energetic Michael Webb for their help. charity based in Cromer. We offer children, young Unfortunately my husband died from his people and adults with learning disabilities the injuries on July 12th. chance to lead the lives they choose. We have spent many holidays in Mundesley When they become part of our family they have We’ve All Heard Of .. and enjoy reading the Crab Tales. opportunities to develop lasting friendships; engage .....recycling gifts but greeting cards? Not so much. Yours, in fun and active social activities; get involved in the community; have the chance to try new But for brothers Jeff and Ron Methier, openly Christine Wood experiences; learn new skills both for life and re-gifting a vintage birthday card has become Dewsbury. work; but above all feel a valued part of something of a running tradition. society while enjoying life to the full. Dear Editor, Sunny Methier posted a photo of the 42-year- For further information about any of our services old greeting card that her father, Jeff, 58, first Jacobs, the engineering consultancy carrying out including Ignite, the alternate Fridays youth gave to her uncle Ron in 1973. the Bacton Rejuvenation Project at Bacton Gas club for 9-12 year olds, call 01263 515 230. Terminal, have donated almost £500 worth of Soft Play Equipment for the use of younger Yours Sincerely members of About With Friends. Steve Smith Dear Liz, I would like to refer to the recent Overstrand ‘Yard Sale’ which I believe is an annual event. In the absence of knowing the objectives of this sale I must presume that the proceeds - or at least a proportion of them - are destined for “good causes” unlike a boot sale which is purely for personal gain. (No issue with that, have done many of them) However the ‘Boot sales’ are usually contained within a specific designated area and some form of ‘marshalling’ or control is in evidence. Overstrand’s Boot sales, for example is a case in point and causes little or no problem to through traffic being contained, as it is, within the confines of the cricket ground. “It was from my father to my uncle! And they With respect to the ‘Yard Sale’ however it would just continued to use it simply because it said seem that all normal consideration towards through ‘recycle to a friend’.” Sunny said. The money was raised through a football score traffic is totally ignored with parked cars on both The card features both mens’ signatures for prediction game organised by Malcolm Lown sides of the road from Overstrand Hall to close each year they’ve passed the card back and and Mike Donovan. Workers on the BRP pay to the Sidestrand boundary. forth along with a note for the year. a weekly fee in a game known as The Footie There was no evidence of any Police control - Thing and at the end of the season the money assuming that they had been informed by the is given to a charity chosen by the organisers. organisers - at the very least some official Police Jacobs have worked with About With Friends ‘no parking’ cones down one side of the road in the past and this year wanted to buy something thus ensuring that there was sufficient width specific for the younger members who attend of road for traffic to pass safely, particularly school holiday schemes and the Friday night in view of the number of both commercial Youth Club. The charity needed some Soft and agricultural vehicles that use this road. Play Equipment and this was duly provided Inevitably there was an unfortunate road traffic by Jacobs. The equipment is a selection of accident, involving three cars, I am informed, high-quality, ultra-safe building blocks in undoubtedly due to moving traffic trying to various shapes which the youngsters (who negotiate a ‘single lane’ situation through all have a learning disability) can use to the length of Overstrand. create a world of their own. Chick’s Caravan Services Mobile servicing, repairs & enhancements Ring 01263 720761 or 07790 410534 or 07527 056323 email: [email protected] web: www.chickscaravanservices.co.uk Full 26 point servicing regime for your caravan Remedial service for Motorhomes Sunny later posted the photo above of the front and Horseboxes of the card, featuring a Peanuts character stating: “This is the age of ecology!” Looks like the ACOPS Certified for Gas (current standards 2011) brothers took the message to heart. 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Spotted by the Nth Norfolk News! The last time I took a flight in one of these was when my late father was a part owner of a Tiger Moth with two other members of the South Canterbury gliding club. Together they spent £400 in buying it (late 1950s) and some 5 yrs later had to reglue the wings at a cost of £700. They sold it. Such is life as THEY say? After chatting to many people the overall opinion was that it was all very successful, particularly in the case of Jamie Edgehill representing the Air Ambulance. He said: “I’ve been working for the Air Ambulance for over 11 years and this has been the most successful day so far” On behalf of everyone else who enjoyed the day, Thank you very much Chris Gurney. I leave the last word to Chris who said: “Well,I don’t know where to start other than to say a very big thank you to all who flew in on the day, the club members who flew dozens of people from our local Parishes and to the hundreds who turned up to just to watch.... The Air Ambulance were most grateful for all the donations and a I am staggered at the the generosity of our neighbours....

I was too busy to take photos and our internet crashed due to the high numbers present.... Just a shame that a resident from has lodged a formal complaint as it seems it’s illegal to fly over said village. I believe we flew several from there. The brilliant cake, donated by ‘Little Gems Cakes and Cupcakes’ went towards raising funds for the Air Ambulance.

The ‘Dorner 28’

6 Crab Tales web site: www.crab-tales.co.uk History Tales Northrepps NORTHREPPS COTTAGE HOTEL , Trimingham, Nut Lane, Cromer. NR27 0JN , , Northrepps, Southrepps tel: 01263 579 202 lie all in a bunch. Parrots In 1868 the Annals and Magazine of Natural History reported on a visit to Northrepps Hall, the residence of the Dowager Lady Buxton. ‘While partaking of the hospitality A local woman called Sally Bean of the accomplished hostess, lived in a cottage with views across the guests were delighted and the countryside and she warned the astonished by the parrots that smugglers when the ‘prevention’ darted in and out among the men were about. trees or flew over their heads across the lawn, their brilliant Origins of the name of the village plumage gleaming in the It has been suggested that the name radiance of the setting sun. ‘Northrepps’ is derived from the Old However the visitors were sorry English word ‘repel’ meaning strips to learn that these birds, which at of land in a fen that can be tilled. one time amounted to nearly fifty, Breakfast ~ 8am to 10am have been reduced now to some Literary Connections twenty-four, owing to the vicious propensity of gamekeepers and The author Verily Anderson (1916- Garden & bar menu ~12 to 2pm so-called sportsmen to wantonly 2010) lived in the village for many destroy every stranger that may years. She is probably best known Afternoon tea 2 ~ 4.30pm come across them’. for her ‘Brownies’ children’s stories. Joyce Grenfell, a close friend of Verily and her family was a Restaurant 6.45 ~ to 9pm The source of the River Mun can frequent visitor to her house. be found in Northrepps from where it runs to the North Sea at Mundesley. The records of Hickling Priory from All welcome Smugglers 1516 record the performance of plays ‘during the week of the The village once had a gang of Lord’s birthday by the men Free Bouncy Castles & Garden Games smugglers, whose leader was a of Northrepps’. member of the Summersby For The Children family and was given the Bob Wilkinson nickname ‘Old Summers’.

105 Years Of Mundesley celebrating the Eucharist, when prayers of thanks were given for Mary Sumner and all those who The Cromer Society Mothers’ Union had carried forward her vision especially in this The new season for the The Cromer Society On a lovely afternoon in July, over 30 ladies Diocese, and on this North Norfolk coast for begins on Wednesday 9th September with a (& gentlemen) gathered in the Church Rooms Mrs Harvey of The Rectory who was our new 8 week extended lecture course taking at Mundesley to celebrate 2015 as the year our first Branch Leader. place at The Cottage, Louden Rd. Cromer Branch had its 105th anniversary. entitled: “Antartica Revisited” presented After Marguerite’s talk there was a break while by Stephen Scott-Fawcett. Our speaker, Marguerite Phillips, gave us a lively members looked at the documents on display, and stimulating pictorial presentation on her role and afternoon tea was served. Chairs were set The White Continent is a place of mystery and as Norwich Diocesan President. around several tables upon which were small discovery. In 1898 man first set foot on the fast Ladies had come from our Deanery and beyond posies of flowers, and on a table in the corner tract of land (which is, in fact, 2 ice-encrusted to celebrate with us: North Walsham, Cromer, there was a large celebration cake, which was land masses known as “Lesser” & “Greater” Sheringham, South Repps, Trunch, Gimingham cut later by past Diocesan President, The Revd Antartica). This lecture series will explore & West Runton. Canon Pamela Fawcett, together with our the explorers - the early phase/Heroic Age Mothers’ Union church banners made a colourful current MU President. of geographical discovery. display, alonside an interesting mini-exhibition While photographs were taken, members enjoyed Also it will examine how, over the past 55 years of memorabilia, some ladies had brought their a delicious tea, chatting together over a slice of in particular, the Southern Continent has shifted membership certificates & cards etc. very tasty iced fruit cake. from being the “Great White Desert” to the “Great White Laboratory”. Proof of our beginnings came from a copy of a Many thanks to Branch Leader Mrs Barbara page of the 1910 MU Diocesan Annual Report, Hicks for planning such a special afternoon, to Enrolment from 10am : Weds 9th Sept. together with some very interesting quotes from all who helped with flower arranging and cake Lectures from 10.30am - 12.30pm. early 20th century Annual Reports giving decisions making or bringing food. Fee for total course: £20 members, £40 for taken at Council meetings from long ago, all of non-members. Single lectures £5 & £6. which made fascinating reading. And thanks too to everyone who came to celebrate with us. A truly memorable The afternoon started with Revd Pat Baggaley afternoon. From Pete’s Pen

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Twenty odd years ago ill-health forced me to stop Ritchie Perry... writing. In fact, I’d almost stopped thinking of .....is the author of The Fall Guy that I’ve just myself as an author until in May this year I was finished reading on kindle. I asked him to tell unexpectedly contacted by Endeavour Press, the us about his work and this was his response. largest independent digital publishing company All told I’ve had about 40 books published - in the UK. Since then things have moved very I can’t be exact as I don’t have copies of all swiftly. My first book, The Fall Guy, has now of them. 18 of them were thrillers, 16 under been published as an ebook on Kindle and is my own name and two using a psuedonym. available on Amazon or the Endeavour Press Thirteen featured the same central character, a website at £2.99. slightly seedy and not wholly admirable secret When The Fall Guy was first published, back agent. Apart from appearing in hardback in this in the dark mists of time, The Times review country, my thrillers were published in both hard referred to me as “the best newcomer to the and paperback in the USA. Various titles were thriller scene for many a year.” translated into French, German & Italian besides Despite an element of exaggeration, it made gracing library shelves in other English for a gratifying start to my writing career. speaking countries such as Australia, Let’s hope the ebook is as popular. Canada and New Zealand. A 2nd e-book, The Bishop’s Pawn, published Although my writing never won any awards, not last month, features the same central character even at school, I was elected an honorary member & is available now. Newgate Callendar in the of the Mark Twain Society in Missouri for my New York Times Book Review said “A lot of ‘services to American literature’. fun as the Perry books, so tongue in cheek and The manuscripts for my thrillers form the Ritchie insouciant,always are....Philis is the latter day Perry Collection which is stored in the Mugar James Bond.” Memorial Library at Boston University, Mass. have lived in since 1987. A book and a play Richie Perry will be giving a talk at Most of the other books I wrote were aimed at were written specifically for schools, targeting the Pilgrim Centre in Trimingham children between 7 and 11. They included two teenagers with very low reading ages. I also at 2pm on Friday August 28th which were set in West Runton, the village wrote a geography book about Brazil. Details in our next edition. Saturday 18th July At Trimingham Pilgrim Shelter We have not been blessed with good weather when we have tried to organise Car Boot Sales (but are trying again on 22nd Aug) maybe we have been aiming for the wrong part of the day for the evening of Saturday 18th was super warm sunshine and no breeze to speak of the gazebos did not lift at all! One Home-Made Raft.. Over forty five supporters arrived at the Pilgrim ....a team of Coastguards and 54 miles of the Shelter to enjoy BBQ meats from our super local broads in just 3 days. butcher Tavern Tasty of , and mixed salads provided by members of the team and On October 2nd, 3rd & 4th the Happisburgh and superb desserts concocted with her usual The very professional Triminghamite Bill Mundesley HM Coastguard team are taking to excellent skill by Linda Brown. Rowlands on guitar was enticing us all to the waters of the Norfolk Broads in their home- join in the choruses of his great repertoire. made raft & paddling 54 miles from Wroxham The entertainment was provided by Pat Nearney The evening raised a staggering £320 for our to Norwich to raise money and awareness for who is really quirky and entertaining in a truly fund towards a new village hall, thank you all two local charities: Norfolk style (see him at Davenport’s of North who came and supported the evening of food 1) Scottys Little Soldiers which is dedicated Walsham Sun 20th Sept. tickets £7.50 raising and laughter, special thanks to Terry Brown funds for WEVA) his partner Sheilah Olley, to supporting the children of men and women who was the main BBQ chef and Dot Bradley killed while serving in the British Armed Forces. pictured below, and local budding stand up who sells the the raffle tickets and generally comedian Dylan Wilson. They provide Christmas & birthday gifts, treats, keeps it all together. trips & activities for the families of the fallen Dylan recently excellently compered fundraiser I hope to see lots of Crab Tales readers as well as enabling them to use the charity for Cromer Lifeboat at Cromer Academy and holiday lodges. at just 13 yrs has a great career in front of him. at our forthcoming events. Currently Scotties Little Soldiers supports over 100 children of the fallen and has been able to purchase 2 amazing holiday homes in the UK, one in Gt. Yarmouth and one in Blackpool. 2) Let’s Do It Anyway aim to provide children and adults in Norfolk with appropriate mobility and specialist equipment, to encourage them to get active, to feel empowered and socially included. They also provide services or facilities to people who are suffering an illness, disability or infirm, with the aim of improving their condition of life. Their project is to raise funds for 2 specialist ‘Sensory Rooms’ in Norfolk. You can sponser the team by vising: www.justgiving.com/teams/charity-raft-challenge 8 Crab Tales web site: www.crab-tales.co.uk Crab Tales: e-mail - [email protected] - telephone: 01263 834 965 9 We All Bleed Red Crayford & Abbs Poet & artist Vince Laws has created ‘We All Bleed Red’ for the church of St Peter & St Paul, To The Rescue in Oulton, Norfolk. A Norfolk dealership helped care home pensioners get to Buckingham Palace for tea – by lending The church tower is in need of significant repair, them a Nissan Qashqai for the day. the heating is inadequate and wooden platforms need replacing. A new floor of pamment tiles in Crayford & Abbs Nissan in Gypsies Lane, Holt, the nave will create a level space, and allow a came to the rescue after hearing how residents variety of community uses, such as art shows, at Halsey House in Cromer had been invited concerts, and yoga. to London – but required transport. “I want to show the tower bleeding, in need The generous dealership sent the Royal British of first aid, and wounded,” explained Vince. Legion-run home the award-winning Qashqai “And at the same time, as the church takes on to drive down to the Queen’s residence so they the new mantle of being a community space, wouldn’t miss out on the special occasion. I want ‘We All Bleed Red’ to be an invitation to everyone to use the space, regardless of religion, ethnicity, sexuality, etc.” Stephen Jefford, who is co-ordinating the restoration project with the Heritage Lottery Fund for St Peter & St Paul, Oulton, said: “We’re really thrilled that Vince has come up with such a dramatic idea. I have known for a while that he, like many in the village, cherishes the church as an open building. His idea of Donations for the Oulton Tower & Community making the Tower a part of his exhibition is Project are welcome. For details of how to donate really thoughtful. We’re also really grateful please contact: for the support we’ve had from the Church and [email protected] Diocese, as well as our regular parishioners, The restoration project to date has been supported to embrace making the church building both by a first round Grants for Places of Worship Kevin Abbs, Director at Crayford & Abbs, said: a place of worship as well as a community award from the Heritage Lottery fund, to develop “We love to do our bit in the local community resource.” the proposals further as well as an award from so we were only too happy to help out. The the Norfolk Historic Churches Trust; the church residents had the time of their lives and said it Vince will be exhibiting an array of text art and is awaiting confirmation of further funding from was a wonderful experience to visit the palace. poetry inside the church from Sunday 23rd to the HLF towards the costs of carrying out the They also enjoyed travelling in comfort and Sunday 30th August, All are welcome. works and would be grateful for any financial style in the Qashqai.” The church is open daily and entry is free. help toward this project. Halsey House in Norwich Road is exclusive Parking is on grass 20 metres from the church, Photograph above shows an artist’s impression to ex-service people and their dependants and the main path is gravel, with a ramp into the of ‘We All Bleed Red’ by Vince Laws. can accommodate up to 89 residents, which church. Other paths around the church are includes a 16-bed dementia care wing. grassy and uneven. There is no toilet. 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Cromer Carnival Monday 10th August Thursday 13th August 11am: East Beach 11am: Pier Forecourt Children’s Week 2 Sandcastle Competition - Build a Paint a Crab Shell - Paint your own Monday 10th - Friday 14th August sandcastle fit for a King or Queen! Cromer Crab. Shells and paints 2.30pm: Pier Forecourt provided. Join in the fun at Children’s Week with Libby and Tony. Chalk on the Prom - Your chance to be 2.30pm: East Beach a graffiti artist, without getting For age groups: 5 yrs & under into trouble! Sand Sculpture - Put your sculpting 6 yrs to 9 yrs, 10 yrs to 13 yrs skills to the test! Tuesday 11th August Please Note: 11am: West Beach Friday 14th August ALL children must be accompanied Hunt the Kiddywitches - Rock pool hunt 11am: Pier Forecourt by an adult. No responsibility can be for little crabs, bring a bucket, unlimited accepted for children left unattended sea water available! Scavenger Hunt - See what you can at any of these events. find. It’s not easy! 2.30pm: Pier Forecourt Cancellation of events due to bad weather cannot be helped. Puppets on the Prom - No strings 1pm: The Pier attached or there can be! Party on the Pier - Bring your If possible, cancelled events will be Materials provided. fitted in at an alternative time. own picnic. Wednesday 12th August NEW FOR 2015 2.30pm: The Pier 11am: Pier Forecourt COME and MEET CC THE BEAR! Captain Fantastic - Entertainment and Kite Making - Come fly with me! Music, by the one and only! Come to any of the children’s activities Materials provided. to win a chance to spend the evening 5pm: Off the Pier with him. Please return next day by 2.30pm: East Beach Tide Fight - Build the biggest structure Cromer’s Famous Duck Race - Ducks 2.30pm and share your photograph’s will be available for sale, throughout of what you got up to, on the Cromer from sand that you can, to repel the tide, last one standing wins! the day’s events. Carnival (Official) Facebook page. No rocks allowed.

SPOT THE CRAB and win a Family Swim voucher from ‘SPLASH’ in Sheringham ( 2 Adults & 2 kids) If you are under 12, tell us your name, age and address, also in which advert the Crab is hidden and the page number. Please Note : Entries should be written by the child themselves, at least their name. OR - If you are a pensioner, SPOT THE COD and win TEA & CAKE FOR TWO now at Huckleberries 43 Church Street, Cromer Hand in your Entry, with your name & where you found the cod and the page number please, 14 Market Place to: K. Hardware in Cromer, or post it to: Crab Tales, 30 West St, Cromer NR27 DS North Walsham before the next issue comes out. For Friendly Advice And The first entry out of the hat wins ! Norfolk. NR28 9BP Fantastic Monthly Offers ISSUE 065 WINNERS Come and see us Congratulations to Olivia Dodman, 01692 404 806 Fleas ? ...... We offer a full aged 7yrs & 7mths, from Alby Hill, who found the pest control service too !! crab on Page 2 in Richard West’s advert. [email protected] & to Mrs V. Green, from Aylsham, who spotted Need a pet portrait? ...... the Cod on Page 8 in the advertisement for Norfolk Plumbing. www.samspets.co.uk We do that too !! 12 Crab Tales web site: www.crab-tales.co.uk Summer Opening Hours Mon,Tues & Weds: 9am - 5pm Thursday: 9am - 5.30pm Friday: 9am - 6pm Saturday 8am - 5.30pm Sunday 8am - 4pm

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Crab Tales: e-mail - [email protected] - telephone: 01263 834 965 13 Cromer Carnival Week Starts Here Saturday 15th August Sunday 16th August continued Tuesday 18th August From 7am: Carnival Field, Runton Road. Carnival Marquee From 9:45am: Carnival Field, Runton Rd Carnival Car Boot Sale 11am - 4.30pm: Cromer Carnival Mini Family Fun Day 9am: Open to public. Free admission. Beer & Cider Festival 999 Show, Arnie’s Attic, BTS Roadshow Refreshments & funfair 1pm & 3.30pm: Dale with great Michael Bungee run, Circus workshop, Face Entertainment : Broadland Dog Agility, Bublé songs and more. Painting, Rodeo bull & bouncy castle, Birds of Prey Display, Novelty Dog Show Around Town Pony rides etc. 9am - 3pm : Carnival Marquee 6.30pm: Town Football Ground, Mill Rd CARNIVAL ARENA Craft Fair & Antiques Valuation Charity Football Match ~ The Veterans 10am: Woodforde’s Horse & Dray 11am - 6pm: Carnival Marquee v Heart Radio. Free admission. Grand raffle proceeds to Carnival charities. 10.30am: Stannage International Stunt Cromer Carnival Mini Beer & Cider Festival Display Team 7pm: Cromer Parish Church 7pm - 10pm: Carnival Marquee ‘Sunday at Seven’ ~ Music by members 11am: The East Anglian Working Family Night ~ An evening of fun games & of Cromer Parish Church. Newfoundland Dogs disco for all the family, with Captain Fantastic! 7pm: Carnival Hospitality Tent, Runton Rd 11.30am: Norfolk Wildlife Encounters Display 7.30pm: Parish Hall, Church St. Cromer Wine Tasting Evening ~ hosted by John Hedge. Paté, canapés & complimentary 12pm: Dance Zenergy The Norfolk Dixieland Jazz Band Concert glass of wine & chocolates for the ladies 12.30pm: The Wildcats Sunday 16th August from Digby’s Fine Chocolates. Advance 1.30pm: The East Anglian Working tickets only: £12.50 from The Cottage. Newfoundland Dogs From 10am to 4:30pm : Carnival Field 7.30pm: Carnival Marquee, Runton Road 1.45pm: Romford Drum & Trumpet Corp Custom & American Car Show Wrestling ~ family fun wrestling brought 2.15pm: Norfolk Wildlife Encounters Display to you by the World Assoc. of Wrestling 2.45pm: Dance Zenergy Tickets from The Cottage or at door. £10. Children £8. Family (2 adults, 2 children) £30. 3.15pm: Stannage International Stunt Display Team Monday 17th August 10.30am: The Meadow CARNIVAL MARQUEE Children’s Sports. Craft Activities ~ Drawing, painting, 12pm: Promenade gluing, sticking & making, with Sticky Decorated Beach Hut Competition Judging. Earth Café. Mr Jugglefun - Circus work- 3pm: Pier Forecourt shop. Razz the Clown & Auntie Pearl. Best Dressed Waiters & Waitresses From 10.30am : Motorbike & Trike Competition followed by Waiters & Cavalcade Show. Waitresses Race Carnival Arena AROUND THE TOWN IN THE EVENING 12.30pm : Gymkhana 6pm - 9pm: White Horse Inn, Cromer 1.30pm: The Squeegees playing music Curry Night from the 60’s 70’s and 80’s! 7.15pm: Cromer Parish Hall, Church St. 2.15pm: Bonny Baby Competition Carnival Quiz Evening 2.45pm: Knobbly Knees Contest 7.30pm: Pier Forecourt 3.15pm: Glamorous Granny Competition Line Dancing - with the Cromer Renegades. 7.30pm: Carnival Marquee, Runton Rd 3.45pm: Children’s Carnival Fancy Dress Parade Race Night

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The Parade starts at 7pm: From Runton Road through Town via Prince of Wales Rd, Hamilton Rd, Church St., Mount St., Louden Rd., West St. & returns to Runton Road car park via Beach Road.

Wednesday 19th August 10.30am: Henry Blogg Gardens Presentation of Prizes ~ for many of the various Carnival Day competitions, organised for Cromer Carnival. From 9.30am: Carnival Field, Runton Rd Funfair, stalls, food stands, bar and all Carnival Day Parade Bond Street, Cromer. tel: 01263 512 320 sorts of refreshments. From 5pm: Carnival Field, Runton Road e.mail: [email protected] Carnival Arena Carnival Parade Assembles Open: Monday - Saturday 8.30am - 4.30pm 10am: West Lancs Dog Display Team 5.15pm: Judging of the Floats and Fancy Dress 10.45am: The Yakovlevs Aerobatic Display Team 7pm: Cromer Grand Carnival Parade ~ 11am: Ye Olde Red Tail Falconry Display See Map above for the Route 11.45am: The Royal Signal Motorcycle Display Team “The White Helmets” Around Town in the Evening 12.30pm: Arrival of Miss Cromer & the Royal Live Music with Pure Passion (From 9pm) Party - Accompanied by the Woodforde’s - Bernie’s, East Runton Horse & Dray Live Music with the Glamtastics 1pm: The Blades Aerobatic Display Team - Cromer Social Club 1.30pm: West Lancs Dog Display Team Back by popular demand, Jon Alex Our aim is to serve good quality 2.15pm: Ye Olde Red Tail Falconry Display - White Horse Inn home cooked food using locally 3.05pm: The Yakovlevs Aerobatic Display Team sourced produce wherever 3.30pm: The Royal Signal Motorcycle Display Please Note Team “The White Helmets” On Carnival Day, cars parked on the Runton Road possible, with a warm Car Park after 6.30pm will not be able to leave the and friendly service. 8.45pm: Carnival Field, Runton Road car park until after the Parade has finished, at We cater for vegan, vegetarian Live Music - Drop the Clutch approx. 10pm. All cars leaving the field will be Around Town directed right towards Sheringham. and gluten free diets. 10.15am: Henry Blogg Gardens Cromer town road closures will be implemented at Find us on TripAdvisor & Cromer Parish Church 6.30pm until 9pm. There will be no traffic movement Romford Drum & Trumpet Corps until the Carnival parade has finished. Randalls Electrical Electrical Contractors/Lighting Wishing Cromer Carnival Another Successful Year 7 Church Street Cromer NR27 9ER Tel: 01263 512 626 Emergency: 07767 492 456 16 Crab Tales web site: www.crab-tales.co.uk Crab Tales: e-mail - [email protected] - telephone: 01263 834 965 17 Thursday 20th August 4pm: Evington Lawns, Runton Road 6.30pm: Carnival Arena, Runton Road Crab Dressing Competition (Adults only) Remote Controlled Helicopter and Around Town Aircraft Display 10am - 2.15pm: Cromer Skatepark AROUND THE TOWN IN THE EVENING 6.30pm: Cromer East Beach. Carnival Skateboard Competition Club Bingo (Eyes Down at 19:30) - Life Saving Demonstration - By North 2pm: Evington Lawns, Runton Road Cromer Social Club Norfolk Life Saving Club. Party on the Lawns ~ Will be transferred 5.30pm: Pier Forecourt, The Promenade 7pm: The Meadow & Meadow Road to the Carnival Marquee in adverse Carnival Fun Run ~ Organised by North Assembly of Illuminated Procession - weather conditions. Norfolk Beach Runners, entry open to all Starts just off the pitch & putt course, From 2.15pm: Razz the Clown & Auntie who can run one or two 1.5 mile laps on by Meadow Road. Pearl - Circus skills workshop revised circuit. Register at Pier Forecourt 7.15pm: Carnival Arena, Runton Road 2.30pm: Dave Doughnut’s Punch & Judy from 5.30pm - 6.30pm. Race starts at Tug of War Competition ~ Cromer Carnival v Sheringham Carnival 3pm: Picnic on Evington Lawns. the Pier Forecourt at 7pm. 7.45pm: Carnival Arena, Runton Road Ticket holders only - food for each child From 6pm: Carnival Field, Runton Road 2620 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment Team must be pre-booked. Application forms Carnival Field Opens ~ Entrance Free. Challenge from Information Centre, Louden Rd Collectors will be about with buckets, or The Co-operative, Middlebrook Way. 8.15pm: Carnival Marquee, Runton Rd before and after the firework display Live Music - Parallel Times ~ featuring Completed application forms must be and it is hoped that you will feel the returned by Monday 17th August Julie Bunn as Debbie Harry. display has been worth a donation. 8.30pm: Illuminated Parade ~ Led by The Romford Drum & Trumpet Corp from Meadow Rd to Runton Rd, via Hamilton Rd, Church St, High St. & Runton Rd. 9.15pm approx: Carnival Field, Runton Rd Grand Fireworks Display ~ The finale to music from the Last Night of the Proms. Friday 21st August 9pm: Pier Pavillion Theatre Children’s Talent Competition - Preliminary Heats. Register 8:30am - 9.15am. Application forms from Cromer Shopping Centre, Garden St. All entries must be submitted by 12pm on Tuesday 18th August. NO ENTRANTS ON THE DAY 10.30am : Cromer Pier Crab Catching ~ Hand lines and nets - classes for each. 2pm: From The Cottage, Louden Road Walking Treasure Hunt ~ follow clues around town, cliffs & paths of Cromer. Refreshments available 2.30pm: Pier Pavillion Theatre Grand Final of the 2015 Children’s Talent Competition. 8pm - 1am: Carnival Marquee, Runton Rd ~ Carnival Fancy Dress Dance ~

FireWire playing classic, punk, ska & chart hits. The special cup for overall winner of the fancy dress competition Monday to Thursday evenings throughout is sponsored by John & Jeanie Hedge in memory of Simon Hedge. Judging the school summer holidays 6pm - 9pm will start at 10pm. in The Marquee, free admission and all welcome. For more information and our events guide please see our website or follow the QR code >>>>

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Coast Road, Walcott. NR12 0PE Tel: 01692 650 371 Strictly over 18’s only & Fancy Dress must be worn. Advance Tickets ONLY www.lighthouseinn.co.uk £10 from The Cottage, Louden Road. 18 Crab Tales web site: www.crab-tales.co.uk Crab Tales: e-mail - [email protected] - telephone: 01263 834 965 19 Sidestrand Hall Special & Betws-y-Coed schools 2015 Challenge and Mundesley Lifeboat. This year will mark 8 years since the tragic loss 2011 : Abseiled from a structure in of my first born son Sean Alexander Laxen at (Southwold Lighthouse) Scotland (Forth Railway 3pm on the 20th of August 2007. Bridge) & Wales (Marquis of Anglesey’s Monument) He was taken from us whilst enjoying Mother in conjunction with RNLI to raise water safety Nature at Conwy Falls Betws-y-Coed in North awareness (over 3 months). Raising funds for Wales when he fell into the rapids. Time is like Wells next the Sea, Tobermorry and Criccieth a river continually flowing on but the sadness at lifeboat stations all having special significance his loss is always there and heightened by special to Sean and for Aylsham & Horsford youth clubs & certain times. and Horsham St Faiths pre-school and Horsham St Faiths, Horsford Middle, Sidestrand Hall Special & Betws-y-Coed schools & Mundesley Lifeboat. 2012 : Canoed from Aylsham Mill to Wroxham (in 8 hours) with my son Scott raising money for Bure Valley Railway for a child’s interpretation display a favourite haunt of ours when cycling around Aylsham & Horsham St Faiths, Horsford Middle, Sidestrand Hall Special & Betws-y- benefit of children in Aylsham plus a portion split Coed schools and Mundesley Lifeboat. between Horsham St Faiths, Horsford Middle, 2013 : Cycled a circular route (over 2 days) from Sidestrand Hall Special and Betws-y-Coed Aylsham to Aylsham visiting preserved railways schools and Mundesley lifeboat. (where we all would spend time at) in Reepham Anybody who wishes to sponsor my adventure & Whitwell, County School, Wells next the Sea, can do so by sending them to me at the address Weybourne with 14 scout & explorer friends of below or the following Aylsham organisations This year is particularly poignant as Sean would Sean & Scott. Raising funds towards an activity will display a sponsorship form: Aylsham Ex- have been 18 this October and we all would have holiday in Betws-y-Coed North Wales in 2014 Servicemen’s Club, Hungate St. Barnwell’s been looking forward to celebrating this milestone for the scouts & explorers, Horsham St Faiths, Stationers, Market Place. Coxford’s Butchers, with him. His younger brother Scott, now 16, is Horsford Middle, Sidestrand Hall Special, Betws- Market Place. Gotterson’s Chip Shop, Cawston giving me so much pleasure and pride in all y-Coed schools and Mundesley Lifeboat. Road & Lavender Blue, Red Lion Street. that he does and the way he remembers Sean. 2014 : Spent whole year with scouts & explorers fundraising for activity holiday in Betws-y-Coed Finally can I please ask each and every one of Each year since 2008 I’ve set myself a challenge you who read this to ensure that all children to remember Sean honour his determination and taking part in: White water rafting, Canyoning, visiting the top of mount Snowden, the Electric are supervised properly when in and around never give up attitude to a learning disability that water either at the coast or inland. he had and raise money for local groups with Mountain Dinorwig power station in Llanberis, connections to children. Not forgetting the schools Porthmadoc & Carnethon, the Ogwen Valley To those organisations whom have water as part that Sean did or would have attended. Mountain Rescue Team HQ, Zip wiring the of their attractions please make sure that all the longest zip wire in Europe at Bethesda. appropriate risk assessments and precautions So far I have completed the following challenges have been made and are displayed. raising amounts of money for these causes: - This year 2015 and to reflect Sean’s love of the So that between you and the parents guardians 2008 : Installed a slate bench in Sean’s memory outdoors & exploring I will, starting on Saturday children can enjoy themselves in safety and at Conwy Falls with the help and generosity of 29th of August early morning, I intend to walk go home with a smile on their faces. Betws-y-Coed companies and people specifically the length of Weavers Way from Great Yarmouth Llechweld Slate Company in Blaenau Festineog. to Nth Walsham then Paston Way to Cromer Richard R Laxen then Weaver’s Way back to Aylsham. 2009 : Tandam parachute jump at Old Buckenham Torfino-Touchdown, 9 Wade Close, Aylsham, Airfield with my godson Michael. Raising funds It would be around 61miles & take over 25 hrs. for Horsham St Faiths, Horsford Middle & I will take a more leisurely walk and camp out Norfolk. NR11 6LA Tel: 01263 733 262 Betws-y-Coed schools overnight & plan to finish at the Ex-servicemen’s 2010 : 44 mile coast walk (over 2 days) from club on the Sunday 30th August in time for the Wells next the sea to Walcott (favourite haunts of usual quiz night. North Lodge Park ours) with my nieces Laura & Lucy. Raising funds The majority of monies raised from sponsorship for the 1st Aylsham & St Faiths & Horsford will be given to the Liz Jones Trust (an Aylsham Cafe Open for Business Scouts & Horsham St Faiths, Horsford Middle. town councillor & committed volunteer) for the North Lodge Park’s café will be open from Friday August 7th. WHERE CAN I GET MY CRAB TALES? North Norfolk District Council has gifted the café, free of charge, to the Friends of North ALBY Service Station, Alby Horse Shoes Inn SIDESTRAND Sidestrand Church SOUTHREPPS Mace Shop, Vernon Arms Lodge Park to operate for a 4 month period, ALDBOROUGH Spar Shop AYLMERTON Service Station the remainder of the summer season. AYLSHAM Aylsham Garden Centre, Budgens, Co-op, SUSTEAD from Mrs Jubb, Pear Tree Cottage BACTON Bacton Fish & Chip Shop. THORPE MARKET Church Cllr Tom FitzPatrick, Leader of NNDC said: BANNINGHAM The Crown Pub / Post Office TRIMINGHAM Woodlands Park & Church Porch “The council is very keen to see something up BEESTON REGIS Mini Market TRUNCH Corner Shop and running at North Lodge Park as quickly BODHAM Post Office WEST BECKHAM Wheatsheaf Public House as possible and it’s a good opportunity for COLBY, SUFFIELD & TUTTINGTON Churches WEST RUNTON Spar P.O shop the Friends to get involved and get the CROMER Budgens, Council Offices, Country Club, Library, café open for business. Rainbow, Crossways,Tourist Info Centre, Food Fare, Icarus Hines, K Hardware, Mill Rd Post Office, Morrisons, I hope that the public gives the Friends the Mary Janes , N & P, Spar Cliff Rd, No 1 Fish & chip shop support they deserve; and it feels very good White Horse + 1,000 delivered in Town Centre. to be able to get the café open once again.” EAST RUNTON East Runton Cafe, East Runton Stores. As well as the café the Friends group will INGWORTH Church GIMINGHAM Heather Lee be looking to improve the Rose Garden GRESHAM @ John Stibbons, Langdale and hedges nearby the cafe as well as ITTERINGHAM Village Shop/ Withers Gallery the bowling green area. KNAPTON Elephant Playbarn, Church Porch & MADRA LITTLE BARNINGHAM Village Hall The Friends of North Lodge Park have been MUNDESLEY Crayford & Abbs, Country Pickings, Mace, handed the keys to the café and will be in Manor House, Tesco’s,Tourist Information Centre, the café cleaning and painting the interior Village Flower Shop,The Library & Medical Centre. preparing it for the grand public opening. NORTH WALSHAM Sainsbury’s, Waitrose NORTHREPPS Foundry Arms, Northrepps Cottage YOUR NEXT Cllr John Rest, Cabinet Member for Corporate OVERSTRAND Post Office,Central Stores, CRAB TALES Assets said: “It feels really good to be working Overstrand Garden Centre COMES OUT with the Friends and enabling the café to ROUGHTON Jet / Post Office & Groveland reopen and be an attraction for everyone SHERINGHAM CAS Travel, Crown Inn, Library, Poppy AUGUST to enjoy this summer.” Line Railway Station Whistlestops, Tyneside Club. 21st 20 Crab Tales web site: www.crab-tales.co.uk Crab Tales: e-mail - [email protected] - telephone: 01263 834 965 21 CROMER OSTEOPATHS Farewell To... 23 Church Street, Cromer ....Mundesley Medical Centre Three years ago I was fresh out of college and 01603 736 238 working two part time jobs, with no idea where I wanted my career to take me. • Back & sciatic pain In the summer of 2012 I was accepted for an • Neck & shoulder pain Apprentice General Assistant vacancy at • Trapped nerves Mundesley Medical Centre, which has truly • Sports injuries proven to be an opportunity like no other. • Babies to adults treated In those years I developed many skills and know- • Migraines ledge as well as developing slight hypochondriac tendencies and meeting some very interesting • Arm, leg & hand pain characters and changing my hair colour a grand Barbara Shearing • Hip, knee & foot pain BSc (hons) Ost total of five times (not related to stress). Jeanette Robson GOC Registered There is a common misconception that all GP M.Ost Fully Insured administrative staff do is answer phones and act as gatekeepers to appointments; I quickly www.cromerosteopaths.co.uk learned that this was not the case. In the first few months I was an unsure teenager, watching the dispensers & receptionists solving important problems, listening to the peculiar patient queries and seeing the frustration at the unanswered hospital answerphone messages. The meetings with them are always enjoyably enlightening and their support to the surgery I was dreaming of the day I might get to do more is greatly unrecognised but profoundly than counting medication into boxes & folding appreciated. letters. After a few months I was not only thrown in at the deep end but sent with an anchor! The reason I volunteered to write this article is Without the aid of an incredibly supportive, because after my three insightful, challenging willing and sympathetic team of colleagues and at times exasperating, years I will be I am certain I would not have coped with the leaving the practice. pressure. Sometimes you do need to rant and I wanted to acknowledge the vast opportunities other times cry, but no matter what happened Mundesley Medical Centre have provided for I knew I would be supported. me and equally the experience gained from the I have also had the pleasure of meeting many patients I have had the pleasure of meeting. wonderful patients, ones with stories that stick I am sure there will be more General Assistants with you, others whose presence can brighten who will attain valuable knowledge from working your day and there’s even the odd telephone at the surgery and I would hope that they will number you recognise which is enough to cherish their time spent there as I have. bring a smile to your face. Lynda Wilson We all have our favourites (even if we don’t admit it) for different reasons but it’s satisfying to know Mundesley Medical Centre that the good memories will stay with you. From Editor: I am fortunate enough to have worked with the Thank you for this article Lynda, and very best Patient Reference Group; they are a team of astute wishes from all at the Crab Tales for a very individuals from diverse backgrounds with successful and interesting future. refreshing views. Their views have affected a wide range of matters from the way clinics are run to the Unwanted Textiles colour of font on the television screen. People in North Norfolk are being encouraged to recycle their unwanted textiles, rather than Selbrigg Lodge letting them go to landfill. Thorpe Market Cookstown Textile Recyclers will now provide & maintain bring banks and collect textiles from NR11 8UA approx. 75 sites across Norfolk. Enjoy a Luxury Spa Manicure or Pedicure To find your nearest textile recycling point, visit: This treatment for tired, neglected hands & feet http://www.recyclenow.com/recycling-locator includes a hand/foot soak, nail re-shape, hard skin which includes a postcode search function removal, hand/foot scrub, hand, wrist & lower arm/ which can list all local recycling facilities. foot & lower leg massage. To finish you can opt The collected textiles will be taken to their depot in Hertfordshire to be bulked up and for a natural buffed nail or varnish of your choice transported to the sorting facility in Ireland. in an air-conditioned salon. The new lime green banks will take all clothing, Many more beauty treatments are available shoes, bed linen, towels, curtains, belts, handbags, Introductory offer of £15 hats & scarves. Good quality items and clothes that are no longer wearable can all be placed in unlimited per client. (Usual price £25) the banks. Please contact Liz@selbrigg on Cookstown estimate that 65% of the materials will be sent for re-use in Africa & Asia, while 07718 092 189 or [email protected] the other 35% will be sent to pulping mills in the UK, to be used as fillings for mattresses etc. Cllr Angie Fitch-Tillett said: “I am pleased that Spot The Mermaid residents have yet another way to recycle their Winner ~ Issue 065 unwanted clothing. As well as this new service, we would also encourage residents to continue Congratulations to Sue Boyton, from to donate high quality clothing to local charity North Walsham, who spotted the Mermaid shops who rely on donations to carry out their on page 6 in the photographs vital work.” of the North Walsham & Dilham Canal. If you know of a suitable location for a textile Sue’s prize was her choice of a Free bank, please contact North Norfolk District Luxury Manicure or Pedicure. 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Yael Biran fell and broke her The Best elbow, so she headed to her local And so I don’t even bother to put any- NHS hospital. thing back in the bag & happily skip Fish & Chips But the mother-of-two, from S.E. to the x-ray waiting area, book in in Cromer London, was so disappointed with hand and glasses on top of head. aspects of the care she received I sit down and get seen within 01263 512 316 that she wrote to Lewisham and 37 seconds. the B^^&@s!* Greenwich NHS Trust’s patient All done and dusted and 5 minutes www.No1Cromer.com advice and liaison service. later I skip to the next waiting area TIDES For Cromer The Independent...... shared this: to wait for the next nurse to see me. 7th - 23rd August 2015 She wrote: By that point I think I owe myself a chocolate from the vending machine For Mundesley Add 15 minutes Dear Lewisham PALs, but waste 5 minutes trying to make I’d like to complain about a visit it work (it didn’t - at least there is I had to your A&E department on one thing you can count on in this the 15th of June 2015. Sorry in A&E!) I then sit down comfortably, advance for my language, but happy in the notion that surely, now. this really upset me...... I will get at least a couple of chapters...... but no! On Monday the 15th of June I fell & knew I broke something (turns 2 minutes later I get to see the next out I broke my elbow) So I went nurse who is an absolute gem and is to Lewisham A&E. super nice, she explains everything, gives me a sling & a tetanus shot I came armed with a book to help and sends me on my way home! me pass the waiting time! home! bloody rubbish! Actually enjoying the fact that I am going to get to read a I left home and came back in less book for a chance! than 2 hours! Seriously! something But no… the bloody nurse sees me must be done about this! what is a in 6 minutes! 6 ruddy minutes! all mum to do in order to get a few I had time for was to send a text, hours of quiet reading in this settle down, get my glasses out country???!!! and find the right page, and they bloody call me in! Sincerely Yours, A frustrated mother of 2 little boys She then sends me to have an X-ray who don’t give her a second’s rest. and says I need to sit in the x-ray waiting room. (P.S. You rock! ) Visit www.crab-tales.co.uk for current Weather & Tides Crab Tales: e-mail - [email protected] - telephone: 01263 834 965 23 What, When & Where All Phone tel nos. are code 01263, unless otherwise stated. For Regular or Special Events in the Crab Tales PLEASE e-mail CONCISE copy to : lis.keddell&sky.com or drop into K. Hardware in Cromer or post to: 30 West St. Cromer. NR27 9DS or via our web-site: www.crab-tales.co.uk Please Note: To avoid any mistakes we will NOT take any details or corrections over the phone. Aylsham Overstrand Sheringham Elsewhere Bridge Club 7pm Fri 7.15pm t: 761 308 Acorns Parent & Toddler Group 1.30 -3pm Beetle Drive 3rd Tues.7.30pm St.Josephs Church Broadland Junior Chess 8.30am term-time Sat. Bridge The Morley. Duplicates Thurs 7pm 1st Suffield Park Guides Weds evenings Thurs (term-time) Belfry School. t: 579 275. www.girlguiding.org.uk/get_involved.aspx t: 735 740 Gardening Club 2.30pm 1st Tues Parish Beginners Fri 2pm t: 822 087 Country Market each Friday 8.50-noon Bounce & Rhyme under 5’s & parents/carers. Acol Bridge Club Tues 2pm. All abilities. Hall t: 576 437 Weybourne Village Hall. t:515 588 Cricket Club indoor Sun 3-5pm t: 510 102 Carpet Bowls 2.30pm Thurs. Parish Hall Tues 10.15-10.45am : Library. t: 822 874 Evening WI 7.30pm 1st Thurs Town Hall. CAB. YESU,Thurs 10-2pm t: 01692 402 570 Badminton Thurs. Gresham Village Hall t: 833 369 t: 07917 596 797 Extend Over 60’s Exercise Fridays Jubilee Railway Quilters & Craft Group 2nd & 4th Chess. All ages & abilities. 7.30 Fri. Family Centre t: 01692 407 851 Morley Club. t: 576 575. Beachcombers Dining Club 1st Mon 7pm: Tues.10-12 Parish Hall t: 576 986 The Feathers Hotel, Holt. t: Hazel 838 566 Farmers Market 9am-1pm 1st & 3rd Sat. Strand Club 2nd Wed (except Aug) 2.30pm Christian Spiritualist Church Tues 7.30pm F.I.T. group 2nd & 4th Weds t: 731 177 Oddfellows Hall t 513 067 Cash Bingo Tues 8pm Aldborough The Pavilion t: 579 433 community centre. Flower Club 2nd Wed 7.30pm Town Hall W.I. 3rd Wed 7.30pm Parish Hall t: 834 242 English Country Dancing Mons 7.30pm Fitness Yoga/Pilates Tues & Thurs Methodist Church Hall t: 01692 404 447 Cantamus Choir 7.30pm Thurs. Southrepps Friendship Hall t: 01692 538 569 Evening W.I. 2nd Mon. Community Centre Church. t: 07785 782 498. Mundesley Crazee Kidz Club 7pm 2nd & 4th Fri. term time. Gym Club Fri 5pm. High School t: 576 609 Badminton Tues & Fri am: Coronation Hall. t: 823 889 Inspired Gardeners group. 2nd Thurs 10.30 Gingerbread Fri pm. Friends Meeting House Roughton Village Hall 7-16yrs. t:768 138 Tel: 722 835 Cromer & Sheringham Brass Band 7.45pm - noon. Methodist Church Hall. t:733 535. Bowls Pavilion Bingo: Sun 7.30pm, Whist t: 0785 9364 702 Lammas KC Lodge ROAB Tues 8.15pm Harry Upcher Lodge ROAB Mon 8.15pm Thurs Upper Sheringham Village Hall t:733 638 Drive: Tues, Wed & Fri 1.45pm t: 721 815 Cromer Air Rifle Club 9am -noon Sundays Sutton School Of Dance, Mill Row. Cafe Church 1st Weds 10.30am Church Rooms. Tyneside Club. Meditation Classes Thurs 12.30 -1.30pm Hearing Aid Clinic 10-12pm 1st Mon. Near Sheringham. t: 570 223 Carpet Bowls Mon 1.30pm Coronation Hall Extend exercise for over 60’s Mon 2.30pm Friends Meeting House, Peggs Yard t: 720 344 Age Concern. Monday Stall Parish Church 8.30-noon Ladies Fellowship 7.30pm 2nd Tues Northrepps Village Hall t:768 159 Come & Meet Club 3rd Weds 11am. Royal Farmers Market 1st Sun 9.30am - 12.30pm N. N. Mental Health Users & Carers Forum Hotel, Coffee Bar t:720 558. Salvation Army. 2nd Weds Jubilee Centre 1- 3.30pm. Lip reading classes Thurs 1.30 - 3.30pm Aldborough Community Hall t: 768 766 Community Choir Tues 7.30pm Methodist Fit Together Health Walks t: 07766 259 999 RBL (Womens) 1st Mon Salvation Army Hall Church t: 722 022 Health Centre t: 0344 800 8002 N.N. Speakers Club 7pm alt.Wed High School MS meetings 7-9pm 1st & 3rd Wed. Robin Fit Together Tea Dance Tues 2-4pm Briston Craft Club 10am - 12pm 1st & 3rd Mon Copeman Centre - £2 Info: 07766 259 999 t: 01692 402 662 Coronation Hall. t 720 549 Hood Pub, t: 823 392 Scalextric Club Presto Park Weds 7.15pm. Morris Dancing. Oddfellows Hall. Weds Greenfingers Gardening Club 7.30pm 1st Creative Writing Group 1st Fri 2.15-4.15pm Thurs Jubilee Hall, Banningham t: 761 620 t: 01603 754 319 Library t:720 702 7.30pm t: 837 693 Quaker Meetings Sun 10.30am Peggs Yard Old Shannocks 2.15pm last Wed of month Gym Club Thurs 5-8pm Northrepps Village Knit & Natter Tues 4-5pm Library t:720 702 Hall t: 576 609 Yoga Tues 7.30pm Peggs Yard. t: 732 426 Library Mon & Sat:10-1pm,Tues 2-5.30pm Community Rooms. Quaker Meetings Sun 10.30am Cremer St. Knapton Ladies Club 3rd Mon 7.30pm Fri 10-1pm & 2-6.30pm. t: 720 702 Knapton Village Hall t:720 908. Luncheon Club for over 60’s & disabled. RAFA. 11am 3rd Tues of month. t: 519 684 Cromer Saturday Super Sale First Sat 9-11am. 1st Tues Women’s Own Knapton Methodist Age Concern Fri 10am The Cottage. Mon &Thurs 12-2pm Free Church t :721 984 Church t: 721 439 MADRA t: 07734 689 978 Salvation Army Hall. Aqua Therapy Classes Mon 11am-12pm Sheringham & Cromer Lions Club 2nd & MS Group Mon 10-2pm Southrepps Village Wed 7pm Country Club t: 07885 501 914 Methodist Church Sun worship 10.30am Hall t: 823 392 RBL 4th Weds Haig Club. t: 722 238 4th Tues.The Morley Club. t: 821 276 Air Training Corps 7pm Mon & Thurs, Sheringham Lace Makers. Mon 1- 4pm, Nordic Walking Tues & Thurs 11am High School t: 515 452 RBL Womens 3rd Weds 1.45pm Coronation t: 07825 773 368 Hall t:721 021 St Andrews Church Hall. t: 822 075. Baptist Church 1st & 3rd Sat Coffee Sheringham Singers Ladies Choir Tues 2-4pm Norfolk Dixieland Jazz Band 1.30pm 1st Sun morning t: 576 524 Scrabble Club Fridays t: 720 663 Goat Inn,Skeyton.Free. t: 01692 538 600. Table Tennis Club Thurs 7pm Coronation Hall. Lighthouse Community Church t: 768 126 Bridge (Duplicate) Mon 7pm t: 822 778 Sheringham Voyager 2pm 1st & 3rd Thurs Norfolk Submariners 1st Wed 12noon Kings C.A.B. Appointments: t : 01692 405 847 t: 722 930 or 07828 175 493 Head, Horsham St Faith t: 511 758 Village Cinema 7.30pm Coronation Hall 2nd Community Centre t: 01692 500 550 Christian Fellowship Sun 10.30am former Sheringham Youth Choir 11-18yrs.Weds N.N. Minni House Club 2nd Thurs 2-4pm Gospel Hall t: 838 180 Tues Info: www.mundesley.org/film (except Aug) Bodham Village Hall t: 826 970. W.I. 2nd Mon 7pm Church Rooms t: 720 744 7pm (term time) Baptist Church Cromer Orchestra meets 7-9pm The Belfry The Fellowship Choir 10-11.30am Mon N. Walsham Cage Bird Club 8pm 3rd Tues Arts Centre. Overstrand. t: 511 600 St. Andrews Church. t:761 482 Felmingham Village Hall. t: 01692 404 750 Diabetes UK 4thThurs 7.30pm Methodist North Walsham Northrepps Pre-School Mon-Fri Term-time Church Hall. t: 01692 405 492 AgeUK 4th Thurs 10 - noon Drop in for info t:579 396 The Runtons Northrepps R.B.L. 1st Mon. 2nd.Mon. BH’s. Elderberries Badminton 3-5pm Mon & Fri & advice. Library t: 01692 402 482 Bingo Sun & Wed 7.30pm Bernie’s Social Cromer sports hall. t: 761 142 Animal Magic Dog Club t: Kathy 720 730 7.30pm. Northrepps Cottage t: 579 633. Club East Runton Nth Norfolk Model Engineering Club Elderberries Short Mat Bowls 3-5pm Mon Beginners Tai Chi & Qigong. Tuesdays NN Amateur Radio Group 7- 9.30pm 2nd & Fri Cromer sports hall. t: 511 246 St. Benets Hall. Qigong 6.30pm. Tai Chi 1st Fri 7.30pm High Kelling Social Centre Thurs East Runton village hall t: 519 485 Prize Bingo 7.30pm 1st & 3rd Fri 1st Suffield Park Guides 7pm.Weds. info: 7.30pm. t: 01603 466 120 N.N. Chess Club Fri 7.30pm. W. Runton www.girlguiding.org.uk/get_involved.aspx Bipolar Self Help Group 3rd Thurs 2pm Gimingham Village Hall Social Club t: 823 814 Roughton & District WI. 2nd weds of month. Flower Club 7.20pm 3rd Mon Junior School. Saddlers Shop t: 0854 434 9872 Pilates Classes All ages, abilities, male / t: 513 408 Charity Bingo Weds 8pm Community Centre. 7.30pm Roughton Village Hall t: 768 106. female. Mon.10am E. Runton Community Roughton Under 5’s Playgroup t:07553 456 083 Folk Dance Club 7.30pm Tues Community t: 01692 407 214 Hall t: 588 935 or Mob. 07900 733 832 Hall t: 578 224 Chess Club 7.30 Mon. Orchard Garden Pub. Ruby’s Prize Bingo. 1st Sat of month Philatelic Society 2nd Mon 7.30pm 7.30pm. Lower Southrepps Social Club Garden Society 7.30pm 2nd Weds All abilities. t: 01692 404 649 West Runton Church Hall. Community Hall t: 514 399 Extend Over 60’s Exercise Mon. Methodist Seniors Swimming Mon & Weds am., Fri pm. Cromer & Sheringham Probus Club Greshams Swimming Pool, Holt. t: 711 123 Hockey Club Mon under16 6.30pm Adults Church Hall t: 01692 407 851 12.30pm 1st Tues, Links Hotel t:824 306 7.15pm Sports Centre t: 01692 404 440 Judo Tues from 7pm. Millfield Primary School. Suffield Park Bowls Club. Whist Drives Rotary Club Weds 6pm except 5th Weds Tues 2.15pm. Fri twice monthly 7.30pm. Korean Martial Arts t: 07765 282 981 t: Hazel: 579 345 Dormy House W.Runton, t: 578 194 Lip reading classes Thurs 10 - 12noon Lions Club 7.30pm 1st Mon. Community Traditional Catholic Latin Mass 4th. Sun Sequence Dancing Mon 7.30-10pm 5.30pm Mission Rooms Horsham St. Faiths Methodist Church Rooms t: 0344 800 8002. Centre. t: 01692 400 702 E. Runton Village Hall.t:01692 403 071 N & N Assoc.for Blind 9.30-1pm Tues N.N. Speakers Club 7pm alt. Weds. High (opp. Parish Church) t: 01603 788 873 West Runton Scouts info : 712 288 Trunch Bumbles Pre-school t: 720 931 Merchants Place. School t: Gillian :01692 650 250 W.I. 2.15pm 2nd Wed. W. Runton Church Hall N.N. Mencap Society Thurs 1pm Merchants Parkinson Support Group 2nd Tues 10:30am Trunch Friends 2nd Tues 2pm Trunch Place. t: 578 116 Sacred Heart Church Hall. t:01692 406 486 Trimingham Village Hall t:721 570 Parkinson’s Disease Society 10.30am 2nd Quaker Meetings Sun 10.30am Meeting Trunch Methodist Church 1st Sat 10am - noon. Wed of month St. John Hall, Bond St. House, Mundesley Rd. near Swafield. All at Pilgrim Shelter. Free Parking Coffee Morning. Stalls Cakes t: 720 145 R.E.M.E. 2pm. 1st Wed Halsey Hse t: 512 450 RAFA 7.30pm First Tues. Bluebell Inn Whist Mon & Thurs 1 for1.15pm deal £1.50 Weybourne Folk Club 3rd Sun 3-6pm RBL 2pm 1st Wed. The Cottage t:510 146 Reading 4 U 3rd Wed 9.45am St.John’s Hall incl. Raffle & Refreshments. t: Liz 834 965 Maltings Hotel, Weybourne.t:588 781 RBL Women’s Section 2.30pm 1st Thurs t: 768 164 Yoga Mon 7.30pm t: Linda 834 349 Woodlands Pre-School Mon am, Sing for Joy Singing Group Thurs 10am. Short & Sweet book group 1-2pm Tues Slimming Club Tues 1.45pm t: Val 579 797 Tues - Fri 9am-3pm t: 834 148 Community Centre. t: 570 117 every 3 weeks in Library. t: 01692 402 482 St John Ambulance Adults Tues 7.30pm Spiritualist Centre Sun: 6.30-8pm Cadets Tues 5.45pm St John Hall, Bond St. St John’s Ambulance Hall. Tabletop/Craft Sale Sat 10am-4pm Parish The Wheel of Light 1st Thurs 7.30pm Mundesley Museum Hall. t: 649 441 Orchard Gardens Pub. t: 721 484 Taekwondo Sports Centre. t: 711 824 Victory Explorers Weds evenings Open 11.30am - 1pm & 2.30 - 4pm Tai Chi For Health Wed 2-3pm Community 14 - 18 yrs t: 01692 406415 Centre t: 823 007 Walsham Writers’ Group : Every Day except Saturday Tennis Club Sun, Weds & Fri t:513 741 www.walshamwritersgroup.com The One O’clock Club over 60’s.1-2pm Weavers Morris Dancers Wed 7.45pm Further Information from 01263 720 603 Thurs. Barker’s Herne. St Nicholas Room t: 01692 404 447 W.I. 2nd Thurs 2 pm, Garden St. or [email protected]

24 Crab Tales web site: www.crab-tales.co.uk Special Events COPY FOR NEXT ISSUE BY NOON Join The Circus WEDNESDAY 29th AUGUST Have you ever said: “I would love to run away AUGUST and join the circus”? Well we at Crab Tales Saturday 1st - Sunday 9th August To: [email protected] have heard of a once in a lifetime opportunity 10am - 5pm (10.30am on 9th) : Erpingham Church for someone to join a real professional circus Heraldry Exhibition ~ for Open Churches Week Thursday 6th August for a couple of months. alongside the ‘Erpingham Embroidery’ & display 10am -12pm & 2-4pm: Banningham Church The Crab Tales has often featured the shows of ‘Agincourt Season’ events. Demonstrations of Open Churches Week ~ “Cuppa, Cupcakes & put on by the local Circus Ferrel and here is heraldic embroidery some days – for times ring : Crafts”. Info: 01692 406 045 your chance to join them as a performer. 768 209. Refreshments available. Friday 7th August Martin Taylor, owner and circus clown, said: 10am - 12pm : St Margaret’ Church, Suffield Common “We are looking for someone with circus skills Open Churches Week ~ Church open all day. to join us until the end of the season. Not only Refreshments. Info: 01692 406 045 will they perform with us, but will have use of the big top to practice and perfect their act.” Saturday 8th August This is a totally unique chance for someone to 9.30am-12.30pm : Sheringham Library get a taster of circus life & perform for the public. Carnival Dvd Sale ~ Back again, by popular demand To find out more go along toCircus Ferrel in is the library sale of ex-rental DVDs, Games & CDs. Gold Park, Mundesley, before 15th August, 10-4pm: The “Lighthouse”, Sheringham NR26 8RT to have a chat with Martin. Stamp & Craft Fair ~ Stamps by Sheringham & District Philatelic Society. Unique Crafts by Local Norfolk Crafters. Charity Stalls. In aid of E. Anglian Air Ambulance. Free Entry 10am - 4pm: St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Tuttington Open Churches Week ~ Bookstall, refreshments. Info: 01692 406 045 7.30pm: St Botolph’s Church, Trunch Concert ~ Kenneth O’Neill (Piano) Admission by programme at door, £10 (£8 concs) info: http://www.trunchconcerts.co.uk Sunday 9th August From 10am: Cromer Town, Pier, Beach & Prom Cromer Lifeboat Day ~ Stalls, Falconry/Owl Display Lifeboat Treasure Hunt, Sea Safety Talk, Boat house open. Lifeguard Demos. Music & Step Dancing. Annual Lifeboat Service with the Cawston band. Cromer Carnival Tug of war & Lifeboat Duck Race. From 11am: Gold Park, Mundesley Mundesley Festival Annual Boat Day ~ Friends of Mundesley Inshore Coronation Hall NR11 8BE Lifeboat. Stalls, Games & Demonstrations. Win a £50 note.Teas & Refreshments. Burgers & Hotdogs. www.mundesleyfestival.co.uk Church Service at 10am. Info: 720 908. Thursday 6th August 3 - 7pm: Trimingham Churchyard THE WHITE HORSE Katy Setterfield as Dusty Springfield Picnic ~ Live music from Wind in the Willows : 24 West Street with 6 piece backing. Seats £13 clarinet quintet, barber shop quartet Sam Smith’s Friday 7th August Singers, John Cowell on guitar + super refreshments. Cromer Olly Day & Nigel ‘Boy’ Syer~ ‘If it’s Tickets £4 from Jan: 576 707 or Dot: 833 249 (after 01263 512 275 6pm) Exciting raffle, Free parking. laughter your’e after’. Seats £12 The Best Pub in Town Tickets:- 01263 721 189 Stylish En-Suite rooms. Free Wifi. Mob:- 07867 632 998 Lovely home-cooked meals Doors open 7.15pm Shows starts 7.45pm Tues - Sun 12pm - 2.30pm & 6pm - 9pm Supporting Papworth Hospital Charity Sunday Lunches :12noon to 4pm Voted one of the Best Lunches in Cromer . Booking advisable Saturday 8th August: 9pm Music By Two Old Farts Sunday 9th August: 8pm Grumpy’s World Famous Quiz Saturday 15th August: 9pm Music by Faith Sunday 16th: 8pm Grumpy’s Carnival Quiz Monday 17th: 6-9pm Curry Night & Open Mic With Jon & Chris Wednesday 12th August 7am -1pm: Priory Field Coast Rd Sheringham Carnival Wednesday Car Boot Sale ~ in aid of Alzheimer’s Charity. £6 a Afternoon & Evening pitch. Book on: 577 537 Exclusively to the White Horse More Special Events on Page 26 Jon Alex

Crab Tales: e-mail - [email protected] - telephone: 01263 834 965 25 TRIMINGHAM CHURCH PICNIC Playing At Trimingham Church Picnic SUNDAY 9th AUGUST 3-7pm ‘Sam Smith Singers’ who were founded in the early 80’s. The name was taken from the Yorkshire Beer, with permission from LIVE MUSIC QUINTET OF CLARINETS, the company, and before the other Sam Smith was born. The group mix four part harmony with comedy and monologues. BARBER SHOP QUARTET, GUITARIST They are available for some charity occasions with limited expenses. ‘Wind in the Willows’ are an established clarinet quintet who have SCRUMPTIOUS TEA been playing regular performances in and around Norfolk & Suffolk plus EXCITING RAFFLE for about the last 10 years. The group comprises: Chris Deacon on Bass clarinet and Deborah Wilson, Nikki Thomas, Holly Anderson and FREE PARKING Cas Wright on B flat clarinets. They rehearse weekly, developing clarinet ensemble repertoire BOOK TICKETS £4 FROM JAN : 01263 576 707 and work to achieve their committed vision of offering the widest range of musical styles for their audiences. DOT : 01263 833249 LIZ : 01263 834 965 Bookings contact: Cas Wright tel: 01603 662 392 Special Events Saturday 15th August Sheringham & continued 4pm - 6pm: St Michael’s Church, Aylsham Music & Memories ~ VJ Day. Live 40’s Music, Cromer Lions Wednesday 12th August The Aylsham Band with local singers & Service of 9am-12noon: Gold Park, Mundesley Remembrance. Entrance Free. All Welcome. 1940’s Club Car Boot Sale ~ pitch : £6. Set up from 7am. Dress (optional) Afternoon Teas & Refreshments. This year, Sheringham & Cromer Lions Club will Info or to book: 01263 720 603. 7.30pm: The Lighthouse, Sheringham celebrate 5 years since they were formed, and they From 2.30pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham An Evening Of Music ~ by Hayley Moyses & have gone from strength to strength. Poppyland Afternoon Tea ~ With Ted’s Trio, members Britgrass Three. Banjo – Fiddle – Dobro – Guitar - About the Lions Club : The Lions Clubs are free, guests £1 Book with Dot : 833 249 Vocals. Raffle ~ Café Open. Fundraising for East part of the Lions Club International, based in the Friday 14th August Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) Tickets £10 USA, started by Melvin Jones, in Chicago in from The Lighthouse Office or: 01328 862 581 1917, where he and other businessmen joined 7 - 11pm: North Walsham Community Centre together, under his leadership, for the purpose VJ70 Celebration Dance ~ DJ, Nick South. Guest Sat 15th & Sun 16th August of helping improve the conditions in the appearance by Roy Davenport. Licensed Bar & 10am - 5pm ~ All Saints Church, Gimingham communities where they lived. refreshments. Admission by ticket : £5 adult (under Sunday 10am - 4pm 12yrs free when accompanied). Since then the Lions Clubs have spread throughout Flower Festival ~ Theme Summertime, Refresh- the world, raising funds to help with the needy Friday 14th - Monday 31st August ments, Cakes, Barbecue from 12 - 3pm. Raffle. in their own area. 10am - 8pm : Red Lion Hotel, Cromer Proceeds For Gimingham All Saints Church The Sheringham & Cromer Lions Club was part Sunday 16th August of Taverham Lions Club, but in 2013, we were 4.30pm: Trimingham Church converted to a Chartered Lions Club. Songs of Praise ~ with Seaside Harmonies and To do this we had to increase our membership refreshments afterwards in Pilgrim Shelter to 21, and by doing so, we had become one of Tel Jan: 576 707 the fastest growing Lion’s Clubs in the UK. 7pm: Pilgrim Shelter, Trimingham What do Sheringham & Cromer Lions Club do? Quiz ~ teams of max 4 players £1 per player. Prizes On the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Morley for 1st, 2nd & supporting team. Raffle of 3 prizes Club in Sheringham for our business meetings Tel Liz: 834 965 and on the 4th Tuesday, we have a social event, Wednesday 19th August to which the public are invited. Visiting speakers to tell us about a group or charity we may be 7am -1pm: Priory Field Coast Rd Sheringham considering helping, or are guestsspeaker. Car Boot Sale ~ in aid of Alzheimer’s Charity. £6 a pitch. Book on: 577 537 One evening Wing Commander Ken Wallis, in his late nineties, told us about his life as a 10am: Trimingham Pilgrim Shelter bomber pilot during and after WW2. Coffee Morning ~ raising funds for Church & Pilgrim Shelter. Tea/coffee & scone £1, bric a brac, raffle. Our main purpose though is to raise funds for All very welcome Free parking & admission local charities & good causes, and since we Tel Dot : 833 249 formed we have raised over £6570.00. Weds 19th - Weds 26th August Every Christmas, we have been able to distribute 10am-4pm : Thorpe Market Church Christmas hampers to 55 needy families and we also supply, free of charge, a “Message in a Brush Strokes ~ Exhibition by Nth Walsham Artists bottle” If you suffer from a constant illness, work by several artists who have work on display & or need regular medication, you can request a for sale including : paintings, photographs, collage, “Message in a bottle” from a member of the textiles, driftwood art & a large selection of cards. Lions Club, or from your local GP. Art Exhibition ~ Samuel Thomas’ colourful pop-art Refreshments will be on sale. inspired Norfolk Landscapes. Limited edition prints The bottle has a printed form inside, where you from £95. 25 original paintings, one of which will be Saturday 22nd August list your medical conditions & what medication in a silent-bid charity public auction with the total 11am : New Hall Field, coast road Trimingham you take and it also contains 2 green stickers. sum donated to Cancer Research UK. Free Entry. Car Boot Sale ~ Pitch £5 book with Liz: 834 965. One sticker for the outside of where the bottle Free Parking for buyers, sorry no caterers, is stored and the other on your front door. Saturday 15th August Dogs welcome. An ambulance or paramedic will look for the 12-3pm : The Garden House, Sidestrand. Wednesday 26th August green stickers and then can tell straight away Garden Fete ~ Tombola, Raffle, Games, Hog Roast, 7am -1pm: Priory Field Coast Rd Sheringham what your illnesses are and your medication. Cream Teas, Picnic Bags. Dixieland Jazz Band. In Due to various reasons, we have now reduced aid of Church, Village Funds & ‘About with Friends’ Car Boot Sale ~ in aid of Alzheimer’s Charity. £6 a pitch. Book on: 577 537 in numbers and need more members, so if you Free Parking at Sidestrand Hall School are interested in becoming a member of the 3 - 5pm : Mundesley Coronation Hall Sheringham & Cromer Lions Club, or would An Afternoon at the Musicals ~ featuring young like to know more please contact me: stars of the future. Tickets £12 include afternoon Lion Arthur Bailey on: 07717 533 549 or tea of Sandwiches, Cakes, Scones & drinks. e-mail: [email protected] Tickets in advance only from Jupe. High St. Mundesley or tel: 721 093. Thank you for your interest in our organisation. 26 Crab Tales web site: www.crab-tales.co.uk A J B Builders National Coastwatch PC PROBLEMS? - Mundesley 2015 No problem! All types of Building work undertaken. Reliable, friendly, efficient service in the Photography Competition comfort of your own home. 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